Chapter 1: I'm going places
It was an odd feeling to die, or was it dying, he wasn't too sure. He had felt the pain, still felt it to some small degree actually, but now it was more a distant pain. Reminded him of the after effects from the Cruciatus curse actually, but still he felt like he was somewhere he belonged. If only he knew where that was since he couldn't actually see anything at all, it was like he wasn't in his body at all.
Suddenly he heard a voice coming from all directions, or maybe it was him who existed everywhere, it was hard to tell. Less philosophy thinking and more focusing on the voice Harry he said to himself.
"Welcome Harry Potter, The Chosen One, I've waited for you for a very long time." The voice said, sounded like a female, but he wasn't about to take anything for certain in this strange place.
"Wish I could say the same, but I haven't got the foggiest of who the hell you are." He replied before wincing, maybe it wasn't a good idea to act disrespectful at the moment; he would probably pay for it later.
"I had a feeling you would say that. You are at one with the universe; you are nowhere, everywhere, wherever I want you to be." The voice said again sounds amused? Harry thought this couldn't get any weirder, but he shouldn't be surprised, weird things had a way of finding him, apparently all over the universe now.
"Thank you, now I understand exactly what you mean." He responded, apparently he had lost the ability of acting respectfully when he died. Because he was sure of that by now, he had died, this was merely the "Next adventure" that Dumblydork was so fond of speaking about.
"Easy my young friend, all will be explained. I brought you here to give you a choice. You gave your life to save your others, the ultimate proof of love and bravery, therefore instead of letting you die I have decided to give you a choice to help elsewhere." The voice said and Harry had been wrong, this was even weirder. Hmm, weirder, he started to like that word, must remember to use it more.
"You have two choices, either you can move on to wherever that may be, you will meet your parents and loved ones who have died before. This of course is something that would be understandable. Or, I can send you to another dimension, one of which the likes you could never imagine. Hundreds of billion are going to face war and pain there; you could make a difference for so many. This may sound like an awful choice, but it also gives you a chance to start over, to find love and a life worth living. As I mentioned not everything is going to be easy, but you will have a chance, and I'm going to help you if you decide to take this path. I can't give you any more information until you have decided." The voice explained to him, it was probably good she stopped there because he felt overwhelmed quite frankly at everything he had heard.
"Can I get a few minutes to think this through?, ehm, whoever you are?" Harry answered while hoping he didn't have to make a choice right away.
"I am called many things depending on where you live, but in the dimension you would be going to I am known as The Force, the one that binds everything together. And of course, take all the time that you need, time is of no meaning here." The Force replied. Thankfully he had a name to use now.
He went quiet while thinking everything through. He had lived a hard life so far, with so much pain and suffering in so many ways, both physically and mentally. So many of his friends had died, his family had died, he wasn't sure if he could take that pain again, it would be too much. Still, there had been love and happiness at time as well. His relationship with Ginny had happiness In it, he had friendships important enough for him that he willingly sacrificed his life, that also meant something.
He knew he would die again sometime, but here was offered a chance again, in another world, to have a new life free from being the boy-who-lived hopefully, to find new friends, a new girlfriend maybe, and have a child even. If he survived whatever that war was that The Force talked about, it sounded incredibly nasty and he wasn't really sure what just one man would accomplish to help, and he was sure about that, The Force needed his help with something.
"If I do this, how will it work?, Why do you need my help?" He asked after what felt like forever, but had probably been less thinking time then what was expected.
"The dimension you will join are capable of space travel over a whole galaxy with countless stars and planets being lived on with different species, humans aren't the only ones that are intelligent there. You will be prepared for everything in form of history, culture, languages and culture if you chose to go there. I will download the required information into your mind. You won't be all powerful and you still need to train to improve, but you will have a better knowledge of combat than most people I would guess already when arriving." She began to tell, Harry listened carefully.
"You will have a better understanding when you get the information if you decide to do so, but in short you will be in another war between good and evil, between The Dark Side of the Force and the Light Side of the Force so to speak. The followers of the Light are called Jedi and they are keepers of Peace in the Galaxy.
The users of the Dark Side are the Sith, The Dark Lord of the Sith is a lot like your Lord Voldemort in his quest for power over all. However, he is much more cunning and powerful then Voldemort ever was, and he also has an apprentice who is very powerful in his own right. When you arrive the Sith will be thought of as a legend. There haven't been any sightings of them in millennia, but they have been working in the background growing more powerful. T
his is why you are needed, the Jedi are not prepared for what is to come and don't know of it, you will be needed to defend the innocent, but also to prevent Jedis' from falling to the Dark Side, it can be tempting for those who can't control their fear and anger. It's important that you don't tell anyone who you are, either they won't believe you or they will try to exploit you, or draw you to the Dark Side themselves.
Be careful, you are never safe from it, whatever you may believe. Your use of the unforgiveable Curcio in anger against Bellatrix a few years back is just one example of this. I can also add that there is a prophecy in place speaking of a Chosen One, but remember this, prophecies can be a funny thing, don't take anything for granted. " The Force finally stopped at this and let everything sink in, Harry tried his best to take in everything.
"To summarize it then, Jedi good, Sith bad, prophecy funny?" He replied at last and thought he almost heard a snicker, but it could have been imagined.
"If you accept it will all be made clear in time, I promise." The reply was. Of course, you could never get all the facts at once, well at least he knew more about the current status of the Sith then the Jedi. He came to the insight that he already thought about this like if he was going and he realized he had decided, something that The Force surely knew already.
He wasn't sure if it was the prospect of family, or if it was his damn saving people thing that Hermione was so fond of calling it, but he was going. "Alright, I accept."
"I know." The quick reply was. "You will arrive at planet of Naboo, homeworld of newly appointed Queen Padmé Amidala, 13 year old." Harry winced at this, Queen at 13, and he thought his life was bad, being responsible for this many must be hell.
"Why do I have a feeling that there is a reason why you chose this planet?" He asked sarcastically.
"Because there is." Was the simple answer. "The future events of this planet will shape the Galaxy as a whole for great many years, and she will need all the help she can get. At this time there is no war, so therefore you are just there to help her, guide her if you so want to. How you approach her and what happens is up to you." It said and Harry got the feeling some things weren't told, things he probably would like to know.
"You will have a language, history and culture knowledge slightly higher than a normal well educated jedi, your knowledge of the Sith will be extensive as well. You will no longer be able to use magic, but you do have the Force to help you, your abilities will not be the same or as different as what you can do with magic, but there are other benefits. Considering your previous abilities I can give you a great deal more access to the Force then others might have.
You will also have knowledge of Lightsaber combat, four different types even; I will let you find them out by yourself. I bid you farewell and wish you a pleasant journey and second chance at life, may it be a long time before we see each other again, and many lives depend on it." It said and all went quiet.
Naboo, ( 3 months before the trade Federation blockade )
The first thing he noticed was bright light which wasn't very surprising since he hadn't actually been able to see anything as "dead" and now he was on a random planet in the middle of the day. As his eyes adjusted he felt his mind flooded with knowledge he didn't have from before, and it was a lot of it.
Around him was a very green forest with animals he had never seen before, but still he knew what they were. He was close to the city, he didn't know how, but he knew it still. He noticed that his clothes had been changed to white robes and that he had two Lightsabers with him, both of them with a green crystal, he sensed it was a joke about his eye colour.
He started walking slowly while thinking about how he would approach the Queen and what he would say. Seeking employment as a bodyguard could maybe work, but they would wonder why he was coming and since he wasn't a jedi they would most likely be very suspicious of him. He could always go with the phrase "The Force sent me here", but he guessed that to everyone except the jedi that it would be a stupid answer.
He was inside the city now and just a few minutes from The Palace so he decided to sit down for a few minutes while thinking things through, he got a lot of funny looks, but he was used to it after so many years that he couldn't be bothered to react. After half an hour he finally decided on his plan and walked up to the guards outside The Palace.
"I'm Harry Potter, and I need a meeting with the Queen over matters of great importance." He said while putting a mild force compulsion over his words. He hated doing something like that, but he wasn't sure they would agree to it otherwise.
"Follow me." One of the guards said and walked inside. Following him he noticed a lot of people in the building, most of them watched him, but no one seemed worried, most likely because they hadn't had anything to worry them for a long time.
He finally arrived at the Queen's Office and was let inside without any guards and with his weapons thanks to another small compulsion. It was almost too easy to use and he had to be careful to use it wisely and not abuse it, which was on the path to the Dark Side to use something for personal gain.
When he walked inside he noticed what could only be the Queen. A young girl who while she was 13 could be taken for 15 without a problem. Harry guessed that it was partly because of her eyes who looked old for someone her age, mostly likely something that came with her responsibilities. She had brown hair and eyes that almost took his breath away when he saw them. Come on Harry, she's 13 for Merlin's sake, get over yourself.
She looked up when she saw him enter and her eyes widened in surprise when she took in his appearance and that he wasn't someone she knew. There wasn't any fear in her eyes though, so he took that as a good sign if anything.
"Who are you?, What are you doing here?" She asked him with a frown. "I wasn't expecting anyone in here." Harry smiled gently back at her before replying.
"I just told the guards I wanted to see you, they let me in without any questions." He could tell she was both surprised and annoyed by his response, clearly the guard would be in problem if he didn't explain soon.
"Could be because I used a form of Force Persuasion on him though, one can never know for sure." He continued, he was enjoying this yes. It was good to be the one with the answers for once.
He saw a small amount of fear in her eyes, but no other reaction then that. "So why are you here then?, You're not a jedi are you?" She said to him.
"No, I'm not. I did it for two reasons, first to show you that against the right person your security is severely lacking, if I was a Dark Jedi you would be dead by now." He didn't mention the Sith because he had a feeling she wouldn't believe they were still around.
"My other reason was to meet you of course; I want to offer my service as a bodyguard and advisor for you." He continued and now he noticed a great deal of confusion, and some anger from his opinion about her employees.
"What's your name?, And if you are not a jedi, what are you?" She asked him and now he actually started to get the feeling of being at a job interview.
"My name is Harry Potter, and all I can say is that I am trained in the Jedi arts and that I have sensed trouble in the future for Naboo, I'm here because I want to help you in any way that I can. I promise you that my knowledge greatly exceeds most jedi even though my young age and I would be most helpful against any problem that may occur." He answered still smiling at her, hoping that it would be enough, he refused to use any mind tricks on her, this was too important.
"I see. I am no jedi, but I sense you are being truthful and someone with your abilities would certainly make me feel more at ease." Not to mention you're easy on the eye she thought to herself. "I can offer you the position of advisor which will allow you to follow me anywhere and on any meeting. I'm not sure why, but I sense that your help will be needed soon, just as you say."
His smile widened and he bowed before answering. "Thank you my Queen, I will make sure you won't regret this." She gave him a small smile that actually seemed rather shy to him. "Sit down so I can give you the information about living arrangements and similar." She said.
Step one completed, not that I have a bloody clue what step two is though. Oh well, all in good time I guess. He thought while sitting down and the conversation continued.
AN: Thanks for the kind reviews of the prologue. The following chapters will be 4-5000 words a piece, this one was mostly to set up everything for the first movie so to speak. Until next time, take care.
