Sage Mode and Magic Chapter 3: A Strange Castle, A Strange History, a Harry Potter + Naruto Crossover fanfic

So here's the boring stuff where many things are explained. If you want action, you may need to wait a few chapters.

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Naruto decided to leave the clone behind with Snape and Crouch and follow Dumbledore. Once they had left Professor Moody's office, Naruto had a better chance to look around. Apparently, Moody's office was connected to what appeared to be a classroom. He saw it was dark and mostly barren, with desks for students and a teacher. When he looked up, he gawked at what appeared to be a giant bat's skeleton. However, he soon saw that this bat had a horn on its head and a long tail. "Is that a dragon?" Naruto asked Professor Dumbledore.

"Why yes," Dumbledore replied, "It's rare to find a complete skeleton of a dragon. This one is even rarer; it came from a male Hungarian Horntail. They're about two thirds the size of the females and have an extra horn above their jaws."

"It's pretty big, but Chief Toad can easily squash a live Horntail, believe it!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I'll have to meet this Chief Toad one day. Lets get up to my office, and we can talk more in detail," Dumbledore replied in a curious yet composed fashion. His eyes then twinkled, and he said "Should I lead the way, or do you want to run off on your own and find it?"

At this, Naruto calmed down and, embarrassed, said "Lead the way."

Outside the classroom were many hallways, twisting and turning around the castle. There were a few teenagers wandering around, but they made a clear path for Dumbledore. Naruto walked in his wake, and heard some students talking about him. It was mostly questions about who he was, comments about his looks, and the occasional comment by a girl about his chest. I really need to get a shirt. Naruto thought to himself. These teens were wearing horrible clothes; restricting pants, thick shirts, and large cloaks. With those uniforms, it's no wonder they don't learn taijutsu. Naruto commented to himself.

He was in for another shock when they reached the staircases. It was a large one, with portraits hanging from every wall. Dumbledore walked a few steps onto one set of stars, then stood still. Naruto stood right next to him for a second. Impatient, he was about to ask him why they weren't moving when he felt the staircase shudder. Reacting, he channeled chakra to his feet and jumped onto the wall behind him. But he saw the shudder was nothing dangerous. In fact, the whole staircase moved to the right! While recovering from that surprise, he received another.

"What villain is this, standing upon my face?! Have at thee!" This voice came from somewhere behind Naruto.

"Oh, sorry," Naruto said, jumping down onto the floor. "Wait... who said that?" Naruto turned around, looking for the source of that voice. All he saw were many portraits. In one of these was of an old knight with a broken visor.

"Twas I! Sir... Cadogan!" The knight replied, fixing his visor.

Seeing the knight respond, Naruto started freaking out. "HOW ARE YOU MOVING AND TALKING? YOU'RE JUST A PAINTING!"

At that, the knight sputtered. "Just a painting!? I'll have you know, I was one of King Arthur's Knight of the Round Table! I was sent to battle the Wyvern of Wye, and died to succeed."

"You died?" Naruto asked. His face then became pale, and he shrieked "DUMBLEDORE, YOU HAVE A G-G-G-GHOST HAUNTING YOUR PICTURE!"

"A ghost, you called me?" The knight yelled as well, "I am no phantom! For that insult, I challenge thee, knave, to a battle to the death for my honor!"

"Naruto please calm down." Dumbledore said, "Sir Cadogan isn't a ghost, nor does he have one here at Hogwarts. While this castle does have ghosts, they're all friendly and don't interact with students that often."

With that, Naruto calmed down a little, but was still edgy at the thought of real ghosts being in the castle. After the staircase stopped moving, Naruto and Dumbledore continued up a few floors, all the while being followed through other live portraits by that crazed knight wanting a duel. Once they were on the right floor, they walked through more corridors, then came to a stop in front of a griffin-like stone gargoyle in an alcove. Dumbledore approached it and said "Fudge Flies." That word appeared to be a password, because the gargoyle and its pedestal started to spiral upwards, creating a staircase as it went. Getting used to all the strangeness, Naruto quickly followed Dumbledore up the stairs and into what must have been his office.

His office was so large, it had two floors! Along the walls of both floors, extending from floor to ceiling, were stuffed bookshelves and cabinets full of weird silver machines and instruments. In the center of the room was Dumbledore's large desk, and a large red and gold bird was near it to Naruto's right on a perch. While Naruto had been looking around the room in wonder, Dumbledore had moved to stand next to his desk.

"Now that we're here, lets talk about what happened in the graveyard about an hour ago. Would you like an Acid Pop?"

After a somewhat satisfied belly and a lengthy explanation of what occurred, Dumbledore asked for more details about this boy in front of him. "I must ask, where are you from Uzumaki, and how did you learn these 'jutsu'?"

"Please call me Naruto, Dumbledore-jiji. That is my name. Uzumaki is my family name."

"Interesting. And you also called Professor Snape 'Snape-sensei'..." thoughtfully, Dumbledore pulled out a wand and pointed it at his throat. After muttering something under his breath, he said "So are you from Japan?"

"No," Naruto replied, "I'm a ninja genin from Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. And what was that justu you used on your neck?"

"Finite." Dumbledore said, "That was a translation charm. I had switched from English to Japanese. For future reference, Naruto, in English, we don't use honorifics, and when we introduce our full names; we say our given name first and our family name last."

"Wait, I've been speaking in English this entire time?" Naruto asked, "That doesn't make any sense. I speak Japanese only. Did that circle that brought me here mess with my mind?!" Quickly, Naruto accessed his mindscape and practically shouted 'Kyuubi, are you there? Something strange is happening!'

'It took you this long to figure that out? I'm surprised, I thought it would take longer for my idiot of a jailer to catch on.' Hearing that, Naruto ignored the jibe and calmed down a little.

'So, can you tell me what's going on?' Naruto asked, 'At least about this language thing?'

'I don't know where we are brat. However, whatever that sphere did, it also gave you the ability to talk to whoever you meet. You're mind still thinks, hears, and reads in Japanese, but everyone else will be speaking, reading, and writing in this English language. That's the only change I can see in you from behind these wretched bars.'

When he returned to the real world, Naruto saw Dumbledore looking at him expectantly. "I'm sorry, what did you ask me?" Naruto replied, hoping above all else Dumbledore had asked a question and not said anything else.

"I had asked what you were doing before the circle brought you to the graveyard."

"Oh. I was training with Pa on reaching Sage Mode without the oils. I need to learn Sage Mode quickly, before Pain attacks Konoha," Naruto replied. Then, shocked, he said "PA! I almost forgot! I've been gone for over an hour! I better tell him what happened." Naruto quickly went through a few hand seals and said "Summoning Jutsu!"

A smoke cloud and poof similar to when Naruto created a clone occurred, but was a lot smaller. Out of it appeared a wizened toad. He was sitting cross-legged, and looking downward with a shocked look on his face. "NARU... Wait a moment, who summoned me?" At that, the toad calmed down and looked around. While he did so, Dumbledore noticed the toad spoke in Japanese, and quickly performed the translation charm on himself again. "Naruto-boy! What happened, one instant you fell into a silver sphere, the next you're summoning me into this office!"

"What do you mean by that Pa? I've been gone for over an hour!" Naruto told this toad, who Dumbledore understood to be 'Pa'.

"An hour? Let me check something..." Saying that, Pa sat back down and closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he looked up. "Naruto-boy, how you find your way into trouble astounds me to no end. Somehow, you are in another dimension. This isn't anywhere in the Ninja Nations."

"NOT IN THE NINJA NATIONS?! HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT!"

"The Nature Chakra here feels different, and is a lot heavier. It's so heavy, it's repressing my chakra, and I have to use more chakra than normal to maintain any jutsu and summonings. It was too easy for me to gather the Nature Chakra, but it acted weird when I pulled it into my body. Therefore, I concluded that we are not in a world that uses the same Nature Chakra, and must be on another planet. However, if this was another planet, it would move through time at the same speed as the Ninja Nations. Because of the difference in time's flow, I guessed that we're no longer in the same universe."

"Oh. I think I get it. So, can you guys Reverse Summon me back to Mount Myoboku?"

"We can try. However, I doubt it, no matter how much chakra we use. Reverse Summoning is different from a Summoning Jutsu. You could Summon me using a Space-Time jutsu because you signed the contract. However, Reverse Summoning is a Space Seal jutsu, rather than a Space-Time Hand-Seal jutsu. And because these two worlds are moving at different speeds of time, it would be near impossible for us to return you to Mount Myoboku. I'm surprised you were able to summon me at all!"

"How interesting. You two could summon objects and people from other lands quickly," Dumbledore commented, catching the attention of the two Toad Sages.

"Naruto-boy, who is this man? He reminds me of Sarutobi," Pa commented.

"That is Professor Dumbledore. He's in charge of this academy," Naruto replied, "Professor Dumbledore, this is Fukasaku, or Pa. He's the Great Toad Sage, and was teaching me to access Sage Mode."

"How curious. Fukasaku, can you please explain to me what chakra and Sage Mode is?" Dumbledore requested. He was still curious as to what those were, since Naruto didn't give an explanation.

"Certainly! Chakra is a mix of a person's physical and spiritual energies. Ninjas can access this energy through training. They are able to use this energy to improve their physical performance and use jutsu. By forming hand seals and applying chakra to each one, ninjas can use jutsu attacks, defenses, or illusions. Sage Mode is a special state, where a person gathers into their body chakra from nature, mixes it with their normal chakra, and uses this mix to create Sage jutsu. While in this state, Sages are able to sense Nature Chakra and other people's chakra."

"Thank you. Now, are you still in this Sage Mode?"

"Yes I am. I can sense many humans around, a bunch of short creatures tending to food, a few ghostlike things drifting through the castle, and some kind of floating creature accompanying somebody through the castle gates."

"I guess that is Fudge, arriving with a Dementor bodyguard. That is unusual, even for him. But that matter aside, can you tell me what you see when I perform a spell?" With that, Dumbledore turned to a book on his deck. "Wingardium Leviosa." With that, the book started to float off the table. If that astounded Fukasaku, what surprised him even more is what he saw through Sage Mode.

"Astounding! Your stick is gathering Nature Chakra at it's tip! There, the stick is using your Spiritual Energy to mold the nature energy into a beam that's holding the book up!"

At that, Naruto got excited and confused. "That's awesome! But, what does it mean?"

For that explanation, Dumbledore took the stand. "It appears that there are three different energies at work between Sage Mode and Magic. Sage Mode takes Physical Energy, Spiritual Energy, and Nature Energy. For simplicity, let's call these three energies Chi, Aura, and Mana. Normal ninjas use a mix of their physical Chi and spiritual Aura to make chakra. Do you understand me so far Naruto?"

"Yes, but what does Mana have to do with it?"

"That, my dear boy, is simple. Mana isn't chakra, but a similar type of energy. When Sages wield it, they internalize it and mix it with their chakra. When wizards use it, they direct and channel it outside of their bodies by using their Aura. That's why accidental magic occurs with young children; their emotions spike their levels of Aura, allowing them to more easily command Mana without the need of a wand."

Seeing that Naruto was still confused, Fukasaku spoke up. "Sage Mode and Magic are two sides of the same yen. It's like how some pastries have flavored frosting on the outside and others have flavored cream on the inside."

Dumbledore was perplexed at this explanation, but Naruto finally got it. "So THAT's how it works. So basically, Sage Mode and Magic are the Physical and Spiritual sides of Mana?"

Dumbledore, shocked, responded "Yes, but how you understood it from what Fukasaku said astounds me."

Fukasaku turned to Dumbledore. "Trust me, I was surprised too when my fellow toads explained Sage Mode using ice cream and toppings."

Dumbledore, satisfied with his knowledge of chakra and the energies involved, had an idea. "Fukasaku, could you try to cast the Levitation Charm I did?"

Fukasaku, after seeing it in action again, gave it a try. At first he didn't succeed using his gathered Sage Chakra. During his second attempt, he tried using his gathered Mana and more Aura than chakra to command external Mana. This attempt managed to make the book shudder and rise an inch, then quickly fall back down.

Dumbledore was glad his theory paid off. Taking another look at the Toad Sage, he asked "Would you like to train Naruto here at Hogwarts? Here, Naruto can be given money and learn how to use Mana for spells. In return, can you teach the students during the next school year to access their chakra and use wandless magic?"

Fukasaku thought it over. What Professor Dumbledore asks will be hard. The reason Ninja Academy Students start at six years old is because it's easier to unlock chakra at a young age. However, if Naruto-boy trained here at Hogwarts, he'd have plenty of time before Pain invaded. Also, since Naruto is stuck here anyways, I might as well be here to teach him. Who knows, since there's so much Mana in the air here, he may even do the impossible and learn to gather Mana while moving. "I agree, on two conditions. The first is that I have spare time to train Naruto every day for at least two hours."

Dumbledore thought this over. "Agreed. However, his training sessions with you cannot interrupt either your class on chakra or any classes Naruto takes."

Glad, Fukasaku accepted and continued, "Second, I'll need a place to build a Distant Body Water pool somewhere where few people can reach. That way, I can come between Mount Myoboku and Hogwarts without Naruto using the Summoning Technique or me having to use chakra to resist returning."

While Dumbledore was thinking of possible places to put the pool, Naruto realized what the pool would do. "Wait Pa. If you can use the pool to get here, why can't I use it to get back?"

"Because, Naruto-boy, the pool only works for Toad Summons. While you hold our contract, you aren't a toad."

By then, Dumbledore had a bright idea. "How about I enchant the Chamber of Secrets to also open to the touch of Sage Mode? That way, you can use it for both the pool and training. It's entrance is in the abandoned second floor women's bathrooms."

Thinking this over, Fukasaku came to a decision. "That will work splendidly. Is there anything about the chamber I should know?"

"Part of the chamber has debris from a collapsed ceiling, but the rocks can easily be cleared away. Also, the body of Voldemort's dead Baslisk, a fifty foot long snake, resides in a deeper chamber."

At that, Naruto moaned. "So Voldemort does have a snake like Manda. How much more alike are they?" Then, Naruto felt the headache that accompanied a Shadow Clone dispelling. "Professor Dumbledore, the clone I left with Professor Snape and Barty Crouch just dispelled. Somebody came with what Snape called a Dementor. I didn't get get the name of the person that brought it. When the Dementor came in, I felt some Killing Intent, and countered with some of my own. The Dementor shied away from me, took one look at Crouch, and kissed him. That's when my clone dispelled. Why did that Dementor kiss Crouch? Was it a female?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "We're not sure if Dementors even have genders. The Dementor's Kiss is a deadly thing. It's victims are robbed of their souls. What remains is just a shell of a man with no memories. But tell me, was this person's name Cornelius Fudge?"

"No Dumbledore, it wasn't that. But Professor Snape did recognize her as somebody from the Ministry."

Dumbledore thought about this. "What has happened could be worrying, but could also be nothing. Thank you, Naruto and Fukasaku, for everything you've said and done this night. Fukasaku, I'll lead you to the Chamber of Secrets so you can set up the pool. Naruto, I cannot give you a room inside the castle. However, if you exit the castle and follow the road, you'll soon arrive in Hogsmeade, where you'll find an inn known as the Boar's Head. Tell the owner that Dumbledore sent you to stay for the night, and he should give you no trouble."

With this, both Naruto and Fukasaku bowed to Dumbledore in thanks, and the three left. Two to open the Chamber, and one to get some rest.

And that's chapter 3 Part 1. Since I had originally uploaded this as two chapters, I'll be leaving this between the two, where it originally was.

Anticipated Review Critiques:

I don't think the dragon skeleton was ever identified. It reminds me of Hungarian Horntails the most, so I called it that.

Yes. There's a reason that Pa can't speak English. It's because he didn't cross dimensions properly or permanently.

No, Magic and Chakra aren't the same thing. While one can affect the other, like my explanation of the Killing Curse, they are different types of energies. That's also why Naruto could throw a normal Rasengan which was hit by a spell; the spell used Nature Chakra, which allowed it to be thrown.

Yes, Reverse Summoning being only Space rather than Space-Time is a cop out. It was either Naruto teaches the Chakra class or Fusaku does, and I choose the one who's not a idiot when it comes to teaching and explanations and younger than some of the students he'd take on.

I'm not sure how the pool works, it isn't really explained. I'm saying it works like a Space-Time jutsu that only Toads can use and leaving it at that.

Yes, somebody other than Fudge came to pick up Barty Crouch Jr. And don't try to guess who it is. I don't want a review spoiling who this character is and/or a slight change or two of canon I made concerning this character.

Chapter 3 Part 2: A Strange History is Retold

I have a somewhat important announcement. After reading a review, I realized that Fusaku's explanation might be confusing to more people than just Dumbledore. So I'll detail what I meant about the three energies here:

There are three energies that Sage Mode uses. First, the user must have a large quantity of mixed Chi and Aura, which is physical and spiritual energy. This mixture is called Chakra. Then, they must reach out for Mana, or nature energy, and mix it with their chakra. This results in a mixture of Chi, Aura, and Mana. The Sage then uses his Chi and Aura, which are amplified by the stored Mana.
For wizards, only Aura and Mana are used. For wandless magic, the wizard needs a large amount of Aura and either a strong or an overemotional mind. For wand magic, the wizard needs a much smaller amount of Aura, and may not need emotion. Then, the wizard must push his Aura out into the Mana around him. (Remember the blowing hair, the flickering lights, and the rattling dishes when Aunt Marge visited? This is that step with too much emotion. Also, notice this is like what happened during the Chunin Exams when Orochimaru and Sarutobi stared off, that was caused by the Aura released in the chakra messing with the ambient Mana without giving the mana direction). Then, once enough Mana has been gathered by the wizard, either at the target or at a focal point, the Aura then commands the Mana to create the spell. If a wandless spell was consciously cast, this puts a larger strain on the wizards Aura than subconscious or wand spells, and can exhaust the wizard mentally. When a wand is used, it's inherit Mana properties (not magic or Aura, Mana) make it much easier for wizards to gather more Mana with less Aura.

If that didn't make sense, let me know.

Wandering the castle at sundown was a scary experience. There was enough light to see, but also not enough to not leave deep shadows. And with everything in the castle being alive, Naruto was scared witless. The portraits were kind enough to give him directions to the front doors, but everything else seemed haunted. A black mangy cat tried to cross his path, the stairs were moving on their own, and he almost fell through a seemingly solid step. Also, he had to watch out when walking around corners. Quite a few of the Sky Blue girls tried to glomp him while he wasn't looking, but most would blush and faint before they got too close. The rest were too noisy for stealth, and Naruto avoided their lunges effortlessly.

But it wasn't til he was at the large double doors leading outside that Naruto encountered trouble. As he descended the last grand staircase, one of the suits of armor turned its head and looked at him. Thinking nothing of it, Naruto walked past it, only to jump to dodge a descending axe.

"OOH, THIS ICKY WICKY BOY IS GOOD," an almost menacing voice reverberated through the hall, "BUT HE ISN'T A TINY WINEY FIRST YEAR. WHAT ELSE CAN THE BLONDIE DODGE?" With that said, a bunch of random items from around the room started floating and rushed Naruto. While Naruto normally could avoid all those with ease, his fears were getting a hold of him, and he got clipped a few times.

"THIS SLOWPOKE ISN'T FAST ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS GAME FUN," the voice lamented, "I WONDER HOW HE'LL LIKE THIS GAME?" All the floating items dropped, and the fires on either side of the doors started to dance. They danced off the podiums and around Naruto.

Completely freaked out, Naruto cried "I t-t-t-thought Dumbledore said the g-g-g-g-ghosts were friendly!"

Suddenly, the fires died, and the voice started cackling. "A GHOST? ME? OH DON'T BE TOO KIND. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I AM, TURN AROUND." With that said, the voice went silent as the grave. Naruto gulped and slowly turned around to see... nothing. "I'M WORSE THAN A GOODY-TWO-SHOES GHOST, LITTLE BOY..." Terrified, Naruto wanted nothing more than to get away from Hogwarts and back to Konoha, and ran for the door.

However, once he reached the door, a face phased through it. It was a creepy face with black, messy hair and a crazed, angled grin. Staying close to the retreating Naruto, the face gave a quick chuckle and said "I'M A POLTERGEIST, AND I'M GOING TO HAUNT YOU FOREVER!" With that statement, the poltergeist cackled maniacally. Overloaded with fear, Naruto did the sensible thing; he quickly fainted. "OOH THIS BOY IS FUN! I SHOULD VISIT HIM MORE OFTEN!" With that said, Peeves simply set out to search out other student to startle.

Naruto awoke in what appeared to be a dirty room. Looking around, Naruto found himself lying on a cot. After a moment, he remembered why he was asleep in the first place, and screamed.

"Quiet down lad! That sorry excuse for a phantom can't travel far past them castle walls." Turning, Naruto saw a gruff man as old as Dumbledore, with more ragged hair. "You've been out for about ten minutes. My sorry excuse for a brother, the headmaster, found you passed out by the front doors with Peeves laughing his head off. The headmaster arrived with your sorry limp body down here to the Hog's Head Inn himself, he did."

"Well, thanks for letting me stay here. My name is Uz... Naruto Uzumaki. What's yours?"

"Call me Aberforth. That's what all the slums who visit here do."

"Well, thanks for the room Aberforth. Wait, did you say Dumbledore was your brother?"

At that, Aberforth snorted. "Yeah. Albus, that family traitor, is unfortunately my brother."

Suprised, Naruto wanted to know more. "Excuse me, but how is he a traitor? He seems like a nice old man to me."

With a grunt, Aberforth headed for the door. "If ye really want to know, follow me." Not wasting time, Naruto kept up with him. Soon, he was led to a painting of a young girl. The girl seemed sweet, but Naruto recognized the look in her eyes. They were vacant, the eyes of somebody who lost everything, including herself.

Aberforth looked longingly at the picture. "This is my sister, Ariana. When she was young, she was... in an accident. This left her scared for life; she lost control of her magic and would have mood swings. When she was upset, I was the only one who could calm her.

"After Albus graduated, both of our parents had died, and he became the head of the house. However, he hated it. He wanted adventures. And they were offered to him by Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard. Albus almost joined him, until I confronted him. He had planned to leave us behind. I confronted him about it, and Grindelwald cast the torture curse on me.

"A three way wizard duel was started. Myself, Grindelwald, and Albus were in a three way duel. During the duel, Ariana walked in. She saw me and Albus fighting, and stepped in between all three of us. She begged us to stop, but nobody listened. Then, her magic was loosed, and a large flash of light occurred. When it died down, Ariana was dead, Grindelwald ran, and only I grieved for her."

At the end of this tale, Aberforth was crying a little. "Since then, Albus became a teacher, then headmaster of Hogwarts. Soon after that, I got a job here in this shanty inn. He always appeared to be the 'perfect' Albus Dumbledore. But even now, he turns his back on his last living member of his family!"

Surprised at what he just heard, Naruto took a moment to understand what he just heard. He took a few more moments to truly understand how Albus could have had this sorry history and become such a good professor. Coming to a realization, he quietly said "You're wrong."

Not expecting this answer, Aberforth was surprised. "What did you just say?"

More determined, Naruto repeated himself. "You're wrong. Dumbledore does care for his family. If he really wanted adventure, why did he decide to become a teacher?" That made Aberforth pause. "He's sorry he messed up with you two. That's why he became a teacher. He must have wanted to make up for it by helping as many children as he could."

Hearing this, Aberforth was stunned. But Naruto continued, "He cares about you as well. Was it Albus who gave you a job close to school where he could watch over you?" These back to back revelations both shocked Aberforth and made sense. Could what this blond boy was saying be true?

However, he quickly composed himself. "Believe what you want. I'm off to bed." With that, he started to leave, but stopped in front of Ariana's portrait. Too low for Naruto to hear, he leaned in towards her and whispered "Does he really care about us that much? Is he sorry for what happened?" and continued on his way.

Naruto moved towards his room as well. However, when he got to the door of the pup, he heard a soft voice. "Thank you." Those two little words were enough to make Naruto turn around. Ariana was no longer looking around with her unfocused gaze, but staring straight at Naruto.

Surprised at this change, Naruto returned to stand in front of her. "You're welcome," he whispered back. Then, remembering Sir Cadogan, he asked "Do you remember your life too? All of it?" After thinking it over, Ariana gave a slow nod. Seeing this, Naruto asked "Do you remember what really happened that day, during the three way duel?"

Surprised at his question, Ariana got lost in memory. Quietly, she responded. "Yes. I came in, and saw fighting. All three were fighting each other with magic. I asked them to stop, but they just kept fighting. I wanted my brothers to stop fighting and for the strange boy to go away. My magic then came out, stronger than before. It sent a light at the stranger, but the strain killed me. I had killed myself to stop my brothers from fighting, but Aberforth was mean to Albus ever since this picture was made. Thanks to you, they may be nice to each other again."

Hearing this side of the story sent Naruto into tears. Still talking softly, he said "I'm sorry that happened. I hope Aberforth forgives Albus too. Thank you for telling me. Do you want me to tell Aberforth or Albus?"

Ariana quickly shook her head. "No, I want to tell them myself, when they are nice brothers who will believe me."

"I understand. Until Aberforth forgives Albus, he'll never accept that that's what happened. I promise to keep this secret, believe it. Goodnight Ariana."

With that, Ariana once again looking around emptily. Naruto returned to his room, where his dreams were plagued with Orochimaru, Voldemort, Poltergeists, and lonely girls with angry brothers.

And that's Chapter 3 part 2.

Did anybody else play the original Harry Potter games for the PC? If so, did you think that Peeves looks like a spectral version of The Legend of Zelda's Happy Mask Salesman? That comparison both creeps me out and makes me want to make another crossover featuring that.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who was moved to tears by my own take of Ariana's side of the story. I wrote it down just fine, but proofreading it released Niagara Falls.

I can't think of any critiques against this chapter.

Peace out!

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