Inspired by the challenge set down by Acolyte of the Blood Moon. What if Harry was the reincarnation of a certain green-eyed SOLDIER? Hopefully fast updates, if people like it.

Note: Please remember that it's been thousands of years since FF7, and facts have been twisted or lost in the retelling.

Never a Memory...

Interlude: Whispers in the Dark

"Hey, did you hear?"

"I did, but only a little."

"I did, I did!"

"The statue is locked in that shape, they can't change it back to normal."

"Oh my, whomever transfigured it must be very powerful."

"They say they were dressed as custodians, that's how they got so far into the Ministry."

"Custodians?"

"Like Filch."

"Does anyone know what the statue said again?"

"I heard that it keeps changing! It started as Nothing Shall Forestall Our Return, but it keeps cycling through a few other phrases."

"Oh, like what?"

"Something like, The Turks Are always Watching?"

"I heard it said something about Shin-ra!"

"Yeah, Shin-ra SOLDIERs Save."

"Don't you guys get the reference?"

"We're Muggleborn or Raised, you're a Halfblood."

"Shin-ra is from an old legend, the Calamity From The Skies, or Meteorfall."

"You mean there're more legends than just Merlin?"

"We have a lot of them! But Shin-ra, and SOLDIERs, were from the Meteorfall story."

"What happened?"

"Shin-ra basically took over the world, and SOLDIER was their magic program. Many of them were considered Heroes, until the General went crazy."

"Scary."

"He called down a Meteor to try and destroy the planet, but an avalanche stopped him in the end."

"So why are these people using the SOLDIERs as their mark? I heard the three figures on the statue are supposed to be the three Elites from the Legend, including the General."

"They were Heroes before the General turned on the world, maybe they want that strength."

"And the first quote? You and I both know where that came from."

"The Loveless story, yes."

"I went to double check, but it's been removed from the library. Madam Pinch was so angry about it."

"Wait, removed and not checked out?"

"The Carrow siblings destroyed the only copy she had."

"I remember enough about the play to know that it's also a prophecy."

"Really Abbott? Can you tell us?"

"It's a play in the Muggle world too. Three Friends Go To War. One is captured, One Takes Flight, and The Last Stays To Become A Hero. I think that's how it went."

"Wasn't one of the Elite SOLDIERs supposed to have been a scholar of that play?"

"The Dark one maybe?"

"You have to tell us these stories!"

"Later tonight before curfew. Spread the world, we're coming to The Room tonight."

"You got in trouble?"

"Alecto caught me looking for the Loveless copy, she tried to put me in detention."

"I spread the word to the others, we'll be there."

~~~...~~~...~~~

"Did you know?"

"Did you know?"

"Did you hear Umbridge is missing?"

"Hah! Couldn't have happened to a nicer witch."

"I hope the SOLDIERs got her."

"I think they did, she went missing about the same time as the Ministry attack."

"Wonder what'll happen to her."

"Wonder if anyone will care?"

"Outside of hoping it bloody hurts anyway. I still have the scars on my hand."

"Mine too. I Will Not Talk Down To My Superiors."

"Me too."

"She got to you too? But you're just a third year!"

sniffle. "I wanna go home!"

"Oh sweetie, I'm sorry. But even with the Carrows, Hogwarts is still safer than out there in the real world."

~~~...~~~...~~~

"Do you have news?"

"The Carrows were talking to each other. They got more news from Him."

"Tell us!"

"You can't keep us in the dark!"

"Alright, settle down. He, is in a rage because he can't Taboo SOLDIER or Shin-ra. They tried, and kept getting pings from Muggle army bases!"

"Hah! Bet that didn't end well for the Snatchers!"

"Indeed, most of them got chewed up by those Muggle weapons. Guns I think they said?"

"On an army base? A gun if they're just lucky! My uncle's a soldier, he loves his assault rifle... it fires a lot of little pellets of metal really really REALLY fast."

"Well, that would be a bad day."

"Oh yes. Where did Shin-ra send them?"

"Somewhere in Japan I heard. And because of how far away it is, they kept splinching themselves from magical exhaustion."

"Ouch. So they can't Taboo those words cause they're too general?"

"Seems that way. Those guys from the Ministry got lucky in that regard."

~~~...~~~...~~~

"Hey, did you hear the McGonagall rumor?"

"That old one? It's so old it has a layer of dust on it!"

"The thought of her as a wild one as a girl? It's hard to imagine."

"Yeah, but this one is that she used to fight people just to learn new magic from them."

Eyes rolled in the darkness. "Come on, next you're gonna say that she used to be a ninja during World War Two. It's just a rumor."

~~~...~~~...~~~

"Did you get the news?"

"Yes, I'm one of the first victims. The Carrows are using the Cruciatus on the students in detention."

"I'll spread the word to the others. Can you do the same? Anyone threatened with detention with them is to go to The Room."

"Happily. I'd also like to mention that Madam Pomfrey is running interference if they're looking for you while in the hospital wing."

~~~...~~~...~~~

"I got news! There's another SOLDIER out there fighting!"

"What? Tell us Creevy!"

"It's a tall man with black hair and a broad sword as wide as me! He's going out into wooded areas and purposefully tripping the Taboo to attack the Snatchers!"

"Is he supposed to be the Dark one from the Meteorfall legend?"

"Or maybe his son. There were three people who held the sword Creevy's talking about."

"They said he was laughing as he fought, dancing between the spells!"

"That sounds like the son. The Hero from the Mountain Village, the second one to hold that broad sword."

"It seems like all sorts of legends are crawling out of the past."

~~~...~~~...~~~

"Did you here? The statue attacked a Death Eater when he tried to destroy it!"

"I think that one's just a rumor."

"But what if it's true? What if those SOLDIERs were that strong that they could animate it from outside the Ministry?"

"Well, if it's true or not, they've shown themselves to be very strong. I think we might have a chance of surviving this war."

I kept hearing the Shadow Girls from Utena. "Do you know? Do you know? Do you really really know?"

PS: Germany's Hot as balls again. Bleh.