Chapter 7:
After Voldemort's killing curse had struck Heather, I took her body with me and broke into a nearby deserted house. A half hour later, I watched as Heather sat up with a violent cough! She had come back to life! She rapidly looked around in fright. It took her a moment to calm down and realized she wasn't in danger anymore. She started hyperventilating and shaking. This wasn't the 17 year old Harry who had willingly walked to his death. This was a 14 year old girl who had just had her worst fears realized upon her!
"Woah, easy there Heather." I said, trying to calm her down. "It's ok, Voldemort is gone."
…
I eventually got her to calm down. Once she stopped looking terribly upset, she surprisingly smiled and told me she met 'her mum.' Heather told me that when the curse struck her, she ended up in the all white train station. From there, the similarities played out almost the same as in the final Harry Potter movie, except in this world it was Heather and instead of Dumbledore, she met her mom. Dumbledore was still alive after all. The horcrux, that she didn't know about, took all the damage from the spell for her and Heather survived.
I guess her surviving was more than I could hope for when Voldemort turned out to be way more magically powerful than I had expected. At least he was still insane and relatively easy to fool… If he was smart AND powerful, then I would have been in serious trouble…
[Quest Completed! You have leveled up! Free Stat Points +10!]
[Name: Layla of the Fallen]
[Title: None]
[Level 2:]
[HP: 2000/2000]
[MP: 200/200]
[Vigor: 100]
[Strength: 10]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Luck: 0]
[Skills: Observe 1, Angelic Mastery 2, Acting 2,]
[Perks: None]
[Drawbacks: Sin of Lust]
[Available Free Stat Points: 10]
I ignored the prompt as I focused on the girl in front of me instead.
"I'm sorry I failed to protect you." I apologized to her.
She seemed confused before she gave me a smile. "That's okay. At least you tried. That's more than anyone else has ever done. It's alway been me having to face that guy by myself. It was nice having someone come to my rescue." She said as she smiled at me.
I asked Heather what she wanted to do next. I imagined that it had been hours since the Triwizard Tournament ended. She never made it back to Hogwarts with Cedric's body. Canon was basically screwed for her at this point.
"Before that, I want to ask, are you really an Angel?" Heather looked at me curiously. I nodded and told her I was. "How come no one in the wizarding world ever told me about Angels being real then? I figured they'd be a lot more accepting of the muggle holidays if they knew!" She asked.
I decided to give Heather a quick rundown about my life as Layla so far. I also gave her a run down on the reverse side of the world.
"So the rest of the supernatural world stole a bunch of land and ran away to another dimension leaving all the wizards and witches behind?" Heather asked.
"Yes… pretty much."
"Well that's shitty." She said and I laughed.
"Also, from my perspective, your side is the reverse side." Heather said with a giggle.
"I suppose you make a fair point."
"So what do you want to do now Heather?" I asked her again.
"What do you mean?"
"Well," I started to explain. "Voldemort thinks you're dead, and therefore so will the whole wizarding world soon enough. You could just use this time to slip away. Maybe train yourself up and come back and kick his ass in an epic duel!" I explained enthusiastically but Heather herself didn't seem to be too enthused by the prospect of having to face Voldemort again…
"Why does it have to be me? Why can't someone else kill him!?" She said with an upset look on her face. I guess she had a point.
[Quest Issued: The-girl-who-was-tired → Heather Potter is tired of having to constantly face Voldemort. Someone else should defeat him! And that someone is you! Kill Voldemort permanently! Time limit→ 2 years]
[Reward: 5 free levels→ 1 Million Gold Coins→ Increased reputation with Lady Death]
[Failure: Voldemort destroys the wizarding world before someone else puts him down.]
I was looking over the quest and those rewards looked to be pretty good. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with 1 million gold coins. I guess I could sell them for quite a bit of cash. What really drew my attention though, was the final reward. Voldemort had mentioned Lady Death as well. I don't think this was just the Harry Potter universe I had found myself in… I think I was in marvel as well!
[Your intelligence has increased +1 for uncovering what universe you are in.]
Was that why the gods hid our world away? Were they just scared of all the powerful entities in this universe and fled behind the dimensional gap. If so… my impression of my Father just took a bit of a nose dive.
[You are on fire with your deductions today! Intelligence +1]
I felt my magic increase a fair bit both times my intelligence stat went up. I didn't feel even close to getting my third pair of wings yet though.
"Hello? Layla are you there? You spaced out for a second." Heather was waving her hand in front of my face.
"I'm sorry about that." I apologized again. "I was lost in thought about our current situation."
"What do you think I should do?" Heather asked me. She was biting her lips and looking nervous. I didn't really know much about her situation in this world to be honest. I decided to ask her about it… I told her to be completely honest.
Maybe it's because I had sort of saved her. Maybe it's because I was an Angel. Or maybe it was because I was a stranger. Whatever the reason, Heather opened up to me. She really opened up and told me all about her life… I wasn't happy with what I heard. She went through a lot more abuse than her canon counterpart did…
"You're never going back to the Dursleys and you're never going back to that joke of a school." I spoke up angrily.
"But–" She tried to protest but I cut her off.
"No. I know about the abuse now, so if I do nothing, that will make me just as complicit." I said. Knowing this was the Marvel universe as well, I had a plan forming for her already. I just had to confirm something first. "Tell me Heather, do you still love magic?" I asked and she immediately nodded.
"Of course I love magic!" She exclaimed.
I continued, "After it killed your parents? After it caused your maternal family to hate you? After it killed you!? Do you still want to dedicate your life to magic?" I asked her seriously. This time she didn't immediately answer like she did before. Her face was scrunched up tight for about a minute before she finally nodded her head and confirmed that she wanted to keep learning magic. I told her I knew just the place in London where she could learn.
[Hidden Quest completed! Destroy a prophecy! - Congratulations, you have meddled with fate and won. Heather Potter will travel a different path in her life because of you!]
[Reward: +5 revives. You can use these on yourself or anyone else who gets a 'game over' to revive at full health!]
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