Harry was a small black-haired boy with eyes the color of purest emeralds. He was currently sitting with his arms wrapped around his legs in the darkness of the cupboard under the stairs. Why was he sitting in a cupboard, you ask? Well, unfortunately for young Harry this was not unusual. This was something that was rather commonplace for him as this was his bedroom. Yes, quite appalling is it not. He was quite frequently stuck in this tiny cupboard even though his aunt and uncle had plenty of space.
They were not very nice people although if you asked them, they would of course inform you that there was no finer family than them, The Dursley’s. Of course, they did not include Harry in this. As Harry was a very unique young boy. He often made extraordinary things happen around him. The Dursley’s, however, did not appreciate this feature of the child. Harry was the only son of Petunia Dursley’s sister Lily who had died when Harry was only 15 months old. Petunia was a bitter, hateful, jealous women who many would comment resembled a horse. Harry would probably feel bad to make said comparison as that was an insult to the poor horse. Afterall horses are gorgeous creatures. We apologize to horses everywhere.
As for the rest of the family, well they quite deserve each other. Petunia married a prejudiced and angry man by the name of Vernon Dursley, and he was very large man who heavily resemble a walrus. Again, my apologies to the animal in question. Vernon worked as a Director at Grunnings, a drill company. He spent his day verbally abusing the people he worked with, and this was, apparently, good business practices, but I digress. Petunia was a stay-at-home mom who spent her free time watching daytime drama, celebrity scandals, or spying on the neighbors. She had plenty of free time owing to the fact that she made her nephew Harry do all the housework while she took the credit for his efforts to those same neighbors. Such a sense of entitlement and superiority.
Lastly, we have Dudley Dursley. Now in our resolution to stay away from insulting poor innocent creatures. I will just this is a young man who very much takes after his parents. Especially his father looks wise. He started out as a round pink beach ball and just continues to increase in size with each passing year as his mother and father spoil the boy abominably. Now you’re wondering, ‘How will things ever improve for our adorable black-haired green eyed little bean?’ Well, I don’t know why you're asking me I’m not a Seer. I don’t know any more than you do. Oh, but wait, there appears to be something happening with little Harry. Ah, I see now, the clock has struck midnight. “Happy Birthday Harry, it’s not every day a young man turns six, is it?”
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Harry heard the wall clock quietly chime. It was midnight. He was officially 6 years old. “Happy Birthday Harry,” Harry whispered to himself. Just as he was getting ready to stretch out and go to sleep something appeared in front of his eyes. This was concerning because the cupboard was very dark. It was so dark in fact that he could not see his hand in front of his face. Not to mention his eyesight was not very good either, due to all the time spent in a dark cupboard and getting hit over the head. Harry struggled to put the glasses his aunt had gotten out of a bargain bin on his face in the darkness. As soon as they were in place he saw a blurry light purple box in front of his face that said the following.
[Welcome to Magic’s Game.]
Harry tried poking the box, but his finger just went right through it. He thought to himself, ‘Is this real?’ That appeared to be sufficient acknowledgement as a new box popped up.
[Congratulations! You have been chosen by Magic to be her Champion. You will need to work with others to change the magical world. This will not be easy. Explore and learn about your new abilities and the options it provides. Make trusted allies and friends. Be careful who you trust and share this power with. You have 4 Player Interfaces that you may gift to others. After that you will have to use special points to purchase them. Once this message disappears the tutorial will commence. This will walk you through the basics of the Player Interface, Instances, and combat. The tutorial is an Instance that functions outside of time; it cannot be stopped, cannot be interfered with, and will return you to the same time and place that it was instigated from. As soon as you select yes, the tutorial will commence. Begin Tutorial?]
[Yes] / [No]
Not knowing what else to do Harry moved his hand and clicked the yes button. At once the box went away and a shimmering film expanded around him getting into all the nooks and crannies.
[Current space is small. Beginner level instance covers the space of a small bedroom. Would you like to enlarge this space? It will not affect the outside world and will revert when the instance ends.]
[Yes] / [No]
Harry once again pressed yes. Then watched in wonder as his cupboard enlarged to a full room the size of Dudley’s second bedroom.
[A word of caution. As it may look odd for you to be in public seeming to poke at empty air, merely focusing on what you want in your head will be sufficient. Also, while in your screen you may get a vacant and/or glazed expression. It is ill advised to open your screens while others may be paying attention to you. So, pay attention in school. School is important.]
Harry blushed and giggled at the box. He had to admit it was right. Many people already found him odd he did not need to add to it.
[Now normally you start on the status page. However, we are going to start on the quest page.
Tutorial Quest
Complete the tutorial
Accepting Quests 0/1
Finding The Quest 0/1
Opening Your Status 0/1
Accessing Your Inventory 0/1
Knowing Your Knowledge 0/1
Exploring Your Surroundings 0/1
Destroy Your Friends, Hug Your Enemies 0/1
Discover Accessibility 0/1
Store 0/1
Instances 0/1
Combat 0/1
Classy Job 0/1
Complete the tutorial to return.
Cannot complete tutorial until all objectives have been marked off.
Reward: 150 exp, Beginner weapon, an article of clothing, and a potion. Main quests are accepted automatically and cannot be refused.]
‘Ah, I wonder if that’s to make sure that I don’t miss certain things. Is it trying to help by giving quests that I can’t refuse,’ Harry pondered this as he continued.
[Objective Complete! Proceed to the Quest screen.]
He did as he was told and the box disappeared and a full screen appeared before him with 2 tabs Jobs and Quests. Jobs was currently empty so he went to Quests and his current quest popped up. An arrow pointing the quest was blinking so he clicked on it. The quest expanded out to the right and showed everything he just read except it now had 2 objectives complete.
[Objective complete!]
[Tutorial Quest
Complete the tutorial
Accepting Quests 1/1
Finding The Quest 1/1
Opening Your Status 0/1
Accessing Your Inventory 0/1
Knowing Your Knowledge 0/1
Exploring Your Surroundings 0/1
Destroy Your Friends, Hug Your Enemies 0/1
Discover Accessibility 0/1
Store 0/1
Instances 0/1
Combat 0/1
Classy Job 0/1
Complete the tutorial to return.
Cannot complete tutorial until all objectives have been marked off.
Reward: 150 exp, Beginner weapon, an article of clothing, and a potion.]
He noticed symbols on the bottom left corner. A set of footsteps, a thumbtack, and a question mark. Focused on each as an arrow appeared pointing down at them. The footsteps are a way to track a course to your current objective, but is not foolproof as you must have an idea where you need to go for this to work. If you are searching for something it may provide a search area. Example: you need to go to the local grocery store and have never been there before but you have a general idea where it is located. This will work. Finding the Lost City of Atlantis will not.
Harry snorted at that, rather amused to discover that whoever Magic is, has a sense of humor if these boxes are anything to go by. He knew the interface had told him he was Magic’s Champion, but he wasn’t sure what that meant and his aunt and uncle had told him that magic did not exist. He was not sure what this was. Maybe he was going crazy after spending so much time in the cupboard. At least he wasn’t bored. Moving to the next one a thumbtack and it said this is a way for you to track your current quest. When you choose to pin a quest, it will stay at the top of the list and show up at the side of your view without having to open the quest menu. You can switch this at any time without harming your progress. Keep an eye on your Jobs and Quests as some will have a time limit and if the time runs out, you will lose the quest and it may hurt your reputation with that party or giver of the quest. Harry nodded that all made sense and he guessed the last one was if he had questions or was having problems. The description confirmed his guess.
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Done with the quest page other than to pin the quest he closed the screen and thought Status. Harry was a little overwhelmed with all the information.
[Name: Hadrian James Potter-Black
Nickname: Harry
Race: Magical Human
Titles: Heir Potter (Claim fully at Gringotts age 11 Lordship claimable at age 17 unless emancipated) Inherited from Father. (permanent/passive)
Secondary Heir Black (Claim fully at Gringotts age 11 Lordship claimable if current Lord and Heir step down after you turn 17.) Inherited from Godfather accepted due to Grandmother. (permanent/passive)
Heir Peverell (Claim fully at Gringotts age 11 Lordship claimable age 17 unless emancipated) Inherited from Father accepted due to bylaws per the Hallows. (permanent/passive)
Heir Gryffindor (Not currently accessible.) Inherited from Father. Per Family bylaws Heirship not earned. Perform an act of a True Gryffindor. (permanent/passive)
Heir Ravenclaw (Not currently accessible.) Inherited from Mother. Per Family bylaws Heirship not earned. Return the Heirloom to the Family. (permanent/passive)
Heir Slytherin (Claim fully at Gringotts age 11 Lordship claimable at age 17 unless emancipated) Claimable through right of Conquest. Requirements met. (permanent/passive)
Boy-Who-Lived – You alone have survived where others have not. Due to this the Wizarding Public have given you this Moniker. +10 Vitality, +5 Charisma. Your appearance, speech, and even what you write will be scrutinized closely leading to higher rewards or demerits when interacting with the Wizarding Public. -/+100 additional reputation lost/won in public encounters. (active)
Magic’s Champion – You have been chosen as Magic’s Champion. Lady Hecate has long waited for magic to move forward but it has stagnated and that has put magic dangerously out of balance with the current prejudices in the magical world. Bring magic into balance and push innovation forward. Don’t forget to have fun. +250 magic and additional +50/level, +250 hp, the ability of All speak allowing you to speak to all of magic’s creations, and 25% increased language learning speed. Player Interface granted. (active/permanent)
Class – Underage Wizard (automatic due to race) You were born with the ability to wield magic having 2 powerful magical parents opens many possible opportunities to gain access to different magics. Having a magical core well above average leads to strong bouts of accidental magic, however Lady Hecate has aided you by stabilizing your core early. Learn to control your magic. Once you receive your Hogwarts Letter class will change to Underage Novice Wizard and stay that way until you graduate where you will be offered a class change depending on your current Level, Skills, and Stats.
Class – Open (Before completing the Tutorial you will be offered the chance to choose a secondary beginner class. If at graduation your secondary class is compatible with your main class they may combine to a premade or original new class and this option will be open for a new beginner class.
Job – Homemaker (Relatives choice) Although forced into it, these are valid life skills and you deserve to be rewarded and credited in some way. (+30% exp gain to all pertaining skills.) Switching Jobs will end the boosted experience but you will not lose your skills.
Level – 1
{625/625} HP – or hit points; this shows how much damage you can take before unconsciousness or death. Beware a fatal blow or wound needs to be treated or it will result in your death. There are no do-overs. Resting and/or meditating will recover HP as long as there is no lasting damage. Unconsciousness is tricky as if you fall when you are not in a safe place will result in consequences which include death. Unconsciousness can also happen when there is little to no damage. Instance and dungeon combat ends when you or your opponent's HP reaches 0, if there is no fatal damage this will result in unconsciousness or fleeing. You earn 50 Hp/level and 25/point of Vitality.
{306.25(50% blocked)/612.5} MP – or Magic points; Running low or out completely risks magical exhaustion and could make you sick. Use caution when your MP runs low. Resting and/or meditating will recover your MP at a slightly faster rate than letting it recover naturally. Do not use spells beyond your capabilities as this could result in backlash. Pay attention to MP costs of Spells and Skills. 50/level and 12.5/point of End and Wis.
{0/100} EXP – Experience to be earned towards level up. Increases at a rate of 1.5/level.
STR (1) -2 - Strength increases your physical damage, parry success, and carry weight. This can be increased by different forms of exercise of that nature and manual labor. 25 lbs./stat point carry limit. (Applies only to what you are physically carrying.)
VIT (13) -3 - Vitality dictates your standard of health and resistances to things like illness, disease, and attack damages. This can be increased by doing different things to maintain a healthy balanced lifestyle. Ae. Exercising, eating health foods in the proper portions, maintaining proper hygiene.
END (16) +3 - Endurance allows you to keep going for longer before sheer exhaustion hits. It determines your stamina, pain tolerance, and how well you cope in situations of extreme pain or stress. You can increase this physically tiring workouts or through meditation.
DEX (11) -3 - Dexterity determines the speed and accuracy of your movements and attacks and chances of evading. You can increase this by doing obstacle course and dodging, sprinting, and weapon exercises. Parkour works as well.
INT (8) -8 - Intelligence does not just mean how smart you are but also your reading and learning speed and ability to retain and understand information, and perception. Reading the same thing over and over again will not increase this stat, however, broadening your understanding and mastering your knowledge of a known subject or learning something new will. Passive magic recover speed is .10 points/sec/point of Int. Current rate is .80 points/sec =48 points/min
WIS (5) -5 - Wisdom aids you and making constructive use of the knowledge you currently possess. This affects decision making, leadership, and making in-depth plans. Life experiences and making good decisions or deductions will increase this stat.
CHA (20) +5 – Charisma effects how people perceive you. Whether friend or foe appearance is important. This can determine whether an interaction goes in your favor or not. You may even be able to charm someone or cause someone to change allegiance due to your charisma.
LUK (+/-50) - Luck contributes to a lot of things; chance encounters, bluffing, lying, gambling, being in the right place at the right time or even the opposite. Luck is a fickle mistress especially with the Potter Luck. It has good and bad days. Days where Luck gets bored and hides your keys just to see how long it takes you to find them. (a/n - I am totally not saying this from personal experience. >.>) This stat does not increase except temporarily through potions, by equipping an artifact with a luck stat, and/or adding stat points.
SP – 5 – Stat Points you earn 5/level with and extra 2/10levels. Can only be applied to stat points and cannot be undone, use them wisely.
BP – 0 – Bonus Points you can earn these by completing certain task, jobs, or quests. These can be used in the store in the place of money.
SAP – 0 – Special Attribute Points are received when doing special quest, jobs, tasks, increasing reputation levels and other major milestones. These can be used in the store to purchase special abilities, gifts, gear, or artifacts that are otherwise unavailable.
Debuffs – Debuffs are status’ that have a negative effect on you and your growth. It is best to fix these as soon as possible.
Malnourished – Your current lifestyle has damaged your health, wellbeing, and growth. You are not receiving the proper amount of food, nutrients, and/or exercise to be in your best shape. Make a proper meal and exercise plan and follow it to counteract this. Seeking professional help is recommended.(Temporary –2 to Str, Vit, and Dex. - 50% exp gain towards Str, Vit, and Dex. Permanent +1 to End/per year survived. +25% exp gain towards End.)
Miscreant – Unfortunately you have been falsely accused of being a troublemaker in the neighborhood and it stuck. Increase local reputation in order to remove title. (-25 additional reputation lost in negative public encounters.) Increase Local Reputation to correct this injustice.
Potter Luck – No, I wasn’t joking this is actually a real thing. At some point in time the Potter families luck took a drastic change. Moments of extreme good or bad luck.
Bad Eyesight – Whether it is due to the scare on your head, spending so much time in the dark, or your aunt's affection for her frying pan your eyesight has been severely damaged. You will need healing and potions to correct this. (Temporary –1 to Vit and Dex. -25% exp gain to Int, Wis, and Learning.)
Faux Horcrux – An enemy's soul has taken residence in the scar on your forehead. This is affecting your sight and is leeching off your magic to keep itself alive. This creates a link between you and your enemy. (Gringotts will be able to remove this.) -100 magic per day.
Magical Blocks – Someone has placed blocks on your magic, abilities, and Intelligence. (50% of magic blocked, blocked 100% Animagus, blocked 100 % Magic Languages (Except Parseltongue), Blocked 100% Occlumency, blocked 25% Transfiguration, blocked 25% Potions, blocked 10% Charms, blocked 50% Herbology, blocked 50% History of Magic, blocked 25% Astronomy, blocked 100% Ancient Runes, blocked 100% Arithmancy, blocked 50% Intelligence and Wisdom, blocked 75% Interest in school, and blocked 50% Self-preservation.
Potions – Loyalty Potions to Albus Dumbledore, Gryffindor, and Order of the Phoenix. Submission Potions to Albus Dumbledore and Dursleys.
Buffs – These add benefits to your current condition.
Happy Birthday Harry – Today is your 6th Birthday and for the next 24 hours only you get 25% increase in exp gain.]
‘So much information,’ Harry’s head felt like it was going to explode. Although he was glad to see that as he worked his way through the descriptions condensed into a little book tab in case, he needed the information again. He was sure he managed to figure it out, although some of those titles and debuffs and shocked and pissed him off. He hoped there was a way for him to sit down and plan what to do next later as it was late and he needed to get up early to make breakfast as usual. ‘I’m going to have to touch back those debuffs before finishing the tutorial,’ Harry rubbed his forehead and closed the window, deciding to just move on.
[Objective complete!]
‘Ok, then that would make inventory next. Inventory,’ Harry said proceed to the next objective on the list. A screen opened with 2 sides on the left there was a picture of a person with lines leading to open boxes. Some of the boxes had images in them. Dudley’s Old Shirt said it was a worn shirt that offered no protection. Poor quality. So that was the chest piece and below that is the pants which said the same thing just pants. The last piece was his glasses called Bargain Eyeglasses offers little aid improving vision as these are not prescription and are just reading glasses. Broken quality. An arrow was point to a box at the bottom with a picture of a suit of armor. Harry focused on it and the picture changed to all empty box except for the same glasses as the other page. ‘Well at least you can have something set to be equipped to both,’ Clicking the casual button on the left to go back. He nodded, ‘this will be useful switching between outfits. Let’s check out the inventory on the other side, maybe I can set preset outfits to equip quick.’ Looking to the right he was happy to see tabs. His main inventory had 15 slots and was empty. There were symbols at the bottom that he discovered were for money as there was pounds and pence, however he did not recognize the G, S, and K symbols. He moved to the closet tab, which he was happy to see had 5 slots, and an armor/combat tab with 5 slots as well. There was an information box at the top of each describing the function of each and was mostly self-explanatory and it was nice to know he could place weapons in the armor/combat tab. ‘Ooh, so I can purchase expanded space for my inventory. That’s cool. Well, that should do it for Inventory.’ Exiting that one and moving on to Knowledge.
[Objective complete!]
Before he could see much other than some tabs another box showed up in front of the Knowledge screen.
[Everything you know appears in your knowledge screen. You have a school tab for your notes and homework, your journal that holds whatever you want; self-study, personal notes, plans, and ideas, etc., skills are whatever skills you possess and their level of mastery, and the spell page is the same but with spells you have learned. Lastly there is the Album tab for pictures you have taken. I have taken the liberty of filling this tab with pictures from prior to this point including before arriving at the Dursleys.]
Harry’s eyes widened in shock and tears started to fill his eyes. With a shaky breath he thought, ‘Album.’ The new tab opened up with pictures of him. They weren’t that great in his opinion because of the Dursleys. He was always alone. The only thing amazing about them was he was moving in them. “What’s going on with these pictures,” Harry asked the System.
[These are magical photographs. Magical photographs capture a moment in time and the people in the photos can move in a loop of the event.]
This was so amazing. He continued through the pictures until he came to a series of pictures involving events and people, he had no memory of. The system was kind enough to put descriptions at the bottom of the pictures as well as the time and date. There was a picture of a young girl with long dark red hair on a swing set caught in a moment of jumping and floating gently to the ground. Another of her with a skinny dark-haired boy. Lily Marie Evans the summer of 1967, was written beneath the pictures.
Another of 4 boys although one sidled out of frame as soon as he looked at it. There was a boy in the center who looked a lot like him with a second dark-haired boy on the right and a sandy brown-haired boy on the left. A dumpy blond-haired boy scooted out of the frame from the left. The ones left in the frame were good looking boys. The description below said from left to right Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Sirius Black Hogwarts in the Fall of 1973. There were so many pictures of all of them. Then Harry found the wedding, baby, and holiday photos.
Harry could no longer see the pictures through his tears. They loved him. He could see it in the photos. How happy they were. He, Harry, had been loved. He scrunched up into a ball, wrapped his arms around himself, and cried into his legs. “Thank you, thank you, thank you,” Harry sobbed out.