I do not own Harry Potter or any characters from the Sorcerers Apprentice movie 2010. This is an answer to a challenge from CoastalFirebird. and i would like to thank my wonderful Beta Goth Albino Angel for all the help I have received.

'- thoughts

"- Spoken word

Bold – Parsel-tongue

Chapter 1: Waking Up Dead

Harry opened his eyes and looked around him. 'Okay, I was standing with Hermione at my parent's grave site. Then we heard some noises and just as I turned around, I saw Hermione drop to her knees and then my world went black. Now I am sitting in an office of some kind so what's going on here?' he wondered. Just then the door opened and in walked a tall figure in dark flowing cloak that sat behind the desk.

"God damn it, Mister Potter, what are you doing here again? You do realize this is your ninth and last time you can be sent back, don't you? No, I guess you don't seeing as how you don't remember the other times you were here." the man said as he looked through the folder he had with him. "Oh, dear God… dead because of Ron again. Why didn't you obliterate him when he left you guys? He became a liability at that point." He said as he slammed the folder closed and just glared at Harry.

"Umm sir, what do you mean dead because of Ron again?" Harry inquired, confused. Ron was his best friend; sure he left, but it wasn't exactly a bed and breakfast. Besides, it wasn't his fight so he didn't have to stay.

Opening the folder back up, the man quickly scanned it then looked at Harry. "Well Mister Potter, I am your Grimm Reaper, Seth. Now, about Ron let's see. He killed you in Second year by shoving you down and running to the chamber—stupid really, since you were need to open the second door—so Voldemort killed Ginny and became whole. He sought out his older self and darkness reigned for thousands of years. And now he gave up your location so they would kill you and bring him Hermione, thinking she was his rightful due."

Harry just sat there, stunned. "Ok, and how about the other times? You said eight and that was only two." he quietly pointed out.

"Hmm…Let's see the first time, you apparated to your school roof, but missed by five feet and fell to your death, so that was not your fault. Then First Year, you were killed by Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest; Second Year well you know that; Third Year, during your turning, you fell to the path of the Mooney's Werewolf; Fourth Year, you tried to overpower a dragon and were eaten; Fifth Year, you dived in front of a cutting curse for one Ginny Weasley—stupid by the way; Sixth Year, you tried using cutting curses on the Infiri, and this brings us to Seventh Year…which is why you're here now." Seth explained with a bit of irritation.

"Sir, why was it stupid to save Ginny? I love her." Harry told his Reaper, but even as he said it, he realized the emotions didn't come forth. He was puzzled by this.

"Well for one, you soulmate isn't a Gryffindor, and two, don't you think its kinda weird that you love someone who looks like your mother?" Seth said with a smirk.

"But I can't tell you anymore on that. So this is the last time we can send you back…oh and Sirius isn't dead; that's not the Veil of Death as it's called now. It was once a prison, so he is still alive, but I don't know how to get him out. You need to see the goblins; not everything is as Dumbledore has told you. He has lied to you from day one. He set up the task for you to fight Voldemort in your first year; he is keeping info from you to keep you in his control, like have you heard your parents will yet? No, you haven't you need to fix that.

"We can only send you back so far, by the way and I am not sending you back where Dumbledore can notice the changes in you till it's too late. So I am going to send you back to the first day of summer after Fifth Year.

"Oh and Harry, though you are a Gryffindor, Bravery without thought is as usefully as Ambition without Restraint. Engage your brain; it's a fine line between bravery and stupidity and that line is thought. Use it; there was a reason you were supposed to go into Slytherin. Good bye Harry."

Seth waved as Harry's world went black. Just as he was fading out he heard "Oh and don't forget to remove the Horcrux from your head but we'll let you keep the powers it gave," Then nothingness.