Chapter #1 - Prologue
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter that honor belongs to JKR.
Harry Potter: "Tell me one last thing. Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?""
Albus Dumbledore: "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
— Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore in Limbo in Deathly Hollows
"Help me"
Harry looked at the creature lying under the stone desk. He can't remove his eyes off the creature.
"It can't be helped Harry. Repeating which is beyond either of our help."
"Tell me about this place. I am trying to understand, before I left to the land of living. Explain it to me clearly Sir"
"Harry, This is a place called is a state of being that exists between life and death. Limbo comes to being inside a person's mind making it both real and unreal. Its appearance is different for each person who visits it. Some Limbo experiences involve loved ones or acquaintances. This is my assumption. Or we can speculate as a muggle named "Dante Alighieri" mentioned in his book that Limbo is the first circle of it's possible that this is the place at which a recently–deceased person can make the decision whether to move on or return to the mortal world as a ghost, assuming they have not eroded their souls via creating Horcrux".
"A mortal will see this place before they are judged. Since from the history of mankind you are the first person to see this place since you were held another soul in your body. I don't believe there will be another Human get this pleasure. Till the day I lived, I assumed that it was impossible to remove the Tom's soul piece from your body without killing you. Atlas, I was mistaken again. When I died I gained a knowledge that it could be removed or moved to another object from your body using a soul. This is another one of this old man's mistakes. I am sorry my boy". He bowed.
"What, There was a possibility to remove the soul piece from me without hit by a killing curse?"
"Yes Harry. I don't know the specific. I only gained this knowledge once I came I gained its irrelevant, but If you want the more details, you can find that book in the room of Requirement. It was a basic ritual in the soul magic. There is book written by one of your ancestor before soul magic practice was banned by the Ministry of magic"
"It's alright, Professor, there isn't useful anymore"
"It is time, Harry!"
Before leaving he heard that voice again "Help me". He doesn't have a heart to move from it. He neared that thing. It was shivering.
"Head master, you told me this is my party and also it possible - inside my mind is making it both real and unreal, right sir?"
"Yes Harry. What are you doing?" Dumbledore exclaimed.
A blanket appeared. Harry covered the creature with that blanket and said "Riddle, i don't know if you can hear me or my short living knowledge, Remorse is the possible cure to your soul. Remember it". Before he move from his place. He heard the creature voice again.
"POTTER!" He turned and raised an eye brow at the creature. "I was your mortal enemy when I was living. Still I everything I did, I don't believe anyone would tried to help a person like me. For this I grant you this. You can ask me any one of my magical talents. You will gain the knowledge from my soul. Ask anything"
"Why should I believe you Riddle? I will never believe anything you say and I do not need anything from you. I am not that much of an idiot to believe you have suddenly have a heart after everything I endured"
"Why I am doing this i do know. I swear, I do not have any ill intentions in giving this. Why I am doing this i do know. This won't change anything between us Potter. I just don't want to be in your debt in any way!"
Harry started to say his objection. But Dumbledore intervened "Harry, In Limbo state he cannot lie or do any trickery. Regardless of his nature, we cannot t deny, he is a genius in magic. Don't waste this opportunity. This merely my suggestion. The final decision will be yours to decide."
Harry was thinking 'He is right. Why should I waste this chance? Okay, what to ask him... Hmm mm. dueling? It would be useful fight the death eaters with this knowledge or his dark magic knowledge... No. he didn't mention the knowledge. Just a talent. I have to agree that we both were similar in many ways regardless of their nature. Both were orphan, both abused, parcel tongue. Both attracts people. But when it comes to skills. He wasn't skilled at anything except in broom or his amateur defense knowledge. He needed Hermione's help at any question he had. Frankly he is talent less. Unmotivated. He understood it was for survival from Durslays.
But Tom, he is skilled in many things, His thirst for knowledge is limitless, he was Focused, a mind master, Dark magic master, Ritual magic, necromancy and more magic that anything he know of existed. He don't even know what magic is out there other than what he had in Hogwarts.. He was thinking deeply. His time is almost up. He could feel it somehow. He decided
His appearance was waning...
He quickly touched the creature and shouted "Mind magic, everything you know and understood about mind. That is what I want". Once he answered his could see himself fading faster... He became transparent and came to his 17 year lying body in the Forbidden forest...
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Everything continued as mentioned in the canon. As it should be.
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But when it comes to Harry Potter you can't predict at anything.
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His last thought before completely fade "Only if i know of these before I came to Hogwarts".
At this thought he created a new altered universe without knowing the consequence of his wish in the Limbo as a Master of Death.
That 17 year, an almost 18 year Harry's memories transferred to the younger harry potter, a 6 year almost 7 year boy who was lying in his cupboard in the No 4, Private Drive.
A new Universe created with the harry potter who was with 18 years of memories and experiences, also with Tom's 72 year Mind magic talents.
to be continued...
A/N: This is my first story which inspired by JKR's Harry Potter and many fan fiction stories. I am not native English speaker. So please pardon any grammatical errors. I hope to improvise my writing in my future chapters
-Rajesh