L found himself in the control room of his mind palace. The computer screens were all lit and awaiting password input. He had naturally set passwords and protections even in his mind. It was inaccessible, but he found it was a good habit to maintain. He set up in front of the monitors and imagined some snacks to occupy his hands. It was unfortunate that he would not benefit from them as he did with real sugar. The login process had just finished when a flicker of movement on the side of the room caught the detective's eye. A door and window had appeared. The window was flashing through many scenes at a dizzying speed so L drew the curtains. The sounds of the scenes was muted, but a narrating voice accompanying them was only muffled.
That voice belonged to Harry, he thought. He startled at a wave of panic that shook the panes of glass and hoped that the youth's mind was not always so chaotic as he returned to his computers. His usual monitors only linked to the files he had stored away hidden from sight, but now he added another wall of equipment with the purpose of hacking into the mind he glimpsed through the window. Harry's voice droned on about some Malfoy family now. Had L really wanted to hear people's thoughts before this? His connection idea needed to work. The way things looked said that he would finally be able to access the mind of someone that had interested him. He would be able to do his first complete profiling of a person. His deductions were right most of the time, but to actually be able to see someone else's logic and reasoning in action would be very insightful. If only that voice could be blocked out.
The new wall's screens came online though the central remained blank. It was the optic input so being blank only meant that Harry had his eyes closed. Seven surrounding monitors showed different scenes, one L recognized as it had flashed by the window. The curtain was very distinct after all, floating almost freely under a large stone archway. He watched as a mad looking woman sent a light at a laughing man in slow motion. He thought of his labeling system and the video-like memory stilled. Tags popped up next to people and objects that Harry recognized as relevant to the scene. 'Bellatrix Lestrange' he read next to the deranged woman and the man, frozen in the act of falling into the curtain ('The Veil'), was 'Sirius Black - Godfather.' What really interested him though was the tags on the woman's stick and lights. The stick was a 'Wand - Allegiance transferred to Hermione' and the light appeared to be unverified as it was 'Spell - Stunning? Disarming? Dark Magic?'
That helped to explain quite a bit about Harry. Magic. L felt that he should be more surprised and disbelieving at this information. He would never have guessed that humans could wield a power like that. It did support the feeling he had that he was transported into a different universe. It was a small possibility that he had somehow subconsciously gained some knowledge from the trip through the portal that ripped him away from his body. It was also possible that him somehow ending up with a sort of outpost in a wizard's mind caused him to be more accepting of what Harry's mind already acknowledged or his experience with the Shinigami had left him ready for anything.
Harry was now loudly making plans to kill a snake. One of the monitors was divided showing a large, green serpent 'Nagini - Last remaining Horcrux' draped over the shoulders of a man with a snake-like face, 'Voldemort - Tom Marvolo Riddle, Dark Lord' along with a list of six already destroyed Horcruxes.
When Harry's plan turned into what L would phrase as "Snake is only protected by a dark lord, I'll just charge in like an idiot. Everything will be fine," he decided to derail the thought. He noticed his microphone appear on the desk and spared a brief wish that things were as easy out of his mind. Well, maybe they could be with magic, but it didn't seem to be doing these people as many favors as he would imagine.
L pressed the button, "You think really loudly." He heard his voice sound outside the window and the flood of chaos that followed shook more than just the window panes. All of the monitors vibrated whether they were attached to the wall or standing on the desks and some of the treats he had neglected in his rummage through the wizard's memories crashed to the floor. He could make out none of the babble that was now filtering into his space, it had blended together to resemble the wail of an emergency siren. His attention was drawn to a monitor showing a featureless white being, 'Death?' and he watched the whole interaction.
~"Yes, I think everything shall work out well, Harry Potter. I have need of your assistance. Please hold on to this for me, for now. Get well acquainted and I will be back in touch. Please be ready before November 2004."~
He wondered if the being was actually Death as Harry thought or if he was some other form of Shinigami. It did have more power than Rem had seemed to be able to command. L remembered that she had killed him and Whammy. She had given vague denials and stated ignorance to his questions that would further implicate Light and Misa as either Kira. In killing him as he was in the process of proving the thirteen day rule false, she had shown to be on Kira's side. It was difficult to keep his death in mind being that his mind was currently residing in, or was it possessing he would have to look into body control, a wizard. He did not dwell on it, instead focusing on the way it was inferring that he would be returning. Possibly back into his own body even.
A smile stretched across his face slightly distorting his features with the unfamiliar motion.
Thank you all for reading! If you haven't seen it yet, I've posted a prequel (Death's Favored: Cloaked) explaining a bit about Death and the Hallows in this universe. It's not necessary reading for this story though.
It will be explained a bit more (maybe next chapter), but for those wondering, Harry and L are from different realities. Harry's has magic, L's has Shinigami and the time difference will be explained. So L as a detective does not exist in Harry's world and any alternate versions of themselves or people they know will not be playing any major part in the story. (With the current outline at least)
Please leave a review, let me know I'm doing okay. You'll really make my day and without a beta I might have missed something. Pretty please?
