Chapter 2:Inheritance and Time Travel
Key:
'Hey' = thoughts
Harry slowly opened his eyes, but then closed them too quickly to see where he is. He guessed that he was in the hospital wing.
'How is it ' he thought ' that I always end up in the hospital wing'
"You're not in the hospital wing" Harry reopened his eyes to look at the unfamiliar person.
"Then where am I and who are you?"
"Who I am is simple, but where we are is not, I am Death and we are Nowhere," The now identified figure said in a sheepish tone.
"If you are Death are you here to tell me that I'm dead? How is this Nowhere?"
"Nowhere is a place between life and death, it is the only place I can meet you ... I am not here to tell you that you are dead ... I'm here to tell you the opposite actually"
"The opposite?!" Harry exclaimed wide eyed.
"Yes, I will explain why ... Your mother and father were both adopted. They were both banished from their homes because of their mixed blood. Your father was a Vampiric Elf ... and your mother was an Angelic Demon. These blood types together has led to an unfortunate circumstance... Mr Potter, I'm sorry to say that you will never meet your Death, for he has never existed"
"So basically... You're saying that I will live forever"
"Unfortunately... Yes"
"So I will never be able to see my parents or Sirius again ... I won't be able to follow my friends when they ... pass"
"I'm sorry, but you won't be able to ... but you will be able to retrieve your godfather from the veil as it is a type of prison that everyone can enter but can only be left by an angel"
"I can see Sirius again" Harry whispered to himself not knowing Death heard. Death would have had a small sad smile on his face ... Would of because he can't smile ... No muscles and all.
"Mr Potter..."
"Call me Harry"
"Alright ... Harry ... Your powers are very unstable, no one from your time will know how to help you, so in the interest of the existence of the Earth, you will be sent back to the time of the founders so they can help you control them. You will have to attend Hogwarts of that time as well. Your owl, trunk and wand will be there when you arrive."
"What if I need to talk to you... Do I have to come here?"
"Yes you will have to come to Nowhere ... it is the only place we can talk and meet. To get here push your conscious into the pulsing grey light in your mind ... Any more questions?"
"Urrm.. yeah three actually, will I age?"
"No your physical structure may change but you won't get any older ... you may age mentally but not physically"
"Alright ... What do I look like at the moment? I don't want to go to Hogwarts looking like something the cat dragged in"
Death conjured a mirror to show him. Harry almost fell over when he caught sight of his appearance. He had beautiful large white wings that shone in non-existent light. His ears were pointed to show his Elf blood. Also, he had gotten taller, he was no longer 5'6" but a comfortable 6'2".
"You will also heal very quickly and I have withdrawn some money from your Gringotts accounts... How much did I take out ... Oh yes, about 500 gallons. It's all in this bag along with a note that you will need to give to the founders. So what's your last question?"
"Huh... Oh ... How did you know that I thought that I was in the hospital wing?"
"There's a new type of thinking now! Really I thought thinking was in your head not out loud" Harry glared at Death for the comment.
'It's not my fault' Harry thought angrily ' Stupid pile of bones'
"Well, you better be off now " Death cheerfully said ignoring Harry's anger.
With that, Harry felt as though he was being stretched. The feeling left as quick as it came. He felt soft grass beneath his hands so he assumed he was in a field or on one of Hogwarts hills. He then heard arguing voices from nearby.
"The school is never going to finish at this rate. It's the first day of August and we're nowhere near finished. We told the people that the school will be open on the first day of September"
"I think we should ask the ministry for more"
"Do you think they wou ... oh Good Lord ... what is that?"
Harry looked around to see if they might of mean talking to someone else. He saw nothing but normal trees. He then looked back to the four people.
"Me?" At their nod, he continued, "I'm quarter angel, quarter demon, quarter elf and vampire"
"What an unusual combination," a tall thin woman muttered, Harry thought that it was Rowena Ravenclaw.
"Death gave me a note to give to you four"
The Hogwarts four gathered to read the note. After they had read it they introduced themselves to Harry.
"Before we go back to Hogwarts you'll need to learn how to look human, now there is a chance that you will be able to do it the easy way ... just try and imagine yourself without the added accessories"
Harry nodded and concentrated on getting rid of his wings and claws and flatten his ears. Harry felt weird, it felt like loads of little feathers dancing across his skin. When he was sure that they were gone he reopened his eyes.
"Can't you get rid of the tail?"
"Tail?" He didn't know that he had a tail ... he didn't even feel it.
"Yes ... this one" Salazar said picking up a long white tail which had black strips running up it.
Harry concentrated again on getting rid of the newly found tail. When he had gotten rid of it. When he succeeded they walked to the top of the hill and looked down at the school below. It didn't look like the castle he knew, it was quite small, only two floors were built.
"Is this all?" he asked
Godric was the one who replied "The ministry would only give us a galleon to build the castle, this was all we could manage"
"We couldn't even have any dungeons," said a pouting snake.
Harry knelt down and started digging in his trunk that he picked up from the bottom of the hill.
"What are you doing?"
"Just a moment please, let me just find .. ahh here it is" he pulled out a photograph of the Hogwarts from his time, " How much would a castle like this cost to build?"
"Ohh!" Rowena said, in awe at the beauty of the building "at least twenty Galleons"
"Twenty!?" 'That's noth..'
"Building prices are very high at the moment" ' Oh yeah in the past prices were different'
"How about we make a deal, seeing as I need your help ... I could help you by giving you a hundred Galleons so that you can properly build the castle and pay for the staff"
"And pray to tell how a boy like you would have one hundred Galleons?"
"In my time a hundred Galleons is quite easy to get" Before Harry handed them the bag he took a handful out for himself and put it in a normal money bag, then gave the bag from death to Helga. Once they had put the bag away they continued on towards the school.
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- Winter (NightcoreSlege, LionessAblaze)
