Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: Warning: Any traces of plot have evaporated.

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Harry had just survived his first potions lesson, which while having several hiccups, was survivable in the end. Of course, Harry had to resort to making saves every 5 minutes just to make surviving possible, but while his potions were ruined countless times as a result of his zoning out, the end product was actually a pretty decent potion that would almost certainly pass…

…Unless of course Snape's swirling robe 'accidentally' catches the vial of Harry's potion and proceed to swipe it off the desk, smashing it.

Which happened, of course. Harry had stayed back a little just to wait for this.

"Well. I'm afraid its yet another zero for you, Potter. I can't grade what's not there, can I?"

"Oh no problem, professor. I can easily pour you another vial. I haven't emptied my cauldron yet."

"20 points from Gryffindor for not following instructions, Potter. I told you to vanish your potion… quite some minutes ago. Oh, and another 20 points off for tardy work in cleaning up. Most of the students have already left, and I do have another class to teach after this, you know. Oh, and why not take another 20 points of for having need a teacher to clean up for you? Evanesco!"

Harry fumed. Snape smirked. He was obviously making up for the points he had not been able to take off earlier. (Harry had continuously traveled back to thwart Snape's evil plans.)

"Very well. I believe that's the end of that, so get out of my classroom, you bunch of dunderheads."

Harry decided that there was really no point going back to fix this, since he was so pissed off he felt that he might actually make things worse instead. Therefore, he chose to stomp out, with Ron and Hermione in tow.

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As he stomped out, Harry was suddenly hit by a splitting headache that caused him to stumble and nearly fall flat on his face. He managed to recover, but the moment he straightened himself his brain shut down and he became knocked out unconscious on the floor.

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Instead of seeing the menu, an all-encompassing image of a yellow book flashed into existence within the confines of the mind, and for a moment he could see the title of the book flash by.

However, the image disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared. When it disappeared, he was returned to the menu, but now instead of the options, only one word was shown.

Rebooting… 98

As the counter hit 100, the word dissolved to reveal a complete white screen. As Harry began to wonder of he was simply hallucinating about everything that had happened so far, text suddenly appeared.

Of course it isn't you hallucinating. If that were true, your powers wouldn't have functioned at all.

"Hey… wait a minute, aren't you the stupid book that gave me these powers?"

Do you truly not appreciate this great gift that has been bestowed upon you?

"I never wanted them in the first place! They have been useful yes, but my life has now become seriously complicated, among several other issues. Right now, I don't even know whether I'm really dead or alive! I don't know where the real world is; I don't know how my power, which is easily the most inconceivable and overpowered power ever, will mess up the entire continuity! I… don't even know if all this is just a dream of mine… AND I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW HOW A STUPID BOOK CAN GRANT SUCH POWERFUL REALITY WARPING POWERS!"

Wait… what? I've… not expected you to come upon such a situation yet… but I'm quite certain with this power your task shall be much easier.

"Task? What task?"

Anyway, now that you have registered the required amount of usage to upgrade your power, which is approximately 1000000000 hours, by the way, you have gained an upgrade.

It's not really an upgrade, but more of an entirely new power. Get this; you are now able to erase memories. No limits whatsoever. Whatever memory you want to erase, be it that of an event, that of discovery, that of an error. Whatever you wish it to be, will be.

And now, I bid you goodbye.

"HEY WAIT! YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS YET!"

With that, Harry was well and truly knocked out.

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Harry woke up to find himself in the hospital wing. For some reason, he got the sinking feeling that this would be the first of many times. However, after a second, he realized that he didn't just feel. He knew that this was just the beginning of many visits over the years. If that stupid book was going to knock him out as and when it liked, then his chances of avoiding sudden collapses were minimal.

Anyway, as Harry shook his head to clear it of sinking thoughts, he remembered the last words of the book. Apparently, there was now a new power for him to utilize. Seeing that nobody was around, and that if he was found with his eyes closed people would probably think that he was still out of it, Harry closed his eyes and waited for the menu to pop up.

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Save?

Load?

Turn off menu?

NEW: Information.

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"Ok… now there is a new option…"

Needless to say, Harry tried it out.

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Dear user,

Please be informed that this operating system has recently undergone a system update, and a couple of functions have either been added or updated.

The list includes as follows:

1) Menu now springs on and off based on time from closure of eyes. Normal booting up time is approximately 5 seconds. Thoughts calling up menu have been disabled.

2) New function added, that could be utilized without the booting of the system. More information can be found below.

3) New 'Death Mode'. Function is still in the beta stage, and usage is currently restricted. More information on the subject will be made available later.

New function: User has now been granted ability to erase memories. This method of erasure is complete and any information lost cannot be recovered. To utilize, user simply has to say the word "Erase" and think about what is to be erased. System will effectively and correctly filter out unrelated thoughts and focus on what is to be erased. Again, be sure of what is to be erased. Any lost information is unrecoverable.

New function: 'Death Mode'. Usage is currently restricted, and more information will be made available later.

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Harry switched off the menu. "Death Mode? Sounds interesting…"