Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Twilight.

Author's Note: Guys, I have just realized that judgement is actually spelled judgment. Gees, I'm glad I decided to do a final edit once this is complete, because the amount of times I've used that word. Ugh, thanks a lot spellcheck. Also, I lost the data for this chapter and had to rewrite it, that was infuriating. To think I had been so excited for this and now I'm just miserable. In the end I suppose it turned out for the better, the flow of this chapter is much better than before.

Tempest S: Why don't you keep reading and find out. Most of the time I'll write chapters in bulk. I have all the way up to chapter ten done. I promise that everything will become clear eventually if you can be patient. I'm trying to be mysterious here guys.

Lois: First, this story does not have pairings at this point in time, I'm sorry. Also, I want to address this whole Balance is Chaos's counterpart thing. Balance only ferries and forges souls. Doing so keeps the Ancient Void and the realm in balance. Another reason I named Harry Balance instead of Death is because I don't see him as the end all for the realm. That was how he saw himself until he realized there were others. Meanwhile at this point in time, all we know about Chaos is that she causes chaos for the realm. We don't have any details yet. Strength however, I would have named peace but I stuck with Strength as homage to Emmett being the strongest in the Olympic Coven. What we know about Strength is that he gives souls willpower as well as miracles. Basically he brings peace to the realm, the opposite of Chaos.

Please let me know if that is not clear enough and I will change Balance's name to something else. It won't be Death though. It will probably be a play on reincarnation. Anyway, as always I hope you enjoy.


Ascending Existence

It should't have surprised him so much. Why he had never thought of it before, he would never know. Not once did it cross his mind that the God of Judgment would enhance a soul like the other Gods. He could only guess that it was because he was judged by Death instead. Balance had never thought to look in the Ancient Void for his brethren. The man had always assumed that he was the only one to visit there. That thought only strengthened after meeting the Mother as she had never heard of it before. And from what the others told him; they had all reappeared in the realm after awakening, he himself had first appeared in the Ancient Void. Going on that logic, it would make sense that the soul enhanced by the God of Judgment would stay in the Void of Judgment once reawakened. How they had missed each other so often, he had no clue or maybe they had unknowingly ignored each others presence; both believing no one else to be there in the Void.

Which was why he was so astonished now. Balance had just returned from one of their regular meetings; after they all agreed Warmth would call the next and he had returned alone; since Fate once again decided to follow Chaos around afterwards, to find an unexpected guest. He must have made some sort of noise as the other whirled around in surprise. The two men gawked at each other, taking the other in with the low light the Ancient Void provided. The other man had dark brown hair, maybe black, it was hard to discern with the distance. Balance walked closer to better study their new comrade. Defiantly brown or perhaps more of a bronze color; their physical age seemed the closest as well. The other soul had dark green eyes, though that could have been because of the lighting. Balance was startled out of his inspections when the other whispered.

"You're like me, aren't you?" He questioned, eyes still wide and voice filled with awe. Balance nodded and spoke up before the other green eyed man could continued. As he did, he sent three pulses of energy along the link. "I am and there are others as well."

The old wizard went on to give the other man a brief review of his powers and purpose for the realm, along with an overlook on the other six. "We formed a type of link in order to stay in contact." He explained. "I've called them all here and they should arrive soon. Though it takes longer to travel to and from the Ancient Void than just around the realm." Balance concluded, he opened his mouth to question the other on who they were, when he was cut off.

"Is that what you call this place?" The new soul questioned. Balance nodded and tried to question him again, yet he was interrupted once more. "Wait, you make it sound as if you've been to the new realm before. What's it like? I haven't had the opportunity to go yet." The newcomer questioned him excitedly. Before Balance could respond, they were delayed by the arrival of his comrades.

"Just what the hell is so important that you forgot to mention it at the meeting?" Chaos hissed out. An intake of breath from Fate had her and the others peering around in inquiry. Upon noticing the two of them, their expressions changed to match Fate's. Balance had to hide a smile at the flabbergasted looks he received and motioned them closer.

He went on to point out who was who to their new friend, before turning to face him. "The question is, who are you?" He asked, gazing in query at the still unknown man. The aforementioned soul's expression shifted from amazed to sheepish.

"Ah sorry, I guess I got too excited by what you were telling me." He explained awkwardly. "I took up the name Judgment in honor of the God that gifted me." The man shrugged and tacked on under his breath, "Also, because I couldn't think of anything better." The taller man; Balance notices this with a grumble in his head; straightened up and resumed speaking.

"I can see the soul's life from when they were anchored, how they thought during important events, and what action they took." He pauses, thinking of a better way to explain it. "Young souls are returned to the," He trails off and looks towards Balance for conformation. "Ancient Void?" He questions. At seeing the other man's nod, he picks up where he left off. "Right, so young souls are returned to the Ancient Void immediately. While souls with good morals that reflect their mostly good behavior in life are return just as quick." The newcomer cuts off to glance at them, presumably to make sure his audience is still following. The man nods to himself when he's met with no confusion. "Souls with darker memories and that have made disturbing decisions in life have to, I suppose, repent their 'sins' in a way, before they can be returned." He elucidates. "Tainted souls are destroyed upon entry into the Void of Judgment, before they even awaken. Otherwise they would feed off the other's energies. Which results in inconsistencies within their memories." The man adopts a sour expression as he finishes his explanation.

As the rest of them take in this new information the Mother offers to escort Judgment to the realm so he can glimpse the differences it has from the original himself. With them in the realm, the others start up a discussion about the odds of Judgment truly being the last of them.

"It makes sense." Heart offers, Warmth and Chaos appear hesitant to agree. "What else would the realm need?" He continues. "With Balance in the Ancient Void, Judgment in the Void of Judgment, and us in the realm; it gives off the impression of a complete and working system." The compassionate man explained.

Strength seemed to mostly agree with him, nodding along as Heart spoke. "Though we are unaware of just how many Gods the other realm holds nor the full extent of their abilities." The broad man tacked on with a small measure of skepticism.

Fate glanced at Balance and their eyes held a silent conversation. "We need to account for the fact that some of the Gods split up their powers." She joined in. The wizard made a noise of agreement.

"Not to mention the possibility that not all the Gods decided to use souls to help maintain this realm. They could very well have a foot in both realms and forwent any aid." Balance added on. "There's also a chance that there are souls within the first realm have yet to have their powers awaken. It's possible they could still be tied to the physical realm." He further voiced. With that thought most of their expression turned wary or inquisitive.

The conversation grew more in depth, only ceasing upon the return of the Mother and Judgment. Heart took over and reshaped the link to include Judgment and the moment the loud crack sounded, Balance had a sudden strange foreboding feeling. For some reason it felt like something new was coming into motion and his instinct told him that whatever it was, he wasn't going to like it.


As always, they went there separate ways afterwards with the agreement that Warmth would call the next meeting; as planned before. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary besides Judgment sticking around to talk whenever he delivered the souls back to the Ancient Void. In fact, Balance began to doubt his initial reaction from the expanded link.

Why he ever gave up on the two words constantly shouted at him during the war, "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!"; he would forever regret; when Warmth called them to the meeting in the realm. He supposed it might have been both him and Judgment being in the realm at the same time or maybe it was because they were all meeting there and they really were the only enhanced souls in this realm at the time; that it happened.

Fate, Judgment, and him all left at the same time yet none of them reached their destination. Instead, upon entering the realm they all collapsed. Balance screamed at the onslaught of power surging through him, vaguely aware of his two companions reacting the same way.

He could feel his soul expanding; changing and forming into something new. His soul warped and altered to the point that it couldn't be called a soul any longer. It was seemingly nothing more than a core similar to what contained his magic before the Void of Judgment.

The link they all shared strengthened and this confirmed the distant thought of whether the others not here were sharing the experience. It felt like the transformation took days, months, years even; and as the pain slowly drew away the old wizard and Judgment cried out as their connections to the Voids severed and transfigured into something different. Anchoring them to something new but comparable. It was as if the Ancient Void had split in two.

His body aching and his entire existence altered, Balance stood up, disbelief and fear etched on his face. The connection to the Void of Judgment was gone, severed, and somehow the realm had ascended them into God status. Was there a way for them to fix this? Could they even connect the two Voids back together? His eyes glazed over as question after question went unanswered and new ones took their places. Since when was this realm sentient? When did it gain the power to force them into Gods? It made no sense, Gods' were born not created. Unless this was akin to rebirth in a way. That could be true, since he no longer held a soul but something greater, something more. The man sneered at the sound of that, he didn't want it. And worst of all, he thought with horror, did this mean he would never receive the peace Lord Death promised him?

It was with a bitter taste that the fleeting thought of his horrible luck following him into the realm, struck him. What was supposed to be more of a casual get together had just transformed into a meeting of the Gods. As Balance moved over to help Fate stand up, he could only hope that with their new power they could somehow reconnect the Voids. Otherwise he had more than enough rage to stand back and watch this realm burn.


ALTERNATIVE SCENE: Balance and Judgment recognize each other.

"Cedric." He breathed out. Till now, Balance had never met any of the other souls before this realm. "I can't believe this." The old wizard gazed on, drinking in the sight of dark brown hair and fathomless grey eyes. For a moment, the man thought he was having a waking dream. Was this some strange nightmare to remind him of one of the deaths he had caused? It had to be. Balance hadn't thought about the Hufflepuff or tournament since Ginny finally sat him down and knocked it into him that it wasn't his fault. But then his nightmare spoke and reality came crashing down.

"Harry? What, how?" The other trailed off with an identical look of shock. And then the badger was moving forward and sweeping the shorter into a tight hug. "I tried to watch out for you after I died, but my job was in a different realm and soon after my death I was too busy to. How did it end? Did we win the war?" He questioned pulling away.

Balance couldn't even look at him. He tried to contain his emotions but his guilt and grief overcame him. Soon his body was trembling and he was unable to mask his sobs. The Hufflepuff took that the wrong way, "We lost. Merlin, my parents, what happened to them? And Hogwarts and." The other man falter when the Griffindor let out a wet laugh. It had been a long time since he heard the use of Merlin's name in such a way.

Balance shook his head, "No we won, Voldemort died for good in the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998. But none of that matters!" He shouted out sounding hysterical. "Why are you acting like this? You should hate me! I got you killed! It was my fault, if I hadn't," Balance chocked off as he was dragged into another embrace.

The arms around him felt surreal. "What kind of nonsense is that? How could you ever believe it was your fault I died?!" Cedric demanded, his tone disbelieving and outraged. "You didn't force me to grab the cup, Harry. I did that of my own free will. It was unfortunate yes, but I could never hate you when you were just as caught off guard by that portkey as I."

The other man took a deep breath and whispered soothingly to his underclassman. When Balance had control of himself, he disentangled from the arms wrapped around him.

The Griffindor didn't know how long they stood there discussing what fate had brought to their old realm. Balance told him everything. He didn't bother glossing over things like he did with the other enhanced souls. And then it was Cedric's turn, or Judgment's as he soon found out. The badger explain what his life had become after meeting the God of Judgment. Once that was over with, Balance described his own existence in the new realm and told him of the other's he had met and how he really should call them soon.

When he finally got around to doing just that, Balance was slightly annoyed at his old friends excitement to meet the other's. He had only just gotten him back; the first of many of his loved ones to be reunited with and it would be a long time till he saw his other's. It had him feeling a minor bit of possessiveness. The thought that his only connection in the other realm would become closer to the other six more than him, was frustrating. That didn't stop the relief he felt at knowing Cedric's views on his own death. The lack of guilt was uplifting and he wanted to hold onto this moment for as long as possible. In the end, he could only postpone for so long.

The two former Hogwarts students chatted aimlessly whilst they waited for the new arrivals to appear.


Second Author's Note: I just couldn't resist, sorry. Anyway, about the different descriptions. I've been using the character wiki's for Twilight to figure out their human eye colors and I usually use the book version. I've been doing the same thing to brush up on Harry's side (also Cedric's though just for this small insert). Thought I'd throw that out there now if any of you were curious.