A/N I dont own Harry Potter or Stargate or any books or shows i might reference
A/N This story is AU. I will portray characters diiferently then they are in shows and books. One example is Janus from stargate atlantis will also be merlin instead of Moros. Thats why its AU.
A/N Any suggestions welcome. This is my first fic, let me know what you think or what you dont. Thanks
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After Harry and Ragnok had gotten over the obvious changes in Harry's appearance, Harry stepped down from the machine as it turned itself off. Ragnok finally found his tongue and said, "That's half of what needs to be done. The only other thing we goblins were instructed to do was to tell you to activate this machine here" he pointed to a device that looked like the console to the 'gene machine'. "Only an Alterran can activate it, and since you have activated you Alterran Genes, only you can do this. This is where I leave you. If you need to return to the bank just step back on the rings and you will return. It was an honor to be the one to help you with this and if you ever need anything just tell a teller at the bank and you will be brought before me. Good day." With that Ragnok left, leaving Harry by himself.
Shaking him self, Harry moved to the device Ragnok pointed to and touched it. In front of him an image comes to life the same way his 'genes' did just moments ago. Except this is an image of a person. "Holy Merlin!!" Harry shouted, in front of him was Merlin, the greatest wizard to ever live..
"That is one of the names I've gone by in my many lives young heir, but the one I prefer is Janus. What is your name?" If it wasn't for the potion he had taken earlier Harry was sure he would have fainted. After his fish impression, Harry is finally able to speak. "My name, my name, my name is Harry Potter sir. Are you real?"
"Unfortunately I am just a hologram, a very smart hologram but a hologram none the less. I was created to explain to you how you came to be and your options for your future. Just remember that from this point on, no one but you has control of your life."
Nodding his head Harry said, "I don't think I could handle anyone else trying to dictate my life for me. What are these options you spoke of?"
"Before you know your options you must learn of the past. You see Harry, millions of years ago there was a race of beings known as Alterrans. This race is from a galaxy totally different from your own. Now this race split into two groups with two different ideologies. One group, the Ori wanted to gain power through faith while the others, the Alterrans wanted to learn of the very nature of the universe through science and technology. With these two different beliefs came a great and terrible war. Do you understand so far?"
Harry shook his head so Janus continues on. "With no end to this war in sight the Alterrans decided to leave their homeworld and their galaxy all together in search of a new home. Eventually, they came across Terra, or as you know it Earth. Here they built the greatest empire the Milky Way galaxy, earth's galaxy, had ever and would ever see. The Alterrans were so powerful that they could literally terraform planets and seed life throughout the galaxy. Eventually the Alterrans discovered that there were three other races worthy of being in an alliance with them they were the Nox, the Furlings, and the Asgard."
"Even with the Great Alliance, tragedy struck in the form of a plague, an unstoppable plague. No race was safe. In order to escape the plague the Asgard returned to their home galaxy called Ida, the Nox used their powers to hide themselves and their planet, the Furlings all but ceased to exist and we the Alterrans did two things. Since our race was millions of years old we evolved to a certain point and we had what some would call magic. Healing, telekinesis, telepathy to name a few of the powers, but it was believed by some that with the proper focus will power and brain capacity that we could ascend to a higher plane of existence as a being of pure energy.
"While some were learning to do this, others decided to leave this galaxy for others. We had twelve major cities on Terra; all different but yet all essentially the same. The city you can see through the window is one of those cities, its name is Camelot, the greatest manufacturing city we built."
All Harry could do was stare at Janus. How can this city be that magnificent and be that old. What type of magic was this?
"Now what you have to understand is that each of these great cities were also intergalactic space ships, ships capable of crossing galaxies. It was decided that each city would go to a different galaxy to try to start over, to rebuild our society. So, those who had not ascended yet and were not infected with plague choose a ship and left to try to find a new home. Now you're asking yourself how you are standing in this city right now, correct." Harry shook his head yes with his mouth still open in shock and awe from the tale that he is being told.
"Well I was born on the capital ship of our great empire, Atlantis. You might have heard of it. Harry shook his head dumbly. Janus continued, "Now Atlantis ended up in the Pegasus Galaxy and we chose a world and settled there. From there we terraformed worlds and started seeding life through the galaxy. For untold millennia we watched, studied, and grew. We ended up finding a cure for the plague that ravished our society and we perfected ascension.
"My personal field of study was time and dimensional travel. Over many years I perfected the technology. This is important because while we were in the Pegasus Galaxy we stumbled upon a race know as the Wraith. Even though our technology was vastly superior, they greatly out numbered us. Eventually every colony and research station was over run leaving only Atlantis. With no hope of holding the Wraith back, we had no choice but to submerge the city under the ocean surface and flee back to Terra.
"We soon discovered that a second evolution had started on earth and those that didn't want to ascend chose to give up all technology and live with the primitive humans. This is where our history ends and my personal story begins. It is also where you learn about how you ended up here with this great city in your possession."
Sometime during this fantastic story Harry didn't even realize it but he sat down Indian Style, elbows on his knees and mouth slightly open and hanging on Janus' every word. This story seemed to be taken from a muggle science fiction story.
"As I said earlier, my study of choice was time and dimensional travel. I perfected both and decided what would become of our society in the future so I loaded up a survey ship and took myself to the future and what I found made was not pleasant. The Ori, our greatest enemy was conquering galaxy after galaxy and was making those who they had defeated worship them through religion. The Ori discovered that the more sentient beings that worshipped them, the stronger they became. No one in the future was strong enough to put up any type of fight. Also the other eleven Alterran cities had been found, then lost again in time and myth; leaving no defense against the Ori.
"That's when I decided that something had to be done. I tried to tell the ruling council of what I found when I returned to my time but they all took a position of non-interference. Only one would listen, the person you know of as Morgan Le Fay. We decided to ascend to the higher planes and we planned; it took many, many centuries to come up with a plan that offered the highest percent of success.
"After we had our plan, we retook human form and went to a time shuttle that I had hidden away. We decided to go back to when the great exodus from Terra and left with the city ship Camelot. From there I built my dimensional drive and hooked it up with the cities main power. Once that was done, all we had to do was wait. Once everyone from Camelot ascended, Morgan and I took the ship and left that dimension for one that is similar but doesn't have the threats that plague ours, this one."
"What you have to understand about the universe is that is that there are an infinite number of dimensions with an infinite number of possibilities. For every choice we make, a new reality is created. Think about what would have happened if you were born a girl instead of boy. That reality is out there, part of this universe.
"So we took Camelot and came to this dimension. After arriving, we placed the city here to slumber, and began the plan. We set ourselves up in such a way that we knew that a child from my line would one day have a child with one from Morgana's line and that would produce a child that was a full blooded Alterran. You."
"I'm sorry but I'm having a hard time believing that you could be from a different dimension, a different earth, or that any part of your story is actually possible. Do you have any proof sir?"
Janus' hologram just smiles and said, "Of course!" he pointed to a device on a wall and said, "Just stand in front of the repository of knowledge and you will know all that I and your ancestors knew. Since your Alterran genes have been activated your mind can handle the stress of the information being transferred. You just might have a slight headache afterwards."
Harry eyed the device with caution. With a thought of what's the worst that can happen, Harry slowly walked over to the repository and looked into it. All of a sudden it reached out and grabbed his face. At first he struggled but the process was over quickly and the device released him. He walked away with only a mild headache and back to Janus' hologram.
Janus looked at Harry and smiled at him. "Congratulations you are now the smartest person in the galaxy. It caused a headache because instead of slowly assimilating the information, it did it all at once. Do you believe me now and the tale that I shared with you?"
With new found respect in his eyes and the thought of actually having a family and a legacy to be proud of Harry answered in perfect Lantean, "Yes grandfather, I do."