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]

“Anyone who got caught by the Heartless becomes one as the result? Oh no, oh Merlin: this is much worse than I can even imagine… That must be a horrible way to go.”

Harry is honestly quite horrified upon hearing the last part from Sephiroth. And just when he thought having one’s happiness and life being sucked away by Dementors was a very cruel fate. It is enough to make him understandably scared for his life. At the same time though, he is also aware if any of the Dark Wizards and Witches he knows of from home had wound up being stuck in the Heartless swarm, this might have been a fate worse than death for all of them, considering how much darkness they have in their cold hearts. In any case, they might have to think twice if ever they do face the Heartless.

“Well, I might have to be more careful with them. They seem to be a lot scarier than many terrifying creatures I have encountered in my world.”

[3wingedangel]

"Yes.... I imagine it's an existence far worse than death. There is a way to restore people to their normal selves, but it's complicated and it requires a Keyblade wielder. That's a special type of weapon from my world."

He nods grimly. "I've heard similar thoughts from others I've told."

[phoenixwiz]

“So the Keyblades grant certain people the ability to restore the Heartless back to normal? That would be very nice to have at a time like this but I haven’t see one right now,” Harry speaks up, “Oh my, everyone else who was told about the Heartless have said similar things about them as well? Guess that I’m not the only one who is freaked out by their presence alone.”

[3wingedangel]

"They are one element of it," Sephiroth says. "The victims separate into two beings, the Heartless and the Nobody. As I understand it, if a Keyblade wielder defeats a Heartless, then it will reunite with the Nobody when it's defeated as well and the person will be restored."

A grim nod. "It isn't a pleasant thing to learn if one's world doesn't have such beings."

[phoenixwiz]

He wasn’t expecting to hear that the Heartless’ victims could get split into two different aspects up until now. Still the fact the Keyblade wielders can be able to reunite the two upon defeating them did at least gave him some sort of relief even though he still can’t get over how abundant these Heartless are at the moment.

“Ah I get it now. As long as the Keyblade wielders can defeat the two, the people affected will be restored back to normal, although I assume that it won’t be so easy to get them to reunite as soon as possible.”

[3wingedangel]

“I am not sure if the Keyblade wielder must be the one to defeat the Nobody, but yes, it is a complicated procedure either way,” Sephiroth said.

[phoenixwiz]

He nods in return, finally understanding a little more about the Heartless. It is going to take a while for him to get used to having to deal with them (even for a short time), but at least he has the knowledge to go by. Either way, he will have to stay put at the hotel for the time being and hope for the better.

“Okay, understood. Anyway, now that we’re at the hotel’s rooftop, should I go inside and stay put as long as there are no sign of the Heartless roaming around?”

[3wingedangel]

“Yes, that would be the wisest,” Sephiroth said. “Hopefully they haven’t got inside on the lower levels.”

[phoenixwiz]

“Yeah, I hope that they didn’t reach the lower floors either. That would be a horrifying sight to step into,” Harry nods in agreement.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth debates with himself and then says, "I should come inside with you to make sure." He heads for the door.

[phoenixwiz]

Harry nods quietly in return as he goes to follow Sephiroth to the door in question.

“Thank you, I greatly appreciate the thought. I hate to imagine getting ambushed by the Heartless without any warning.”

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth nods. "I should warn everyone in here about them as well," he says. "They won't know of the danger."

The stairwell looks alright and he heads out to the top floor so he can get to the elevator for faster travel. No Heartless on this floor either.

[phoenixwiz]

“Yeah. Everyone needs to learn of the dangers the Heartless possess right away. They have to watch out for any one of them running around,” Harry agrees with the plan as he looks at the staircase that have no sign of Heartless lurking around.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth nods. "Once the immediate area is taken care of, I'll post a bulletin about them and have flyers made up to deliver everywhere."

He heads into the elevator and presses the button for the ground floor. That is the most potentially dangerous area.

[phoenixwiz]

“That would be a good idea to have a bulletin to let everyone know about the Heartless,” Harry chimes in as he gets in the elevator, “I don’t know how many people other than yourself who would be knowledgeable on them but it is always a helpful advice to get the word out there so the people can figure on what to do at times like this.”

[3wingedangel]

“There are a handful of others, but yes, the majority here won’t know about them,” Sephiroth said. “I will write the bulletin as soon as things calm down enough to do so.”

[phoenixwiz]

“Yes of course. A good plan of action at that. It wouldn’t hurt to relay the information to the rest of the people at the hotel once things become less chaotic, I just hope that folks have found shelter away from the Heartless’ attacks and stay safe inside as well.”

[3wingedangel]

“So do I.”

When they reached the bottom floor, the lobby was filling up with frightened, bewildered people. Heartless were looking in at them, but hadn’t got inside yet. Someone had locked the door.

[phoenixwiz]

“Well, it looks like someone was able to lock the doors to the hotel so the Heartless won’t get inside. That should keep them away from everyone here,” Harry tells Sephiroth as he tries not to look at the Heartless directly in the eye.

[3wingedangel]

"Yes ... as long as they don't break the glass to get in," Sephiroth said in concern. It didn't seem likely such small creatures could do that, and maybe they couldn't., but he wanted to be as prepared as possible.

[phoenixwiz]

“We can hope that they don’t have the ability or strength to break through the glass so they can get in easily,” Harry nods in agreement, hoping that everyone present at the hotel would not be tempting fate and witness the worst possible scenario in front of them.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth nodded. "These small ones shouldn't be able to, but there are larger and more dangerous Heartless that no doubt could." He hoped none of those would show up.

[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.”