Chapter 1
The Doomed House
Disclaimer: Everything in the Harry Potter Universe belongs to J.K. Rowling, I got nothing out of this except for enjoyment.
This is my second Supernatural story.
This story takes place a few years before Harry turns eleven. James and Lily were watching Harry, and they saw that Harry was malnourished and abused, they decided to step in and help him by taking him away into the Metaphysical world.
In my previous Supernatural story The Changed Life. I had James and Lily using Metaphysical Magic and providing Harry with the ability to perform it for a limited time. In this story, however, Harry will be learning how to do Metaphysical Magic in the first place, and he will have a lot more control over Metaphysical Magic, and he will be able to perform it for as long as he wish.
Harry was undergoing miserable and hard time in Privet Drive. He was being abused, forced to sleep in a cupboard, and he got beaten by Dudley and his gang of friends.
One night, while he was sleeping, two figures appeared to him.
It was James and Lily.
"Harry," said Lily quietly.
"Mum?" said Harry.
Lily nodded.
"I've got a lot of things to tell you," she said.
"What is it that you want to tell me?" asked Harry.
"You are malnourished and abused," said Lily. "You were not being provided with enough food for your life and health, and you were being locked up in a cupboard, and you were being treated like a slave."
"How did I get here in the first place?" asked Harry.
"This isn't the right question," answered Lily. "The right question is, why were you being placed here?"
James nodded.
"It was Albus Dumbledore who decided to place you here," he said.
"Does he know that I was malnourished and abused?" asked Harry.
"There's no way that he doesn't know about it," said James. "Do you really think he has no idea that the Dursleys were abusing you?"
"The reason that Dumbledore placed you here is because he believes this is the only place that will keep you safe from the Dark Wizard, Voldemort, who killed us. Dumbledore placed a ward around Privet Drive to keep you protected," said Lily. "That crazy old coot, Dumbledore, has a lot to answer for."
"But there's nothing I can do," said Harry. "The Dursleys are my only family left."
"There is something that we can do," said Lily. "We can take you away into the Metaphysical World. You will still be in Privet Drive, but the difference is that no one will be able to see you."
Harry sighed softly. He did not understand what his mother meant.
"What is Metaphysical World?" he asked.
"Metaphysical World is known as a world that people who live beyond death can live in," replied Lily.
"And what will I be doing in that world?" asked Harry.
"You are a Wizard, Harry," said James. "You will be learning about a type of magic that no Wizards would learn in your world."
"What magic?" asked Harry.
"Metaphysical Magic," Lily answered at once.
"What does that mean?" asked Harry.
"Metaphysical Magic is a type of magic that is typically used by Witches and Wizards who lives beyond death, or in the Metaphysical World."
"Can't I go to another home?" asked Harry.
"Harry, let me explain about Dumbledore's motives for placing you here," said James, shaking his head. "Dumbledore wanted you to be weak so you are easier to manipulate, he want you to be pliable so he can direct you."
"While we are able to send you elsewhere," said Lily, "the best option is to keep you invisible. This way, Dumbledore's plan will fail."
"So no one will be able to find out where I am?" asked Harry.
"Not even Wizards," said James, nodding.
Harry was relieved.
"Can't I go to another home?" he asked.
"If we send you to another home, the ward will collapse, and Dumbledore will know that you have left here," said James, pressing on. "He has an instrument that can detect whether the wards he set up are working properly or not. We will take you to the Metaphysical world, so you can be in contact with either the world we lived in or the world you are currently living in."
"We plan to alert him by collapsing the ward that he set up after we make you invisible," Lily added.
"Will I be able to get back to the Wizarding World?" asked Harry.
"Yes, just because you are being taken to the Metaphysical World doesn't necessarily mean that you are dead, it only means that you are suspended from the Wizarding world," answered James.
Harry felt stunned, but he currently has no other options, he has two choices, either continue to live with the Dursleys or live in the Metaphysical world.
After a few minutes hesitation, he nodded.
James pointed his finger at Harry, and in a split second, Harry felt that he was being hoisted up into the air, and then a white mist surrounded him.
"Welcome to the Metaphysical world," said Lily. "Now I need to destroy the ward that Dumbledore had set up."
She pointed her finger at Privet Drive, and after a split second, the ward collapsed.
/Scene Break/
Albus Dumbledore was sitting inside his office, sipping his tea. He was then disturbed by the sound of his instrument. As soon as he turned to his instrument to look at it, he saw the ward collapse.
He quickly apparated to Privet Drive.
As soon as he reached Number Four, he knocked on the door.
The door opened, and it was Vernon.
"I am here to check on Harry," said Dumbledore.
"I am not going to have a freak in my house!" Vernon roared.
"Where is Harry right now?" asked Dumbledore.
Petunia heard the voice, and she searched everywhere in the house, only that she couldn't see Harry.
Then she approached Dumbledore.
"I don't know where he is," she said coldly.
Dumbledore apparated from room to room inside the house, only that he didn't see Harry at all.
He sighed in disappointment, and he left.
/Scene Break/
Harry, meanwhile, felt much better, although he is still in Privet Drive, he felt happy that no one can see him, while he can see others.
"What are we going to do, Dad?" he asked.
"I have already told you that," said James. "You will be learning Metaphysical Magic real soon."
"Am I going to stay here forever?" asked Harry.
"No," said James.
"Meanwhile, we will need to avenge you," said Lily.
She pointed her finger at a bottle in the kitchen of the Dursley's house, it gives a sizzling sound, and turned into a White Cicada. The White Cicada was as big as two dinosaurs, half of its body has already occupied the whole kitchen, half of its body is outside.
Petunia just arrived at the living room, and she saw the Cicada.
"Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhh!" she shrieked.
Then she opened the front door, and ran outside for her life.
The Cicada then consumed the whole house, leaving a few pieces of material behind, and it headed down the street to search for her.
Petunia ran for a while, and she looked back.
The cicada was not there.
She relaxed, but she was still terrified of going back to where her home was. She feared that the cicada may find her and kill her.
/Scene Break/
Harry, who was watching the whole scene in amazement, asked a question.
"What is that thing that has eaten the house?"
"It is a White Cicada," Lily explained, "not like the cicadas we see in the Muggle world. White Cicadas are as big as two dinosaurs. It eats wood, brick, iron, metal, plastic, cloth, paper, human meat and glass. White Cicadas do not eat wizards or witches since magical power is poisonous to them, though they may still chase them and threaten them. White Cicada's blood is poisonous."
"Does White Cicadas have the ability to identify who is Wizards and who is not?" asked Harry.
Lily nodded.
"It can sense the presence of magical power," she said.
"And the effect of the poison of a White Cicada is that it will make body parts fall off your body and the body parts will start to turn into thin air. Sometimes White Cicadas may shoot their blood at people, including Witches and Wizards, the same effect will happen after the blood touches your body," added James. "There are also red Cicadas, it shoots fireballs at humans, and if any human being touch the fireball, they will faint, which gives the red Cicada time to eat them up."
Harry laughed for a total of five minutes, and then he regained his composure.
"Is Metaphysical Magic easy or difficult to learn?" he asked.
"It won't be too difficult to learn Metaphysical Magic," replied Lily, "although you may need to work on it at some point."
"And how am I going to learn Metaphysical Magic?" asked Harry.
Lily took a book, and showed it to Harry, entitled 'The Art of Supernatural Magic'
"This is a book by Death, it tells you all about Metaphysical Magic, me and James have already swallowed the whole book, and I do expect you to be like us in a few years," she said.
"Merely swallowing this book is not enough for you to use Metaphysical Magic in practical situations, you will need to use a beginner wand to build up your power until you can use this magic fluently, the more power you have, the more efficient the Metaphysical magic spells will be," said James.
/Scene Break/
"What happened, Petunia?"
It was Vernon, talking to Petunia on the phone.
"Our house was destroyed by a random white bug," replied Petunia.
"Surely, you are mistaken," said Vernon in disbelief.
"I am sorry, Vernon, but this is true," said Petunia.
Vernon felt slightly sickened. A random white bug, such a freaky thing, he thought. I shall have to ask the insurance company to pay for our house.
"Where are you now, Petunia?" he asked.
"I am at a public telephone booth right now," replied Petunia.
"We will need to inform Dudley about this," said Vernon.
"I'll find a way to tell him," said Petunia.
"I'll come back and send you to Marge's house right now," said Vernon.
"Right," said Petunia.
Then she put the phone down.
She waited for ten minutes, and Vernon was back.
Petunia got onto Vernon's car, and Vernon drove back, and found that Petunia was right.
So he drove her to Marge's house.
/Scene Break/
As soon as Dudley's class is over for the day, he went out to see his dad, only found that Vernon was in a disappointed expression.
"What's wrong Dad?" he asked.
"Our house has been destroyed," said Vernon.
"How was it destroyed?" asked Dudley.
"It was destroyed by a random bug, according to what your mother told me," said Vernon.
"Don't tell me that you are joking," said Dudley.
"It is true," said Vernon.
Then he recounted what he discovered earlier.
"I want to have a look, at least," said Dudley.
"I'll take you," said Vernon.
As soon as Vernon and Dudley arrived at their house, Dudley saw the state of the building, he let out a scream.
"We will need a place to stay," said Vernon. "Let's go to Marge's house for now, your mother is there."
A/N:
I'll give you a bit background about Metaphysical Magic, and Metaphysical World.
Apart from the things that are mentioned in this chapter, Metaphysical World is not, in any way, known by any ghosts living in the Wizarding world, including Hogwarts ghosts.
Also, no Wizards will be able to learn Metaphysical Magic (unless if they have been in the Metaphysical World). Wizards who learnt Metaphysical Magic can give this ability to another Wizard, and that Wizard can only retain this ability for a limited time.