Disclaimer
Harry Potter (et al) belong to JK Rowling.
"IT" (et al) belong to Stephen King.
Penelope Bailey belongs to Mike Resnick.
"V" (et al) belongs to Alan Moore.
The Alien belongs to Dan O'Bannon (as far as I am aware).
Middle Earth (et al) belongs to JRR Tolkien.
Narnia (et al) belongs to CS Lewis.
Zelda (et al) belongs to Nintendo.
The story belongs to me, and I would take it badly should you claim it as your own, or attempt to profit from it in any way. You can repost it on other sites, but you must post the entire story as is, with no modifications (including the complete text of this disclaimer).
In addition, I borrow/steal a lot of phrases & quotes that I have stolen from various books, shows and movies. However, as I haven't written this story yet, it would be folly to attempt to guess what they will be :)
The same also applies to any characters that aren't mine (aside from those listed above) - they remain the property of their original owners, and I am merely inviting them over to play for a while.
In both cases, I am also not going to disclaim them at the start, because (in some cases) it will spoil the surprise :)
Finally - there will be a more complete disclaimer at the end of the story, where hopefully I will be able to attribute my sources in much more detail.
Notes
As you will have gathered from the title, this is the third part of "Into The Black". I would HIGHLY recommend reading Parts 1 & 2 ("The Gathering" and "Darkness Rising"), because otherwise this will make very little sense :)
While I have listed this as a crossover, you won't find any of The Losers or the other characters from "IT" making an appearance (aside from Pennywise, obviously). This is more of a "what if IT landed in Hogsmeade, rather than Derry" type of story. In addition, it won't be a direct retelling - there is no way to improve on Stephen King's original story, so I am not even going to try :)
