Harry's Last Chance
This is the saddest thing I have ever seen. The kid basically has to die, in order to win, just because some old fool
thought he knew what was right, and didn't consult anyone else. Because of this man's mistake, this 17 year old kid
thought he had to walk out to his death, when really all he had to do was take a basilisk fang and puncture his
scar. The phoenix tears were already in his blood stream, so the venom directly applied to the scar would destroy
the horcrux and then the phoenix tears would destroy the venom, not very complicated really. "Oh man, really? Now
he's talking to the spirits of his dead parents, and godfather. That's truly messed up". Ding Ding Ding, "Great, who
could that be". I walked downstairs to the front door and opened it, only to drop down to one knee and bow my
head to 'The Big Man Upstairs', he was my boss after all
"Damian please stand up, you really don't need to do that. You are like a son to me, and it just makes it weird when
you do that". I looked up at his smile and stood "well in that case, why are you knocking, you know my family is
invited at anytime". Well technically that was true, but I do prefer them to call first. "I didn't knock…I rang the door
bell". I can't believe he just stood there and said that with a straight face. "Smart arse…I mean ass, I've been
keeping an eye on England for way too long". He just laughed and stepped in. I closed the door, and we walked to
the living room of my two story white mansion I lived in. My house was way too big for one person, but I had to be
close to my work place in case they called me in to help, in fact I was hoping to get called in to help the kid, wouldn't
be the first time I influenced outcomes down on earth. As we sat down, I waved a hand for 2 bottles of water for
us. "Damian, the reason I'm here is because I decided to take a walk, and as I was leaving, Fate called and told me
that she needed to talk to you about what's going on with Harry Potter down on earth. That she would like it, if you
were to meet him when he arrived in her office, and maybe you could help him". I was a little surprised she hadn't
just called me; I help people all the time when they fail to do what they're supposed to. It was my job to basically
be that little voice in the back of their minds telling them to do or not do things. Sometimes it was easier said than
done, some people ignore my voice, and some aren't capable of hearing it at all, those are the lost souls, the ones
that will eventually end up in hell, the domain of the person I am named after. As this was going through my head,
my face hadn't betrayed anything, but this was god after all, he already knew what was in my head.
"Damian, the reason it's me here instead of Fate calling you, it's because we talked it over and we decided we were
going to do things a little different this time. We were going to send you to earth with Harry Potter and you would
get a physical body instead of just the voice in his head. I came because I wanted to see what you thought of our
idea". To say the least, I was shocked; I had never had a physical life down on earth before, just a voice. I had lived
in heaven and doing my job, since I was created by the very being sitting in my living room. "Ummm…well my first
question is….well why do it this way?" This had no precedent, so my curiosity had peaked. "Because Harry Potter's
life is going to change dramatically when he gets here, he will be sent back to just before the battle at the ministry,
only things are going to turn out a little different. He isn't only going to lose his god father, but in order to keep the
balance in this certain situation, he has to lose somebody else as well, that way there will be balance when you
befriend him". I looked at him, and tried to figure out the person who would be trading places with me basically,
except they probably wouldn't get my job while I was down there. It could have been that girl that was always with
him, but I knew fate wanted her there, because of how useful she would be for the betterment of the wizarding
world. So that left the two youngest Weasley's, the Lovegood girl, and the longbottom boy. The longbottom boy
was the key to discovering a rare plant that would lead to the invention of the potion that would cure Cruciatus
curse induced insanity. The Lovegood girl would discover the animal that has a healing property in its saliva that
would also be a key component in the same potion. So that leaves the two Weasley's, and last time I checked, the
Weasley girl would be Harry's future wife. So that left…Harry's best male friend. "So what, after a sad summer in
which he buries his best friend, I meet him on the train and take his place?" I had a feeling that Potter wouldn't be
made aware of that specific information.
"That is essentially the idea, we are going to tell him that when he is sent back to before the battle, that he is
taking a huge risk, and he might lose more. Of course other things are going to change as well. Since Albus screwed
up so bad, we planned on changing everything from the end of 5th year on. This means he won't die at the end of
6th year, which means Draco Malfoy won't get control of the elder wand…" "Which means Harry won't become the
master of it, and won't have that advantage in the final battle, which he needs in order to defeat Tom". I finished
for him. "So how are we going to make up for his lack of power"? It wasn't that Harry Potter was weak; it just so
happens to be that Tom Riddle was a freak of nature when it came to magical power, there is no equal to him. "That
will all be told after you two meet, he should be here by now, and I hope that Fate has filled him in on everything
going on, she can sometimes leave important things out, after all she does have a lot on her mind". With that said,
we both stood up to leave the house. We walked out the door and spread our wings and flew over all the other
houses. Heaven was actually built a lot like a very large city, without the rampant crime of course. It didn't take long
to get the Fate's office, and given the busy day she has literally every day, we decided to knock first. "One minute
please" came through the door. "Alright Damian, this is where we depart, you know the rules, mortals can't see me
until they have to stay here, and since he is going back, I can't stay. Damian, a word of advice, try to enjoy your
time down there. You don't get these kinds of opportunities very often, and….pick wisely" he said with a chuckle and
vanished. What he meant by that, I have no idea. "Please come in". I opened the door and greeted Fate with a
smile and a nod. She really was a nice boss when she was having a good day, but she can be a real bitch when it
wasn't a good day, and from the scowl on her face, it was the latter. I came around and sat in the 2nd chair, and
waited patiently for my instructions. It was better to be on my best behavior today, didn't want to get yelled at.
"Damian, nice to see you finally show up", "but you said…", "don't care what your excuses are, this here is Harry
Potter, and he needs your help with the fate I assigned to him.
You just happen to be the best option, so I'm giving you the chance to get a regular human body and live on earth
for awhile, and help him out what do you say"? She really was a no nonsense person when she was in a bad mood,
so I guess it was straight to the point. "I'll help in any…", "good, glad to hear it, I've already explained everything to
him, the point at which he will return, all the risks" at this she gave me a pointed look, and I slightly nodded. I didn't
feel great about that part of the deal, but it wasn't like Weasley was going to suffer, at worst he would spend the
rest of eternity in purgatory, which despite the rumors down on earth, it really wasn't that bad. "I also explained
how you'll both have eight wives..," "wait what?" this was news to me, very very big news to me. "Did HE not
explain that part?" I was too shocked to answer that, so I just shook my head. "Well sense you have never had a
human body, just your celestial one, we need to make you one. We are going to use a part of Mr. Potter's DNA, to
establish a dummy body, and then we will edit it to fit the same size of your celestial body, and then you can mend
with it and we'll be ready to send you down". Alright so all this made sense so far, but what exactly did it have to
do with having eight wives. "The reason you will get eight wives along with Harry is because of the fact we are
using his DNA." Ok, this still wasn't answering my question. "Why do I have to have the same as him?" I'm surprised
she let me get through a complete sentence. She tended to dominate a conversation when she was in informing
mode. "While human beings live on earth their stories are being written in their own personal book, that way we
can review them when they die, and see where they end up. Since you have never had a human life before, we
need to piggy back on someone else's to start with. That invokes certain rules you have to follow. Like you have to
live in the same general area as the one your piggy backing off of, like you guys will be neighbors during the
summer, and obviously the same dorm room at Hogwarts. 2nd rule is you will have the same number of soul mates.
It's just how it works. The rest of the rules are all during the body editing period. We can't make your body too
different from his and some other little things.
Alright so this is starting to make sense, except one thing. "Why does he have to have 8 wives?" I looked over to
Harry as I asked my question, and realized I hadn't introduced myself. He looked kind of depressed, like he got a
reality check that just ruined his vision of the world. "Harry gets 8 wives because Voldemort has 8 slices of his soul,
7 horcruxes or horcruxi…whatever, and 1 inside him. This way Harry has 8 souls attached to his, it will make him
more powerful if they work together to do it". That makes sense I guess, it would definitely help a lot. "Ok I think I
get that, so Harry, which 8 women have caught your eye"? I chuckled as I turned to him and he laughed. That was
good, he wasn't completely against the idea of having fun, and I planned on taking HIS advice and enjoying it down
there. "Well we already have the list made out and here it is". She waved her hand and a giant list appeared in
midair behind her, it read,
Harry Potter's Soul mates:
Hermione Granger
Luna Lovegood
Susan Bones
Daphne Greengrass
Fleur Delacour
Gabrielle Delacour
Ginevra Weasley
Padma Patil
Well from what I saw it was really easy to see what they were doing. "So you are giving him everything he needs
through the women in his life?" Harry was little shocked at some of the names on the list, but my question brought
him back "what do you mean by that?" I forgot that he was too busy to really learn about the magical world. "Well
let's see, Hermione and Padma are the 2 smartest witches in your year at Hogwarts. Susan, Daphne, and Ginny all
have parental figures that work in the ministry. Luna's father runs his own newspaper, so you can have good press
if you only ask for it, and last but certainly not least, because those two girls are just beautiful, Fleur and Gabrielle's
father is very important in the French ministry, and has a lot of connections with ministries all over the world. If you
needed to get to safety in a foreign country he would be happy to help his daughters' future husband". Harry just
got another culture shock, and a realization that he had no idea how much he didn't know about some of his
friends. He just sat back in his chair, and sighed. "Alright so we know who his wives are, who are mine"? I was
really curious about this, because I had never had a relationship with someone before, so it would be a new
experience that's for sure. "Well you have to choose them, Damian. We have to stick to the parameters, you won't
be traveling anywhere except to Hogwarts, so you have to pick 8 girls from there". This was going to be difficult,
how was I supposed to know which girls to pick. I looked at Harry "soooooo, any idea who I should pick, you know
these girls better than I do". He looked at me for a couple seconds and leaned forward to the list of all the girls in
Hogwarts. "Well we will be the same age so let's stick to within 3 years of our age, since the biggest difference for
me is 3 also. What kind of person are you, and besides training me, what did you want to do on earth". Well those
were 2 very good questions. "I like to have intelligent conversations with people, and reading. I guess I'm kind of a
bookworm, but I got some advice earlier that I should also try to have fun while I'm down there, because this
doesn't happen very often, and I should enjoy my first life". He thought about it for awhile and then looked back at
the list. "I think you should find 4 girls that are intelligent and yet don't go completely crazy during finals, and 4 girls
that are more in to having a lot of fun, but also aren't completely ditzy". That sounded quite reasonable to me, so I
stared at the list awhile. When I had the 8 names I picked out, I waved my hand and the list appeared in midair
Damian's Soul mates:
Lavender Brown
Lisa Turpin
Tracey Davis
Hannah Abbott
Angelina Johnson
Alicia Spinnet
Katie Bell
Parvati Patil
"How are those choices, Harry? I mean Lavender, Tracey, Hannah, and Parvati are girls that are all about having
fun, but they also have dreams, and all of them work hard to make them come true, while Lisa is one of the
smartest girls in Ravenclaw, but doesn't like stress, so she relaxes during finals instead of going crazy, and
Angelina, Alicia, and Katie are all incredible workers, but also like flying to relax". He looked at the list, and then back
at me…then back at the list again…and then back to me. "I think you have a good taste in women, but be warned,
you have 3 of my teammates on your list, don't hurt them". I just smiled and nodded. I could respect the message,
even though I knew he wouldn't stand a chance, and I lived in heaven my entire existence, I hardly had a bad
father figure in…you know, THE FATHER. "Alright, so we need a syringe of your blood Harry, and then we'll send you
back. Damian, after we get your body designed, we will send you down. You will be a 16 year old American just
moving to England after your parents died in a horrible potions lab accident, and you needed to leave behind bad
memories. They left behind to their only child, you, a very large fortune, and you are transferring to Hogwarts to
finish your magical schooling". Seemed logical to me, though how I was going to pull of grieving son, I had no idea, I
had never lost a parent, and I have never lied. Maybe I could make it sound like my parents were very distant
because of the money and we just weren't close, I bet I could do that. "Oh wait! I forgot something. You both get 1
special ability for your mission, Harry here is the list". I stood from my seat and went around behind his chair and
read over his shoulder
Available Special Abilities:
Control Weather
Eidetic Memory
Elemental (Air, Earth, Fire, and Water)
Invisibility (including invisible to detection spells)
Mythical Physiology (take on abilities of Mag. Creatures)
Psychic (Read minds and Telekinesis)
Speak in any Magical Creature language
Quick Regeneration
Super Speed
Super Strength
"Well Harry, I'm not sure about you, but I'm taking Elemental, because that way I'll never be without a weapon, it
will help if I'm ever captured". He just nodded while I went back and sat down. I looked over at him and he looked
like he was taking this very seriously, making sure he knew the pros and cons of each ability. He didn't even notice
when fate conjured a syringe and took his blood and sent it to be used in the making of my body. About twenty
minutes later (of which, ten I used to practice my drumming with two pencils) he finally looked up and said "Mythical
Physiology, it sounds dead useful". I thought about it, and realized he ran in to a lot of creatures during his time at
Hogwarts, could have been useful back in the chamber of secrets.
"Alright good, Harry it's time we send you back, remember your about to go in to a fight, so do your best not to die
this time". He stood up, looked over at me and said "nice to meet…" and we was gone. "You guys will have plenty of
time to talk later; you need time to get used to your mortal body, not to mention after we have to get you to
Number 5 Privet Drive, you'll be right across the street from him if he needs help and he'll be able to come over to
train. Now let's walk down to the editing room shall we". We walked out of her office and down the hall to the
elevators. The building itself was about ten stories, and Fate being the prideful person she was, had her office put
on the top floor. One elevator ride to the basement of the building, and a long walk through many corridors and we
were in the editing room. "Now as you can see, on the screen we have a basic model of Harry's body, covered in
certain areas of course. There are 2 big things we'll have to change and that's your overall size. First you will be
6'2" and Harry is about 5'9" but we have to be able to fit 'YOU' in to it. Your muscle mass is the 2nd, you are built
like a rock, so while you won't be as large as you are here, you will be bigger than Harry. Other than that, the rest
is up to you, though your hair color will be black, you won't have the same hair problems he does". I looked at,
what was basically a mannequin, and decided the I could work with this, maybe I could work out a bunch and build
more muscle, I know that's one thing Harry's training will involve, though it will probably focus more on building lean
muscle instead of bulk, he was too scrawny for that. I stuck with my facial features, only blue eyes. "Anything else
we need"? She looked over my touch ups and nodded "yes we will need you to go spirit mode to mend with the
body, be careful please, if you go to quick the body will burn up and we will have to kill off Harry to get him back
here for more DNA". Ok, so no pressure, spirit mode and humans did not mix. Of course we even had to be careful
around normal angels, the ones that actually went down to earth for a life, if we went spirit mode around them they
would burn as well. I went through a door to our left that went in to the main chamber where the body was
strapped down vertically. Going spirit mode wasn't difficult by any means; you just had to get in the right mindset.
When you had that, you just stepped in to the body… and BAM! Was not prepared for that. It was like every single
thought I have ever had came to the front of my mind at once, and then all of my body parts went to sleep and
came back all tingly. I opened my eyes, and found that I was now horizontal and not strapped down, I stood and
conjured a t-shirt and jeans for me to wear, after getting dressed, I decided that this being in a new body would be
easy, I started walking to the door and promptly tripped over my feet and face planted. "You were 6'4" in your
magna angel body, and now your 6'2" you need to pick up your feet just a bit higher not to trip." She was chuckling
as she said this. I stood back up and tried to walk around the room without stumbling. After about ten minutes (and
another face plant) I got the hang of it. "Alright, so I got that down, now I need to get down there, if my guess is
right, Harry should be about to meet the death eaters in the prophesy room, and I need to get my house set up, my
car bought, and introduce myself to the neighbors, before he shows up for summer." She looked at me as if
assessing me, after a bit she nodded. "Damian, I'm proud of you, and I have no doubt you will be able to help Harry
in his mission, but I have my own mission just for you." She came over and put her hand on my shoulder, "I know I
can be tough to be around, but that doesn't mean I don't care, I want you to enjoy yourself down there, and after
your done helping Harry, I want you to have a bunch of kids, and enjoy your time with your wives, it will be
something you never forget". I smiled and nodded, next thing I knew I was falling, and on to my first life.