Chapter One: Upload
17th August 1981
Godric's Hallow
"James! Look at this!" exclaimed Lily as she waves a circular object in front of James' face.
"What's that? A helmet?" James frowned. Lily had spent the month in her lab doing god knows what instead of looking after Harry… but then again there isn't much to do after being holed up under the Fidellius Charm.
"Yeah! It's a runic intelligent quantum multifunction analyzer with self-learning capabilities up to-"
"Lily… You know I don't understand any of this… just tell me what it's for."
"Oh it's for Harry! It analyzes the brainwaves and the magi particles of his-"
"Lily…"
"Oh… I'll just show you it's easier."
In a blink of the eye, Lily excitedly rushed up the stairs to Harry's room where the 1 year old was sleeping peacefully in his crib. James quickly followed suit, fearing that she would wake Harry.
Harry was in a shiny white crib in a shape of a bowl. Runes were sketched all over the bars with lines converging to a strange screen at the end of the bed. The screen was a combination of muggle technology and runic alterations, which Lily had invented prior to Harry's birth. On it displayed the temperature, humidity, heartbeat and varies other numbers and buttons. A golden transparent dome covered the crib, pulsating along with Harry's breath.
Lily stood next to Harry with the helmet, multicolored lights snaked across the runic power lines and electricity danced across the seven metal rods that were sticking out. Lily extended her hand through to Harry's head, but a sudden grip of a masculine hand stopped her. Lily turned her head and looked at James next to her.
"Lily… Your 'helmet' doesn't look very safe..."
"Oh stop worrying James, I've already tested it on myself."
"What?" James yelled in anger, before quickly quieting down as the muffing rune on the crib wasn't that strong. "You shouldn't test your… inventions on yourself! Do you remember that time when you made the teddy bear and it blew up? And that time when-"
James stopped, realizing that Lily had once again turned back to Harry, not listening to a word he was saying.
"Are you sure it's safe?" James signed in defeat, letting go of her arm, realizing there was nothing he could do to stop this stubborn woman.
Lily nodded and carefully placed the helmet on Harry's head before pressing a button on the back. She then attached a wire from the top of the helmet to the crib. She then rushed over to the display screen and tapped a few buttons.
[Insert subject's name]
Harry James Potter
[Subject confirmed. System initiated.]
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[Load complete. Displaying subject's information.]
[Harry James Potter.
Age 1.
DOB 31/JUL/1980.
Strength: 0.1
Agility: 0.1
Intelligence: 0.2
Stamina: 0.3
Magic Power: 0.6
Mana: N/A
Knowledge: English (0.05%)
Skills: None
Spells: None
Status: Healthy; Asleep.]
[Calculate evaluation? (Y/N)]
Y
[Calculating… 3%]
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[Calculating… 9%]
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[Calculating… 96%]
[Calculating… 99%]
[Evaluation complete. Displaying…]
[Note: Calculations of percentiles are with respect to subject's age]
[Strength: Average 48%
Agility: Average 51%
Intelligence: Slightly above average 62%
Stamina: Average 54%
Magic Power: Well above average 76%]
"Look James! Our baby is going to be a powerful wizard! He's in the 76th percentile!"
James smiled at Harry, relieved that he wasn't harmed.
31st October 1981
Godric's Hallow
"Not Harry! Please, have mercy… have mercy… Not Harry! Not Harry! Please – I'll do anything!"
"Avada Kedavra."
Voldemort looked over the slumped body of Lily Potter, staring into the strange crib containing the boy who would soon join his mother. He raised his wand and pointed at the still sleeping baby. Voldemort didn't even blink a eye when has saw the weird helmet on Harry's head; despite solid objects being able to stop a killing curse, as long as he cast it at his body it was a sure kill.
"Avada Kedavra."
A sickly green light flashed towards Harry and hit…
The helmet.
Voldemort's aim wasn't off… to him at least. It was just that the golden dome surrounding the crib had diffracted the light, like the phenomena when looking down into a swimming pool. The killing curse, however, cannot bend and thus is not diffracted, thus 'missing' and hitting the helmet.
Lily's inventions are of course, not meant to be hit by spells, much less a killing curse. So it exploded. Naturally, it was designed such that in case of an explosion, it would explode outwards, or at least try to. The helmet shattered into pieces, some lodging into the soft head of the baby, but mostly outwards towards the crib. One particular piece damaged an essential powerline of the crib, which in turn also exploded outwards, creating super sharp fragments empowered by runic magic.
Voldemort was not expecting the crib to explode, hastily putting up a weak shield. The thousands of runic fragments easily penetrated the shield, killing Voldemort in the process.
[System critically damaged]
[New storage found]
[Uploading… 20%]
[Uploading… 40%]
[Uploading… 60%]
[Uploading… 80%]
[Upload complete.]
[New storage: Organic]