Note – Hey… This is my first time writing a fanfic and it would be a great help if y'all can give me constructive criticism and suggestions to improve my writing as well as the story. I took few inspiration from "Sacrificial Second Chance" by NaruAndHarrHaremFan and special thanks to JKR for creating this magical world... Eventual DG/HP pairing. Btw I'm not a native English speaker so pls bear with me.

Chapter 1

Harry was looking at Hogwarts from afar thinking of the times he was at mortal peril during his years at school. But, now all has changed after he defeated Voldemort. Hermione went on to do her charms apprenticeship under the tutelage of Professor Flitwick and Ron went on his way to join George at their shop – Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Ginny and him didn't get back together as Harry was occupied with the war and its aftermath, that they parted in good terms as friends. Although they met up every weekend, Harry could not shake off the loneliness he felt.

After going on the horcrux hunt he thought that it would be easier to defeat Voldemort but though the prophecy portrayed him as an equal to Voldemort he was severely lacking the skills and experience needed to duel Voldemort. That was when the Order came up with the idea to train Harry. They had Prof. Flitwick train him in charms, McGonagall in Transfiguration and Kingsley along with Tonks trained him in defense, basically putting him through Auror training. By the end of all his training, Harry could modestly agree that he was on par with most of the senior members in the Order and the Death Eaters.

It was around this time that he realized, so far all his victories in the past were solely based on luck and someday he might run out of it. He then vowed to himself that he will learn all kind of magic he came across either dark or light, so that he can put an end to this sad story. It was hard listening to the news everyday praying that everyone was safe but being proved wrong each and every time. Dean Thomas was killed during the last raid by the Death eaters, so was Seamus, Lavender and many others…

The final show down came a few months prior when he, Hermione and Ron entered Hogwarts to destroy the Diadem of Ravenclaw. Voldemort launched a full scale attack against Hogwarts which caused the death of so many others. In this battle he lost the last and final thread he had with his parents - Remus, Tonks too fell leaving their newborn son Ted as Harry's godson and the Weasley's lost Fred which broke George the most.

- Flashback -

The duel between Voldemort and Harry was fierce and he could see the leap in his skills but he was no match for Voldemort. It was when Voldemort fired a huge snake of Fiendfyre that Harry used an obscure spell that he found in the library at Grimmauld place which was a spell based on elemental animation. He conjured his own snake of water to battle it and it was able to put down the Fiendfyre – All the fighting around the two of them stopped and all Death Eaters and the order alike were shocked to their core to see a young teen putting down the most vile and cursed fire in all of existence with little to no effort. But, it was Voldemort who was shocked the most.

"It's impossible… No one can put down Fiendfyre. How?" asked a shocked Voldemort.

"It seems like I am able to do the impossible Tom…." said Harry.

Harry too was surprised that it worked. He came across this spell and thought that it would be cool to have it in his arsenal of spells and had studied and trained when he was alone. He was only able to conjure small animals from water but with the adrenaline pumping he was able to match Voldemort's prowess. Watching this brought hope in to the hearts of the people fighting in the light side. 'Maybe they can win this war finally'. But, on the other hand the Death Eaters were terrified that this little boy was a match to the Dark lord who was in his prime.

"Foolish boy… You think that you can match the power of Lord Voldemort? I'm going to crush you like the bug you are under my heel…. Prepare to face death!" screamed Voldermort who then pointed his wand at Harry with the tip of it glowing an eerie green. "AVADA KEDAVRA!"

The beam of green light struck Harry before he could conjure up anything to stop it and he fell to the ground. The order and the ones in the light side saw their hearts and hope shatter when they saw Harry fall to his death. Voldemort too fell to his knees after the backlash not expecting it to take too much out of him.

"My Lord! Are you alright?" asked Augustus Rockwood.

"Yes I am..." said Voldemort while his breath rasped in his throat showing that he was anything but okay.

….

Harry opened his bleary eyes and woke up in a place that was pure white in colour and he couldn't recognize where he was. The brightness was just hurting his eyes.

"Guess this is the afterlife…. I failed… I failed…" said Harry to himself with growing horror.

"No, you are not dead" said a gravelly voice. Harry turned to see a huge clocked figure who was so terrifying that Dementors looked like bunnies compared to it. There was no face beneath the hood except a darkness. It had long claw like fingers and it floated just above the ground and two huge wings that were pitch black and sharp looking.

"Who are you?" asked a terrified Harry.

"As you may have guessed. I am Death" said that entity with a voice that felt like it was grating in his ears. "You are not dead, you are merely in a plane between life and death. Look over there" it said while pointing a long bony claw like finger towards a disgusting baby like monster which was curled up on the ground. Walking towards it Harry saw that it was Voldemort with his snake like features but it reminded him of Voldemort at the grave yard before his resurrection.

"I was a horcrux too?" asked a shocked Harry.

"Yes, the day that Voldemort tried to kill you all those years ago. He unconsciously created a horcrux and the severed part if his soul attached itself to the only living being in that room"

"Does that mean that I am not dead?"

"You can go back to the world of living, but all I ask of you in return is to kill that abomination who tried to cheat me"

"Thank you… I will do my best"

"I have an offer for you Harry… I will come to you with it after the war is over and the world settles down" said Death when Harry felt his eyes close on its own accord and he was gaining his conscious in the land of living again. He couldn't understand what Death meant but he had a job to complete now. Standing to look around he saw the opposition was looking at Voldemort who was on his knees catching his breath and the ones on the light side looked like they already lost everything.

Harry stood up slowly to see the destruction and the mayhem that the duel between them has caused. The loss of lives on both sides and the defeated looks in the eyes of the ones fighting for the right cause.

"Today is not my day Tom… Today is the day you are going to take a permanent trip to meet Death" said Harry while pointing his wand at Voldemort who was looking at this green eyed menace in shock just like everyone in the battle field. "Tell Death that this is a gift from me"

Voldemort was shocked to see that this boy survive not one but two killing curses and fear gripped his heart. The people all around were surprised to see this boy get hit by a killing curse and still stand up to face the worst Dark Lord which impressed everyone around with the bravery and strength that Harry was showing. A furious Voldemort then started sending a volley of curses towards Harry who began to spin and weave between the spells like it was some sort of a magical dance. The atmosphere was crackling with the magic pouring out of both the powerful wizards and the duel heated up. It was a duel that would go down history as one of the greatest ones like the one between Dumbledore and Grindelwald. It took a turn, when Harry too started sending out dark curses towards Voldemort, all of which he learnt at the library at Sirius' home.

Voldemort's eyes went wide when he saw Harry using dark curses and he smiled at his enemy. Then he sent out a blast of wave outwards that the duel and all the other fights all around them stopped in shock. No one moved a muscle looking towards the main ones in the middle of it all.

"Well… Well… Well… It seems that Dumbledore's golden boy is not so golden after all. Dark curses huh? I'm impressed"

Harry was afraid to look at the faces of his friends in fear of seeing their reactions but he steeled himself and spoke with confidence at Voldemort.

"There is no such thing as light or dark magic… It is the intent of the user that makes it light or dark" Voldemort nodded agreeing with him which bewildered Harry.

"You speak the truth Potter. I miscalculated, it seems that there is more to you than you show. I want to offer you the same thing that I offered you all those years ago. Join me and we can rule the world together or prepare to die!" said Voldemort and the crowd was stunned to silence.

"I will never join a monster like you. You killed my parents, my friends and so many innocents. You think I would join you Tom? NEVER!"

With that being said Harry conjured a whip made of black flames which curled around Voldemort's neck and brought him to his knees with a pull. He then bound him before Voldemort could raise a spell. The inner circle Death Eaters started to come in but Harry struck his wand into the ground, it sunk in to the earth like it was made of butter and then a huge dome of shield covered a few metres radius around them which clearly blocked the entry of others.

"You are a surprise Potter…" said Voldemort and he felt fear for the first time looking at this little boy holding him at wand point.

Outside the dome this turn of events caused the light side to fight with new found vigor and they were able to capture all the Death Eaters. Twirling the Yew and phoenix feather wand in his hand which he took with an expelliarmus. Harry thought for a second before snapping it.

"NOOOOOOO! YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT BOY…. I'M GOING TO KILL YOU" screamed Voldemort.

"Neville! Throw me the sword…"

Neville threw the sword of Gryffindor towards Harry who caught and pointed it at Voldemort's neck.

"Send Death my regards Tom" whispered Harry as he plunged the sword through the neck of Voldemort and saw the light leave Voldemort's eyes.

- End of Flashback -

Harry had to attend so many ceremonies held in his honour to celebrate the end of the war during the past few weeks. Though the war was won, Harry still felt the losses of friends and family deeply that he couldn't even find an ounce of happiness to celebrate. Harry, Ron and Hermione were awarded the Order of Merlin 1st class and the other honorary awards too for the role they played in ending the war. Prof. McGonagall became the Headmistress of Hogwarts, succeeded Dumbledore and brought forth a good guidance to the school. She knew how much Hogwarts meant for Harry therefore gave him permission to enter the castle at any time by keying him into the wards. That's where Harry always spent his free time when he wanted some peace. He came and sat beneath the huge lone tree beside the lake and just looked at the castle from afar. He trained a lot during the time at Grimmauld place and learnt so many dark and obscure spells too. Now he was working on his animagus form which seems to be taking the shape of some kind of a dog or wolf as for now he was only able to transform his arm in to a paw.

It was during a moment of peace like this that harry felt like time stood still, the leaf that was falling before him stood still in mid-air, the ripples in the lake stopped mid movement and all sounds ceased to exist. There standing near him was Death, and Harry didn't feel the fear as before.

But rather calmly Harry asked "Is it my time to go?"

"No… I have come with the offer I told I would give you" said Death with some humour in his voice though Harry couldn't see the face of it.

"What kind of offer?"

"Before I tell you about my offer I would like to ask you a question. What do you know about alternate dimensions?"

"I know about the muggle theories but I didn't believe that it exists. From your question I can see that there are worlds same like ours but different in their own ways."

"Yes, you are perceptive I see. I have come to offer you a chance at life – a second chance in life where you get to live the life you desire but I only need a favour from you in return."

"What do you mean a life I desire?

"There is a world just as yours but it is vastly different from this one. It is as you can say, a younger version of your world. A world where Voldemort went to the house of Longbottom instead of the Potters' and Neville became the boy who lived. His grandmother sacrificed her life for Neville". Harry was elated when he understood the implications.

"Does that mean, my mum and dad are alive in that world?"

'Maybe I can get close to them' thought Harry to himself.

"Yes they are alive but their son Harry is not exactly a good person. He is only ten now but he is in the mindset that which is worse than Voldemort was at that age. He has hurt his family a lot and if he is left unchecked he might end up becoming a worse Dark Lord than Voldemort."

Harry couldn't believe his ears. That another version of him who has a family would be such a bad person when all Harry has wanted in his life was a family.

"Therefore, I am going to give you a chance to go in to the body of the Harry in that universe after I take his soul. And, Neville is not as competent as you are to defeat Voldemort and may not succeed. I don't want anyone to cheat me. Voldemort should be put down."

"So you want me to take the place of that Harry and help Neville kill Voldemort? A world where I have a family and I am not the boy who lived. I would love to…. But, May I ask - Why me?"

"I chose you Harry because you had all three hallows of mine at one point but you didn't let the power to get inside your head. You resisted their allure and stayed level headed." With that being said Death pulled out the Elder wand, the resurrection stone and the invisibility cloak out of thin air.

"How?" asked a shocked Harry. "I kept the wand in Dumbledore's tomb, lost the stone in the forbidden forest and the cloak is locked in my personal chest under blood protection. How?"

"I gave them, and I can retrieve them at any time." said Death in obvious manner.

"So what does this mean for me? What should I do?"

"You go to that universe into the body and you should be in time to start your first year in a few months and as a mean to end Voldemort I am going to give you the Elder wand to help you in your journey. You will get the cloak from your dad and I know that you will come across the stone in your hunt for horcruxes. You have to make sure that all the fractured pieces of Voldemort's soul is sent to me. Expect an animal companion as a gift from me"

"Thank you for giving me a second chance at happiness"

"You have a day to prepare and get the closure you need. Tell your good byes but don't speak a word about my offer. Tomorrow is the Halloween night and I will come for you at this same place at midnight" Death vanished and everything resumed to normal. The leaf that was stopped midair fell, the ripples continued and the sounds of the surrounding restarted. It was like a play button was pressed around the world.

Harry went home lost in thought and happiness that he is going to meet his parents and friends again. He went to Andromeda Tonks' house to say goodbye to little Teddy. Met up with Hermione and Ron, told them that he was so thankful to have them in his life. He met the Weasleys one last time before Harry went to Hogwarts for the night and sat under the tree waiting for his chance at a new life. He wrote his last will where he distributed all his Potter fortune among his friends – Hermione, Ron and the Weasleys, His godson Teddy was left the most portion. Sometime along the night, he fell asleep. And, that was how Death found him. Death took his soul and left. The next day the headlines in the daily prophet was as follows….

"THE SAVIOUR OF THE WIZARDING WORLD – HARRY POTTER WAS FOUND DEAD AT HOGWARTS"

Earlier this morning the Aurors were notified by Headmistress McGonagall that she found Harry Potter seeming to be asleep under the tree that he usually visits….

There seems to be no foul play involved but this mysterious death of our savior has put a damp in the spirits of the people….

It seems that this death was expected as Harry Potter had his last will and testament written which was found among his possessions at hand….