Note: Branch off of "Gamer Potter: A Fighting Chance", see first omake chapter in the story. I will include parts of chapter 2 in this segment. The parts you're looking for will be halfway through to the bottom. To understand how Harry got the Gamer ability, refer to chapter 1 of "Gamer Potter: A Fighting Chance". Harry is not neglected, so no cupboard under the stairs. No Horcrux Harry either, but there will be Horcruxes anyway.
Do not expect much, this story revolves around Harry and wizarding world, not the Elemental Nations. As a matter of speaking, our protagonist Harry, will not step foot there. Don't get your hopes up. There will be no overpowering eyeballs of any kind here. Except in omake form, probably. No Bijuus, therefore no Junchuriki. No crossworld lovers, so no magic in the elemental nations. Expect no romantic relationships up to perhaps 4th year.
For now I plan to give him the Team Seven special, Rasengan, Chidori, and that enhanced strength punch thing Tsunade and Sakura do. I'll consider the suggestions, if not appropriate for Harry then at least for some party member in the future. For sure he will learn wall walking and water walking. Don't be too disappointed if your suggestion wasn't posted in a timely manner, it may have been considered or added later on.
(Quick Edit Notes: I've reworded some missed perspective changes from the last rewrites. This chapter was copy and pasted from both the original and omake before some of the rewrites. Please excuse the perspective changes. -Fred2008 5-2-19)
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to any recognizable things in this story. They belong to the rightful owners.
Summary: A glitch in the system changes the world, therefore, the story.
Chapter 1: Dream On!
Midnight July 31st, 1985
Initializing, Standby... Scanning Subject... Scan Complete... Subject: HARRY JAMES POTTER
Ritual enhancement: Luck 200, Enemy Countermeasure: Life Drain Burn edition Keyed to Target: TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE, The Gamer, Child Power Lock: Unlocking, Power Boost +150%
Initializing Gamer Installation... The Gamer has Successfully Installed... Upgrading Subject Harry Potter to Gamer Body please standby... Upgrade complete, Uploading HUD... Upload Complete...Scanning Subject for traits... Scan Complete
Inherited Abilities: Born Wizard, Parseltongue via Genetic Mutation, Lightning Affinity, Air Affinity
Converting Player Attributes to base form... Converting complete... Available Attribute perks Acquired: Five... Skill Points Acquired: Ten
ERROR: World Tree Data Corruption! Skills Corruption... Attempting hotfix... ERROR... Erasing [Elemental Bending], [X Mutation], [Catch 'Em All], [VR: Sword Art]... Resetting... ERROR... Deactivating Skills... Reactivating after First Sleep Cycle... CONTINUE HOTFIX...
Uploading Welcome Screen... Upload complete, Updating Language Select, Scanning for Languages... Scan and Upload Complete, Language Select: English... Welcome to the Game Harry James Potter Please Press Continue...
Harry sleep on, his body glowing dimly as changes were applied. His mind and body being altered. A window popped up waiting for confirmation.
Welcome to the Game
Harry James Potter
Please Press Continue
[Continue]
Morning came as it often does, and Harry was highstrung. Just waiting for someone to notice the new development. The light blue transparent window, just floating in front of him, now smaller and moved up and to the left. No one mentioned it, although Petunia was giving him some strange looks once more. "May I be excused Aunt Petunia?"
Petunia gave Harry a quick measured look before nodding. "Be sure to wash your hands!"
Leaving in haste, the boy does as he's told. There was a surprise waiting for him, a trunk and a rucksack. He would worry about it for the rest of the day, not venturing outside.
OoO
(ERROR... Erasing [Shadow Realm], [Digital World]... CONTINUE HOTFIX)
Later that night Harry made sure that he would be alone for a bit, he opened the trunk first. There on top was a letter to him. Under it was various books and journals.
The letter was tear stained, the writing somewhat shaky, cramped, but all the same elegant.
Happy Birthday My Harry,
I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you my son! I'm writing this as I hold you now. You're sleeping, content, happy, Alive. You must hate me for what I've done, leaving you alone after these long years. If our Last Will and Testament was followed, you should be with someone that is magical. I just hope that you are well, and with your father, James Potter.
If not, then you are a Wizard Harry. You have power, and it won't be easy to control. You are to go to Hogwarts of Witchcraft and Wizardry when you turn eleven years old. Do not trust the Headmaster, he has plans, I don't know what they are. There will be people who will try to be friends with you only because you are famous. Don't let this stop you from making true friends.
There is so much to tell you, but not right now. That will come in the future. For now though, there will be something more urgent.
Perhaps you have found some type of 'window' or something similar. I have gifted you a... rare enchantment. It changes the world around you. Showing only you and those you choose. Please Harry, be careful with who you trust with this, if at all. Do not show the Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Not a word, not even a hint!
This ability is called The Gamer. It should help you with your life. To be as strong as you can possibly be. There are some family journals in this trunk, your ancestors who had used this Gift. Do not try to cheat this, please My Son! Terrible things happen to those that try to cheat! Judas Peverell had tried doing that, and it ended Dreamer's Alley, and a good portion of regular London in a raging fire.
Become Strong! Learn everything you can, both magical and nonmagical. The Potter Family has many enemies, some who would even kill us, who would kill you.
I wish I could tell your father about this. I hope that you are staying with him. Please, tell him that I am sorry for doing this! It was the only way!
Live long my Harry, grow a big family, have many children. I don't want to see you until you are an old man with grandchildren of your own.
Love Always Your Mother,
Lilly Potter
Harry put the letter down, half of the words he couldn't understand as well, but 'kill you' and 'enemies' was crystal clear. He wasn't abandoned like Uncle Vernon said he was! Angrily wiping the tears away, Harry finally acknowledged The Game's menu for what is was. It was his Mum's last gift to him.
It was decided, he would do this. He had to, it was a gift from his mother! Pressing [Continue] the window changed.
Harry James Potter [The Boy Who Lived]
Level 1
Active abilities:
-The Gamer
-Enemy Countermeasures:0/250
-Power Boost: +1.5 Multiplier
-Magic Core
-Fade
Do you wish to activate the Tutorial? [Yes/No]
Harry hesitates for a moment, before pressing Yes.
[Starting tutorial, entering Tutorial Instance.]
(ERROR: Erasing [Call of Duty])
The world flashes before he find himself in a stone room with a door. On the wall next to the door is a board with notes.
"Welcome to your first Instance! Time will have frozen in the real world, Instances contain anything from Hidden Knowledge to Dungeons. In time you may create your own Instances with the right knowledge."
The room had a door, a few posters, and a mirror. In it was. "Me?!"
Rushing over, Harry notices that nothing seems to be moving, the neighbors car was frozen in place at the window. He gapes at it for a few more moments before going back to the notes.
"Notice at the corner of your eyes, there are bars and numbers. You may move these as you wish. You may even wish them into items to check your stats, be it a bracelet, ring, or even eye glasses. Your only limit is your imagination. The Red bar is your Health Meter, once this nears empty you may pass out. If it ever empties, you have a limited time of two minutes to refill it above 5%. Failure to do so will result in death.
The Blue bar is your Magic Capacity, once empty you must wait for it to refill. You may use other abilities that do not require Magic during that time. Note: For severe drains, you may incur Magical Exhaustion, it may cause you pass out.
The Green bar was a Stamina Meter. Once it reaches full, the body must rest until the meter goes to half or empty. Running, jumping, fighting, is all affected by Stamina. In some instances the player can ignore the meter, performing beyond it's limits. At a cost, it requires more rest, and has quick diminishing returns the more it's used in a short period of time; allowing the meter to fill up quicker.
Status can be found in the character menu. Be sure to check this often!
Please continue through the door when you are ready."
The next room held posters of sorts. Each had their own titles and descriptions.
Strength, Dexterity, Intellect, Constitution, Wisdom, Perception, Charisma, and Luck. A smaller poster had Defense and Will Power.
"You may increase such Attributes via Attribute Points. Please be aware that use of points are Permanent! Caution and careful thought is advised! Attribute points are gained through levels and rare rewards. Every Level will provide 2 points. Every year you live will provide 5 points.
This is a attribute multiplier, if you have 100 STR, you will be stronger, but not able to punch through brick walls unless suitably trained to do so. You may now Select your Attributes if you wish! Simply think or wish for Attributes Window. Please continue on to the next room when ready."
Harry goes through each poster, to get a better understanding of the attribute system. On his way to the next room he notices a poster about... Tool tips?
"Tool Tips is a teaching aide for Players. Providing a short summary when needed. These are unnoticed by others. Recommend to turn on."
A short window pops up! A brief Heads Up Display (HUD), my name, the meters, essentially guiding him a bit more quicker than the posters. Without the in-depth descriptions however.
The next room had a chest. The new tool tip popped up over it. Something called Inventory. There on the lid was a button, a window explained that it would become mine to use. It would turn into a window, to store objects. Curious he presses the button, the chest bursts into sparks before flying into him. Harry pats himself down, almost afraid he was on fire.
"Inventory!"
A window pops up, showing multiple empty squares, on the side is a rolled up paper, something called an inventory scroll.
The Tooltip popped up as he crossed another door, showing a new tip. Skill Books. The room has a pedestal with a single floating book. He walk over to it.
(ERROR: Skills Quest Override... Erasing failed! [Chakra Unlock]... Error! Please Standby for Skills Quest Completion)
Congratulations! Here you will learn about Skill Books! You will be rewarded with skill [Observe]! And 250 exp! Upon completion. Would you like to continue? [Yes/No]
Harry excitedly presses Yes, the window closes leaving a floating book in it's wake. Carefully grasping it, a window another tool tip pops up explaining the object.
"This is a Skill Book! These can be found throughout the world! Some are hidden away, forgotten about, or banned by the people of the time. Beware when encountering such knowledge! Some books are trapped, for the average person it is usually some enchantment, ward, or a literal trap activated once the book is touched or moved. For The Gamer, it transports them into a Dungeon! There you must defeat the Guardian to access the Skill Book. You may leave the Dungeon, however the penalty for doing so is a six hour lock on that dungeon and a 25% current health penalty!"
A book with the title "Observe", it has a button on the side, making it tempting to press. The book doesn't have much in the way of pages, maybe a dozen or less. It was more of a pamphlet to be honest.
"There are two ways to acquire the knowledge of a Skill Book! The first is careful reading of the book, from front to back. Gamers are gifted perfect recall when it comes to knowledge! Do not mistake this for being a Genius! You will sometimes need to train these skills once learned. It also takes some careful selection of skills to use for certain tasks. The other way to learn a Skill book is simply consuming the Skill Book. It should show up as a Red Button on the spine of the Skill Books. Be warned, doing so will copy the book, consuming the copy. After doing so you may read the book for further study. You will have learned the Skill, but not know what it does without practice!"
Pressing the button, the book glows bright, a ghostly image of it floats up before being absorbed into the boy. Nothing seemed to happen, with a shrug the boy opens the book.
[Observe]
A Skill used to learn about any object or person. This skill does not need to be called out loud, it simply has to be thought of..
The boy does so, thinking aloud "Observe?"
[Observe] activated! Skill Book [Observe] has been Observed! Congratulations on learning your first Skill! Please continue reading the Skill Book. Skill leveled up! Now 2/100!
The boy becomes sheepish, whoever made the system sure could mess with people. He continues to read.
"Now that you have Observed this book, let's continue. You may use this skill to learn more about an object or person, up to a certain point. Observing people will tell you if they are Male or Female, and possible health points up to 2 levels higher than yours. Any more than that will show a '?' or Skull for possible enemies and/or Bosses. Objects will give you a general name, and basic uses for the object. For enhanced objects you will need to learn more about it through manual learning. Observe will let you know if the object is magical or mundane.
Observe II can be learned after mastering Observe, it will become a Passive Skill that is always active. It will allow you to learn up to 5 levels above your own, and give basic stats up to 7 levels above your own. It will also let you know what species a being is. At this level you may also tell the quality of items, and possibly the number of active spells. Furthermore..."
The book went on further explaining the limitations of the ability. Use Observe, get information, got it. He close the book, adding it to my new Inventory. Another ToolTip pops up.
"Skill Books will be stored in the Inventory Library. You may place up to 20 Skill Books in this library at a time. You may recall these books when needed. It is recommended to start a player made Library to store future Skill Books. Player made Libraries must be learned."
Harry leaves the room, heading to the next. There he find the exit, it was a bit confusing really. 'Shouldn't there be more?' He looks back and there's two more posters.
"WARNING! There are NO Save/Reload Options. Once dead, you stay dead!"
He shuddered, reminded that he was indeed mortal still.
"Skills can be learned in three ways, physically learning them by working at it. It takes time, and gives you better quality usage, stronger output on abilities, and a better understanding. The other way to learn them is through Skill Books, you will start at level 1 through this way, anything crafted or used will be average until appropriate levels are achieved. The third way is through the Skills Menu through provided Skills. These work the same way as Skill Books, just without any detailed information, and works together with learning both previous ways.
You can find potential Skills by finding mentions of them throughout your Journey. Overhearing a conversation, witnessing them in use, finding them out in the world, a wide variety of ways to find and learn these Skills. You may use Skill Points to purchase Skills, and level them if you need to do so, although this is not recommended using points to level a Skill unless you are absolutely sure you need to. Skills are, once again, leveled up through usage. If you find skills in the world, you can unlock them through understanding, self learning, and through teachers. Some new skills can be created by combining previously mastered skills. Good Luck Harry Potter."
There wasn't much else to do but leave. So Harry walks out the door, the world flashes once more. A moment later he's back in the room, and time moves once more at it's normal pace. "Woah."
Harry looks over the trunk and rucksack, curious about them "Observe."
[Lily's School Trunk]
Left behind for her son to use in the future. Enchanted to be two times bigger inside. Active Notice-Me-Not charms, keyed only to Harry James Potter. Active Featherweight charm. Portkey single use.
He tries the same on the bag. His eyes widen in surprise at the description.
[Rucksack of Holding]
Created by James Potter for his Heir. An average Rucksack made of Dragonhide. Each pocket enchanted with space expansion. Active Notice-Me-Not charms keyed to Harry James Potter. Due to Space Expansion, it is effectively lightweight. Single use Portkey-Spent.
It was all interesting. Maybe... it wouldn't hurt to look through the skills. It's not like any chores needed to be done early in the morning. It was after all summer. "Skills?" Nothing seemed to happen, so Harry looks for the Skills option in the Character screen. He presses it. The screen flickers for a moment or two, before popping up. He didn't notice the message.
ERROR: Player Override... Partial Erase Failure! [Chakra Unlock]...
Available Skill points: 10
Unlocked Skills:
[Observe]
[Life Drain:Fire Edition]
[Magic Core]
[Parseltongue]
[Air Affinity]
[Lightning Affinity]
[Reading II]
[Gamer's Life]
[Fade]
Locked Skills:
[Instance Creation]
[Inventory Management: Player Library]
[Enchanting]
[Ritual Enhancement]
[Portkey Creation]
[Barter]
[Chameleon]
?[Chakra Unlock]?
It was a curious skill, it looked like it shouldn't be there. The boy clicks on it, it flashes red, not activating. He clicks on it again, before it pops up.
[Chakra Unlock]
Unlock cost: 5 points
"Chakra Unlock! Unlocking your Chakra will increase base stats by 3 times! Doing so will allow possible use of Jutsu! The ability to manipulate your Physical and Spiritual energies! Additional Skills will be unlocked! Double Point gains!"
He had become excited, more points! He presses on it, buying the Skill. It works immediately, tripling his base attributes. Taking a deep breath, he relishes the feeling of the sudden boost. Then he crumpled in unbearable agony.
He didn't know that being a wizard, and in another reality altogether, meant that he had no chakra networks. This was his body forcing some into him, using liberal amounts of magic to do so. Aided by magic, his chakra network was slightly wider, nearing that of an adolescent than the child he was. It would continue to grow as he did. Harry would have enough chakra to rival a Jinchuriki. With this network, he would find wandless magic easier as well.
The boy barely made it to bed before unconsciousness took over.
You have gotten a restless night of sleep. Your HP, MC, and CC have been restored to half!
When he woke up later, he quickly checked himself over. There seemed to be nothing wrong. "Stats?"
Harry James Potter
[The Boy Who Lived]
Level 1
Health Points: 150/200
Magical Capacity: 100/200
Chakra Capacity: 250/500
Left to be raised by his Aunt Petunia, Harry Potter recently found out that he has a new ability. Will it be enough to take on the Dark Lord and his minions in the future?
Active Abilities:
-The Gamer
-Enemy Countermeasures:0/250
-Power Boost: +1.5 Multiplier
-Magic Core
-Fade
Debuffs:
-Chakra Depletion
-Exhaustion
-Magical Exhaustion
This new development was worrying. Not even a day into a new ability and already messing up. He needed a better understanding, first things first, he needed to look at his skills. Starting with the obvious.
[Gamer's Life]
The average Human can't cope with the changes for long, so something had to be done. Eventually The Gamer's Mind and The Gamer's body was created. The mind was enhanced to perceive the world quicker, and understand that much faster, to come up with a better solution. The body was enhanced throughout the board, better lungs, more robust arteries and heart, denser bones, and a better muscular system. All of which can be influenced and enhanced by the Attribute System. With such enhancements, the mind matures quicker, and the body sees better results. Upon Installation the attributes the new player had will be condensed to base attributes, and the player's level is reset to One(1). In some instances though, the developers do not reset the player to 1, but will still condense attributes gained. Eventually it was decided to merge the two skills into one, thus The Gamer's Life. Note: Neglect of the body and mind will see this 'advantage' negated in total eventually.
Rubbing his temples it was decided, the first place to visit would be the library, too many words didn't make sense. He goes through the skills once more to see if there was anything added thanks to the [Chakra Unlock].
Blinking away the last of the tiredness he double checks. Nothing. Didn't it say there would be additional unlocks? Did it take time to unlock them? The skill didn't change.
For now though, it was probably best to go to the library anyway. "Maybe it's time to get a dictionary or something."
OoO
It had been a week now, his chakra had replenished to full days ago. There seemed to be many 'jutsu' out there, but they didn't mention anything about chakra. Majority of which was something that took years to learn, most of it martial arts based. None that seemed to be nearby Little Whinning. There was a sense of urgency as well, that if he didn't use his chakra soon, something bad might happen.
For now Harry would focus on leveling up and searching for chakra. Which brought up another surprise. His aunt gave him a journal to read, detailing about 'magic' and stories of his mother, Lily. It gave him three skills to learn, [Levitation] [Color Change] and [Animation]. To distract himself while searching for chakra, he practiced them, so far he was nearing the second level of animation and color changing. He couldn't practice levitation in public, but he could now float heavier objects.
There were multiple quests to do, but many of which didn't reward much. Some of which were daily tasks. One such task was chores from uncle Vernon, given by aunt Petunia. The only reward seemed to be experience and small reputation gains, that it almost didn't make much of a difference with him. Chances were it would take years of dailies to even get to the first level of reputation with Vernon. Harry would still do them, if only to appease his aunt who genuinely cared for him in her own way.
He was nearing his second level now, and gained much in the way of sweets, a common reward from some that he helped. A few pounds as well saved up from the older men that needed assistance. As it were, he was looking up chakra techniques, more cautious of which ones he picked.
His face still went red at the thought of picking the wrong book a couple of times. Chakra was inner energy yes, but 'transferring' that energy to another person that way was not what he thought it was. Learning quickly what words to blacklist in his search, one such word was Tantra, he only needed one short look before slamming that one shut. That day he fled the library in self embarrassment. There was nothing though on chakra and jutsu though. Giving it up for the day, he makes his way to a hidden spot in the park to practice his new skills.
Floating an object was simple enough, moving it around though was proving to be a challenge. Harry wished he could do what his mother was doing by this age, self flotation, bringing plants to bloom, and other such fantastic stuff.
OoO
The feeling was unbearable now, it felt like ants or something under his skin, Harry could literally feel where his 'chakra' network was. It left him restless, and agitated. There had to be something that had to help.
In the library he nearly exhausted every book that mentioned chakra. Many of which were concentration exercises, which helped focus it and increase his reserves a bit. There was something though that might help.
A new skill popped up when he was reading about applying chakra exercises to life, about manipulating dreams. It was mentioned multiple times throughout many of the chakra books. Harry looked at the discription for it.
[The Dreamer]
15 points to unlock!
Allows the Player to call upon anyone in the Dream Instance. Caution, both the Player and the summoned person will be awake during any session. Do not use in consecutive sessions. Time will be slowed down to half of it's speed to compensate. You and the summoned will be able to understand each other perfectly regardless of language.
It was his only hope now. quests were completed with haste, he had to level soon!
It was during his daily exercises that he had an epiphany, maybe combining [Levitation II] and [Animation II] to achieve his goal of moving objects! He tried it out, slowly splitting his focus. It worked!
Congratulations! Through deduction and practice you have learned [Combination Spell Casting]! 200 EXP rewarded!
The toy he was working on was floating, and slowly moving around, moving its arms up and down, the legs one in front of the other. He practiced doing this, until it was as easy as thought. Soon enough he could achieve what his mother was working on!
Harry's chakra problem was worsening. The next day he completed his daily chores and was handing it in to Petunia. It was lucky she turned away to do whatever she was doing, she missed his look of surprise at the new notification.
You have reached level 2! 15 Attribute Points rewarded! 30 Skill Points rewarded!
Holding back his cheer, Harry went back upstairs to unlock it. Now all he had to do was figure out how to use the technique and who to call upon.
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The wait for night time was agonizingly slow. Harry had tried using the technique earlier, all it did was put him to sleep. Sure he was in total control of the dreamscape instance, there was no one there. He figured though that he would try again tonight, and to focus on a teacher of chakra, one to guide him well.
As he laid down, he thought that this one last shot for sure. There were no alternatives.
With a whisper Harry activated "[The Dreamer]". His world flashed white.
There seemed to be no difference, only to hear a small cough. Harry's eyes flew open, and he jump out of bed.
There was the strangesy man he had ever seen!
OoO
End chapter!
Notes: Yes, a cliffhanger, a pointless ending for sure if you had read the original omake. Here though I felt would be a nice end to the chapter. It gives more room to mess around with the introduction next chapter. If there are any techniques or teachers you feel might work for Harry let me know via review or PM. Also know that these are self edited, there will be mistakes. I hope you enjoy future chapters. Cheers!
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Omake: YOUTH!
Standing there was a man in a green jumpsuit with a vest of some kind over it, he had a shiny bowl cut, shiny teeth to his smile, and the biggest bushiest eyebrows Harry had ever seen. To be honest Harry was a bit intimidated by the man. The man seemed to be some kind of pose.
"Greetings! I am Might Guy, the Sublime Green Beast of Konoha! Who might you be young one!"
"I'm Harry, Harry Potter... uh... son of England?" He had no idea what compelled him to say that, but it seemed to fit for the situation.
"How Youthful! Tell me Potter-san, how did you come to be here." The man didn't seem threatening, but his obvious muscles suggested otherwise, Harry figured it would be best to answer truthfully.
"This is my dream world, I called upon someone to teach me chakra. There isn't any teachers where I come from."
The man rubs his chin in concern. "Hm, that is most unyouthful, to abandon a student in need. Tell me Potter-san, how long have you had chakra? Or the ability to use it?"
"Well, it's been three weeks now. I wanted to try this technique last week, but I... I didn't. Now my chakra feels off."
"Indeed. I am going to perform a daignostic jutsu to test your chakra. Do not worry, it will not hurt." With some quick handseals the Might Guy's hand glows green, the green that haunted Harry's dreams! With a flinch Harry closed his eyes. "Hm. This is most troubling Harry Potter, your Chakra network is degrading. To practice any technique would bring more harm than good."
It was like the world shattered, all his hopes and dreams gone. Harry fell back against the bed in shock.
"Worry not Harry Potter, even if you might not be able to learn regular Jutsu, you might be able to learn another form of Jutsu. Don't let this ruin your Youth!" Harry looked up at Might Guy in hope, the man just grinned, a flash from his sparkly teeth. "For I Might Guy will assist you in using your Chakra Internally, to be strong!"
It was an inspiring speech, one that put fire into Harry's eyes. Might Guy knew that this will be an interesting time. It reminded him of another Youthful student he was currently teaching. These two would get along famously if they ever met.
"For if I can not do this, then I will punish myself with 20,000 push ups and 15,000 sit ups! I will teach you the secret of the Lotus!"
"Yes Might Guy!" Harry bowed, excited to learn anything.
"Enough! You may call me Guy-Sensei. Let us begin!"
History would never be the same for the Wizarding World.