Harry Potter the Genius Gamer
AN: Hey there folks guess who's back. Thank you for all the reviews and support. Few of you said that I needed a Beta Reader. Anyone interested can PM me. Hope you like the chapter. If my writing feels a bit bland and incorrect it is due English not being my first language.
There is a new OC character in the story that is introduced. I know many will tell that there are a lot of OC's in the story and not many Harry Potter character. But as Harry will be two years older and not B-W-L, therefore these OC hep build up the story.
Thank you all for those who read the previous chapter and reviewed. Hope you all continue to do so again.
I don't own Harry potter. This is an AU with the elements of The Gamer manga and other games.
There will be a few time skips and I will not write all the quests available to him, only a few major ones.
"Hey there" character talking.
'Hey there' character thinking.
"~Hey there~" Parseltongue.
Level up! Game notification/message
Time after Hogwarts will be descriptive, with each year taking almost a chapter or two. First two years will not have much as most action starts after philosopher's stone.
Summary: Harry is not The-Boy-Who-Lived, Neville is. Harry gains the gamer ability at the age of 5. He still lives with Dursley but is looked after by an elf. Harry is a genius. Lily is alive but in a coma. This is a story of how Harry tries to cure his mother as well as strives to be the best, while keeping his ability hidden
Chapter 7
-HP-
Harry Age 10
[July 2001]
His Hogwarts letter finally arrived, and along with it there was another package with a letter on it, which only read, Mr H J Potter. The letter was written by Professor McGonagall regarding the board's decision about his familiars.
Dear Mr Potter.
I spoke to both the headmaster and the board members of the school, regarding your familiar's status. Few of the board members were a bit sceptic about you bringing your familiars to school but after the headmaster explained to them that the bond between a master and his familiar needs closeness to grow stronger, they reluctantly agreed.
There are a few rules you must abide if you choose to bring your familiar to the school.
Depending on the size of your familiar they may or may not travel in the train.
Whichever house you are sorted you will be given a separate room so as to accommodate your familiar.
You will be responsible for the actions of your familiar, if they attack anyone unprovoked, you will be punished and they will be removed from the premise.
During the classes Mr Rubeus Hagrid will take care of them.
They may roam the halls of the school provided you accompany them.
These are the rules you have to follow if you want to bring your familiars to the school.
Yours Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
PS. The owl is an early birthday present.
PS. The package contains the photograph of your parents. They were one of my best students and more importantly my friends.
After reading the letter he first time noticed the owl carrying the package and the letter. She was a snowy owl with white plumage with few grey feathers on the wings and tails. She was quiet a beauty and he was thinking of buying a new owl for school as Newton, their old owl was going to stay with Remus.
He placed the package aside for now, and would open it later. The rules stated by Professor were pliable. He was thinking along the same lines if he was allowed to bring his familiars. Only problem was when he was in the class, which was solved by the Professor. He didn't knew Hagrid personally, but would ask Remus about it.
What surprised him was the professor's comment, that headmaster supported him bringing him his familiars to school. He didn't know why he did it, but would found out sooner or later. He had a suspicion as to why he did it but was not sure if that was the reason.
"Hey Remus got my Hogwarts letter along with the board and headmaster's decision on the familiars." Harry shouted from the balcony where he was lounging with his familiars after the breakfast. Both Mike and Remus came running outside immediately. Hearing their voice Yin perked and looked up from where he was resting.
"Show me." Mike said, as he snatched the letter. "What is the owl still doing here? They usually fly away after delivering the letter." Remus asked, staring at the snowy white owl.
"Mike it's the same as your letter. Well the owl is an early present from McGonagall. She also sent a couple of pictures of Mom and Dad along with it. Haven't opened it yet though." Harry replied to Remus, and chided Mike on snatching the letter.
"Well it is good that you got an owl as an early present since we were thinking of buying a new one." Mike said after seeing the owl. "Does she have a name? How about snowy or snow white?" at which the owl screeched at him and nipped his fingers.
"Wow so original Mike. Hey did you say anything to Professor about the Dursley's when she came here, Remus?" Harry asked Remus. "Yes. Why'd you ask?" Remus replied. "Nothing serious just thinking." Harry replied.
"Why are all animals related to you trying to harm me bodily?" Mike said to Harry, after stopping the owl from attacking him. "Cause they sense your stupidity." Harry offered, at which Mike huffed and went inside.
"Anyway I was thinking that we should go and buy all the things tomorrow before the rush begins." Harry said as he took out the photos of his parents. Ones that he liked the most was the photo of his parents dancing after their wedding, and one where he is about a year old and his Mom is pointing his attention towards the camera.
"I remember this day. It was a month after your first birthday, and the day when your first accidental magic happened. You turned your mother's cat purple because he was not listening to you. James and Lily thought of commemorating that day and James was boasting that you would grow to be a great wizard." Remus said after looking at the photos from over Harry.
"They look so young in this." Harry replied. "Yes, you were a surprise just after they finished Hogwarts, a surprise but a happy one. You were always a momma's boy. Even your first words were 'mama'." Remus said. "And now she is stuck in the hospital because of me." Harry said emotionally at which Remus hugged him.
In the evening Harry finally found a name for his new owl, 'Hedwig' which seem to be accepted by the vain owl. Harry was playing the piano after remembering about his mother and to relieve his tension. They decided to go to diagon alley tomorrow to buy all the necessity which they don't have.
-HP-
On the next day, Hedwig was flying outside with Newton when Mike was woken up with a bucket of water to his face. The years living with Harry and Remus were great and they had become a family of sorts. Remus with his protective father figure role and Harry with his sarcastic and witty brother role. There was only one problem in living with them.
'Pranks', – It started a few months after they started living together. Remus would tell them about their days in Hogwarts and the pranks his group of friends pulled together. When Mike first pranked Harry, it started a long and still ongoing prank war. Every now and then someone would prank the other. Most of the pranks were harmless but embarrassing.
This in turn had heightened their sense for any oncoming prank as one could never be sure when the next prank would happen. "Who was it this time?" Mike groaned and spurted the water from his face.
"You know the rules Mike, you have to find the prankster yourself." Remus said as Mike came and sat down at the kitchen counter. Harry was reading the Muggle and the Magical paper in the dining table while Pip poured him tea.
"But I never find out who the prankster is, due to Harry's straight face and you're always smiling face." Mike whined as he sipped the tea. "Anyway are you ready for the trip to the Diagon Alley. I would finally be able to get my wand and will have my revenge after all those times when Harry and you used magic on me." Mike said with fires in his eyes.
It was true that Mike had no wand till now and would use Remus's wand to practice spells. But as it was not compatible much he didn't learn much in the spells department. He was good in herbology and potions but that was because he could not practice spells. He was looking forward to having his own wand.
-HP-
After having their breakfast they asked the driver to take them to Charing Cross Road to enter from the Leaky Cauldron. After saying hi to Tom at the bar they went straight to the Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Harry and Mike went to the different tellers as Remus waited in the lobby. "Good Morning master Spearhead. I would like to see my account manager." Harry said to the teller.
"Name?" the teller sneered. "Harry James Potter." Harry replied. "Grimface will take you to your account manager." The teller sneered again. It seemed as if the sneer was their response to anything related to humans.
"Master Warmonger may your enemy be slain by your hands." Harry greeted as he entered the office. "May you vault be filled with gold." Warmonger replied.
"I just wanted to see you to ask you about the state of my investments and my vaults." Harry asked. "Well the investments are paying nicely and the vaults are filling up well. Your own personal vault is currently at 4 million galleon. The main vault as is maxed at 20 million galleon is still the same. The secondary vault is currently at 900 million galleon. Will you be taking the partial hold of the vaults?" Warmonger asked.
"Partial hold? What does that entail?" Harry asked. "Well the main family vault will be accessible to you now that you are going to be 11 years of age. You will be able to enter the vault and take out a few books but not higher level or rare books and visit a few more guarded areas in the vault. You still won't be able to access the secondary vault." Warmonger replied.
"Yes please do that. I also wanted to ask if you have any tomes or diary of Salazar Slytherin anywhere available or not. I'm looking into buying them." Harry asked. "Not that I know of. But I will ask around see if anyone has it or not. Is there anything you need?" Warmonger replied.
"No nothing right now. I would still like to visit the main vault other than that nothing. I still have the bottomless bag connected to my personal and trust vault. Thank you for your help, may you bathe in your enemy's blood." Harry greeted and went with Warmonger to visit the main family vault.
The main family vault was on the lower level of the bank and was guarded by many protections. But the main protection was that to enter the vault the person needed to show that they are Potter by blood. After placing the hand in the impression in the vault door, which pricked all five fingers to draw blood, he entered the vault.
There were few new areas that he could access. These were in library in the vault and the area containing anything personal to the family. These contain the family's magical archive and lineage tapestry. He saw a few books that could be helpful after which he went and saw the tapestry.
The Potter family was almost 2000 year old, maybe even older. The recent generation of the tapestry showed his grandfather, Charlus Potter, his grandmother, Dorea Potter, his parents, James and Lily Potter and him and his brother, Charles Lilian Potter.
BROTHER! – he didn't remember having a brother. The tapestry didn't lie, nor did Remus or Warmonger said anything about it. That meant that probably no one knew about his brother or someone was trying to make sure that he didn't knew about him.
The tapestry showed the current status, Date of birth and death, as well as the current place of residence of all living family member. His brother was born on 25th of August 1992 and was currently residing in St. Stephens's orphanage in London. That meant a few things but he didn't liked to speculate. He immediately needed to contact the orphanage to know more about the situation.
After leaving the vault and informing Warmonger about the situation he met Remus in the lobby.
"You got all you needed?" Remus asked him as he went to meet him. "Yes. Remus did you knew that I have a brother?" Harry replied. "Seriously Harry this is no time for a prank." Remus replied.
"It's no joke Remus. I saw the family tapestry. He was born a year before the attack. So I have to ask you again Remus did you knew about it?" Harry asked again. "No it didn't. That explains a lot." Remus mussed.
"It explains what Remus?" Harry questioned. "During a few months before the attack, around May or June, they went completely into hiding and Lily used come a lot less in the Order meetings. There was also a glow on Lily's face when a few times she met us." Remus explained.
"We need to contact the orphanage where he is and see if we can take him in. it would be difficult but we have to prove that I am his family." Harry said. After a few moments Mike came too and they went shopping.
"Change of plans. I just found out that I have a brother so we will be going to visit him first. You can come with us or go home, your choice." Harry said to Mike with seriousness. "I'll go home. You guys go there." Mike replied.
-HP-
After dropping Mike at the hotel they went straight to the orphanage. It was an old orphanage, with a few weathered down buildings. As they entered they were greeted by the matron who looked after the kids.
"How can I help you gentlemen? Are you looking to adopt a kid?" she asked. "We recently came into the information that I have a brother that we thought was dead, and is residing here we would like to meet him." Harry replied giving the unofficial story they had agreed on.
"Oh! Do have the name of the child?" she asked in curiosity. "Yes, his name is Charles Lilian Potter. He should be 7 years old." Remus replied.
"Oh yes Charlie. Please wait here while I call him." The matron replied while he and Remus took the seat. While waiting for Charlie, Harry asked a few questions like, when did Charlie arrive here, what were the circumstances, was there an official report of what happened.
The matron replied that Charlie arrived on 2nd of November, and had been here since. The police found Charlie at a fallen house with a body of a dead man who they assumed was the father. They had also found evidence of another child in the house with a lady, but could never find them. They found the name of the child sewn in the blanket he was wrapped in. After a month when no one claimed to be relative of Charlie they allowed him to stay here.
"Sister Grace you called me." A voice came from the door. Harry turned to face the source and looked at his brother.
At one glance they didn't looked like brothers. While Harry looked like their father, Charlie was more like their mother. He had here facial structure, along with her vibrant red hair, with grey eyes, an attribute of their grandmother from the Black family which hid behind round glasses.
"Yes Charlie, I would like you to meet a few people." She said as she motioned towards them.
"Hello, I'm Harry, your elder brother. This here is Remus he was friends with our parents. Remus can you take Charles outside and tell more about us while I talk to the matron." Harry said in a calm voice, while he was quite emotional on the inside.
"Sure Harry. Come on Charlie." Remus said while guiding the shocked kid outside. Once they were outside, Harry turned to the matron and asked, "What documents and papers are necessary to take Charles out of here as soon as possible. I know that without proof you will not allow to take him. So what is it will be required?" Harry asked to the shock of the matron to his maturity.
"Well I now see that intelligence runs in the family. Don't you want your guardian here to talk?" the matron asked.
"No it will be alright I can fill him in later. So about my question earlier." Harry said.
"Well the most fast and sure fire way to prove that you are his brother is a DNA test. But it will take some time and a lot of money, which we can't afford. Another way is through the court but it will take at least a few months to finalize" the matron replied.
"Can you get the DNA test done and fast? Money is no problem. Tell them that the faster they get me the result the higher the bonus. Now is there any place where we can talk to Charles privately." Harry asked.
After Remus and Charlie came in the matron left them alone to talk to each other. From the look on Charlie's face, who was still shocked, it looked like Remus had not told him about much.
"Remus the privacy ward. So what did you and Remus talked about?" Harry asked after Remus erected a privacy ward. "Well he told me about our parents and that everyone thought that I was dead. He also told me about them being wizard and witch. I already knew that I was a wizard, just didn't knew that I had family left." Charlie replied with a few sobs in between.
"How did you know about you being a wizard? I don't think you were old you enough to remember, nor that it is a fact told to muggles." Harry asked inquisitively.
"Can no one really hear what is told here right?" Charlie asked, voice full of insecurity and continued after getting a nod, "I have a house elf that looks after me. Her name is Lizzy"
As soon as he said 'Lizzy' there was a soft pop and a house elf appeared. "Master Charles yous called Lizzy." "Yes, Lizzy did you knew that I had a brother?" Charlie asked with a cracked voice.
"Lizzy knew about Master Harry. But before when bad men hurt Master James and Mistress Lily, they gave Lizzy a job to protect Master Charles. Lizzy didn't knew if Master Harry survived, or that if bad men were looking for Master Charles so Lizzy didn't tell Master Charles. Lizzy being very sorry." Lizzy relied ashamed of what she had done.
"Why didn't you tell me? I should have known about them." Charlie asked angrily. "Charles calm down. She did it to protect you. My question to Lizzy is why couldn't I remember Charles?" Harry said.
"Mistress Lily did some charm on Master Charles that made everyone but Lizzy and Master James forget about him. They said that if the bad men didn't knew about Master Charles they can't hurt him. Lizzy being very sorry she didn't find you Master Harry." Lizzy replied.
"The fidelius charm. Or a variation of it. I would have to look into it." Harry mused but was interrupted by a knock to the door. Lizzy popped out as Remus opened the door to let the matron inside.
"The people from the hospital are here to take the blood for testing." She informed as they went out. The officials from the hospital would take their sample for DNA testing to prove that they were brothers. They both gave a sample of DNA swab for testing as well as some blood for blood work. After the procedure was done they were told they will get the result in four days and that the charge for the test was 10,000 pound.
"Is there any way you could get it done by tomorrow. If so there will be a hefty bonus waiting for the hospital." Harry said while giving them an incentive to get the work done faster.
"We will see if it is possible. We will call you as soon as the preliminary report comes in." they said as they left. It was still 2 in the evening and they stayed there and talked to Charlie till 8 in the night. They talked about his life in orphanage, how it was growing up. They learned that he was smart kid who was also ahead of his peers.
He went to the local school and was tree class ahead already. Lizzy provided him with books from the magical world and took out the money from the trust vault his parents had set for Charles. They also learned that while Charles looked like their mother his behaviour was like their father and loved a good prank.
Harry told Charles about himself and that he would be starting Hogwarts in a month. While it saddened Charles that he would not be able to spend time with his brother, he was happy that he finally had a family. Harry told him about Mike and talked about his magical studies. While Charles had not started any formal study in magical subjects he had read the history books and books of pureblood etiquettes.
After the sun came down Harry and Remus left but not before they promised they will come and visit tomorrow.
-HP-
Next day at 9 they got the call from the hospital that the preliminary report has come out, so Harry and Remus decided to visit the hospital. On the way they picked up Charles and the matron of the orphanage to fill in the paperwork for transfer of guardianship of Charles to Remus. The preliminary report said that they were related directly and since Harry was too young to be a father, they were brothers.
Harry wrote a check for 10 grand for the test and another 50 thousand for the fast work. After it was confirmed that they were brothers they filled out the forms after they returned to orphanage to take Charles's cloths and other belongings. Harry also wrote a check of 250 thousand for the orphanage for looking after his brother till now. After it was done they went shopping to buy him new clothes.
Harry told him more about the Potter family, their wealth, their friends and more importantly their enemies. He also told what was expected of a Potter and that what would be his responsibility after he grew up. But for now he was happy to spend time with his brother.
-HP-
It was his birthday today and he woke up with a message
You have slept on your bed. HP and MP fully restored.
Today is your birthday, you are now age 11!
+1 to all stats
Status
Name: Harry James Potter
Title: Potter Heir
Class: Wizard
Level: 16 [XP: 1360/22000]
HP: 2983 [1900+1083]
MP: 3690 [2200+1430+660] [MP regen 160 MP/min]
Strength: 39.15 [27+2.70+4.05+2.70+2.70]
Agility: 75.00 [50+7.50+7.50+5.00+5.00]
Vitality: 58.90 [38+5.70+5.70+5.70+3.80]
Wisdom: 66.15 [49+4.90+7.35+4.90]
Intelligence: 84.50 [65+13.00+6.50]
Charisma: 38.75 [31+6.20+1.55]
Luck: 36.40 [28+4.20+2.80+1.40]
Status Points: 12
It had been a few days since Charles had come to live with them. When Harry used observe on him he got
Charles Lilian Potter
Level: 7
HP: 730
MP: 850
Today they will be going to buy their Hogwarts essentials and also to take Charles to Gringotts. After going to Gringotts Harry took Charles to have an inheritance test. The test result showed.
Name: Charles Lilian Potter [Halfblood]
Age: 8
Father's Name: James Charlus Potter [Pureblood]
Mother's Name: Lily Potter nee Evans [Muggleborn]
Houses:
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter [Second Heir]
Most Ancient and Noble House of Black [Third Heir]
Most Ancient House of Peverell [Second Heir]
Assets:
20 million G in Potter family vault
5000G in Potter trust vault
600 million G in Black family vault
5000G in Black trust vault
50 million in Peverell family vault
Account Manager: Warmonger
After the inheritance test and taking care of few other matters, they went to buy the Hogwarts items and books. "So first we will go and buy you guys your trunks. Then to Madam Malkin's for the robes. Then books and potion ingredients and at last the wand." Remus said as they moved out of the bank. "Why the wand at last? " Mike whined. "Because I said so." Remus replied.
So they first moved to the shop selling trunks. They had a large collection of trunks available there. From the standard 3 compartment trunk to trunks that have a whole apartment in them. As Harry move from one trunk to another he used observe on them. Till now he had liked 3 trunks.
Mahogany and Leather Trunk!
5 Compartments!
[Standard Compartments with Extendable Charm]X3
[Potion's Lab with easily accessible shelf]X1
[Library with Extensible Book Shelf]X1
Security: Key, Password Protected!
500G
Redwood and Dragon Hide Trunk!
7 Compartments!
[Standard Compartments with Extendable Charm]X3
[Potion's Lab with Shelf accessible from outside]X1
[Library with Extensible Book Shelf and desk chair to read]X1
[Bedroom with attached bath]X1
[Hidden Compartment accessible from outside]X1
Security: Lock keyed to Blood, Password Protected, Magical Signature for Hidden Compartment!
950G
Oak and Leather Trunk!
6 Compartments!
[Standard Compartments with Extendable Charm]X3
[Potion's Lab with Shelf accessible from outside]X1
[Library with Extensible Book Shelf and desk chair to read]X1
[Bedroom with attached bath]X1
Security: Lock keyed to Blood, Password Protected!
650G
He was leaning towards the 6 and the 7 compartment trunk. All the trunks had feather light charm and shrinking charm built-in and had to be touched with the wand to activate. The only question was that if he needed an extra hidden compartment or not. He had the money so money was not the problem. In the end he bought the 7 compartment trunk.
Mike bought a 4 compartment trunk with an additional Potion's lab in it. Both their trunks and shelf accessible from outside to get the vials of potions and in his case any books he needed. He only needed to place his hand in the compartment and say the book he wanted to get the book from outside. While they were there Harry bought Charlie a mokeskin pouch to store various things. They gave the trunks to be fitted with their family crests as they went to Madam Malkin's to buy robes.
"Do you have school robes in acromantula silk?" Harry asked as the seamstress took his measurements. After the seamstress informed that they have school robes in acromantula silk both him and Mike bought acromantula silk robes as they gave more stats than normal robes. When he used observe on them again this time he got more information on acromantula robes.
Acromantula Silk Robes
Durability: 100/100
Defence: 75/75
Perk: +10% AGI and INT when equipped, +50% XP when equipped in Hogwarts!
Buy: 50G
The additional 50% XP only confirmed his decision to buy acromantula silk robes. He bought a few set of plain black school robes, a set of white shirts, a black cardigan, a few scarfs and plain several ties. All the clothes didn't had a house logo on them; the seamstress informed that the castle would deal with the little detail after the sorting. He also bought a Dragon Hide jacket piece for added protection
He already had a lot of muggle designer clothes he would be taking for casual wear, when he is not in the class or on Sundays. They also bought a set of robes for Charlie too. After giving the order they went and got their fitted trunk. The total cost after the fittings and few additional things came to a 1000G for him and 300G for Mike. Reus started giving them lecture that even if they both have money to spare they should not squander it all away.
After shrinking the trunks, they went to buy the books in Flourish and Blotts book shop. Remus was dreading the time it will take them there as Harry was a certified book addict and Mike too liked to read. Despite that it didn't took them that long as they already had most of the books used in first year. They only bought a few advanced books and an updated version of Hogwarts: A History.
As it was time for lunch they ate a cheesecake in Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and had a scoop of ice cream. After the next few stops consisted of them stocking up their potions ingredients at an Apothecary that smelt that his eyes watered from the stench of the combined ingredients. He definitely appreciated the art of potion making, but he could never really find any joy in working with the disgusting ingredients.
They then went to buy the telescope for the Astronomy class but were disappointed by the make and quality of them. An advanced muggle telescope was much better than the telescope available there and gave a clear image than magical telescope. They opted to not buy from here and use a muggle one after enchanting it to suit their need.
-HP-
After that they finally went to buy their wands at Ollivanders so Mike, Charlie and he went first as Remus paid for a few things. As soon as they enter the stall there was a tinkle of bell from above indicating whoever owned the store that they had a customer. Surprisingly enough, the small dusty stall was empty currently despite all the children his age outside running around getting supplies. Not that he cared, it only meant that he would get his wand sooner.
"Mr Potter, I remember the day your parents came in for their wands like it was yesterday," a voice came from behind starling both him and Mike. Spinning on his heel, he saw what looked like magical version of Albert Einstein peering at him with interest, "yes, yes, mahogany and 11 inches, pliable, excellent for transfiguration, your father's wand was…and Lily Evans, your mother, 10¼ inches, willow, swishy, good for charm works. Both very good wands, I assume you are here to get your too then?"
Harry then looked at him with a raised eyebrow "No, I thought I'd come for the view, as marvellous as it is." Harry replied sarcastically, causing Ollivander to chuckle.
"Cheeky, just like your father was, well then this way, and you are here not for the wand, I presume, seeing as you are too young, Mr Potter the junior? While looking at Charlie curiously. "No, not that I think…ah…ah" Charlie chuckled, while Harry looked at Ollivander suspiciously.
"And, who might you be?" Ollivander asker while looking at Mike. "Um… I'm Michael Grey." Mike replied as they had finally changed his name to Michael Grey in muggle world too.
"Okay who will go first?" asked the wand maker, pulling a tape measure out of his pocket and allowing it to float mid-air. "Him." Harry all but pointed at Mike who scowled at Harry. The tape measure took the most obscure, and in his opinion, pointless measurements imaginable. "Alright then which is your wand arm?" Ollivander asked.
"I'm left handed." Mike answered, but Harry got a feeling that Ollivander wasn't really listening as he just dismissed the answer and went to bring a few boxes of wands.
"Try this, 14 inches, Phoenix feather, robust and good for healing charms," he said, handing him a black wand which immediately, set a few selves on fire. "Sorry..." Mike apologised as he placed the wand back on the counter.
"Nope, that's not the one," Ollivander said, "Okay try this, 11¼ inches, Unicorn hair core from a rather arrogant male unicorn, good for finesse and skilled spell casting," he explained, handing the wand to Mike, however, this one almost froze his hand right off as soon as he touched it "Nope, not that one either, it seems the Unicorn passed off its arrogance to his hairs as well. . ."
Taking another wand from the shelf, Ollivander handed it to Mike "This should do it, 12½ inches, Dragon Heartstring core from a particularly fiery Chinese Fireball, excellent for transfiguration and speed casting." taking it in his hand and hoping for the best, Mike prepared to swish it only for the wand to fly off from his hand.
After trying almost 20 wands Ollivander came with another box "this should be it 13¾ inches Unicorn hair from a gentle female unicorn, good for fast and accurate spell casting," he said as he handed the wand to Mike who gave it a swish and a myriad of colourful sparks came out of it. "Yes this is the one, that will be 7 galleon Mr Grey, now Mr Potter your turn. Which is your wand arm?"
"I'm right handed primarily but can use both hands." Harry replied. "This one first, 11 inches, Dragon Heartstring, pliable and good for offence charms," he said, handing him a char grey wand which immediately, upon having contact with it, sent a chill down his spine. He used observe on it and got,
Wand Acquired!
Length: 11 inches
Wood: Oak
Core: Dragon Heartstring
Specialty: Charms and Offensive Spells
Compatibility: 10%
"No no, not that one," Ollivander said, snatching the wand right out of his hand and returning it to its box, "try this one, 10½ inches, Phoenix feather core from a male phoenix, good for charms and battle magic," he explained, handing the wand to Harry, however, this one almost burnt his hand right off as soon as he touched it "Nope, not that one either, it seems the Phoenix passed off its fires to its feathers as well. . ."
Wand Acquired!
Length: 10½ inches
Wood: Walnut
Core: Phoenix Feather
Specialty: Charms and Battle Magic
Compatibility: 40%
Fishing out another wand from the back, Ollivander had a smile on his face as he handed it to the boy "This one should be it, 12 inches, Dragon Heartstring core from a particularly fierce Hungarian Horntail, excellent for battle magic and transfiguration" this one sounded interesting to Harry, so, taking it in his hand and hoping for the best, he prepared to swish it only for a large number of shelves to burst open and release their contents around him in a wild display of chaotic magic.
Wand Acquired!
Length: 12 inches
Wood: Ash
Core: Dragon Heartstring
Specialty: Transfiguration and Battle Magic
Compatibility: 5%
Ollivander frowned as he took the wand back and went to get some more boxes; it was also at that moment that Remus decided to enter the store.
"Are you both done here?" asked the werewolf, to which Harry responded with a frown and a shake of his head.
"I've already tried three, but none of them are right apparently. . ." he trailed off as Ollivander came out with an armful of wand boxes. Remus got the idea that they would be here for a while.
"I already got mine, 13¾ Unicorn Hair. It was after I tried 20 different wands." Mike replied happily, as he showed off his new wand.
He couldn't believe this, he had to have tried at least every wand in the damn stall, the last one Ollivander was sure would have worked for him – some holly and phoenix feather wand, but it was not to be, that one too left him feeling empty.
Suddenly, Ollivander returned from the back of the shop carrying something behind his back with a serious expression on his face as he looked to Remus, Charlie and Mike, who were lounging in one of the stools provided by Ollivander earlier, with a bored expression on their face, and Harry who was looking slightly anxious. The prospect of possibly not getting a wand was finally starting to get to him.
"Never in my life have I had such a hard time finding a wand for someone Mr. Potter, it's the wand that chooses the wizard after all," he began as he placed an old dusty box on the counter "which is why I am even considering letting you try this one," he said, opening the lid and letting Harry see, in his opinion, the coolest wand so far. It had a rather thick and curved handle made of some black coloured wood that looked to grip comfortably in the palm of someone's hand, the tip of the wand looked to be a unicorn's horn carved out of the same wood yet coloured ivory that had a ridge protruding from the spike like hilt and spiralling all the way around it to the tip. The wand looked deadly, awesome, and powerful - Harry wanted it.
Harry warily gripped the hilt of the wand and held it closely, peering at it with a fierce intensity. At first, nothing seemed to happen - no reaction at all - causing Ollivander let out a disappointed sigh. He was about to take it back and inform the boy that he had no wand for him when a light suddenly began to shine brightly from the tip of wand, getting brighter and brighter until Ollivander, Charlie, Mike and Remus had to shield their eyes from the light; however, for Harry, the light seemed comforting, warm and it didn't burn his eyes at all, allowing him to stare at the core of the light's origin without the slightest need to shield away from the spectacle.
Wand Acquired!
Length: 15 inches
Wood: Elder
Core: Therstral Tail-Hair
Specialty: Boosts all field of Magic
Compatibility: 99%
The strangest feeling seemed to be coming from the wand, yet it wasn't strange in a bad way. It was a warm, tingly feeling travelling up his arm and then to his chest and out to the rest of his body; if he were to try and explain the feeling he was experiencing, he would describe it as finding a long lost piece of his soul after a long, tireless search before finally reuniting with it. He felt whole, yet before touching the wand, he never felt empty, it was hard to explain. It was strange, but Harry didn't mind. He instantly knew this was his wand, and he was happy, and he was glad that it was.
As the light died down, Ollivander, Mike and Remus were finally able to see Harry holding his wand before him, looking at it fondly with a small and content smile on his face. Remus was happy that Harry finally found a wand, both because it was his first wand and because if it had taken any longer, he would have left the store and sworn Harry off magic for the rest of his life. Ollivander, however, had a troubled expression on his face.
"Congratulations young Master Potter, I think it safe to say that we can expect great things from you. That wand you hold in your hand has a long history, one that tells tales of great tragedy and great success. That wand you hold in your hand can be considered both a blessing and a curse, which is why I must tell you of its history and its origins. . ." he trailed off ominously, making sure he had all their attentions. When he saw that he had all of their undivided attention (Harry's was flicking between his wand and Ollivander), he continued on with the tale.
"There is a wand of legends that has had many names in the past, but one name that would be the most proper would be the 'Elder Wand', and that wand is the wand you hold in your hands right now," he began, in a grandfatherly 'story-telling' voice.
"If you are to believe legends, and in the Wizarding world, one will learn that to every legend, there is always some semblance of truth, then perhaps this story may interest you," he said "There was once a story of three brothers who were walking, and in time, came upon a river too deep and dangerous to swim or wade across, but because the brothers were learned in the magical arts, they produced a bridge over the river. At the middle of the bridge, they came across a hooded figure, Death himself. Death was enraged, for the clever brothers crossed over the river unharmed while the previous travellers drowned in the dangerous waters. Death pretended to congratulate the wizards and told them they each deserved a prize for their marvellous magic," Ollivander paused there to gather his thoughts.
"The oldest of the brothers, who was a combative man, asked for a duel-winning wand, also worthy for a wizard who conquered Death. So Death retrieved a branch from an Elder Tree and fashioned a wand to give to the oldest brother," he explained, motioning to the wand in Harry's hands causing Remus's, Mike's and Harry's eyes to widen in shock "The second of the brothers, who was arrogant, wanted to humiliate Death further and asked for the power to recall the dead. So Death picked up a stone from the riverbank and gave it to him and told him that the stone had the power of resurrection. The youngest brother was the humblest, the wisest, and did not trust Death in the slightest. He asked for something enabling him to move on without being followed by Death. So Death most unwillingly gave up his Cloak of Invisibility to the brother. After this, Death moved out of the way, and the brothers discussed their recent adventure," Ollivander was pleased to see that he had Harry, Mike and Remus enthralled by his tale – they should be, it was very important that they knew this information.
"In time, the brothers separated towards different adventures. The oldest brother engaged in duels which he always won, boasting about his invincible wand from Death. One night, however, when he was asleep, a jealous wizard crept up on him, slit the brother's throat, and took the wand for himself; Death then took the first brother for his own," he said to the surprised duo. Harry looked at his wand warily, but still held it in an iron-like grip, not willing to give it up.
"The second brother had a home where he lived alone; he got the stone out one day and turned it thrice in his hand. The woman who he hoped to marry, only to have died previously, appeared before him. She was separated from her deathly world and was sad and cold. Driven mad, the second brother killed himself and re-joined his love in death; Death then took the second brother for his own," he paused, his eyes flickering as he tried to remember the rest of the tale.
"Death never found the youngest brother until he took off the cloak and passed it to his son. Death appeared upon the youngest brother who greeted him as an old friend and they departed from the world as equals.
The three objects that death fashioned for the brothers were forever known as the Deathly Hallows. It is said that whoever wields all three of 'The Hallows' will be considered the master of death – so you see why that wand can be considered a blessing and a curse . . ."
Harry and Remus seemed pensive and troubled for a moment before Harry frowned and looked at his wand then back at Ollivander "Sorry Ollivander, but no matter how much I love my wand, I just can't believe the story you told me to be even close to the truth . . ."
Seeing the man about to interrupt, Harry stalled him by raising his hand before continuing "I'm not saying it isn't partly true, because I really wouldn't know, but to think this wand would allow the wielder to be unbeatable in duels is laughable, Remus could still, with his 'average' wand, pummel me into the ground, regardless of which wand I wield. No legendary wand will change that . . . wouldn't it make more sense that this wand simply allowed one to focus their magic much more easily, while having affinities for all kinds of magic, like how your regular wands have affinities for certain branches of magic?"
Ollivander smiled mysteriously and chuckled "I share the same opinion, but one can't argue with legends. However, thinking the way you do already puts you a step ahead of that wand's previous owners," he said with an approving nod "the last wizard to wield that wand, was unfortunately, the Dark Lord Grindelwald himself, and it was the very wand he was using when Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, defeated him in a duel," he smiled mysteriously, "So, it is safe to say that given that the wand chose you as its owner, and that Albus was able to defeat Grindelwald in a duel at the time, that the stories can't be one hundred percent accurate, hmm?"
Harry nodded and pocketed his wand before Ollivander's face turned serious as he looked to Remus "The lad is bright, perhaps it would be in his best interest to be taught Occlumency to guard the secrets about the wand in his mind – many would seek to harm and destroy him to be able to harness its powers, after all."
Seeing Remus pale at the implications, he nodded in shock "I'm a werewolf, as you know, we are naturals at Occlumency. They have already started their training in the art and are progressing fairly, but still I will try my best." he promised, still looking deathly pale.
Ollivander nodded and seemed to stare off into space for a while "It would probably be best to get some texts for the lads about it, you won't find what you need at Flourish and Blotts though . . ." Ollivander said, trailing off. Remus, understanding the message, nodded and motioned Harry to pay for his wand.
"Oh no, lad, I can't accept your money for that wand, for it was never of my own creation and I was never its master . . . could I, perhaps, interest you in a wand holster though?" he asked with a cheesy grin getting an amused snort from Harry for his antics.
"Actually, it's his birthday today, I think I'll buy a Dragon hide wrist holster with the standard anti-summoning charms, given what you've told us about the wand, it will no doubt come in handy, the same for Mike here as well" Ollivander's eyes twinkled merrily before going out back and bringing out a stylish black one and a brown-red one wrist holster that looked to be made out of leather, which is what Dragon Hide is often confused with.
"That will be twenty galleons each good sir, and Happy Birthday Mister Potter," Harry nodded appreciatively at Remus and Ollivander, accepting the black wrist holster, while Mike took the brown-red one. He put it on under his cardigan sleeve, allowing Ollivander to show him how it worked. With a simple flick of the wrist, the holster magically placed the wand in his hand from its resting place, and vice-versa.
As he left the stall he got a few new quest,
Legendary Quest: Master of Death!
Objective: Find and Acquire all three Deathly Hallows and learn their Secrets.
Reward: 100,000 XP, chance to be Master of Death!
Failure: Lose your wand forever!
[Yes]/ [No]
Quest: Protection of the Mind
Objective: Level up Occlumency to level 30 before 1st September
Rewards: 5,000 XP, increased protection of your mind!
Failure: Your secrets revealed!
[Yes]/ [No]
-HP-
"Harry," Remus called after they exited the store "I need to go and buy that book about 'you-know-what' in 'you-know-where' before all store closes." Remus informed Harry, in what he thought to be the most ridicules attempt of failed subtlety he had ever seen, "hand around here until I get back and try not to do anything stupid?"
Even if they already had a few books on occlumency, one can never have more than enough books. Bur before that, Harry had to buy a few treats for his owls, Mike went to buy him a pet, as Harry had already received Hedwig and Remus went to Knockturn Alley. So they went their separate ways, with Harry going to Eyelops Owl Emporium and Mike to Magical Menagerie.
"I've got to buy a few Owl treats so I'll be going there, Mike has still to buy a pet for Hogwarts so he will be going there, so relax Remus." Harry said with a look that said 'who me?' which didn't reassure Remus at all, he begrudgingly left the two eleven year old to their own shopping and headed towards Knocturn Alley.
Harry had also asked Mike to buy few things for his familiars, who left with Charlie, who wanted to visit the shop. After buying a few treats and a perch for Hedwig, he exited a store and started to look around. He did another circle of Diagon Alley, pausing at random shop windows to gaze at their wares until he paused when he saw a jewellery shop. The front of the window had a wide range of beautiful gold, white gold and silver jewellery, as well as large selection of earrings, rings, necklace and bracelets.
Stopping at a pair of rather expensive diamond earrings, Harry looked around to see if Mike and Remus were coming back anytime soon before throwing caution to the wind and entering the rich, goblin run establishment.
Remus, hiding the book under his arm in a non-conspiracy and utterly failing at looking inconspicuous let out a sigh of relief when he saw Mike and Charlie outside of Magical Menagerie with a cat holder with a brown cat inside it. "You got your pet, Mike?" Remus asked as he approached Mike. "Yeah it's a cat-Kneazle hybrid, have you seen Harry?" Mike asked.
"There he is." Remus said as he pointed out at Harry who was leaning against a wall in diagon Alley waiting for them. Remus's relief was short lived when Harry turned towards him with a satisfied smirk, revealing a pair of pierced ear. The sight almost made him drop the book in shock for a number of reasons: One, the thought of what Lily will do to him once is out of her coma when she realize what he had allowed her eleven year old son to do to himself, and two, the material they seemed to be made of – Harry couldn't be that stupid could he?
"Calm down Remus, it's just white gold," Harry placated the man sporting two identical diamond studs, the base being made of white gold rather than gold or silver – latter being fatal to werewolves.
"What have you done?" Remus asked with dread, causing Harry to look at him weirdly. Harry didn't answer, choosing to look at Remus with bored expression instead.
"Your mother is going to kill me," he exclaimed worriedly "I'm too young t die!" "I think they look rather cool," Mike added this thoughts on the current predicament. "Hey you think I should get one too?" Charlie asked. "No!" Remus shouted in worry.
Harry just smirked and beckoned Remus to follow him who followed mindlessly dreading the day when Lily Potter nee Evans would tear him a new one. One would not want to be on the opposite side of an angered Lily
-HP-
Next day Harry gave Pip his father's wand to be placed back in the family vault alongside his mother's. They had tried to see if Charlie can use their father's wand or their mother's but they were not compatible with him. His father's served him greatly for years, but with him finally having his own wand, he finally gave up his father's wand. He had thought of practicing spells with wands, but first he wanted to master spells using his elder wand first.
It had been a month from when they shopped for their Hogwarts and he had final gotten the Occlumency level to 30 and completed the quest
Quest Completed: Protection of the Mind
Rewards: 5000 XP, increased protection of your mind!
Around the second week of August he had tried to convince Charlie to join his old school, to which he agreed. They easily accepted him in the school as while he was not as prodigious as Harry Charles was still smarter than most kid his age. Harry had also taken Charles to visit their mother in St Mongo's. Charles had cried that day a lot while Harry comforted him awkwardly.
On 25th they had celebrated Charles's 9th birthday. They had gone to a theme park to celebrate and in the evening they all gave him the birthday gifts. Mike gave Charles few chocolates. Remus gave him few pictures of their parents and Harry gave him a watch. The watch itself was enchanted to show Harry the health of Charles and can be used as an emergency portkey.
Harry spent the month getting to know Charles as much as he could before he had to leave for Hogwarts. By the end of the month Harry was helping Charles in his magical studies and pointed out to a few books that could be helpful. He had also learned that Charles wanted to be a doctor before he knew he was a wizard and that dream passed on too.
Now he wanted to be the best healer to cure his mother and Harry had given him a few books on both muggle and magical field of medicine. They had also learned that Charles too had the parseltounge ability, which made Harry think that maybe it was in their blood. Harry told Charles to practice his parseltounge as frequently as he can and to tell no one about it.
They had also learned that Charles had not inherited any metamorph ability. Harry had also started teaching Charles basics of sword fighting and fencing as it was expected of any child of Ancient and Noble house. When Harry showed Charles his animagus form, he had begged him to teach him to do so to. With that in mind Harry had started the basics of occlumency with Charles.
Harry had also showed Charles his familiars, who adored Charles. Remus had a theory that may be because they think of Charlie as kin due to Harry. In all that time Harry had also told Charles about the wizarding world, who were the key players, the bigotry and all the other things it entailed. He had also promised to take Charles on a vacation when they would return for the winter vacation.
On 31st of August, the night before Harry and Mike's departure to Hogwarts, Harry called Charlie to the office. The office was adjacent to the library and could only be entered by those of Potter blood.
As Charlie entered the office, where Harry was already seated in one of the armchairs, took a seat in another one opposite to Harry. There was a table in between them containing an elegant looking chess set. Harry took the first move and the game began.
"You might be wondering why I brought you here." Harry said in a calm voice as they played the game. "From all that you have read, and told, what can you tell me about the house Potter?"
"The Potter's are a house that is almost 2000 years old, most of the Potter's before the industrial revolution were warriors who always took the side that they thought were right. From what I have read, a Potter does what is right not what is easy. The Potter's were also very open minded about the blood purity, and have a vast variety of non-human blood mixed to the gene pool."
"After the industrial revolution each Potter had started his or her own business and also have kept the amount of wealth they possess a secret. After the inclusion of muggleborns in wizarding society, the Potter's helped the goblins with the exchange of muggle money. This happens in the bank owned by our family in Switzerland." Charles spoke of all the knowledge he possessed about the Potter family
"There are only two Potter's left right now, you and me. You know that I trust you with all my secrets and will tell you when you are old enough to handle it. Now the secret I'm about to tell is the one that I have not told anyone, not Mike, not Remus and not even Mom. I'm telling you this because this will help you grow stronger faster." Harry said as they continued their game.
"What do you know about games, especially about those where you are a character and play in first player perspective." Harry questioned.
"Not much, but I have played a few games like that." Charles replied. He had so many questions right now but he didn't wanted to interrupt his brother.
"What if I were to tell you that my life has been turned into one of these games." Harry asked. "Then I will tell you that I will need of proof before I believe you." Charles replied.
"Good never believe anything told to you if you have no proof of its occurrence."
Create Party, Name: House Potter!
Invite: Charles Lilian Potter
"Just say 'Yes' in your mind to accept the invitation" Harry instructed to a flabbergasting Charles. "Now I know you have a lot of questions, and they will all be answered, but I have to warn you not to say about this to anybody. It will help me keep track of your health, which I can see in my HUD. Now say 'Status' to access your status." Harry said.
Status
Name: Charles Lilian Potter
Title: Secondary Potter Heir
Class: Wizard
Level: 7 [XP: 130/6000]
HP: 805 [700+105]
MP: 1001 [700+91+210] [MP regen 60 MP/min]
Strength: 10
Agility: 12
Vitality: 15
Wisdom: 13
Intelligence: 18
Charisma: 6
Luck: 20
"Now I will explain all the functions and rules to you. Now say 'perks'." Harry instructed.
Perks:
[Wizard]: +1VIT, +1WIS per level, gain access to Wizard class
[Father's son]: +2[?] per level, +1[Transfiguration] per level
[Mother's son]: +2[?] per level, +1[Charms] per level
[Healer]: +2[Healing Magic] per level, unlocks Healing Magic
Harry explained all the features to Charles the whole evening till it was Charles time to sleep.
-HP-
AN: This is my first story. It is inspired by 'Knowledge is Power' and 'Harry Potter, Gaming Wizard Extraordinaire'.
Sorry about the cliff-hanger. I wanted to include the train ride in this chapter too, but then thought against it as it would have made it too long, and I could not have covered more things.
Some of the facts have been checked on the internet, if I have got any facts wrong please say so that I could correct it.
Please review as they help me know what you guys think and how to proceed with the next chapters. If you find any mistakes grammatical, spelling or content wise please tell me so that I could correct them. Any recommendation is appreciated and if I like them I would implement them. Constructive criticism appreciated. No flaming please and do tell me how you liked the chapter.