AN: I am honestly tempted to continue calling star systems galaxies just to troll everyone. More than twenty people commented on this fact. Thank you for letting me know, I will do this in the future. I do not know a lot about Astrology, I never knew there was a difference. Also, to the one person who cares that a clock can beep instead of chime, it's a magic clock. Deal with it. Man, I should make more mistakes like this in the future if it drives you all to review in such numbers lol. Anyway, I will get to some of your comments.

Restlessmind247- That is an issue but there are several factors I am using. Harry was already a powerful wizard and the spell he was overpowering is a very simple first year charm, so it is expected that a further power boost, albeit a small one, would cause it to be over powered. I want Harry to at least be as powerful as Kadgar, so he is nowhere neared overpowered yet.

Sciny: Maybe. We will see.

Bloody Sleeping Dragon- I am not using any crossover planets except perhaps for planets already in WoW. As for Stars it is the same principle as meteorites, for Harry to gain power he needs to connect with the leylines that run through the planet.

For the 20+ talking about Solar Systems vs Galaxies. Got it. You all are obviously much smarter than me and need to point out every flaw.

Ok you can stop ignoring the words now and start reading:

Chapter 3:

Into the Void

Needless to say, getting caught with the corpse of a headless mountain troll in the middle of the second floor was hard to explain to the teachers.

McGonagall looked ready to explode as she observed the bloody mess of a troll "What in Merlin's name happened here!"

Snape knelt down next to the corpse, not looking at all disgusted by the corpse "Head caved in. I cannot see how, trolls are especially resilient, especially their skulls. This would have taken a large amount of force." Looking up at the two students he sneered "Care to explain?"

Still shaking slightly from the experience, he answered slowly "Well…Hermione and I were spending the evening in the Library and missed the feast, so we were walking to the shortcut to the sixth floor when this Troll attacked us. We tried to run but it was too fast. I then cast Wingardium Leviosa on the troll's club, aiming it as hard as I could at its head…I guess I used too much force." Harry responded, shuddering as he looked away from the body.

Dumbledore frowned "A levitation charm? That would have taken considerable force…"

McGonagall shook her head "This is no time for theory Albus! You two, straight to Hospital Wing!" She exclaimed, as they began to walk to the school infirmary.

Harry glanced behind him as they were shuffled away, noticing that Dumbledore and Snape were not following, rather discussing quietly over the corpse of the Troll.

"I was so scared." Hermione sniffed, beginning to cry from the ordeal.

He wrapped his arm around her, still shaken up from the ordeal himself.

…

"This is not possible for a first year. The magical force to do this is at the level of a sixth year or higher." Snape remarked, waving his wand and transporting the body to his lab for further study.

Dumbledore was deep in thought "No…it is not possible. Not for any normal first year."

The potions professor scoffed "Boy who lived or not he is still an uneducated brat."

"Not as uneducated as one would think from his upbringing. First in his year in theory and practice, Ravenclaw, and now this." Dumbledore replied.

Snape glanced at the aged headmaster "You think someone is training him?"

"It is possible." Dumbledore said tonelessly, thinking deeply.

Snape frowned before scoffing "You are thinking too deeply into this. It was just a strong case of accidental magic that changed a levitation charm into an overpowered repulsion charm. It has happened before."

Dumbledore slowly nodded "Keep an eye on him Severus."

"I already do that."

…

"I refuse to believe this will work."

"Come on Harry, you saw Madam Hooch do it…"

"I refuse to believe a stick that looks like it is a good cleaning away from breaking can support my weight, much less fly."

"Just get on the broom Potter."

Harry scowled looking down at the raggedy broom that he was apparently expected to ride. He was sorely tempted to call this a prank on muggle born students, there was no way witches and wizards really used flying broomsticks. It was ridiculous.

"This is absolutely ridiculous." He announced a moment later when he was drifting slowly over the grounds of Hogwarts with the rest of the students.

"Oh, relax you big baby, at least you are a natural." Hermione snarked from beside him, both hands gripping the broom extra tightly, her face pale.

Harry sighed and attempted to enjoy the view from the…broomstick as they floated in formation behind madam Hooch. A month after what became known as the Troll incident was a jumbled mess of rumors, stranger rumors, and questions flying all over the school. The only link between the rumors was that Harry Potter heroically killed the troll to protect a damsel in distress.

Just as the novelty of going to school with the boy who lived was wearing off this happens, and he was suddenly the center of attention once again.

Another change that occurred due to the incident was the resorting of Hermione due to the bullying she experienced from her peers. McGonagall had been furious when she learned that the supposed house of the brave and chivalrous had been bullying the intelligent first year.

The hat was all too eager to support her decision, stating that the only reason she was not already in the house of ravens was her stubborn desire to go to Gryffindor.

While resorting was extremely rare due to the accuracy of the sorting hat, the process had been swift and painless for the brown-haired girl, adapting quickly to her new environment.

"Yes, and Longbottom breaking his wrist was just a side effect." Harry snarked back, recalling the incident from yesterday where the boy was brought to the Hospital wing with them from a broken wrist.

Hermione scowled "That is a bad example and you know it. Neville is hardly balanced on the ground much less in the air."

He snorted at that, relaxing as they landed as a group in the courtyard where they had started the flying lesson.

Madam Hooch landed last after helping another first year Hufflepuff figure out how to land "Well done everyone, nice and clean. Much better than yesterday at least." Nearly everyone snickered at that.

"Class dismissed." She barked, interrupting the hushed conversations as she waved her wand and marched off with the brooms hovering behind her.

"Well that was something" Hermione remarked, as they walked together through the hallways.

Harry nodded, while the idea of riding a broom was ludicrous it had been relaxing after he got used to it.

"Did you hear that Fred and George tried to sneak into the third-floor corridor? They have been telling the entire school there is a three-headed dog in there, a massive one. They are surely exaggerating though. Probably was just a guard dog that spooked them."

Harry stopped short, remembering something from that night a few days ago "Snape had a dog bite on his leg that night."

Hermione turned to him with a raised eyebrow "What? Oh. I did notice he was limping. You don't honestly think he tried to get past it do you?"

Harry shrugged "He is a teacher, but this school is supposed to be the safest place in Britain, the only reason I can think of to put a vicious three headed dog around children is that they are guarding something. Something valuable enough for the teachers to want."

Hermione frowned, her eyebrows creasing in thought "If so then it is possible that the person trying to steal whatever the dog's guarding let the troll into the school to distract the teachers. Then it is also possible that either Snape is the culprit and failed to get past the dog, or got injured fending off the real thief."

"If the Thief thinks sending a murderous troll into a school filled with children is an acceptable tactic to distract the teachers, then he has no qualms of hurting the students. We should be careful." Harry replied.

They both paused in their walk as students rushed past them, heading out to the Quidditch pitch, chants, jeers, and cheers were shouted out between students.

"Oh, that's right, the first quidditch game of the season is today." Hermione stated.

While he had never been interested in mundane sports, the magical equivalent may be interesting "Do you want to go?"

Hermione shrugged "We have no homework due."

The stadium was packed, it seemed that the entire school gathered to watch the first match of Gryffindor vs Slytherin, a grudge match if he had ever heard one.

They sat down with the other Ravenclaws, watching as the students flew at breakneck speeds, dodging wooden balls and scoring with what Harry learned was called the quaffle.

Next to him Hermione was pale as she watched the sport "How is this safe?"

"Who cares?" Harry replied, interested in the fast pace of the sport. "I am sure everything is enchanted to be perfectly…oh wow that must have hurt." He paused as the keeper for the Gryffindor team was just gut punched with a bludger, collapsing onto the pitch below.

"Maybe not quite that safe then." He said, watching as Madam Pomfrey charged onto the field to check up on the fallen student.

"I can't believe this is so dangerous, even American football players wear protective gear. Imagine the amount of injuries!" Hermione said, appalled at the lack of safety.

Harry nodded, refocusing on the players above, who had paused to wait for the verdict on the fallen keeper.

The bludgers also seemed to be paused as they floated listlessly in the air, waiting for the game to resume to try and knock the players off their brooms.

As he watched the orbs seemed to shiver in the air, becoming still. "Hey, whats going on with the…Hermione dodge!" He shouted as the previously still orbs rocketed towards the stands. THEIR section of the stands.

Pushing the confused girl out of the way he rolled over the lap of another student as the bludger smashed into the stands with a large amount of force, punching through the wooden stands.

"What? Are you ok Harry!" Hermione called as the bludger shot out of the hole and seemed to refocus on him.

Students around them were scrambling to get away as the second bludger slammed into the stands as well, causing havoc as the Ravenclaw students ran for the exit.

'Thank god I have so much practice dodging punches' He thought as another bludger whizzed past his head.

As the now deadly balls seemed to rise for another attempt two beams of light impacted both, causing both orbs to explode.

"Potter! Are you ok?" Professor Flitwick, who had sniped the bludgers out of the air spoke, making his way over to them.

He nodded, shaking from the sudden adrenaline "Yes, I am fine. What was that!" He nearly shouted.

"A hex, a powerful one." Flitwick said, leading him and Hermione away from the stands.

Soon they were back in school grounds and Flitwick turned to them "I do not know who was behind this Mr. Potter, but I swear we will get to the bottom of this. But as we investigate I suggest that you be careful. The troll incident could be excused as an unfortunate accident, but this was a deliberate attempt to attack you. Be careful."

Harry nodded, voicing his agreement as the Professor left to help the other professors investigate the bludgers.

"That is another attack in just a month. That was no accident." Hermione said as they walked down the hallway.

Harry was deep in thought "We need to find the thief before they start to escalate. First it was a troll, then the bludgers, what's next?"

Hermione turned to him exasperated "Find the thief? Harry, we are first years. All we can do is transfigure matches and levitate objects. The thief managed to avoid the notice of Dumbledore and the other professors. Most likely being a very powerful dark wizard. What can we do Harry?"

He folded his arms "I need to get stronger then."

Hermione laughed before looking at his expression "You are serious? You want to challenge a dark wizard who enchanted bludgers in the middle of a crowded stadium right under the nose of the other professors without getting caught?"

"Its either that or wait for the thief to escalate." Harry replied.

Hermione frowned "How can we get stronger then?"

Harry felt conflicted. He did not want to share his work with Astronomy. Already he had discovered twenty planets, and he was starting to see a noticeable difference. He could stay awake longer, eat less, work harder, and use magic easier. There were still millions, perhaps billions, of solar systems he had yet to see. Each teeming with potential planets. But Hermione was his first friend. Over the past few months he had come to trust her.

"I need to show you something. Tonight."

…

"We are going to get into so much trouble. Why do we have to go after hours?"

"I don't want to get caught. And it is necessary."

"Necessary for what!"

"Shhh! You will see. Trust me."

Hermione glowered at him as he guided her to the seventh floor.

"Were here." Harry announced, arriving at the blank wall between the odd tapestry and a window.

"There is nothing here Harry." Hermione stated, still angry with him for breaking the rules.

"Didn't you know Hermione, this is a magic castle." He stated with a smirk, pacing in front of the wall three times, revealing the door.

"Welcome to the observatory." He announced grandly, waving his arms at the magnificent telescope and glass ceiling.

"This place is amazing" Hermione said, awed at the beautiful telescope. Turning to Harry she spoke questioningly "But why bring me here? You said this is a way to get stronger."

Harry smiled and approached the telescope "Before I even knew about magic I was obsessed with space and astrology." He began to insert each of the seven lenses into the empty spaces within the telescope "So, naturally, when I learned of magic I wanted to bring my interest to the realm of magic, only to discover something astounding. Due to a combination of ignorance, stupidity, arrogance, and traditionalism the wizarding world does not know that there are more than nine planets in the universe. The ones who do know different are too new to the wizarding world to realize the significance of this."

Hermione frowned at the knowledge that most wizards thought their star system was the only one in existence. "Why is it significant Harry? It is an issue yes, a gross obstruction of knowledge at worse, but how will this help us?"

Inserting the last lens Harry turned to his friend with a knowing grin "Tell me Hermione, have you heard the tale of Neptune?"

She blinked "The roman god of the sea? He was…"

"A wizard yes. A famous wizard for his time for discovering a ritual that made him more powerful than any other sorcerer of his time. He used this power to do grand displays with the sea, propelling roman ships, creating waves, and finding fresh fish for soldiers to eat. These feats were romanticized until he became known as the god of the sea. But what gave him his power is very interesting. Neptune was an astrologer, who first discovered the eight other planets in our solar system. It was revealed later in his life that by discovering these planets, he connected with their leylines, allowing him to siphon a small portion of their power."

Hermione's eyes widened "that is fascinating, by discovering a planet with leylines one can boost their magical potential. But…why is this not more widely….known…" Hermione trailed off, realizing now why the lack of knowledge of a greater universe was inhibiting the wizarding world.

"Now you get it. The purebloods know of the ritual, but not of the many planets in the solar system. Muggleborns often do know, but do not know enough about wizarding history to realize the importance of this." Harry explained, stepping back from the telescope.

"But me…the fact that I knew of both the ritual and the greater cosmos….I was able to invent this." Harry stated, finalizing his preparations.

The walls fell from the observatory, startling Hermione whose eyes grew huge as the universe was unveiled in front of her, millions of galaxies filled with star systems and planets hung in the void of space all around them.

Slowly turning to Harry, Hermione stared at him incredulously.

Harry smiled "Infinite power. I think that is more than enough to protect ourselves."

…

The two spent weeks alternating between school and the observatory, cataloguing planets that they discovered to have Leylines. When not in the observatory the two studied in the library, learning new spells and magics.

Before the two knew it, it was already Christmas eve.

All students were allowed to go home for the Holidays, but Hermione chose to stay, telling her parents that she wanted to experience Christmas at the castle at least once.

So, the two found themselves in the Observatory, cataloguing a world covered in plants. There was no ocean, or surface that did not contain plants from their observation, even the poles.

"It really is amazing. Most likely my favorite that we have discovered so far." Hermione commented, finishing the start chart of the area, adding it to their growing database of planets.

Harry hummed in agreement "Certainly unique. I wonder where the planet gets the water for all those planets. Perhaps the plants have adapted to not need sustenance? Or perhaps they are fed off of magical energy." He speculated, finishing his sketch of the planet.

"So we are in agreement? The planet will be called Demeter, for the Greek goddess of nature?" Harry asked his companion.

Hermione nodded, stepping forward to be near the screen. "I name this planet Demeter." She declared, closing her eyes as the magic infused into her being.

"W-ow." Hermione gasped, shivering. "This planet is so rich is magic that I can feel it filling me up with power."

Harry raised an eyebrow, each planet that they had discovered so far had barely made any difference in their magic. It was only after the 20th planet that they started to see effects. For Hermione to feel a sizable increase from just one planet suggested to the strength of the Leylines.

"Interesting." He stated, jotting down the information that some planets gave more power than others.

Hermione closed her star chart, sighting, rubbing at her forehead "I think I am done for the night, that last one is giving me a headache. The power I gained from it…I need time to meditate on it."

Harry nodded, it was understandable, he found after a few planets he would start getting a headache himself.

"Merry Christmas Harry."

"Merry Christmas Hermione."

…

Harry waited until he heard the door closed before rubbing his eyes in exhaustion. He was frustrated.

He had not told Hermione but fore the past few weeks he had not felt himself get stronger with any of the planets he had chosen to connect with.

It was as if…he had hit a wall, or more accurate that his reservoir of magic was constantly full, with no place to expand too.

He still was not strong enough, the magic that he and Hermione had learned was more complex than a seventh-year student, but he felt like there was a barrier between him and his true potential. As if he had grown enough with just magic, and he needed to direct it.

He needed some sort of spark of inspiration to direct his reservoir of energy to continue to grow in power.

All he could use were school spells. He had mastered spells such as stupefy, Expelliarmus, transfiguration, and several charms. But casting the magic felt empty, devoid of purpose.

With a sigh he once again expanded out of the solar system.

With a deep breath he chose another galaxy near the system where they had discovered Demeter.

'Is it getting cold in here.' Harry thought idly as he directed the scope towards a star system darker than the others around them.

The system had ten planets circling a sun, most of them uninteresting, but one in particular was…almost glowing purple in the void of space.

Zooming in closer his eyes widened in shock.

'What the hell is that!'

On top of the planet was an impossibility, a giant creature, larger than even the orb below it, was drilling long tentacles into the planet surface. Eyes and mouths the size of continents were littered all across the being.

He stood, transfixed at the being, before suddenly, the eyes of the creature seemed to stare straight into his soul.

For a moment he was no longer in the observatory, his earth lightyears away as he stood in the void of space, eyes locked with the largest eye of the creature as it seemed to measure all his worth and found him…wanting.

He could not move, could not breathe, could not even think as the being before him twitched.

Agony.

Pure, unfiltered agony, assaulted his senses.

Knowledge, so much knowledge filtered into his brain. How to manipulate the energy of the cosmos…the void, how to speak in a tongue that could send mortals insane, how to become the herald of this creature.

To become…something more.

'Mr Potter sir!"

He wanted to laugh with glee, this power…this is what he had sought. The power to defeat his enemies, to utterly destroy them!

"Master Potter!"

His body began to distort, eyes opened around his body, tentacles grew from his back. Opening his mouth to scream he passed out.

…

"Master Potter!"

Gasping away Harry looked around wildly, seeing that he was in his dorm room, alone except for a house elf that looked at him worriedly.

"Are you ok sir? I could get the misses Pomphrey to come and see you if you are feeling ill. You were moaning and groaning in your sleep sir. Wouldn't wake up."

"I'm ok…bad dream." He muttered, rubbing his forehead.

"Well, make sure you look after yourself Mr. Potter. It is not good to stay up so late! I saws you go to bed at the crack of dawn."

Harry glanced at the elf "Did you?"

"Yessir I did. Scared all the elves who be cleanin you did. Well. Now that you are awake you can open your presents." With that the elf disappeared with a pop, leaving him on the bed.

Slowly leaning up on the bed he looked at his hands.

Slowly raising on up he looked at it carefully. Fully human. In his…vision his hand had grown an eye on the back of it.

But it was not a dream…no, he could still recall that…thing…no…

Knowledge that was not his own filled his mind, information on what the creature he had seen was.

"An old…god?" He whispered, watching the warm fire and lights in the room seem to dim from those two words.

Slowly wisps of darkness emerged from his hand, until his entire arm was encased in a miasma of darkness.

His eyes glowing purple he slowly smiled 'My barriers…have been broken.'

AN: Sorry about the wait on this chapter guys, but finals + holidays made writing a nightmare. I hope you all enjoyed, hopefully ill get another chapter out soon.