Hogwarts Fantasy: Retribution
Summary: Taken from the doorstep of Number 4, Harry must face his destiny with new allies and new love.
Crossover: Final Fantasy IX/Harry Potter
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Final Fantasy, they both belong to their respective owners and I am not making any money from this, I am just making little sandcastles in their sandbox.
Notes: a lot of people really enjoyed my Hogwarts fantasy story, I regret not finishing it but looking back at it I just cant find any enthusiasm to continue it.
So instead, I'm going to scrap that idea and rewrite it with the new idea I've had bouncing inside my head.
Pairing: Harry/Garnet in later chapters, hints of Steiner/Beatrix
Prologue: Letters From Nowhere
"What's the first thing you remember?" a calm voice asked as he floated in bright white light.
"No, not Harry, please, not Harry!" A female voice screamed out and a the white turned a brilliant green for several seconds followed by a loud scream.
"You will be a god among men." An older voice spoke and He felt the coldness in the comment as the white light turned black leaving him floating in darkness.
"The end is coming!"
Harry shot up gasping in surprise as he looked around the large room he was in. he fell back onto the bed his head sinking into the pillow letting out a deep sigh of relief bringing up his hand and letting it rest on his head. "Just a dream." He muttered staring up at the white ceiling. "I should probably get up now." He muttered yawning and stretching his arms up into the air before letting them fall back to the ground listening to the birds chirping outside his window. "Ugh… it's too early." He muttered again rolling over onto his side pulling his pillow over his head.
Tap, tap, tap.
"Are you awake?" A female voice called out and Harry let out a groan.
"No I'm asleep!" He called back pulling the quilt tighter around himself with one hand and holding the pillow over his head slightly harder to muffle the sounds.
The door clicked open but Harry didn't look up. "It is time for you to get up. You have your lesson this morning." The female voice continued and Harry didn't move.
"I'm still asleep." Harry muttered and curled up in the bed the covers wrapping around him tighter as he moved.
"Up. Now!" The voice ordered again and Harry let out a muffled response. "I cannot see why I agreed to do this today." The woman said and Harry felt the quilt move slightly. "Get up!" She snapped and Harry let out a cry of surprise as she pulled the quilt away from the bed. Harry who had still been holding onto the quilt cried out in surprise as he was pulled off the bed as well landing with a dull thud on the floor.
"Ow…" Harry groaned as he untangled himself from the covers and looked up at the woman. "Beatrix… did you have to do that?" He questioned as the woman in question just smiled and turned away from him.
"It may be your birthday today, but your studies are still important." She said and Harry opened his mouth to say something and then closed his mouth in surprise.
"It's my birthday today?" He had completely forgotten about it.
"I'm surprised you've forgotten, you were awake until late in the night trying to find where your presents were hidden." Beatrix responded and walked out the room. "Get dressed, Garnet is already downstairs in the Library with the tutor." And with that she was gone.
Harry let out a groan as he untangled himself from the bedsheets pulling himself to his feet and walking over to the large window looking out of it over the city of Alexandria and the castle grounds as before moving over to the wardrobe and opening it up. Looking through at the variety of different clothing he settled on some simple blue clothes. He always liked blue. Quickly getting dressed he walked calmly out of his room towards Main Hall just to get to the Library was, his stomach was rumbling slightly but knowing he had already had a longer lie in than usual, he would have to wait till midday. (which from the clock in the Main Hall, told him it was only 10) Looking up at the picture of his mother Queen Brahne he smiled and then walked down the staircase into the Main Hall past two of the guards that snapped to attention as he walked by. He smiled at them and shook his head slightly, it seems no matter how many times he told them not to snap to attention like that for him but they still did and he had given up trying to get them to stop.
He stumbled as he approached the library a figure in orange and white with long black hair slammed into him pulling him into a tight hug. "Happy birthday Harry." The person spoke and Harry smiled as he slowly pulled the person off of him.
"Thank you Garnet." He said as he let go of his sister and smiled at her and the two walked into the library to see their tutor already standing there.
"Good morning." He greeted nodding to the two of them as they took their seats. "Now, I know I said we would start studying the Play: I want to be your Canary." The tutor paused a moment and looked at Harry. "But seeing as it is your birthday today, I thought I'd let you chose what we looked at today."
Harry sat in contemplation as he thought about what they could study, he glanced out the corner of his eye and saw Garnet looking slightly down about the change. She had always liked that play, it had been one of her favourite both to watch and to read while they were growing up and although it wasn't one of Harry's favourite's he knew she had been looking forward to this. "Can we still study the same play please?" Harry questioned and the tutor nodded as Garnet looked at him and gave him a beaming smile.
Studies continued and Harry and Garnet listened attentively as the tutor spoke explaining points behind the plays and the ways the characters interacted with each other. He continued on for a while stopping to question them on key parts of the play and ask their views and then with a small smile he let the two leave early, allowing them to have a break for the day. "After all," he had said. "It's not much fun to spend all of your birthday studying now, is it?"
The two had exited the Library and Harry wandered off to the usual spot in the Castle Courtyard, out of the Main Entrance in front of the fountain there was a set of stairs down to the river that ran through the castle grounds. The steps, when the boat was in, allowed them to board but normally it was empty there and Harry just liked to relax and listen to the sounds of the waters. Dropping down onto the steps he let out a sigh and leant back staring up into the blue sky feeling the breeze gently blow against him. Closing his eyes he just sat there, listening to the sound of the wind and the water letting out a content sigh and opening his eyes again. "GAH!" Harry cried out leaning back quicker in surprise as he stared up at Garnet's face as she looked down at him.
"That was nice of you earlier." She spoke and Harry smiled at her as she sat down next to him.
"You were looking forward to it." He said nonchalantly resting his arms against the steps and leaning back, idly looking up into the sky. "Do you see that?" Harry asked and Garnet tilted her head to look up into the sky.
"I see something… I can't tell what it is," She spoke and Harry nodded in agreement.
"It is coming towards us…" Harry trailed off and shared another glance with Garnet.
"It could be harmless." She said and Harry shrugged.
"Could be, or it could be dangerous." He added and the two stood up, stepping back onto smoother ground by the fountain.
"They look like birds." Garnet said as the two creatures flew towards them.
"They're owls?" Harry questioned uncertainly, it was slightly confusing, they were nocturnal creatures… at least according to the books he had read. The two had always lived in the Castle and the grounds and although they had seen other animals Harry couldn't remember seeing a live owl, only what they had read about in books. "But why are they here now? Shouldn't they be sleeping?" He questioned as the two owls flew down stopping behind him and Garnet on the fountain and both of them staring at the two.
The two looked at the Owls and then at each other in confusion seeing the envelopes tied to the owls and the two reached forwards undoing them as the owls turned and drank water from the fountain.
Harry looked down at his.
Harry Til Alexandros XVIIICastle Courtyard
Alexandria
He blinked in surprise glancing around trying to see if anyone was watching them as he looked over at Garnet's letter and saw the same type, addressed to her. Another shared glance and slowly they opened the letter.
Dear Mr Alexandros
Harry paused in his reading and noticed several marks where whoever had written the letter had stopped and started again trying to decide how to write the title. Glancing over at Garnet's he saw the same impression on the letters.
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1, we await your July 31.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Looking back up from the letter he glanced at the other list of items and shook his head scrunching up the letter and placing it in his pocket.
"Someone is trying to make us look like fools." Harry calmly said as he ran a hand through his hair as Garnet looked at the envelope and letter again and frowned.
"It looks genuine…" She said hesitantly as she reread it. "Do you really think someone went to all the trouble to play a joke on us? Including training Owls to deliver the letter?" She questioned and Harry hesitated an expression of suspicion crossing his face.
"My first guess is that this letter is a fake." He said and Garnet looked at him. "But the most likely suspect, after that joke I played on him…" He trailed off a small smile on his face. "I don't think Steiner forgave me for that…" He again trailed off as Garnet giggled slightly. "But this handwriting is too neat for him and it isn't the same as anyone else I recognise…" He commented as the two walked back into the castle the two owls following behind them. As they walked they saw the curious glances from the guards at the two owls that were following as the two continued through to the where the Queen was. The two walked into the room walking up to where she was and they stopped.
"Mother, someone has sent us these strange letters." Garnet said as she handed them to her. Queen Brahne, who looked nothing like her two children studied the letter and then frowned.
"These do seem to be well crafted." She said slowly as she looked over the letters and then threw them into the fireplace. "But it is nothing more than a fake. Surely if there was some great School of Magic, we would have heard about it before now." She said calmly and Harry smiled in agreement.
And that is all I've written for the possible restart of Hogwarts Fantasy. I started replaying Final Fantasy IX a short while ago and when I originally played it (god going back to when it was first released like over 10 years ago now… I feel old XD) I kinda dismissed it as a relatively kiddy one even back then and just couldn't take it seriously (I mean c'mon the main character was a monkey boy) but then I started replaying it recently and I was really quite amazed at just how deep the story actually was. And then I started thinking about my Hogwarts fantasy storyline and then realised that I didn't like it anymore (hence no updates to it) and that if I wanted to do anything I would need to do a revisit and then this idea cropped up.
Havent really planned anything for further than this though. So we shall see what happens ^_^