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NOTES:
—Taking a break from typing for Consort Tournament. I've got like 4,700 words toward the next chapter, but they don't feel... genuine. And this is a doozy chapter, so I can't eff it up. So I'm giving myself a few days before coming back to it with a fresh view.
—I have only played a few RPG games(and 1 MMORPG), so this will not be exactly the same as those. World of Warcraft was different from Xenosaga, which was different from Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask. All of them focus on different things. So the main set up for the Status Page, will not be the same. The Stats usually have only 6 and they vary. I have 8. I added stuff that I feel is special for the HP universe. Prepare for an overload of info!
—If you think my info might need some sharpening, please let me know which section could probably do with better explanations. I'm using three different websites that all say the Stats should focus on separate things, so I mashed it up.
—I have read 3 HP RPG fics, and 4 Naruto RPG fics. The rest were old and short in terms of word length, so there wasn't much of a feel for me to get through them. I liked those fics though.
—Harry wishes RPG into reality for himself. He is under the impression that life will be so much easier if he had some kind of structure telling him what to do. Instead, it's giving him headaches and laying too much information on him at once.
—There will be varying, non-canon relationships. Harry will be using his new 'ability' to interfere with a lot of things. Expect non-heteronormative actions, homosexuality, Pansexuality, asexuality, transgender characters, sexist problems, blood purist problems, racist problems, and other unpleasant things. If any of these offend you or make you uncomfortable, I suggest you leave now. While they will not be prevalent in the beginning, they will happen at some point. This is an AU for a reason.
—I am fuzzy about future pairings for Harry, but I do know there will be no Ginny, Daphne, Hermione, Draco, or Severus paired up with him. Tom, Luna, or Blaise perhaps. I make no promises. If you are okay with either of the three, then go ahead and stay. If you don't care who he ends up with, go ahead and stay!
—THIS IS NOT ROMANCE-CENTRIC THOUGH! HE'S EFFIN 10 RIGHT NOW!
—PREPARE FOR TROUBLE!
~.O.~
Harry wanted life to be easier. In fact, Harry envied video games. Dudley had dozens of them, and he liked to play and defeat monsters. The only reason he was allowed to have such games was because he was 'killing the freaks'. And Dudley sure liked to kill things.
Harry would sometimes peek around the corner of his cousin's door and watch as he played. Harry thought the concept of RPG was easy. It was so simple.
Pull up the menu and everything you need to know is right there.
Poisoned? An antidote would fix you up. Low HP? Eat something or sleep.
The games came with manuals and little instructions and hints on how to achieve something. Someone as simple as Dudley could even understand them, meaning they had to be easy!
Harry would love to have access to a personal status page where he could look at all of his problems and work them out. That way when things got tough, he could just look something up and counter it. And he could make his own life easier that way, by knowing what was wrong and then trying to fix his problems. That way he would stop making mistakes.
His life had no structure.
Why couldn't video games be real? Or at least the abilities that came with them?
He wished they were. At least until he had no need of them anymore.
~.O.~
"Get up!"
Harry jerked awake at the sudden banging on his cupboard door and the loud screeching of his aunt as she demanded that he get up for the day.
"Get out here and cook the breakfast!" she continued to yell.
Rubbing his eyes, Harry rolled to his front and pushed himself to his feet.
When he was upright, he banged his head on something. With a wince, the boy ducked and stepped back, looking around for what he'd hit.
Above his head, was a... yellow sign?
{New Game}
{Yes | No}
Harry stared, unable to understand what was happening.
He tried to moved to the side, but the sign followed his line of vision, blocking him from leaving the cupboard.
The sign floated closer to his face, as if demanding him to answer.
Harry poked the 'Yes' button, and the signed turned green and changed.
{Enter Name}
Frowning, Harry entered his name in the small keyboard floating in front of his face, and pressed the 'Enter' key when finished.
{Processing…}
The sign now said:
{Welcome! Your journey begins here! From this day onward, you will refer to your Stats and Menu, when in need of assistance. Everything is explained therein. Good luck!}
Was he dreaming? He did have a particular dream about being one of those cool players in Dudley's RPG - Final Fantasy III, if he recalled correctly - but he'd awoken from that in the middle of the night when he was suddenly killed. Was he in another dream perhaps?
"Boy!" his aunt yelled, startling him.
A new sign popped up, this time in red.
{Quest: Prepare Breakfast!}
{Aunt Petunia wants you to make a traditional English breakfast.}
{Reward: +2 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley | +2 REP with Vernon Dursley | +5 REP with Dudley Dursley}
{Fail: +1 EXP | -10 REP with Petunia Dursley | -10 REP with Vernon Dursley | -5 REP with Dudley Dursley}
{Bonus: Complete the task in under thirty minutes.}
{Bonus Reward: +2 EXP | +5 REP with Petunia Dursley | +5 REP with Vernon Dursley | +6 REP with Dudley Dursley}
Harry sighed, knowing that is he didn't get to cooking immediately, Aunt Petunia would have his head.
He went to open the cupboard door, but the sign kept blocking his way. He spotted a tiny box below it that said:
{Accept | Decline}
He hit 'Accept' and was relieved when the large sign disappeared.
Harry was good at cooking. Rarely did he make mistakes anymore, and he had everything marked down at how long it would take. It shouldn't even take thirty minutes if he did everything the right way. Also, preparation the night before always helped him.
Harry ignored the bubble that popped up above his head telling him that he was strengthening his 'Cooking Skill', and focused on cooking the eggs in the remainder of the bacon and fat. He learned long ago that baking the sausage cooked them faster. Of course he got a good sear on them first.
Once a week, Aunt Petunia bought a large package of Black Pudding, to last the week. Harry had it stashed properly in the fridge, because Dudley liked to grab what was available, and didn't like to go digging for food. So he just grabbed what was in front of his face.
Harry and fried some up the night before and had a plate of them heating in the microwave.
Several moments later, the plates were set on the table and the cutlery was ready to use. Harry smirked to himself. It might even be a new record. Thank God for ovens!
The Dursleys trickled in one at a time. Petunia, then Vernon, and the Dudley, who waddled over to his seat and sank down. And yes, Harry had made sure to give him twice the amount of food at his parents.
As they sat down to eat, Harry began cleaning up the mess.
The bloody quest sign appeared again, but this time it was green.
{Quest: Prepare Breakfast! ~ COMPLETE!}
{Reward: +2 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley | +2 REP with Vernon Dursley | +5 REP with Dudley Dursley}
{Bonus Reward: +2 EXP | +5 REP with Petunia Dursley | +5 REP with Vernon Dursley | +6 REP with Dudley Dursley}
Harry sighed in relief. He was good.
When the Dursleys finished, he cleaned up the place settings and washed the dishes. The remaining food was put away immediately.
Dudley ran out the door to play, and Petunia bestowed a chore list upon Harry, as usual.
"Do it all before noon and you'll get lunch."
Great.
Harry immediately went out to the garden first, because he did best with the gardening.
{Quest: Complete Your Chores!}
{Aunt Petunia wants you to complete your list of chores.}
{Reward: +2 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley | +5 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{Fail: +1 EXP | -5 REP with Petunia Dursley | -10 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{Bonus: Finish chores before 12:00 p.m.}
{Bonus Reward: +2 EXP | +3 REP with Petunia Dursley | +5 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{Time Bonus: Finished chores before 11:00 a.m.}
{Time Bonus Reward: +1 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley | +3 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{Accept | Decline}
Harry had to pause what he was doing. This was becoming ridiculous. He accepted though.
"Stats," he said quietly, and was shocked when a large list of words in bright purple lettering, appeared before him.
{Status Page}
Name: Harry James Potter
Title(s): Boy Who Lived, Heir Potter, Freak
Age: 10
Human | Wizard
LV: 6 | 50/60
HP: 34/34
SP: 77/77
EXP: 41
STR: PHY: 4 MAG: 2
AGI: 9
VIT: 6
INT: 11
DEX: 9
LUK: +4/-4
WIS: 10
CHR: 1
WP: 14
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
FLAWS:
-Malnourished -15 HP | -12 SP | -9 STR | -8 VIT | -2 LUK
-Visually Impaired -3 HP | -6 AGI | -6 VIT | -3 INT | -5 DEX | -2 WIS | -2 LUK
-Audibly Impaired -6 HP | -2 LUK
-Nerve Damage -17 HP | -3 VIT
PERKS:
-Parseltongue +7 SP | +1 LUK
-Raw Magic +14 SP | +4 LUK
-Shrewd Mind +3 INT | +4 WIS | +3 LUK
REP:
Petunia Dursley -493
Vernon Dursley -493
Dudley Dursley -289
Arabella Figg +300
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging -500
Magical Britain +1,000
Hogwarts +200
MONEY:
ʛ0
0
So many things about his Stats bothered him. The first beginning right at the very top.
What the bloody hell did 'Boy Who Lived' mean? And second, he was an orphan that was poorer than dirt. Why would he be the heir of anything? Unless it was the Orphans Who Are Poorer Than Dirt, group, then sure.
The next thing that confused him was 'Wizard'.
Harry tapped on the word, and it took him to a new screen with new words.
{Wizard}
Wizard is the first magical level that a magical human can obtain. Magicals possess Cores that allow them to utilize their magic in various magical practices.
Wizard/Witch: Level 1—49
Enchanter/Enchantress: Level 50—199
Sorcerer/Sorceress: Level 200—499
Mage: Level 500—
{Close}
Harry, baffled beyond belief, closed the window and returned to the Status Page.
He frowned at the 'Malnourished' word, and tapped that.
{Malnourished}
Lack of proper vitamins and minerals, plus a regular diet of healthy foods, has limited your physical ability. You lack energy, strength, and are more prone to illness due to your eating style.
Start consuming food more regularly and you will see a change in your Stats.
{Close}
Harry scoffed. If he could consume food on the regular, he would gladly do it.
The next part was 'Nerve Damage', since he already knew well that his eyes and ears weren't the greatest.
{Nerve Damage}
Your Sensory Nerves have suffered from your lack of proper dieting, and repeated physical trauma in such a short period of time.
Hint: A potion specifically for such detriments is in existence.
{Close}
Well wasn't that lovely.
Harry didn't know what all of the stats meant and looked around for a familiar word. He grinned when he spotted it, and pressed a finger to the glowing words.
The next screen popped up.
{Manual}
LV: Level
This shows what level you are at and how many points off you are from reaching the next level.
For each level you reach, your point meter will expand, demanding harder work each time.
HP: Health Points
Your health is very important and keeping the number as high as possible, keeps you healthy. If you take damage, forget to eat or drink something, lose sleep, or other possible problems, your HP decreases.
Warning: low HP risks death.
Each time you reach a new level, your HP will rise.
SP: Spell Points
As a wizard, you have a Magical Core*. This Core will grow as you grow and your magical aptitude will grow stronger. The stronger you are, the more magic you will be able to use.
Warning: low SP risks death.
Each time you reach a new level, your SP will rise.
EXP: Experience Points
You gain experience for every action you take. (See pg 11 for list.)
For each experience point you receive, you will gain ten points toward your next level. You can spend your EXP to increase your stats.
STR: Strength
This simply means your strength.
-PHY: Physical
-MAG: Magical
AGI: Agility
This is based upon how quick and graceful you are on your feet.
VIT: Vitality
Your energy meter.
Affects your HP, SP, STR, WP, and ATK.
INT: Intelligence
Shows how smart you are.
Hint: Reading increases INT.
DEX: Dexterity
Your skill with your hands.
Affects your STR, ATK, DEF, HIT, and, CRIT.
LUK: Luck
How much luck you have.
Good Luck.
- Bad Luck
WIS: Wisdom
Judgment and decision making skills. Helps keep your mind sharp.
Affected by INT.
CHA: Charisma
Your charm and ability to convince others.
Affected by WIS and LUK.
WP: Will Power
Strength of will and determination.
Affected by HP, STR, AGI, DEX, ATK, and DEF.
ATK: Attack
Your level of attack power.
DEF: Defence
Your level of defensive power.
FLAWS:
Things that negatively affect you.
PERKS:
Things that benefit you.
REP: Reputation
The points you lose and receive with people.
- Bad Reputation
-100—199 Dislike
-200—499 Loathing
-500—999 Hatred
-1,000 Abhorrence
+ Good Reputation
+100—199 Like
+200—499 Admiration
+500—999 Adoration
+1,000 Worship
MONEY:
You can use your money to purchase things such as clothing, potions, books, etc.
Certain quests will offer you money.
SKILLS:
The list of abilities you possess.
QUESTS:
Quests help you earn EXP, REP, and Money. You can also lose REP points if you fail.
{Close}
Closing the window, Harry once again found himself at the beginning, staring at the 'Perks'.
'Raw Magic'. Magic and wizards and 'Spell Power'. He had to be dreaming, because magic wasn't real. Uncle Vernon said so.
Though it wasn't like the man was the fount of truth either, so maybe he lied?
{Good deductive reasoning! Your WIS has raised 1 point!}
Really?
The boy sighed, feeling frustrated.
He didn't even know what 'Parseltongue' was!
Tapping it, he learned that is was the ability to speak to snakes.
So he wasn't imagining it! The garden snakes actually were talking to him! It made him feel so much better. He wasn't mental, he was just able to speak their language.
Snakes had a language. You learn something new every day.
Skipping back up to the stats, Harry looked them over, now that he knew what the words meant.
His HP was very low. According to his 'Flaws', his malnourishment and nerve damage took away considerable amounts of HP from him. So he would have to get them back up if he wanted to be stronger.
The SP was pretty high though, so that had to mean that he was… magically powerful for his level? Probably?
The EXP interested him the most. The Manual said that he could spend those by adding them to his Stats. He wanted to do that, but he was also curious to know what he had experience in in the first place.
The boy tapped the word, and wasn't shocked at the information that came up.
{EXP Page}
Skills:
Cooking: 9 | DEX | INT
Cleaning: 7 | DEX
Gardening: 9 | DEX | INT
Running: 8 | STR | AGI | VIT
Thinking: 8 | INT | WIS
Unlock new skills to gain more points.
{Close}
How… mediocre.
He sounded like a nineteen fifties housewife! Not even a more recent kind of housewife at least!
So he had EXP that he could spend. He had a lot too!
So his intelligence, wisdom, dexterity, and agility were pretty good. If anything, he should probably catch the others up, to make it all more rounded. 'A jack of all trades is a master of none, oftentimes better than a master one', or so the saying went.
Harry added 3 to his VIT, 5 to his + LUK, 8 to his CHA, and 7 to his MAG STR.
That left him with 18 EXP left over.
HP: 34/34
SP: 77/77
EXP: 18
STR: PHY: 4 MAG: 9
AGI: 9
VIT: 9
INT: 11
DEX: 9
LUK: +9/-4
WIS: 11
CHR: 9
The brunet nodded to himself. That sounded much better that what it was before.
The final things to bother him, were how his ATK and DEF were so low.
Tapping ATK, Harry learned immediately, why.
{ATK Stats}
Weapon(s):
N/A
Spell(s):
N/A
{Close}
{DEF Stats}
Clothing:
Threadbare, 5 year old shirt 0%
Old trousers 0%
Old trainers 0%
Glasses 0%
Shield(s):
N/A
{Close}
So his clothing also worked in part of his defence. And as his clothes were old and used, and poorly taken care of when he received then, obviously they wouldn't give him any sort of protection.
Basically, his stats could use about a point each, and then he'd save his points for other times. He decided to add one to each.
HP: 34/34
SP: 77/77
EXP: 10
STR: PHY: 4 MAG: 10
AGI: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 12
DEX: 10
LUK: +10/-4
WIS: 12
CHR: 10
Feeling accomplished, Harry closed out the windows.
He considered the Reputation section. He didn't know what 'Hogwarts' was. He didn't understand why Mrs. Figg would like him so much. Nor did he understand what 'Magical Britain' meant. The rest of the Reputation stats were kind of obvious and he didn't really mind. He was used to it.
Harry returned to the Quest window.
Time to do chores.
~.O.~
Harry stepped foot in the house at eight fifty-seven and began dusting the nicknacks. He beat the carpet and pillows in the lounge, and swept and mopped the ground floor.
The dirty clothes were taken to the laundry room and quickly sorted into two loads. Vernon/Dudley, and Petunia. As his aunt wore bright colours, her clothing had to be done separately while the other two stuck to darker and more solid colours.
The beds were made up, and the drapes changed.
Harry managed to fold and put away the laundry by ten forty-nine, just eleven minutes shy of reaching the time bonus.
{Quest: Complete Your Chores! ~ COMPLETE!}
{Reward: +2 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley | +5 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{Bonus Reward: +2 EXP | +3 REP with Petunia Dursley | +5 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{Time Bonus Reward: +1 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley | +3 REP with Privet Drive, Little Whinging}
{You went up 1 level!}
LV: 7 | 40/80
HP: 40/40
SP: 80/80
EXP: 15
REP:
Petunia Dursley -486
Vernon Dursley -493
Dudley Dursley -289
Arabella Figg +300
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging -487
Magical Britain +1,000
Hogwarts +200
He'd managed to go up fourteen REP points with Petunia in only a day! And thirteen for Privet Drive as a whole! That had to count for something. And it made him feel like with time and effort, he might be able to change their opinions about him. And maybe things could get better.
~.O.~
Harry had free time for the rest of the day and he managed to convince his aunt to let him go to the library. It was a place he knew Dudley would never bother going to, and it was where he could try to study up on a few things.
All he had to say was that he'd be out of her hair until it came time to cook dinner, and she was all for him leaving.
That just made his life easier.
The Little Whinging Library wasn't too large, but big enough for this side of Surrey. Small and quaint compared to the big city libraries.
The Librarian in charge was named Joan, and she eyed him like he was a delinquent - which wouldn't shock him considering how Little Whinging felt about him as a whole - and her eyes followed him into the 'fantasy' section.
Harry ducked behind a shelf, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, to look for magic.
Children's books and creepy looking adult novels. Nothing seemed to pop out at him. For a moment, he began to doubt if this strange thing that had happened, was actually real. He'd had vivid dreams before.
It was then that a book caught his eye. It was old, and looked like it had been around for centuries. The leather binding was ruined and he couldn't even make out words, but he still took the book out anyway.
HI O Y of MAGI
Though some letters were smudged, he'd go so far as to say that it said 'History of Magic'.
With a frown, the boy opened it. If there was a 'history' to magic, then why didn't everybody know about it?
{You have obtained History of Magic, years 1-5.}
{Do you wish to learn this?}
{Yes | No}
Curious, Harry tapped the 'Yes' button.
The book disappeared! It exploded into thousands of gold sparkles. He looked around to see if anyone would come rushing over, but for some reason, no one heard.
{You have learned History of Magic, years 1-5!}
{Your INT has gone up by 3!}
{You gained +2 EXP!}
LV: 7 | 60/80
HP: 40/40
SP: 80/80
EXP: 17
STR: PHY: 4 MAG: 10
AGI: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 15
DEX: 10
LUK: +10/-4
WIS: 12
CHR: 10
His head was swimming! It was like one minute, he knew nothing about magic, and the next, he was suddenly aware that in 1473, Ulgrok the Unbending tried to overthrow a small island off the coast of Ireland, but was chased away by the Sidhe that inhabited the area. He lost his title of 'Unbending' and became Ulgrok the 'Bending'.
This was so strange! And what happened to the book? Did it just disappear? And would that happen to every book he decided he wanted to 'learn'? Also, he actually wanted to sit down and read it, not suddenly learn everything by cheating!
That wasn't fair!
{Life often isn't fair.}
{For learning this important piece of information, you gain 1 WIS and 1 INT!}
Really?
{You've gone up 1 LV!}
This was going to be annoying.
LV: 8 | 0/100
HP: 46/46
SP: 83/83
EXP: 17
STR: PHY: 4 MAG: 10
AGI: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 16
DEX: 10
LUK: +10/-4
WIS: 13
CHR: 10
~.O.~
{Quest: Make Dinner!}
{Aunt Petunia wants you to make dinner!}
{Reward: +2 EXP | +1 DEX | +1 Cooking Point | +3 REP with Petunia Dursley | +3 REP with Vernon Dursley | +5 REP with Dudley Dursley}
{Fail: 1 EXP | -5 REP with Petunia Dursley | -5 REP with Vernon Dursley | -3 REP with Dudley Dursley}
{Accept | Decline}
Harry groaned and began making his way back to Privet Drive after accepting.
Dinner wouldn't be that hard. His aunt had bought chicken breast, and Harry was going to butterfly it in order to save himself cooking time. Work smart, not hard. It was a very important motto to live by.
His stomach rumbled as he massaged the seasoning into the meat. His lunch had been a… wait for it… an apple. A cup of water and an apple. Much better than he usually got.
Sometimes it was only bread.
Distantly, Harry was very much aware of how bad he was being treated. He was also aware that no one would ever do anything about it. The people of Privet Drive either knew and didn't care, or they didn't seem to know anything at all.
He sometimes had to wonder about people.
It was obvious that the Dursleys were not the best caretakers. Just look at what they allowed to happen to Dudley. If Dudley wanted to be healthy ever in his life, he would suffer through extensive work in order to get to where he needed to be. Harry doubted that he'd ever actually make it that far though. Not with how his parents catered to his every whim.
Harry had to wonder about the other adults.
Even Mrs. Figg! She seemed to be the only one with an inkling as to what was going on, but she never said or did anything about it. She just gave him these sad looks. Like she knew something he didn't.
{Great Observation! You've unlocked a new skill! Observe!}
{Observe: LV 1 5/25}
Why was that not a part of his other skills?! He'd done a lot of observing today!
This was going to be stressful.
Harry began working on homemade rolls. His aunt preferred to make them at home instead of buying them. Something about 'too unhealthy for my Diddydums!'. Harry thought she should be grateful that she could at least have food.
Still, Harry made them anyway.
He dumped a scoop of coconut oil in a pan - his aunt's attempt and bringing healthier food into their day to day meals - and allowed it to heat up while he defrosted the snow peas. Had to have at least one healthy piece of food on the dinner plate.
Also, he had to make sure that he put twice the amount of food on Dudley's plate because he was a 'growing boy' and boy, was he growing!
If he grew any more he'd probably break his beloved chair.
Harry hoped it didn't happen while he was around, else he'd be forced to laugh and get himself into more trouble.
Aunt Petunia came in while he was flipping the chicken. "Vernon will need some wine with his dinner," she said stiffly.
Great. Wine meant that he had a bad day at work. It also meant that he'd most likely treat Harry worse than usual.
As the meat continued to cook, Harry fetched the crystal wine glasses - because Petunia would surely want some as well - and set them at the table.
Sometimes he wondered what people would say if they knew he was entrusted to handle so much liquor.
Harry arranged the peas on the plates, and placed the cooked meat atop them. He ladled spoonfuls of the garlic sauce over the top and carried the three out to the table.
He then grabbed the fanciest wine chiller the Dursleys owned, in order to remind Vernon of the money he had, and began to fill it with ice. The boy then skipped down to the basement to grab one of the better bottles of wine. Honestly, he knew more about wine than a ten year old should.
He set the fancy bucket in the center of the table and dashed off to get the serviettes.
Harry had just managed to placed the rings on the cloths to hold them in place, when the door banged open suddenly, with Dudley's loud voice ringing out, "DINNER!"
Harry retreated to the kitchen where he began to clean up the excess mess.
Aunt Petunia slipped into the room, her nose wrinkled in obvious distaste.
She pointed to the last chicken in the pan and said, "Eat half of that and some peas, then go shower. You have ten minutes. I want you in your cupboard after that. And be quiet as you do so!"
Wow. He was getting a whole half of a chicken breast!
{Quest: Make Dinner! ~COMPLETE!}
{Aunt Petunia wants you to make dinner!}
{Reward: +2 EXP | +1 DEX | +1 Cooking Point | +3 REP with Petunia Dursley | +3 REP with Vernon Dursley | +5 REP with Dudley Dursley}
Yay for him.
{Quest: Get ready for bed!}
{Aunt Petunia wants you to quietly get ready for bed.}
{Reward: +3 REP with Petunia Dursley | +3 REP with Vernon Dursley | +5 with Dudley Dursley}
{Fail: -5 REP with Petunia Dursley | -5 with Vernon Dursley | -3 with Dudley Dursley}
{Time Bonus: Get ready in under ten minutes!}
{Time Bonus Reward: +1 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley}
{Accept | Decline}
Why did they even given him a choice to decline?
LV: 8 | 0/100
HP: 46/46
SP: 83/83
EXP: 19
STR: PHY: 4 MAG: 10
AGI: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 16
DEX: 11
LUK: +10/-4
WIS: 13
CHR: 10
{EXP Page}
Skills:
Cooking: 10 | DEX | INT
Cleaning: 7 | DEX
Gardening: 9 | DEX | INT
Running: 8 | STR | AGI | VIT
Thinking: 8 | INT | WIS
Observe: 1 | INT | WIS
Unlock new skills to gain more points.
{Close}
REP:
Petunia Dursley -483
Vernon Dursley -493
Dudley Dursley -284
Arabella Figg +300
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging -487
Magical Britain +1,000
Hogwarts +200
Harry had to stop and consider his cousin. Why did his cousin dislike Harry a lot less than his parents did?
He tapped on Dudley's name.
Dudley Vernon Dursley:
To Dudley Dursley, you are merely an unwanted addition to his house. His parents' example has rubbed off on him, so he acts as they do. However, there is no true relationship between you and he has no real reason to dislike you, unlike his parents do.
Frowning, Harry exited out of that, and tapped on Petunia's name.
Petunia Dahlia Dursley née Evans:
Petunia holds internalised hatred for anything that is deemed 'magical'. When her little sister was revealed to be a witch, her parents began to focus most of their attention on their other daughter, leaving Petunia to watch as they pampered their 'special daughter'.
Petunia's already budding jealousy doubled when she was denied entrance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Because she could not do what her little sister could, she was not good enough to attend.
Petunia renounced her sister and refused to think of her.
Her parents died in their sleep during a bout of illness, and because Lily did not respond to any of her letters asking for help, Petunia became even more hardened.
Petunia tried to introduce Vernon to her sister, but Lily had decided to bring along her boyfriend James. Vernon and James did not get on because their interests and understanding of each other's worlds were vastly different.
Still, Petunia invited her sister to her wedding, but by then, Lily Jasmine Evans was engaged to James Charlus Potter.
James Potter was unaware of the customs of non-magical people, so his actions at the wedding caused chaos and disruption. He gravely insulted Vernon and ensured that the rift between the sisters would remain as it was.
To Petunia, you are a reminder of everything she never got to have, and a reminder of how the 'world of freaks' got her sister murdered. She had always believed they were bad, and in her mind, her fears were justified.
Petunia hopes to keep you normal and away from the world that was obviously too dangerous and monstrous for her little sister. She barely tolerates you, only because your accidental magic isn't as pronounced as Lily's was, meaning Hogwarts might not accept you and you'll be proven to be a normal child. She also seeks proof that nothing was truly special about her sister if she couldn't even produce another 'magical' like herself.
Harry was blown away by the sudden influx of information. His parents were named James and Lily. He'd never known that because no one liked to speak about them. Also, Petunia had lied to him about them!
The info box said they were 'murdered' and not killed in a car crash. Who murdered them and why?
He set his eyes back to the rest of the info box.
Petunia found you on her doorstep on 2 November, 1981. There was a latter placed atop your bundle, essentially threatening her into keeping you. So long as you remain living at 4 Privet Drive, you and her family are protected from the murderer of your parents.
Dear God!
Why else would they need protection from a murderer unless said murderer was still alive and wanted to murder them?
Today had been far too stressful.
He washed his plate and fork, and proceeded up the stairs. He made it to the top step when the front door opened. He breathed a sigh of relief at dodging the bullet. Vernon seemed to become even more irritable when looking at him.
The boy grabbed the towel he was allowed to use - small, thin and raggedy - and entered the washroom quietly.
As he showered, with cold water, the boy read Vernon's info bubble.
Vernon Patrick Dursley:
Vernon's dislike of you comes from his narrow view of the world. He is xenophobic to the extreme and is incredibly against change.
His experience with James Potter has transferred into his relationship with you, due to you looking exactly like your father, with your mother's eyes. You remind him of the fool that nearly ruined his wedding day.
Vernon dislikes the thought of magic and supports the belief that it can be defeated with hard work and normalcy. Your random accidents in your younger years lost him a vase from his sister, and a perfectly good tie from his boss.
What was with these adult blaming him for the faults of his parents? And then to teach a whole community to avoid him because of their own hatred?
He might only be ten, but Harry was pretty smart on his own and he felt that it was ridiculous. Did the people of Little Whinging not have minds of their own? Did he ever do anything to prove his relatives' words correct?
Getting out of the shower, the boy sighed as he toweled off.
So he established that magic was real. He suddenly knew about several Goblin wars as well. He learned his parents' names. Learned why his relatives disliked him. Learned that he was incredibly unhealthy and that his 'Stats' were greatly affected by it.
Frankly, he was worn out.
{Observe LV 1 20/25}
He rolled his eyes and hanged his towel on the hook behind the washroom door.
Slipping from the room, he tiptoed down the stairs, knowing very well where all the sensitive steps were. He made it down softly and without incident.
{Great sneaking! You've unlocked a new skill! Stealth!}
{Stealth: LV 6 10/30}
Why did his Stealth start out at bloody level six but his Observe started at level one?! What was the point in that?
So he might have thought that life would be easier with the RPG lifestyle, but now he wasn't so sure. After all, he'd been blown away so much today.
Absorbing books, and learning about magic.
He was tired.
He slipped into the pile of blankets on the floor and listened to the random scraping of cutlery against plates. This was how it usually was. Harry was not permitted to eat with the 'family'. At least he understood why now.
That didn't make it okay though.
{Quest: Get ready for bed! ~COMPLETE!}
{Aunt Petunia wants you to quietly get ready for bed.}
{Reward: +3 REP with Petunia Dursley | +3 REP with Vernon Dursley | +5 with Dudley Dursley}
{Time Bonus Reward: +1 EXP | +2 REP with Petunia Dursley}
LV: 8 | 10/100
HP: 46/46
SP: 83/83
EXP: 20
REP:
Petunia Dursley -478
Vernon Dursley -490
Dudley Dursley -279
Arabella Figg +300
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging -487
Magical Britain +1,000
Hogwarts +200
He closed his eyes and tried to ignore the low dinging of the status page.
He fell asleep a lot easier than he usually did.
~.O.~
A/N: The first is done!
-I hope this came out well. I seemed a lot better to me once I had everything stylized. More official too!
-Any advice on quests he could do around Little Whinging in order to gain some REP and EXP? It might help for future chapters.
-FF won't let me use the Pound symbol. GBP
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