A Third Evil?
“Well? Answer me, one of you.”
Father was a tall man with a fierce face, silver hair and a scar running diagonally down his face from his left eye to the right side of his lower jaw.
“Father, please, we are trying to avert a crisis –” Other began only to be struck hard by her father.
“Impudent whelp! You have most likely caused the travesties that are to transpire! And even if you have not, you are interfering in situations, worlds and lives that are meant to be!” Brother helped his sister to her feet, placing a hand on her shoulder.
He then turned to his father, “father, we are doing no such thing. What my sister is trying to tell you is that we are guiding two people to their rightful places in their lives.
Hermione Granger and Genesis Rhapsodos need each other in their lives – whether they end up together or not – they need each other, the courage and support from one helps to guide the other through their trials.”
This time Brother was at the receiving end of his father’s temper.
“You have torn apart the fabric of the worlds! No two worlds should be allowed to collide!”
“But why not?! What are you so afraid of? Happiness? If that’s so, then continue to beat my brother and I! We are not stopping this; they will be happy!”
Other was about to receive another slap from her father but a gentle pale hand landed on his arm.
“Come now, Beloved. Leave the children be. They are only doing what you and your sister did years ago.”
Their mother had platinum blonde hair and pale blue eyes, she was Mother Gaia, the Goddess that Genesis had started to worship, and the Goddess that Hermione had worshipped since she was a child.
“That is why I do not want them to continue with this endeavour, I lost my sister to the wrath of a man who did not get what he wanted. He took his anger out on the one person trying to help him.”
Other and Brother looked at each other. “Father, we will not end up like that, we give you our word.” Other spoke softly, imitating their Mother perfectly.
Father sighed and looked them both over. “Very well, but first, you must tell Mother and I how you managed to break the fabrics that I had toiled for so long to strengthen.”
Flashback – Other – Her First Meeting with Hermione.
Other had spent the first few years of her short life watching two things, her Brother and a young witch named Hermione Granger. She came to notice this young witch when the girl was only eleven years old, what had brought her to this particular witch?
Well simply put, Halloween.
Yes, that’s right, when Hermione had spent the rest of that particular day in the girl’s bathroom Other had found her sat in mid-air in one of the cubicles, over one of the toilets, her knees under her chin, tears freezing as they fell from her hazel eyes.
“I’m not a nightmare, I’m…” she sighed in defeat. “I’m just trying to help them whilst proving my own kind of witch wrong. A wiccan can coexist with the wizarding community. I’m going to show them that I am more than just an insufferable know-it-all.” Icicles floated and danced around her, turning into tiny figure skaters.
Other leant over the wall to the world to get a better look at this girl. Wow, she thought, how can anyone hate someone who can perform such beauty?
Leaning back through the wall, Other hurried to find the book that was kept for this particular girl, bumping into Brother once she entered.
“Whoa, careful Brother. What do you have there?”
Her Brother clutched a thick book and looked sheepishly at his Sister. “A book belonging to the soul of a man named Genesis Rhapsodos. Why are you here, Sister?”
She grinned. “I’m looking for a book belonging to a young lady named Hermione Granger. So don’t worry, I won’t tell Father if you don’t.” Tipping her now beaming Brother a wink, Other went into the library and searched high and low for this book.
“Ah-ha! Found you!” Pulling the book down from the shelf, she hurried back to the wall to see Hermione diving under the sinks as an ugly Mountain Troll swung at her for moving.
That would be an easy battle if she could use the magic that she was using before as a weapon. Thought Other as she sat down cross-legged and opened the book to the first page.
Hermione Jean Granger, born September 19th 1991, was born of two Wiccan witches by name of Daniel and Fiona Niall, she is the youngest of three siblings and the only daughter.
At the age of three she was dubbed as an uncontrollable Wiccan, a “loose cannon” these particular wiccans are born with an unstable magical core that not many can control; those that can usually remain socially recluse.
This particular Wiccan, however, was never allowed to hide. In fact, her brothers often encouraged her to socialise with other people, especially those her own age.
Humming to herself, Other wanted to skip the drivel, but she noticed something a few pages ahead.
At the age of seven, Hermione suffered the third greatest loss in her short lifetime. Not only had her parents had left them in the care of their aunt and uncle, but during their four-year absence she had also lost her brother Linden.
Linden had been tricked by their father’s ex-wife, Selene Belltower. Jealous of the love and adoration that their mother received from their father, she devised a plan to separate the family.
Whilst the parents had been away she had convinced Hermione’s half-brother Cal Blair to convince Linden that summoning a dark tahib was the only way they could bring their parents back.
It is worth noting that Cal Blair did this unwillingly as he was very fond of the three siblings.
Linden used his sister as a catalyst due to her immense power, unknown to the two children, however, was the ugly truth behind her being the catalyst; it meant that she was to be the sacrifice to the spirit.
Hunter had found the two just as the spirit emerged from the darkness and started to feed on their little sister.
Linden was in a panic as he did not want to kill his beloved sister, and so begged the oldest to pull the youngest from circle.
Even at such a young age, Hermione knew that the spirit would turn on Linden and kill him, she screamed and begged Hunter not to do it, but Hunter did it, with every intension of taking Linden’s place, but the spirit was too fast and had left Linden as a corpse.
“Wow, that must have been horrific to witness at such a tender age.” Other mused, returning to the passage.
A case was brought up with the ICoW who accused Hunter of their brother’s murder. Hermione, who was in the courts with their Aunt and Uncle alongside their cousin Sky Eventide, ran to her brother’s defence against the council’s wishes upon hearing that her brother had been the catalyst.
Screaming that this was not the case, Hermione allowed a surge of power to run through her body, causing all bar her family to end up with a severe case of frostbite.
Understanding that their accusation had been wrong, the council deemed her a ‘loose-cannon’ that meant she would take a bond on her powers, however the Seeker Kennet Muir was fair, and placed one on the young witch that would help her to control her magic until the time of her initiation at the age of 14 where from then on, she would have to control her magic herself with no outside help.
From then on, with assistance from Hunter and Sky, she made sure that she could control her magic.
It was the incident at the ICoW that brought her to the attention to the Wizarding World, Headmaster Albus Percival Wilfrick Brian Dumbledore insisted that the Ministry of Magic bring this young witch to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where she could then learn to control her magic within a safe environment where, if ever she lost control, it could be explained as a spell gone wrong.
However, Hermione took to the school like a duck to water, earning herself the title of the brightest witch of her age.
After her first year at the school, she decided to help the council find her parents by calling out to them with a piece of magic that was beyond her age.
With her parents found, Hunter and Hermione changed their surname to Granger, the name that she had given to Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic for the safety of her brother.
Other continued to read in earnest as she read the next three years and found her to be an intriguing individual.
The book soon came to the parts that she was truly interested in; the future of Hermione Granger.
Reading through carefully she noticed an anomaly in that the girl crossed paths with the Crimson Commander that her brother was reading about.
Closing the book she hurried out to her brother’s room and decided to read the book to him, she didn’t have to go far as her brother was looking for her; apparently he had read a similar passage in his own book.
Flashback – Brother – His First Meeting with Genesis.
Brother had been engrossed in the world that Mother watched over, watching a man clad in crimson as he grew from a baby to a teenager.
Humming in thought, Brother got to his feet and closed the window to Gaia and raced out to the Hall of Records where he began searching in earnest for the Crimson Man’s book. Finding it, he fist-pumped the air and raced out of the hall, running into his sister as he did.
“Whoa, careful Brother. What do you have there?”
Brother clutched the thick book close to his chest and looked sheepishly at his Sister. “A book belonging to the soul of a man named Genesis Rhapsodos.” He frowned, curious. “Why are you here, Sister?”
She grinned. “I’m looking for a book belonging to a young lady named Hermione Granger. So don’t worry, I won’t tell Father if you don’t.” Brother beamed and scurried off to the window and rewound the lifetime of Genesis Rhapsodos so that he could listen as he read.
Genesis Rhapsodos was conceived by two ShinRa scientists by name Gillian Hewley and Deidrich Hollander and was born on the morning of 12th of March 1986 to two volunteers of the science department through artificial insemination, he was unloved by them, but not by the woman who conceived him, Gillian Hewley.
Gillian had given birth to one other child at the same time as Genesis was born; this was his best friend come brother Angeal Hewley.
Throughout his young life, Genesis was known to be a fireball; he was protective of Angeal and was the only one allowed to say hurtful things to Angeal as long as they were meant to be helpful to the man’s persona.
An avid LOVELESS reader and theorist Genesis found solace in trying to figure out the meaning behind LOVELESS and what the final Act could possibly be, this love was tolerated by Angeal who would assist his best friend with the theories often to give him someone else to talk to about it as no one else shared an interest in it.
Genesis was shunned by most of the children in Banora as he was the son of the richest man in the town, Angeal was the only one to stand beside him through thick and thin.
This often caused him to get hurt for Genesis who would always get kicked to the ground, Angeal would attempt to calm the situation, only to be knocked down himself.
Seeing the man who was like a brother to him fall to the bullies that were only after him made Genesis angry every time, Angeal would hold out his hand to Genesis and the two of them would always send the bullies packing back to their mothers.
Nothing was ever done to the two boys who were only looking out for each other, however this would anger Genesis’s parents who forbade him from associating with Angeal as he was poor whilst Genesis was rich and as far as his father was concerned that made Genesis better than him.
Of course, Genesis defied his parents and stayed with Angeal, sharing his apple juice and love of LOVELESS as well as the Banora Whiteapples that grew in the town.
Genesis never felt at home with his adopted mother and father, but they ran a very successful business after Genesis created the famous Banora Whiteapple Juice.
Wishing to share this creation with Sephiroth (who is around three years older than Genesis) he and Angeal enrol in the SOLDIER programme and leave Banora.
As Genesis and Angeal flew through the ranks of SOLDIER, they befriended Sephiroth and Genesis enjoyed sparring with him. But due to Sephiroth’s status as a hero, Genesis quickly became jealous.
To this day his jealousy is the only thing that mars an otherwise perfect friendship between the three friends.
Brother read on for several hours before reaching the part he was most looking forward to; his future.
Seeing something in the book that made him frown, he got up and went to find his sister to ask her if she could explain it to him. As he got out of the room, he was surprised to see his sister coming towards him.
“Brother, it would appear as though we have a dilemma.” Sister greeted him as she steered him to towards the garden.
“What dilemma?”
“We both are reading two very different books about to very different people in two separate and very different worlds, and yet, their futures both state that they will inevitably meet.”
Brother nodded, “yes I was just coming to see you about that. But I thought Father had forbidden the collision of two different worlds?”
“Yes, as had I. Yet the evidence is right here, in these books.”
The siblings stopped and looked over the garden to where their parents were sat laughing lightly. “We shall have to be careful, see to it that when the two worlds collide, as the most likely will, the two we are now invested in help to cure and protect each other.”
Brother frowned and looked up at his Sister, “you mean fall in love?”
Sister shook her head. “If they fall in love then that would be perfect but I was aiming for a friendship at the very least. After all, Hermione Granger has another love interest in her world, though neither of them knows it yet.”
“Is he important?”
“Perhaps. I for one have no particular interest in the futures of the two boys that Hermione Granger associates herself with, so I don’t really know if they are important or not. We’ll just have to see.”
“I wonder, how we were able to see through those two windows?” Sister looked over at her Brother, his eyes were curious as they had always been, behind that curiosity, however, was a worrisome look.
“Especially when Father had sewn them shut so well.” He turned back to his Sister, “perhaps we should ask him?”
“He would surely beat us for this.” Sister argued, wrapping an arm around her Brother, she steered them over to where the two of them played. “No, we shall ask him when he eventually finds out.”
End of Flashbacks
Other and Brother looked up at their Father. “We have never interfered with their lives until now. Purely because their Books stated that this was when they were destined to meet, we decided to guide them, show them to each other through dreams first, but as Hermione has more magic in her soul than anticipated, we were able to send her to Gaia first and then use said magic to bring Genesis to her.”
Other looked to their Mother, “we decided to only send them back and forth from each world when they were in need of each other.”
They looked back to their Father who had hummed in thought. “You were right, Son. The two worlds should not have been opened like that. The seams must have been cut.”
“What does that mean, Father?” Other asked, her Father looked down at them.
“It means that I was wrong to beat you both,” he smiled for a moment. “What it means, Daughter, is that someone else has been tampering with the two worlds that you and your Brother have become infatuated with.”
Other and Brother frowned before looking at each other. “But who could be tampering with the seams? Who would benefit?”
This came from their Mother, she was leading the way to the Hall of Worlds; here a window to almost every world was sewn shut, with only a tiny sliver of light pouring through, this allowed Mother and Father to watch the Worlds. The only two exceptions were Gaia and Earth.
“Voldemort.” Other answered.
“ShinRa.” Answered Brother. Both siblings knew that if either of them found out about the other worlds, then Hermione and Genesis would become targets to both villains.
“Hmmm, perhaps… no, it couldn’t be.” Mother hummed in thought, mumbling to herself.
“Dear? What is it?” Father approached his Wife.
Turning to face her Husband, Mother looked worried. “I can tell you of one other who would benefit from these two worlds colliding the way they are.”
“Who, Dear?”
“My Brother, the one who ruined everything for your Sister.” Other and Brother looked at one another.
“Uncle? But why?”
Other was suddenly grasped by the shoulders; Mother’s grip was tightening.
“Daughter, tell me, have you or your Brother allowed either one of them to be seen by the darkness in that world?”
Other thought for a moment, “no Mother I don’t think –”
“Wait,” Brother spoke up, “I did not allow him to, but Genesis was seen by the darkness of Hermione’s world.”
“Of course! The day he –” Other spoke.
“Jumped off of the Mako Canon in Junon!” they both finished.
“That was the day that everyone on Hermione’s world noticed that she had vanished.” Other explained to Mother and Father.
“Hermione had changed her appearance to resemble that of Earth’s Chosen One Harry Potter, he’s her best friend.
As she was flying through the air on a Thestral, she and the man she was riding with were caught off guard when the Darkness of that world, Voldemort offered Hermione a quick death in return for the true location of her best friend.
She screamed and, as she screamed, Genesis took a swan dive from the Mako canon in Junon and landed on him, pulling the Darkness away from her.
However, he was there long enough for Voldemort to see him.”
“How was he able to jump through both worlds so easily?” Father asked. Other and Brother looked at each other.
>“In that moment, their thoughts must have been of one another,” all looked towards Mother. “as one witnessed the danger and the other suffered at the hands of that very same danger, they must have simultaneously thought of one another, that and the girl’s true power, will have been enough to pull Genesis through long enough to ensure her safety.”
“So, the Darkness for Earth knows of one of the most powerful and emotionally unstable men on Gaia.” Father heaved a sigh.
“For now, the two of you are to cease contact with both worlds, no arguments, your Mother and I will oversee the lives of these two individuals.”
“But Father-” Other was going to speak out again Father’s wishes, but Mother held her down with a stern stare. It’s not fair! She screamed in her mind. Looking to her Brother, she noticed the same look in his eye too, looks like they were going to get into even more trouble.
Later that night, Other was looking down at Hermione, she was sat in the middle of a circle, Harry and Ron sat inside it with her, they were all meditating. It’s amazing that the two boys can do this, I would have thought it to have been funny to them.
She watched them come out of their trance, Ron catching her as she fell forwards, having lost consciousness, Harry broke the circle and helped Ron carry her over to the sofa that she had taken to sleeping on.
I should be down there, she needs to know about my Uncle. Making up her mind, Other stepped in through the window to Earth, she was going to stay with Hermione Granger until she needed Genesis again.