Death's Game

by wolfsrun

AU. After the final battle, Harry Potter is murdered by an unknown assassin during the victory celebration. Death is displeased. Given a second chance to do things right, Harry is sent back to his beginning with a gift from Death. Video Game Harry! Grey Harry! Pairings undecided. Rated M for language/violence/perhaps adult situations.

3. Let the Games Begin

I do not own Harry Potter, The Gamer, or Fallout which are the inspirations for this fanfic.

Chapter 3: Let the Games Begin

Harry rubbed his bleary eyes as he woke to a soft blue luminescence in his otherwise dark cupboard. His life up to this point was identical to his first life. As Death had stated, he had no memories of his previous life, or their meeting after Harry's demise. And so, things progressed as normal.

Harry was born into a loving family, only to have said family murdered by the pureblood supremacist Voldemort. Immediately after his loving parents' death, he reflected a killing curse, thus destroying Voldemort's mortal body. He was then dumped on the front doorstep of his relatives, the Dursleys, by Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. From there he has half starved, emotionally neglected, physically overworked, and verbally abused by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, and physically abused by his cousin Dudley. Such was his life for five years.

Of course, being too young to remember most of this, all that Harry knew was that his name was Freak and the better he got at doing what he was told while staying out of the way, the less pain he suffered.

Then, on July 31, 1985, something different happened. Something that had not happened in Harry's previous life (not that he knew that). It all began with him waking to a soft, electric blue light.

After rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, Harry looked at the source of the soft blue glow.

Quest Notice:
Lasting Impressions
You have just turned 5! Your compulsory primary education begins September 1st. Be sure to make a good impression!
Quest Details:
Learn your name.
Get a set of clothes without holes that fits your body size.
Time Limit:
Quest ends September 2nd, 1985.
Completion Reward:
+25 exp.
+1 Charisma.
+30 influence with faculty and students at St. Grogory's Primary School.
+1 candy bar.
Completion Failure:
-1 Charisma.
-30 influence with faculty and students at St. Grogory's Primary School.

Harry stared. And stared. And then he stared some more.

Then he sighed.

"I don't know what this is, but it would probably help if I could read. Now, how do I get rid of this?"

Noticing what appeared to be a button on the strange glowing box with indecipherable text, Harry pushed it and was slightly startled, yet happy, when it promptly disappeared.

"Freak! Get out here and make breakfast!"

"Coming Uncle Vernon!"

A/N: And here we go. The game has begun, but what will happen? Will this mysterious power help or hurt Harry as he grows? Who knows what the future may bring. Tune in next time on...meh, just R/R plz.