Brief breakdown of prior events that I will make into a prequel, Harry Potter and The Curse of The Ink.
Chapter 1: Henry finds Harry, age nine, who was abandoned by his uncle.
Chapter 2-4: not much changes, but Harry do have an interaction with Bendy. He is also knocked unconscious by Brute Boris.
Chapter 5: Waking up alone, Harry explores the studio before finding Henry fighting against Beast Bendy. This is where the story begins.
"Harry, get out of here!" yelled Henry as he waited in Bendy's lair. He was planning on luring Bendy into the room and show him the end. However, Harry appeared in front of the room and stared Bendy in the eyes, or rather where his eyes would be. To Henry's surprise, Bendy didn't attack Harry. He growled and roared at him, but didn't attack. Harry started walking toward Bendy, who roared at him.
"It's over, Bendy," Harry said as he placed his hand on Beast Bendy's face. "Joey Drew Studio needs to end". Bendy once again roared at Harry, but to Henry, it sounded different. "It doesn't need to be the end of the story, just the end of this chapter". Harry was now hugging Bendy. "We can leave this place and explore the world. You and me, along with Alice, Boris and Henry. Doesn't that sounds amazing?". Bendy's form started to ripple as he morphed back into the form Henry was familiar with. He lifted a finger and wrote on the wall.
'We can't leave. we can't survive without the ink' was the message on the wall.
"How do you know?" asked Harry, tear coming to his eyes. Bendy wiped the tears away, leaving ink on Harry's cheeks.
'Not my first cycle. Born from the ink, I need it to survive. I assume the others are the same'
"Do you mean that you been born multiple times like the evil Alice?" Bendy nodded.
'I never like that Alice'
"I didn't like her either", Harry said with a laugh. "Is there anything I can do?"
'Maybe, but it's risky'. Henry decided to speak up after reading one of the previous messages.
"They don't need the ink," Henry said. "Tom and Allison, or Boris and Alice as you know them, don't need the ink"
'I did not know that'. If Henry was honest, it was unnerving to have a civil conversation with the demon he was running from.
"What is your idea?" asked Harry.
'The Ink Machine' he wrote.
"What do you mean?" asked Henry
'You know what I mean
"So the Alice and Boris out there was really Allison Pendle and Thomas Connor?" asked Henry with a surprise tone. Bendy nodded.
'The Ink Machine fused their soul with the character' Bendy wrote. 'I was born without a soul. If this works, Harry will become a Bendy that doesn't need ink to survive, like how Allison and Thomas can'
"And if it fails?" asked Henry as he placed his hand on Harry's shoulder. He added something after remember Susie. "What about Susie, the evil Alice?"
'if it fails, Harry will be stuck here. The ink judge people as they change. Susie was imperfect and it reflected in her form'
"I don't like this, but it's Harry's decision". Harry glanced at Henry before nodding.
"I don't have much to return to if this fail," he said sadly as he took Bendy's hand. Silently, they walked up to the top of Bendy's lair, where the Ink Machine waited.
'We need you to press the button' Bendy wrote, speaking to Henry. Henry just nodded. 'Follow my instructions. I was the first, so I seen the process multiple times, both fails and successes'
(One ritual later. I'm in a lazy mode, so I'm not writing this. For those wondering, Harry dies during the ritual, removing Voldemort's soul from his scar, but is revived as a Bendy that doesn't need ink)
"Harry?" Henry asked the Bendy that came out.
"Yeah?" asked the Bendy, confirming that it was Harry.
"It worked," Henry said as he helped Harry up. "Do you want to be called Bendy or Harry?"
"Call me Harry for now," he replied. "Allison and Tom won't trust me if you call me Bendy"
"Good point"
"Give me a second," Harry said before his form started to ripple. "Bendy knew how to manipulate the ink and I want to try something". Slowly, Harry's form changed from Bendy into the same small child that Henry met. "I don't want to scare them". Henry nodded before leading Harry out of the lair.
"Is it over?" asked Allison. Tom glancing at the two as Henry carried an ink child. "Who is that? I don't remember that character from any of the show"
"It's a long story," Henry said tired. "I'll explain as we find the exit".
"Finally we'll be free of this place," Allison said with a smile. It took them about two hours to find the exit. It would have been shorter, but they still had to deal with searchers and the butcher gang. Throughout the journey, Henry explained what happened to Harry. Allison and Tom was awkward around Harry at first, but soon warmed up to the ink child. Well, Allison did, but Tom gave both of them the cold shoulder. At the exit, Henry offered a place at his home for the three ink people. "Do you have enough room for all of us?"
"It would be a tight fit, but I'm sure Linda would love to have you stay," Henry answered as he opened the door to the outside. "We also have a daughter named Mary"
"We'll be fine if you can't afford to have us," said Harry.
"Why don't we talk to Linda first before making any decisions?" suggested Henry as he led the group to the car he drove here. "I can't wait to get out of these clothes". He glanced at his clothes that were more ink than cloth at this point. He also had several bruises from all the falls he took, along with the time he was attacked. Sammy, Brute Boris, and Beast Bendy all got a hit in. Now that the adrenaline from the adventure was wearing off, he was starting to feel how sore he was. The short moment of rest he had at the safe house and while being Allison and Tom's prisoner helped, but he probably need to see a doctor just in case. It was a short drive back to Henry's house. While driving, Henry muttered, "I'm going to make sure Joey have a reason to use that wheelchair". This led to Henry explain who Joey was to Harry. Allison and Tom knew about Joey through the recording, but were also interested in hearing about the infamous 'creator'. As he approached his home, he saw Joey's car and his wife outside talking to a couple police officers. "Linda!" he called out.
"Henry!" Linda said as she ran at him, tears in her eyes. "you were gone for so long"
"It's a long story," said Henry as he hug his wife. "If I made it into a book, it would be about 5 chapters".
"That doesn't sound that long," said Linda with a chuckle.
"They're long chapters," Henry said before waving to the leaving police officers. "Where's Mary?" he glanced around for his daughter.
"She's inside with Joey," she said pointing at the house.
Henry growled at the thought of that traitor. "A couple friends who helped me is waiting in the car. They... well, it's complicated. I'll explain everything. Just have them wait in the living room while I talk to ". Linda noticed how he said Mr. Drew, but didn't asked as she walked to the car. she pause when she saw who, or what, was in the vehicle.
-Meanwhile in the house-
"Tell me another one, Uncle Joey," said a young female. Henry recognized the voice as his daughter, Mary.
"Yes, Uncle Joey," Henry said as he walked into the room. Glaring at his old friend, he told Mary to leave. Feeling how tense the air was and seeing how upset her father was, Mary wisely chose to leave.
"Henry," Joey begin before Henry punched him.
"What the fuck were you doing at the studio?" spat out Henry. Joey didn't respond. Henry punched him again. "Answer me damnnit". Still, no answer. "Sammy, Wally, Thomas, Susie, Norman, Allison, Bertrum, Lacie". With each name, Henry would hit Joey again. "Sammy went insane and died after attacking me twice. Susie also went insane and tortured Wally, who I had to kill. Susie was killed by Allison. Norman wandered around as the projectionist and was killed by Bendy. I shut down Bertrum after he attacked me. I don't know where Lacie is because I didn't see her. At least, I don't think I did".
"What about Allison and Thomas?" asked Joey quietly.
"You want to see them?" asked Henry as he picked Joey up by his collar. Throwing him into the living room, he landed in the middle of the group of five people. "Go ahead and see what you did to them".
"I'm sorry," he whispered as he glanced at the three ink people. 'wait, three?'. his question must have shown on his face because Henry answered his question.
"Meet Harry," he said. "Another victim of yours".
"I..." Joey started, but Henry didn't want to hear him.
"Leave," he said pointing at the door. Joey didn't say anything as he walk to the door. He was about to say something, but Henry slammed the door on his face. "Now that he's gone, I'm going to clean myself up".
-2 years later-
Henry was famous now after he published a comic that detailed his adventures in a mostly factual nature. He decide to change some stuff to protect people. He removed Harry and any mentions of his daughter. He even changed the ending, so people won't try to find his house. Instead of leaving the building at the end, he had the character of Henry be stuck in a kind of timeloop. He would beat Beast Bendy, screen goes white, and then he would be talking to Joey, who would tell him to go to the old studio and he would walk through a door, back to the beginning. He was going outside to grab the mail when noticed an owl on a nearby tree. "I thought owls were nocturnal," he said to himself before grabbing the mail from the mailbox. He was glancing at the post and saw the usual. "Bills, bills, fanmail, Linda's magazine," he paused at the next letter. It was a weird letter. Sealed with ink in a fancy pattern, it was addressed to Harry J. Potter and the address that was featured was unnerving. Instead of the house address, the location was Harry's bedroom. There was no return address. He was unsure if he should give this to Harry, but decided he should check it first. Opening the letter, he read the first paragraph. "Hogwart's school of witchcraft and wizardry?"
And that is where I'll end it for now. Let me know if you want more. Also, what did you think of Chapter 5 ending? I thought it was interesting, but it could have been better. After the Brute Boris fight, Beast Bendy was pretty lame in comparison. Until next time, TrueKingPwny signing off.