Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter in any way, shape, or form. Rowling does.
A/N: This is my first FanFic so constructive criticism is welcome. Please no flames. Enjoy.
Just after Harry is struck with the Killing Curse in the Forbidden Forest after sacrificing himself.
Harry found himself in an endless white void. He had just been hit by the Killing Curse and while he didn't know what to expect, it certainly wasn't this. "Hello!" he shouted. It echoed in the seemingly empty abyss.
"Would you like to try again?"
Harry spun around looking for the distinctly feminine voice, but it seemed to come from everywhere. "Where are you? Show yourself!" He reached for his wand only to find it missing.
"Would you like to try again?"
"What the bloody hell are you talking about?" Harry was starting to get mad. He didn't understand what the voice was talking about. "Try again?" Try what again?
"You... lost," the voice sounded sad, upset, almost as if it was disappointed.
"What, against Voldemort?" Harry was really quite angry at this point. Didn't the voice realize he had to die so that Voldemort could be killed? That he HAD to sacrifice himself?
"Well, that and life in general," the voice continued to speak, grating on Harry's nerves.
Beginning to shout Harry yelled, "What could you possibly know about about my life, the pain I've felt, the sacrifices I've made, the people I've lost!"
"I know everything," the voice continued to speak in it's not quite monotone, but disinterested voice, "allow me to prove it." A chalk board appeared in front of a Harry and words began to appear as if written with an invisible hand and while he understood the words themselves, they didn't make sense. At the top of the board appearing to be a title was 'SCORE'. "You performed poorly, learn from your mistakes." Harry looked at the board and began to read
SCORE
GENERAL POINTS (overall): +30
Passed Years 1-6: +120
Failed Year 7: -20
Gaining Owls:
Outstanding: +10
Exceeds Expectations: +25
Acceptable: +1
Failing Owls:
Poor: -1
Dreadful: -5
Lost Game: -100
YEAR ONE (overall): +30
Joined Quidditch Team: +5
Rescued Hermione: +5
Defeated Troll: +10
Enthralled by Mirror of Erised:-5
Defeated Quirrell: +15
YEAR TWO (overall): +35
Under Age Magic Warning: -5
Failed to Identify Basilisk: -5
Infiltrated Slytherin House: +5
Used Sword of Gryfindor: +10
Defeated Basilisk: +10
Hurt by Basilisk: -5
Destroyed Horcrux: +15
Rescued Ginny: +5
Freed Dobby: +5
YEAR THREE (overall): +40
Fainted from Dementors: -5
Gained Marauder's Map: +10
Learned Patronus: +10
Freed Sirius: +15
Didn't Acquit Sirius: -5
Freed Buckbeak: +5
Held off Dementor Group: +10
YEAR FOUR (overall): -11
Attended World Cup: +2
Resisted Veela Charm: +5
Became Tournament Champion (involuntarily):-5
Cheated on the First Task (disagrees with alignment):-5
Told Cedric about First Task: +5
Needed Assistance with Egg Clue: -5
Rescued Gabrielle (2nd task): +2
Took Parvarti to the Ball: +5
Ignored Parvarti: -10
Won Tri-Wizard Tournament: +10
Voldemort Revived: -15
Held off Voldemort: +10
Cedric Died: -5
Slandered by Prophet: -5
YEAR FIVE (overall): +3
Held off Dementors: +5
Under Age Magic Hearing: -10
Repeatedly Anger Umbridge: +5
Tortured by Umbridge (blood quill): -5
Banned from Quidditch: -2
Failed Occlumency: -5
Formed D.A.: +15
Fails in Dating Cho: -5
Sirius Died: -10
Heard Prophecy: +5
Survived Department of Mysteries: +10
YEAR SIX (overall): +2
Became Quidditch Captain: +2
Won Felix Felicis: +5
Took Luna to Slug Fest: +5
Lessons with Dumbledore: +5
Destroyed Horcrux: +15
Death Eaters Invaded Hogwarts: -10
Dumbledore Dies: -15
Failed in Dating Ginny: -5
YEAR SEVEN (overall): -20
Survived the Flight of the Potters: +10
Hedwig Dies: -15
Mad-Eye Moody Died: -10
Infiltrated Ministry: +10
Rescued Luna: +5
Dobby Died: -15
Infiltrated Gringotts (discovered): +5
Remus Died: -15
Tonks Died: -15
Fred Died: -15
Snape Died: -10
You Died (sacrificial): -30
Destroyed Horcruxes: +75
OVERALL SCORE: 109
GRADE: Dreadful
Harry stared aghast at the words and numbers before him. Things had really taken a dive after third year. "Is my life a video game?" he asked for Harry had sneaked into his cousins room when his relatives were gone and tried some on Dudley's computer. He found them enjoyable, but some were too complicated to understand in the short time he had to play.
"Yes, more specifically an RPG. You attempted the game on the most difficult settings and unsurprisingly lost. I advise you to pick an easier difficulty"
Harry was excited. He could do it all again, have everyone back he lost and defeat Voldemort. "Okay voice, how do I start over?"
The Stats disappeared from the board and new words appeared in their place.
NEW GAME
NEW GAME+
QUIT
New Game+ and Quit were grayed out with only New Game seeming to be usable. "What are New Game+ and Quit?" Harry questioned.
"They are both usable only when you have won the game. New Game+ allows you to start a new game with everything your previous character gained stats, skills, etc. Quit is for when you wish to no longer play, you die... permanently."
Harry reached forward and touched New Game. The board wiped clean and new words appeared.
"Difficulty is critical in deciding what kind of game you wish to play. Once decided the difficulty cannot be changed and would require the beginning of a new game to play in another. Difficulties available to you currently are Muggle, Apprentice, Wizard, Master, and Merlin. You were playing on Merlin in your previous game. This is advised against without several successful playthroughs on lesser difficulties.
"Well, I don't want it too easy, lest I simply grow bored since I am repeating a lot of things, so I best do Apprentice" Harry thought as he tapped the board.
"You must now pick your history/origin. This can have far reaching consequences within the game. Currently only available to you is Standard. Other origins can be unlocked through performing various actions or achieving different goals throughout the game. You will only learn you have unlocked a new origin when starting a new game."
Harry reached forward and touched Standard wondering about what other origins he could play with. Deciding to think of it another time he looked at the board's newest text.
"Your selected difficulty grants you three starting perks. Choose wisely."
Perks Available:
Levitate a Feather: Yay, flying objects; +20 Charms & +50% EXP Charms
Of Course my Cat's a Brick: It's changing the very fabric of reality; +20 Transfiguration & +50% EXP Transfiguration
Potions is just Cooking: Potions can't possibly be that different from stew, right?; +20 Potions & Cooking & +50% EXP Potions & Cooking
I am a Dark Lord's Worst Nightmare: Dark creatures scare their children with tales of you; +20 DADA & +50% EXP DADA
Green Thumb: Plants strengthen in your presence; +20 Herbology & +50% EXP Herbology
Polyglot: Languages just come naturally; +20 All Languages & +50% EXP All Languages
A Brilliant Mind: Numbers seem to rework themselves for you; +20 Arithmancy & +50% EXP Ancient Runes
King of the Jungle: +20 Care of Magical Creatures & +50% EXP Care of Magical Creatures
Seer: Capable of Practical Divination
Future Dark Lord: +20 Dark Magic & +50% EXP Dark Magic
Natural Occlumens: +20 Occlumency & +50% EXP Occlumency
Ambidextrous: Can use both hands equally well, +40 Duel Wielding & +100% Duel Wielding
Harry went immediately for the I am a Dark Lord's Worst Nightmare feat thinking, "I'm already good at DADA, but I certainly can get better." Next was Potions is just Cooking with the idea of finally proving Snape wrong. Lastly Harry picked Natural Occlumens: "Maybe with this I can finally fix my headaches."
"Excellent choice, you are now ready to begin play. Would you like to skip the prologue?"
"What's the prologue?"
"Your years with the Dursleys. The prologue ends when you turn eleven."
"Yes, I bloody want to skip ten years of hell," Harry said emphatically. There was no way he was returning to the Dursleys for ten years. To be stuck with people who hated and abused him, without his magic to boot.
"Very well then. Let the game begin."
And as Harry stood the board in front of him faded away into the darkness and Harry felt himself begin to spin and just as he was getting worried the world around him faded to darkness.
A/N: Again everybody thanks for reading, help is welcome. Goodbye.
