I would like to thank you all for your support on the last chapter. I wasn't expecting so many views within 4 days.
A thank you to Yinko in this chapter who corresponded with me following his first review. I received so many new ideas for this story whilst discussing it with you. This chapter is a little bit longer than the first chapter. This was finished on the 4/11/14 and it was published moments after i corrected as many mistakes as I could find.
~LongbowOfThePoet
Regarding the reviews,
Guest user Guest, I thank you.
Yinko, I agree. Harry would be considered a Grimm. After all, he has the Animagus form of a Nevermore. This is the only known flying Grimm. I decided on this because Harry loved to fly. However, stuck in an alien world, Harry may never get the chance to fly again and thus I gave him his own set of wings to use.
Thank you for your reviews, even you guest.
I would also like to thank Avian-San for correcting me upon the mistake of the Deathly Hallows symbol. I had posted it as a circle containing a triangle whereas, as pointed out, it was a triangle containing a circle.
Chapter 2
Death was thoughtful. It was reviewing its' memories of one Harry James Potter and the events that led them to meet. Death first met Harry during October when Harry was age 1.
October 31st, 1981. Near Midnight, Godric's Hollow
Death was ecstatic. The prophecy stating the death of one of two people that would cause it problems in the future was about to be removed from the world of the living. Two people had already joined its' realm this night and another was sure to join them. Death watched on with barely concealed joy as Voldemort cast the curse that would end the infant's life. One was a one year old infant, the other a fifty-five year old mad man.
"Avada Kedavra!" Lord Voldemort said while smirking at the defenceless boy that was supposed to be his downfall. 'Looks like it's over, Old Man.' Voldemort though, whilst envisioning the look of defeat upon the face of Gellert Grindelwald's vanquisher and old lover. Voldemort could hardly imagine what they could have done together, had they not gotten into a fight that killed Ariana Dumbledore. He decided that after he was done, he would claim the Invisibility cloak and the Elder Wand from the Old Fool that was holed up inside Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What the Dark Lord didn't expect, however, was for his killing curse to bounce off the child's head and hurtle towards him at astounding speeds. The killing curse stuck his body and Tom Marvolo Riddle's curse was ripped from his body. Instead of his soul going into Death's reaches, however, it was pulled towards seven other places.
Death was furious. Somebody had escaped it again and now it wanted that soul even more than it did mere moments ago. He would help the boy along a path to destroy Voldemort through sheer luck. Yes, this child would do quite nicely, considering the prophecy that Fate had introduced about the boy and the Dark Lord being unable to live while the other survives.
Death's interest was again roused when one Sirius Black entered the Nursery of Godric's Hollow. Death instinctively knew that something that would change the fate of one Harry Potter, the infant who currently lie asleep in the cot in the now burning Nursery room. Something downstairs had evidently caught fire, likely during the duel between James Potter and Tom Riddle. Sirius picked up Harry and cradled him to his chest.
"I'm sorry, pup, it's my fault. If only I stuck with being the secret keeper." Sirius told Harry. Sirius brought Harry outside of the burning cottage. Sirius was just about to secure Harry to the back of his flying motorbike when Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts, appeared.
"I'm afraid that I'm gunna haf teh take young Harry to Professor Dumbledore now, Sirius Black." Hagrid told Sirius gently. Sirius nodded he gave Harry to Hagrid.
"Take care of him, Hagrid. I'm going to find the rat and I'm going to kill him. Take my motorbike. It'll be faster." Sirius told Hagrid before shooting off into the night to hunt down Peter Pettigrew. Hagrid stood there, stunned momentarily, before Harry shifting in his sleep seemed to snap Hagrid out of it. Hagrid cradled Harry in his large arm whilst he mounted the bike. The last thing that Death did for Harry was mark a lightning bolt on Harry's forehead, where it would remain for the rest of his life.
It didn't take long for Death to find Sirius black. He found Black's magical signature in a crowded street in London. Crowded for midnight, that is.
"I've got you now, you filthy rat! Why would you join Voldemort, Peter? Why would you betray the Potters? We were your friends!" An enraged Sirius shouted at Peter.
"w- wh- what a-are y-you talking about, S-Sirius? W-why w-would you kill James and L-Lily like th-that? Why w-would you betray them!?" Pettigrew shouted, alerting the rest of the street to their presence. Sirius cast a cutting curse at Peter and Peter almost avoided it, getting his middle finger cut off in the process. Peter found a perfect opportunity to escape and whispered a silent Bombarda Maxima, his wand pointed at the ground. Be then cast a silent Confundus charm on the muggles watching their exchange before transforming into his rat form and scurrying away to escape. Death sighed as yet again it was denied the chance of a magical soul. He had to make do with the twelve non-magical souls instead.
Aurors were on the scene within minutes and they found a blown up street, a distraught Sirius whispering "It's all my fault" over and over again to himself. Alastor Moody was the one who moved to apprehend Sirius, who gave up as he had just lost a friend who was like a brother to him. Alastor Moody frowned. It wasn't like his ex-star apprentice to have turned to the dark. He had even been disowned from his family for being light, discarding the family traditions and refusing to learn Dark Magic. Why would he turn to Voldemort after all these years?
Unless he was with Voldemort the whole time was the thought of Alastor Moody. His face scrunched up into a twisted scowl at the thought.
"Junior Auror Shacklebolt, detain Mr Black and take him to a ministry holding cell. He will be put before the Wizengamot." Kingsley Shacklebolt nodded and put magical restraining cuffs on Sirius' hands, preventing his escape and stopping him from doing magic. He activated the portkey on the cuffs and within the blink of an eye, Sirius and he were transported to the Ministry of Magic, inside the part reserved for the Magical Law Enforcement Officers such as the Hit Wizards, the "Other " Unspeakables and the Aurors.
Alastor Moody questioned the few survivors of the blasting curse. Each and every witness stated that a tall man with long, dark hair apprehended a shorter man with short brown hair. There was a shouting competition where they accused each other of murdering the Potters and James and Lily respectively. They each individually recounted how a wave of light flew towards the brown haired one and cut his finger off. The next even that they remembered was the street exploding and the brown haired one had vanished. For one of the first times since he began chasing Dark Wizards, Alastor Moody didn't know what to think. He ordered a search of the next four blocks and joined the search himself. The only thing any of them found that night was a lone tip of a finger and themselves obliviating the muggle witnesses.
Death was still enraged but it was pacified by the souls of the non-magical people that Peter Pettigrew had murdered. Death left the streets of London in search for more souls to add to its' growing repertoire.
November 1st, Privet Drive. Late Evening.
Death was waiting to inspect Harry and ensure that he was healthy. It had been watching the people that the child was going to be placed with carefully all day. The elder male, Vernon was a bigoted oaf. He acted like a Pureblood muggle. One who thought any not normal was freakish. He would definitely be a problem for young Harry. Then there was the woman who resembled a horse. She still was still harbouring a deep jealousy of her magical sister. This was because she had always wanted to be special and yet her sister had everything – she had good looks, she had intelligence and the, she had magic. This woman, whilst not as bad as Vernon Dursley, would still do everything she could to make Harry's life uncomfortable. Death had noticed a stiff tabby cat observing the Dursley family throughout the day also. He presumed it to be a magical animagus, likely Minerva McGonagall observing the "muggles" that Harry was to be placed with.
Death noticed that faint roar was coming from the sky. It turned in time to see a blue motorbike landing, using the street like a runway to land. When he got off the motorbike, Rubeus Hagrid handed Harry to Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Albus Dumbledore conjured a basket, into which he placed Harry. Harry's basket was then placed onto the doorstep with naught but a hastily written letter explaining his presence. Death and Minerva McGonagall scowled at Headmaster Dumbledore. Minerva conjured a blanket for the one-year-old whereas Death scowled because Harry would have been left there whereas Dumbledore could have waited until morning and gone inside the house, explaining the situation instead of abandoning Harry on the doorstep with nothing but a letter and a basket - especially in a "perfect" suburb where everyone would have their dirty secrets in their closets.
Death had made sure to visit Harry from time to time. It had actually grown quite fond of the infant. It believed that no being, let alone an infant, should have to endure the torture that Harry Potter did. He didn't even know his own name until age five when he was starting school. He believed it was either "Freak" or "Boy". That was the only name's he was called. When it got bad enough, namely when Vernon Dursley was home late – Usually because he was in a Pub getting drunk – Harry would get beat to near death before being shut in his cupboard under the stairs. Death had left the Lightning bolt scar upon Harry's forehead as a way to heal him with magic during times like these.
Whenever Death had felt the connection between them fade slightly, it had immediately rushed to Number 4 Privet Drive to aid Harry. Whether it be by calming his uncle in some way or forcefully triggering Harry's accidental magic. Death knew that if it removed Harry from the house, the boy would be hunted down by wizards in a manhunt across the globe to find him, with Albus Dumbledore at the head and Remus Lupin a close second. Whilst Albus Dumbledore would only be at the head of it because he needed the boy to get rid of Voldemort, Remus Lupin would be the near second with worry for his best friend's son.
Death had continued checking up on Harry, despite him not being allowed to change the boy's residence as it would have liked to have done.
Saint Grogory's Primary School, Surrey. Midday.
Harry was getting frustrated. His teacher was essentially bullying him because he had his cousin's old clothes and his glasses were old and broken. It's not as if he chose to wear these clothes, they are his only clothes.
Just when he though that the teacher would leave him alone, he felt strange and the teacher's wig turned blue. It may have been more shocking if it was real hair, but everybody knew Mr. Stenson had a wig because he was bald. Harry suppressed a groan. He just knew that he was going to get the blame for this. He always got the blame for strange things happening in the neighbourhood. He would either get a beating when his relatives found out about this, or be shut in his cupboard for a week with low amounts of food. Harry personally preferred the latter. He always fared pretty well without food but when his body lay broken on the floor in his cupboard, he lost the will to live. For some reason, it always healed up overnight, to the anger of his relatives.
Harry found it awesome when his hair grew back overnight and wanted to meet whoever had done it. He was sure that he couldn't have done so by himself. Unfortunately for Harry, Death wasn't a being that one could meet and return to the living world, except in special circumstances.
Death was cackling madly. Not that anybody could hear it though. It had removed the planks of wood that were nailed onto the front door. It then used a bit of magic to duplicate the letters of Harry's acceptance into school and had made them force themselves into the house from all different angles; Through gaps in the windows, the door and even down the chimney. Letters were everywhere and Vernon couldn't prevent Harry from grabbing one and therefore sent him to his new room. Vernon decided that they were all going to go on a nice long holiday to a small shack that he owned just off the coast on a small island. Unfortunately, it was high tide and the land would be non-existent at the worst of times.
During the boy's first year of magical tuition, Death had helped the boy defeat Voldemort within Quirrell's body.
First Year, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: 1991-1992
Death monitored Harry's progress during his first year through his scar. It hated to say it, but it was a little disappointed in Harry's performance. Not that he could blame him, however, because Harry valued friendship over grades. That, and he had always dulled his work down a little while he was with the Dursleys and had grown used to not outperforming people. Death would have done the same thing, being in the boy's position, it mused to itself. Death used its magic to force Dumbledore to return Harry's father's invisibility cloak, one that he had given to Harry's ancestor: Ignotus Peverell. This would mean that Harry is related to Lord Voldemort via his father as Antioch, Ignotus and Cadmus were brothers and the Slytherin family ring –one of Voldemort's Horcruxes- contained the Resurrection stone that Death gave to Cadmus, Voldemort's ancestor. There were no remaining heirs to Antioch. Death made sure of that. Death would lead Harry to the Mirror of Erised when he used his cloak to try and research Nicholas Flamel in the complete wrong section of the restricted section of the library. When he was at the mirror, Death would show Harry his parents, people he had never really known. Sadly, Death's actions had consequences and the consequence was that Dumbledore followed Harry to the room that the mirror was in each time.
If Death was being honest with itself, Harry's true knowledge was the practical parts of the lessons. It was all right if you knew the history of the charm, the wand movements and other minor details. They could help a beginner to cast the spell. A more experienced wizard or witch wouldn't need to use wand movements as they could just force their way through the spell. Granted, it was more tiring but it was quicker and some opponents would prefer a greater quantity over the extra power and speed. Although, what good was having more spells if you got caught off guard by a quick killing curse?
Death was broken out of his musings of spell casting tactics by a confrontation between Quirinus Quirrell, who was being possessed by the Dark Lord, and Harry Potter in the antechamber where the Philosopher's Stone was contained within the Mirror of Erised. When Harry had the stone and Voldemort realised it, and forced Quirrell's body to lunge at Harry to obtain the source of immortality, Death supercharged the outside layer of Harry's skin, making Quirrell blister and burn before crumbling into ashes. Death then retrieved the stone before stabilizing the unconscious Harry, considering it had been forced to use Harry's magic to destroy Voldemort's vessel. When Dumbledore entered the Antechamber, Death modified Dumbledore's memories to make him think that he had destroyed the Philosopher's Stone. Death was quite annoyed with the Flamels. They had lived quite a long time past their allotted time on the planet. Now was their time to move on. Death was well aware that Dumbledore had only borrowed the stone from the Flamels, but it didn't really care. Not after what Harry had suffered through because of the man's manipulations.
During the second year, Death had made Fawkes aid Harry against the Basilisk and had gained half of Tom Riddle's soul as a reward.
Second Year, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: 1992-1993
Death was at Hogwarts a lot during this second year. The whole castle was at risk to a threat that would either kill you or petrify you. Death needed to be close by on the off chance that Harry could get hurt. Whether Death would admit it or not, but Death had grown fond of Harry, almost as far as letting everything else go and adopting him for his own. It stopped itself though as that would be bad for everybody. Something that even it feared would happen if it took Harry away and hid him; Fate would interfere and ruin everybody's lives. And Death didn't want that because that would make too much work for it to do at once.
Death had just witnessed Harry Potter's female friend, Hermione Granger, get petrified by the Basilisk alongside Penelope Clearwater, the fifth Year Ravenclaw Prefect. Luckily, Hermione had figured out what the beast was and had alerted the only available Prefect at the time – Penelope. They had then both looked around the corners to prevent instant death upon staring the Basilisk directly in the eyes. The fact that Hermione found out about the Basilisk when the teachers hadn't or wouldn't do so impressed Death with the bravery that she displayed.
Death urged Fawkes to the Chamber of Secrets to aid the one that it had grown attached to. If something happened to Harry in the Chamber, Death would feel depressed about it, though it would eventually get over its' loss. Fawkes flamed into the Forbidden Forest, already knowing of the wards upon the chamber that prevented magical transportation, and flew down through one of the giant pipes towards Harry's location. He arrived within minutes, clutching the Sorting Hat in his talons. Fawkes dropped the sorting hat by Harry's feet and flew off, to hide somewhere in the room where he could get a good view. Harry picked up the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor slid out of hit. To say that Harry was amazed would be an understatement. Death watched on with slight interest of the Basilisk. It was the Diary on the floor that had Death's attention. There was a long black tendril connecting the girl on the floor with the Diary, and the Diary to Tom Marvolo Riddle's memory. Death now knew how it had been cheated. The Dark Lord was afraid of it and had created Horcruxes. This Diary contained half of the Dark Lord's soul. Death made Fawkes claw out the eyes of the Basilisk and retreat for now. Because it could still hear him well, Harry retreated away from Riddle so he couldn't aid it visually. This turned out to be a good move as he ducked into one of the closed off pipes and silently picked up a rock. As the Basilisk came closer, it was able to smell Harry. He threw the rock into the Snake's path, the snake forgetting the scent of hi and chasing after the noise. Harry silently made his way back to the large chamber.
The Basilisk managed to find its' way back into the chamber and Harry was forced to kill it. As the large sixty foot Basilisk reared back, ready to spring, with its mouth open, Harry danced backwards and stabbed through the roof of its' mouth with the Sword of Gryffindor. Doing this, Harry impaled himself on one of the Basilisks fangs and the fang came out of the Basilisk's mouth as he moved his arm away. Harry could immediately feel the burning venom destroying his arteries, Heart and veins. Death showed Harry the Diary in his mind, making it seem like he was thinking it and that it was responsible for Ginny being down here, Harry rushed at it and pierced it multiple times with the fang that was previously stuck in his arm.
With the Diary destroyed, the memory of Tom Marvolo Riddle's younger years was given to Death, along with half of the Wizards soul that was stored within the Diary. It was half of Voldemort's soul because each Horcrux required half of the creator's soul. Therefore, the 7 horcruxes would have less of the soul as they were created.
The Diary would have Half,
The Ring would have a quarter,
The Diadem would have an eighth,
The Locket would have a sixteenth,
The Cup would have a thirty-secondth,
The Snake would have a Sixty-fourth,
Harry would have a one-hundred-and-twenty-eighth
and Voldemort himself would be a fraction of a two-hundred-and-fifty-sixth.
The link that Death had with Harry had immediately destroyed the Horcrux within him as soon as it was established.
As Harry lay dying, Death could only watch as Fawkes tried to save him. Fawkes cried on the wound. It was then that Death remembered that the only known counter for Basilisk venom was Phoenix tears. How could it be so stupid? After Fawkes healed Harry, Harry was given a Phoenix Talon from Fawkes as a token of thanks for saving his friend from the corruption of Tom Riddle.
The third year that Death had helped Harry didn't go as well as it thought it would. Pettigrew escaped because of Lupin's transformation.
Third Year, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: 1993-1994
Death was observing the events of the Harry's third year as they progressed. This year, Sirius Black had broken out of Azkaban with its' help. It had boosted Sirius' power for long enough that he escaped. Soon afterwards, Sirius began hunting down Peter Pettigrew. He had seen an article with Peter on the front page, with the Weasley's. Perhaps he might even meet Harry, seeing that The Weasley child and Harry should both be Gryffindors.
Death watched, amused as Sirius growled at the Fat Lady to open the portrait.
"N-not w-without the password." She bravely replied, despite being terrified.
Not having time for games, Sirius slashed at the portrait. The Fat Lady was immediately transported to another frame and the door swung open for Sirius. Sirius ran up the dormitory steps for the boys -having found out the girl's steps form a ramp for males- and searched each dormitory. With no sign of the rat in sight, Sirius transformed into his grim animagus form and bounded down from the dormitories before charging out of the Common Room, barrelling into various people before locating the path to the exit and exiting the castle.
Death watched as Sirius dragged Ron, who was still holding 'Scabbers' in his hand. Harry and Hermione weren't far behind and Lupin was in the Shrieking Shack, as that night, it was a full moon that could be seen in the sky. Death was worried when the kids reached the Whomping Willow and it decided it would attack. It hit Hermione, swinging her through the air and narrowly missed Harry as he raced towards the tunnel underneath the tree. Death watched as Hermione was thrown through the tunnel at the base of the tree, knocking Harry down as a pillow for her to land on.
Death followed them as they raced through the tunnel, to find Professor Lupin standing by Sirius Black and pointing his Ron towards Ron's rat.
Death let an amused smile show as Harry warily listened to their story. When Harry told them to prove that it was Pettigrew, They asked Ron for the rat, who immediately tried to escape by biting Ron. After a few attempts, one of the spells that Black and Lupin were casting at the mobile Rat connected and a man with scruffy brown hair appeared in the rat's place. To say that the children were stunned was an understatement. Ron even looked disgusted that he had slept with the dirty old man.
Death was worried when all six of them left the shrieking shack. Lupin hadn't taken his potion and he was about to transform. As Lupin transformed, Pettigrew grabbed his dropped wand and transformed back into his rat form. Harry ran to chase after him but Hermione grabbed his arm and nodded towards Lupin who was being chased off by Black. They heard a second howl of a Werewolf and saw Lupine run off towards the howl whilst black was nowhere to be seen. Harry felt the chill of the Dementors and knew Black was in trouble. He rushed towards the source of the feeling, The Black Lake, and found black passed out at the edge of the lake. He cast a Patronus charm that repelled five of the dementors, being about his current skill level, and saw Black's soul being pulled out of his body as he was unable to continue holding up the charm as he was magically exhausted.
When Harry woke up in the infirmary, he immediately looked around for Sirius. Upon learning that he was going to be kissed, by a dementor, Harry was distraught. He was going to lose his Godfather, someone who was his family. He learned, from Sirius, that his Grandmother, was born Dorea Black.
When Harry saved his Godfather and Buckbeak, Harry had realised that it was him who had cast a Patronus that drove away the majority of the population of Azkaban. That it was him and Hermione that had saved Buckbeak, and that it was Hermione that saved Sirius from his cage and them in the past from Lupin. Saving Buckbeak had turned out to be a great idea as Buckbeak took Sirius away from Hogwarts through the air, with no one suspecting a thing and wondering how Sirius had escaped yet again.
Year four, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: 1994-1995
During Harry's fourth year, Death had travelled the world again, because it knew that Harry would be selected, via compulsion charm, to compete in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. It only returned, however for the night of the Third Task. It followed Harry through the maze, watching how as the biggest obstacle that he faced was the moving hedges. Moving hedges which, conveniently moved and, formed a path straight to the cup.
Cedric Diggory's path led him to Harry and they both raced to the cup. They reached it at the same time and both decided that it would be a "shared Hogwarts victory". Death grabbed on along with the two boys as they were transported to the graveyard in Little Hangleton.
When Voldemort commanded Wormtail to "Kill the spare", Death gave the boy the chance to help Harry against Voldemort, alongside his parents or to move on. Cedric chose to help Harry. When Harry's wand formed the Priori Incantatem with Voldemort's wand, Harry was visited by his parents and Cedric, who told him not to worry and to return his body respectively. Voldemort was terrified by these ghostly people. Harry raced to the cup which lay by Cedric's body and grabbed Cedric before grabbing the cup. Death gained another soul that night.
Death was fairly distant to Harry during his fifth year at Hogwarts, though he still knew the events that progressed at Hogwarts. This distance was caused by a surge in the Deaths across the world, leaving Death a lot busier than usual.
Year five, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: 1995-1996
Death was in Hogwarts when he felt Harry was using something that caused writing on his hand. It was a Blood Quill. They had heavy restrictions upon them and were only authenticated for use within the Ministry and Gringotts. Even within the Ministry of Magic, they were only allowed to be used in the Department of Magical Adoptions. There were only two people who could have accessed them inside the school; Albus Dumbledore and Delores Umbridge.
Dumbledore wouldn't have used a Blood Quill on his "pet martyr" and he also wouldn't be caught alive with one as he believed them to be "dark". Umbridge, on the other hand was likely to have one, possibly multiple, as she believed that she could do anything she liked. This was evident when she tortured the students during their detentions, forcing them to use the Blood Quills. While they not dark magic, the Blood Quills were still painful and were generally used for Magical Contracts. Therefore, by forcing Harry to write "I must not tell lies" until the message "sinks in" forced Harry into a contract that prevented him from lying lest he die or lose his magic.
Death had also observed as Sirius had been hit by a Killing Curse from Bellatrix LeStrange and fell through the veil. Death frowned. Sirius had still been alive when he fell through the veil. It was as if- Death stopped at that though. It reconsidered the thought. It was possible, after all, that the Black family magic prevented Sirius from being struck down by a member of his own family, considering he was the Lord Black at the time of his incarceration. Without a trial, the magic of the house wouldn't have deemed him unworthy and he would have still kept his headship.
So, yes, it was possible that his family magic had turned the killing curse into a banishing curse upon impact. Unfortunately, Sirius was stood by the Veil of Death in the Department of Mysteries and was banished through the veil. This anomaly didn't go un-noticed by Death who would look into it in later years.
Death recalled watching Harry get possessed by Voldemort in the Ministry's Atrium. He saw that Harry was unable to fight Voldemort off on his own and so it gave Harry a helping hand. It ejected Voldemort from Harry's body and gave him a little "going away present". Voldemort may need a while to recover from it.
The Final Battle, Hogwarts: 1998
Death had left Harry alone for his sixth and his seventh year. It wasn't supposed to get so close to one who could master it and abuse the privileges. It didn't think Harry would abuse being its' master but it couldn't take any chances. When Harry gained the allegiance of the Elder wand by disarming Draco Malfoy in sixth year and the Resurrection stone in the Gaunt family ring during seventh, Harry was officially its' master. It wanted to help but it couldn't unless its' master called it. It wasn't even allowed to tell Harry how to do it. He had to figure out how by himself. This was a safety measure put in place to prevent people abusing the power over Death too.
Death was ecstatic. It had finally recovered all of Tom Riddle's soul.
Tom Riddle's Diary – a Horcrux-, which was created via the death of Moaning Myrtle on 13 June 1943, was destroyed by a Basilisk fang during Harry's second year. It was accomplished by Harry on 29 May 1993.
The Gaunt family Horcrux ring was made by the murder of Voldemort's father; Marvolo Riddle Senior during 1943. It was destroyed by Albus Dumbledore on during the July of 1996. Unfortunately for Dumbledore, it was heavily cursed and he put it on, blackening his hand – spreading until he would die.
Salazar Slytherin's Locket was destroyed when Ron Weasley stabbed it with the Sword of Gryffindor on 28 December 1997. It was created sometime between 1940 and 1970 with the murder of a non-magical tramp.
Helga Hufflepuff's Cup was turned into a Horcrux following the murder of one of the last Hufflepuff heirs, Hepzibah Smith sometime around the year 1946. It was destroyed by Hermione Granger when she stabbed it with a Basilisk fang during the final battle of Hogwarts (2 May 1998)
Vincent Crabbe destroyed the Horcrux within the Lost Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw when he cast a Fiendfyre spell in the Room of Requirement. Being unable to control it, it spread across the castle and destroyed the Diadem in the process. The creation of the Horcrux was done by murdering an Albanian Peasant, sometime between 1945 and 1956.
The Horcrux within Harry was destroyed minutes after it was created. Death still brought Harry back after he died to Voldemort's wand, though as his master could be completely healed once, being the Master of Death. Harry was still the Master of Death but he could no longer be healed while he was in the same body.
And finally, Naigini was turned into a Horcrux by the murder of Bertha Jorkins in 1994, before the Tri-Wizard Tournament and Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts. Naigini got herself cut in half by the Sword of Gryffindor when Neville caught her by surprise.
Harry himself killed Voldemort, after taking him by surprise when he "woke" up from being dead. All but three parts of Voldemort's soul were killed at one point at Hogwarts' grounds. The two that were destroyed elsewhere were Harry, Salazar Slytherin's Locket and The Gaunt family ring. Harry was destroyed at Godric's Hollow. Dumbledore destroyed the ring immediately after putting it on and getting cursed. The Locket was destroyed in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.
3 Years later, Hogwarts
Death watched impassively as Harry started the ritual. It watched silently and unnoticed by all as Harry started the ritual designed to transport hi to another dimension. Death greatly wished that its' master didn't have to go. Despite what anybody said, it still cared about its' master. It didn't know what would happen to Harry as other beings watched over other dimensions. Death knew it wouldn't be able to follow Harry and so it would teach Harry if it could.
Death rolled its' eyes as Ron confronted Harry. It was such a move that only a moron would do. If Harry lost control of the charged up magic of the ritual, it could blow up everything and everyone in the surrounding area. It would be a blast more powerful than a nuclear explosion. It would most definitely kill most of the people in Scotland. When the Killing curse hit Harry, Death felt the tug of magic leave the body with its soul. The charged magic was too closely linked to the soul to be released at this point, luckily for Ron and the population of Scotland. Death transported Harry's soul and himself onto another habitable world in the universe.
Death held out its' hand for Harry to grab. Instead of grabbing its hand, however, Harry placed three items into the outstretched hand. In Death's small hand lay a ring containing the Resurrection stone and the Elder Wand. Draped across Death's large bony fingers was the Invisibility Cloak. It had gifted these to the Peverell brothers years ago to aid in the defeat of Herpo the Foul. Death had no clue as to where the tale of the brothers besting him came from. They were gifted to the three brothers for them to be used against evil beings that threatened the very existence of the world. One example being Herpo the Foul, another being the Dark Lord Voldemort; or as he is less commonly known – Tom Marvolo Riddle, the son of a poor near-Squib that was talented in potions and a wealthy man from Little Hangleton.
Death grabbed the cloak from his fingers using Its' other hand. He grasped the other items in the original hand. It, whilst maintaining his grip on the remaining "Deathly Hallows" draped the cloak around Harry's fingers. It then grabbed Harry's hand from where it lay by his side and, grabbing the ring from within his other hand, slipped the ring containing the Resurrection Stone on Harry's index finger on his left hand. Death then placed the Elder Wand into Harry's right hand.
Harry looked at Death inquisitively. Here he was, giving Death back the items that the Peverell brothers had tricked out of it and they were being returned.
"Why?" he asked.
"Your willingness to return them was all the proof that I needed. I was simply holding my hand out to pull you up, since you seem to have fallen over during our little journey." Was the reply he obtained from Death.
"This was all… A test?" Harry asked uncertainly.
"It was a reward for bringing the destruction of one Thomas Marvolo Riddle. His Horcruxes upset the balance and I have been helping you along your way to destroy the Horcruxes or thwart Voldemort.
"I was there when you were turned into a Horcrux. It was me that really gave you that scar. That scar is was a link to me. I have used this link to heal your body in the past. Each time you received a beating and your body ended up being broken. Each time your aunt shaved your hair bald. I focused your magic around your skin to protect you against Quirrell when he was possessed by Voldemort in your first year. I sent Fawkes to you in your second year. I helped Sirius escape in your third year. I brought your parent and Cedric to form the Priori Incantatem during your fourth year. I ejected Voldemort from your body during your fifth year. I also gave him a 'going away gift'. Three years ago, was the last time I aided you, I completely restored your soul into your body when after you had your little rendezvous with Albus Dumbledore in his train station.
"I let you wander the world, unchecked. Not once did you summon a soul into a body. Not once did you use the Elder Wand for your own gain. Nor did you use the Invisibility Cloak for your own gain." Here, Harry went to interrupt Death but Death held up a hand to silence him before continuing.
"Granted, you may not know how to summon a soul into a body. Perhaps you hadn't thought of using them for your own gain. It is also possible that you wouldn't have used them for your own gain. You handing them to me informs me that you have the required strength of heart to wield them properly. You shall keep them and reside as my master. That being said, I shall teach you how to summon a soul into a body. You will need to be able to do it so that you emit an Aura where you are going. I may have been able to find you a new body, had you not performed the ritual. However, because of the magic, you will have a new body. It shall just have to be in a different universe.
"You already know some about the universe's inhabitants. The Grimm that you learned about from War-chief Hiawatha reside there. They have infected some other local animals and new Grimm are being discovered all the time. Their quest for a soul leads them to devouring every soul on the planet. I suppose you can compare them to a dementor. A dementor that brutalises everything it touches rather than consuming a soul, granted. Yet you can compare them to a dementor all the same.
"Like the magical world, the people in Remnant generally discriminate against Faunus. Faunus are people with animal characteristic, such as cat ears or a monkey tail. This is because of a war between the Faunus and the Humans, similar to the Salem Witch Trials that forced magical beings into hiding.
"The people who live on this world have no magic. Instead, they have Aura. Aura grants a person multiple things. Generally, auras grant a boost in speed and strength. However, more unique Auras have been noted throughout the history.
"Each Aura has a semblance. A speciality if you will. Some resemble magic, some increase strength and others grant speed. You can find elemental Semblances. Most commonly seen is Fire, the most destructive element. While you possess the ability to emulate all of these, I suggest for a semblance, use the shamanistic magic that you learned from African Shaman.
"While you are here, you will train your shamanistic magic and will train against the Grimm that I summon. You will practise your weapons against an unpredictable opponent who will stop at nothing to rip your soul out of your body. You will also practise fighting these beasts with your Animagus form. It is called a Nevermore. When you get Aquatinted with its' proper name, you will be closer with your inner beast than ever before.
"The Grimm have different names given for discovered ones. The more well-known ones, I shall name for you. I shall also give you ll the information that I have on them.
"The Beowolf is a Werewolf like Grimm. It was sent to the world of Remnant –this is where you're going- by War-Chief Hiawatha's tribe when they opened the portal that sucked each and every last soulless being from our world into another. In this case, it sent them to Remnant. At this time, Herpo had yet to make a Horcrux and was not sent to this other world. The Beowolves can be identified by their black fur and bonelike spikes upon a humanoid figure that looks like a large werewolf. They attack using their claws and Fangs. They also lunge as a desperate attempt to try and unnerve you, catching you off your guard. Their head appears to be made out of bone. A Beowolf is typically 6 feet high but can grow to over double that. The older Beowolves act in pacts, with wolf-like instincts. The younger ones lack this.
"A Boarbatusk resembles a pig. It can be identified by its' black fur and skeletal protrusions from its' body. They appear to have four eyes and a heavily armoured body. The weakest point is the vulnerable underbelly which is unarmoured. They attack with the tusks on their heads and they will also charge at you.
"A Death Stalker is a Giant Scorpion like Grimm that can be identified via its black Exoskeleton with white bone plates on top. It also has a yellow glowing stinger. They attack with their claws and stinger. They have ten red eyes on the front of their head and they have red markings which can glow in the dark when they wish to reveal themselves.
"A Goliath resembles an African Elephant. They can be identified by their black skin and the bone-like spines along the body, along with the large tusks on their heads. They tend to travel in packs and are extremely hard to hurt, let alone kill. Luckily, they are not very aggressive. It is unknown as to how they attack although it is theorised that they attack by trampling their opponents or with large swings of their head to smash an opponent with its' tusks.
"A King Taijitsu is a large snake that is around double the size of the Basilisk that you fought in the Chamber of Secrets. When they travelled through the portal, they merged because they were so similar to each other. One half of the Grimm is white whilst the other is black.
"The white half has a deep gray surrounding the red markings on top of its' head. Towards the middle of the Grimm, the pattern in the scales seems to change to resemble a checkerboard with gray and white markings, as opposed to the pure white near the head. The black half is a pure black with a few specks of white. The head has a bone crest with red markings upon it. One half lunges and bites the victim and the other constricts around them. This is unpredictable as the Grimm seems to change this each time one is encountered.
"You already know the appearance of a Nevermore. It attacks by charging in at its' opponent before head-butting it or by hurtling spear like feathers from a distance.
"Lastly, there is an Ursa. An Ursa resembles a bear. It is identified by its' black skin and bone like spines along the body. The larger Ursas are named Ursa Majors. They are larger and stockier than a Beowolf. The Ursa Majors have many pieces of bone armour protecting them.
"Now, we will have to begin training shortly as I will be unable to aid you any longer in this new world as I cannot even reach there.
"Now, any questions?" Death concluded.
"How do you know all this? You said that you can't reach there. How can you know all this if you have never been there?" was Harry's only question.
"Fate governs all things, Harry" Death told him, as if it would answer both his questions. Death then magically placed the Flamel's stone into Harry's trunk with a note explaining it in the event that Harry found it later rather than the preferable sooner.
A Year Later, the same planet
Harry had met and fought many of each kind of Grimm that Death had summoned for him. He had reactions similar to those from a dementor at first. He grew cold when the planet was relatively warm. After a month or so, Harry grew used to the exposure of Grimm and no longer held back while fighting them. He was proficient with his weapons, his nature magic and his elemental control. He could fight well as a Nevermore and had become proficient at throwing his feathers and re-growing them. He had also summoned the soul of Frank Longbottom into his body. This was a way of countering the Grimm Aura that his Nevermore form produced. If he gave of an Aura, then Huntsmen wouldn't constantly hunt him, thinking him some kind of experiment between a Grimm and a Human.
Harry said goodbye to Death before Death activated the magical energy that was still stored up within Harry. Whether Harry knew it or not, Having that kind of power stored inside him for so long had increased the maximum amount of energy that his body could store. This would mean he could cast stronger spells for longer. When Death released the bindings that he placed upon this section of Harry's soul, to prevent the magic from activating, Harry glowed a blinding white before fading from view. Harry was headed to Remnant alongside all of the contents of his trunks and his weapons
'Goodbye… Master, friend.' Death thought to itself.
Okay, guys. There is a Poll up on my profile. Do you think I should have Harry on a completely new team filled with OCs or should I have him join an existing team as an extra member? The name of the team will not change. Vote for your choice in the poll so you know your opinion is heard. Or seen, rather. It will be up until I get close to the actual pairing location in the story.
28/02/15 Edited chapter. Changed a lot of mistakes and added a little bit into the chapter at various parts.
