Time ceased meaning long ago. Azkaban had been long since deserted. When he had first arrived, he had wondered why the dementors ceased to scare or affect him. Evidently, being the Master of Death made the dementors behave. Centuries had passed. He had rid the world of Voldemort only for Dumbledore to try and get rid of him. When the bastard realized that Harry wouldn't die for some reason, he was quick to imprison him.

Then he was left alone. Time passed, guards came and went. Dementors may not have affected him, but he could still bleed. The guards took advantage of that. Dementors became his friends; true ones. None of them were paid to befriend him. Magic blossomed in the outside world. Muggles evolved. Wizards did too. They became one race. A genetic hybrid between the two. The Master of Death sat back and watched the Master of Life's work.

She had talked to him, raged at his sorrow, cursed the people who had hurt her brother. Though they were like Yin and Yang, literally; they were meant to be together, platonically. Neither had met their mate yet, they had only each other.

Unlike him, Eywa had always existed. She hadn't been a mortal who had achieved the title, he was created into it. All planets with life had a sentience that helped Eywa rule the lives in the universe. Gaia had turned on them. And Eywa achieved her revenge on those on Earth, until they cultivated their technology, harnessing Gaia's strength, fighting back. Gaia raged for her children's suffering, forgetting Harry was one of her own. She set her humans on Pandora, seeking to destroy her as his sister tried to destroy her.

The ancient being roused. He made his way to the launch pad that would take him to his sister.

'I shall see you face to face soon, my sister.'

'I will prepare my people. Gaia will regret turning from you, and from me. She and all her other children will pay for your suffering.' She sent her love to him and he stored himself inside of the soon launching space craft. It would be a long wait, but he had waited this long, he could endure anything that the humans could through at him.

Time Skip

He awoke with the others; the ones in the cryo-sleep. Death make his way to the locker rooms and made himself mingle with the humans. Scanning the minds of those on the ship, he picked out one of the ones he could tolerate and went to make friends. He zeroed in on one in particular. He would make a good, real friend.

"~Hi. I'm Cole Masters. You're Tom's brother. Jake, right.~" The man started. No one had spoken to him yet, just stared.

"~Yeah. Jake Sully. You work in the AVATAR program?~"

(A.N. Since Cole Masters is his alias, he will be called that for a while until he gets his Na'vi name)

Cole shifted. "~Heh...About that. I...-uh...I'm not supposed to be here. The guards kinda took me for someone else and loaded me up here. I always wanted to be here though!~" Not really untrue, once he was on, he took the space of someone else...uh...stop staring at me and get back to the story! Stupid author, trying to make me look awkward...GET BACK TO THE STORY! HEY! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE WRITING WILL YOU! Right...

Jake stared at him for a good minute.

"~Wow. So what do you want to do?~"

"~Ask to stay, duh! I don't wanna go back to the hell hole Earth is. There's some good in my being here. Plus Eywa won't let me go back.~"

"~Eywa?~"

"~Yeah. She's...to the natives, she's the goddess of Life. They're not far off, actually. She gives life to all and is the sentience, the mother of this planet. Like Gaia is to Earth.~"

Jake stared at him again. He chuckled. "~I'm gunna like you, Cole.~" Cole just grinned at him and they made their way to the escape pod. Once they touched down, Jake reached for his wheel chair. Cole saw it and rolled it to Jake's side. Instead of leaving Jake to fend for himself, he rolled Jake out after the others. Hake was uncomfortable and if he was honest, feeling a little helpless. He didn't say anything.

They got the rundown about the Na'vi and how things would work from a guy who looked like he let Edward Scissor Hands get to him. When Jake followed the scientists, Cole followed after him, 'allowing' him to roll himself. Grace Augustine gave them another rundown, then put her foot in her mouth. Shemouthed off about Tom.

"~Tommy's dead. I know it's a real inconvenience for you.~" Jake said as Cole sneered at the woman...which brought her attention to him.

"~Who the hell are you?~"

"~Cole Masters. The guys at the launch grabbed me. Must have thought I was someone else.~"

"~You know anyone here?~"

"~Yeah. This is Jake Sully, a friend of mine. My sister's here too.~"

"~Who's your sister.~"

Cole gave a shark like grin. "~I'm afraid that's classified information. Sorry.~" He wasn't sorry.

Augustine gritted her teeth. "~Normally AVATARS only work for one person, unless they have a twin evidently. We'll try to pair you up with another AVATAR just in case you're a close enough match. You stick with Sully.~" Was that supposed to be a punishment?

Turns out he was a close enough match with an AVATAR and he could connect to it. When he did, it changed. Instead of five fingers like the others, he had four. Instead of an amber hue, his AVATAR's eyes had his own. No one dared say anything. They couldn't. Jake made a run for it and Cole chased after him. He couldn't fault his friend, he hadn't walked in years, they told him he never could again, unless he got a procedure that would take beyond his lifetime to pay off. Now though, now Jake could walk. He could jump. He could run. He could do anything. Cole would make sure of it.