' Kirito's thoughts'

Game announcements

Harry awoke to the darkness under the stairs in his cupboard. He knew it was his cupboard for two reasons. The first was that he could see the outline of the stairs by the dim light of a floating box above his head. The second way he knew it was his cupboard was because of the spider walking across his feet. He was more mystified by the box over his head.

"Welcome to Harry Potter, the game!" he read aloud, as quietly as possible so as to not wake his uncle.

'Ask for the stats.' a voice he recognized as Kirito sounded in his head.

"So it wasn't a dream. Stats."

a smaller screen opened just above his arm, showing a smaller version of himself.

Stats

Luck: maxed

Speed: 80/200

Strength: 40/200

Defense: 75/200

MP: 45/200

Skills

* Double Blade wielding (maxed): You can wield two swords with ease for either offense or defense

* Slash (50/100): A sword attack that deals 50 damage to any living and 30 damage to any non living creatures

*Stab (20/100): A sword attack that deals 20 damage to any living and 10 damage to any non living creatures

* Block (10/100): a sword defense that defends against 10 damage from any living and 5 damage from any non living creatures

* Single Blade Wielding (maxed): you can wield one sword with ease for either offense or defense

* Kendo (maxed): You are a master of Kendo.

Metamorph (10/100): You can change small things about your appearance such as hair color and length

Parslemouth (Maxed): You have the ability to converse with any reptile as long as they are in the snake family

Potion Making (5/100): you can chop the ingredients for potions right but they will only turn out correctly 5 percent of the time

Cooking (Maxed): You are a master chef! Any recipes you see you can remember and create to perfection.

Sprint (35/100): you can run a short distance without feeling tired

Dodge (80/100) : you can dodge almost anything thrown at you

Charms (5/100): you know the basics of waving your wand and a few charm spells but they will only work 10 percent of the time

Transfiguration (5/100): You know the basics of waving your wand and a few tricks but your transfigurations only last 1 minute and are only correct 5 percent of the time.

Defense against the Dark Arts (80/100): You know most of the spells used for Defense and offense and can cast correctly 80 percent of the time.

Aim (20/100): You can sort of hit where you want 20 percent of the time

Accidental Magic (50/100): You can make things happen without trying 50 percent of the time. 50 percent it will come out right 50 percent wrong.

Skill points: 0

'So it's like an adventure game then. We will have to practice the skills we are bad at to earn points to level them up. But I wonder about your magical skills? Would just reading the books help or do we have to practice them too?'

"Quest gained: Knowledge is power: Read any three Magic books to completion and attempt any three magic skills for a bonus 20 skill points!"

"What was that?"

'a quest announcement. You've been given a quest to complete.'

"So I've got to defeat Voldemort again, while beating this game? As if it wasn't hard enough the first time."

'yes but this time you can do it right. We both can. We have the opportunity to take him down much easier. But first we need a list.'

Harry squinted until he found a paper and pen under the stairs

'Goals' He wrote at the top

Figure out how to get the Horcrux out of me

Find Asuna

Find Yui

Capture the rat

Tell the goblins about the Horcrux in Bella's vault, steal it again if necessary

Figure out if I can control the basilix, bring a rooster!

Destroy the Horcrux in the secret room

Organize the Defense Army early

Try to make more friends in other houses

Try not to antagonize the Slytherins

Harry knew he had more goals but he knew these were the most important to get done right away. For a moment, he wondered if he should tell anyone other then Asuna when he found her that he knew how things would turn out. But then he thought about his headmaster.

Dumbledore, upon reflection, was part Chess master, part poker player. Oh, Harry was still pissed at him for making him into a martyr with no other plan. He deliberately set things up so that Harry would have no other choice but to sacrifice himself, after all Harry had no real training to defeat Voldemort.

He knew exactly what would happen if he told Dumbledore about his little trip through time. He'd either be memory erased or worse, he'd be sidelined while Dumbledore dithered about which things he should or should not change. Well Harry knew one thing for sure, the headmaster could never know about this.

As for his other friends, he wanted nothing more than to contact Hermione as soon as possible, but he stopped himself. Hermione of this time was not his friend and from what he'd seen before they had become friends was too much of a rule follower to realize that now that this was a game, a game that he knew the outcome of, he was going to have to break more than a few rules to make sure it would have the outcome he wanted. No, for now he was going to bide his time while he built up his skills. But first, he had to get out of the cupboard. Thinking about accidental magic he had performed the first time around he concentrated on the feeling of freedom he had whenever he was out of the cupboard and aimed that for the lock on the door. To his surprise it opened

"New skill learned: unlock (10/100): you can unlock a simple lock 10 percent of the time."

Harry was never more glad that apparently he was the only one who could hear the game announcements as he quietly opened the front door and sat at the curb. He hadn't thought this far, he wouldn't be able to summon the Knight Bus without a wand, but wasn't Old lady Fig a member of the Order of the Pheonix? She had to have flue powder. Mind made up Harry crept down the street.

"New skill learned: Sneak (10/100): You can sneak up to enemies or friends 10 percent of the time."

Just as Harry thought, Fig had flue powder just above her fireplace, good thing she slept like a log, because she didn't even stir as Harry stepped into the fireplace and yelled out "Diagon Alley." and was rushed away.

End Chapter

* these are any skills Kirito probably would have had. He didn't really stab anyone, more relied on his speed and double blade slashing attack. Same for defending with his swords. And yes I know when Kirito gets out of SAO he is beat by his sister in Kendo. But he almost beat her too so i'm gonna say in this world he's a master at Kendo. As for Harry, yes his stats suck. But think about it, other than his crazy luck and awesome skill at Defense against the Dark Arts, he didn't really try real hard in school did he? So it'd make sense that he's at a beginner level for most of everything besides speed, ducking, and his luck. As for the metamorph thing, i think it was something Rowling had planned for Harry and never used. Look at the book where he describes having grown back his hair overnight. That sounds like a metamorphmagus to me. Besides he is related to the Blacks which according to cannon have metamorphs in the family. as for his potion level being so low, even though I think it'd be like cooking due to having recipes it seems like it'd be more like Chemistry where you need to know the reactions of stuff. Plus Harry never tried real hard at this class thanks to Snape. oh and as for accidental magic, Harry apparated onto his school roof with his accidental magic and I'm sure that there were more incidents of magic that Rowling didn't tell us about.