Chapter 1:
Harry James Potter. What a stupid name. I really hate it honestly speaking. If there was a time in my life where I didn't wish that I wasn't Harry Potter, I don't know when that was. Maybe if I had been Charles James Potter or Harriet James Potter maybe my life would have been better.
Maybe if I was someone else my parents needn't have died. Maybe if I was born just a month early or a month late, maybe things would have been better for us all. Maybe Volder-what am I saying. His name is Tom.
Maybe Tom wouldn't have killed my parents. Maybe Tom would have left us alone. Maybe he would have gone after the Longbottoms. and yes, I know it is cruel to put this fate on Neville, but frankly I don't care any more.
My life, I want it back. I just want another chance to live my life again. But I don't live in a world of what if's, I live in reality.
Slowly I walked away from Hogwarts ground under my invisibility cloak. Everyone I knew was either dead or crying due to the loss of their loved ones. they were hurting so bad, and because of me.
I can end this now. I can use the last moments dying to protect the people I care so much about. I doesn't matter that I am going to die, in the end nothing really matters.
I neared the edge of the forbidden forest and stopped as a thought struck me. I pulled out the golden snitch that Dumbledore gave to me in his will. I kissed it and the words again appeared, 'I open at the close.'
"I'm ready to die now," I spoke in a soft tone. This was it wasn't it. The reason I was allowed to live, the reason Dumbledore let me live. To die, gutted like a sacrificial pig.
Slowly the golden snitch opened and inside was a black stone with the sigil for the Deathly Hallows on it. I dropped the snitch onto the grassy ground and held the stone in my hand, it was warm to the touch. I knew what it was, the resurrection stone. It would help me to contact the dead, and this was the reason Dumbledore gave it to me. I held it tight thinking about who I wanted to see and suddenly it lit up.
I looked up, and my heart stopped. Surrounding me were four people I needed to see the most right now. Standing with her red hair burning like fire was my mother, everyone was right I did have her eyes. Next to her was a more mature looking version on me, my father. Next to him was my third year teacher, Remus Lupin, he had died just moments ago. And last but not least, Sirius Black the man was the only father figure I ever had.
My mother reached out to touch me, and I couldn't hold it any longer. I ran to her but as our hands meet mine slid past hers. She was so close, and yet I couldn't even hug her.
"You've been so brave," she said with eyes filled with pride and tears, "my sweet little boy. My precious baby."
I teared up, this was what she sounded like. It was seeing a thousand unicorns. I felt, I felt happy, so happy. I cried, god I'm so weak. I turned to Sirius, "does it hurt? Dying." I asked my fear clear as they were right now.
Sirius smiled, "quicker than falling asleep." He wouldn't lie to me.
"You're nearly there son," my father said.
"I'm sorry," I said turning to them all, "I didn't want any of you to die for me. And Remus your son-"
"-Others will tell him what his mother and father died for," the werewolf said with a smile, "one day he'll understand."
"And we died for you Harry not because you were the chosen one or some rubbish like that," my father began.
"We sacrificed ourselves because you are our son," said my mother.
"And because we loved you more than life itself," added Sirius, "we did it because you are worth ten of us."
"Because we could have never have done what you did Harry," said Lupin.
"Oh I don't know about that," My dad said grinning, "I think I could have out-flown a dragon."
"Yes James but you would have probably burnt your hair off in the process," added in her mother to which everyone laughed.
I smiled. This was them wasn't it. This was what the Marauders were like. A bunch of pranksters, who could put a smile on anyone's face.
"Will you stay with me?" I asked with a tone of fear in my voice.
"Until the end," said my father.
"And he won't be able to see you?"
"No," Sirius replied, "we are here Harry," he pointed at my heart which warmed up.
I looked at them all, and they looked back with smiles on their faces, "then stay close to me."
"Always," my mother said and I smiled. I put the stone inside my jacket and moved forward into my sure death.
I slowly approached a clearing and there standing before me in all his might was Tom. I think the name Voldemort has lost all meaning to me. After all the person who was going to kill me was Tom Riddle, not Voldemort.
I lowered my invisibility cloak and put it inside my moleskine bag. I approached Tom and silence fell on the clearing. Every death eater turned towards me, and so did he.
He turned around and looked at me, our eyes met and I remembered my life. It was always around him. Like a caged bird I lived, I suppose I can finally be free in my death.
"'Arry!," roared Hagrid who was tied up on the side, "w'at 'ere doing?!"
"Hush you fool!" roared one of the death eaters. I felt my anger burn and I lashed out with my wand casting a cutting curse and slitting the man's throat. I was going to die, it didn't matter what repercussions this action would cause me.
Immediately the other death eaters started to move but Tom held up one hand and stopped them all. He turned and faced me with deadly red eyes.
"I didn't expect you to kill someone Harry. I didn't think you had it in you," he said as I walked closer to him.
"I'm going to die now Tom, frankly I don't care what you think."
He sneered at me. I was used to this anyway. My life ran behind my thoughts as he lifted his wand up, "the boy-who-lived, come to die."
I simply smiled, it was done, it was finally all done. I closed my eyes and spread out my arms.
"AVDA-" and everything went blank.
I opened my eyes, my ears ringing. I looked up and saw that I was in a place that looked like a whiter version of King's Cross station. I saw I was naked, and quickly wished for my clothes, to my surprise spread before me.
I slowly walked about and looked around. I was what looked like a dead baby version of Voldemort hiding underneath one of the benches. I moved back in shock and suddenly a voice called out, "there's nothing you can do for it."
I turned around and there I saw Dumbledore. The old man didn't change one bit. "Harry, my brave boy," he said in a gentle grandfatherly manner.
"Prof. Dumbledore," I said in shock, "What is that thing?"
"Something beyond both our help I'm afraid."
"Where am I?"
"Ah well that depends, where do you think you are?"
"Well, it looks like a cleaner version of King's Cross."
"King's Cross you say? Well then I would imagine if one would wish for it, they could by chance board a train to life or death."
"But Professor aren't I dead?"
"Well yes, but I believe that you can go back if you so wish Harry."
I narrowed my eyes. Something felt off. Something in my gut told me something was wrong,"who are you?"
"I'm sorry?" Dumbledore asked in wonderment.
"I said who are you? You're obviously not Dumbledore."
The man looked amused, "and why do you say that?"
"It is a feeling. But I learnt to trust my feelings. Who are you?"
"Who do you think I am Harry?" Dumbledore asked amused.
I closed my eyes and thought. Who was this thing? Why did I feel so uneasy by his presence. Why do I feel, and then it hit me. "You are death."
The man smiled, "you truly are a brilliant wizard Harry."
I raised my eyebrows in surprise, "I was right?"
The man nodded, "indeed. I am the closest thing to death this world has. But that doesn't mean I am also not Dumbledore."
"What do you even mean by that?"
"I mean Harry that I am Dumbledore, your headmaster, but I am also a servant of death. I am the one who gave you your cloak back. I possed the stone which I gave to you as well and the wand was given to Voldemort though it's physically master was Draco Malfoy, and later you. I taught Tom, Severus and you, who represent the three brothers of the Deathly Hallows. You are the youngest who welcomed death, Severus died for the love of his life, Lily. And Voldemort will die next because of his greed for power. Do you see now Harry?"
"T-then you planned this all? You were the reason for all of this?!"
Dumbledore shook his head, "not me. It was fate Harry. I was simply a tool for it all to go into place. Everyone is a tool of fate Harry, even you. But now, now you are dead and for the first time you can choose. You can choose death and stay here and soon meet your parents or you can go back and finish this."
I gritted my teeth in anger, "you did this to me! You expect me to go back there after all of this?! I refuse!"
"Harry your friends are all-"
"-They can take care of themselves. I died for them, giving them the same protection my mother gave me. Tom won't be able to hurt them! And unlike you who manipulates people I believe in them!"
"Harry you are acting like a child! Think clearly Harry please-"
"-Enough!" I screamed. I charged at Dumbledore and pushed him onto the track but in doing so the whole world around us started to change.
The pure white train station was gone and in it's place was the infinite galaxy. I was clusters of stars everywhere. All the colors of the rainbow was around us as I pushed Dumbledore further down. And ahead of us was a giant black hole.
"Harry you must release me!" Dumbledore screamed, "I am the representation of death! If I get any closer to that black hole Alduin will grab hold of me and his release is guaranteed!"
I was confused but I knew he was scared, and that was exactly what I wanted. I didn't let up, though I do not know how we were even moving in space. I kept pushing him not giving him any wiggle room.
The black hole was behind him and Dumbledore screamed again, "please Harry I beg you! You will kill everyone if you continue this! If not for my sake, then at least for Hermione, Ron, the Weasley's, Remus's child and the all the countless others that you will doom! Please Harry you have to stop!"
I blinked, will that really happen? Will they all die?! No! My revenge isn' worth this! I quickly pushed of Dumbledore and tried to pull him back. Slowly we both stopped moving forward and started moving backwards. I saw the hole through which we came out off. It was a window back into the white train station.
I pulled Dumbledore back and he pushed away from the black hole as well, but then something happened. Something impossible.
Out of the black hole came a black whip covered in jagged scales. It reached towards us and before I could move away it grabbed Dumbledore by the waist and pulled him down.
"HARRY!" he screamed and I still held on and we both started to sink into the black hole. I pulled with all my strength but it wasn't enough. Dumbledore's face turned into one of understanding and acceptance, he looked at me with his usual calm grandfatherly look.
"Harry it's okay," he said, "listen to me I will be absorbed into this portal and in doing so Alduin will be released into existence. You have to survive Harry, you need to live! Stop him at any cost!" And then suddenly I felt something pass into me through his hand.
I felt my left hand burn and the mark of the Deathly Hallows got branded onto the back of my left hand. I looked at Dumbledore struggling through the pain to pull him back up, suddenly he was pulled from my grasp and was absorbed into the back hole.
I saw in amazement as the suddenly the black hole exploded the moment Dumbledore went into it. It exploded sending me flying back into white portal back to King's Cross.
I rolled on the floor of the white station and quickly got up. I looked around and saw I was alone there, even the dead soul fragment of Tom was gone. I looked up and sighed calming myself. It was over. Maybe whatever this Alduin thing was couldn't get to him here.
But just then a sound erupted from above him. I saw scratch marks in the very fabric of reality as slowly the station was torn to pieces relieving a starry ceiling where I was just moments ago. And there in the middle of it all, where the black hole was stood a massive black dragon.
I looked at me with red eyes, and I stared back at him. It smirked at me and roared:
Zu'u los stin!
It's roar sounded like words but I couldn't focus as a shock wave of energy tore through the rest of the station ripping it apart into pieces relieving the rest of the starry sky. I looked around and saw the dragon flap its wings as it flew away and into a portal that suddenly appeared before it.
I floated in that dead space for what felt like days if not weeks. Where did that thing go? It wasn't a normal dragon, it was far more powerful than anything I had even seen. I doubt even the killing curse could effect it, let alone kill it.
I floated wondering whether I had just doomed my friends back home. I wondered whether in my childish rage I had combined them to death. I was still a fool, even in death I was nothing but trouble.
But I won't give up. I have to do something. Anything to help save them all. I need to save my friends. I need to go back.
"I am afraid that is impossible, without my help of course" a loud rumbling voice said to me. It sounded to me like it came from everywhere around me.
I turned around desperately searching for the location of the sound. "Where are you?" I asked.
"In front of you."
And suddenly in front of me a huge supernova exploded and out of the bright light came a golden dragon as bright as the sun, maybe even more so.
"Who-who are you?" I asked stammering.
"I am Akatosh, god of time. But that is not what is important. Do you have any idea what you have done mortal?"
"I-I do not."
"You have released Alduin, the worldeater. The dragon destined to destroy all. He was kept prisoner here, but by being a celestial being close towards his cage, your world's version of death, you gave him the chance to escape by substituting himself with your version of death. You have cause the apocalypse."
"I didn't know, I sorry-"
"SORRY?! You're sorry?! Oh that's well and good then. Sorry make Alduin not the destroyer of all. Sorry will make sure everything does not bloody end!"
I frowned my eyes and shouted back, "well fuck you too bitch. You're a fucking god! You do something!"
"I cannot! I am not allowed to interfere."
"Then stop shouting at me! You are worse than useless! At least if I was given the chance I would be able to stop him!"
"You?" the dragon asked with what looked like a raised eyebrow, "you cannot even leave this plane of oblivion without help. What can you do?"
"I out flew a bloody dragon when I was fourteen dipshit! I sure killing one won't be that hard!"
"Oh really? So you would do it?" the dragon asked, hey wait a minute did he want me to….fuck.
"Fine, yeah sure. I'll do it," I said, "I mean that is the reason you came here didn't you? To try and trick you into doing this?" The dragon opened it's mouth to speak, but I raised my hand, "I don't care. This is my world and this is my mess. I will clean it up. Now shall we get this show on the road?"
The dragon grinned at me, "it's been eons since anyone spoke to me like that. You got guts brat. And you better take responsibility for this bloody mess, but I'm not heartless. I will give you several gifts to help you along the way."
"Gifts?" I asked with raised eyebrow.
The dragon nodded, "as you are now defeating a dragon will be impossible. These dragon are different than the ones you are used to. These don't die physically. They can only die is one consumes their souls, that is the ability I am giving you."
"You want me to...eat them?"
"Not physically. Once you slay them you will automatically absorbed their souls into you thereby killing the dragon permanently."
I nodded my head again, but then suddenly I had a thought, "wait, why me? Why are you giving me this? Is it just because of my responsibility?"
The dragon shook his head, "no simply put I do so because of that," he then pointed at my left hand where the mark of the Deathly Hallows was. "A gift from your representation of death I believe. I do not know it's true power, but I sense that it is strong. Such a tool would be effective in battle. It's true I was planning to give this ability to someone else, but giving it to you would be so much more effective. But that is not all."
"There's more?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Why yes, you did not think I would simply send you off with only that did you? My second gift to you with this," out of thin air appeared a pouch that looked a lot like my moleskin pouch….wait a minute, that is my moleskin pouch!
"Hey this isn't a gift! That was already mine!"
The dragon shook his finger, "ah but I made some adjustments. You see I placed a special enchantment to this. You will now be able to place anything inside this pouch, no matter the weight or size."
I crossed my arms, "so basically an undetectable extension charm? Something that my 17 year old friend could do?" I kind of felt insulted, really that it all the help I'm getting from the stupid god lizard?
The dragon scowled, "I was not aware your world's magic was so advanced, alright fine. In addition to that I will also give you the Lew star chart," he snapped his fingers and suddenly a scroll spread before me next to the punch.
I grabbed the pouch and put it around my head and slowly pulled the scroll open. Inside it was a several constellation arranged to look like symbols, below each was a name, Conjuration, Destruction and so on.
"What is this?"
"This chart shows you the different abilities you have. Once you are at a comfortable level at one thing you can unlock a special ability from this map. For example if you are extremely skilled at destruction magic then you can unlock a perk which will cause you to use less magic in the specific act of destruction magic, understood?"
I noded slowly as I put the scroll in my bag. "I got it. Anything else?"
"What do I look like a charity case? I can only give so much help brat, now go out there and save the world!"
I smile at the dragon and node to him. He snapped his fingers and suddenly I was sucked into what felt like a portkey, I spun and spun until my mind went blank.
'Wait,' thought Akatosh, 'I did tell him he was going to Skyrim and not Earth right? Nah I'm sure he'll figure it out.'
I suddenly landed on my ass in what looked like a huge forest. I quickly got up and looked around, I didn't recognized the trees, so this is not the forbidden forest. Where am I?
I felt a chill on my back. I looked down in horror, I'M NAKED! I grabbed my junk and looked around. WHY THE FUCK AM I NAKED?!
I was naked before but then I thought of clothes-I SHOULD THINK OF CLOTHES!
I thought and focused really hard, but nothing came up. I looked around in shock. WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING.
Suddenly I heard a rustle in the bushes around me. I saw a squad of men and women wearing blue cloth with silver chain mail appear on one side. On the direct opposite came a larger group of soldier who wore red with brown leather, they looked like romans. Both groups had weapons drawn out and were charging at each other.
"Capture Ulfric!" cried a person from the red group.
"For Skyrim!" said the other group as the clashed a few feet in front of me.
'AKATOSH YOU SON OF A BITCH!'
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