Harry looked Voldemort in the eye as the green light hit him. It had to be this way to destroy the horcrux in his soul.

Darkness took him.

Harry woke up in a dark room with a neon sign stating "Game Over: You Are Dead".

"Wait, what?" Harry was highly confused.

A sheet of paper appeared in front of him.

'Game Score Compilation

Survived the Killing Curse +100 Points

Found out you were a wizard +10 points

Helped hatch and raise a baby dragon +35 Points

Survived against Arch Enemy +25 Points

Passed first year +15 Points

Survived an encounter with a giant spider

Survived a Basilisk Bite +100 Points

Destroyed a Horcrux +50

Saved the Girl +50

Freed a House elf +25

Passed Second Year +15

Survived a dementor attack +10 Points

Learned the Patronus Charm +500 Points

Learned who betrayed your parents +10 Points

Survived a major dementor attack +100

Rescued your godfather +20

Passed third year +15

Went to a major sporting event +10 Points

Survived a terrorist attack +25 Points

Got roped into the Triwizard Tournament +100 Points

Helped a classmate +10 Points

Fought a dragon with minimal injuries +100 Points

Figured out a clue +10 Points

Rescued the girl(s) +100 Points

Made it through the maze +100 Points

Survived encounter with arch enemy +35 Points

Informed the world of Arch Enemy's return +25 Points

Passed fourth year +15

Survived Dementor attack +10'

Harry stopped reading half way through as it seemed to list his accomplishments and failures. It also listed such things as leveling up, tutorials and item drops.

"Is this some kind of joke?" Harry asked. "Or has my whole life been a game?"

"Not quite, Harry." A familiar voice said. "In a way it has been but in other it hasn't."

"Like not having the tutorial thingy." Harry said. "Does that mean I can go back?"

"Not from the moment you died." Dumbledore said. "Your revival point would be much earlier than you died."

"When would it be?" Harry was seriously considering restarting. Even if it were just at the beginning of the year he could change things.

"You'll have to see." Dumbledore said as another paper appeared.

'Since you didn't finish reading the paper you will have to read through this one. You did 'well' on your last life and gained 30 points to put into stats.' It read.

The stats are as follows:

'STR(Physical strength and stamina): 15

'INT(Intelligence, magical power, logic and learning ability):12

AGI(Agility, reflexes and speed): 20

CON(Toughness, resistence to poison and pain tolerance): 22

WILL(Willpower): 20

REGEN(Healing and magical recovery): 19

WIS(Logic and intuition): 11

CHR(Charisma): 17

LCK(Luck): 22

HP(Health): 0/1000

MP(Magic reserve): 400/1000

Skills

Due to your score you now have 30 points to put towards your skills. Note: Points cannot be taken back once used so spend them carefully.

Resilience: 10/1000 Reduces incoming damage. If high enough it can make attacks non-effective. Do not expect even the weakest of attacks to be blocked until you get 25/1000. At 10/1000 you have some resilience to attacks but not much.

White Magic: 50/1000 Gives a deeper understanding of White Magic. A higher level allows you to learn White Magic easier.

Black Magic: 60/1000 Gives a Gives a deeper understanding of White Magic. A higher level allows you to learn Black Magic easier.'

"What's the difference between White and Black magic?" Harry asked the older man.

"White magic is more defensive and has a healing aspect while Black Magic is far more offensive." Dumbledore said. "That being said it does not mean White magic is wholly good or that Black magic is wholly evil."

"Oh." Harry was less confused. "I'm guessing I'll be able to learn new skills as I go on?"

"Yes you will." The old man said. "Either through grimoires or through someone teaching you."

Harry turned back to the paper.

'Skill Points: 30 You can use these to unlock skills. The unlocked skills will be 0/1000.

'Spells available to unlock. Mana Shot(1 point), Cure(10 Points), Repair(15 Points) Conjure(20 Points), Summon Snake(30 Points)

'Spells unavailable to unlock: Patronus(50 points), Revive(100 Points)

"So revive raises the dead? I could have my parents back?" Harry was hopeful.

"No, I'm afraid that the spell must be preformed within 10 minutes after death." Dumbledore lamented.

"I'd like to learn Cure, Mana Shot and Repair." Harry said. The minutia of the spells slammed into his head.

'New Skill: Cure. Allows the user to heal small wounds such as scraps and bruises. 20 MP

'New Skill: Mana Shot. Allows the user to create and fire a blast of magical energy from his/her palm. 10 MP

'New Skill: Repair. Allows the user to repair stuff. 10 MP

'With each level up of a skill there is a chance the MP cost may go down.'

"Okay, what's next." Harry asked.

'New Game, Continue, Quit, Options'

"Please explain." Harry felt a little foolish asking a piece of paper to explain something.

'New Game completely restarts your game at birth. This would cause you to lose all progress.

'Continue allows you to continue from your last save point: October 31 1981.

'Quit means you die a true death.

'Options allow you to change the game mechanics and difficulty.'

"Okay, options." Harry watched text fill the paper.

'Tutorial: Off

'Leveling: Off

'Item Drops: Off

'Money Rewards: Off

'Hints: Off

'Saving: Off

'HP/MP bars: Not Visible

'Difficulty: Normal'

"Turn on all items but leave the difficulty alone."

'Tutorial: On

'Leveling: On

'Item Drops: On

'Money Rewards: On

'Hints: On

'Saving: On

'HP/MP bars: Visible

'Difficulty: Normal'

"Okay, back." Harry said. "I'd like to continue."

'Your game has not been updated in 17.83 years. Updates are meant to make the game better, fixing bugs and adding new content.

'Update Yes/No'

"Yes, I'll update." Harry was getting frustrated.

'One moment.' The paper wrote as the world dimmed as if an electrical surge was happening.

'New content unlocked!

'Cheats are now available. You can gain cheats by collecting Devcon Gems. These can be found in hard to reach places or as rewards from quests. Each Devcon Gem unlocks a different Cheat.'

"Cool, what are some examples." Harry was highly interested in these gems.

'Walk Through Walls, Invisibility(limited Duration), Invisibility(Toggle), Invisibility(permeant), Flying, Infinite HP(Limited Duration), Infinite MP(Limited Duration), Item Duplication(*2), EXP Boost(1.5)'

"Sweet Merlin, those are awesome." Harry grinned. Harry looked up and saw various statues of himself, some were in color but most were greyed out and some had sheets thrown over them. "Huh, can I see the ones that I can use?"

The statues that were in color came to the front of the group.

'Default Harry: This is your current version. It is a jack of all trades master of none. All other builds are at least loosely based on this build.'

The next one had a sword and a grim looking expression. 'Swordsman Harry: Talented with blades of any kinds. Unlocked by slaying a monster with a sword.

The next one had a smirk on his face. 'Politically Savvy Harry: Harry was raised by Regalus Black to be sly and cunning because of Harry's position of The-Boy-Who-Lived and as the heir to both the Potter and Black lines. He is skilled at manipulating others and his highly distrustful of others. Unlocked by leading a group and being betrayed.'

The next Harry was pale and something seemed… off. "Lich Harry: This Harry is a Lich, a type of sorcerer that manages to defy death. He is unable to show emotions and as such creeps people out and has a hard time making friends. Unlocked by surviving the Killing Curse.'

"Huh, that one is weird." Harry tilted his head at the next one.

The next statue had a snake wrapped around it. "Snake Sorcerer Harry: Has a high comradery with snakes and is able to use Parsel Magic which was thought to be lost to time. This Harry has a hard time speaking English though he is able to understand it and is unable to write it quite well. Unlocked be defeating a Basilisk.'

The final colored statue looked like the first but held himself more confidently. "Enhanced Harry. This Harry is the descendant of Atlantean royalty. This gives him a slight boost in stats. Unlocked by being here.'

"Okay, what about the cloaked ones?" Harry's gut told him to not to try touching them.

'They are hidden builds unlocked by rare quests.' The paper wrote.

Harry then looked at one of the greyed out ones.

It had Harry burying is nose in a book. 'Scholar Harry: ? Unlocked by 1000+ Hours studying.'

Another had Harry holding a staff. 'Archmage Harry: ? Unlocked by acquiring a staff and learning three spells with it.'

"So I won't unlock the description until I unlock the build?" Harry asked.

'That is correct.' The paper wrote.

Harry looked around. "Where's Dumbledore?" The old man was nowhere in sight.

'Time has already spun back to October 31 1981. Dumbledore is still alive.'

"Oh, right." Harry thought for a moment. "How do I get back here?"

'By using a travel journal you will be provided with.' The paper explained. 'With that you will be able to save your game. More information will be provided in the Tutorial.'

"I'll go with Enhanced Harry." He said. "Then I'm ready to go."

'Very well then.' The paper exploded and green light flooded his vision as fire seemed to etch his soon to be legendary scar into his forehead.

So, yeah. There's that. I got a lot of inspriation from Twilight: The Gamer a MLP fanfic(which is sadly dead). As this is a Harry Potter Fanfic and not MLP there will be differences