Disclaimer-I do not own either Harry Potter or Call of Duty. The Harry Potter Universe is owned by JK Rowling, Call of Duty is owned by Infinity Ward, Activision, and others. If I did, then I would've already made a comic or movie crossover.
Prologue
Waterloo, Belgium, 2 AM, June 19, 1815
It was early in the morning, yet still dark, the aftermath of a great battle, thousands of soldiers dead on both sides. Already, both sides had withdrawn from the battlefield, however many of the dead were left in the muddy fields...well...they were supposed to be dead.
A mass of creatures shamble across the field, all of them wearing either French, British, or Prussian Army attire. However, though you would think from a distance, these were not men.
These things, up close, though with a relatively humanoid shape and look, were decaying, with worms eating into their bodies, open wounds from shrapnel and bullets that most likely killed them, and skin and flesh rotting away, brown and mushy.
These were the undead, with possessed dead bodies and yellow glowing eyes, they had one objective in mind: feast upon the living. With a single bite, these things could turn you into one of them, into these horrid creatures, and they were everywhere, throughout history, and throughout the multiverse. But, did not stand (or whatever you would call it) unopposed.
On a hill, with the zombies just beneath them, stood 5 men. These 5 men looked odd for people of this time period, in fact 4/5 of them wore military attire nearly 130 years from the future. One wore the green attire of a US Marine, armed with a huge cannon like weapon.
Another man wore a yellow uniform of a Nazi Major General, with a rifle like weapon with bits and bobs sticking out.
Another wore the uniform of a soldier in the Red Army, with a sack on his back, holding what looked like a pistol.
And another wore the uniform of a Japanese Officer, though the lack of strange weapon made him stand out slightly, he clutched with both hands a Katana.
The last one was the most different from the rest. Instead of wearing the military attire of such an age, he wore a fedora, a relatively dirty and damaged striped suit, striped suit pants, and a tie, all dark purple. He had jet black hair and had hazel eyes. He wore round glasses and held in both hands 2 strange weapons that looked like giant knives with batteries in the middle of them.
"You ready lads?" The man in the fedora said in a British accent
"Alvays ecstatic for ze blood." The Nazi said in a thick German accent, smiling disturbingly
"There better be vodka after this, Tank, you're buying." The Russian said
"Shut the fuck up Nikolai, let's get this over with." The American replied
There was a sudden sound of vwoops and other noises as some of the weapons lit up. All 5 men suddenly jumped down from the hill, into the mass of zombies, who were now shambling towards them.
One hour later
The fields were covered with masses of now dead undead corpses, with the distinct smell of burning flesh. In the mass of bodies, stood the same 5 men, all looking, surprisingly, more peeved then exhausted. One of the men, the Russian known as Nikolai was searching the bodies, looking in their pockets and different bags.
"C'mon...i'm sure you're somewhere here..." Nikolai muttered to himself
"Nikolai, what the fuck are you doing?" The American known as Dempsey said, as he and the German known as Richtofen walked over to him.
"What do you think? I'm for looking vodka obviously..." Nikolai replied, still looking through the bodies.
"Nikolai, ve are in Belgium, ze possibility of finding vodka here i-" Richtofen started saying
"AHA!" Nikolai shouted out triumphantly, holding up a small bottle...or flask...it was hard to see in the dark, alright! "I have found you."
"I stand corrected" Richtofen thought to himself, lightly glaring Nikolai as he started chugging from the bottle.
"Alright, you lads finished here? It's nearly dinner, and Lily will have our heads if we don't make it this time." The Englishman said
"Oh come on James, Lily can wait a little longer." Nikolai said, looking disappointingly at the now empty bottle, throwing it behind him.
"You said that the last time, remember? She nearly killed you with the frying pan." Replied James.
"Da, da, no need to remind me." Nikolai said, unconsciously rubbing his head.
James 'Prongs' Potter chuckled. It had started sometime earlier in 1980, he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, fighting the Dark Lord known as Voldemort, and his army of Death Eater Followers (Ha, Death Eater, if they saw what real death was, they would throw up James thought to himself). He had just infiltrated what was supposed to be a Death Eater hideout, and that was when James met them...
Flashback (Not necessary to read)
January 12th, 1980
Warehouse, Cardiff, England
James slowly walked in cautiously, wand in hand, looking around every corner. Wearing blue Auror robes, he and 6 Order Members were with him, investigating what was supposed to be an important Death Eater Compound. The other 6 were mainly Aurors whose allegiance was to the Order, and were under the command of James. Their mission was to scout out the compound, but it seemed to empty, and so James had decided to scout it out.
He had wanted to bring Sirius, Remus and Pettigrew with him, but Dumbledore had decided they were needed else where. Tell you the truth, James never really trusted Dumbledore, he seemed a bit too controlling, and willing to know everything by any means necessary. Luckily, his Occlumency was enough to keep his true thoughts on the supposed 'Leader of the Light" a secret. Back to the present, James looked around the dark warehouse. He muttered a quick 'lumos', the light shining from his wand, the other quickly followed suit.
"Something isn't right, it's too quite." One of the Order Members said. James nodded while still looking forward. Death Eaters weren't exactly known for discretion, he had expected the whole warehouse to be lit up, Death Eaters partying about torturing a Muggle or something around that area. James shook his head. He felt disgusted at the Death Eater's Ideology of Pureblood supremacy, it felt wrong, and the fact his wife was a muggleborn might contribute to that. He hoped that after this war, perhaps, if they won anyways, that they could redraw the whole Wizarding World of the United Kingdom, the Ministry of Magic and the lot, and update to modern standards where everyone was equal.
However, he was quickly taken away from his thoughts, as he spotted something rush from the corner of his eye. He quickly turns in the direction, pointing his wand, feeling anxious. Suddenly, there's another movement, so fast James is barely able to see it, turning instantly towards the direction. The other Order Members did the same, some of the less experienced ones started to sweat nervously, eyes looking all around the place with panic.
"Pull it together lads." James told the nervous looking Order Members"Let's check it out." Slowly, James and the other Order members walked further into the warehouse, covering every angle and direction, making sure nothing flanked them. The tension simply kept rising, what with the darkness, and the occasional sighting of a fast moving object from the corner of their eyes. Eventually, the stress was too great, as one of the Order members shouted "Fuck this, i'm getting out of here.", running in the general direction of the entrance. James attempted to shout to him to get back, when he heard several inhumane, demonic screeches and groans.
He then heard the Order member that had just ran screaming in panic, and saw the light from spells being discharged. It continued for a few seconds than...silence. James gulped heavily, before looking around, spotting something else. About 10 meters away from him, was what looked like a man, but not what he expected. The man looked slightly slumped, and his head looked left and right as if searching for a scent like an animal, he looked deathly pale from the back, but that wasn't the strangest thing.
He wore some sort of Black Muggle Military uniform, with a red armband with some sort of emblem...a swastika, which James barely recognised from this one book Lily had taken with her, something about a massive war in the Muggle world during Grindelwald's reign of terror in Magical Europe. He slowly walked over to the man. "You there, identify yourself." James said, his arm now shaking. At this point, he looked almost as pale as the man in front of him, with sweat all over his body, his uniform soaked. "Sir, I repeat, identify yourself." James repeated when the man didn't look back. Once again, the man didn't respond.
James was about to tap the man's shoulder, when the man suddenly turned around, causing him to jump back with a shout of shock. The man...or whatever it was looked horrifying. It had a a hole where it's heart should have been (it was only one sided, so you couldn't see it from the back), and it's skin looked rotten. It had bright, glowing yellow eyes, adding to the intimidation. Suddenly, the creature made a demonic screech, charging at James. James quickly sent a stunning spell at the creature, but it simply pushed the creature back slightly. James and soon the other members started rapid firing stunning and disarming spells at the creature, doing no damage as it simply kept walking towards them,
Finally, James had enough, as he sent a banishing charm at the creature, sending it flying. James drew in a breath of relief, but this was short lived, as soon more creatures started limping or walking from the shadows. "What are they?" One of the aurors said. James looked closely, their whole movement, composition and appearance screamed out inferi, but he could tell they were different. "What ever they're, they're hostile, lethal force is authorised, put them down!" James shouted out, firing a severing charm at one of the creatures, decapitating it.
Soon, spells started flying towards all directions, however the creatures simply would not fall like a normal death eater. Speaking of Death Eaters, some of the creatures, instead of either wearing those strange muggle uniforms, or wearing muggle clothes, were actually wearing Death Eater Robes, and looked much more damaged, with bite marks and flesh missing everywhere. "Well we know what happened to the Death Eaters at the very least." James thought to himself, sending a blasting curse at another creature, it's guts spreading all over the place. One by one, however, they were slowly overwhelmed, as each Order member was picked off by the creatures.
Eventually, only James remained, firing curses everywhere in every direction like a madman, however he was already feeling exhausted, and his magical core barely had any energy left. "This is it, i'm going to die." James thought to himself, as he collapsed onto the ground. He saw the creatures slowly start to converge on him, and he closed his eyes, sorrow filling up in him for abandoning Lily and his friends, and the gruesome death he knew was approaching. However, instead of feeling the creatures pounce on him, he started hearing new sounds, like spells being sent but different, and sounds of flesh being burned, torn through, or sliced.
Smelling burning flesh, James slowly opened his eyes, seeing something he didn't expect. The masses of creatures were on the ground, dead. And in front of him, was the strangest group of people he'd seen, each of them wearing what looked like muggle military clothing. One of them was kneeling by him, his hand held out in offering. He wore a similar uniform to the creatures, with the swastika and all, except
He wasn't undead
His uniform was yellow
James was reluctant at first, but then the man said "Come on, don't leave me hanging, I haven't got all day." James accepted the man's hand, pulling him up. He brushed some of the dust, grime and bits of flesh off his Auror uniform, and looked around the room, seeing the mass of dead bodies all over the place. "Who are you." James finally asked after a somewhat awkward silence. The man in the yellow uniform smiled. "Ah, I thought you'd never ask, my name is Doktor Edward Richtofen..." Richtofen said.
Back to the Present
After that, James learnt all about Richtofen and his group. Apparently they were apart of some sort of mulitversal organisation, specifically tasked with taking care of these creatures called zombies, which were basically inferi but from muggle culture. At first James thought they were all bonkers, and were just some muggle maniacs.
But then he met the rest of the organisation, known as Group 935. Soon, he became convinced that this was a greater threat than even Voldemort, and decided to join their ranks. The fact that they went through time and space, and so a year would be a day in real time didn't hurt his decision.
So now he lived 2 lives, one as James Potter, member of the Order of the Phoenix, fighter against the forces of darkness. His mission, protect the wizarding world from the grasp of Voldemort and his forces.
And the other as James Potter, multiversal zombie exterminator. His mission, travel across time and space, and stop the zombies from taking over. He had over a decade's worth of experience (only a year in the real world), and became very proficient in both magical and muggle fighting.
Of course, he kept this secret, especially from that bastard Dumbledore, who knew what he would do to get his hands some of the things they had their (of course, he'd probably think it was just a bunch of muggle crap)
Finally, James woke up from his day dream as Richtofen tapped him on the shoulder. "I said zat ze teleporter is charged, let's go, unless you vant to shtay here?" Richtofen said, and pointing to what looked like a metal backpack
James shook his head, as he and the others put their hands on Richtofen, as Richtofen pressed a few buttons on his wrist band, and the group suddenly disappeared in a flash of light.
October 30th, 1981
Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain
The group had just come back from headquarters, and were finally taking a break from the zombie hunting. They quickly teleported to James and Lily's current home in Godric's Hollow.
Though James thought that Potter Manor would've been safer because it had more extensive wards, Dumbledore thought that it would be safer to go to Godric's Hollow
But, he couldn't complain, the Fidelius Charm was one of the best ways of protection, it just made him feel so restricted for some reason.
Anyways, they teleported in front of their house as they walked in through the front door. On the left was a snug looking living room, with a fire place on the wall, a nice red and gold rug in the middle, a nice bright red couch opposite of the fireplace, and 2 seats on opposite sides of the rug.
On the right side of the room, stood the kitchen, with a counter and benches. Past the counter stood a nice marble table and cupboards, with anything you need to cook, like a fridge, stove, etc.
Finally at the end of the room were the stairs that lead to the bedrooms. James took off his fedora and wiped some dust off it, placing it on a coat stand. As soon as he walked 5 feet with the rest of the gang, Lily emerged from the kitchen.
"You arrived here just in time guys." Lily said as she walked over to James, giving him a quick peck on the lips. "I've just got the tea ready." Nikolai slumped onto one of the seats, while Richtofen sat on the other. Takeo simply stood around, looking around the nice home.
Dempsey sat on the couch along with James, all exhausted from their latest Zombie Hunting crusade. This was James's usual schedule, get up, report for duty in the Order, go on a mission, complete said mission, then when no one is looking, teleport to 935 to get his latest mission. Proceed to complete mission which might takes days (but will only seem like hours), get back home, no later then 8:30. And repeat.
Though it was tiring, he actually enjoyed his zombie hunting career, it was actually a lot of fun, and relieved him of a lot of stress from the real world. It was like a holiday, but with more work.
Although he regretted not bringing Lily with them on their trips. Lily was the only one who knew of his adventures, and had become good friends with the rest of the gang. He always wanted to bring Lily, but it was usually too dangerous, and it would be suspicious for both Lily and James to be missing for specific amounts of time.
Plus, she had to take care of the most recent addition to the Potter Family: Harry James Potter. Harry was a blessing to both of them, and they loved him dearly, and would do anything for him. However, he was apparently a candidate for this prophecy, which could result in Voldemort's Downfall.
Which is why they were currently staying in Godric's Hollow, keeping Harry safe. Soon Lily came back out of the kitchen, holding a platter with 6 mugs of tea. She gave one to Takeo, who responded with thanks, she then gave a mug to Nikolai (who promptly poured some vodka into it, making Lily shake her head) and one to Richtofen.
She soon gave James and Dempsey their mugs, before grabbing her own mug and sitting between the 2 of them on the couch, snuggling between the 2 men. "So, how was your latest trip." Lily finally said after a relatively comfortable silence, the only sounds being that of the wind brewing outside and several sips and slurps of tea.
"Oh, tiring as usual Lils, this time we went to Waterloo, bunch of turned soldiers there." James said, sipping on his tea. "Und zis time they had exceptional spleens...I must go back to 1815 when I can, examine vat makes zem so...tender..." Richtofen said with a wide smile.
Everyone stared at Richtofen. Richtofen simply shrugged and sipped more of his tea. Lily rolled her eyes, as they landed on Nikolai. "Hey Nikolai, how is it your liver hasn't failed from that much alcohol consumption?" Lily asked Nikolai, seeing Nikolai pour another shot of vodka into the tea.
"Not just alcohol Lily...vodka! Aaaaaand...i'm not sure, don't talk to me about that shit, ask Richtofen, he's the Doctor." Nikolai replied, looking at Richtofen. "Vat? I'm not zat type of doktor! Vell...at least not anymore..." Richtofen said.
"Richtofen, one of these days you must leave such a path, it is most dishonourable." Takeo said, after being quite throughout the entire conversation. Richtofen was about to retort (something about a stupid Chinese man), when there was a sound of crying from upstairs.
"Damn, I forgot to check on Harry, wait here James, i'll take care of him..." Lily said. "No Lils, for once i'll go and take care of him, Richtofen, you coming?" James said, sitting up from the couch.
Richtofen excitedly clapped his hands like a little girl, with a smile that looked like a 5 year old boy getting candy. "Of course, come on, let's go, race you!" Richtofen said, running up the stairs. James shook his head with an amused smile.
Richtofen had always been fond of Harry, and usually couldn't wait to meet him again at any possible time. "See you later Lils, got to stop Eddie from teaching Harry how to develop weapons of mass destruction." James said with a smile, jogging after Richtofen.
Harry's Room, Potter Residence, Godric's Hollow
James walked into Harry's room, finding Richtofen cradling him in his arm, telling him a story. James seemed happy, until he was finally close enough to hear what Richtofen was saying. "Und stumpy vas rude to ze doktor, so stumpy paid ze price...und ven I mean ze price, I mean I sliced stumpy's head open, und ate his brain." Richtofen said, looking down at Harry.
Harry giggled, muttering 'stumpy'. James rushed towards Richtofen. "Eddie, that's enough, I don't need Harry turning into another murderous psychopath." James said with an unamused expression. "Ssshhhh, I just got him to go to sleep." Richtofen whispered to James.
Slowly, Richtofen returned Harry to his cradle, with Harry seeming oblivious to everything, without a care in the world. Both men looked at Harry with happiness.
Though James seemed a bit jealous. "Damn babies, always so oblivious to everything around them, such a bliss that I wish I possessed." James thought to himself. They started at Harry for a few seconds longer, before the peace was interrupted by Richtofen.
"So, vat do you plan to do after zis var?" Richtofen asked James. This was something James, too, always thought to himself.
"Well...not very sure, perhaps move back the the manor, raise Harry, get a few more kids even, explore the world, perhaps even learn muggle stuff, I heard that they traveled to space once, and that they had recorded it on their own versions of pensives." James said.
Richtofen chuckled, one of the things Richtofen always found amusing was the naiveness of most Pureblood wizards, or wizards in general, being completely oblivious to what was happening outside their little community, thinking themselves all powerful because they can wave their wands all around the place.
"Jaaa...that sounded better in my head." Richtofen thought to himself, scrunching his face in disgust at the image that had just popped to mind. "But what if you don't win the war?" Richtofen asked.
James sighed. "Well, usually, we would probably either flee to another country, or perhaps start an underground resistance, but if the war was completely lost..." James paused. This was an outcome that he hoped never came. "I guess...perhaps I could work for 935 full time, bring Harry and Lily with me, it'd be interesting."
Richtofen frowned. One of the things he always feared was James retiring and never meeting them again, stopping those adventures that seemed such a big part of their lives. But, he knew that such a life was what James wanted, and he respected that. Hey, maybe they could visit during their times off. "For ze sake of your life und Harry's sanity, I pray zat it never happens." Richtofen said
Both laughed quietly. After wiping an imaginary tear away, James once again turned to Richtofen. "But, Richtofen, I know this might be too much to ask, but I need to ask a favour." James asked Richtofen.
"You see, if I were to di-" James started. "Don't even consider that a possibility James." Richtofen quietly snapped back. "I know, I know, but...if that were ever to happen...I need someone to look over Harry...and though I trust Sirius and Remus and Peter...well, maybe not Peter, I think he will need some additional protection...can I rely on your Eddie?" James said
Richtofen was shocked, no one had ever asked him to do something this important before. Everyone always thought that Richtofen was the unreliable, insane maniac, but secretly he always wanted to prove them wrong. This was his chance.
"I...don't know, what about ze ozers?" Richtofen finally replied. James sighed "Dempsey is too temperamental, Takeo is just down right boring, and i'm not even going to think about what Nikolai will do to Harry, plus, you're my best mate Eddie, you're fun, caring, i've seen that soft side of you, you're perfect. So, will you?" James said.
Richtofen thought for a moment, before replying "Of course James." James smiled. "Thanks mate, I owe you one." James said. James started walking out of the room. "You coming Eddie?"
"Erm...just give me a second." Richtofen replied. James shrugged and walked back down the stairs. Richtofen proceeded to look around the room, making sure no one was there, then walked over to Harry, who looked so peaceful.
"Hey Harry...so, how have you been?...vell i've been fine in case you ver curious, heh." Richtofen said.
Richtofen took out what looked like a necklace, it was a steel chain, and had the logo of 935, as well as what looked like a button on the top. "Here, zis is a long range multiversal distress beacon, so if you're ever in trouble, you could press this, und I vill come und help you!" Richtofen said as he put the necklace around Harry's neck.
"Think of it as a late birthday present...for missing your last 2 birthdays...I should probably get you something else, but i'll do zat later." Richtofen said, kissing Harry on the forehead. Slowly, Harry intertwined his fingers with the logo, hugging it to himself.
"Ah, he already likes it" Richtofen thought to himself. He proceeded to slowly walk out of the room. Walking down the stairs, he found James had taken off his suit and tie, leaving a white buttoned shirt. "Hey guys, I have an announcement to make." James said.
Everyone immediately turned to James. "Look guys, though I love killing zombies and teleporting across space and time to kill them, sometimes it get's a bit out of hand, plus, with the past year, or ten years in term of multiversal time, i'm exhausted." James said "Which is why, i'm taking a break, no more zombies, no 935, none of that for a bit, just me, my wife, and Harry, for at least a week."
The others groaned in disappointment. Among the group, James was the least motivated of the group, and he preferred to stay in real time for sometime on these occasional breaks, making him miss many of the fun times they have.
But, they were friends, so they allowed it, and they were happy. "Listen bub, we're all friends here, and we respect your decisions, but don't go whining to us when you slowly die of boredom." Dempsey said with a smile, punching James on the shoulder.
"Da comrade, take your time, no pressure, just get that vodka ready when we come to visit." Nikolai said, throwing his now empty mug behind him. "Family is important as much as everything else, remember that." Takeo said.
"Vell, ve have to go, I vill talk to Director Maxis about your break, i'm sure he'll allow it." Richtofen said, putting his hand on James's shoulder, and then putting his hat on.
"You guys should come for dinner tomorrow, we're inviting Sirius and the others." Lily said. Richtofen smiled as he opened the door. "Don't vorry, we'll be zere, see you until zen." Richtofen said, putting on his teleporter.
Soon, the group walked out, and teleported back to base, feeling excited for the dinner. Little did they know this was the last time they would see James or Lily Potter alive...
Author's Notes: Well this took sometime to type...anyways, hello to anyone who actually reads this! This will be the first fanfiction I have EVER written, and I hope it seems satisfactory. You see, this is a crossover i've always wanted, and I went "Screw it, i'm going to type it" and I don't care of what people think.
How this fanfic will go will depend on:
A) How much time I have
B) How much my motivation will last
I'm simply typing this for fun, i'd feel lucky to even have 50 favourites, or even that number of views. Anyways, I hope that this series goes well, cyu later!