Harry Potter and the Gathering of Worlds

By James the Fox

"…"

Axel: "…"

Sora: "…"

Roxas: "…Why isn't anyone talking?"

Link: "…"

Shadow: "…"

Rico: "Nobody has anything to say…"

"… Chapter starts now. Thanks to all reviewers!"

Sora looked out of his dormitory window to the horizon, amazed that everything was so calm… Especially after that dreams he had the last few nights…

"What's with you, Sora? You are way too quiet," Harry walked up to Sora and leaned against the wall.

"…" Sora didn't want to worry Harry or any of his friends, so he ignored the question. "There's a meeting with the DA tonight, isn't there?"

"Yes."

"Then you should focus on your lesson plan."

"What about you? You have a lesson plan to prepare for with your class."

"Handled it."

"… Oh."

Sora walked off leaving Harry to his thoughts. Umbridge was making several moves to take control of the school, and Hermione had come up with the brilliant idea of starting an underground DADA class. Codenamed: Dumbledore's Army, this group used false Galleons to check when meetings were. Harry was appointed the "teacher" of this class. Lucky for them, Shadow and Rico were able to keep their existence a secret, using Chaos Control to warp attendees to and from their dorms. However, that did not stop Um-butt from finding some charge to put Dumbledore on the run. The High Inquisitor turned Headmistress of Hogwarts was moving way too fast. It was almost unnatural how fast she rose to power. It was a few weeks since the New Year started, and the foreign students (especially from the Great Sea and Station Square worlds) were already feeling the heat. As Shadow had said, "This is a dictatorship in the form of a school." Speaking of Shadow…

"Sheru, I really don't…"

"Come on Shadow, you're a master of Chaos, and you're scared of this?"

"… If I don't come back, remember… This is your fault."

Shadow couldn't believe he was doing this. He was standing at the top branch of a tree overlooking the Hogwarts Lake. 'Why am I doing this?' He continued to look at the lake. After a LOT of hesitation, Shadow jumped forward. As he fell towards the lake, he hearkened back to a very similar experience he had with the Space Colony ARK's pool…

"Shadow, this test is to see how you react to water. If anything goes wrong, you need not worry, as we have several people to get you out of the water."

A 1-year-old (6 years old maturity level Shadow grimaced at the water. "I really don't think I should... Can't we skip this?"

"Come on, Shadow, we have to do this eventually." The Scientist looked up from his clipboard to see Shadow staring at the water like a child looking at his or her vegetables.

"… Why?" Shadow asked, but the answer was interrupted by the familiar female voice Shadow found very comforting.

"Oh, Shadow, its just water." Maria strolled up to Shadow and put a hand on his shoulder. "Is the great, all-powerful Ultimate Lifeform afraid of water?"

"Heck no! There's nothing I'm afraid of! I am Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform, and no watery…uh…liquid… water… thing… Is going to stop me!" Shadow jumped into the water…

And he came up a few seconds later, screaming bloody murder. "I can't swim! Sheru! I'm gonna drown! HELP!" Sheru gasped and pulled out her wand.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" Shadow gasped for air, although he really didn't need it. He landed on the ground, a wet furry mess.

"You realize that this really ticks me off, right?" Shadow got up and cast a drying charm.

"I didn't know, Shadow! I'm so sorry!" Sheru was in horror that she almost got her friend drowned.

"… Eh, it's all right. It was my own pathetic pride."

"…"

"…You know, you remind me of someone I knew a long time ago."

"Really?"

"Yeah… The two of you are almost exactly alike…"

"How is she?"

"Well… she kind of… well…" Shadow lowered his head, resisting the memories threatening to appear. 'I thought I got over this…'

Sheru got the picture from Shadow's silence. "Oh."

"So, Shadow… You seem well." A dark voice far too familiar to Shadow called out of nowhere. Shadow turned around to see a floating eye with six purple appendages. Doom's Eye…

"The time has come… Shadow…."

"This is IT!"

Shadow: "The end of my part of the story…"

Dumbledore: "The board is set, and the pieces are moving…"

Gandalf (LOTR): "That is my line."

Dumbledore: "So?"

"While these two have an epic battle, I will tell you: The next few chapters will be about different characters and their parts in the battle. Both OC's and Canon Characters will have their moments."

Black Doom: "I'm back."