Hey everyone,
Another chapter I am very hyped about and that I really hope I nailed right in the first version of this story. Also, did you know that, in the Kingdom Hearts series, Roxas is voiced by Jesse McCartney? He also voices Ventus in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, but most people know him for Theodore in Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Merry Christmas,

Venquine1990


Chapter 48
Hello, Roxas

Sora's POV

It's exceedingly hard to keep in the happiness Roxas feels at the chance of separating with me and I whisper: "Just hold it in a little longer, will you? You're making me forget all about how Riku is still hurt." And the boy quickly draws back, taking sanctuary in the back of my mind as I take the book from Meg.
I then open the book and when I see the title, I mentally ask: "Are you sure this is where Axel appears? I don't think he had anything to do with this potion." But Roxas sends me a reassuring boost of emotions and I shrug, muttering: "Just glad you finally get this chance to be your own person." And I happily start reading.

The Polyjuice Potion

This makes Sirius look at Harry weirdly and then he asks: "So first you have to go to Dumbledore for something that is against the rules, but that you didn't do and after that you still do something that is actually against the rules?" And Harry happily says: "Yep, we sure did." Making the man laugh before I read on.

They stepped … there, alone.

"Worst decision I made that year." McGonagall says and Sirius asks: "What, are you going to be making a terrible mistake every year?" Making the woman glare at him. He cowers at it and says: "Sorry, sorry, just protecting my son against other people's bad decisions. Sorry." Making everyone laugh before I read on.

Harry looked … right house.

"You actually doubted that?" A lot of students ask shocked and Harry answers: "Don't forget that even my own friends doubted whether or not I was Slytherin's heir. It was only natural for me to wonder whether or not the Sorting Hat had been right in its decision." This makes said students nod in reluctant agreement and I read on.

He walked … Harry muttered, gulping in anticipation. "Er – sorry … in Slytherin."

This makes Sirius hit himself on the head and he says: "Not the thing my boy wanted to hear." But then Axel says: "Ooooh." We all look at him and he smirks as he says: "I think I know why Sora was so excited to read this chapter." We all look at him curiously, but he keeps quiet and I have to keep Roxas back from snickering as I read on.

Harry's stomach … half-plucked turkey.

Now Axel looks insulted and grumbles: "I hate those burning days." Making McGonagall gasp as she says: "Of course, you were Dumbledore's Phoenix. Harry must have met you there before he met up with Dumbledore." Axel nods and I whisper: "Just a few more sentences, Roxas. Keep a hold of yourself." And with trouble do I read on.

Harry stared … into flames.

This makes me smile and I whisper: "Now." Before feeling every part of Roxas come up to join with me every nerve. Feeling my body start to adapt to look like his, I feel the energy of the young Dual Blade Keyblade Wielder pour out of my veins and slowly but surely a small gust of wind flies away from my body.
Everyone seems to see this wind and they all look at it amazed as it starts to take shape. Slowly blond hair starts to become visible and Axel gasps: "No, it can't be." But I smile as a young face with a small round nose and brown-blonde small eyebrows appears before me, the neck attached to it blending in with square shoulders.
These shoulders are covered by a black cloak quite like Axel's and while the body of a boy almost 2 inches shorter than me appears before me, does Axel slowly move over, his eyes wide and his mouth agape in wonder. Finally the feet appear and everything of the spirit solidifies, making the young man a real person standing before me.

The dark blonde eyelashes tremble and a soft moan is heard from the back of the lad's throat as Roxas opens his azure blue eyes and looks at me, an easy smile appearing on his face as he sees me standing before him. He then looks down and softly touches the skin of his left arm with his right, obviously wanting to be sure he was really back.
Then a soft, crushed voice asks: "R-Ro-Roxas?" And we look at Axel, standing a few steps away from us and having a look on his face as if his greatest wish and worst nightmare are coming true at the same time. This makes Roxas and I smile at each other and the boy says: "Told you I'd be waiting for you in the next life."

And instantly my Nobody is strongly embraced by loving strong arms and Axel whispers: "Roxas, you're – you're back. You're really here. You – you were right. Oh Roxas, I'm so sorry. I tried to keep giving you time to get your memory back, but Xemnas – he wouldn't hear of it. He ordered me, Roxas, he ordered me to attack you."
Roxas nods and says: "I know, Axel. I know. I'm sorry, too. You were my best friend and I let DiZ walk all over me, erasing my memory and making me believe Hayner and the others were my best friends and all." Axel sighs and whispers: "Not your fault, Roxas. Not your fault." And the two friends smile at each other.

Then Riku comes over and asks: "Sora – but, how?" And I shrug as I say: "Axel's presence brought Roxas' presence a little more to the forefront of my mind and I agreed with him that he and I would split bodies again once we reached the part where Axel came into the story, Harry's 1st visit to Dumbledore's office."
The boy looks at me shocked and then I remember all the amazingly romantic thoughts Roxas shared with me about Axel and I see my Nobody send me an encouraging look. Taking a deep breath, I nod and say: "Besides, him being part of me – and caring for Axel like he does – kind of made me hold back on – ehm – something."

I now feel the same nerves as when I first realized I was in love with the silver-haired crystal-eyed boy and he asks: "You held back? On what?" And after another look from Roxas, do I take a deep breath and say: "Something I have been – well – wanting to do since we reunited in the Stronghold of Organization XIII."
The boy looks at me confused and asks: "You mean just crying tears of joy that I was back and we were reunited as friends wasn't your real reaction?" I shake my head and say: "Not what I – had it not been for Roxas and me being one – would have wanted to do, no." And he asks: "Then what did you want to do?"

I look at him, trying to gulp away the block of nerves that got stuck in my throat and know that the chance to play for time is over and when I see those amazing crystal blue eyes shining with curiosity and worry I feel the strong need to let them shine with love. No longer feeling Roxas holding me back, I slowly close the distance between us.
His amazing face slowly comes closer to, obviously thinking I want to whisper it in his ear, but I keep my eyes focused on his entire face, on the triangle shaped nose, on how his silver hair lies over his forehead and mostly, on his soft, almost pink-colored lips shaped in a curious smile. This is the last thing I see before closing my eyes.
Pushing myself forward a little further – while my nerves scream at me to turn around, run for the underworld and hide there – I feel myself touching him from shoulders to toe and softly grab his amazingly strong, muscular shoulders, pulling his upper body just those last few inches before finally our lips meet.

Instantly all that I ever dreamed would happen happens as my entire body feels on fire and on the same time put under an icy spell as every nerve in my body gets set aflame with excitement and fear at the same time. I then slowly move one hand from Riku's shoulder to the back of his head and a shudder goes through my body as I do.
The feeling of those soft, long, silver colored locks twisting and turning around my fingers is pure heaven and I moan softly as I finally feel Riku relaxing of shock. He, to my absolute joy, grabs me from behind and holds me against his body tightly, kissing me with a fevor I always dreamed he would do when I did this.
Clinging to his body and loving how my first kiss is with exactly the one person I have loved my entire life I can barely believe I ever thought of dating Kairi. But then thinking becomes impossible and all I can do is feel. Feel how Riku kisses me. Feel how Riku holds me. Feel how every inch of Riku devours me.

Roxas' POV

Smiling at the happy new couple kissing I hear Axel mutter: "Well, guess Riku didn't have to worry about a thing." I look at my one true love, the man who I know is responsible for giving me a heart and he says: "Riku told me he loves Sora when we were meeting in the small shack where the fishing equipment was stacked."
The man then turns to me and says: "And he also made me realize that, heart or no heart, I love you too, Roxas. You made me realize that very early on in our friendship and Riku and I realized recently that you have a heart too, so I will do everything I can to steal it and make you mine, Keyblade Wielder of my heart. Got it memorized?"
And just that catchphrase at the end of that amazing declaration of love is enough to make me pull myself up on Axel's broad shoulders and make me kiss his lights out, using all the love I have been feeling for him all this time to strengthen the beauty of our first kiss. Axel tenses, like Riku did, but then he too responds.

His arms wrap themselves around my smaller back and pull me all against him as his tongue slowly seeks entrance to my mouth. Opening my lips a little I moan as his divine tongue licks and explores the inside of my mouth with tenderness and love. Wrapping one arm around his neck to grab my other hand, I push myself closer to him.
He happily lies a single hand on the midst of my back and starts to caress my hair with the other, his large hand covering the entire back of my head easily, something he quickly notices as he takes a firm grip on my head and turns his own a little to deepen the kiss, making me feel more and more of his delicious warmth and love.
Finally we part and Axel pecks me on the nose one last time, whispering: "I love you." Making me smile and I whisper in his ear: "I love you too, Axel. I've been sharing my memories of all the times I knew I loved you with Sora the entire time he and I were here reading." Making the man smile at me as he asks:
"Were there many memories you shared?" And I whisper: "Quite a few, yes." Axel's smile widens and he whispers: "I remembered a lot of times of when I knew I loved you as well." We both smile at each other, me feeling happier than ever that I can fully look into those amazing green eyes for hours on end.

Axel looks me directly in the eyes and says: "Let's go find ourselves a spot of our own, so we can sit together while Sora reads." I nod and Axel and I walk back to our friends, Kairi having pushed some of the clouds apart to make a lovely couch for two with feet rests. I smile at her and happily cuddle with my strong, loving flame.
Then Axel pulls my head over to his and kisses my lips again, something I don't even want to object to seeing how amazing those lips caress and seem to worship mine with every tender, loving move. I happily seat myself so that every part of my body touches his and wrap my arms around his neck, enjoying our time together at long last.

Sora's POV

The kiss I have been anticipating, dreaming, wishing for and fantasizing about for the last 4 months is finally there and I am feeling as if all my dreams and fantasies are going to waste as this one kiss from Riku surpasses every one of them with leaps and bounds and all I can do is cling to the young man making me light in the head.
Riku has his arms wrapped around me tightly, showing me just how much he has trained in the year I was asleep and after that and his hands are strongly holding onto my shirt, as if afraid that I will pull back or something. But all I can think of and all I want is to push myself closer to him, to merge with Riku and never part with him again.

Finally, when the need for air becomes too much for both of us, we part, but I make sure we stay closely attached to each other and whisper: "And that is what I would have done, had my relief not brought me to tears and had Roxas not kept me back afterwards." And that same amazing smile shows on his face yet again.
Loving how it makes his eyes shine like polished crystals lying in the window and how it strengthens the beauty of his tan, I sigh, allowing myself to show how mesmerized and adorizing I am of his actions as he whispers: "And in the Meridan?" Making me shrug and say: "Would have made my move, had it not been for that letter."
The boy laughs and asks: "Really, and how would you have done that?" Making me look at him weirdly as I ask: "Did you really not notice how I was slowly moving to sit closer to you as we were enjoying the sound of the water there?" And when I see him looking shocked, I have to laugh as I realize he really hadn't noticed.

I then sigh and say: "Riku." He smiles and softly caresses my cheek, whispering: "Sora." I happily lie my head under his and whisper: "I really want to spend more time with you like this, but I chose this chapter, so –." Riku laughs and asks: "Did Roxas urge you?" Making me roll my eyes before I go back to my seat.
But then I see Riku racing me there and to my shock he takes a seat on the stone pedestal I was sitting on moments ago. Looking at him shocked, I blush when he asks: "Care to join me?" I gulp and smile, before – feeling my cheeks burn with embarrassment – sitting myself on his lap. He then pulls me close and kisses my neck.
I take a deep, shocked breath and whisper: "Riku." Making the boy purr against my neck and I moan: "Have to read. Stop distracting me." Riku lets go of my neck, while I can feel my skin burn there and my cheeks turn even more red as I realize he has marked me as his, having marked the skin of my neck with a hickey.
He then moves his head to my ear and I shudder all over as he whispers breathily: "I want to spend more time loving you too, Sora." I sigh and whisper: "Riku, just let me read. The quicker I read, the quicker we can let someone else read. Then we can do whatever we want and still listen." Riku nods and I continue reading.

Harry yelled … move on."

"You need to get a move on – a move on out of our lives, that is." Axel growls and Roxas pulls his head back to the young blonde as he says: "Axel, forget him. I don't care what he says, you look amazing no matter what your form." The redhead smiles at my Nobody and whispers: "And so do you, Roxy mine."
To this Roxas raises an eyebrow and Axel asks: "What? That was often a secret nickname I had for you." Making Roxas laugh before he slowly lets a finger run down Axel's chest and says: "I had one for you as well, Flurry of my Beating Heart." The two smile at each other lovingly and I turn to Riku and ask:
"And that those two didn't realize they had hearts was how again?" But the silver-haired Keyblade Master raises his shoulders in unknowing before grabbing my chin and kissing me yet again. I moan, trying very hard to keep my mind straight and happily kiss him back, hoping to distract him so I can continue reading.
Unfortunately does Riku not get this and instead does his hand slip from my chin to my neck and I moan, trying to let him know of my need to read on. This too is taken the wrong way as Riku lovingly moans back and I sigh, pulling back myself and looking at his crystal blue eyes in apology before I turn back to the book.

He chuckled … faithful pets."

"Pfuhh, as if I was ever loyal to that bastard. I didn't help Harry without reason when he needed it, you know." Axel huffs and then he turns to the boy in question and says: "To be honest, Harry, did I burn that day and not the day after like my Phoenix instinct was telling me for a very important reason you know?"
The boy shakes his head and then Remus says: "Of course, kids and teenagers have a pure heart and soul until their 14th year of age and Phoenixes have the ability to bond to newborns, as they call children under that age, and then stay close to this child until his elder soul proves unworthy of their loyal servitude."
Harry looks shocked and asks: "Wait – Axel, did – did you bond your Phoenix form to me back then?" And Axel says: "My Phoenix form, yes. My heart belongs to Roxas, though. Got it memorized?" Harry laughs and says: "Sure, just like my heart belongs with Viktor." Making the Bulgarian smile at him lovingly before I read on.

In the … light-blue stare.

To this Snape asks: "Please Harry, tell me you didn't let him look you directly in the eyes." And Harry nods and says: "Ever since I sometimes had to do that with Vernon when he was punishing me, did I have trouble looking people in the eyes for long. I've been growing out of it, but it still sometimes comes up."
And while I hate a reminder of that terrible Muggle and what he did with the poor boy, do I feel glad that he is healing. Sirius then pulls him close and whispers: "You don't deserve any punishment they gave you, child. None of their punishment. I'm sure of it." The boy smiles at his mother and I smile at them both before reading on.

Before Dumbledore … time, sir ..."

"How did you even know Harry was send to Dumbledore, Hagrid?" McGonagall asks the giant and while I see Hades rake an interested eye over the giant, does Hagrid say: "I saw you, Professor McGonagall, and when I saw where you were heading, did I go and see why that was. That's how I found out about Justin."
The woman nods and Harry says: "Thanks for that, by the way, Hagrid. I was too shocked back then to thank you, but I really do appreciate it." The Half-giant smiles at the boy and says: "Aaaw, no problem, Harry. Anytime." Making a disappointed frown appear on the face of the Lord of the Dead as I read on.

Dumbledore tried … his desk. He was too relieved at this knowledge to run after Hagrid and thank him, but he vowed to himself he would, as soon as possible.
"No, Harry, … at all."

"And he's using you like a soldier all over again." Ron growls before he goes on: "No wonder he was so easy on doing that at the end of the Fourth book, he had already done it twice before." And Sirius asks: "Twice?" Ron nods and says: "Harry was alone with Dumbledore at the end of the year too." The man looks worried and I read on.

Harry didn't … next, Mudbloods!"

This makes Draco moan, while Snape is pointedly looking the other way, obviously trying to deny to himself that Draco did this. Then Hades leans back and says: "Oooh, nice death threat. Part of the whole monster thing?" And I glare at him and snap: "Shut up and you'll find out." The Devil shrugs and I grumble as I read on.

and of … Salazar Slytherin... Finally the thought that this could help him stop the monster helped him make his decision.
"No," said … anything, Professor."

"Wisest words ever said!" The twins chorus and I laugh as they had snuck up on Hades and shouted it while standing behind him. The Lord of the Dead had been completely unaware of the two behind him and a loud shout of shock escapes his mouth, while he jumps and almost hits his head on the ceiling, his hair shooting up to do so instead.
We all laugh at this and Hades grumbles: "Seems a visit to the Fates will be in order." Making the two look confused while he smirks at them evilly, but then Hercules growls: "Don't you dare, Hades!" The Devil glares at my friend and he hisses: "Don't forget what happened last time you decided to end someone's life early."
Instantly the two whiten in fear while Hades grumbles and Hercules pats his left bicep, obviously trying to feel if it's strong enough for something. He smiles and says: "Yeah, that should be enough to flush you down again." This makes the Lord of the Dead sit back with his arms crossed and a furious scowl on his face.

I then turn to Hercules and ask: "Hades ended someone's life early?" He nods and says: "It all started when I was a year old. Hades let his little sidekicks kidnap me so they could turn me mortal and kill me, but they didn't succeed. So I kept my God like strength and after growing up to a young man, I started to train it.
Phil helped me with this and after a year of training was I ready to make my name as True Hero. I met Meg, saved her from a Centaur and then left for Thebe where I battled and beat a Hydra, gaining the title of Hero. But while my title grew, so did my love for Meg and Hades used that against me in one of his deals.
He agreed with me that I would lose my God-like strength for 24 hours and in return Meg would remain safe for those same 24 hours. He then freed the titans and let the Cyclops out on Thebe. I fought it and was able to let it fall down a cliff, but that caused a large pilar break and almost fall down on me.
Meg saved me and in return got hurt, therefore breaking my deal with Hades. I got my strength back and together with my father fought and defeated the Titans, the ones Hades wanted to use to take control of Mount Olympus. The Lord of the Dead hated my victory and so he let the Fates take Meg's life early."

I look at him shocked and he smiles and says: "I felt terrible for her getting hurt, but I wasn't going to give up. I went down to the Underworld, dived into the River of Dead and was trying to reach her soul, while the Fates were preparing my lifeline to be cut. But just when they wanted to, did I learn the lesson of what is a True Hero.
That a true Hero isn't measured by the Size of his Strength, but by the Strength of his Heart. I gained my God-form and took Meg's soul back to her body – not before punching Hades into that same river. I was then allowed to return to my birth-home, but decided to stay on earth with Meg, because an eternal life without her would be empty."
And at the end of this the Hero looks at the woman he obviously loves and I smile and say: "Well, if you love her so much, why not show it? You sure did before I left the last time I was here." The young man turns red and hisses: "Shut up." Making me laugh before he goes to sit with the girl. I then smile at Riku and read on.

The double … already dead?

"You know, I can't say I have any sort of clue." Hades says and then he turns and says: "I'll be downstairs. I have to go see if I have anything that can do that in my inventory." This makes me moan and say: "Great, more monsters for him to send at Hercules." But then Riku says: "You don't know. He might not know of this monster."
I then look around and say: "Let's hope so, or he might just unleash it upon all these students." Now Riku and I look around worriedly, but then he hugs me to him tightly and whispers: "You need not to worry, Sora. We'll defeat whatever Hades sends at us. You've done that before and I'm sure you'll do it again." I smile at him and read on.

There was … he passed. The only relief he found in this was that no one, this time, had the guts to curse him behind his back or something. Seemed that fear caused a different reaction compared to anger.
Fred and … coming through..." Harry enjoyed this and faked to not know that the twins looked at each other guiltily every time before they started, making it quite obvious they were doing this to make up for their behavior last time.
Percy was … George, chortling.
Part of Harry wished that were true as it would mean he could indeed control the monster and stop it from further harming the student body. The strange thing was that he couldn't get George's comment of fanged servant out of his mind and instead he sorted into his mind as another hint as to what the monster could be. So far he was still blank, but he was sure he would find out.

The twins now look at each other shocked and George says: "I have to make jokes like that more often. If it helps Harry solve mysteries like that." Before Sirius retorts: "I would prefer that my baby never more gets himself involved with mysteries like that, thank you." And the twins nod to that in agreement before I read on.

Ginny didn't … day now."
Harry still didn't believe for one minute Draco was the real culprit – the whole thing with Snape and Quirrell having taught him a lesson about never to suspect the most suspicious –, but what had been discussed in Borgin and Burkes about those secret artifacts Mr. Malfoy wanted to sell was something that still made him curious as to whether or not Draco had any information concerning the real culprit. And because they didn't have anyone who they would least suspect, Harry wanted to know if Draco was hiding this person.

Now Draco looks relieved and he says: "Well, I didn't, but I am glad that he didn't fully suspect me." To which his father asks: "Even with the fact that you went against my orders to lay low?" And the boy turns red, while a few of the Slytherins sitting around him snicker softly. I shake my head at his behavior and read on.

At last … in private.
The Duelling Club had been cancelled since the Snake Incident, but still Harry had seen some Fifth years practicing for their exams and he had to admit that he would have made more of a chance against Voldemort last year had he practiced some Defensive spells – and so he had asked of the twins to teach him further into the Disarming and other Defensive spells.
Fred, George … troubled time. Harry had seen the blush the boy had sported when he said this and when he saw how the boy's eyes raked over his siblings worriedly he realized the truth – Percy wasn't staying out of Prefect Honor, but because he was the oldest and thus felt himself responsible for the safety of his family while the Monster was roaming free; something that made Harry smile at the noble Weasley.

This makes Percy hit himself on the head, while a happy smile is visible under his hand and he mutters: "Too! Damned! Observant!" Before his younger sibling happily hug him. The boy sees this and happily hugs his family back, but for some reason does he pull Ginny the closest and while I wonder about this, do I read on.

Christmas morning … them both.

"Don't we know it." The twins moan, still sitting close to Percy and one of them says: "Yeah, she slammed the door so hard." And the other ends: "It resounded all the way to our dorm." And they chorus: "Thanks for the awakening, Hermione." And while the girl flushes red in embarrassed guilt, do I read on.

"Wake up," … the light.

"Well, that is kind of true." Harry suddenly says and everyone looks at him, making him turn red. He then looks down and while twiddling his thumbs he says: "I just read in one of those books I was borrowing back in my first that, up until 1877, girls really weren't allowed to come into the boys dorms, or vice-versa."
Everyone looks shocked and one of the two young Fourth years Hermione shares a dorm with asks: "Really, why did that change?" Harry shrugs and says: "I don't know. I just know that, until 1877, girls were only allowed in a boys dorm if she shared said dorm with said boy as his fiancé, wife or bonded partner."
Everyone looks shocked and Harry asks: "Those empty dorms in the tower above Hufflepuffs common room? Those were used as rooms for engaged, married or couples bonded through one or both of them being a Magical Creature." Harry then seems to look contemplatively and he shocks us as he mutters:

"You know, that might just be the whole reason the rule changed." We all look at him confused and he says: "In 1875, a lot of wizards started hunting after Magical Creatures, mostly the Purebloods wanting them to hand over their Magical Creature inheritance to strengthen the nobility and power of their own lines.
By 1890, there were barely any more Magical Creatures left and just about all Magical Creatures under the age of 16 were dead or send off to other countries. That must have been the reason the rule changed. Because Magical Creatures were the most frequent users of those rooms and they therefore became vacant more often than not."

Everyone looks shocked and Hermione asks: "Are you saying the dorms stopped being used and girls became allowed to come into boys dorms – because Purebloods caused Magical Creatures under the age of 16 to either die or flee the country?" Harry nods and the girl asks: "But why would Purebloods do that?"
And Harry explains: "Magical Creatures find a perfect mate at age 16. The Purebloods wanted that Creature Blood, so they kidnapped the kid Creatures and forced them to only interact with their offspring, hoping that the Creature would bond with those kids, which would strengthen the chance of their Heirs being a Magical Creature too."
Everyone looks shocked and Draco asks: "So there were actually times where Purebloods wanted Magical Creatures in their world – no offense, Lupin." But the man shakes his head and Harry says: "To be honest, it was the temporary depletion of Magical Creatures and then them returning in numbers that made Purebloods hate them."

The boy looks shocked and Hermione asks: "So first Purebloods force Magical Creatures to either bond with their lines or die out, then they cause their numbers to lessen dramatically and then, when the numbers return, they hate the very creatures they once wanted to fuse their families with? How sick is that?"
Harry shrugs and says: "Hey, I just read it somewhere, I didn't experience it myself." The girl nods and Viktor says: "To be honest this still happens in some countries." Everyone looks at the Bulgarian shocked and then another Bulgarian nods and says: "Yeah, we Bulgarians are still fighting Serbia to stop them from doing so."
Viktor nods at this and says: "Right you are, Vlidakorf, the Minster has been fighting their embassies for the last 14 years, just to stop them from kidnapping the Werewolves alone. It took him the 13 years before that to stop them from kidnapping Veela. And his predecessor had been working on that for 17 years before him."
Everyone looks at the Bulgarians shocked and Hermione asks: "So while we stopped this more than a century ago, are there still countries doing it?" Viktor nods and the other boy says: "Some Serbians even come to Bulgaria to kidnap our Magical Creatures. They get lifelong, of course." Everyone nods and I read on, deeply shocked.

"Merry Christmas … you sure?" he had a hopeful look in his eyes as he asked her, because her being done with the potion meant he could keep the book to himself and learn what he could about the more – ahem – safer potions listed in the scary, but amazing tomb.
"Positive," said … be tonight. Oh, and I took the liberty of returning the book yesterday, seeing we won't be needing it anymore." "Are you sure?" Harry asked, barely able to believe he missed such an amazing chance and the girl nodded, making him lie himself back on the bed with a pained moan.

This makes everyone laugh and Hermione giggles: "Sorry Harry, should have realized you or Ron might want it too. Well, maybe not Ron, but you're a different story, of course." To which the boy jokingly says: "And don't you forget it." Making the three friends share a glance together before they start laughing.
Then Sirius hugs his son and says: "I'll get that book out of the Black Library if you promise to only make the potions written inside it around either me or one of your teachers, understood?" Harry nods and Seamus asks: "Why not Lupin?" And Lupin answers: "Can't, sensitive nose, remember." The boy nods and I read on.

At that … holidays, too.

"He's never coming back to any of you in the first place, how's that?" Sirius growls, taking Harry away from Viktor's embrace and putting him on his own lap, obviously possessive in his anger. Harry happily cuddles with the man and I feel very happy for the young lad and the family he gained before I focus back on reading.

The rest … eagle-feather quill.

Now Remus looks confused and says: "Wait a minute, something's not right." We all look at him and he says: "I know Dumbledore kept me from sending you a gift in your first year with the excuse I should let you settle down first, but I know for sure that I send you a gift that year. Why isn't that noted in the story?"
And Harry growls: "Because I never got it. Dumbledore must have intercepted it and kept it to himself, the lowlife bastard." Instantly the man growls in fury and he whispers: "He didn't!" But Harry nods and asks: "What did you send me anyway?" And Remus seems to calm down as he happily answers:

"A Book on finding your one personal talent. It was to help you find the one class you would surely excel in, like James did with Transfigurations and Lily with Charms. Sirius, James and I shared that together back in our own Second and it helped us chose our electives." Harry smiles and McGonagall hisses furiously:
"Well, it surely doesn't take a genius to figure out why Albus intercepted that. He wanted Harry alone and low-powered, so the thought of the child knowing that someone wants him to excel will ruin that as that will make Harry loyal to that person instead of him." Everyone growls at this in fury and I shake my head before reading on.

Harry opened … planning next.

This makes the two boys cringe and Mr. Weasley jokingly asks: "Ron, why is Harry the one dreading that and not you?" The boy in question turns red and says weakly: "I was – eeeh – enjoying the Christmas holidays?" Making everyone laugh at him while the twins slap him on the shoulders. The boy turns red and smiles as I read on.

No one … sniggering at.

Suddenly Harry looks up and asks: "Hey guys, do you make it a yearly tradition to hex his badges? I mean, this year, last and next year? What's with you repeating yourselves? You never do that with anything else, so why with that?" This makes everyone look at him shocked and then the twins hit themselves on the heads.
They shake their heads and one of them says: "How can we be so stupid?" And the other goes on: "Repeating the same action 3 times in 3 years?" Before they chorus: "What were we thinking?" But then Percy cheers them up and says: "At least the text was constantly different." The twins smile at him and I read on.

Harry didn't … hours' time.
Still a little payback was in order, because the jumper stayed hand-knitted, so when Malfoy was enjoying his own meal, Harry laid his wand on the bench next to him and with just a few fingers holding it, he levitated the strawberry pie the boy was eating and shot it hard up his face.
The twins didn't even mind the detention they got for something they didn't do – they were too busy laughing themselves off of their own bench.

The teachers shake their heads at this, while the twins high-five Harry and Sirius says: "Now that is pranking." Before he whispers: "Quite different from the pranking we did." And Remus whispers back: "More like the complete opposite to what we pulled." The man nods, I see Harry looking confused and read on.

Harry and … the evening. Harry had a feeling he would be thanking her later tonight.

And Harry retorts: "I was right. That Polyjuice Potion tasted so awfully I almost puked it out together with the entire content of my stomach." Everyone shudders and Snape says: "Interesting. That means that, whoever you tried to impersonate, their souls had a very dark tinge to it." The boy looks at him and he says:
"The color of the Polyjuice potion starts by looking like thick dark mud, but once the body parts have been added, the potion will change color depending on the purity of the person's soul. The purer the soul, the closer to gold the color will be." Instantly the three share a glance that worries me greatly and I read on.

"We still … interrogating him."
Harry opened his mouth, deciding he would give it one last shot to convince the girl it can't be Malfoy, but she interrupted him before he could and he decided she would just see once they were interrogating the blonde.
"I've got … ignoring Harry's irritated and Ron's … each other, while Harry had to try very hard not to smirk – the Sleeping Draught came from his new personal storage.

"Your robe?" Hermione asks and Harry shouts: "How do you know?" To which the girl answers: "Naminé showed us while she was healing your mind." Harry sighs and growls while sitting back on Sirius' lap. But then the man laughs and says: "Harry, do you really think I believe that is your only secret stash?"
The boy whitens and Hermione asks: "It isn't?" To which Sirius asks: "After 4 years of making all kinds of potions in secret? There is no way that can all fit on one robe." The girl looks shocked and Harry says: "Okay, so I let the Trunk store add a secret compartment to my Trunk summer before third, alright?"
And Sirius mutters: "I knew it." Harry sighs and says: "So what do you want me to do with that? Show it as well?" But Sirius shakes his head and says: "I'm just glad you're not wearing all those potions on your person. Halfway through third the potions can become a little lethal." Harry nods and I read on.

"Hermione, I … said Harry, tired of hearing her accuse Malfoy of something he just couldn't have done. "But what … come back."

Now all Slytherins of that year look at her and the one named Goyle asks: "How stupid do you think we are, Granger?" But then Ron says: "Goyle, no offense, but seeing what we will soon be reading about, are you not the right person for that question." The boy looks at the redhead confused and I return their attention to the story.

When Hermione … the floor.

Now Goyle turns red and says: "Good point, Weasley." While the twins have trouble holding back their laughter. Malfoy in the meantime shakes his head and mumbles: "No wonder they were acting so strange that night. Or the fact that they didn't remember acting strange a little while later." Everyone laughs at this and I snicker-read on.

Much the … Goyle's hair. This time he didn't try to convince her otherwise, but that was both because he needed to keep his mouth close against the smell and because they were already too deep into the crazy plan Hermione had cooked up; there was no turning back now.
"Good. I … page of notes that she took out of Moste Potente … the hairs."

Quite a few of the adults are shaking their heads and Amos Diggory says: "I cannot believe that you are really doing this." And Harry retorts: "I could not believe I was doing it either, back then, Mr. Diggory. Especially since I knew Malfoy was innocent. I just knew there was no chance to change the plans, so –."
The elder man nods and Hermione asks: "Harry, you and I shared plenty of time working on that potion. Why didn't you try to convince me then?" And Harry answers: "Because you had that same glint the entire time you were making the potion. I'm courageous, not stupid. I knew there was no convincing you."
The girl turns red and whimpers: "I guess I have that habit a lot, don't I? With all the knowledge I constantly gather, with the Monster and Malfoy, with the broom and Sirius, with the House-Elves." The girl sighs and says: "I constantly believe I'm right and when I do, I – I just forget to listen to reason, I guess."
The boy nods and Ron hugs her close as he says: "You sure do, but that's one of the things we love about you. Your persistence always helps us out when we need it most. I sincerely don't know where we'd be if you weren't." This makes Hermione smile at her red-haired friend and while enjoying the moment between them, do I read on.

Hermione ladled … of yellow.

The girl smiles at this happily and Snape says smoothly: "Good to know, Mss. Bullstrode." The girl bows her head in gratefulness, but then Riku asks: "But then, why did Harry, Ron and Hermione look at each other so worriedly when you explained about the Potion changing color?" The man looks intrigued and I read on.

"Urgh - essence … murky brown.

This shocks us all and then one of them growls as the other says: "Damn, I thought we would have longer than this. Haven't even reached a good dark world yet." And we all look at them, my eyes wide when I see that they are actually wearing protective armor under their robes and have their wands in hand as they are standing up.
And to make matters even worse are both of them aiming their wands for a single hostage each, the one on the left holding onto Blaise and the other onto Hermione, each with dark gleams in their eyes as one of them says: "Anyone move in a way we don't like and these two get it. We're off to serve our new lord, if you don't mind."

And while I actually do mind, do I not feel like finding out what they could mean when they said that either Hermione or Blaise would get it and so I just grab onto Riku instead, both in need of comfort and to keep him from doing anything, yet while I do see Harry trembling with the need to grab his own wand, does something happen.
Two clouds of black smoke appear behind the two and from them Roxas and Axel appear, Axel slashing his hand at the back of the left one's neck and Roxas shouting: "THUNDER! Causing for small bolts of thunder to explode from his Keyblade and hit the right one, causing him to scream and let go off Hermione.
And instantly this gets followed by a furious voice shouting: "EXPELLIARMUS!" Causing for a single light to hit both lads and shoot them across the Coliseum, crashing against the wall on the other side of the field and falling down to lie unconscious at the metal gate at the end of the arena, the spell coming from Harry's wand.

But just when everyone seems to calm down, do my eyes widen as the gate opens and that rotten voice asks: "Someone wanted to come to me? Heh, why don't I come to them instead. Sorry folks, I'll be taking these two lovelies of your hands now." And before any of us can stop him does Hades make smoke appear around the two.
The smoke vanishes and with it the two boys and while Hercules wants to run over, probably hoping ot follow Hades, are the gates closed again by the time he gets there. The Hero smashes his fists against the metal bars and says: "No, he got away." Making me turn to the huge doors on the other side before I say:
"We'll just get back at him when he gets back here." And Hercules nods before Snape asks: "And my Snakes?" To which I cringe and say: "Either they become Heartless or Hades makes them even more dangerous than they are now." At which the man looks just as concerned before Blaise asks: "You alright, my little nymph?"

And Hermione nods before Harry and Ron run over, Harry stumbling every few steps as she says: "I'm fine, though I really should have been on my guard seeing what we were reading. I just – I just thought it proved how simplistic they were, not how dark." And her friends nod before Ron asks: "Blaise, would you mind?"
But the Zabini shakes his head and says: "I am still on my courting trial period. Your rights exceed mine at this point in time. Just – send her my way when you feel she needs it." And the redhead nods before he, his friend and their female friend rejoin Harry's parents and while I turn to smile at Riku in relief, do I then focus back on the reading.

"Hang on," … middle cubicle. Trying to distract himself from the horrible – and probably disgusting – task ahead of him, he tried to envision how carrying the glass was quite like the Egg-Carrying Contests they held yearly back at Privet Drive – one of the only happy memories he had of that place.

"Egg Carrying Contest. You mean, putting an egg on a spoon, putting that spoon in your mouth and trying to balance on a thin rope?" Hercules asks and Harry looks at him weirdly and says: "Not quite. You have to hold the spoon in your hand and try to pass an obstacle course while trying to finish first and not break your egg."
Hercules looks intrigued at this and Harry asks: "Where did you get that spoon in your mouth and thin cord thing from?" And the elder boy answers: "That's what Phill made me do when he trained me." Harry looks from him to Hermione, who nods in confirmation and while the boy looks back at Herc, do I read on.

"Ready?" he … too small...

Everyone looks shocked – some shocked and disgusted at the same time – and Ron whistles: "Wow, I was in too much agony of the changing to notice anything. You really know how to put things down, mate." The boy turns red and says: "The book just says what I felt, Ron, nothing more." To which Ron shakes his head and says:
"Harry, take a compliment for Merlin's sake." But then Remus says: "Ron, you can't blame him for having trouble accepting compliments. He's been raised on nothing but insults, of course it's hard for him to see something good about things he does." And Harry smiles at his dad gratefully, while being hugged by Sirius as I read on.

As suddenly … his mouth, making him cringe in shock before he relaxed, realizing how well the potion had worked.
"Yeah," came … to follow..." He, of course, felt stupid for not figuring this out sooner, but he had been too fascinated by the book and the progress of the potion being made to even think about it.
Ron, who … set off.
Harry, while walking, wondered what could have gone wrong as his and Ron's potions had worked perfectly. Was it perhaps that the potion worked better on males than on females? He hadn't seen any notes written in the book stating this, so what could make Hermione change plans just when everything was going the way she wanted?
"Don't swing … at them.
Harry could have hit himself on the head over that. Of course the girl couldn't be a Slytherin; the feast was over, so if she had been, she would have been heading the other way.
Harry and … had hoped.
Harry vaguely wondered what the girl was doing in the dungeons if she wasn't a Slytherin and it wasn't a school day, but he didn't wonder about it for long, they had more important things to worry about.
The labyrinthine … looked affronted and Harry almost rose his large arm to hit himself in the head, the only reason he didn't was because he didn't want to know how hard Goyle could hit himself on the head.
"That," he … pointed out. Harry grunted in fake agreement to override the worried tone seeping through Ron's voice.
"I," said … in time. Crabbe and Goyle barely ever spoke and if they did it definitely wasn't something good and even less chance it would have been something good to a Gryffindor.
He and … him automatically. Harry grunted to whisper: "Ron, stop it."
"Whatever," said Malfoy and Harry sighed in relief. "I've noticed … single-handed."

This makes Mr. Weasley ask: "You weren't, were you?" But Percy shakes his head and says: "I just thought I could find some secret passageway to – perhaps – Slytherin's secret library or something and with that find out about the Monster." The man smiles at his son and then Ron snickers: "Yeah, just not that night, you weren't."
Percy turns white before turning red in embarrassment and asks furiously: "How do you know that?" And Ron asks: "That secret you thought Ginny would tell us about that day I got so angry at you in the Great Hall? After your patrol?" The boy nods, even more white than he was minutes ago and Ron sighs before he says:
"She wasn't. What she wanted to tell us was even more important. It had to do with that event that happened later that day. She was just, after that event, so happy it was over she was a little loose-lipped and told us on the train." His elder brother nods, gaining some color, but not all of it and while I wonder why this could be, do I read on.

He gave … slid open.

This makes McGonagall turn to Snape, but the man holds up his arms and says: "Before you even start, that was not my choice." This confuses the woman and Snape asks: "Just make a guess who's choice that was, Minerva." And instantly the woman throws her arms up in the air as she groans in suffering and shouts:
"Of course, he messes up everything, doesn't he?" And Snape grumbles: "Damn right he does. That idiot convinced me to make Pureblood that year's password as a motivation for my students. Said my House, back then, had the highest amount of Purebloods of all Houses and that I should give them a reason to be proud of it."
The woman hits herself over the head and then she says: "As annoying, irritating, manipulating and downright insulting as that man can be, I have to admit he knows how to throw in a convincing argument." And Snape grumbles: "Can't argue with you on that." Making just about everyone groan before I return to the book.

Malfoy marched … carved chairs.

The Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Gryffindors now look intrigued while the Slytherins groan and Snape says: "While I hate for the secrets of our common room to be exposed to the other Houses, do I feel myself urged to thank Mr. Potter for his complementary description of our environment." The Snakes nod at this and I want to read on.
But then Riku kisses my cheek lovingly and says: "That sounds just like you, Sora." I turn red and mutter: "No, it does not." But to this he retorts: "Yes, it does. You have the brilliant ability to find the brightest part of anything and pull of miracles like there's nothing to it." Now I really turn red and the boy turns my head to his as he says:

"And that's one of the things I love most about you. To see the brightest part – the light – in anything, no matter how deep the darkness. You even saw light within me when Malificent and Ansem had me under their control and you saw right through my looks of Ansem just by closing your eyes back at the Organization's Castle.
You always see just who I am no matter how I look or how long we've been apart. And I love you for that, Sora. I love you for having me in your heart and through it, keeping me in the light." I smile at him, amazed as always by his amazing words and whisper: "And I love you, Riku. I have for years, just didn't know it."

The boy laughs and kisses my lips, touching them softly and showing me the tender side of his love, the tender side of him; something no one ever barely sees. Feeling honored that this amazingly strong man opens up for me like this, I lie my hand on his cheek in loving warmth and kiss him back, showing him my love for him.
We kiss for quite a while and when finally the need to breathe becomes unbareable, I only part so far our lips are released, but that our foreheads keep touching, the soft hairs of his fringe tickling my forehead and rustling softly just above my eyebrows. I snicker at the feeling of it and Riku smiles at me before I focus back on the reading.

Hades' POV

"How? How is this even possible? Light and Darkness are supposed to hate each other, to want to destroy each other. How are these two brats together? Why is that dumb kid not trying to force that little shorty to just submit? And why does little shorty seem to cool with that brat's betrayal of all those years ago?
What the heck happened to those two after Maleficent first got beat by that shortstuff? I thought Maleficent had made him join us by his own free will? Was I wrong?" Goes through my mind as I gander into the Coliseum from the shadows of the Underworld and almost gag at the romance between the two universal differences.
"Well, at least I have some new toys to play with, even if I couldn't find whatever beast had been roaming that castle a few years ago. And once we reach the part where that black-haired brat finds out what monster it is, I'll just go scoop it up and sack it and those newly trained recruits of mine on that stupid shortstuff and Blunderboy."
And this thought makes me smirk, yet I also turn away and look back at where the two thick-muscled magicians are fighting off against my Cerberus, a bit of my own magic making sure the sounds of their training doesn't reach the Entrance courtyard before I focus back on where little shorty and his dark-heartened friend are reading.

"Wait here," … on them.

Instantly a tense and awkward atmosphere seems to fall over the entire area and Hades comments: "Oh, sounds like that could have better waited a few days to be shown." And this causes for a few of those sitting in the entrance courtyard to scream in fright, yet I don't feel shocked all that much and neither does Riku.
"We were wondering where you were staying. Found anything on this monster?" But Hades shrugs and then something happens that I find utterly shocking as suddenly the God of the Dead is actually hanging upside down by his ankle, which turns out to be courtesy of Professor Snape, who growls: "My students, if you please?"
Yet Hades pulls himself out of the spell by vanishing and reappearing in two separate clouds of smoke and says: "Nice trick, pall, but I haven't the slightest of clues of what you're talking about. All I have down there are the worst of the worst and a ton of condemned souls. You sure you want to go look down there? Be my guest."

"I'll take my chances later." Snape calmly says, apparently not even phased with the fact that his spellwork was undone so quickly and Hades glares at the man as he says: "Careful, bud, my Ladies control the thread that is your lifeline." To which Snape snorts: "Yeah, and look how well that turned out last time." Looking at Hercules.
This shocks me and angers the god of the dead as Snape turns to look at the God and says: "You remind me of my previous two masters; one of them died by the hand of a fourteen year old, the other is now on his way to a death sentence of his own, again courtesy of a fourteen year old. You don't scare me."
And while I try not to gaze at where Harry is as Hades growls: "Then I'll be happy to make you fear me, buster." But Snape calmly says: "One of your monsters against all of our students? Sounds like fair odds for our side." And while I feel amazed at how well the man is outwitting an actual deity, do I then continue reading.

"Well?" said … Malfoy, snickering.

Now Lucius glares at his son and asks: "So you started using that word freely back then?" Draco gulps and Snape says: "I'll go see how Mss. Bullstrode is doing." And while I feel bad that the man seems to be avoiding getting angry at Draco, do I enjoy how the awful boy looks down in shame as his mentor leaves and I read on.

"You know, … Creevey in."

"I do now agree that Dumbledore is the worst thing that's ever happened to this school, that he probably indeed hushed it all up for as long as he could, seeing how the parents probably knew nothing of the attacks and that he should be sacked, but I don't agree with not letting Muggleborns into Hogwarts, Malfoy."
Harry tells the blonde and he shrugs and says: "Yeah, I guess that goes a little far." He then turns to Harry and asks: "But how are we supposed to let Muggleborns come into our world if more than half of them only stay there for the years they spend in Hogwarts. It makes the graduating Muggleborns a danger to our secret society."
Harry nods and says: "Which is why we need to integrate into their society and help them integrate into ours – with help of the Muggleborn parents." Everyone looks shocked and Harry says: "It's part of the plan I spoke of that the Ministry want to talk to me about and I really think it might help us – if it all works out like I think, that is."

Everyone looks intrigued and he says: "What we need is to have at least 3 houses empty in every Muggle street block. Those Houses will then be filled with Magical stuff and will have this secret birth link to all other Muggle Houses, letting the schools know if a magical child is born from one of the residential families.
We then send in some people from the Magical World, show them what the present and future of their child can be and show them one of the empty houses. That way, Muggles can live in Magical homes with their Magical kids – in a Muggle neighborhood." Everyone looks at the ingenious boy in shock and he mutters:
"And if we do the same in the Magical street blocks, we can let the Muggles move once their kids have graduated, so that they can, like their kids, stay part of their own and their kids society. It'll be perfect unified integration. We will be able to integrate and learn from the Muggles and they can do the same from us."

Everyone looks at each other shocked and then Hermione squeals and runs at Harry, tears in her eyes as she hugs him very tightly. Harry tenses instantly, obviously deeply emerged in his own thoughts and therefore blocked off from his surroundings and the girl seems to feel him tense as she lets go, looking sorry.
Harry smiles at her, obviously wanting to comfort her and then notices her tears. He softly swipes his hand over her face and she says: "Oh Harry, that – that idea, it's – it's absolutely brilliant. Oh, I've been keeping so much from my parents, afraid they would take me from Hogwarts if they heard of the dangers I face, but – but now –."
The boy smiles and says: "I'll see what I can do about making that idea come true. Maybe we can use the families of the Muggleborns at Hogwarts as test subjects, especially those of the higher years. That will make it easier for the Muggles to be used to Magic existing and it will make them more willing to move, I hope."
Hermione nods and says: "I'll write to my parents the first chance I get. The minute time starts running again in our world." Harry nods and says: "Use the next break to see if other, elder Muggleborns are willing to do the same. Maybe I can meet them before the next reading starts." The girl nods and I read on.

Malfoy started … Slytherin's heir!"

Again Malfoy hits himself on the head and again Snape turns around, walking away from Draco and the others when he hears me saying the M-word while speaking of what Malfoy said all those years ago. This makes Draco sigh with his head low, obviously feeling absolutely terrible for failing his mentor like this.
Other students are whispering about how awkward it must be for the Malfoy boy to realize he was insulting the boy to his own face without knowing and I whisper: "Harry really is something, don't you think? Getting all those insults thrown at his face and still keeping his character up." Riku nods and I read on.

Harry and … help them."

"Wow, talk about an anti-climax." Leon mutters and a lot of students shout and jump as he has been quiet all reading. I personally shake my head at the man leaning against an invisible part of the Coliseum walls and he says: "I feel for you, boys. I really do." The two boys in question smile at him and I read on, shaking my head.

Ron's jaw … this time...

Then suddenly Harry stands up and says: "Axel, can you make a portal out of here? It's better if Draco's not around once Sora reads the rest of his speech." I look at the sentence in question and my eyes widen, my mind trying to process how a 12 year old could think something like that – about a fellow teenager.
I read the sentence over and over, I read the same again and again and say: "Axel, do it. And hurry." To this the redhead asks: "Back to Destiny Island?" I nod hurriedly, wanting to spit that sentence out as quickly as possible and once I see the portal close behind the blonde, who is just as white as I must be, I take a deep breath and read.

I hope … with relish.

Instantly chaos is all around and while Hades laughs and shouts: "Now that's a boy of my taste!" Something that makes Snape and Lucius Malfoy send a few curses at him, do most of the students shout insults at the blonde. But I pay none of the shouting, crying, raging students any attention and instead turn to Harry's corner.
There I see a thin-lipped Harry holding a crying Hermione and I feel for the poor girl, not wanting to know how she feels at the fact that a year mate of her rivaling House wanted her dead at age twelve. I shake my head at this and whisper: "And still no Heartless. It's unbelievable." Riku nods at this and I let the students rage.

The loudest shouts of all seem to come from the Malfoy corner and I hear Narcissa Malfoy shout: "Lucius Malfoy, you swore to me you would raise Draco the proper way while I would hold up our reputation! Is this what you call the proper way? Having our son want someone dead at age 12!? What were you thinking?"
The blonde man cowers as his wife rages over him and I have to smile at the power females seem to have over males in their world. Wondering how strong that power is and to what lengths it can go, I wait until the woman has shouted herself hoarse and turned away from her husband, before I calm the others down too by reading on.

Ron was … going backwards." Harry shortly wondered what Draco really thought of his bodyguards, but kept the thought to the back of his mind, focusing on the current conversation with Malfoy.
He shifted … drawing-room floor -"

Now Lucius cringes and Narcissa sends him a questioning look, but Harry says: "Don't worry, I'm sure Mr. Weasley took everything out of there. He after all really wanted to have one over you, remember?" The elder blonde smiles at him slightly and then a 7th year Gryffindor asks: "How can you say that after what you just heard?"
And Harry turns furiously stern, causing the Gryffindor in question to back away and almost fall off his cloud in shock and for Malfoy Senior to actually move back a bit as he says: "I haven't forgiven Malfoy for that comment, if that's what you're suggesting. I just know Malfoy can sink even lower, so I am holding my patience."
This makes Narcissa Malfoy turn a furious eye on her husband as she asks Harry: "Really, and when did my son exactly prove he can sink even lower than that comment?" And Harry answers: "A fortnight after Dumbledore had been taken away. I'm just about positive it's in the books." The woman nods and I read on.

"Ho!" said … noticed anything. Harry took the fact that he hadn't shouted about spies in their common room as a sign that Malfoy had indeed not even noticed their changing looks and took this as a good sign.
Harry could … and Goyle. Harry and Ron shared a quick glance and hurriedly put the robes and shoes on the sides of the closet, ran past it and, after making sure no one was around, did Harry cast the unlocking charm on the door just when they turned a corner.

Hermione sighs and says: "Guess that Sleeping Draught wasn't as strong as I had expected. I checked it and thought it would keep them asleep for more than an hour." Ron slaps her shoulder and says: "Don't worry, from what we heard they were only groggily trying to get out. They must have only just woken when we ran past."
The girl smiles and says: "You do know you shouldn't be comforting me about that, but Harry, right? Seeing he was the one that made that Sleeping Draught." To this Ron turns to his best friend and Harry holds up a hand and says: "I know, but it was only a light dosed Draught I gave her, wasn't supposed to take too long." Ron nods and I read on.

Harry checked … "It's awful!"

"How can she be happy if something awful happened to someone?" One of the French students asks and Ron answers: "You don't know Myrtle. She was bullied a lot before she was killed, so now she enjoys bullying others just as much as she was bullied." The girl looks shocked and says: "Well, that's not very nice!"
"I never said she was a nice ghost, did I?" Ron asks and the girl nods reluctantly. Ron then turns to Ginny and whispers something that sounds like: "Good payback you gave her, sis." But Ginny seems to understand that compliment as much as I do and I wonder what the boy means. Deciding to find out, I read on.

They heard … her hair.

This makes Snape look down with his lips thin and Neville says: "So that's why you were in the Hospital Wing that Christmas. The Professors tried to convince us it wasn't another attack, but – well, we were sure it was – except those that knew you were Harry's friend, of course." Hermione smiles at him and I read on.

"It was … Myrtle happily.

"See what I mean?" Ron asks the girl with an exasperated look and the girl huffs: "Ghosts like that shouldn't be allowed on schools. It will only give them the chance to behave inappropriately." But then Harry says: "To be honest, as rude as she was, was she also a big clue concerning the chamber mystery." Everyone looks shocked and I read on.

"It's OK, … a tail!" Harry hated the fact that he didn't know any spells that worked on ghosts as he heard this. Instead he used the levitation spell to open a sink tab that was aimed at the girl, splashing her hard.

Everyone laughs at this and Ron says: "Served her well!" Making just about all the girls and all of Hermione's year mates cheer in agreement. Then suddenly Riku stands up, one arm around me, the other under my upper legs and he says: "Chapter over, we're sitting alone." And I laugh as he carries me off to our earlier spot.


Hey everyone,
Wow! Okay, so – Crabbe and Goyle are now minions of Hades, Sora and Riku are together (Jaaay), Roxas is back (double Jaaay) and he and Axel are now officially a thing (Triple Jaaay). I got to admit, I like this version of the response to Crabbe and Goyle and their actual darkened hearts better than the original.
Also, I needed to do some editing in this chapter and I probably will be doing some in the next as I made it seem as if Hades wants to help Harry – which we all know is a little too much out of character for our Lord of the Dead – though I still plan on the "the wrong person got killed in that fight" scenario to be used.
Merry Christmas,

Venquine1990