A Magical Stranger Comes to Town

[phoenixwiz]

Who: Harry and You
What: A very Heartless filled Arrival
When: During the Heartless Swarm Event
Where: Edge
Warning: None at the moment, will change if something comes up


In just a few seconds, Harry’s life has gotten from rough to very weird. Just a few moments ago, he had been at the Headmaster’s Office to fix up his old wand with the Elder Wand and was planning to what to do to keep it from very greedy hands. But when he gets to pick up his wand and feels relief upon reuniting with it, suddenly a mysterious portal appears out of nowhere and drags him away from his world and into a different place (world?).

He has no time to react and run as he gets dragged away and finds himself being dropped onto the ground without any warning. The young man manages to get up and begins to get the dust out of his clothes and tries to see how did he got separated from his friends and his school in such a manner. How will Ron and Hermione react to him disappearing in front of them like that? Is the British magical community going to set up a rescue mission to find him? He takes the time to look around and finds that he has arrived at a city with its buildings being so different from the ones he’s familiar with at home and wonders if he can ask for directions to him to take to return home as fast as he can.

But that will have to wait though as he soon discovers that he wasn’t alone in the city upon seeing dozens of people running away in a panic and what they are trying to get away from and it is not great news either: small black shadowy creatures are beginning to approach and they seem to want to get something from him. What is it they’re going after right now? Harry has dealt with threats and attacks targeted at him and dark wizards and witches who wanted him dead, but he certainly never encountered these things before in his life ever.

Sensing the danger he is, he has his wand out and ready and begins to cast spells to keep them away from him and any passing civilian in the area. Still these things can’t seem to take defeat as an answer as they keep on coming and swarming around him. It looks like he is going to need help to tackle this one, a lot of it in fact.

Comments

[phoenixwiz]

“There are larger versions of Heartless as well? Oh dear, that is pretty terrifying and I don’t want to witness what kind of damages they could bring,” Harry’s eyes widen in concern, not wanting to see how dangerous the bigger Heartless can be.

[3wingedangel]

"Yes, there are unfortunately many varieties of Heartless," Sephiroth said. "And other dangerous creatures as well, such as the Nobodies I mentioned. If any strong hearts have become Heartless, the body and soul becomes a Nobody."

[phoenixwiz]

Oof, so many varieties of Heartless to deal with. That is going to be difficult to keep track of them and not get confused one for the other. Now Harry is getting more information on the Heartless and thus having a clearer picture of the creatures every minute.

“Hm, okay. I am getting a better sense of the Heartless types and Nobodies, we can only hope that there are no bigger versions of the Heartless roaming around in town too. I haven’t seen one myself just yet but they do sound like a very scary specimen to encounter.”

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth is definitely concerned thinking of everything that could be going wrong with this invasion. And the Heartless here don't seem inclined on going away. Perhaps ...

"They are definitely a problem. And these Heartless here may be lingering because they sense a strong heart, possibly my own." Maybe Harry's too.

The Heartless clawed at the door and hissed.

[phoenixwiz]

The Heartless’ attraction to strong hearts is enough to send chills down his spine. No wonder that they seem to be running all over the place. There are probably plenty of strong hearts in Edge for them to go after. He is terrified to think that it is even possible that it is why they are after him to begin with.

“Strong hearts? As in hearts with a strong emotional power or something similar?” Harry asks Sephiroth out of tempered curiosity and concern, “Feel free to correct me if I got that wrong.”

[3wingedangel]

"Hearts with a strong will, or belonging to a person possessing incredible abilities, or both," Sephiroth says. Both apply to him.

[phoenixwiz]

“Oh my, that is both scary and eye-opening. No wonder we have to be on guard, people’s hearts are like food for Heartless to feast on, what a horrible fate to live through too,” Harry tries to make a good analogy to pinpoint as he speaks.

“Now I have to be on constant vigilance to make sure that I don’t end up as their next target,” he honestly never thought that Mad-Eye Moody’s motto of constant vigilance would fit apply to watching out for Heartless coming for one’s heart as well.

[3wingedangel]

“Yes, exactly,” Sephiroth says grimly. “If anyone ever does get put together after becoming a Heartless, I’m sure the emotional scars run deep.”

[phoenixwiz]

“Oh Merlin, that is going to be difficult to recover from all that emotional scarring for a very long time,” Harry meekly nods as he takes another look at the Heartless trying to claw on the glass doors.

He has been through many emotionally traumatic stuff for his entire life (possibly more than most teens would experienced in their lifetime) and he isn’t looking forward to experience more of it again, and especially while he is stuck in another world that is facing a major Heartless problem.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth nods. "I'll do my best to ensure that won't happen to you," he says. Steeling himself, he prepares to teleport. "I'm going to go outside and face them. Stay in here to look after the people in case any break in."

[phoenixwiz]

“Okay, that wouldn’t be a problem for me. I’ll do my best to make sure that everyone in the hotel will be looked after and won’t get harmed,” Harry nods in response as he speaks, “After all, we need at least one person stationed in here to keep them safe from the Heartless’ attacks.”

Defending a school hidden in an old castle in the Scottish Highlands is not a tough task for him, why would looking after a hotel full of scared people and protecting them from swarms of Heartless be any different for him?

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth nods in approval. "Good. I will try to cast a protection spell over the hotel after I dispatch of the Heartless."

He teleports outside, sword drawn, and goes after all of the Heartless while the people watch in worry and fear. The creatures swarm him from all sides and even drop down from above. He cuts through them with wide arcs of his sword, blasts the ones coming from above with fire, and stabs down at others. He is clearly in his element, fighting, and when the Heartless are gone he concentrates and a bright aura goes out from him, coating the building.

Satisfied, he teleports back inside. "It's done."

[phoenixwiz]

It took a long while for him to return but Harry is able to see Sephiroth came back from dealing with the countless Heartless outside. Thanks to his efforts, no one hasn’t seen a single one clawing at the door or running down the streets as the result. The young man could relax a bit, knowing that he and everyone else won’t be seeing those guys for a foreseeable future.

“Phew, thank goodness. I guess that the Heartless won’t be scaring people any time soon for the time being.”

[3wingedangel]

He nods. "They shouldn't be able to get through the protection spell, at least. Unfortunately, I can't cast such a spell over the entire city. But this can serve as a safehouse for people until this is over."

[phoenixwiz]

“Well, it is still better to have that spell casted onto one place rather than none,” Harry sighs as he speaks, “I could only hope that the whole mess is going to done sooner rather than later. So now that the Heartless won’t be scaring people for the foreseeable future, what are we going to do for the time being?”

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth nods in grim agreement.

"I will go back out and try to rescue people in other parts of the city. I will likely bring more of them here."

[phoenixwiz]

“Okay then, stay safe out there. I’ll be looking after the other hotel refugees in the mean time and ensure that they’re protected from any attacks too,” Harry nods in agreement as he looks at the crowd of scared folks huddled up in the hotel lobby, unsure of when they’ll be freed from the Heartless’ attacks.

[3wingedangel]

A nod. "I will keep in touch."

And he teleports out, a couple of blue feathers floating down in his wake.

[phoenixwiz]

“Okay, good luck,” Harry speaks up as he proceeds to check on the people who are currently inside the hotel and does his best to reassure them as much as he can.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth goes around the town, fighting Heartless and bringing back people to the hotel via teleportation. It's exhausting work, but he keeps going. He's one of the only people there who actually knows what these creatures are. He has to do all he can to be rid of them, especially when they aren't obeying his commands as they normally would. By the time he brings another group of people, he looks very worn-out.