Notes: Now entering the Virtual Reality! Ok, no, nothing as crazy as that here. This is only the beginning. We have to cover 6 more years into the next chapter or three. Some would call this the Grind. Other's would call this laying more foundation. It's going to be slightly boring, and most likely cliche. I'm going to be taking some artistic liberties, as we authors do. Some stuff will be made earlier, some stuff later; majority of it all left out due to ignorance and lack of information. We're going to discover some skills, and level at least once this chapter.
Rework 11-7-2021 2:35pm PST: New readers, I have updated the story, sorry if I interrupted your reading. Please read the next line. Shunted the Narcissa and Elizabeth bits to the Interlude Chapter. Keep in mind some of those scenes were written long before the interlude. This is mainly to keep the story focused on Harry.
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Chapter: First Steps
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You have gotten a full night's rest in your bed! Your HP and MC have been restored to full!
It was a strange message to wake up to. It reminded Harry that yesterday wasn't a dream! He rushes to the rucksack and opens it.
The letter on the top, from his father, James Potter. 'There was... quite a bit of stuff inside.' Harry was able to go up to his shoulder, which should've been impossible.
To my Heir Harry James Potter, long may you live.
The writing, it was more... refined than his mum's letter. As if they had practiced for ages. Harry broke the seal.
"Harry,
I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you. I can only hope you are living with Lily Flower, your mother. If not, then I have some words with our so called 'Leader of the Light' Albus Dumbledore. Between you and me though, I doubt you're with anyone magical. If I were a betting person, you are with Lily's sister Petunia. Which goes against our wishes of you staying with your Godfather Sirius Black or Godmother Alice Longbottm. If not, then there will be a reckoning, and words for them.
You must be careful with this rucksack, let no one know you have it. I know, deeply that you are not with Lily, most likely for the reason you aren't with me. Sorry Lily Flower, you aren't the only one. You see Harry, I have done something... Desperate. I have performed a blood ritual on you. You now have majority of my core, boosting yours. It was in three parts, from birth to six months I've gifted that to you. Upon my death, it would activate the other two.
Yes, two. Us Potters have been lucky throughout life, what better gift than more luck? Be wary though son, it can turn on you at a moment's notice. Just as it is likely to get you into trouble, it will also get you out of it. We Potters live the most interesting lives.
The third part is a curse upon your foe. Anchored to a rune upon you. A life drain, should they attempt to lie a finger on you, their power will be yours. They forfeited their life trying to take yours! Us Potters make many enemies as we do Allies. Our main enemy is the one called Voldemort. Respect this monster's powers, he had taboo'd his name, saying it aloud would bring His attention on you. Do not fear the name, but what comes with it. Bloodlust, destruction, cold blooded murder awaits those He targets.
And he targets us, for you. Prophecy should be held in secret, the best way to defeat it is to let none hear it! For the more that do, the more powerful it becomes. You can't get more powerful than the top two of ten most powerful wizards of the United Kingdom! It foretells the coming of the chosen one, the only one to slay the Dark Lord. It may be you, it could be someone else. I'd rather not take that chance. Once our foe tries to attack you, with any spell meant to harm, the life drain curse will be keyed to them. They'll learn not to mess with a Potter then!
In this rucksack are books a plenty, to help you learn the way of the wizard. Fitting for the Heir of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter. You will need to reconnect with our allies, as soon as possible!
I may not have been Lord like my father before me, I haven't had the time to claim it since his death last year, 1979. From what I've heard, he took down a number of our foes, Death Eaters, along with him when he activated the Potter Mansion wards with them in it. Even now, I dare not go in there for fear of them. They are still active and strong. Only a Potter Lord will be able to bring them down. Something I now suspect Albus is preventing.
For now, learn what you can. The first book I would recommend is the Heir's Etiquette, it will teach you the protocols when dealing with other families. It will give you an edge over those that underestimate your upbringing.
For finances, remember this! Time is Money, We help those that Help Themselves. Do not insult the Bankers, do not treat them as wizards, they are warriors. You will understand when you go to Gringotts Harry. I am providing you with the True Heir's Key, it is in the box with the silver hinges. The Heir's box, it contains both the Key and the Ring. Do not wear the ring until you reach Eleven years of age! Your magic is still in flux, and needs time to stabilize. The Key should take you to the Potter arrival room at the Bank, once there walk through the door and present the key to the account manager there. Declare that you wish to enter the Main Heir's vault.
I would recommend you put on the Ring before going. It will smooth the process.
There will be another letter available to you upon your Eleventh Birthday. It is charmed sealed until then. I know you somewhat Harry, you would race ahead, like so many Potter Heirs before you, we are not quite the patient lot.
Go forth Heir Potter! Take Down our Foes, bring them to Justice if possible. Leave none behind to stab your back though. We Potters are kind, but only to those that earn it. Let us remind the world why the Dark Lord's fear our might! The Fury of the Potter Family!
Your Father,
James Charles Potter
It was a lot to take in, being an heir? Godparents? Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter? It was making his head hurt thinking about the amount of things Harry would need to look into.
Quest Unlock! Godparents? Find out what happened to your Godparents. Reward: 2500 EXP. Failure Cost: none.
Quest Unlock! You're a Wizard Harry! Find access to the Wizarding World! Reward: 1000 EXP, 20G, Petunia Reputation:+200, Location update: Wizarding World. Failure Cost: Petunia Reputation:-500.
Quest unlock! Financial Management! Go to Gringotts Bank and find out more about your past and future! Reward: +1500 EXP, Accounting Statement, Estate Locations, Limited Access to Family Vaults, Full Access to Trust Vault, Bank Reputation:1000. Failure Cost: +150 EXP, Locked Main Accounts until age of 25, No Access to Family Vaults until Age 25, Limited Access to Trust Vault, Bank Reputation:-3000.
Quest Unlock! You-Know-Who? Find out more about the Dark Lord Voldemort! Reward: 1500 EXP!
Quest Unlock! The Family Legacy! Find out more about your Family History! Reward: 2500 EXP, Family Grimoire, Potter Family Tree Book, Potter Book of Spells v.1. Failure Cost: None.
Quest Unlock! Allies? Who is Friend, and who is Foe? Reward: Renewed Family Alliances, Potter Alliance Reputation:+500. Failure Cost: Severed Alliances, Potter Alliance Reputation:-2500.
Harry stared at the growing pile of 'quests', not even a day has gone by and already he's gotten quests! "Wait, what are quests?"
[Quests]
A quick errand given to The Player, in return for a Reward, Reputation, and/or Experience. Some quests though have no time constraints. Other's though are time sensitive, and can have negative effects. Majority of quests can be declined, there will be some though that can not be declined, and will usually have life impacting changes.
Harry jumped as someone knocked on his door, "Harry, are you getting ready? Breakfast is done. Hurry now, it's getting cold!"
He rushed to get ready, having forgotten for a moment that it was breakfast time. Later on Petunia would remind Harry to read her book, after the the chores were completed. Dudley tried to get out of it, but Petunia was having none of it.
The book his aunt gave him had it's own button, but it would be disrespectful. Dutifully Harry read through it. It gave some exercises for controlling 'accidental and semi-intentional' magic. Some of it included trying to make things happen intentionally, to an object of focus. The idea was to exhaust any extra magic that builds up. Such tasks include levitating objects, changing the colors of something, and making things move by themselves. The steps gradually move up in scale, to eventually changing how gravity affects a person falling. It requires focus and visualization to do such feats. It was written more like diary or journal than a guide.
One such story was his mother jumping from a swing, and slowly floating down. It seemed like something Harry really wanted to try!
You have found a Multi Skill Book! Do you wish to learn the following skills: [Color change] [Levitation] [Animation] [Y/N]
It was curious that it didn't give any others, self levitation perhaps, but maybe it was a control thing? Regardless Harry pressed yes.
You have learned the following skills: [Color Change] [Levitation] [Animation].
It was somewhat curious, he didn't exactly feel any different, before remembering the Skills window. '[Skills]?'
He had a look through the available skills, quite a few were already leveled a bit. Some though were available for unlocking.
Available Skill points: 10
Unlocked Skills:
[Observe]
[Life Drain:Fire Edition]
[Magic Core]
[Parseltongue]
[Air Affinity]
[Lightning Affinity]
[Reading II]
[Gamer's Life]
[Fade]
[Color Change]
[Levitation]
[Animation]
Locked Skills:
[Instance Creation]
[Inventory Management: Player Library]
[Enchanting]
[Ritual Enhancement]
[Portkey Creation]
[Barter]
[Chameleon]
There didn't seem much to unlock just yet. Harry presses [Instance Creation], and balks back at the cost, 25 Skill Points to unlock it! He ponders that for a few moments. 'Maybe, I'm too low level to unlock them? How do I know these skills already? How do I activate them?' On a whim he pressed the [Color Change] skill. Instead of using the skill like Harry half assumed it would, instead a new window popped up!
[Color Change]
2/100
The ability to change the color of an object. With higher levels it is possible to change the color of something permanently, and on bigger objects. The chance for failure goes down the higher the level. Stage II of the Color Change allows you to change multiple colors at the same time. With the exception of already magically colored, or magically resistant objects. It takes intent and visualization to change on objects color. Chance for success is dependent on WIS, INT, LUCK, the higher the skill, the less chance for failure.
The skill already had a couple of points in it! Maybe learning through the book actually helps learning skills?
Using critical thinking skills, you have leveled up WIS by 1 point!
'Attributes level up without spending points? By actions? This is confusing!' Harry turns his attention back to the journal, at least that makes a bit more sense than this game system. With that he closes the windows and picks up the journal.
"Lily always seemed like she had new clothes every other week, which was not the case. She would change the color of some clothes, I watched her do so, multiple times! I've had to stop her from going out looking like a rainbow multiple times. I would of course get into trouble for yelling at 'Sweet Lily', for making her cry! Still, sometimes I would go out with different colored clothes. She was kind like that, willing to help others, even if they fought beforehand. We were Family.
I asked her multiple times how she did it. Lily would laugh and say it was simple, just wishing for another color. It takes True Belief to do so, to picture exactly what you want."
Harry never noticed when Aunt Petunia looked in at him. Nor did Harry notice Petunia's satisfied smile as she closed the door softly. Not even the notifications that told him that he leveled up the [Color Change]. 'These were the words Aunt Petunia would never voice, but had intended to tell me.' The two would have an Understanding, that none will ever figure out. They were now Family. The last grip of the 'blood wards' Dumbledore had cast would slip off of her, weakening it's grip around Vernon.
Some of the words didn't make sense, and he could see himself asking any time he ran into issues. To solve this Harry would ask Petunia later about the issue. The next couple of days would go by with no answer. Until she presented him with a dictionary, she showed him how it worked, and told him to study hard.
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Things were strange since his birthday, people had health bars! There were no names on strangers until someone called to them. Even then, it was either last name or first name. Hardly anyone had blue meters. Those that did, disappeared before Harry could get a good look!
Then there were Quests! Seemingly everywhere! The one time Harry glimpsed into the library he had to hold a gasp, there were many blue exclamation marks floating near every shelf. Skill books!
Then the message that pops up every morning.
You have gotten a full night's rest in your bed! Your HP and MC have been restored to full!
Harry had no idea if it was a necessary notification, there was an option to turn it off, but who knows if it's there for a reason, so he left it on. It also let him know that this wasn't a dream.
Then again, the quests weren't nothing too special. Harry once accepted one with a little old lady waiting to cross the street. "Oh dear me, I dropped my glasses, can you help me son?"
Harry would spent the better part of five minutes on the ground searching before seeing them on her head. Once he did told her that, quest complete.
Congratulations! You helped the little old lady find her glasses! Reward 50 Exp! Mint rewarded!
"Thank you son, oh thank you. Here you go." The lady gave him a candy. It was somewhat expired.
Still, it was something. Majority of the available quests were like that. The people gave Harry sweets mostly, a few of the 'better' quests gave whole candy bars even! Sometimes the older men would give him a few coins for the troubles.
To tell the truth, Harry had been saving them all, there's only so much a kid could eat, especially sweets! Then he had an idea. Harry brought up the skills menu, and there it was, [Bartering].
"The ability to trade things with people, improved by Charisma, Wisdom, and Luck. It only costs three points!" Harry took it and tried to barter away some of the candy, it turns out that low level means being ripped off multiple times. Still, with more trading and dealing, it was becoming rarer. No one but the desperate were willing to trade allowances for candy at the primary school. They could use the money to buy more after school after all. No, food for food, goods for goods. Still, there were exceptions.
"A bag of mints for that book." Harry said, holding out a paper bag of the candy.
The girl thinks about it before handing it over. "I want it back later!" She sniffs before walking away with her mints, her curly blonde hair bouncing with each step. The only reason Harry was interested was because he seen a button and blue exclamation mark over the book. It made him curious, the book looked like a fiction story, not a study book.
It was the skill book for [Telekinesis]. Perhaps Harry could have bought it, or even asked his aunt to get it for him, but this way was fun. The book was called Matilda by Roald Dahl. Rumors say that this wasn't supposed to be published for a few more years.
It was only luck that he found this very early copy of the book. He would have to look into the other books the author wrote, perhaps they too have skills in them he could learn. Perhaps he could learn more skills by reading fiction books? Regardless he pressed the button, learning the skill. It might be handy some day! Even still, he went through the trouble getting it, might as well read it normally as well.
After school Harr was making his way to the library, considering what to do next. 'Look through at my skills? Maybe find some more information I can use? Play on the new computer they have? It wasn't meant to be, the two computers that were there are in use by the the Secondary students, who were crowding around them.
There were many other things to do, and it was time to figure out which way to go.
Harry looks at the character menu, considering the situation and what to do next. 'I've tried using my inventory to change my clothes quickly once. The only thing it did was control my body to change it by itself. So there was no way to instantly change into different items, or at least, not yet. Thankfully I did this at home in my room instead of elsewhere. It was a strange feeling, my body moving by itself.'
By now his stats had changed, if slightly. It was curious that he hadn't leveled once yet. So Harry brings up the Attributes and character menus.
Harry James Potter [The Boy Who Lived]
Level 1
Active Abilities
-The Gamer
-Enemy Countermeasures:0/250
-Power Boost: +1.5 Multiplier
-Magic Core
Harry Potter, raised by his Aunt Petunia since the death of his parents in 1981. Recently discovered he has foes, and has gotten a new ability. What will he do now?
Available Points: 5
Attributes:
STR: 3
DEX: 4
INT: 5
CON: 4
WIS: 6
PER: 4
LUCK: ?
DEF: 4
WILL: 4
EXP: 850/3000
Currency: £3.35
"Well... that's new." Harry comment, looking at the character description. The Luck modifier was a bit confusing, so Harry clicks on it.
[Luck]
A flip of a coin, a random pick, and by chance you will succeed, and fail. Luck influences life in many ways. The higher the number, the more spectacular the situation. Luck influences critical strike chance. Luck is not a skill, do not rely on this, but expect it to happen regardless.
Harry remembers James writing something about blessing me with Luck... 'Maybe it did something to my stats? I would need to keep a steady eye on that.'
Looking back at the EXP, 'It would seem I would need to do more quests to level up. It doesn't seem too far to get to, right? I also consider where to spend points next.' he presses WIS, to see what changed that.
[Wisdom]
73% full To next Level
Wisdom Aids in Magical Capacity recovery, allowing quicker return of available magic. It is the learning of true self, allowing the Player to make better informed decisions. High enough wisdom will allow the Player to communicate with other's through thought with the right skills. Wisdom is needed to learn many Mentally Powered Skills, and influences success chance of charms and potion potency. The more you learn, the higher the wisdom you accumulate.
It was a bit surprising, Wisdom to charms? Harry presses on INT to see what it would do.
[Intellect]
50% full to next Level
Intellect improves problem solving skills, increasing magic capacity, and adds a slight experience modifier. You may increase this by doing actions that involve problem solving, and casting magic over a period of time. Intellect influences the success chance of Transfiguration spells.
Going through the rest, Harry found that STR influences hexes, jinxes, and attack oriented spells. CON helped to shape defensive spells as well as Elemental spells. DEX influences casting speed all around. PER though would definitely help with detection spells.
It was going to be tough to figure out where to put points in the future. For now, Harry decides it would be best to increase a few stats to balance out some for now. 'I would save my points as needed, try and figure the best way to naturally level my attributes.' As Harry changed the points around, he notices that DEF and WILL changed themselves to match.
Attributes:
STR:5
DEX:5
INT: 5
CON:5
WIS:6
PER:5
LUCK:?
DEF:5
WILL:5
'My body felt strange, as if I was slightly better than before. It was a bit of a rush to be honest. I imagine that bigger changes would be stronger. For now though, I remind myself that this was a rare thing, leveling up could take a while to do. Maybe.' With that Harry went back to studying, trying to find references to Role Playing games and homework.
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Little Whinging Public Library, 1985
Harry was busy thinking up a storm, working out how to write his new 'notebook', sort of like a journal. Although he wouldn't be able to write what he was thinking effectively.
'My first created instance was one I would never forget. I found a book in the library about the game Dudley mentioned when I asked about quests and skills. Something called Dungeon and Dragons, Dudley said it was a boring game, even if the drawings and figurines were cool. The book mentioned was the Dungeon Master Guide, it had a button on the side making it tempting to press. I forced myself to read through it, using my new dictionary to explain many of the words. For this purpose I started a journal of sorts with my art book.'
Harry at the time was reading the guide, when a section caught his attention.
"Scenario Generation is something Dungeon Masters(DM) do, creating a world for players to explore. People practice this in their off time, it helps to start out large, and slowly fill in the details. Starting big can be as easy as naming the instance, and filling in the details is naming the reason for going in. Who is the foe, and who follows their orders. Is there another element, such as random monsters, trapped loot, and/or the chance for failing structure support leading to another confrontation.
Once you have figured this out, how did our adventurers find out about this. The Pub, Inn, a passerby perhaps? By happenstance, simply looking for a site to set up a camp? This too is a 'large' detail, and it is up to the people to fill in the details.
Other times, the DM will need to build their own worlds, simply a small library of notes, even a journal will work."
Congratulations! You have discovered [Instance Creation]! Do you wish to activate it? [Y/N]
Harry raised his eyebrows, there's no way this can be that simple. He continued to read the guide anyway, maybe it would help more. An unbidden thought come to mind that he note down in my 'journal'. "It should be a rule to always read the manual in full." For some reason Harry felt like he need a vacation before shaking it off.
Unnoticed a nondescript man frowns for a moment, seeing the faint outlines of windows around the boy, before simply holding up a microphone for a moment before moving on. On that side note, crime would virtually disappear for a while. That's a different story though.
Finishing the book, Harry went to put it away, when his hand pressed the button.
A flash of light covers him, blinking away the spots he glances around. It was a blank room, no color in the least, no furniture, just an average room. Harry walks about the place, it almost reminded him of. "Private Drive?"
With a blur, the surroundings change, mirroring the inside of Number Four. Although, it was different, more pictures, vibrant colors. It felt more like a home than actually living there did. Touching a picture, one of Harry and Aunt Petunia and it plays by itself! Like a television!
Harry makes his way around the house, and much is recognizable. With a few glaring exceptions, one being the cupboard under the stairs, it led to darkness. Unnerving as it was, he leaves it be, imagining a lock on it. 'Who knows where that leads?'
Another change was when he was upstairs, one of the rooms was more of a nursery than anything else. The light was an acid emerald green, and the crib was burned around. It made no sense, so Harry turns the light off and leaves it alone, the only thing that was out of place in that room was the feint noise of a motorcycle, and a woman pleading to someone. Everything was too fuzzy to make out properly.
Harry's room was strange enough. It had many windows, scrolls, and 'was that Mum's trunk? Dad's bag?' Harry walks over to them, opening the trunk, the only thing in there was the letter? He quickly checks the bag, only a letter as well. "This doesn't make sense..."
Making my way to the exit, Harry stops for a moment. "Will this... be here? Forever?"
He look back at the door, and on it is written [Instance: Player's Memories, Private Drive]
"How do I return?" Harry questions the game, half expecting a verbal answer. A poster appears next to the door.
"To return to a created instance, simply activate [Enter Instance: Name] to return. The Player can create a total of Five(5) instances. Each Instance can be modified to the Creators preference. Being the Creator's world, time is relative to the Creator and their guests. No time passes, but the Creator will experience the rigors of life, including consumption of food, drink, and sleep. It is Ill Advised to use these Instances for long periods of time. Experiences will remain at the same levels as you learn them, they do not Level inside Created Instances. This is to prevent skill grinding exploits.
A Player can learn new skills through memories, but not level them essentially. For a deeper understanding and recall please learn the appropriate mental skills. The Gamer ability assists with learning, but not with understanding. Fragments, vagueness, and cloudiness affects many as the years go by. Things become clearer though for Magicals, many skills assist with this."
It was all confusing, but yes, I could return.' Satisfied with that he steps out. With another flash, Harry returned to his body.
"I'll never get used to this." Harry grumbling to himself, shoving the book back. Making my way back home, Harry ponders the gifts he has yet to read. Books, journals, and what not. With a frown he realize that there's more to it than that, especially with the [Rucksack of Holding]. 'Why it's at the house instead of on my back is a mystery to me. I mean, it's meant to be used, not hidden away... right?'
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Harry Potter, Fall of '95
It had taken some doing, but Harry was now floating a leaf over his hand. It didn't do any of the fantastic things that his mum done in the journal. It was his first bout of intentional magic. Harry tried willing it to spin, the faint breeze though made it difficult to tell if it was intentional or not though. The corner of his vision though showed the MC slowly going down. He let the leaf float back to the ground, blown away in the autumn breeze. There was something else Harry would try to do, changing colors of his clothes, if possible. Nodding at the message that pops up.
Congratulations! You have leveled up [Levitation] by 3 points! 21/100! 5 EXP earned!
The edge of my jacket was a grey color, he decided it might be better as a blue, or even red! Harry tries to imagine it being any other color than grey. The MC meter was draining but nothing was happening? After half of it was drained, he decided to give it up as a bad cause for now.
Congratulations! You have leveled up [Color Change] by 10 points! 38/100! 10 EXP earned!
'Well that didn't make sense...' Harry continued back to #4. Where Aunt Petunia gave him a strange look before sighing. "Harry, did you know your pants are bright blue?"
Harry stops and stare at her for a moment before looking down. Indeed they were, sure they were jeans, but these were the Bluest Blue you could imagine. "But... how! They were supposed to be my jacket cuffs!"
He will remember this day forever, the day his Aunt Petunia let out the most unlady like snort ever. That was before he looked up at her, then she was busting a gut laughing at the indignant face.
Harry would spend as much time as possible practicing floating objects, and working on animating some of the left over toys Dudley left about. It was slow going, the toys would move like rag dolls instead of life like movements. He still needed to move the joints by hand. The next week Harry would finally Level Up. It was after achieving total control over [Levitation], and [Animation]. Harry would facepalm, 'Of course animation would work instead of trying to use will power to twist the floating object. Combination spells!'
Congratulations! You have leveled up the following skills: [Levitation II] [Animation II]! 150 EXP earned!
Congratulations! Through constructive thinking, you have discovered [Combination Spell Casting]! 200 EXP earned!
Congratulations! You have Leveled Up! Now level 2! 5 Attribute Points Rewarded! 10 Skill Points Rewarded!
'There it was, my first level up! I thought it would be more... noteworthy than this though. Some epic quest with danger and excitement. Curious though that there was a second level of levitation and animation. I had thought that would have been that.' For now Harry left the points where they were, he had to check on the new skills.
[Levitation II]
100/250
Small objects limit: 2
Large objects limit: 5 pounds, 2.3 kilograms
Reach for the Stars! Things become more interesting now with the 2nd Stage of Levitation! You are now able to float bigger, heavier objects! With practice, you may be able to float multiple smaller objects! The higher the level the easier it is to levitate smaller objects. The ultimate goal is self levitation, and eventually flight!
[Animation II]
100/250
Basic animation mastered!
Multi animation: Joints
Walk the Walk! You are now able to animate objects with joints! Bringing objects to life! With enough practice you may soon unlock [Puppetry]!
The implications hit him like a ton of bricks, his Mum might have mastered [Levitation] and [Animation] a long time ago! If that was true, then she must have had a high amount of WIS before she was 10! Unreal!
With that realization Harry went back to practicing.
Post notes: For some reason I don't see Narcissa being just a trophy wife. The way she was portrayed, she cares about family, more specifically her son. I can never figure out, is it Lestrange, or LeStrange? Most sources say Lestrange, but LeStrange sounds better, but distinctly french, even if Rodolphus went to Hogwarts.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Harry got his glasses from a charity bin... right? Tried them on until he found a pair that worked... right?(is this Fannon?) I know there's the NHS and what not at the time... but the original Dursleys wouldn't waste the time or effort for a correct fit. Would it be Harry Potter if he had glasses or not? Should we just scrap the glasses idea, or keep them around for later use? Think of 'Runemaster' -Tigerman. (you should check out the story, it's pretty good)
Eventually I'm going to have to start a separate 'story' or chapter dedicated to skills, quests, levels, and stats... right? Is it worth the effort to continuously click back and forth? Or do a quick note here at the end?
Please let me know what you think, and if there are any errors to fix up. If you have any ideas, also let me know, I shall consider them at least. Thank you for your time!
-Fred2008
Quick Omake! Floating Lily!
When Lily was sure James was gone, she cradled her Harry close to her, singing a lullaby, slowly rocking back and forth. Slowly dancing upward, floating in the air, seeming to dance a waltz as old as motherhood. Soon she was laying in mid air, in an in a imaginary hammock. It was a secret known only to a very select few that she could do this. She didn't like brooms because they were so slow!
Petunia would often catch her in the act. Severus might have been able to do this, soon enough probably, he was the one that taught her all those years ago. As well as Voldemort, who tried to attack her in her lonesome once. She remembered the look on his face when she matched him in speed.
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"Avada Kedavra!" I jump out of the way as a bolt of green hit the pavement, cracking it. Looking up I see You-Know-Who floating! Not to be deterred I draw my wand, and fire back. "Haha! You won't be able to get me here Mudblood!"
I frown in disgust before simply taking off at him, his face the very picture of surprise. Before I marred with with a left hook, somehow I managed to punch his nose clean off! I missed his chin!
With a howl of rage he pushed me back with magic! We fought for a few minutes, throwing spells back and forth midair, before he disapparated. I gently float back down, landing gingerly. I couldn't believe it, he ran away! "COWARD!" I shout at where he was. I spot something on the ground, with disgust I burn it with a quick incendio, Voldemort's nose. Just in time as well, he came back just in time to see it.
With a cheeky wave I activate my portkey to headquarters, his horrified scream following me.
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I smile contentedly, yes, memories. I float back down to the couch, dozing off with a sleeping Harry.
