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World Divergence: Alpha - Nanohaverse

A's Prologue

A/N : cross posted on my blog and FFN.

Rated M (Mendokusai) for future chapters.

"Hasta la vista, baby" - normal speech

=I got lost in the road of life= - telepathic speech

[Dimensional Transfer] - device speech / spells

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Every story has a beginning, as well as an end. Some even have continuity. It's always there, they're always there. Even if some story do not start with a beginning.

Shitty philosophy, I don't even understand it myself.

However, I do want the story to continue.

And continue, it does...

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0065 - early November

The sunlight and sound of chirping birds pulled me from my peaceful slumber. Opening my eyes, I saw myself in the center of a crater on ground, in the middle of nowhere. Grassy plains and trees as far as eye could see.

What the hell happened? Where in the hell I was?

One or two minutes I spent collecting my thoughts ended by pinging sound from somewhere.

[Morning, Boss!] [Morning, Sir!] Two mechanical voices, one feminine and one masculine, greeted me.

Aah... My devices, Eyaruu and Thoth. The rush of memories came and I was instantly aware of my situation.

"Thoth!" I called my device. "Where are we?"

[Coordinates unknown. Calculation using star constellations incomplete.]

"Eyaruu?" I asked my other device.

[Unable to establish contact with Hecate and Prometheus. Devices not in range.]

Wow! That's ...something. Well, I couldn't stay in this place forever. As much as I dislike crowd, social interaction was necessary for survival.

"Eyaruu, use wide area sonar! Start with one kilometer range. Thoth, record and cross reference the result!" I barked my order.

[Roger, Boss] [Yes, Sir.]

"Sonar!"

[Sonar!]

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It had been a week after I came to this world. Yes, this world, this universe. The multiverse theory was once again proven true.

At very least, that was what I believe.

This world, where I arrived, was another Earth. The third one I had encountered; my original Earth, Potterverse Earth, and this Earth.

The one week time I had spent gathering information left me with both joy and annoyance. And in turn, I felt somewhat ambivalent.

First, this world had progressed further in technology compared to the previous Potterverse. It made sense, since it's more than ten years further in time. And that meant computer, internet! Yeah! Years of self isolation in Potterverse, with time dilation chamber to boot, without modern technology had bad effect to my mind.

Second, this world was not part of Potterverse in any form. I had checked and confirmed it several times over. No Leaky Cauldron, no Diagon Alley, no wizarding society, nothing. This was good and bad. Good because one less trouble off my mind. Bad because some spells and rituals were turned obsolete.

It was proven when I tried to use tempus charm, and it failed. Nothing came up.

Magic was, as defined in Wikipedia (it existed here! Yay!), [the use of rituals, symbols, actions, gestures, and language with the aim of exploiting supernatural forces]. Yeah, confusing. Basically, I defined it as [an act of energy manipulation using the connection with the planet]. The said energy was one of three: physical energy (ki), spiritual energy (mana), and natural energy (four if mental energy counted separately).

In the case of tempus charm, the caster opened connection with the planet and requested information. He or she then receive the right time and date for his or her particular location. The information itself came from magical database of the planet.

The act of mana manipulation had been done for thousands of years, and it resulted in the birth of "god of magic", which was merely the planetary consciousness that able to interact with mana. This so-called god was the one who made most spells, rituals, and runes possible. Basically the magic practitioners used the planetary consciousness as both shortcut and amplifier, enabling the use of more diverse magic spells and rituals. Thus, their magics were tied to the planet. And it had been done for so long that they forgot the basics of mana manipulation without relying on the planetary consciousness.

By logic, that would be wand (foci) and incantations versus wandless and silent spells on their definition.

Take this for an example: in the future timeline of Potterverse, where humans would have developed terraforming, witches and wizards would not be able to use their magic beyond pure mana manipulations on foreign planets. Why? Because the planetary consciousness of the new planet had not recorded their style of magic. They would need some tens or hundreds of years to redevelop their magical culture.

Yeah, right. Nearly impossible for them. Moreover wizarding Britain, that had a lot political sway in international wizarding community, was full of lazy assholes.

I did not and would not have much problem with it, since majority of my stuffs were purely mana and/or ki manipulations. Just enhanced with technologies (Tha'an-dahryuun Magitek for the win!). Should my possible descendants and/or disciples in the future continue to practice this style, more diverse magics would be born. And I would, inevitably, be credited as the Founder of Tha'an-dhryuun Magitek; equal to Merlin or Four Founders in Potterverse culture. Muahahahaha!

Of course, that was merely speculations and theories on my part, which backed up by nothing more than anime theories, insanity, and circumstantial evidences. Meh, only time would tell.

Third, I checked on where I could possibly be; which world, which universe. Hours over hours spent on abusing internet connection (I solemnly swore that I did pay for everything using the money I got from exchanging some of my jewels), I crossed some possible universes from the list. No Fuyuki, no Fate / Stay Night and Nasuverse. No Gotham, no Batman and DCverse. No Stark Industries, no Iron Man and Marvelverse. No Mahora, no Negima and Akamatsuverse. No Racoon City and Umbrella Corp, no Resident Evil -verse. And some others in the list.

It was on the end of the fifth day that I finally found out where on the Cthulhu's tentacle I currently. Seriously, how on Apollo's nonexistent beard did I missed the name of Uminari City? I based this Tha'an-dahryuun Magitek from Nanohaverse, for Hestia's sake!

And it seemed that I need to cut down swearing using Western gods' and goddess' name. Well, this was Nanohaverse. Should I start swearing using Shinto gods' name now? Or should I start blame Zelretch?

No, that's not good. That troll vampire might able to track me across the multiverse, even if there was no Clock Tower in this universe. That would be beyond suicidal. It's much safer to stick to Shinto Parthenon.

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Forging identity was not difficult. Jedi mind-trick aka wandless confudus, something I often abused back in Potterverse, hastened the process by quite large margin. Of course bribes worked in tandem for greater efficiency. Hey, I was not light nor dark. I was grey, and I did bribe several professors back in there.

After everything was set, grabbed my passport and prepared to head to Uminari, Japan. It's funny that despite I could teleport right to Japan back then in Potterverse, I couldn't do the same right now. Well, Nanohaverse did not have magical communities on Earth (or NA #97), unless it's a border world or crossover world. One where Nanohaverse combined with something like Potterverse or the other. Thus, it could lead to several unpleasant scenario.

Actually, I did not know how close this universe to Nanohaverse canon. Heck, it might be very well a crossover with Starcraft-verse. Just imagine, hundreds of thousands of Zerg invading from all directions.

Pffft... As if!

Actually, that's a possible scenario. The fact that I was able to access items from different part of multiverse while in Hogwarts was a definite proof. And every possibilities are true until proven wrong.

Damn. This made me worry.

Moreover, Nanoha series did not provide timeline details I need. Sure, there was a calender system, but it was Mid-Childan New Calender, not Earth calender. Nanoha series started from year 60-something on Mid-Childan Calender. Not that I paid attention to the official wiki back at my old world. And different fanfics I read, no matter what series, gave different starting time on their respective universe. One Takamachi Nanoha might have not born yet (I came too early), or she might have departed to Mid-Childa (I came too late).

Or perhaps other possibility where the entire story based on VR game instead of magic (INNOCENT), or the unlikely yet not impossible chance that this world was based on the story Nanoha series was based on (Triangle Heart 3).

Anyway, I cut short my wandering thoughts and focus on the current task. Namely rechecking and reorganizing my belongings. Let's see..

"Device check!"

[Core check: complete. Frame check: complete. Routine check: complete.]

[Eyaruu condition: all green. Ready for action, Boss]

[Thoth system: all working normally. Ready for next order, Sir.]

Good, good. Next item on checklist. "Eyaruu, combat capability check!" I issued the next order.

[Barrier Jacket check: all green, ready to deploy. Weapon check: all green, ready to deploy.]

"Thoth! Memory and inventory check!"

[Memory check: complete, all index accounted. Xbelt status check: normal. Inventory status: 100% functional. Warning! Inventory system mana upkeep increased by 95%.]

It was good that I still had everything on me when I arrived in this universe. Unstable time-space transportation may lead to loss more than possession.

My Xbelt was still secure on my waist, and Inventory did not destabilized in the slightest. Oh, it might cost me more mana, but it's still on acceptable level. And if my theories were correct, I had become the Origin of my own magic instead of the World. Wow!

[Caution! User signature deviated from previous record, requesting calibration.]

Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention, but when I woke up in this universe, I was de-aged back to 13. So at this moment, I was physically a 13 years old male teenager. On the other hand, my mental age was... What was my mental age again? I lived over two decades in my dimension's Earth, I lived five years in Potterverse Earth with extra time in Room of Requirements. So...about thirty years old at minimum.

However, when my mental damage was taken into consideration, I could discount at least ten years of mental and social maturity.

What? Did you think that being a loner and antisocial have no damage to one's mental? My only social interactions were Luna (surrogate sister), Kevin and his family (disciple and acquaintance), Hogwarts professors (mentor), Tom the barman (business partner), Fred and George Weasley (busines partner), Harry and his group (acquaintance), one or two goblins, and my house elves.

Wow. Not even friend from Ravenclaw. That was pretty pathetic, wasn't it?

"Permission granted."

[Initiating calibration. Starting complete scan.]

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0065 - late November

And here, I arrived in Japan after long and boring process of journey and bureaucracy. It's so sad that I could not use my jedi mind-trick to hasten the process. Too many witness in airport for one, and I didn't want to spoil my first experience as mundane tourist for two.

Anyway, my first order of business was to secure communication-slash-entertainment device. I knew I already had Eyaruu and Thoth, but both were built based on Mid-Belkan technology. I need something from mundane Earth to pass the time.

Several thousands yen lighter, I got myself a cellphone and a laptop. The designs were still unpleasant compared to smartphones and gaming-class notebook computer. Of course when you put science fiction into the comparison mix, you would be even more disappointed. Well, the cellphone would be useful outdoor (not that I had someone to call), while the laptop would be useful for browsing the net. Too bad Japan had strict law on file sharing and internet.

I looked at the map of Uminari to find out where the locations of Important places in Nanohaverse's storyline. I found out the general location of Midori-ya (Takamachi's Cafe), Uminari Elementary School, General Hospital, parks, et cetera. I also browsed the tour guide brochures to learn the hotels, public transports, and other point of interest areas in Uminari. Satisfied with the result, I booked a room in one of the hotel near Midori-ya.

Truly those language pills (or were they lozenges?) I bought in wizarding France were one of the best creation in entire Potterverse. How else I could speak over twenty languages fluently? One could spend his or her entire life learning multiple languages, but copying memory from twenty different fluent speakers, one for each language, was much better and faster.

Ah, well while it's very hard to learn multiple languages, one could easily learn swear words in ten languages. Internet is your friend.

The funny thing? I leaned several swear words used by Mid-Childan, Belkan, and (oddly enough) Al-Hazardian. Not that I would use them though. It's better to continue my swearing habits. Not many people in TSAB would get the reference.

Moreover, language used in Mid-Childa and other Administered Worlds was akin to English. Sure, the anime was made by Japanese studios and the characters spoke Japanese. However, Mid-Childan intelligent devices spoke English. While Belkan devices spoke Deutsch / German. Of course there were several differences here and there, but they were mostly negligible. Sadly, those negligible differences were the major cause of many destroyed devices back in my third year at Hogwarts.

My precious diamonds!

(A/N: In this story, MC will perceive conversations in similar manner with commonly used fan-translations, in other words: English with Japanese honorifics. Device speeches will mostly be English.)

Next, I prepared for any possibilities (that I could list). From tactical strategy avoiding the Wolkenritter radar (since it's near Christmas, and A's timeline started somewhen around that time) to the bizarre possibility of the multiverse. Would I meet Nanoha or not? Would it be Nanoha-chan or Nanoha-kun? How about Fate-kun? Hayate-kun? Yuuna-chan?

Ouch!

My brain nearly short-circuited at that particular thought. Sure, genderbend characters were nice change from canon. However, since I was a straight male, I could only enjoy half of the benefit. And even then, there were things that best left alone.

Saber / Arturia, the female version of King Arthur in Nasuverse. There were many good fanfics and doujins featuring her. Either with lemons and not, either hentai and not.

I was a healthy male, sue me for that!

And in the same Nasuverse, there were Red Saber / female Emperor Nero, Sakura Saber / female Okita Souji, and last but not least female Gilgamesh of Uruk, the King (Queen?) of Heroes.

Let's see the other possibility in the different corner of multiverse. Harriet Potter was nice, Frieda and Georgina Weasley were OK, Draconica Malfoy was acceptable. So did Uzumaki Naruko, Uchiha Satsuki, Nara Shikako, Hyuuga Nojiko, Sabaku no Gaia, and so forth.

Wait a minute, didn't it mean that Antoniette or Natasha Stark the Ironwoman, female counterpart of Tony Stark the Ironman, was practically rich and genius whore? While Dr. Beverly or Bianca Banner, the female counterpart of Bruce Banner the Hulk was a female doctor with irregular period?

I believe I would better ignore Hermes Granger, Lawrence Brown, Marcus McGonagall, Daniel Greengrass, Haruno Sakuro, Yamanaka Inoji, or any other male version of various female characters.

And I would put the line on the bizarre possibility of Albina Dumbledore, Severa Snape, Tamara Riddle, Miraiya no Gama-sennin...

Oh, gods in heaven. Why the hell did I think about that? Abort! Abort! Brain bleach!

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A/N : Here is the first chapter of World Divergence: Alpha. Like what I have written, the concept of this entire series is [divergence], which is basically a cumulative of "what ifs" and "what multiverse is going to give". So, expect AU-ness here and there.

By the way, since this is the first divergence, expect that there will be at least second and third. Of course they wont be written in immediate future (as in next week), but at least I have idea on which universe MC would ended in.

Please review. Until next time.