Chapter One: This World Has Changed
Harry's POV
The soft breath he released floated in front of his masked face in a small cloud of air due to the cold. He wasnt all that surprised, England never was a place to warm up very high, even less now due to the shape it was in. He turned his head right and left on the ruined streets. Not a sound was heard and to him, this was worrying, there normally was always some small sound made, the rustling of the dead grass, the creak of old rusted metal.
Now though not a sound was heard almost as though the world itself was waiting in baited breath. He narrowed his eyes slightly taking in the barricaded and locked down Metro entrance a hundred feet or so away. He was relieved to be able to get out of the surface, ever since the bombs dropped things had only gotten worse from there. He gripped tightly on the front bracer and grip.
He moved quickly crossing the dead street and knocking on the door softly. He heard a small beep and looked down at the watch cursing to himself as it told him he had a minute left on the filters and this one was his last. He heard a grinding of metal and groan as the doors were pulled open and he walked into the entrance sighing as the now appearing sounds of Nosalis' were forced to leave him be as the large metal doors shut. He pulled the helmet off glad he had found it on one of his hunts.
A Helmet similar in style to a motorcycle but modified with a built in gas mask. It was his favorite item, and made out of solid stainless steel made it near impossible to break. He let the weapon he was holding fall onto his chest no longer feeling the need to keep ahold of it in the safe station. He was proud of his weapons as well, Down here in the stations they made use of older and handmade firearms, bastard guns.
He managed to find these New military guns on a run on the surface. His primary gun being a SCAR-H, mounted front grip, laser sight, flashlight, EOTech Hybrid Scope, and Tape Mags. His Secondary was a L85A2, Acog Scope, Laser Sight, Flashlight, and Tape Mags. His final Weapon, he liked to call his little friend, it being a HK45 with a silencer, Flashlight, and Laser sight. Every weapon he kept around six to seven Mags each not including the ones already loaded.
He turned to the door guards nodding to them in thanks getting a short one back. He walked past the mounted gun and into the entrance point seeing the large market just beyond that. He looked around the market seeing the men and woman haggling and some even begging all because of a war. He had heard and old quote once, something about war never changing, the second he heard it he snorted and thought the man clearly had never been introduced to nuclear weapons.
War had changed, and it changed this world as well, breaking it down to its current state. He sighed and turned towards the nearby station platforms hoping to catch a ride to one of the nearby stations hoping he will have the chance to get back to his home.
A/N: Explination Time. This world is based off the Metro 2033 Game's, mostly the games over the books, i havent read the books so most of the understandable lore i am grabbing from the games.
The Wizarding world. You probably are wondering why i never mentioned them so far, or when they will make an appearance. They wont, because they dont exist anymore, the people are still there but magic is gone, the way im going to explain it is this. Magic in of itself as explained in the books is to wild, therefore i theorise it has a presence or mind about it. How it was taken from everyone will go like this: Voldemort having killed many people that were Muggles attracted the attention of multiple world orders and military leaders, fearing the attack of a "terrorist" such as him put them on high alert. The Current strain between Russia and America at the time only worsening the situation. Someone launched a nuke and it landed in England, obviously every country with them (Them being Nukes) retaliated and created the Metro world. The Magic didnt like how the missuse of its power lead to millions of innocent deaths and decided to remove itself from their world. Magical creatures no longer exist, now those that are Veela and such, are reverted to human but lets say have etheral beauty to them now. Werewolves no longer have the disease. Other non part-human species like goblins no longer exist. all forms of magic on the landscape were removed, therefore the Fideleaus charm is gone, and most buildings structed by magic are gone, AKA Hogwarts. All of the magical citizens were thrown into a world without them having their power, a bit of irony for the purebloods since they cant claim to be more important now that the muggleborns have the experience needed to survive in this world without magic.
Where the Used to be Magical Community lives in the Metro world. Understand the Metro world for this area is the London Metro Subway lines. If you look up the map for all the stations of the lines look at the Northern Line, its the black line. All of that line North of Camden Town belong to the "Magical Community" including Camden Town itself, that town being the "Bridge" between it at the rest of the Metro.
I theorize about 8000 of the 12000-15000 people of the origonal "Magical Community Of England" are left alive and are now living in those two tracks of that line. Now as for the French Magical Community that will be later explained along with the Bulgarians (AKA Durmstrang).
Now as for the timeline for the games and metro taking place in 2013. Im moving the timeline of the Harry Potter verse up years, basically anyone that wants to do the math for me, Harry was Fourteen when it all went down, after fourth year. Basically harry's fourth year was in 2012-2013. The math i need done is for how far ahead i am placing the harry verse.
How the "Magical Community Of England" will keep in contact with that of france and The bulgarians. Im changing things up a little, three years before the Nuking event all of the European Union members came together and agreed to spend billions incterconnecting their Captial City's Metro stations. Basically one track on the London Metro has been expanded to cross underwater to a track on the french Paris Metro line. And France to Germany and whatever.
Now think of it like this imagine an Astric (This *) now take one of the ending points and draw a line connecting it to another Astrics ending point, and thats the track between say London and Paris, now origonally, before the bombings these tracks were only for Delegations to cross the landmass in comfort and ease, basically very important people were the only ones aloud to use it. But now that its the metro world it makes it easier for me to explain the ability to contact and visit the French Community and the Bulgarian Community.
Now Russia in an act of freindship did the same although its connection track wont be used for a long time yet since they dont come into the story just yet. The London Metro will have a "Main City" in it, thats city being made in the old Kings Cross St. Pancras station. From what i know that station is the largest so it makes sense.
Now some people will be missing basically unless i say otherwise, they are one of the dead who didnt make it to the Metro in time. Now you wont see "Big" Families owning stations as their homes like say the Malfoys owning an entire small station to be their home, unfortunaly it would be impossible to house the entire "Magical Community" and the Muggles in the Metro Alone. Will some familes be better off maybe, the size of homes wont be tiny dinky shacks but they wont be mansions either.
Now we all say the state of the Metro in Moscow from the game, in London they are very concerned with the stabilty and cleanliness of the metro's therefore they wont be disgusting messes like the ones in the Metro from Moscow and whatever. The stations wont be tiny either im going to be giving a few size upgrades to them so people can live slightly comfortable.
Why Harry was alone and on the surface, The people in the MC ("Magical Community") arent as brave or fearless, most dont understand the logic behind radiation and all that so they are to fearful to try. Why his friends werent with him, he had a falling out with them, Ron is a prick i hate his character and honestly i dont see much good about him he had consistently abandoned harry, and dont use the argument, well he came back, i dont care if it was me id of said fuck you. Hermione is well infatuated with Ron i suppose, not like fangirl style but like im sorry i have feelings for this person style, we'll still be freinds but well... and so on.
Ginny. NO just No i will not have her with him, im sorry for those who ship and enjoy that ship of them but seriously?! how was that ever a good match! honestly the character was so similar to his mom im not sure how he didnt feel weirded out by the thought!
The shipping and such are up to me i might listen to suggestions i might not leave them if you want, by the way those of him and ginny being left will be ignored.
Rangers. we all know of this group in Moscow, well i believe every country will have their own type of "Rangers", ill explain more later.
The flashlight on the gun, will work like those on the suits in the game, they can be charged by the hand charger.
The helmet. Look up this: Army develops Vader-like power-cooled gas mask/helmet combo
The Tape Mags. Immagine two magazines Taped together one right side up the other upside down. So when one runs out you take it out flip it over and put the filled one of the two in to keep firing instead of having to fish in a pocket for a new mag.
Its been a long time since 2013 and whatever so ever Pureblood will have gotten used to doing things muggles ways, doesnt mean they are happy about it but they still do it. The scarcity of real food, like pig and chicken. It was explained that while pig and chicken were around it was difficult to afford, well in the London Metro its much easier to get and afford.
There is a Polis like ground its the "Main City".
I am unsure about what other groups to put in, id like suggestions because just pulling a Red and Nazis group in London seems like a difficult idea, ill try and make it work but id rather have a suggestion that i could impliment quickly.