Harry Potter Son of Gaea

by you.got.real.ugly

Harry gets hit with the AK a few years too early which causes some interesting things to happen. After a nights rest, he wakes up with a new ability and some new responsibilities. Voldemort was just the tip of the iceberg. Gamer!HP with a bit of Diablo 3 mixed in.

2. Chapter 2

I do not own HP, obvs. This is one of those annoying obligatory Tutorial Chapters.

Enjoy

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Chapter 2 Welcome to the Game

Harry Potter opened his eyes and blinked in confusion. The world around him was grey and muted. Madam Pomfrey looked to be headed his direction but she was stopped mid step. Sitting next him holding his hand was Hermione and behind her was surprisingly Fleur Delacour both of them frozen in time with looks of concern etched on their faces. He was also greeted with a message in the upper left of his vision.

[You slept for 8 hours and are completely rested. Health and Magic are fully restored.]

The message faded and a semi-transparent screen popped into existence startling Harry. He reached out to snap up his wand off the side table only for it not to budge. It was frozen like everything else in this grey and muted world. It took him a moment to calm down enough to read the screen which was pretty quick all things considering.

Hi Sweetie! Welcome to the Game!

I have gifted you the power of the Gamer. You now get to live your life like it is a game but do not forget you can still die even though you come back to my realm. Now currently you are mostly like you were yesterday but do not let that fool you this system is immensely powerful and your future is limitless. There are some differences though and I will explain them in the tutorial. So let's get to that, shall we?

Would you like to do the tutorial now? Y/N (Son, think or say Yes to continue)

Harry took a deep breath it was all too much. His first instinct was to scream and think he is crazy and lash out but in a moment of clarity, he remembered his new mum. She told him his gift would awaken after a full night's rest. With that in mind, he knew his only option was to move forward. His agreement was made and a new screen came up.

Good job baby! Currently, the world around you is grey. This means it is paused we have basically stepped out of time. This is not an ability you have however it may be learnable at a later date. The pause is just for this tutorial and to give me direct access to speak/write to you. I do not normally have this much access to you but I may comment on things or people you OBSERVE.

Moving on there is a menu system so you can monitor your abilities or access them.

Status

Inventory

Journal

Options

To open one of them either think it, say it or even touch it if the prompt is available. Be careful while you can physically touch screens others will only see you waving your hands in the air. I do not plan on explaining everything much of is it obvious. A word of advice all of your Stats and Skills can be trained in some way, shape or form. Let's check out your Status.

Harry's status screen quickly popped into existence. He was beginning to worry about these screens becoming a nuisance later popping up during his daily life. As soon as this tutorial was done he was determined to change them. This thought immediately prompted him with a notification in the upper left.

[That is a great idea.] [Wisdom +1]

Harry found the Status menu interesting, to say the least. He had never played any of Dudley's video games but it did remind him the ones that Dudley would get excited about only to give up a few days later for being too hard.

Name: Harry Potter

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Race: Human-ish? (I understand this is a shock but you are my son you cannot be human. Our power would rip you apart. You are the son of your mortal human parents but you are also mine. Do not worry about it right now for all intents and purposes you look and feel just as human as you were. You will grow into it over the summer as your body adapts.)

Title: The Gamer, the Boy-Who-Lived, Son of Gaea, Tri(Quad)Wizard Champion

Level: 12 Experience: 9659/10080

HP: 630 (Health Points Obviously.)

SP: 100

MP: 4618 (Magic Power. I know it is high I will explain it later.)

Strength: 6

Agility: 9

Intellect: 6 (Does not mean knowledgeable only the capability to store and retain information. It does increase MP. It opens up a whole new world of spells and magic.)

Wisdom: 11 (Helps you think of choices that may not be obvious. Increases HP Regeneration. It also opens up a whole new world of spells and magic.))

Vitality: 10 (Increases HP and Rate of HP regeneration. It also represents your Stamina.)

Status Points: 15 (These can be distributed amongst your stats. You only get 5 per level so save them.)

Status Effects:

Slightly Malnourished - Lowers Strength, Agility, and Vitality by half. Inhibits gaining Strength, Agility, and Vitality.

Marked as his Equal - MP starts at Tom Riddle's level. Part of Fate's prophesy that physically touched you. This plus being ? makes you extremely magically power. But that does not matter if you do not know how to use it.

+4000 MP Permanently

A Mother's Love - Lily's Sacrifice has granted you a resistance to Magic that is only found in Magical Creatures. As long as you live with a maternal blood relative your home will be invisible to all who wish you harm unless they are given permission to enter by you or your Magical Guardian.

+Magical Resistance Skill 2.1/10

+Home Base - You and your home are rendered invisible to all your enemies within a half-mile radius of Home Base.

The status screen scrolled down on it own as Harry read through it. He was surprised how just about everything about him was quantified. Not wanting to think about how it is even possible he continued on.

Skills

Gamer's Body (Level: Max): This is one of your two core skills. It allows you to experience life like a game character.

Gamer's Mind (Level Max): Your second core skill. It negates emotional distress and blocks all mental intrusion. It does not remove emotions and make you some emotionless automaton. It will bring clarity to extreme emotion. You will still feel rage but you will not go into an uncontrollable blind rage. The same goes for love so no blind love or complete devotion. You will be able to think through your actions even in cases of panic or fear.

Marked as his Equal:

+4000 MP Permanently

A Mother's Love:

+Magical Resistance Skill 2.1/10

+Home Base - You and your home are rendered invisible to all your enemies within a half-mile radius of Home Base.

Magic

Transfiguration: 3.6/10 (1 is First year Hogwarts level and 10 is Complete Mastery. Your Transfiguration is pathetic you are at the end of your fourth year. You are basically a year behind. I expect you to be better.)

Charms: 4.3/10

DADA: 5.2/10

Potion: 2.8/10 (Not exactly your fault.)

History of Magic: 3.9/10 (Hogwarts is woefully lacking in this subject in general.)

Divination: 2.2/10 (You took it so I expect results. There are other forms of Divination besides the sight. You are quite accurate with scrying methods such as tea leaves and crystal balls.)

Herbology: 4.5/10

Care of Magical Creatures: 5.0 (You fought a basilisk and a dragon. Enough Said.)

Arithmancy: 0/10

Runology: 0/10 (You will self study and take the OWL for it.)

Healing: 0/10

Alchemy: 0/10

Apparition: 1.5/10

Ancient Magic: 0/10

Broom Flying: 7.4/10

Music

Owl Flute: 3.2/10

Physical

Next, Harry opened his inventory menu. It was an eight by eight grid where he could store things. The larger items would take up more spaces. Gaea had also set aside five more spaces for things that she felt he should always have on him. The first was labeled Wands which was currently blank as his phoenix wand is sitting on the side table. He was not sure if it would even go into his storage now that it probably will not work for him. The second was surprisingly the Sword of Gryffindor. She simply stated, "you pulled it from the hat it's rightfully yours." The fact that he does not even know how to use a sword never crossed her mind. The next box had the photo album Hagrid gave him and would also capture any memorable events that happened to him. It even had photos of him meeting his new mother on the beach in her realm. It was a nice touch that endeared Gaea more to him then she could possibly know. The fourth was his cloak of invisibility and finally, the box was just labeled Clothes. It included all the clothes she has made and will make for him. Unlike the others, this box was expandable to show all the clothes inside. Those immaculate green dress robes were the very first item followed by a black t-shirt that had "Mama's Boy" printed on it in pink and the "O" in "Boy" was heart shaped. He was going to ignore that shirt as much as possible. There was also a shirt that stated "Number 1 Son" it had a requirement that it must be worn to any and all family reunions. Gaea apparently likes to sew as a hobby.

The next menu they explored was the Journal. It had a section for all previous notifications and a section for current quest and completed quests. He only had four quests listed in his current question section.

Quest: Complete this Tutorial

Just do it.

Rewards:

Snarky comments from your lovely mother.

500XP

Knowledge of yourself +1 Int and +1 Wis

Failure:

Stupidity

Quest: Golden Trio 2.0 (Even more Golden and Twice as Trio'd)

You cannot survive the task before you alone. Find two more partners to join you on your journey.

Rewards:

Friends

20000XP

Friendship Jewelry!

Failure:

Probably Death

Definitely Loneliness

Quest: Kill all Goblins!

Part 1: Due to your unique heritage and capabilities you cannot enter Gringotts unless you want a painful death. This means you cannot access any of your lovely gold or family heirlooms. Find a way around this inconvenience.

Suggestion: You already know someone who completely loyal to you and has a unique way to travel.

Rewards:

Access to your stuff!

1250XP

The next part of the quest: A Loyal Servant

Failure:

Live poor and destitute

Probably Death

Quest: Purify the Dark Lands

There are dark places that have been left to fester in the world. As Gaea's son It is your job to purify them.

Rewards:

?

Failure:

Total Destruction of your planet.

The failure of those tasks seemed a bit drastic in Harry's opinion. He hoped that they just an exaggeration but he decided to try his hardest to complete them anyway. Two things did come to mind though. Apparently, Hermione and Ron are not apart of the Golden Trio 2.0 quest otherwise it would have been completed already. Another thing is that there is no quest to defeat Voldemort. It was a weight off his shoulders really even though he knew Voldemort would never stop trying to kill him. Maybe with there not being a quest for him, he has some time to get stronger with his newfound powers before he meets him again.

Whilst Harry contemplated his Quests they disappeared from his vision and everything went dark. Just when he started to panic he received a notification that stated, "You are waking up get ready."

His eyes opened, he was still on his bed and Hermione and Fleur still sat next to him. Everything had come back to life and was in full color. He could even see Madame Pomfrey coming his direction. He was about to speak when he saw another notification.

[Think or say Observe to observe people or items.]

He quickly did so earning another message that an "Observe" skill was created.

Hermione "The Kinky Librarian" Granger

Age:15

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Level: 9

Height: 163cm

Three Sizes: B79-W57-H80

Reputation: Friend 999/1000 (So close just a little push and soon you will have her moaning beneath you sweetie! I bet she's not even wearing underwear under those stuffy old robes. FYI that is a suckers bet because I know everything so listen to your dear old mum.)

The Sinfully Delectable Fleur Delacour

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Race: Veela

Level: 14

Height: 173cm

Three Sizes: B90-W58-H86cm

Reputation: Friend 575/1000 (She secretly thinks you are very sweet and considers you a friend no matter your opinion of her. Use this to your advantage and go in for the kill! And by kill I mean pin her to the wall and have your way with her.)

"Mum!" Harry thought harshly to himself. "They are my friends!"

After a moment he thought he could actually hear his mother sigh and say "fine" before he saw the screen scramble before reappearing again minus his mother's opinions. His very own sigh caught Hermione's attention.

"Harry! You're awake!" Hermione shouted before diving into him with a crushing hug. "I was so worried Madam Pomfrey did not expect you to wake until after the leaving feast tonight."

"Yes, Mister Potter it is a surprise you are awake after how you returned yesterday. How are you feeling?" The Madam of the hospital stated imperiously.

"I am fine Poppy really. I actually feel pretty good."

"I will be the judge of that. Move back Ms. Granger." As soon as Hermione broke her hug Madam had her wand pointed at him moving in an intricate pattern. "Yes it looks like you have recovered well but I would like to observe you for another hour."

She must have sensed that Harry was about to disagree because she had already turned away and was rushing back to her office. Giving his complaint up as a lost cause he turned back to his friends. "Thanks for coming to visit. I really appreciate it."

"Harry, of course, I would be here for you. And Fleur just was released from her bed too. I was filling her in on what happened last night with Professor Moody and all that."

"With Moody?" Harry questioned he could barely remember anything from when he returned with the cup.

"Yes, he tried to kill you when you returned luckily the Headmaster stunned him before anything happened. Supposedly he was interrogated last night."

Harry looked down and ran his hand through his hair. "Really, I can barely remember anything after I returned with the cup."

Hermione just nodded. "Madam Pomfrey said you were in a state of shock so it is not surprising."

Harry noticed Fleur was looking a little putout. Her eyes were burning a hole in the back of Hermione's head. "Fleur," Harry spoke gaining her attention as he leaned forward to grasp her hand. Her features dramatically softening as she turned to him. "Thanks for sticking around I know Beauxbatons must be preparing to leave. How are you feeling?"

A slight smile graced her lips. He had not seen her smile very often during her time at Hogwarts. "I am doing better. Zere will be a slight tremor for a few days. I am just glad eet is over. Something I 'ave you to zank for, no?"

At Harry's confused look she continued. "You fired zat red flare for me and pull me from the 'edge."

"Oh yes," Hermione jumped back into the conversation. "According to Professor Flitwick, someone charmed the hedge maze to react too violently. They think it was Professor Moody."

"Oui." Fleur gave Hermione a dirty look that put a crooked grin on Harry's face. This was probably Fleur's first Hermione experience. With fond exasperation, he glanced at the girl who was practically vibrating in her seat. He knew she meant no insult to Fleur after all she had come far from being the bushy-haired know it all but that did not mean she had fixed all of her social ineptitude. "Madame Maxime said zat Krum or the 'edge could have killed me eef you 'ad not pulled me away."

"Erm…" Harry wanted to say anyone would have helped like always but he felt that this time was different. He wanted to make sure she knew she was important and that she is his friend. Noticing he still had her hand he gave it a squeeze. "Your welcome Fleur. I am just glad you are safe."

"So Harry what happened after you grabbed the cup where did you go?" Hermione spoke interrupting what seemed to be a tender moment.

"Well," Harry released Fleur's hand to run his hand through his hair completely missing the frown that graced Fleur's delicate features. "You see the cup was a Portkey. It dropped Cedric and me in a graveyard and before we could figure out what happened Pettigrew..."

Before Harry could go any further the doors to the infirmary burst open allowing the Minister for Magic to strut in like some pompous peacock. Though if you looked closely you could see nervousness around his eyes. He was followed by a very harried looking Headmaster.

"Mister Potter it is good to see you are awake. I am here to deliver your winnings." Minister Fudge said as he negligently tossed the sack of gold onto the foot Harry Potter's bed. Before Harry could even reply the man had already turned to leave.

"A moment of your time if you will Minister Fudge." Headmaster Dumbledore peered over his half-moon spectacles at the back of the man in a suit and bowler hat. The Minister sighed and seemed to deflate into himself before he turned around.

The world around Harry froze and muted once more. Except for Fleur, there was no way to mute Fleur's beauty. The annoyance was just as pronounced on Fudge's face even in a greyed out world. But there was something rather ominous in the headmaster's eyes and smirk. The paused professor gave Harry a chance to look the old man over. He held his knobby wand against his right leg, his arm was tense and the wand was ready to be used at any moment. The look on Professor Dumbledore's reminded him of the look the Weasley twins have when they know their prank is going as planned. It was not reassuring at all to Harry. He knew whatever his headmaster had planned was going to involve him and it was going to land him in a tight spot.

+1 Wisdom

Quest: Headmaster Dumbledore requires you to explain the events of last night. Doing so puts you in the middle of a political spat between two powerful individuals. You have two options.

Lie
Rewards:
+2000 Experience
+500 Reputation with the Minister for Magic
+Silver Tongue Ability gained
-1000 Reputation with Headmaster of Hogwarts
-100 Reputation with Hermione Granger
-25 Reputation with Fleur Delacour
-Possible Destruction of the Wizarding world

Truth(At least the agreed upon truth)
Rewards
+2000 Experience
+5 Reputation with Headmaster of Hogwarts
+200 Reputation with Fleur Delacour
+Your Mother will be proud
-Destabilization of the Ministry for Magic
-Possible Destruction of the Wizarding world

The world went back into motion and full color. "Mr. Potter," Dumbledore some the conniving look gone now replaced with the look of a kindly grandfather. "Could you explain to the Minister and myself what happen after you left the maze."

"What is the point of this Dumbledore? I have places to be. I delivered the money to the boy as you wanted now I need to go."

"If you had the man in custody interrogated instead of kissed we would not have to do this at all. Besides, it will only take a moment. Now Mr. Potter if you would."

The look the Headmaster gave Harry told him not speaking was not an option. Fleur and Hermione seemed to have made themselves very small as to not garner any attention. They also wanted to know what happened. Harry never liked lying so he told them everything that happened except the part about being hit with the killing curse. He kept it to what he and his mum had come up with, he dodged while casting a blinding spell. Dumbledore and Hermione seemed very interested in the fictitious spell. He would have to come up with one later. Fleur stood in the back of the room with tears in her eyes while her hand covered her mouth to stop herself from making an audible gasp.

The Minister went from shades of white to Green to red and finally landing on purple. "Preposterous! That monster is not back. He is dead! The boy-who-lived killed him. I will hear nothing further on this. You watch yourself Dumbledore I know what you are planning but the Ministry will not be bullied by you. Good day."

"I have no plans for the Ministry, Cornelius," came Dumbledore's jovial reply as he followed the short man out of the infirmary without looking back.

+2000 XP

++Level Up++

Level 13!

A heavy silence fell on the room until Fleur broke it. "Is it true that monster has returned?"

Harry was a little hurt that she did not believe right away. Hermione obviously had as she plopped down in her chair while her eyes never stopped exploring his face looking for something he did not understand. Harry just nodded and looked away. He did not want to see the disbelief on the face of someone he had come to think of as a friend.

"I believe you," she said as she once again slid her hand into his. "I must go. I have to inform Madam Maxine. She will want to leave Hogwarts immediately." Harry turned to look into her sapphire eyes. "I would like to hear from you this summer. Will you write to me?"

Harry just managed to break eye contact otherwise he would never be able to respond. "Of course, I would like that too."

She graced him with one more smile as she released his hand. Then she seemed to glide from the room.

Hermione clearing her throat seemed to drag Harry back to reality. "So you have a thing for the French girl." There was a tinge of jealousy to her time that Harry could not believe. But the reputation in her status menu may have been on to something.

"No," Harry tried and failed to make it sound like the truth. "Anyway let's get out of here. I have been here long enough."

"But it has not been an hour yet."

"I am sure Pomphrey will understand." She will not but Harry did not care. He felt perfectly fine in fact he still felt better than ever. He threw off his blanket to make a run for it.

"Harry!" Hermione blushed and shouted at him. The boy in question looked down to see that he was only wearing a pair of boxer shorts. Hermione could not draw her eyes away from the tight-packed muscle Harry gained training for quidditch and the Triwizard tournament.

"If you are done staring. Can you transfigure some clothes for me? Or would you rather parade me around the castle like this."

There was a pause in Hermione's demeanor as if she was considering it. But then she squeaked as her cheeks pinked even more.

She spun around to hide her face. "You could do this yourself." Her wand flicked to and fro as the sheets on the next bed over turned into shoes, pants and a shirt that looked way too tight.

Harry had grabbed his wand. It felt completely dead to him like Gaia said it would. Harry pulled on his jeans, shoes and his new skin tight shirt. She also managed to make the shirt the same green as his eyes. Before he could make his escape Hermione called to him.

Tutorial Complete

+500 XP

+1 Wisdom

+1 Intellect

"Harry, don't forget your glasses." She sounded annoyed but he could hear the relief that the topic had been changed from his almost nakedness.