The Shadow Order
Authors Note: Harry is killed by Voldemort, an unexpected phenomenon occurs due to Harry's mastery of the Deathly Hollows. Accepting a deal where he is sent to a new world to save it from the Age of Apocalypse. He finds his soul mate in the beautiful Helena Wayne, daughter of Billionaire Bruce Wayne and master thief, Selena Kyle better known as Catwoman.
This may be a Batman, Harry Potter fanfiction but this will mostly take place in Young Justice Earth-16.
Helena Wayne is the daughter of Bruce Wayne and the heir to his fortune. I will also be adding more to the story than Young Justice did. Damien Wayne, Bruce Wayne's son from Tali Al Ghul will also be in this story and will serve as a part time rival and friend to Harry and Helena. The year will be 2015, and I will be adding more characters in this story.
Chapter 1: Death's Deal
Harry stood at the entrance of Hogwarts staring out to the Forbidden Forest. The first battle was over with a clear Death Eater victory. Voldemort, in his 'act of kindness' withdrew his forces from the castle to mourn their dead and bury their fallen.
The Weasley family was cut in half; Percy apparently wasn't much of a fighter and quickly fell to the Death Eaters. Fred got hit in an explosion killing him instantly. Ron, Ron was stupid enough to chase after Malfoy without giving into his bearings and ran straight into a killing curse. Molly Weasley apparently fell before Bellatrix Lestrange while her husband killed Arthur Weasley. Ginny was hit by an unknown curse from Antonin Dolohov. She would be crippled and need of medical care for the rest of her life. Hermione had left him to help the younger year's coup with the dead.
"Potter, don't tell me you're going to go to him." Professor McGonagall said to him.
Harry didn't turn around to face her, he knew the choice he had to make and he looks down at the spell left by his mother and knew it would the only hope of stopping the Voldemort.
"I have to, I won't come back, but I trust you will stop the Voldemort. I won't be here to stop him, but I can weaken him for you to finish." Harry said as he disappeared.
Unknown to Professor McGonagall, Harry Invisibility Cloak finally went active and was able to cover his entire body without Harry no longer needed to wear the cloak completely to become invisible.
Harry slowly walks to the Forbidden Forest and he could have sworn the walk was the longest he has ever taken to the forest. Each step forward seemed to take him further away from the forest. Harry took this time to reflect on his life and the choices he made during his life. It seems almost everyone in his life all made sacrifices for him. He made his choice, using his mother's spell he would give his protection from Voldemort in return for his own life. He guessed he knew it would end like this anyway. He really didn't have anything binding him to the world and he was proud to walk to his death. Voldemort may have been responsible for nearly every bit of discomfort in his life. However what was strange was he held no ill will towards Voldemort. He still wanted him defeated and gone from the world because he was an evil that shouldn't exist. Speaking of death, Harry pulled out the snitch and looks at the words engraved on it.
"I'm about to die." Harry said to the snitch. The snitch seemed to have withered in his hands before it split open. Inside the snitch was the Resurrection Stone or Resurrection Ring depending on how you looked at it.
Harry slips on the Ring and turns the stone three times causing five figures appeared beside him.
Sirus Black looking as he did back in his youth with a smile on his face. Remus Lupin appeared looking less shabby and healthier than Harry has ever seen him before. Next was Lily Potter née Evans looking the same as her death at the mere age of twenty years old. Next was his father James Charles Potter. He looked as cheerful as ever and he did in life. Finally, the person Harry would have thought he would never have standing beside him Severus Snape. Snape look healthier than he did in life and to Harry's surprise, Snape was smiling down at him.
"I never wanted this. I never truly wish for any of you to die."
"We know." Lily Potter said in a soft voice.
"We've always watch over you, proud of your achievements. And the person you have become." James Potter said in a proud voice.
"All that matters is what you believe in and what you know is right." Remus Lupin said.
"All that matters is what's in your heart." Sirus said.
"Will you be with me?" Harry asked.
"Always." Severus Snape said as they all nodded.
"Thank you, all of you for being there for me." Harry said as he walked forwards.
"Ego te protegam." Harry whispered as he walks forward towards Voldemort's camp. It took Harry a moment to realize he didn't know where the camp was set.
Luck apparently was on his side, after a few steps inside the forest, Harry spotted Antion Dolohov and Yaxley, standing near the edge.
Harry slowly crept forward, careful not to make any noise. It was thanks to his many years of travelling through the forest and wandering through the halls of Hogwarts that Harry was able to sneak up on them both.
"He's not showing, there has been no sign of him." Yaxley said.
"Time's almost up. What should we do?" Dolohov asked.
"The Dark Lord is not going to be happy; he thought the Potter boy was going to show for sure. He did say it would be out of character for him not to show." Yaxley replied as he clearly didn't know what to do, or better yet, he did not wish to face the wrath of Lord Voldemort.
"Let's go back and give our Lord our report. The time is about up and there is no sign of him." Dolohov said as he turns around and walks into the forest. Yaxley followed his every footsteps and unknown to them, keeping well out of reach, so was Harry.
The walk apparently wasn't long and they went to a large clearing in the middle of the forest. Giants, Trolls, hobgoblins along with some of the worst wizards and witches stood behind the Dark Lord who was seating on a make shift seat that made him look like he was seating on a throne.
"My Lord, I bring news." Yaxley said as he steps forward and spoke before Dolohov could. It look like to Harry that Dolohov was relived he didn't have to have to give the report.
"Speak." Voldemort said in a commanding, yet disappointed tone of voice.
"The Potter boy failed to show my Lord. He's not coming." Yaxley said as he began to hold his breath, clearly expect to be on the receiving end of the Cruciatus Curse. To their relief, Voldemort looks down upon the Elder Wand and began twirling it in his finger.
"I thought I knew the boy. I thought for sure, he would come. It would seem, I have made… a mistake." Voldemort said as he continues to look down at the Elder Wand.
"You seem to be full of them don't you?" Harry said as he became visible. Harry grips the Hawthorne Wand tightly in his right hand and gives Voldemort a cold hard stare. Voldemort look up a bit surprise to see Harry appearing before him. But his expansion turns to that of glee as he eyes Harry like a predator stalking his prey.
"Harry Potter has come before me… to die." Voldemort said in a soft voice, but everyone heard him. Some witches and wizards were starting to pull out their wands and point them at Harry.
"Do nothing; he is mine, only mine to kill." Voldemort hissed. They lowered their wands but kept them tight in their hands ready to be use should Harry overcome their Lord.
Harry however used this time to eye his real goal and quickly spotted it at Voldemort's feet. Nagini was slithering in a in a ball by Voldemort's feet. She was giving light hisses as she laid there.
Harry and Voldemort stood there not blinking and not showing any weakness.
"Avada Kedavra" Voldemort cried out into the night, pointing the Elder Wand at Harry.
"Sectumsempra" Harry cried out pointing his wand at his target.
The green light was launch from the Elder Wand and race across the open clearing to hit Harry. Harry's curse however, passes underneath Voldemort's curse and hit Nagini in the neck causing the snake to hiss in pain which almost sound like it was screaming. Voldemort roared in fury as the Killing Curse hit Harry in the chest. Before Harry's eyes closed, Harry could see Voldemort opening his mouth like he was gaging on something. His body was also started to disappear as if it were made of ash.
Harry's eyes felt heavy and he did nothing to stop them closing before he felt nothing.
Something was wrong, Harry couldn't explain it but he was so, comfortable. He knew he was laying down, and he was laying on something that was even better than the bed in his old common room in Gryffindor Tower.
Wondering what was going on, Harry opens his eyes and see nothing but white. He has never seen so much whiteness in his life. It took Harry a moment and after a few blinks realize he was staring at a white marble ceiling. Harry gets up and slowly looks around and realizes he was alone. He looks down and sees that he is also wearing a white robe instead of his normal black ones.
Harry went to remove his glasses but his fingers touch his face telling Harry he wasn't wearing his spectacles. What made Harry feel more disturb, was the fact that he didn't have any of his belongings with him. Not even his wand, which made Harry feel defenseless and practically naked.
"Welcome Harry Potter." A woman said behind him causing Harry to jump in shock and land on his bottom. He looks up and sees the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, what was strange about that was she had no real physical color. She seems to be made up of a blue aura.
"Who are you?" was the first thing Harry said.
"I go by many names. One of my favorites is Lorelei. However, your society calls me commonly as Death." She said smiling down upon him.
"Please, don't hurt me." A voice said behind Harry. Harry turns around and once again receives a shock as his eyes open wide at the person standing there.
It was Tom Riddle or Tom Riddle as he would have been. He looked nothing like the Dark Lord Harry destroyed moments ago.
"Be quiet Tom Riddle, I shall deal with you in a moment." Death said in a cold tone of voice as a caged of blue chains wrapped themselves around Voldemort and he started to whimper clearly terrified of what he was experiencing. Harry stares at him for a moment before turn his attention to death. He wasn't afraid; the time had come for him to accept his fate.
"I am ready." Harry said in a calm voice.
Death gave Harry a smile but didn't do anything.
"You are mistaken Harry Potter. I am not here to take you to the realm of the dead; I am here because you have intrigued me. I didn't expect a mortal to master all my treasures especially one as young as you are."
"But, I died, I sacrifice myself." Harry said confused as to why he wasn't going on to the next great adventure.
"You did die, and yet you didn't." Death said.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
"Walk with me," Death said as she turns and walks away from Voldemort who was whimpering like a small child.
"Can you guess where we are?" Death asks as Harry walk beside her.
Harry looks around and soon it seemed to have click in his head.
"King's Cross Station, only it seems, cleaner." Harry said.
"That is correct; I chose this scenario because this is where your journey began to learn the mystic art of magic. So it shall be where your journey begins again."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
Death gave Harry a smile but didn't answer. Instead she stops and look up as if she was looking at something.
"Would you like to know what happens to your friends at Hogwarts?"
"I do." Harry said.
"They will be inspired by your sacrifice to take up arms again the remaining Death Eaters. The battle will be long but your friends will emerge victorious because of the charm you put in place before your death. Like you mother did for you, you were prepare to throw away your own life for the lives of others. I admire that, more than anything."
"So we won."
"As you mortals would say, the price was too high. However not all is lost. Your friend, Neville Longbottom will rise to be a public hero and people would look at him for guidance. Such is the way of life." Death said.
"You have been avoiding some of my questions."
"That is true; however I believe you have the right to know. So ask, and I shall answer."
"What did you mean when you said I was dead, but I wasn't at the same time. What did you mean?"
"You were the true master of the Deathly Hollows, not because you master the items, but because you accepted what many before you have denied for so long. That you accepted your own death and you went to meet it on your own terms. However there was a flaw within this, you had a piece of Tom Riddle's soul trap inside of you. Instead of dying yourself, Tom Riddle ended up killing himself; you were just brought along for the ride. This has allowed you to be an expectation. A special rule has been made just for you and I have already prepared a gift for you."
""What do you mean?"
"This place is the realm of passage, more commonly known as Limbo. Normally I would pass you on without you being aware of it. But I have made a special case just for you. As I told you before, I am intrigued by you. I never met a human as noble as you."
"What about Dumbledore? Were the things about him really true?"
"Hmm, that's a good question. However, the truth is hardly something one can express without understanding what it is. You see, the truth is held to a person's point of view on how they view the world around them. Albus Dumbledore was a good man, but very weak. When he was a boy, his sister was tormented by three muggle boys who caught her practicing magic. Dumbledore's father, attack the boys in retaliation. The boys would never recover from the assault. Because of this, he was sent to Azkaban. He never told the Ministry why he attacked those boys for the Ministry would have taken his daughter away from the family believing her to be too dangerous. Albus Dumbledore would grow up never speaking of his father and sister to another soul and learn to keep his secrets safe to himself. This cause the Dumbledore you knew to not be honest with you and speak to you in riddles. Did he love them? Of course he did, he just didn't know how to show his love and affection to his family. After graduating from Hogwarts his mother was killed by Ariana."
"I don't understand. Did Ariana attempt to escape or something?" Harry asked.
"You have live in the muggle world; you know people suffer from mental illness. It's when the mind is unable to work properly. Now imagine a child whose mind is broken as well as her magic."
"I'm no expert, but wouldn't that destroy the child?" Harry said in a slow voice.
"That is correct, not only would the mind be unstable, so would the wielder of the magic. This is what happen to Ariana Dumbledore. She was the Dumbledore's greatest secret and greatest fear. In the beginning, Kendra Dumbledore took care of her daughter, but she was getting old and was unable to handle her daughter as she used to. So when Ariana lost control, she killed her mother by accident. This was after Albus Dumbledore Hogwarts Graduation. Dumbledore was planning a trip, but was force to cancel to look after his sister. He did well for the first few months, but then that same year, he meet a person who was just as brilliant as he. Gellert Grindelwald. Both share many of the same views. They had plains to rule the world under wizard rule. Too cast muggles out and put wizards on top. Things would have gone smoothly, however Aberfoth Dumbledore was against it and told them they couldn't go conquer the world with Ariana in her condition. They argued and a fight broke out between the three of them. Ariana seeing what was happening to her brothers attempted to stop the fight. When the fight ended, they realized Ariana was dead. Grindelwald fled the country immediately; he already had a track record for being expelled from Durmstrangd Institute. He would then lead a reign of terror in Europe during the late nineteen thirties to mid nineteen forties. Dumbledore ignore the pled to defeat him for many years, because of the same reason Grindelwald didn't attempt to conquer Britain; fear. They were afraid to know who was the one who killed Ariana Dumbledore. When they dueled Grindelwald put up a fight, but he lost intentionally because he had much guilt inside of him. Dumbledore imprison him at Nurmegard for the remainder of his life."
"Did he suffer?"
"I don't judge because of that. I am not tied by emotion or logic. You may see me as a cold person, but I am a god, I do what I must to preserve the balance."
"So what did you do?"
"He passed on. He's in the realm of the dead and is bringing life to the world."
"I don't understand." Harry said.
"I care very little if a person is good or evil. I only exist to keep the balance between life and death. I am not bout by emotion like you are."
Harry was silent as he took everything in. He turn looks at Death who was smiling own upon him.
"Why won't you let me pass on, I'm willing to accept my fate." Harry said.
"I told you, you are both dead yet alive. This has allowed to you travel here in Limbo, in my domain. Because of this, I'm offering you a choice, a second chance at life you could say. In a world of my choosing."
"Another world, you mean there are others? I've heard of parallel universes but I didn't think they existed." Harry said,
"They exists, but only if the gods wish them too. Some universes connect to each other while others don't. I want you to be you may say my champion. You will be the Archangel of a new world."
"What's this new world like?" Harry asks eagerly.
"The world is whole, no hidden worlds. However there are very few magic users. And all magic users study what they call, the Mystic Arts, which is their form of magic. There are many who uses their talents to save the world, others use them for their own needs. You would call them villains. The world is entering its golden age. So the world needs a leader to guide them on a path to greatness."
"I thought you don't care about mortals." Harry said while giving Death a puzzled look.
"I don't, I'm just interested in your choices you'll make. You can lead the world into the Age of Apocalypses, or into a Golden Era. The choice and your decisions will leave an impact to the world."
"So I'm a puppet for your game."
"Yes and no. Remember that every action and choice has both a reward and consequence. Some may be harder to see than others, but they are there. If you choose to go to this world, it is because to restore the balance in the world. You are to set a course of balance. Remember, too much good and there won't be enough evil, too much evil and the darkness will last for a lifetime perhaps thousands of years of your mortal years. The choice is yours; you are free to pull your own strings."
"Will I be alone?
"That choice is yours to make. What is that saying you mortals have? When one journey ends, another begins."
"It's about moving forward." Harry said nodding.
"And that's your choice. You must be willing to leave behind your old life and live a new life. That means new friends and new enemies. You have earn it, you who was willing to sacrifice himself for more than just his friends, but to sacrifice yourself for the sake of rebalancing the world." Death said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What will happen to Voldemort?" Harry asked with interested.
"He will be punished. Spiritual pain is far worse than emotional and physical pain and he shall suffer for all eternity. No one cheats death and he has attempted to cheat death for a long time."
"Is Nicholas Flamel suffering too?" Harry asked with a sense of dread.
"No, he may have been the longest to cheated death but he was never truly afraid of it and when he made his peace, he did so with what you mortal's call, honor."
"So you were pleased with the way he did things?"
"I am not, I have no such emotion." Death said.
Harry frowns, he wasn't use to dealing someone who could so heartless yet kind at the same time.
"Why do you want me to go to the new world?"
"You could say there are some people like Voldemort, who has cheated death and have long required to be within my grasp. In return for sending you to his world, you are to give me them."
"Who are they?" Harry asks, but Death only gives a smile to him.
"You must figure that out yourself." Death only says.
"If I accept, how will I adapt to the world?"
Death gives him a smile.
"As you mortals say, that is a wise question. You will not going empty handed. One of the things I will grant you is knowledge of that world beforehand. So, my question is this, do you wish to take your new adventure."
"Yes, some part of me, still wishes to live and not move on." Harry answers.
Harry couldn't explain nor could he understand it, but it occurred to him, he and Death were not alone. Death only smiles and Harry knew no more.
Author Notes: Hope everyone enjoys this story. I know many of you wanted me to complete my DC-HP crossovers. so i'm going to work on this one, not sure about the others. R&R