hi everyone, what a month. first i went to the harry potter studios, seriously if you get the chance its worth a visit. had a nice holiday in Wales over the long weekend. then shit hit the fan. our queen passed away and during the funeral I ended up catching covid, just my luck. however, in all that I've done a good amount of writing for this, ive even made an excel sheet for the stats. thank you for the reviews I've received till now, they've helped me to go from complete novice to a semi competent novice.
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/:EITS:\ - end of scene, time skip
Error in the System
Chapter 3
A New Path Opens
2nd August 1994
Magic Attack on Muggle Manor
In the late hours of the 30th of July, Aurors were called to a scene of devastation. A muggle Manor seemingly reduced to rubble. Auror's state they had trouble reaching the area in time because of an Anti-Apparition ward. Aurors have confirmed it was a magical attack of the darkest kind because of traces of the highly regulated spell Fiendfyre and the dark protective charm Diablo Protection. Both Spells have been known to be used by dark Lords in the past. Could this be the signals of a new dark Lord emerging. We at the daily prophet hope that is not the case. The Manor in question has no known connection with any wizard living or dead as far as records show.
When asked if there were any casualty in the fire Aurors stated that because of the state of the wreckage it would be impossible to tell. The dark fire burning any chances of life returning to the property. Muggle witnesses from the village stated that the attack lasted no longer than 5 minutes before it ended, the manor in flames and ruins. Director of the DMLE when asked has stated that it has nothing to do with the Sirius Black case which had made progress with the apprehension of Sirius Black the week before.
Investigation is still ongoing, but because of the Dark magic used, unlikely to reach any results
3rd August 1994
Pettigrew Found
In a shocking turn of events, the believed to be Deceased Peter Pettigrew has been found. But not in the way you might think. At noon on the 2nd of August. Peter Pettigrew appeared in the main lobby of the ICW headquarters. Security of the building immediately apprehended the wanted man only to find he had been kept unconscious by what is reported as Draft of living death; a powerful sleeping Potion able to keep the recipient asleep and unconscious until the antidote is administered.
The question remains, where has Pettigrew been for over a decade. With Pettigrew likely to be pumped with Veritaserum about now, the answer will come in time. The minister has announced an apology for his earlier statements the previous week stating that Pettigrew was dead and black was just leading them on a wild chase.
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4th August 1994
The ministry was in chaos. Hundreds of magical's were crowding the atrium waiting for the minister and DMLE. A press conference had been called about the Black and Pettigrew case. Questions were raised as to whether fudge would step down after the debacle and his handling of it. Sending dementors rather than Aurors to Hunt down a single escapee, a man whose guilt may have been built on a lie.
As Minister Fudge and Director Bones took to the stand. No one noticed the teen walking around the back of the crowd, nor as he was checked in, the label on his chest reading 'Prophet' a simplification of his objective for the day. As the minister started speaking, the 'Prophet' entered the elevator. Descending to level 9.
Despite the hall of Prophecy being in the department of mysteries it wasn't closed to the public. If you were subject to a Prophecy you were allowed in, however you were required to be escorted by an unspeakable. Reaching row 97 Harry came to a stop where he remembered the Prophecy being before and there it was. Glowing slightly, with mist cascading in the ball.
S.P.T. to A.P.W.B.D
Dark Lord and
(?)
Harry Potter
The Prophecy which started it all. Which triggered the deaths of his parents and the destruction of countless families. Husbands, Wives, children and loved ones. Harry reached for the orb, stopping just short before turning to the unspeakable a few feet away. "Is there any consequence for smashing this orb". The unspeakable, though it was impossible to tell seemed surprised before answering "If you were to break that orb, we would charge you 10 galleons to replace the orb, they don't come cheap you know".
"Hmm, fair enough" Harry replied and picked up the orb, then the voice of professor Treyawely filled the aisle "The one with the power to.." SMASH. The orb spoke no more smashed to hundreds of pieces on the floor. Harry walked towards the unspeakable pulling out a small bag containing 10 galleons.
Harry led the entire way and the unspeakable didn't mention that Harry had seemingly walked out of the department of mysteries without directions. Neither noticed a Prophecy on the shelf opposite light up showing the dusty tag simply labelled 'The Gamer'.
Side Quest Complete
'Use the Chaos'
Remove the Prophecy
Reward - 10,000 EXP
20,000 Galleons
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14th August 1994
The day had come, firebolt in hand and dressed in a set of relaxed clothes, his bag containing a set of Quidditch attire for later. He was waiting for the allotted time of the portkey to activate.
This time harry wasn't off to a meeting with the goblins or going to 'Evans Retreat' to check on Remus and Buckbeak. Today he was heading to Lee, Ilfracombe on the north Devon Coast. An invitation had arrived for him the week before from Blaise Zabini to his family home. Along with was a note from Tracey Davis, confirming it was the Gathering they had talked about after COMC in the last week of term.
She explained that as it was Blaise's house they were using, he was responsible for sending out invites. The note explained that he should bring his own broom and a change of clothes to use during the game. As Harry hadn't been to Blaise's property before and they thought he may not have access to Floo they had thought to send a one-time portkey instead. Although he was sure it wasn't a trap, he was ready to switch the portkey for his second wand in his storage. A beeping echoed before the familiar hook whisked him to its destination.
When the spinning stopped, he found himself standing in a pergola. The sight before him was breathtaking, clearly the area was very well maintained. Hearing footsteps he turned to face the welcome party, consisting of Tracey Davis and Blaise Zabini.
"Hey Harry, how's your summer been so far" exclaimed Tracey as they reached harry. "Hi.. um Tracey. It's been interesting. And Zabini, I hope you've been enjoying your summer. You've got an amazing place here." Harry held out his hand and Blaise returned the gesture giving a firm handshake.
"Thanks Potter. As for my summer it's been rather peaceful till now. Also, since Tracey is bound to explain, while we're here we'll all be on a first name basis. Something of a tradition." "Damn it Blaise I wanted to do the bit". "Yes, but you'll spend 20 minutes doing it. And I'm sure Harry here doesn't want a lecture". Tracey had deflated at Blaise's jab at her rambling but seemingly reverted as she explained anyway.
Apparently it was something their parents had done as kids with members of their circles where they would gather at one of their residences and play quidditch, duelling and a bunch of other activities. The idea behind using their first names was that this was a gathering of friends, not allies or houses. All politics and house rivalries were left as the gate.
As most of those in attendance were still underage, they couldn't risk a duelling tournament, but some of the older attendees had planned an exhibition match in the main house's duelling room. Tracey had been about to go on about what they had done the previous years when they had arrived at a set of doors and Blaise took the opportunity to interrupt. "Tracey, we're here". And before Tracey could protest, Blaise opened the door to a room with a selection of sofas and chairs. A gathering of some familiar faces and some he'd never seen before.
"Look who finally showed up," said Blaise teasingly. "Now we have everyone here. We'll do a quick who's who for the new people. I am Blaise Zabini. Obviously, to my left is Tracey Davis, and to my right is Harry Potter". Blaise paused to let those who had yet to meet or even see Harry to process it before continuing while pointing to each person. "Millicent Bulstrode, Lily Moon, Anastasia Lee, Peregrine Perrick, Roger Davies, Casius Warrington, Richard Flint, Daphne Greengrass, Lelouch Dubois, Adrien Pucey, Anthony Ricket and Richard Flint. Now on to the fun bit selecting the teams''.
Ten minutes later they had selected the team and selected each of their roles, His team consisting of Roger, Millicent, Richard, Casius, Tracey and Peregrine who urged them to call him Perry. Harry had been offered the Seeker position, Roger having seen him play, remembering the time Harry had caught the snitch in less than 5 minutes. What followed was a quick change into their quidditch gear, with boys in one room and girls in another.
Once they were all changed Perry, Ana (Anastasia) and Lelouch went around casting mild colour changing charms altering the sleeves of each player to the colour of their team, red for team 1 and blue for team 2, keepers getting a shade darker.
Before they started the match both Davies and Pucey suggested a quick warm up and before long they were in the air. The game was overseen by Blaise's uncle who was a referee in the Italian League.
Before long the game was underway. Richard surprisingly turned out to be a better and a more friendly version of his cousin Marcus, preferring a clean game and better teamwork. Roger, while having been a chaser at Hogwarts was no slouch when it came to being a keeper, his skill nearly as good as wood.
The biggest surprise was who was playing opposite him in the role of Seeker. Hair held in a loose plait, eyes scanning the area for the snitch, Daphne played with the mentality needed to be a seeker. Keeping an eye on her movements, harry scanned the area, while Harry's sight had improved over the last few months harry also had another advantage, with the skill 'Elemental Sight', he checked the area, once the snitch was found the skill would keep tabs on the flying pinball, alerting him if it got close to him or drastically changes direction.
Relaxing slightly, he turned to watch the game. Despite the fact that none of those here had played together before, they were playing really well, 20 minutes later and 130 points scored Harry decided to make a move, he was tempted to Pull a Wronski Feint, but he thought it was a bit much for a friendly game.
At that moment he spotted Daphne making a run for the snitch, Harry quickly taking off in pursuit. Daphne's nimbus 2000 was good, Harry could attest to that, but it was outclassed by the firebolt he was using. She had been within grasping distance when Harry spiralled over her snatching the snitch right in front of her.
They had two more games that day, the last of which Harry opted to play chaser instead switching with Tracey and exchanging brooms, Tracey also owning a nimbus 2000. He warned Tracey of the massive difference in speed, suggesting she switched the safety function on; one of the features of the firebolt was its safety mode, which applied a sticking charm to the rider and lowered both the acceleration and top speed to prevent accidents. During the match Harry had come to the conclusion he wasn't as good of a chaser as he was a Seeker. Just after noon they had stopped to change and freshen up for lunch.
The food provided was similar to what they would be serving that year, with a few European dishes and some he hadn't recognised at all. He doubted the Dursley would have anything from this table no matter how hungry, refusing to eat something if it was a foreign dish.
Deciding to try a bit of everything he filled his plate and took a seat next to Richard Flint who was sitting with Roger Davies, within seconds they were deep in talk about Quidditch tactics, Richard apparently playing for one of the Durmstrang teams.
"It sucks that there's no quidditch this year, although with Krum in play, we all know how it would end" complained Richard. "Is there a reason Durmstrang isn't playing quidditch this year?" asked Lily who was on the edge of the conversation group. "Um well, it's uh". "There's an event our school is taking part in this year" supplied Ana much to the relief of Richard. But a certain shark sensed blood.
"Wait, is this event Hogwarts is involved in as well, Blaise said something was happening but won't tell me" Tracey finished with a humph. "Because if I told you all of magical Britain would know and it's supposed to be kept quiet till the official announcement".
"If Hogwarts is affected by this 'event' as well, surely, we can arrange some pickup games. Surely, they don't need Madam Hooch all year for this thing". Harry suggested. It was Lelouch who responded, "that's because no one knows the full details of what's happening this time we don't necessarily know who will be needed and how much, but I agree we could put together a small tournament, most of my schools' team will be there for it, so we'll be happy to play". That seemed to bring the mood up with promises of future quidditch matches in the coming year, much to Tracey's confusion because why would students from the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang be at Hogwarts.
By two o'clock with the food finished and some time to digest, Blaise announced "And now we move on to the last function of today's event". Blaise led them into one of the larger rooms, a length of runway in the centre of the room, much like the runway in the duelling club in 2nd year. "Duelling, who's up for a quick exhibition match-up". Blaise said with a hint of excitement.
Quick match ups where arranged. Uncle Zabini once again acting as referee, they each took turns duelling one another. The house being of wizard ownership, they weren't worried about the 'trace' which as Sirius had explained works by monitoring magic being used but not to a specific wand. Instead, being judged by location. For those of magic ancestry it was up to the parents of the household to enforce the no underage magic rule.
As a result, Harry could use his wand, having barely used it since returning for the holidays. For his matchup he was set against Adrien, while not a terrible person, he had been on the inquisition squad and had been a menace in quidditch both in the past and years to come. Something he had brought up when preparing to duel. "You know Adrien, I don't think I paid you back for what you did in quidditch the last three years" Harry said with a smile feeling slightly petty. "I think now's the time it was settled" his smile slipping to a devious grin. "Sure Harry, if you can hit me that is". with a bow the Pre-Duelling etiquette was complete, they readied themselves holding position for the ref to start them.
When the match began Harry didn't hold back 'Maximise Magic' "Stupefy'' what was normally a red glow of magic was seemingly bursting with magical energy as it blasted across the platform impacting Adrien before he could get a Spell out blasting him backwards to be stopped by the safety wards. This turned into the quickest match of the day ending in a single Spell.
His next opponent had fallen the same, Perry attempting to dodge and shield but the enhanced stupefy merely tore through the hasty erected Protego, catching him before he could clear the Spells trajectory. He did have one match where he decided to try a match without his maximised stupefy. Instead bounding his opponent with ropes which instead of a small encirclement became enough to be encased in a cocoon of rope instead.
By the end of the day, he was really having fun finishing with a dip in the residences pool. The girls opted to use the hot tub while the boys chose to take part in a game of water polo. Before long it was 6pm and they had started to make their way home.
Soon there were just 7 left. While they walked down the driveway to the road where he could catch the Knight bus. He turned to Blaise and Tracey. " Thank you, both of you, for inviting me to this. It was definitely an experience".
"You're welcome, Harry, if you're a good Gryffindor we may even invite you next summer". Said Blaise with a hint of a smile. "But the summer is not over, couldn't we do something else. Maybe we could meet at the Quidditch World Cup". Said Tracey with barely concealed excitement.
"Are you going to the QWC Harry, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard for someone with your recognition to get an invite". Asked Lily. "I've already got an invite, so I'll be there for the final at least." He answered but then a thought hit him. "Have any of you got anything planned for next week?" he asked. They each turned to one another all shaking their heads saying they had nothing happening. Harry smiled, "have any of you heard of a game called Paintball"
The following weekend they'd met up with Harry's friends from team Gryffindor for a day of paintballing. Despite most being utter novices at the game 'Team Ambition' had sat at a comfortable 4th place.
Blaise and Lelouch having played a similar game before. Millicent somehow had the stealth skills of a ninja was able to launch a number of surprise attacks on the opposition. For Harry's team, they had one rule, Hermione wasn't allowed to try the defecting Objective. But she had instead singlehandedly eliminated an entire team with crotch shots while Harry and the others provided cover fire. Ron however had met his Match with Daphne predicting his every move resulting in a swift defeat.
Lelouch, Lily and Tracey had done a fantastic job following directions from Daphne to a T. Blaise, as it turns out, was someone who liked to rent all the best equipment buying multiple variations of grenades and the better weapons that cost extra to use. But in the end, It was a good bit of fun. When they had all got on the Knight bus, Harry had noticed that like the week before they were all addressing each other on a first name basis and talking to each other like equals, something he had rarely seen before. No house rivalries, no blood importance, just friends hanging out, having fun.
Quest complete
'Make New Friends'
Rewards - 50,000 Exp
Bonus Objective Reward - 20 SP
'So it was that easy'
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Thursday 25th August 1994
The day had come, the last pivotal point in making the change to the future. It was the day of the Quidditch World Cup Final. The day of the Death Eater attack, the chance to take out some of the Death Eater's who'd cried imperius. They wouldn't get away this time. The only problem was...
Event Imminent
'Death Eater Hunting'
During this event you will be unable to cast Spells, make use of your other Skills
Rewards - 5 x Level Up Tokens
Bonus Challenges
- Kill Lucius Malfoy
- Kill Corban Yaxley
- Kill Walden Mcnair
- Kill Rosman Avery
- Kill Gregory Goyle Snr
- Kill Wilfred Crabbe
- Kill Tiberius Nott
- Kill Joseph Nott
- Kill Alecto Carrow
- Kill Amycus Carrow
For Harry this changed things, his plan had been to use the Maximise Modifier on his more deadly Spells but now that he wouldn't be able to cast any he would have to try something else. Over the holidays he had been practising with the Sword of Gryffindor to a fair amount of success but to use it properly it would take a lot of luck. Right now, they were walking to the portkey site just outside of Ottery St Catchpole.
He had arrived by Knight bus the night before, as funny as it would have been to see Vernon watch his fireplace blow up again. and joining them once again were the Diggory's, Cedric very much alive and Amos not in despair and blaming harry for Cedric's death.
Harry had hung to the back of the group trying to find a solution to his latest problem. Of the skills he had only 7 could be of use, but with the wording of the quest message it was hinting at using Sword Skills and Magic Edge. The latest editions had been one or two sword skills for weapons he hadn't tried yet with a number available for 'Battle Axe'.
'Must have been because of the one I used during the purification ritual'. For now, it was a temporary solution, using his character stat page he redistributed his stat enhancement points to Agility and Strength, figuring those would help most when weaving a sword. His 'quick-change' skill prepared with a set of robes that wouldn't give him away equipped with his cleansed horcrux relics. That was another thing that had been bugging Harry at the start of the half term; he had visited the gaunt shack, where Dumbledore had said he'd found the Gaunt ring horcrux, however it was nowhere to be found.
Even after purchasing 'Elemental Sight' it showed no sign of the horcrux. Harry's theory was that the ring had been planted as a trap for Dumbledore. Which meant that the horcrux was kept elsewhere prior to his fifth year.
Even wearing the Diadem produced no insight into where it had been kept. It was for now the only piece remaining of Tom's anchors, it was why Harry went ahead with his plan at the end of July. Not just to set back Voldemort's plan with the Tournament but to also see if the ring had been destroyed by other means, the alert to the quest completion only went off if Harry had destroyed it himself, but if the ring was destroyed by other means tom would have still possibly been killed.
Item Purchase Successful
Health Potion x8
SP 1227 - 1067
Skill Purchase Successful
Storage Expansion x1
Skill Connect
Skill Cooldown Upgrade x1
SP 1067 - 947
Sword Skill Purchase Successful
Sword Skill - Deadly Sins
Sword Skill - Lightning Fall
Sword Skill - Sharp Nail
Sword Skill - Horizontal Square
Sword Skill - Rage Spike
Sword Skill - Horizontal
Sword Skill - Slant
Sword Skill - Single Shot
SP 947 - 667
He had completed the purchases of what he might need, the Sword Skills being what he had practised during the tutorial and with Skill Connect he should be able to chain them if he executed the skills correctly. He had thought about getting the self-regeneration skill but his experiments over the holidays gave him cause to believe that Gamer Body would take most of the damage and that the wording of it meant he couldn't actually lose limbs. and with some experimants he believed unless he was repeatedly baraged with the more deadly spell, his HP guage wouldnt likely pass the halfway mark
"Right, everyone hold on" called Arthur, bringing Harry out of his thoughts. Harry quickly grabbed for the portkey, just in time. Harry braced his legs for landing just as the spiralling stopped, being one of the few who had not fallen on the floor.
Smiling down at his friends he offered them a hand up to their thanks. Arthur had signed them in with the wizard with the clipboard and with their tent destination known they made their way parting from the Diggory's part way.
He remembered this, the wizard wearing bathrobes, the poor muggle who would be repeatedly obliviated, the small child waving its mother's wand. "I really don't understand what it is that magical's don't understand about muggle clothes. Surely there must be some test you need to take" grumbled Hermione. "He looked alright to me, though why do muggles wear such fluffy robes" remarked Ron.
At Hermione's look, Harry decided to ask Mr Weasley. "Why aren't magical's educated in proper muggle clothing, surely there's some course you have to pass before venturing into the muggle world". Surprisingly Mr Weasley looked a bit miffed but not at them. "There has been legislation proposed in the past to teach students to style their clothes to fit in a muggle environment. A course was supposed to be added to the Transfiguration program to transfigure robes into clothes that wouldn't draw the eye. However, some more ... Traditional members of the Ministry have blocked such things stating that it is unnecessary. That muggle won't notice these things". Provided the eldest Weasley.
"It gets worse Harry; the muggle studies program is so far behind the current times. The 2nd world war is labelled as a cover for Grindelwald's failed revolution. They don't even acknowledge that we've set foot on the moon. I asked Professor Burbage what a telephone was, she had no clue, I don't think she's set foot in the muggle world at all".
"Can nothing be done" asked Harry. "Part of the reason is that no new material is being written educating magical's about muggle culture, I would think if a new book came out that might help". One by one everyone in the group looked to Hermione. After a few seconds, it finally clicked "No, I mean I couldn't... surely if it was that easy someone would have done so before" Hermione tried to object. "Hermione, you've read practically the entire book selection in the Hogwarts library, you could easily write a book about the culture you grew up with". Added Ron. "I suppose I could give it a go"
"How about you call it M.E.U.W." supplied Ron. "What's that?" asked Ginny. "Magical Education Update for Wizards" Replied Ron. 'What are the chances?' thought Harry. 'While Hermione tried really hard with spew it didn't really make an impact. At least with this they could see immediate results.
A few hours later, they had the tent up and everyone had settled in when the remaining Weasleys had arrived. Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Harry had been sent to find water for tea.
Like before Harry had purchased Omnioculars, but this time he'd spotted an offer notice, offering a discount when you buy seven or more. Figuring he'd buy one for everyone who was still at school and one for Mr Weasley as thanks he bought 7 Omnioculars. The vendor didn't bat an eye as Harry handed over 70 galleons, ten times the price of his wand. Harry turned to see his friends' dumbfounded faces. "Don't worry, think of it as a late or early birthday present" Harry said, handing Ron and Ginny theirs and when he got to Hermione, "or think of it as a way to bring revision material around without the books". Hermione immediately accepted the gift, before giving him her signature hug, a second later being joined by a blushing Ginny.
At a loss of what to do he looked to Ron. "I think you've got enough hugs going on Harry". Harry smiled; this wasn't so bad.
Before he could do anything, another body joined the hug. "Hey, is it a hug a Harry day". "Seems like a rather selfish event if you ask me, perhaps I could make a 'bed a Blaise' day" said a pair of familiar voices. "Blaise, Tracey how've you been, it's only been 5 days, but it feels like years". "See Blaise, I'm not the only one to miss people after a few days". Said Tracey smugly.
However, before Blaise could retort another voice interjected." That's because you'll explode if you don't see us after 48 hours. If not explode, certainly withdrawal". Daphne Greengrass emerged from the stalls crowd holding her own Omnioculars with a shorter figure hiding behind her.
"Harry, nice to see you again. Hermione, Ron and you must be Ginny, Ron spoke very highly of your bat bogey hex". Ginny, flushing with embarrassment proceeded to bash Ron much to his protests. "Oh, where are my manners? This is Astoria, my younger sister. Astoria, this is Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron and Ginny Weasley. They showed us the Paintball sport I was telling you about".
The shorter Greengrass stepped from behind her sister, clearly very shy and in a small voice said. "I'm Astoria Greengrass, pleasure to meet you". Glancing at the new faces but when she got to Harry her face was consumed in red, ducked her head and retreated to the safety of her sister's back.
"Don't worry Stori, they don't bite''. Said Daphne reassuringly. "Although Hermione will opt for crotch shots so be on your guard". So incredibly brave Ron, but also so stupid seeming as he now had two embarrassed girls beating him up. Harry turned to the new acquaintance. "I'm sorry for my friend's behaviour Astoria, I hope you won't judge them because of their display of violence or foolishness". Harry held out his hand to Astoria, the small girl hesitantly returning the motion and gently shook hand. "Little Stori here is joining Hogwarts this year, although we're rather stuck on which house, she'll be joining". Said Tracey getting the conversation rolling with a 10-minute debate on the youngest Greengrass' future house.
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9:45 Pm 25th August 1994
The game was Imminent, once again they had ascended the stairs to their seats in the stadium. Once again, he came face to face with the Malfoys. Lucius being his typical self, however it produced a useful purpose. As Lucius was on his Kill Objective list he marked him with Elemental Sight, he could make his death extra special when the time came. For now, he had a game to watch. Just as the game began at 10 o'clock, Harry received a prompt
Announcement
Countdown to event begun
4 hours 37 minutes
He could work with that. A rustle next to him brought his focus standing behind him was a familiar house elf covering her eyes in terror and an empty space. Elemental Sight activated he looked at the form of Barty Crouch Jnr beneath his Invisibility Cloak. His expression completely out of it from the active imperius he could see him making a slow reach for Harry's back pocket.
Harry moved discreetly Summoning Dorea's wand, pointing it in the invisible man's direction and muttered an imperius of his own, preventing him from thinking to grab a wand or making an escape. He could feel his command enforce the previous one set by Crouch Snr. His own mini objective complete, he turned back to the Game.
3 hours later they had returned to the tent. Krum had once again caught the snitch, resulting in Irelands Victory. The Weasley twins had fallen for bagman's scam. Harry had said he would write to a contact in Gringotts to see if they could do anything, much to the twins' relief. The merriment continued into the early hours. Sounds of cheer sounding from outside.
Harry joined in as much as he could. With 18 minutes left on the countdown Harry went over his preparations. He had already spoken with Dobby asking him to keep an eye on his friends and if things went pear shaped, he had orders to take them back to the burrow. He checked through all the settings, the 'Quick-Change' skill, the position of Lucius and the five other targets he had identified during the match. With 5 minutes left and gentle snoring filling the silence, Harry was waiting, eager to begin.
However,
Pre-Event Exclusive Offer
Mystery Set + Mystery Item + Mystery Skill
Cost - 400 SP
Would you like to purchase
[Yes/No]
That was a lot, but it could be anything. Given he was now able to gain SP easily enough, it wouldn't be too much of a setback plus he would still have 267 SP left. He could still buy a respawn or one of the more costly items.
Purchase Successful
New Equipment Set
...
Equip New Equipment
[Yes/No]
'Oh, very nice'. Then the screaming started
/:EITS:\
[Trigger warning ahead, mentions of possible unfortunate female fate, death and graphic depiction of violence]
The day had been going so well. When their mother had given Daphne and Astoria tickets to the World Cup, she had been ecstatic. Daphne didn't normally show it but she was a huge fan of quidditch. With a collection of Omnioculars recordings of her favourite matches.
Being able to see it with Blaise and Tracey had been amazing and seeing the smile on her sister's face had topped it all. Astoria had always been a quiet and shy child in the family and with her starting at Hogwarts she would need to come out of her shell. She had hoped meeting Harry and his friends would help but while she coped with meeting his friends when it came to Harry himself she was still shy. Having read the story books of their countries living legend to her sister as a child, like many children in Britain she had a developed admiration for him and meeting him in person had cemented that.
Her own first meeting with Harry being slightly different, first spotting him on the Hogwarts express in the rags he wore. Mistaking him for a poor first year she was surprised to see him step forward at the sorting. The following three years she had barely interacted with him. Had they even spoken before now.
However, she could really use a hero right now. Screams close by had woken the two sisters, Blaise and his uncle already moving to the entrance to check out the situation. "We need to go, now" ordered the Zabini uncle. Drawing his wand. "We need to stay together and move towards the edge of the grounds; we can take a Portkey from there. Understood" he said looking towards them. At each of their nods they moved, exiting the tent into pandemonium.
Fires were blazing, people running without direction. It was Chaos, even with the added security things were still going wrong. "This way keep up" called their chaperone. They ran keeping together until the small hand Daphne had been holding slipped, when Daphne had turned it was to the sight of her sister running in the opposite direction. "Stori! We need to go this way, Stori stop!" Daphne called chasing her sister till they got to a calmer area, though tents still burning. Her sister had come to a stop. Daphne caught up checking her sister to see a worrying blank expression. "Stori, what wrong?" Asked Daphne panicked. "Oh don't worry Miss Greengrass, she was just following orders", a slick voice called behind her.
Dressed in a black cloak and silver mask covering their face, the image of nightmares in the magical world, a Death Eater emerged holding their wand pointing straight at her. "But fear not, it is only temporary" he said lowering his wand ending the Spell causing Astoria to slump into her arms.
"What do you want?'' asked Daphne weakly. "What is due to us miss Greengrass, your father left this world with a pretty substantial debt. A debt which now falls to his remaining blood". "That's not true, our business owes no one anything. We don't..." before she could continue a red Spell impacted her burning her nerves
'Cruciatus' she thought, a spell those in the Slytherin common room had spoken of. A spell some had experienced from their parents. "That was just a small taste Miss Greengrass, be sure to be silent unless spoken too, am I understood". Daphne weakly nodded; her sister was slowly waking beneath her.
"Is this the one? '' another voice called, coming out from behind the wreckage. "It is, Cyrus chose well to get such fine specimens for heirs. Specimens that would do well for our cause, we may need to break them a bit, but they should do nicely".
By now they were surrounded with 4 more death eaters joining them. Daphne looked at her attackers and one seemed to find her expression offensive because he immediately let loose another short burst of the cruciatus.
Pain, that was all she could feel, the form of her sister looking up at her in tears at what was happening and what was to happen to them. Another figure approached through the smoke. 'Another one', the form strode slowly but in her vision, she noticed something, the masks she had seen the others wearing earlier hadn't looked like this. A sight straight out of a nightmare.
Wearing what looked like old muggle armour but until she noticed that the plates had spots of what looked like magma dripping out, in fact along the path she could see spots of glowing red in their wake. It seemed like it was a magma golem made into a Knight. Strapped to their back was some kind of spear and in their hand was a sword. That upon approach started to glow red.
The Death Eaters had noticed his approach. "Looks like someone wants to play the hero" teased one. "Then we show them what happens to wannabe mudblood hero's" answered another, launching a sickeningly green Spell towards the stranger.
The hood covering the face lifted up showing a helm frame. The slit that would normally show the face showing only raging fire beneath. They raised their sword, slicing the Spell in half, the unblockable spell fizzling to nothing.
"Impossible, you can't defend from the killing curse like that". Complained one, before they fired again, another joining him. But the stranger stood strong, sword ignited, slashing twice, the oncoming Spells dispersed to nothing. Before the death eaters could try again he moved, making an impossibly fast lunge slicing their red glowing blade upwards through the death Eater before bringing the sword back down again.
The Death Eater victim fell to the floor in two different directions. "Electo, you'll pay for that!" screamed a female voice.
"So that was Electo Carrow, good that's one down. But fear not Amycus Carrow, you'll soon be joining him" announced the deep gravelly voice of the burning Knight as they turned to face the named death eater. "Avad.." a futile attempt, as the stranger closed the space, sword glowing blue this time as the sword pierced straight through their neck, head coming clean off, before flying into the panicked arms of another Death Eater.
He didn't stop the strike immediately followed by a succession of swings dismembering others and outright brutally killing the rest. One of the six remained, trying to use what Daphne assumed was a portkey screaming what sounded like safe haven. "You won't escape". Spoke the Knight. "Not while my rage burns, you will face your fate, now tell me where the others are?". The smell of human waste filled the clearing, the feared death Eater soiling themselves. "A shame" before he held his glowing sword wide before bringing it across, the sword not making contact with the Death Eater but his head still rolled to the ground along with the tents behind him collapsing leaving a perfect line from where the sword had swung. "Now then, what do we have here".
The figure turned fully facing the Greengrass sisters now. Approaching slowly and coming to a stop just in front of them. Daphne could feel the heat coming off them. But she couldn't move, couldn't defend herself. Her wand was some distance away on the floor.
The figure noticed her gaze and reached down to pick up the wand. She had expected her wand to turn to Ash, but it didn't, even when the wand was placed in her hand it was still cool to the touch which was impossible.
A spasm of pain then wrought through Daphne, an aftershock from the brief sessions of Cruciatus use. Their saviour reached behind them and pulled from beneath their Cloak two vials of green liquid. Daphne panicked, trying and failing to shuffle backwards.
"It's okay Greengrass, they will help" the gravelly voice said with a tinge of concern in their voice. A small hand took the vial instead. "How can we trust you" asked her younger sister fearfully.
"Because if I wanted to hurt either of you, I wouldn't have killed the filth you see around us". He answered bluntly. Voice containing a mix of amusement at them and anger towards the fallen death eaters. "Now, drink up". Astoria accepted the vial sampling a bit.
Eyes widening with renewed energy she quickly brought the vial to Daphne's lips, slowly feeding the liquid to her. Within seconds the two sister were back on their feet. "Daphne, Astoria!" Their names echoed, the voices of Blaise and his uncle. "Here!" Shouted Astoria, who had recovered enough to stand, signalling their location. Daphne turned back to the stranger to see nothing. The dripping of lava coming from their suit coming to a stop a few meters away from them. "Thank you" she gently called as they were soon surrounded by friends and the small group of Auror's sweeping through.
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New Perk Earned
'Knight in Blazing Armor'
Harry watched from under his Invisibility Cloak as the two sisters were seen two. Having switched out the Armour of Hades for his previous set plus Invisibility Cloak before walking away. He had cleared four of his ten objectives.
Moving on, he walked in the direction he knew Lucius was in, he needed to cover another 30 meters to secure the targets with his new skill. 'Anti-Escape Field' prevents any target from getting more than 30 meters away from him. The skill also covered portkeys and apparition but consumed both Mana and SP to use.
Before long he had come up on the position of Malfoy. A group of 14 Death eaters overseeing the torture of a small group of muggleborns, with words like mudblood being used every 5th word.
He'd had enough stepping up behind the death Eater who he knew to be Lucius, who was casting the cruciatus at one of their helpless victims. He triggered 'quick change' switching back to the Armor of Hades.
One of the other death eaters had a look of surprise to the new figure before Harry drove the Sword of Gryffindor up through the elder Malfoy's chest. Sword sticking out the front drenched in blood before Harry brought his hand to his face activating the bracers effect turning what had been cool hands earlier into a blazing glove, which was now burning Lucius' face.
The scream of one of their ranks drew the attention of the others. Harry removed the sword from Malfoy and began to get to work dealing with the immediate spell fire dealt with the use of the Sword Skill 'Deadly Sins' before following with a 'Rage Spike' cleaving one of the death eaters head much like he'd done to the female Carrow.
Challenge Announcement
Corban Yaxley Deceased
"5 more" harry spoke through the Armor. One of the nearest death eaters tried their portkey only for it to fail, they made to inform the others, but he didn't get the chance. Cleaved in half by the 'Sharp Nail' skill, seeing others try to run Harry leapt into the air before driving his sword into the ground. A wave of electricity erupted from his sword paralysing the remaining death eaters, some more affected than others.
The Death Eater on the edge of the Anti-Escape skills reach kept running, Harry left his sword in the ground pulling the Bident of his back. Pulling his hand back he threw it like a javelin piercing the would-be runaways' chest. 'Damn that Merciless perk is no joke' he had yet to miss and with how brutal his assault had been so far, how could he. Pulling the sword back out of the ground he used Horizontal Square on the incoming fire. Hitting all the Spells sent his way, he finished another 5 off using sharp nail and rage spike.
Challenge Announcement
Walden Mcnair Deceased
Challenge Announcement
Rosman Avery Deceased
Challenge Announcement
Tiberius Nott Deceased
Challenge Announcement
Joseph Nott Deceased
Only 1 target remained but there was another present bringing their wand up, the words of the killing curse on their lips.
Harry pulled out the remaining Basilisk Fang from his storage activating 'Single Shot'. The Fang shot across the battleground, piercing through the death eaters face.
With only Lucius remaining he gathered his thrown weapons wiping the blood on the death eater's robes. When he had returned to Malfoy, he was right where he left him, where he pinned his leg to the ground with the sword.
"Hello Lucius, I hope you've been enjoying your evening; I know I have". Lucius brought his wand up only to lose his arm with a swing from the Bident. "Now, now. Lucius is that anyway to talk to your betters".
"Stay away muggle filth. When we rise to our place you will be nothing but ants ready to be crushed beneath out boot".
" You seem to be under the impression I'm a muggle Mr Malfoy, yet with your previous master being a half blood you've probably got it all confused".
"What are you talking about, my master was the descendant of Salazar Slytherin. He was pure" Lucius screamed. Harry sighed, "Wrong Mr Malfoy, your master while he was the son the last descendant of the gaunt line, he was naught but the the offspring of a squib and a muggle. Even my blood is purer by your standards than the great Lord Voldemort".
"How can you know such a thing" Lucius demanded spitting at harry. Harry reached up to his helm "Because you sent the diary of the teenage Dark Lord to the school, possessing an innocent girl and unleashing a dangerous creature upon the school", revealing his face to Lucius.
"That creature's venom is right now flowing through your veins. You should be privilege to feel the venom of Salazar's pet basilisk". "Potter, you wouldn't, you can't, I am The Lord Malfoy you... you cannot let me die, I can give you riches, my loyalty, we could rule the wizarding world. I could... " He didn't get to finish his sentence. The Bident in Harry's hand now driven through Malfoys heart.
Challenge Announcement
Lucius Malfoy Deceased
I'm sure you were a good lord, Lucius, shame you were such a shit man"
Event Complete
'Death Eater Hunting'
Rewards - 5 x Level Up Tokens
Bonus Challenges
- Kill Lucius Malfoy
- Kill Corban Yaxley
- Kill Walden Mcnair
- Kill Rosman Avery
- Kill Gregory Goyle Snr
- Kill Wilfred Crabbe
- Kill Tiberius Nott
- Kill Joseph Nott
- Kill Alecto Carrow
- Kill Amycus Carrow
All Targets Deceased
Reward 20,000 galleons
100,000 Experience
200 SP
Congratulations!
You have levelled up!
30 - 31
Reward 5 SP
Quest complete
'Regain your power'
Reach level 31
Rewards - 10,000 EXP
100 SP
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It had been 20 minutes since harry had separated from his group, in that time the group had added Tracey to the small gathering.
Blaise and his uncle had returned back into the chaos to search for the Greengrass sisters. and after 20 minutes a bright light shot into the sky, Bill explaining that was the all clear signal. Meaning that the attackers were either subdued or had escaped.
5 minutes later the Zabini's and Greengrass' returned with a small escort of Aurors a mediwizard following checking the girls.
They had remained silent the entire time, despite the Aurors questions though they eventually explained what had happened as ridiculous as it sounded. Just after sounds of apparition echoed and the place was swarmed with Aurors, hit wizards and even members of the Magical Interpol. Statements were taken. Those in a stable state submitted memories of what they had seen.
At the 45 minute mark it was announced that harry had been found. What was troubling to the group was that he had been found attending to injured victims in the middle of what was described as a massacre. The body's had been recovered and identified, and not one of those on the scene wanted to report it. Eventually Director Bones arrived on the scene and took control.
The next morning all the papers were busy. Conveying witness and official accounts of what had happened. While the death eaters themselves hadn't actually done much damage the papers were led by the main story
The Dark Knight Slays Death Eaters
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Thursday 1st September 1994
The following weeks had been rampant with stories and speculation as to who the mysterious dark Knight was. Apparently a muggleborn has supplied the title, not that harry minded but is wasn't entirely accurate.
That night he had stayed with Lucius' victims, helping the mediwitches and mediwizards until they could be taken to St. Mungos. When he had met up with the others it was to a sea of relieved faces, and despite his insurance that he was okay he had been kept at the burrow. Though there was a lot less gloom than last time.
The elder Weasleys had once again got their books and goods for the year. Harry had thanked dobby for his help during the event, gifting him a pile of mismatched socks to dobby's joy.
Once again Ron was given the dress robes, he had worn last time. Harry promised to give Ron his robes that Mrs Weasley had got him. Hermione had made a start on the M.E.U.W book they had spoken about, glad his friend had a more attainable objective to reach this year.
The last day of August Harry had received a letter from Sirius. Because of the attack at the QWC, his trial had been pushed forward to the day before. The trial had been a lot more professional than those in Britain. And after 6 hours Sirius was cleared of his old charges however, he had been fined for being an unregistered Animagus, he would have had jail time but as he'd had 12 years in Azkaban, they had waved it for a fine of 10 galleons. Sirius promised to visit during the year alluding to the events of that year, apparently finding out from a chatty officer.
Coming to now, harry had just walked through the portal to platform 9 3/4s. Being the last through, the rest were already boarding the train. A little way up he saw a blonde standing beside the train admiring it, or at least it seemed that way. He instantly recognised the blonde, the only one he knew to keep her wand in her hair bun. He slowly walked up to her to introduce himself but was beat to the punch.
"Hello Harry Potter, it's nice to meet you again". Harry froze. Had he met Luna yet. "Or maybe it is to meet, I'm unsure, things are a little strange at the moment. Has something happened?" she said airily turning to harry.
"Nothing bad I'm sure Luna. Not that I can tell anyway" Replied harry. "Maybe not that you can see, but which would you prefer. The devil you know or the devil you don't". 'That was oddly specific, could she'. Before he could respond Luna swayed before shaking her head "Huh, sorry have we met, I think the heliopaths wanted to speak to you, I'm Luna Lovegood by the way".
"Harry potter, nice to meet you miss Lovegood". Luna stared at harry before smiling and walked away humming a tune. 'I know Luna's always been a bit strange but that was a bit strange even for her'. Walking towards the carriage he could see his friends in he boarded the train. Excited to have a relaxing year for once he approached the carriage door. taking a step aboard the train he was hit with a sharp burst of pain like he'd received when the system fixed itself. When his eyes open it was to a prompt.
New Main Quest
'Survive the Tournament'
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Name - Harry James Potter
AGE - 14 (18)
JOB - Student
LEVEL - 31
EXP - 7%
Bio - Harry James Potter. The child born to defeat the Dark Lord. Born to James Potter and Lily Potter, he is a child of Prophecy, but it won't be one that is easy to fulfil. A power the dark Lord knows not has brought him back to fulfil his destiny. Through his actions a new path is opened, But will doing what is right over what is easy make for a better future?
HP - 3247
MP - 2476
SP - 462
GC ~ G 86,190 - S 197 - K 183
Strength - 35 (+0)
Agility - 32 (+5)
Vitality - 32 (+0)
Accuracy - 36 (+0)
Intelligence - 40 (+2) [+4]
Charisma - 32 (+0)
Luck - 41 (+3)[+3]
Magic - 495(+0) [×1.5]
PERKS
- Blessing of the Phoenix
- Dark Lords Equal
- Death's Champion
- Gamer
- Gamer Body
- Gamer Mind
- Horcrux [Negated]
- Knight in Blazing Armor
- Merciless
- Mothers Sacrifice
- Parseltongue
- Potter Luck
JOBS
- Student (active)
- Quidditch Seeker
- Quidditch Captain
- Monster Slayer
- Magic Teacher
- Runaway
- Child of Destiny
SKILLS
- Analysis LV3
- Anti-Apparition Field
- Anti-Escape Field
- Elemental Sight
- Gamer Currency
- Magic Edge
- Magic Modification- Double
- Magic Modification - Hasten
- Magic Modification- Maximise
- Marauders Map Update - Ghost
- Modifier Connect
- Quick Change
- Skill Cooldown Upgrade (1)
- Skill Connect
- Storage
- Storage Expansion (1)
- Sword Skills
Sword Skill - Savage Fulcrum
Sword Skill - Deadly Sins
Sword Skill - Lightning Fall
Sword Skill - Sharp Nail
Sword Skill - Horizontal Square
Sword Skill - Rage Spike
Sword Skill - Horizontal
Sword Skill - Slant
Sword Skill - Single Shot