Republished on 19/01/2013

Harry and the project of Eden

Short summary: I, Harry Potter defeated voldemort but instead of living to tell about it, someone stabbed me in the back. Well, spelled me in the back if you want to be technical. Since my brand new status as 'master of death' I was allowed a single wish to make up for it. I wake up in a small town called Pallet and I'm in the body of a toddler. I knew there would be a catch.

'The sun soul' inspired me to write this. This story is meant to be a dark story of the pokémon universe. I doubt I'll be as good as the author of that story but I'll do my best.

Pokémon are powerful creatures that can just as easily rescue you as they are to eat you alive. Pokémon in this story are actually mutated forms of the animals we know. How it happened is still a mystery. Some pokémon though are entirely designed and created by humans. Unfortunately the majority of these created pokémon rebelled and slaughtered their human creators.

All three items are fused into a single ring. The ring can only be removed by Harry himself. The ring has a simple charm on it so that it can't be seen by those that intend to steal it and even then Harry has to 'show' the ring to them in order for the charm to lift temporarily. With the ring Harry can still use his magic, the stone part allows him to communicate with both the living and the death allowing him to read, write and speak any language he wishes and the cloak part allows him to be invisible to death and to any mortal. Specifically, the cloak protects Harry from death until he dies from old age. That doesn't mean he is immune to illnesses, hunger or thirst or wounds.

Harry can summon someone from the next world to spy for him though it will constantly drain his magic.

A wish from a God!

Chapter 01

Harry was glaring at the emptiness around him. It was just typical that this would happen to him. The reason?

"Could you repeat that again please?" Harry requested pleasantly. Though it was clear from his posture that he was very very angry.

"You are the master of death of your world. Your time-line. However, I cannot bring you back to a body that is literally completely destroyed. The curse completely destroyed your body. Nothing is left. To compensate for this, I've been authorized to give you a single wish with literally no limitations as long as you don't return to your world of birth."

Harry's only companion repeated once more. The companion wasn't just about anyone. No. This was death himself. Itself. Herself. In a form that a mere mortal like Harry could perceive. Why was it then that death looked like Severus Snape?

"Just how unlimited are we talking about here? Usually if one is talking about complicated wishes then that implies multiple parts even though its only a single wish." Harry said carefully.

"Correct." Not Snape confirmed.

Harry blinked several times. "Okay, now THAT is creepy. I wonder if it would count as a wish if I asked him to change his form. It's really creepy to see the shape of Snape smiling at me of all things." Harry shuddered.

As if it could hear his thoughts, the shape of Snape shifted into what Harry recognized as his grandfather on his mother side. He only had seen the man a single time but he remembered it clearly because he hadn't been as mean as his aunt, uncle or cousin. Unfortunately, the man had died shortly afterwards.

"I'll say again, you cannot return to your world of birth as Harry James Potter. He died period. Other then that the sky is the limit as you mortals say." Not grandfather Evan said. Lord Death, disguised as grandfather Evan could seen the cunning in Harry's eyes.

Harry took that as a hint that pretty much anything was possible with the only exception being that he couldn't return to life. He couldn't return to Ginny. Part of him didn't care though. At least in the next world, there would be no impossible expectations upon him.

"Now, being a wizard is a part of just as much as breathing is. That means I have to keep my magic. Definitely." Harry reasoned. Yes, having access to his magic was a must.

"However, my Hogwarts education was far from... complete. Considering what sort of crap teachers it had. So, if I appear in another world then I would need access to spells, theories or just information in general. So a library of some sort." Harry reasoned.

"Wait, does this count as two wishes or only one? Damn, I wish I had something to write this down. Why couldn't he just define more limits? The last thing I want is to offend the being that can make my existence a living hell. Literally." Harry thought darkly. Harry shook his head. The being that wore his grandfather's image had said he had no limitations. It would be his own fault if he asked for too much.

"I'm still missing something about this though." Harry mused. "Even if I have a literal limitless library, if there is a spell like the Patronus that needs a different part other then an incantation and a wand movement then I need some way of me being told. Besides, I can't see myself reading and reading and do more reading. That was Hermione's obsession."

Harry shook his head again to clear it. "Actually, I think there's an easy answer for it. I need a teacher that has access to whatever information I need. Additionally, the teacher should be able to create books in order for me to read the theory of.. Whatever will interest me." Harry thought.

Harry gave himself a nod. "So far, keeping my magic and access to a teacher that can teach me anything I want and can create whatever I need sounds pretty amazing. Especially if I can develop my own broom!" No, that was his own obsession. Flying. Most definitely.

Harry considered for a moment an old hobby of his. He had read every comic he could get his hands on and had even managed to stick around in a club for a while. That was before his Hogwarts days. This meant he was aware of many stories. Harry had always found it a very nice idea to visit these worlds for real. To teach the villains a lesson what happened if you harmed innocent bystanders. But before that...

Okay, that's a very nice thought but before that I need to keep other things in mind. I need a secure space if I want to do that. I need a place to store important items, or just stuff that's way too big for me. Maybe a vault of some kind that only I can access? Yes, that would be best. A vault with all gold I owned before since I didn't make a will it's still mine to do with as I please. Maybe I could have a library in there as well. Just in case I feel like picking a random book. Actually, if I just ask to transfer everything I previously owned in the vault then that should cover everything nicely." Harry reasoned.

Harry didn't know it but the being that wore grandfather's Evan's skin was actually listening to Harry's private thought and so far he thought that everything was reasoned out nicely. Evan was already thinking of the best way of making what the boy wanted.

"What did I ask for again?" Harry asked himself. He didn't want to forget it so he summed it up again just in case. "I want to keep my magic. I need a mentor of some kind that can teach me whatever I want of just about any subject I could imagine. This teacher has to be able to create the books I want to read or just about anything else I need. This advisor can use my magic to fuel whatever creation I might need. Finally, I need a vault of some kind that holds everything I owned in my old life. It would be absolutely awesome if I could 'transfer' properties too." Harry nodded to himself. He hadn't forgotten anything. Good.

"Now that I have a secure space, I need a way to visit worlds, dimensions or just about anywhere I want. Well, with the exception of my own world of course. Wait. He said I couldn't return as Harry James Potter, does that mean I can return as someone else? Maybe I can keep an eye on my... No. I wouldn't be able to keep myself from approaching them. Would I?" Harry paused.

"Well, I might as well keep it open as an option." Harry decided then and there.

Harry froze again when he thought of something. What about potions? Hell, what about a potions lab? Somewhere to grow fresh ingredients or... what about the stuff that was actually alive? Like the hair of a Thestral or willingly given tears from a phoenix? "Well, if nothing else I could always just visit the world either before or after my time in order to get the ingredients I wish. But even then... I suck at brewing potions. Well, at least with Snape as a teacher I suck at potions... Does that mean the teacher also needs to be with me? Maybe a familiar that can take human form?" Harry couldn't keep himself from groaning.

"This wish is getting more complicated all the time! I really wish I'm not too greedy with this.."

'Focus Potter!' Harry scolded himself. "Get what you need and then move on!" Yhea, that sounded a very good idea indeed.

"Take your time lad." Not grandfather Evan said calmly. "I'm not going anywhere and neither are you. Don't feel pressurized." Not Evan considered for a moment to tell the lad he could follow his thoughts. But that would probably make the lad even more nervous. No. it was better to led the lad think everything out. It gave him plenty of time to modify the stuff he had made as the boy went on.

"All of that should be in the vault. A potions lab, alchemy lab, science lab... Hell, why not just change it into a vault of some kind that is like the room of requirement? Everything I need would just appear." Harry nodded again. That sounded the best solution to him. Now, was there anything else he could possibly need?

"I'm getting tired of repeating myself all the time, so let's try again and hopefully this is the last time. I need magic, that's a given. I need a teacher with access to whatever information I might need. This guy pretty much needs to know anything I could possibly might want to know. This teacher needs to be in the form of a familiar that can change his form into whatever he wants... yhea! This way I can get limited potion ingredients too! Not to mention free income if I sell them in my own world as a different person. I want to be able to do any magic I set my mind too. Regardless if it's fictional or not. Right, moving onward I need a vault with everything I own, all the properties I won through conquest so that I can transfer them in whatever world I arrive in and of course I need a library with an immortal librarian just to be on the safe side. I can't forget about the most important part of all: a way for me to visit whatever world I want in whatever time I want. So pretty much allow me to go wherever and whenever I want to go. Literally. Just as a safety precaution though.. The library should be limited to what I can actually understand. It would be too easy otherwise. The same goes for my teacher. He can only access information I understand or stuff that's only slightly beyond what I understand. If he's teaching someone else then that limit applies to the other one of course. Yes, that sounds like a safe thing to do. I wouldn't want to destroy the world if I try to do something... Stupid."

Harry reviewed what he had so far. He had covered pretty much anything he could need. "Except..."

Harry realized that he wouldn't be able to visit as many worlds as he could want. He was only mortal after all so...

"Am I mortal?" Harry asked curiously. Best to deal with it right away instead of agonizing over it right?

"That depends." Fake grandfather Evans answered.

"It depends?" Harry repeated. "Isn't it either a yes or a no sort of question? Either I am mortal or I'm not... Right?"

"I assume you don't want permanent immortality but something that let's you live until you had your fun right?"

"Pretty much yes." Harry agreed.

"That's fair enough. Consider this a freebie from me... You'll only age very slowly. Say, six months time for every five hundred years. So a month for a century. A year for every thousand years in other words."

Harry stared at not grandfather Evan. He was pretty sure he wouldn't be able to hold out for a few hundred years let alone that long! Still, he might as well take what he was offered. Harry was pretty sure that if he stumbled on something that required a lot of time. A LOT of time then there would be other was to guarantee he stayed alive.

"You are cunning lad." Not-grandfather-Evan told Harry. "Very cunning indeed. I won't change it though. A thousand years and you'll age one year with the one exception that if you decide to start over again as a little boy, you'll age normally until you are seventeen."

"What does that mean?" Harry wondered.

"It means what it means." Not-grandfather-Evan shrugged.

"As for everything else... You'll get it all. No exceptions. You will keep your magic. Your familiar will be your teacher and can shift into whatever form is needed. You too can shift into whatever form you want when you learn how to do it. You'll be able to read, write, understand and speak every language in existence. That's courtesy of my old stone. My cloak and wand as well as the stone will be fused into a ring you'll wear. I'll let you discover the rest on your own aside from understanding any language you want. Now, you will get your vault, you will get all the money that is yours and all the properties that can be considered yours. Your dimension travel device will be in the form of a bracelet that's invisible to anyone except you and those you trust and who trust you. You will receive your vault, your library and your immortal librarian. All by all, you'll get everything you want."

"That's pretty much everything." Harry agreed.

Before Harry could say another word, the entity that wore his grandfather's skin but wasn't really him banished him into a different realm. To a calm town known as Pallet town.

The death god allowed himself to smirk. "I've given the mortal changes enough. He only had to specify a preferred age and a location. Since he didn't... Well, at least I'll have my amusement for a while." The death God started laughing insanely before it morphed into something else and then vanished.

END CHAPTER

Harry's familiar will be Hedwig, disguising herself as a extremely rare Mew.
She'll start at a low level just like everyone else.
Harry will need to learn how to change his form before he can do it.

Here is the rank system that I have in mind from top to bottom.

Pokémon master (General)

A pokémon master is the most powerful leader of a nation. He or she defeated the elite four as well as all gym leaders. A pokémon master has dozens if not hundreds of pokémon that obey his or hers orders flawlessly. A pokémon master is extremely fit and can survive pretty much everywhere. Think of a pokémon master as a General because not only does he or she command a lot of respect they also tend to have a lot of human allies as well. The only way to become a pokémon master is to defeat his or her elite four members because they are typically loyal to the region's pokémon master as well as have caught the vast majority of the region's pokémon.

Elite four member (Colonel)

Each region has a number of trainers that are considered the best of the best. They usually number fairly low but are somewhere between one and six. These elite trainers are usually loyal to the local region but that isn't always the case. An elite trainer has to have defeated all gym leaders of the region and have caught a decent amount of pokémon.

Gym leader (Major)

Gym leaders are a furhter step down in the tree of command. They command a lot of respect in the cities they are in because they protect their cities from wild pokémon attack. They have usually at least a dozen trainers loyal to them but usually obey the orders they get from an elite trainer because an elite trainer has more resources available to them then a gym leader has.

Trainer (private)

A trainer travels around, catching pokémon and selling his or her services as an escort. They are typically considered mercenaries. A trainer wants to defeat gym leaders to get their badge that tells anyone they have defeated the gym leader in question. It holds a lot of respect and the more a trainer has the more money he can ask because more badges means more experience and stronger pokémon. A trainer can challenge a gym leader normally for a badge only, or he can together with other allies challenge the leader for his gym. This rarely happens because the gym leader digs himself in typically.

If a trainer defeats all local gym leaders he or she can challenge the elite four and eventually the pokémon master. If he or she succeeds all the way then he or she can declare himself a new pokémon master or the new pokémon master if the old one didn't survive. All trainers are last and only defence that a city or human settlement has against wild pokémon attacks.

If and when a trainer has a minimum of eight badges he or she can make a request to carry more then six pokémon with him.