Hi everyone,
I need some help here. A friend of mine told me I should upload this story. I wasn't sure because of how it is written. I was interested in writing a Harry Potter story told by the viewpoint of a new character who becomes part of the best friends of Harry. However, since this is told within that viewpoint, a portion of it is written from that character's perspective, while other parts of it have always been written by Rowling herself. So, in essence, its the re-telling of the Harry Potter stories, but from a different viewpoint. So while, you've read some of what you read here before, you'll find that some of it is not here. My question and what I need your help on is what to classify this as. I had started this fanfic mainly for myself and a few friends that are also Potter fans. However, does it belong here? Since I use a good chunk of material from the books already in existence, is it a fan fiction and should I keep it up here? I've uploaded a little more than half the story. I need your help to decide if I should continue to upload or just delete the whole thing from here. So, to be clear though, Harry Potter and his story do not belong to me. They belong to J.K. Rowling. All that belongs to me is a new character's perspective on a known story. Thanks in advance for any comments.
Adventures in Fictional Reality
Book 1
Preface
The Beginning
In the true Beginning there was the Absence. It was not Something and it was not Nothing. There simply was the Absence. Then, in a moment of infinity, there came both Something and Nothing into existence. Just as there is matter and anti-matter, there is both Something and Nothing out there. And from both entities came creation; the creation of more somethings of different types and sorts. And the creation of more nothings of different types and sorts. However, the relationship between the two is not the black and white that many believe. They are not natural enemies. They are just naturally different. A being becomes good or evil based on its choices, not the existence it was created in. However, this is a mystery each being must find out on their own. Since many beings did not even understand that there was both Something and Nothing, the lesser mysteries escaped them entirely.
There was once someone who realized this greater mystery of the Something and the Nothing. They also realized that good and evil could come from both sides. In realizing that they realized that power can also come from both sides. This someone, in realizing this, sought to attain power over Evil, deciding it to be the greater of the two powers. And, in realizing that existence is tied together, began leaving seeds of its evil in dimensions around existence, seeking to alter their balance, their alignment. In creating more evil, through its own evil, it would then grow stronger. This someone became the Other, not of the Something or the Nothing, not of the light or the dark, but simply of the self. The Other moved in secret at first, no one noticing what the Other was doing. But as the Other moved to more and more dimensions, it became more apparent what the Other was doing.
So the Something and the Nothing sent out Representatives to find someone that could restore the balance. But finding that being that could oppose the Other was much harder than anticipated. Finally such a being was found, but not by one of the Representatives, but by one not even looking.