-Mysterious Tower-.
The guardians of light stood before Master Yen Sid. They had came here after their celebration at Destiny Islands. Merlin the Wizard was also present. The three items that Death had given Sora were on his desk. In Kairis arms was Harry who looked around his new surroundings before looking at the two men before him.
"I see. This child lost his mother and father to a dark wizard?" Asked Yen Sid,
"Poor little guy" said Ventus when a dark corridor opened behind him and Vanitas appeared without his mask. The latter given a second chance after the war. "What's with the kid?"
"That's what we're figuring out" said Aqua.
"Sora, Kairi. Tell us more about this encounter with Death and how it resolves around the child." Said Yen Sid.
Sora then explained to everyone present that he had traversed through their hearts though their past selves to find Kairis shattered heart after Xehanort crystallized her to have insurance to open Kingdom Hearts. He restored her and the two battled Armored Xehanort before arriving back to the final world. Their meeting with Death who took them to Harry after watching the three people place him in front of the doors of a house with only a blanket for warmth against the cold and the reapers deal for Sora and kairi to care and raise his descendant in exchange for not taking neither of them to the afterlife.
"So that's what we're expected to do " Said Sora.
"Sora, Kairi. Raising a child is no easy matter. It's a big responsibility." Said Mickey.
"We know. We're nervous but at the same time, he was alone and scared. He doesn't know that his real mom and dad are dead." Said Kairi looking at Harry who had fallen asleep against her chest,.
"Are you sure you guys can handle it?" Asked Riku.
"We're sure," said Sora.
"Then we as your friends can only offer you guys our support." Said Riku with a smile.
"Don't forget you have us to help you too." Said Roxas. The others present agreed with him,
"Thanks guys" said Sora.
"The man called Voldemort ... .I am curious as to why he targeted a baby. Very curious" said Merlin thinking loudly,
"Maybe he was trying to leave no witnesses?" Wondered Terra.
"Perhaps we can search the child's memories." Said Merlin pulling out his wand, he approached Kairi and aimed his wand at the sleeping child's forehead carefully so as not to wake him. He focused before he pulled out a silver strand of pure energy. "What's that?" Asked Xion.
"A memory. This memory is the one that I believe we will get our answers to our question," said Merlin. His bag opened up and a stone basin full of water came out.
"What's that thing?" Asked Isa.
"A pensieve, it's a magical artifact that allows us to review our memories, More importantly, we can review the memory of the child and figure out why he and his family were targeted by that dark wizard." Said Merlin before tapping a few sets of runes on the stone basin before their area changed from the mysterious tower to a dark place. ,
"Anybody bring Popcorn?" Asked Goofy,
A bonk is heard courtesy of Donald, "hey that Hurt!"
"Keep it down you big palooka." Said Donald.
Everyone watched as the dark place changed into a nursery which was filled with toys and a crib. Standing over the crib is a beautiful redhead woman with emerald green eyes much like the boy. She is wearing a green sweater and blue jeans, baby Harry stands up in his crib reaching for her.
"There my handsome boy." Said Lily picking up her baby who smiled. "Mama" said Harry
Lily then went downstairs which everyone was surprised to see them move alongside the woman.
"How is this possible Merlin?" Asked Kairi holding the sleeping Harry in her arms,
"We do not exist here Kairi . This is Harry's memory and we are only spectators." Said Merlin.
Lily holding her baby descended down where a man with messy black hair and hazel eyes is seen wearing normal clothes as well. He wore round glasses and he is reading a book on the chair he sat in. "There's dada" said Lily with a giggle. Lily placed Harry down who then used the couch to stand up.
Harry's father slowly got up from the chair. He kneeled down on his knees and said, "Come on, Harry. You can do it. Come to me slowly.".
Harry smiled brightly as any fifteen-month-old baby could do. Just as he reached his father, James grabbed his son and spun him around, making the baby giggle excitedly.
"Dada" said Harry.
"You want to fly on your broom, Harry?" asked James as he positioned his son on his lap.
"Yay! Brum!" said Harry, clapping his hands in happiness.
"Not tonight….its Halloween." Said Lily with her arm crossed.
"Oh fiddlesticks" said James with a playful pout which made Lily slap him on the shoulder playfully,
James was about to say something when the wards alerted him that someone had crossed the Fidelius charm threshold and the secondary wards informed him that it wasn't anyone they knew.
"He's here; we have been betrayed" he whispered before he handed their son to her. He shouted. "Lily, Take Harry and Run! I'll hold him off!"
The front door is blasted opened by a powerful force and in stepped a man cloaked in black. His dark blood red eyes are seen under the hood.
"so that's him…that's Voldemort" said Sora,
"Even though he's a memory….i can feel the darkness radiating off him" said Riku. Terra and Vanitas agreed because they too used the power of darkness..
"Really, you can feel the darkness off him?" Pence asked,
"Yes, it's strong. But not as strong as Xehanorts" said Vanitas with a shiver.
"James Potter" said Voldemort silkily. "How nice to meet you again; step aside."
"We meet again, Voldemort" said James with utter fury on his face. "If you think I'll just step aside and let you kill my family, you're more self-deluded and insane than I thought."
Without waiting for a second longer, James slashed his wand in the air as curses flew from his wand. Voldemort laughed as he started duelling with the younger man. While James Potter was an accomplished Auror, he was no match for Voldemort. James's face was blank as he fought with everything he had. He used his talent in Transfiguration to the best as Voldemort upped his attacks.
"What magic is that?" Asked Lea.
"Transfiguration, the magic of making object move." Said Merlin,
James kept up his defense until Voldemort casted the killing curse at James' chest. He fell down dead as he dropped his wand. Voldemort then advanced to the nursery.
"He barely stood a chance." Said Hayner.
Lily had barricaded the door to the nursery and she had Harry in his crib. Lily tried the emergency portkeys but the anti portkey wards were up and the tunnel she and James had the Elves built but the entrance which hid behind Harry's opened it to show that it had been blocked by rocks . "Peter!..you bastard!" She cried with anger, she only had a few minutes before she went to her baby.
she knew this was the last time she would see her son. Baby Harry now knew that something was wrong.
"Mama?" asked Harry innocently. Lily choked back a sob as she kissed Harry on the forehead. Tears leaving her eyes. "Mummy loves you very much. Harry, know that.,"
With that, she pointed her wand at the crib and started hissing slowly. She knew that she was going to die very soon. The parseltongue chant got louder as she walked around the crib. The entire crib glowed an emerald green as she finished the final chant of the ritual.
Merlin knew that the woman had just evoked the Rituale sacrificale in Parseltongue. The ultimate sacrifice to protect her child at the cost of her own life.
Just as she stepped back, the door of the room was blasted open. Returning her wand quickly to her holster, she stood in front of her son, with defiance shining in her eyes.
"Not my son" she begged as Voldemort entered the room. "Please, spare him. Take me instead!"
"Step aside, woman" said Voldemort silkily. As much as he wanted to kill the mudblood, he had promised Severus that he would spare her and let him use her as his toy; after all, the Death Eater had reported the prophecy to him. He deserved some kind of reward. Ah, Severus was such a good dog . . . if only the others would learn from him.
"No, please have mercy!" said Lily, shielding her son from the madman. Voldemort rolled his eyes and he casted the killing curse at her. The shock on her face as Lily saw the killing curse was still visible as she hit the floor, dead. Voldemort was amused.
"That monster!" Growled Aqua. It took Ventus, Terra and Vanitas to restrain her from going at him. Kairi was in tears just watching as Harry's mother and father were murdered right in front of his infant eyes.
Baby Harry cried seeing his mummy get slain right in front of his eyes.
"This is the child that the prophecy told that would defeat me? Oh Dumbledore you old fool. Your prophecy shall be voided." Said Voldemort pointing his wand at the baby who was crying for his mother. The body of Lily glowed with a green color. The same color as the crib. The Ritual taking effect.
"Harry Potter, you die tonight" said Voldemort as he pointed his wand at him. "AVADA KEDAVRA!"
The Dark Lord watched with satisfaction as the green jet of light of the killing curse flew towards the child. The curse hits a barrier right before it can strike the child on the forehead. The shield powered by the love of a mother. Rebounded the curse towards the dark wizard which stuck him on the chest, "No! This cannot be!" Roared Voldemort.
His body then unleashed a pure magical blast that destroyed the house making the roof cave in. The shield protecting Harry from the falling debris of the roof.
The memory ended and everyone was shaken to see such a horrible sight. Kairi was glad Harry was asleep and she softly kissed his forehead near the lightning bolt scar which was already healing. Yen Sid then conjured up several glasses and then a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey appeared. He poured a drink for everyone before gesturing for them to take one. The boys took a drink each and gulped theirs down while the girls rejected it. Terra and Vanitas have the girls.
"The poor lad." Said Merlin looking at Harry who was sound asleep in Kairis arms. His head resting on her shoulder.
"How could that monster do that? Kill her right in front of him" said Xion.
"At least the old coot was above taking innocent lives for his goals. " said Vanitas,
"That we can agree on Vanitas." Said Terra.
"So Voldemort targeted only Harry because of a Prophecy? What prophecy was made that would make a dark wizard scared of a fifteen month old baby?" Asked Sora looking at his son.
"Our first question was answered which now leaves even more questions to be answered " said Yen Sid.
"Perhaps a field trip is required….Sora, Kairi after this meeting. We shall head for my old Homeworld to get more answers." Said Merlin.
"Your homeworld?" Asked Sora.
"Indeed but first we must deal with them," said Merlin, looking at the three items on the desk.
"What's so special about them? It's just a stick, a stone and a cloak" said Vanitas with his arm crossed.
"These are very special Vanitas…in my homeworld. They are known as the Deathly Hallows." Said Merlin.
"The Deathly Hallows?" Asked Everyone.
Merlin went to his bag and he pulled out a green book called The Tales of Beetle the Bard. He flipped the book and he found what he wanted. "Listen closely to the story I am about to tell Tale of the Three Brothers.
"The brothers came to a river which was too deep to wade across, and built a bridge using magic. Death appeared before them and congratulated them for their ingenuity, and offered each of them a reward (or so he said; his real intent was to give them traps which would be their undoing, because he felt cheated by their survival). The first brother asked for a weapon that would always win any battle, a weapon worthy of one who had cheated Death. Death snapped a twig off an elder tree and gave it to him — the elder wand. The second brother arrogantly wanted to humiliate Death further and asked for something to give him power to bring loved ones back from the grave. Death gave him a river stone, which, by the terms of the deal, became the Resurrection Stone. The third brother, however, did not trust Death, and asked for something that would allow him to continue on his way with Death being able to harm him. Death was trapped by his words, and handed over his own Cloak of Invisibility . The brothers continued on and went their separate ways. Time passed. The first brother provoked a duel with a wizard he disliked, left him for dead, and afterwards boasted of his unbeatable wand. He was killed that very night by someone who had heard his boasting, and wanted the Wand. The second brother found misery when he brought his former lover back to life with the Resurrection Stone. She was cold and unhappy, as she didn't belong in the living world anymore. He ultimately committed suicide in order to truly join her. The third brother was able to hide from Death his entire life using the cloak. It was only when he finally reached a ripe old age did he finally remove the cloak and gave it to his son. He and Death finally "met as old friends", and departed as equals"
Merlin finished the story before he looked at the items on the table, "to think I will see the items of the Perevell brothers together after so long."
"Huh?, but I thought it was just a story?" Asked Roxas,
"It is for children and young adults, the real story of the items is that of the three brothers, Ignitus, Cadmus and Antioch Perevell.. Sons of Death were tasked with keeping the balance of nature intact. Death gave them their mission personally. . He forged the three items mentioned for them as their tools. I knew them personally during my younger days and unfortunately . Their fate was just like the story and their items were taken except for the Cloak which was given to Ignitus' son who died of old age. If all three Hallows are united, the wielder of the three shall be named the master of death which no such thing exists. There cannot be a master of death. Said Merlin.
"In the wrong hands, there just as dangerous as the X Blade which I have with me" said Sora,
"Wise words lad. The items belong to the boy as he is their master. The best place for them for now is to be locked up." Said Merlin.
"I agree. They shall be safe here in my tower." Said Yen Sid picking up the three items and going over to his bookshelf. The bookshelf moved to reveal a safe which he opened with his magic, the retired keyblade master placed the items inside the safe before locking it back up, the shelf moved back into place.
That is when Harry woke up from his nap and he started to play with Kairis hair. Said toddler was giggling the entire time. "Little fella sure likes your hair Kairi." Said Goofy with a chuckle.
"I think the color of my hair makes him think of his mother." Said Kairi before she took her free hand and tickled him. He laughed at being tickled by Kairi. "Someone is ticklish." giggled Kairi. His stomach let out a noise meaning he was hungry,
"Someone's hungry…..um what does he eat, formula or Baby food?" Asked Ventus. Their question was answered when baby Harry tried to bite down on Kairis chest but she was wearing her battledress which made him confused for he was expecting food by now. Kairi realized that his mother breastfed him, which she knew was a big problem.
"Oh…that's bad…really bad" said Olette. .
"Huh?" Said Roxas and Xion,
" Why did Harry bite Kairi?" Asked Namine,
"Oh sweet mother of light…. We got two former Nobodies and a Replica that don't know anything about babies" said Vanitas, shaking his head.
"We literally just had our bodies back for one day. Our one year of existence was spent fetching hearts for Xemnas and his fake kingdom hearts." Said Xion.
"And I was busy repairing Sora Donald and Goofys memories from their time in castle oblivion for a whole year." Said Namine.
"So you three don't know anything about babies" said Aqua. The three shake their heads before Lea sighed. "Oh boy ... .i'm gonna need help here Aqua."
"Of course…I'll take Namine and Xion." Said Aqua, taking the two kairi lookalikes out of the room.
"Nice knowing you Roxas…you're getting the Talk." Said Ventus.
"The Talk?" Asked Roxas when Lea grabbed his friend by the arm, "come on . We gotta talk"
"DON'T TAKE ME!" Scream Roxas now afraid of the Talk. Everyone sweatdropped before Riku said. "Let's try to give him a bottle of formula. "
"Good thing I stopped at a store and picked some baby food and a few bottles before coming here." Said Sora, opening a blue bag that contained a few baby outfits, a couple of toys like a rattle and bottles with a container of formula, a gallon of baby water was also in the bag. "I would go with eight ounces so two scoops should do it, Sora" said Goofy.
"Right." Said Sora taking two scoops of formula into an eight ounce bottle. Adding the right amount of water. He shook up the bottle mixing the baby water and formula together and he offered it to Kairi,
"thanks baby…here you go Harry" said Kairi handing Harry his bottle. The boy took hold of it before popping the bottle in his mouth. A smile on the baby's face drinking the formula. He wondered why his new mommy's milk was different but shrugged it to fill his belly.
"Gosh the fella was hungry." Said Mickey,
"No doubt that old wizard didn't bother to feed him before leaving him on that doorstep" Vanitas said with a scoff.
"We don't know the true motives of Albus Dumbledore but we must remain vigilant…any information we can get can help us in regards to young Hadrian" said Yen Sid.
"The old man seems interested in him but yet instead of finding him a safe place. He leaves him in front of a house in the middle of the night. I'm just glad Harry didn't get sick from being in the cold." Said Kairi holding Harry. He had finished the bottle before he let out a burp. "Good Harry?" Asked Sora,
"Yah" said Harry. Merlin then conjured up a walker out of thin air for Kairi to put him in. The toddler already saw the noisy toys and he started to hit them with his hands getting excited on hearing the music,
"You play with your toys and later we'll go on a nice walk." Kairi said before focusing back on the meeting.
"Kairi, Do you wish to continue your training? I know it was cut short due to the clash with Xehanort." Said Yen Sid.
"Yes master and would it be alright if I train under Master Aqua" said Kairi.
"That is an excellent idea. I approve" said Yen Sid with a rare smile.
"Your very skilled with magic Kairi. despite the fact you offered yourself to Xehanort so he wouldn't go for Sora as his final sacrifice for the x Blade. Your courage shows me you have what it takes to be a keyblade master, it will be a long road." Said Aqua, placing her hand on Kairis shoulder. She had just heard Kairi say that when the five of them returned, Roxas blushed when he looked at Xion and Namine did the same when she saw Riku.
"You think you can teach me to wield a keyblade Aqua?" Asked Namine.
"You want to learn to wield a keyblade Namine?" Asked Riku,
"Since I was Kairi's former nobody. Then perhaps I can use one too" said Namine.
"Of course, I'd be delighted to have another pupil" said Aqua.
Yen Sid then looked at Sora who was busy making silly faces to Harry who giggled and laughed at him. "Sora….a moment of your time"
"Yes Master?" Asked Sora standing up.
"Our victory over Master Xehanort could not have been done without you ... .despite the fact you abused the power of Waking to save everyone from a terrible fate and I should have done this since you saved the worlds from Xehanort three times now….i hereby grant you the rank of Keyblade Master." Said Yen Sid.
Sora was gobsmacked before Kairi hugged his side, "congratulations!"
"You definitely earned it for all you did for us" Terra said. The rest of the ones who had been hurting agreed.
"I'll be catching up to you in no time flat. Got it memorized" said Lea.
The former nobodies chuckled and Isa could only roll his eyes at his friend.
"By the way, what did your parents think of Harry?" Said Riku,
"We haven't introduced him to them yet. We need to take care of that Kairi." Said Sora,
"Yeah. Master Merlin, it may be a bit before we can go with you" said Kairi,
"Not to worry lass, I will handle it. It may be even better if I went alone so we don't draw a crowd. The people from my world can be a bit judgmental at others' appearance" Said Merlin.
"Then it is settled. After we tell our folks about what happened. We'll take it from there" said Riku, watching Kairi pick up Harry. "Ready to go meet your grandparents?" She asked him.
He made some baby noise before she turned to them. She said "Wave bye."
He did a small wave which the girls found to be cute. Sora grabbed the walker and his bag before the island trio headed for the door, "well meet up at the land of departure." Said Riku being the last one of the island trio to leave. Yen Sid looked at the rest of them. "Perhaps the rest of you would like to have a tour of the Land of Departure."
"Yeah, I've been curious to see it for a long time since it was formerly Castle Oblivion." Said Namine,
"And we'll get a head start on your training Namine while we wait for Kairi." Said Aqua.
"You guys wouldn't mind if we come too right?" Asked Hayner. Pence and Olette wanted to see the place where keyblade wielders are trained.
"Sure." Said Terra.
I must be off. I shall return with hopefully the answers we need." Said Merlin before he vanished with a puff.
"What about you three?" Asked Aqua to the Disney residence.
""For now. I will head back home..I have my duties to take care off but I will come as soon as I'm summoned " said Mickey.
"And I promised Daisy I would spend quite some time with her." Donald said.
"Us too, like or not, Sora and Kairi are gonna need all the help they can get with taking care of Harry" said Goofy. With that said, everyone left the old masters room after bidding farewell to him.
"It is as if we dealt with one enemy. Another takes its place. But I fear that this one will be much worse than Xehanort." Yen Sid said with his eyes closed.
Outside of the Tower. Mickey, Donald and Goofy board the Highwind and the rest of them board the Falcon. The two Gummiships take flight, Leaving the Mysterious tower to their destinations.
/the keyblade graveyard./
Meanwhile, Xehanort's Keyblade fell from the sky and joined it's other fallen Keyblades. Just then, it was picked up by man in hooded black coat with a mysterious Black Box. The man held observed the blade, "Finally, The Gazing Eye, back where it belongs."
Just then, from the distance four robed figures entered the world from all sides. The one with a unicorn mask was Ira, the one with the bear mask was Aced, the one the snake mask was Invi, and the with the white leopard mask was Gula. They were the Foretellers and they all joined the cloaked figure, Ira observed the figure and asked, "Did you summon us back?"
"Yep." The cloaked man nodded. Ira recognized his Keyblade, but his face was different, so he had to ask, "Is that you, Luxu? You look different." The man removed his hood revealing the face of Xehanort's former right-hand man Xigbar, "Haven't heard that name in a long while." He smirked as he continued, "These days they call me, Xigbar, but hey, whatever suits you."
"Is it... really you?" Invi asked slightly shocked.
Luxu nodded, "Yeah, but some time ago, I had cast my old form away. Been through plenty more semblances sense, but it still me underneath it all."
"What happened? Why are we here? You tell me!" Aced demanded.
Luxu explained, "I had a role to play. And after all these years, it's done."
"What role?" Invi wondered. Meanwhile, Pete and Maleficent watched these events from a distance before turning away to continue their plans. Luxu looked around to realize one of them was missing, "I guess Ava didn't make it after all."
"Meaning what?" Gula asked, concerned what happened to her. Luxu turned to him, "I told her, clear as day, what I had to do."
"And is that why you decided to exclude her?" Gula glared at him. Luxu shook his head, "As if! Ava had her own mission, and she cared it out."
"I heard enough! Luxu! What was your role?!" Aced demanded. Luxu turned to the box and smirked, "Hope you like long stories..."
/end chapter two./
Sad news Harry Potter fans. Maggie Smith. The actor of Professor Mcgonagall has passed away today, rest in peace with the other Harry Potter actors.
Rituale sacrificale is Latin for sacrifice ritual. I used a translator.
The first few chapters will be my arc focusing on Sora and Kairi raising Harry while building their life together. Next chapter. Meeting the grandparents and Merlin's investigation.