(Hogwarts Castle-Library)
Hermione stormed into the library, where Nick was sitting quietly, pretending to read. She slammed her hands on the table, though also made sure not to make too much noise, making him look up.
"Nick, I need answers. Now," she demanded, her voice sharp with anger and frustration.
Nick sighed, closing his book. "Hermione, we've been over this. It's complicated."
"Complicated?" Hermione's voice rose. "Orion saw that thing in the boggart! That's not just complicated. That's terrifying. You know something, and I want to know what it is. Why did you try to kill Orion and Rose?"
"This all is somehow connected. I know it. Is that things has something to do with you? Tell me ?" Hermione all but shouted. Good thing she placed a Silencio charm before.
Nick looked around the library, making sure they were alone. "Hermione, sit down," he said quietly. "This isn't something I can explain in a few words."
Hermione reluctantly sat, but her eyes were blazing. "Don't worry, I have all the time in the world, just start talking ."
Nick took a deep breath. "The being Orion saw was Death. And no I am not talking metaphorically here. It's not just a concept; it's more than that it's a force that exists. Death is a real being." Nick slowly explains and shows Hermione's face changing as the poor girl tries to comprehend something even her excellent brain cells are finding hard to believe.
"Ghosh, I shouldn't be saying this but seeing how things are turning out, it's most likely that you will have to know this sooner or later. Sigh
The Boggarts turn into his worst fear, and for Orion, that's Death. But it wasn't his own death he was afraid of, otherwise, he might have seen his own dead body or something. What he really was afraid of was the he being who rule over death itself. To not confuse the concept and this being, as I don't know any other name to describe her, let's call her Mistress of Death.
Not just the idea of dying, but the entity itself."
Hermione's eyes widened. "Why would he fear that specifically?"
Nick paused there, though he wasn't fully sure but he might have an answer to that. Sighing he knew that he had to say it nonetheless.
"Becuase... in our last fight. Yuta was struck with an attack similar to the killing curse." Nick said carefully, as he saw the girl gasp in realization "I didn't directly attack him, let me explain okay? Orion back then took away my wand. It is not the one I usually use. That wand was different, it was a deadly hallow.
One which was created by death itself. I am sure that you have heard that tale of three Peverells who got three gifts from death. That is not just a story.
The wand was the elder wand created by death. He snatched the wand while we fought and tried to use the wand against me. But magic rebounded and his hands got burned." Nick said which made Hermione's eyes widen.
"That's how he burned his hand. GOD" Hermione put her hands in front of her mouth, trying to keep her bottle-up emotion at bay.
"Before you start talking anything just listen to my story first.
You wanted to know why did what I did right. Well, let me explain." Nick said as he saw Hermione eager to shout at him, maybe even at Orion to fight like that.
"As you know I came from another dimension. What I didn't tell you is how I died or how I came here.
For the time being, I would still want to keep my death a secret. It really has nothing to do with this death business and it really is not a memory I want to remember. So please don't ask" Nick said before starting to explain his past. Hermione too seeing how the boy had a grim on his face, didn't ask
"After I died, I met this death...
Nick said and Hermione's head which was down immediately shot up in disbelief.
"I won't go into detail, there is not much to talk about anyway. I was given a choice. Another chance to fix everything and live a normal life. Save everyone. Stop the war from ever happening but in return, I have to do one thing for her.
I had to stop the beings who were trying to bring chaos to this timeline. She asks me to protect the natural circle of life and death by finding out the mistakes in this world.
In fact, I believe that the reason to chose myself in the first place was that Lady Death saw that the person who would destroy the world by interfering with natural order would come someone here.
I took the chance given to me. There was a chance to save everyone, save you. There was no way I would have missed that.
And since I came here, I started to look for things which have differed from my time.
It's obvious that there were only two.
Rose and Orion.
One was supposed to be me, not a girl and another. I have no idea who is this Orion. He was never supposed to exist.
Death said that there is only one person. And she will born at the same time I will.
According to Death, that person was supposed to be a girl. So maybe Rose, but then who is Orion?
I was confused, about why I didn't take any action in the first year, but upon seeing how powerful Orion had gotten in the second year, I had no other choice but to act.
I decided to Remove both of them from the equation to not mess up in any other way, I didn't want to kill an innocent but there was no other way Hermione. " Nick said with a defeated tone, reminding Hermione of the same broken Harry Potter from the past who lost everything.
"That's why you wanted to kill them?" Hermione asked, her voice trembling. "To protect us?"
Nick just nodded his head. "I was trying to protect all of us. From the future, we can't control, powers that could destroy us. But I wasn't enough. Both of them are still alive. And now seeing that Orion fears Death like this. There is a high possibility that the person Death wanted gone was Orion, just irks me why Death refer to that person as her. As if she was talking about a girl?
That is where Rose enters the suspicion"
Hermione leaned closer. "But that's not enough, what if this death was lying or maybe this person is not Rose or Orion?
What if there is another person behind the scenes? We can't just kill them just because that Stupid death told you?" Hermione said with contemplation on her face.
Only now did she realise that this was beyond what she was thinking. Things are not simple at all.
Nick rubbed his temples. "In my past life, I was Harry Potter. I've seen things, done things, that made me understand the fragility of life and the dangers of meddling with death. Orion and Rose are connected to these forces in ways that could lead to catastrophic outcomes.
No matter how you decipher it Hermione, they need to go. I will not let all this be destroyed once more."
Hermione gasped.
Hermione sat back, processing this. "So, you think by killing them, you can change this fate?" Tears in her eyes
"What possibly else, I can do ?" Nick instead asks this.
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