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Magic swirled over the small boy crying in his cot. “Oh, that just won’t do child. Let’s get rid of this nasty thing shall we…” she mused as she peered at the cut on his forehead.
Her finger brushed over the nasty cut cleaning out a black glob of goop that seemed to cling to the boy and fight its removal.
“You will… come out of the… Child!” she shouted as she yanked on the goo.
Harry cried harder screaming his little lungs out as she played tug of war with the clingy blob. Her heart was breaking for this poor child who was having to endure such pain and suffering. “Okay fine, if you won’t come out of there then I guess… we just neutralize it… but how…Oh, I have the perfect idea…”
She bundled all the black goo she had pulled out, cupped it in her hands and let her magic pour over it. Her eyes began to glow and gusts of power whirled around the room pulling the toys and broken debris into a vortex of flying objects. Her voice lifted into a chant, strange words lost in the wind as she channeled her magic into the spell.
The black glob hardened and turned into a crystalline prism that glinted maliciously in the dim light. She tossed it into the air and it disappeared with a soft ding and a pixelated afterimage fading away. Harry passed out from exhaustion and pain.
“I wish I could do more, but apparently it has to be you,” she pressed a kiss to his brow. “Hopefully, this will help you along the way little one.”
Magic stayed in the room watching over the sleeping child until others finally came for him. No one would find out about the changes Magic made until many years later.
“Good luck Harry Potter.”
-Good morning, You have slept in your cupboard HP and Manna restored to 75%-
Harry dismissed the notification away from long habit. He glanced at the top of his screen and next to a picture of his face he saw two bars, the top green one was mostly full and the bottom blue one was completely full. He knew it wouldn’t be too much longer until Aunt Petunia came and got him up for the day. He flipped his screen to the page full of boxes, he selected a cookie and one of the half broken toy soldiers that Dudley had thrown out last week. He ate the cookie and fidgeted with the soldier waiting until his door would be unlocked.
“Get up boy,” his aunt's shrill voice broke the peaceful silence of the morning.
He quickly shoved the toy back into its floating box, knowing better than to let any of his relatives catch him putting his things away. It disappeared seconds before the little door opened showing his aunts pinched face.
“Go to the bathroom and get cleaned up boy. Mind you don’t use the hot water Vernon and my Diddykins still need it.”
He hurried off to the bathroom with a nod. After a quick cold shower and a change of clothes he felt better.
-You have regained 5HP from your shower-
He looked to the top of the screen and saw both boxes were full this time. He also noticed that it was 6:15am and that meant he was running late. He scurried out of the hall bath and dumped his threadbare towel and yesterday's clothes into the washer. Maybe if he started on one of his chores she wouldn’t yell at him.
“What are you doing, Boy”
“Just getting the clothes loaded Aunt Petunia,” He said quietly.
“Put the soap in but don't start it until after my boys have had their showers.” She grizzled at him.
“Yes, Aunt Petunia.”
He finished putting all his clothes and the dirty rags in the washer and grabbed his bucket which he stood on so that he could reach the soap and drop some into the machine.
-Skill Up! Laundry Skill has leveled up due to repeated use. Lv 8-
Swiping the box out of his vision he then went into the kitchen to set the table.
“Today’s a big day today,” Uncle Vernon swaggered into the room and ruffled Dudley’s hair.
“Today you're going to a big boy school.” Aunt Petunia smiled as she dished out bacon, eggs and toast and placed it in front of Dudley. She gave him a hug even as he started shoveling food into his mouth.
Harry brought the newspaper and mail to Vernon who was already eating a huge plate of food and sipping his morning coffee. Then he quickly got in his seat hoping to have time for breakfast. Harry’s chair was the one that had one leg shorter than the rest and wobbled weirdly every time he moved. If he moved too much or too loudly his uncle would yell at him.
Harry’s plate only had one piece of bacon, a mostly burnt toast and the tiniest scoop of eggs. Knowing that his green bar was already full he picked up the piece of toast and nibbled on that while sneaking the rest of the plate into one of the floaty boxes for later.
“Put the dishes in the sink when you're done boy,” his aunt instructed.
Harry waited until the others were finished and then put the plates away, sneaking the last two pieces of bacon off Vernon's plate and in with the rest of his own breakfast. He stood next to his aunt waiting for his list of chores.
“Go fix your hair, and put on your shoes. Then meet us at the door.”
Finally they were all ready to go and were dropped off at the elementary school. Petunia wept as she hugged her precious Diddykins goodbye. He however was ready to go and explore the classroom and show off his cool backpack and lunchbox to the other kids. After she was done saying goodbye to Dudley she handed Harry a brown paper bag of food and told him to behave.
“I get to stay?” He asked.
“You better not do anything freaky, boy.” Vernon glared at him.
Harry was amazed that he also got to go to school. He’d had to stay home last year when Dudley went to preschool as they hadn’t wanted to pay for him to go. Instead he’d spent most of that year either in the garden or cleaning up the house.
Halfway through their lesson on the ABC’s he got a new notification.
-Skill Created Reading(English): Due to repeated use you have created a new skill. Shows how proficient you are with reading the English language. Lv 1-
For the first time Harry hesitated to flick the notification away… he looked at it in awe…it was words. The Floating boxes were trying to tell him something. He needed to level up this skill fast so he could figure out what everything said. Harry focused on the teacher for the remainder of the lesson hoping it would trigger another box. Sadly, by the end of the lesson nothing else had popped up.
It wasn’t until they were going over numbers that he got another one.
-Skill Created Math: Due to repeated use of numbers you have created a new skill. Shows how proficient you are in Mathematics. Lv 1-
Harry wiggled in his seat excitedly. He got two new things in one day. He went to flick his screen to the page covered in bars when his teacher called on him.
“Harry, pay attention.”
Harry nodded and flicked all the screens away and focused on the teacher again. He would have time to look at the words later. Harry listened as hard as he could in all the lessons hoping he’d get another and he did! He got one for writing, science, social studies, and art.
He was so excited he’d never gotten so many notices in a day ever. He couldn’t wait to figure out what it all meant. Anytime he finished his work he grabbed one of the picture books and started trying to figure out how to level up his reading skill.
Late that night as he lay in his cupboard he finally got a chance to look at the page full of bars. There at the very bottom were six new bars. All of them were filled in a little with a splash of gold. Harry groaned as the one for Reading(English) had only a tiny bit of gold on it. At least it was more than any of the other new ones, but at this rate it was going to take forever for him to figure out what all these boxes meant.
Harry Potter
Age 5 Lv 1 70 HP 40 Mana Stats Points Available: 15
Strength |
3 |
controls the power and/or damage dealt when attacking |
Perception |
5 |
Chance to find vital clues, traps, or hidden enemies |
Endurance |
7 |
resistances for special types of damage |
Charisma |
3 |
character's social skills |
Intelligence |
4 |
problem-solving ability |
Agility |
7 |
controls attack/movement speed and accuracy |
Luck *Debuff |
5 |
Luck might influence random items, & successes/failures |
Endurance Lv x10 = HP Intelligence Lv x10= Mana Str(3) + Int(4) = Magic Attack 7 End(7) + Int(4)= Magic Def 11 -Skills- -Cleaning: Shows how proficient you are at cleaning. Lv 8- 25% -Laundry: Shows how proficient you are at laundry. Lv 8- 1% -Gardening: Shows how proficient you are in gardening. Lv 7 - 75% -Cooking: Shows how proficient you are in cooking. Lv 4- 10% -Spoken(Parseltongue):Shows how proficient you are with speaking and understanding the Parseltongue language. Lv 100- MAXED% -Reading(Parseltongue): Shows how proficient you are with reading the Parseltongue language. Lv 100- MAXED% -Writing(Parseltongue):Shows how proficient you are with writing the Parseltongue language. Lv 100- MAXED% -Spoken(English):Shows how proficient you are with speaking and understanding the English language. Lv 10- 25% -Reading(English): Shows how proficient you are with reading the English language. Lv 1- 7% -Writing(English):Shows how proficient you are with writing the English language. Lv 1- 1% -Math: Shows how proficient you are in Mathematics. Lv 1- 2% -Science: Shows how proficient you are in Science. Lv 1- 1% -Social Studies: Shows how proficient you are in Social Studies. Lv 1- 1% -Art: Shows how proficient you are in Art. Lv 1- 1%