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As a bonus for that drawing, here's Mickey in a power overload. If I'm going to be honest, I was mostly inspired for this idea by MLP, with Twilight's story in 'Cutie Mark Chronicles', or more specifically, Twilight's magic overload. I just like that idea, especially when paired with the concept of a character who seems so weak and powerless, but has powers beyond his appearance or actions. I also referenced it by having Duncan being turned into a houseplant. I suppose in the TDHW universe, that sort of transformation is less permanent than in the traditional HP universe, or the transformation wasn't as permanent because it was a magic outburst, because this is my world, for my fun, and I enjoy it. It's just something I'm doing because I like it, so I don't feel like I need to make it make perfect sense, as long as I'm having fun.This is the reason Mickey wears the helmet. Jay may be more able to use magic, but he's not the more magically powerful of the two. Mickey is. Mickey can't always use his wand well, but he has a lot of magical power... he just can't control it. I'm talking serious magical power, electric currents of magic, glowing and floating type. But the helmet suppresses that magic, for the most part. If he's frightened to an extreme degree, or hurt badly, the overload can overpower the helmet. They found that one out when Duncan decided to mess with them, and... well, do you know how hard it is to figure out how to turn a person back from a houseplant? The answer is; very. So basically, do not take the helmet off, and don't be a dick to Mickey. Or Jay, for that matter, that can end badly too. Mickey is working on figuring out how to use his wand better, since the magical outbursts are caused by built up magical power that overloads, learning how to express the pent up magic would 'fix' it. He still has a low ability to suppress magic, but the helmet does keep it in. If he can work out how to lower the buildup, the helmet will keep the rest of the magic controlled.
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Jay: *grabs his helmet, quickly putting it back on him, the small triangle giving a light glow* Come on, Mickey, please...Β
Mickey: *opens eyes, but clearly completely out of it* The password is pineapples...
Jay: *blinks in confusion*'That's... not it at all, but you're ok! *hugs him*
Mickey: Rainbows are natures rainbows....
(I don't think he's really all there. The password is clearly swordfish. It's always swordfish. Oh, and check this outΒ youtu.be/DHwCuZfZX1w .)
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Aden: {thinking{ maybe a focused vent next time, with Lightning... {out loud} Aguamenti minimum. {splash of water hits Mickey}
(epic! in my opinion, the Polytheisms are better, simply because they don't expect us to be frikkin' PERFECT. Sure, Osiris, Hel, and Hades would LIKE us to be good, but they don't expect it, and they also know what it's like to walk around among us, unlike a certain monotheism...)
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Mickey: *immediately wakes up and sneezes violently, a small zap of his lightning fizzles out from the sneeze* Wha-huh? *sneezes like a kitten this time* Why am I drenched?
(He sneezed out harmless lightning XD)
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Aden: You were speaking gibberish... and apparently the "just let it all out" version of venting ain't gonna work... sorry. Also... D'aww, you sneeze like a kitten!
(shameless Gravity Falls ref is shameless!)
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Mickey: *embarassed blushing* I didn't mean to.... whatever.... happened...
Jay: It could have gone worse, at least.
Mickey: What did I do, exactly? I don't really... I didn't turn anything living into something else, did I?
(Shameless because you shouldn't feel ashamed. Gravity Falls is amazing.)
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Aden: A plant into a pencil jar, but other than that, nope.
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Mickey: *nervous since at the word pencil* I hate pencils.
Jay: *looks at Aden* Long story.
Mickey: Can you not tell it? It's not a fun memory...
Jay: Of course not.
Mickey: *smiles nervously, but still relieved* Thanks...
(Jay and Mickey are like the polar opposites of Amy and Sammy.)
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Aden: Okay... well, it's almost curfew, so off to bed with you two...
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Jay: *looks extremely panicked by the statement* We are?
Mickey: We need to go... I just really hope the stairs will stop making it so hard to get back up to the common room...
Jay: The stairs like changing around when we're around.
(Hogwarts stairs are sentient and I refuse to think otherwise.)
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(The entire freaking CASTLE is sentient)
Aden: Good luck... now off to bed, both of you.
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Jay:... We'll need it. *he and Mickey walk out
(Well, the stairs are extremely sentient. And rude. Later this night, the two tripped over a step that was slightly out of alignment, although they did make it. Just with some stair induced cruelty. Or stair induced bad luck.)
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Aden: 
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(That was the castle's entire plan for the evening, damnit! And bad luck just follows them, it's not the castle's fault if they trip over things..... The castle can't really control that. But the other stuff, yeah, totally it.)
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Aden's magic: "I don't fucking care what your plans were. They get tormented ENOUGH."
Aden: {walks off}
(I think crystalline magic would be a nice class, don't you?)
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(Duncan's terrified of them, at least. That's a bit of safety. And it sounds GREAT!)
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Aden: {conjures crystals in classroom, setting a few to float about and shine, handing one to Lopaf to bat about}
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(Would this class be Pahkitew+Jay & Mickey Gryffindor? IE; Jay, Mickey, Shawn, Sugar, Sky and Jasmine?)
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*the Gryffindors walk into the room, Shawn essentially using Jasmine as a shield from Jay and Mickey, clearly freaked out by them, Sugar looks completely dazzled by all the shining crystals, Sky is looking around in mild interest, and the twins are taking up the back*
Sugar: Y'all got shiny gems in here now? And ah wasn't expecting nothin' special goin' on round here! *staring at one of the larger crystals*
Jasmine: *trying to pry Shawn off of her arm* Shawn, the little joeys aren't going to do anything, calm down! They're harmless!
Shawn: *paranoid glance at the twins, who are looking rather confused and mildly embarassed/scared* Never let your guard down, Jasmine. Everything could be a threat if given the chance.
Sky: You're being ridiculous, Shawn. They're not going to hurt anyone!Β
Mickey: *sneezes like a kitten again, followed by Jay doing the same* I think we're allergic to cats...
Sugar: Y'all keep saying that about darn near everythin'!
Jay: Only because we are...
(They're allergic to life. And, uh, Shawn's... kind of scared of Mickey. Paranoid as hell, at the very least.)
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Aden: Sit down, everyone... today, we'll be working with precious stones! Rubies, emeralds, sapphires, amethysts... and crystals. Anyone care to guess how this differs from last year's earth magic?
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Sugar: Everything's all shiny-like now?
Sky: You're right.... sort of...
Shawn: Are we allowed to take any back to our Common Rooms?
Jasmine: Shawn, that's not an answer.
Shawn: I know, I just really want one.
Mickey: Β Well... uh, crystals are a lot sharper, for one...
Shawn: *peeking over desk* What are you planning?
Jasmine: Shawn, shut up.Β
Sky: ... Aren't crystals made of just one thing and not rocks and dirt?
(As you may remember, Shawn has a certain affinity to shiny crystals and a lack of self control around them. He's probably got one in his pocket. Or hat. Or anywhere he can hide one.)
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Aden: technically true, Sugar and Sky, and yes Shawn, you can have one. Emphasis on one, take that out of your back pocket unless you wanna slice your butt open these are very sharp. Crystals and gemstones are different from normal earth because sometimes... {flicks a crystal, which resonates with a stong, clear note, like he ran his finger over a goblet,} They have a little magic of their own. Some cultures use them at the tips of their wands instead of a magical core. However, as you might expect, that makes such wands mostly decorative, and rather delicate.
(LOL that was a fun scene! And I'm tempted to make the crystals "sing" the Steven Universe theme for the heck of it, even though this is the 1990's)
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Shawn: *grumbles* Fine.... Have it back....
Jasmine: Knowing glare* Take the other ones out.
Shawn: *pulls out another from under his hat* They're so shiny, though...
Sugar: Hey, how come he gets tah keep a shiny gem! Ah want one too!
Sky:.... Magic crystals? Sounds neat.
Jasmine: I thought they made ringing sounds because you hit the buggers, not magic..
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Aden: Shawn asked, you didn't. Also, no, Sugar, you can't have one. Simply because you are rather rude, and I don't like you. And yes Jasmine, that's right... the purer the stone, the more magic it can hold within its structure. {the crystal Aden tapped flashes red, violet, white, and pink} This one for example has a fair amount of power inside. And watch this! {raps crystal with his wand, causing it to emit an aurora that soon fades} The spell? Geos Crystallum. Give it a try. And remember, crystals are rather fragile.
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Sugar: Hey, he didn't get 'round to asking until after he already took them shiny crystals! Ain't fair to let him go and stole the darn things and let him keep it if Ah don't get one too.
Shawn: I did not take them before he answered.... *thinks* Wait, yeah, ok, I did. But it's just so nice and shiny.
Jasmine: And here I was thinking your obsession with zombies was your only one.
Shawn: Obsession implies illogical reasoning. The zombie apocalypse is coming and I know it!
Sky: What's the logical reasoning behind the gems?
Shawn: *shifty eyes* Uh...Β What Aden said about magic?...
Sky:... That's an answer, at least... Not really a good one, but an answer..
Mickey: Um.... how fragile are the crystals?
Jay: And what would happen if one broke?
Sugar: That weird double twin speech thing bugs me out. Yah sound like yer one person when you ain't.
(...I can't say that the tendencies twins have towards completing each others sentences doesn't freak me out, to be fair.)
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(surprised Dipper and Mabel don't do it, tbh)
Aden: Excellent question, Mickey and Jay! {conjures a hammer} Let's find out. Sugar, Shawn still ASKED if he could keep one. I have yet to hear you ask. And before you do, no, you can't, and life isn't fair. {slams hammer on a small crystal... which shatters and generates a small magic explosion} The energy within... has to go somewhere.
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*both Jay and Mickey are blasted in the face with the explosion, the others less so, but slightly scuffed*
Sky:... Why is it that whenever... pretty much anything goes wrong, it hits you two the worst?
Jay: I don't know, we've always have had... really bad luck...
Mickey: Β Its like we're cursed...Β *sneezes, and another puff of the crystal magic flares up, like he inhaled dust from the explosion*
Shawn: See! I told you, they're bad luck!Β
Jasmine: Shawn, the little joeys can help if they're unlucky. Shut up.
Sugar: Ah asked! Y'all just weren't listening!
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Aden: No you didn't. You said "I want one too!" You did not say "Professor Aden, may I have a crystal too please?" Scourgify. {clenses the aftermath away}
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Sugar: Ah thought that was oblivious! But if y'all need to hear it... *coughs and somehow erases most of her abrasiveness, still country, but fairly elegant* Professor Aden, may Ah have a crystal too, please?
Sky: *weirded out* How did you do that?
Sugar: *back to normal* Momma made me practice all the time so I could sound all fancy-like for the judges at the pageant! Said Ah wasn't gonna win nothing if Ah didn't, and she said Ah had gotta win, so I did.
Sky:.... Ok....
Shawn: You could just cast the spell and make your own, you know.
Jasmine: You have a point, actually.
Jay: *the dust has vanished from the twins faces* Uh, we don't have to make them explode, do we?
Mickey: I'd rather not do that.
Sugar: Ain't like it'd be hard to do for yah, Helmethead.
(Just because I like Sugar doesn't mean I don't think she's a terrible mean bitch.)
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Aden: The word you want is "obvious". "oblivious means the opposite of that. And yes, you may have a small one. Youwon't be blowing them up on purpose, I'd like to have some semblance of a classroom still standing by the end of the class.
(I don't think she's a bitch either, just spoiled rotten in more ways than one.)
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Sugar: Yes! Pageant winner six years runnin'! Ah knew Ah'd get to use my educatin'!
Shawn: *raises finger to object, but stops* It wouldn't be worth it to say anything.
Mickey:... The crystals are powerful enough to destroy your classroom?! *readjusts helmet, touching the triangle to check it* I really don't want to get blown up.
Sky: Fairly normal desire"
(She's mostly a product of her environment, with being a pageant winner of the Toddlers and Tiaras variety, the world she grew up in was toxic as hell. Child pageants are disgusting.)
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Aden: Pageants are horrid, toxic things that mentally poison the hearts and minds of children, which would explain a lot of things wrong with this world, but that's neither hear nor there.
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Sugar: *extremely affronted* What did y'all say? You ain't gonna take away the thing Ah'm best at!
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Aden: Pageants. Are. Toxic. I can't take it away, since I can't control time.
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Sugar: Good! Ah aint quittin'
Sky: So, we're going to make crystal statues? Or just random shapes?
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Aden: I have a friend who can though! Keep making me mad, and we'll see what you're life would be like without those horrid pageants! And Sky, the goal with statue-making is "impress me". I don't care what you make.
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Sugar: Ah didn't even do nothing this time!
Jasmine: To be fair, she's right.
Sky: So... Impressive...
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Aden: Sorry... anywho...
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Sugar: Anywho?
Jasmine: Anyway. It means anyway.
Sugar: Thanks!
Mickey: *is staring at his wand in slight apprehension* Ok, I know you don't normally like me, wand, but... please don't mess up....
Shawn: Why are you talking to a wand? You sound like a weirdo.
Jasmine: You're not one to talk there, you know.
Jay: *equally apprehensive about using his wand, but nervously attempts spell anyway* Geos crystallum!... *The crystals spike out of the table suddenly, barely missing impaling Jay* Eep! This was a bad idea!
(Their bad luck ends when it's about to get life threatening.)
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Aden:... eventually, I'll figure out why the universe hates you.
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Jasmine: *was the one who pulled Jay away from the spikes, holding him by his hood* Woah there, little guy! Almost got a spike through your head!
Jay: *looks relieved* Thanks, I really, really don't want to get impaled.
Shawn: Why would you try to make the crystals stab you?
Jay: I don't know, it just happened!
Sugar: Y'all got some kinda curse on yah. You two keep gettin' yerselves hurt all the time. Yah might wanna stop using that there wand, yah know.
Mickey:... I... I'm supposed to do magic so I don't overload the helmet... *the triangle on his helmet glows a bit brighter*
Shawn: *dives behind Jasmine and cowers* He's gonna blow something up!
(Shawn, shut up. And yeah, the universe does hate them, for some reason. And yet they could be considered lucky too; no matter how much they get hurt, they haven't died. So it's almost like a paradox; they're unlucky to get hurt, but lucky to not die.)
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Aden: Wow Sugar, that's actually pretty close to correct. Something doesn't like them.
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Sugar: So they are cursed? Ah knew it!
Sky:... That doesn't.... that's not really how curses work.
Sugar: What else could that be? It ain't no coincidence, that's for sure.
Jasmine: *lets go of Jay's hood* You really oughta stand back from whatever you're casting. Might help it.
Jay:.... Something tells me that wouldn't work.
Jasmine: It's better than giving up, you know.
Sugar: So what else would y'all call it?
Sky: I don't know, but it really doesn't make sense for someone to curse two muggleborns with horrible luck. I'm not even sure that's a curse, but if it is, it wouldn't make sense to curse them.
Mickey:... Plus, we.... we kinda started off unlucky.
Jay: Probably going to end unlucky, too.
Sugar: Would yah quit with that creepy twin speechifying? *Shawn nods*
(Hey, curses from birth.... eh. I mean, the likelihood of their premature birth and barely surviving infancy and life in general with everything they go through being a curse from someone.... not really that sensible. Not 100% impossible, but certainly not likely at all. And shut up, Sugar.)
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Aden: Sugar, remember when I said what'll happen if you make me mad?
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Sugar: *shuts up*
Shawn: *peeking up from behind a very unamused Jasmine, whose hand is being clutched at* Yeah, and you don't know what'll happen if you make him mad.
Sky: Uh, he just said that he was going to.... *looks at Mickey ducking his head and sighs, annoyed* Still?
Mickey: Sorry...
Jasmine: *picks up tiny boyfriend and removes his death latch on her arm* Shawn, man up and face it; the kid's harmless, unless you're some jackass poking him with a stick, which you're not, right? *scolding look*
(Have I mentioned that Shawn is utterly terrified of and has a paranoid mindset around Mickey? Because he kinda does. Like, a lot. It's not that he actively dislikes him, he's just... Shawn. His natural state of mind is to create paranoid conspiracies about literally nothing; give him something to fear that's even mildly valid, like seeing Duncan get transformed into a potted plant after picking on him, lightning and sparks and glowing raw magic surging from him, and he's terrified. Of course, since Shawn's fairly bad at social interactions, this is mostly expressed in the worst possible way.)
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Aden: It's gonna be hard to make a sweet kid like that mad!
(part of me wants to stick Craig and Shawn in Zombie-infested Minecraft, turn on Creative mode, walk away for an hour or so, and see what happens...)
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Shawn: Or scared, that's way easier!
Mickey:... *shrugs weakly* He's right. Everything scares us...
Jay: *nods* Lots of stuff...
Shawn: See! It's a ticking time bomb!
Sky: The only one I see is you.
Shawn: At least I don't turn people into plants!
Mickey: *frowns and looks guilty* I... I didn't mean to...
Sky: Shawn, the reason Duncan even got transfigured was because he was bullying him for wearing the helmet, you saw it too.
Shawn: And that's why I'm scared!
Jasmine: They're only scared of everything because the little guys get hurt or sick all the time.
Sugar:... *not malicious, genuinely confused* Ah thought y'all had to be brave to get into Gryffindoor. Ain't being scared all the time the opposition of that?
(She's not being mean, she's just genuinely confused DX. And Shawn gets defensive easily. In answer to their Sorting; The very fact that they keep trying and existing despite how much shit life throws at them proves their bravery.)
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Aden: 
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Shawn: ....Oh yeah... class.... that thing we were doing.
Jasmine: I was going to mention it if any of you didn't.
Sugar: Ah guess we should play with all them shiny crystals.... *clearly looking at the shiny sparkly crystal spikes Jay made* Hey, pipsqueak, yah mind if Ah take some of these? Yah don't want to get all cut up by them.
Jay: Sure... probably better if you do it than me...
Sugar: *grinning* Thanks! *takes one of the spikes and starts making it into a crude crown, * And Ah'm gonna get the crown just like Ah always do.
Shawn:... Ok, I'm impressed that you even managed to go that far.
Sugar: *sudden snap and glare* Yah got somethin' yah wanna say to me?
Jay:.... Ok... I'm... I'm going to try.... I am really, really sorry when-if anything goes wrong. *attempts to create a small round crystal, and succeeds, although small and more like a pearl than a crystal* Uh..... I feel like throwing would go wrong.
Sky: It's small, it's not even going to hurt whether or not you throw it.
Mickey: I... I think I can catch it, Jay. *Jay hesitantly throws the ball and Mickey's helmet glows before he can pull out his wand, but the crystal ball stops anyway* I-I... I didn't mean to... I was trying to use my wand, I just got really scared about it hitting me...
Sky:... That was kinda cool.
(This is Aden's class; does anyone actually stay on task, ever?... And at least Sugar was only snapping at Shawn for being a jerk this time.)
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Aden: Mickey, Jay, just relax. It's tiny, and you're only pushing it back in forth very gently, like you're playing catch with each-other. Sugar... it's nice, but I'm sure you can do better... remember, crystal is fragile, so don't force it.
(true. And wow, he's actually TRYING to be nice to her... there's a shocker.
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