"Where am I?" These were Ivan's thoughts after waking up in a completely dark place, confused since just a moment ago he was on his way home after a party with his friends.
"You're dead." That was what an indifferent voice said to his question, which made him nervous since he couldn't see who the voice was coming from and even more so when he heard that he was dead.
"Dead! But if I was in a taxi on the way home, how can you say I'm dead?" Ivan did not believe he was dead since according to his memories he was in a taxi on the way home.
"It's simple, on the way home a truck collided with the taxi you were in, causing you to die." A few seconds later the same voice answered his question.
"So what now? Heaven? Hell? Reincarnation? What's real?" Ivan was never a believer in his life, because according to him, religions were just things people made up to brainwash children.
"In your case, reincarnation is the only option you have, whether you like it or not."
After a while his thoughts were interrupted by the words of the voice, causing him to be surprised as it seemed the voice could read his thoughts.
"Why? I know I wasn't a religious person but I always helped others and never hurt anyone."
"That's because from now on, you will be my means of entertainment and I will reincarnate you in a random universe so that you can entertain me with the changes that your presence will bring to that place."
Hearing that, Ivan couldn't help but get so angry, because he was told in so many words that he will be someone's toy and the calm way in which they told him made him even more upset. But before he could say anything, the voice spoke again.
"But I'm not someone evil enough to send you to an unknown place with nothing to defend yourself with, so I'll give you 3 wishes with limitations."
"If what you say is true, I would like you to tell me which world I will go to, if I will keep my memories and what the limits of my desires are." I was not so stupid as to refuse. If by chance the voice got angry with me, I could not imagine what things it would do to me. Besides, at least the voice would give something to defend itself with to the place where it was going to be sent.
"I will send you to an alternate reality of Harry Potter. You will forget all your memories unless you wish to keep them, and about the limits of your wishes, you cannot ask for things that completely break the world of Harry Potter and I will put restrictions or modifications to them."
After hearing that, I thought about my wishes for a few minutes before speaking:
"As my first wish, I want to keep all my memories." After Ivan said these words, he waited for confirmation of his wish.
"You will forget all the people you have ever met in your life along with your name; the rest, everything else, will remain intact."
(Well, at least I'll keep what little I know about Harry Potter. Now I just have to think of a power that will ensure I both survive and thrive in that place.) "As my second wish, I want the Ten Shadows technique from the anime Jujutsu Kaisen and for my third wish I want the six eyes of Satoru Gojo."
"You can have it. Now tell me if you want the technique as you know it or if you want to modify it to your liking. But remember that the modification cannot be as exaggerated as asking the summons to obey you without having done the taming ritual, and both the six eyes and the ten shadows will go from using cursed energy to magic." After hearing those words, Ivan thought for a while about how to cover some of the weaknesses of the technique.
"I would like that if the shikigami were ever completely destroyed, I could summon them again." Ivan knew that the single most important weakness of the ten shadows was that if the shikigami were destroyed, they could not be summoned again, which could leave him as a user defenseless. So if he could prevent this, it would be one less thing for him to worry about.
"Alright. You will be able to summon the shikigami again once they are destroyed, with the condition that in order to summon the shikigami again you will have to do the taming ritual again. Now I will send you to your new world where your arrival will be completely random. You may be reborn or become conscious in a person from that world. Also, the same goes for the time period and your gender. Goodbye."
"Wait…" but before finishing, an unknown force pulled the young man to the ground, submerging him in a viscous liquid that, no matter how hard he struggled to get out, he couldn't, causing his consciousness to slowly fade away.
[Severus' Room, The Leaky Cauldron]
In one of the rooms of The Leaky Cauldron, a dark and ramshackle wizarding pub and inn that served as a gateway between the non-magical world and Diagon Alley, lay a young 16-year-old Severus Snape.
The poor boy was pale and very sweaty, he seemed to be suffering from a severe hangover.
"Wait…!, What's going on?, I… I don't understand. I was like… UGH, my head hurts, shit…, What happened?"
"Ugh, I feel dizzy, now I'm starting to remember, I was in a taxi on the way home and… UGH, darkness, strange voice, entertainment, new world, desires and… UGH, SHIT!"
After that scream, the young man put his hands on his head as he knelt down and began to have memories of things he could swear he never experienced.
"What is…? Bullies, Hogwarts, Potter, Marauders, Lily… ugh, Severus… Ha… Haha… Hahaha… I… I… Hahahahahaha."
The young man could only throw himself on the ground while laughing with a lot of tears in his eyes, realizing that everything he heard from that voice was real and was not a hallucination caused by alcohol.
"Mom, Dad, my friends… I don't remember who they were… Who was I…?"
After those words, the room fell into a deep silence for a while, with the young man assimilating all the new memories he had before getting up, somewhat shakily, to go to the bathroom so he could wash his face with some water and calm down. But when he looked up, what he saw in the mirror in front of him was a boy of about 16 years old with long, greasy black hair and a somewhat large nose. But what surprised him the most were the eyes he saw in that reflection, beautiful blue eyes like the sky that did not match at all with the face that had them. This led him to touch every part of his face in the hope that nothing was real, but before long, reality hit him.
—So Severus Snape, huh? I never thought reincarnation was real, much less that I was the lucky one... Or unlucky one. Now these memories are real, I'm in Harry Potter's world as 16-year-old Severus Snape, two days after the end-of-year party of his fifth year at Hogwarts and now I find myself in one of the rooms of the Leaky Cauldron because Snape didn't want to go home, since he didn't want to be near Lily due to the cruel humiliation he received from her along with a certain James. Fuck, what a shitty life this guy had; he had a dysfunctional family, his mother died due to his father's abuse and he himself died for getting into trouble for being drunk, his school life is full of bullying, the love of his life is dating his worst enemy—. After saying this, Severus left the bathroom to sit on the bed and gather all his thoughts and then remember that that voice, from what he could assume was God or something similar, gave him a power.
—Let's see, according to that voice I have six eyes, which I confirmed when I looked in the mirror. The only thing missing is the ten shadows technique which, if my memory serves me right, the first summoning doesn't require the taming ritual. Also, now that I'm calm, when I had that burst of information I suddenly had the knowledge of the hand signs to be able to summon the shikigamis. — Severus was silent for a few seconds before standing up and joining his hands in a strange dog-shaped symbol. — Divine dogs. —
After those words, a bunch of shadows gathered together, giving shape to two wolves of different colors. One was black and the other was white, both had three red dots on their foreheads, simulating a triangle. Both dogs stared at the young man in front of them with curiosity as they approached to sniff him.
"This is incredible." As he spoke, Severus reached out his hand towards the white wolf, trying to pet him. To his surprise, the wolf happily let him touch him while wagging his tail. He repeated the same with the black wolf, only to get the same reaction from him.
After about half an hour of petting the wolves and telling them to "rest," he marveled as they sank to the ground in what looked like a black puddle before disappearing without a trace. After a while, Severus lay down to sleep due to the terrible tiredness and pain he felt throughout his body, especially in his eyes.
[Unknown location]
At night, in an old cabin deep in the woods that, if it weren't for the dim light inside it, people would think was abandoned. Inside it, in what was a basement with a bunch of candles, books, and a large circle with a bunch of unknown symbols and writings, there was a girl while talking to an unknown figure outside the circle who was lighting some candles around her.
-Professor Snape, do you think this will work?- The voice came from the girl as she looked at the figure in front of her with caution in her eyes and a hint of fear in them.
-I don't know, but this is our only hope. As you know, things in the wizarding world are in chaos since the death of Dumbledore, Harry, and the Order of the Phoenix. Voldemort managed to conquer the entire British wizarding world. Right now, this is our only hope to avoid this horrendous future. I taught you everything I could these past few months for this moment. Remember, you will have to travel back in time to stop Voldemort from winning; hopefully it will be far enough back to stop him from creating the horcruxes, but don't forget, you must stop him from winning at all costs. - After those words, a strong tremor occurred.
-We're out of time. Remember everything I taught you, I... Not everyone is counting on you, Hermione. Stop this horrible future from happening.
After saying this, he began to recite a speech in an unknown language causing the circle to light up so that after a few minutes a strong explosion occurred, taking both the cabin and the enormous forest with the explosion, leaving nothing more than a gigantic crater of tens of kilometers.
[Spinner Street]
A depressing place where Severus Snape spent his childhood. From the outside, the house was exactly the same as all the others on the street. It is square, made of bricks with dirty, grey windows that are barely visible in the dark. The door is made of very old, outdated wood, and has two floors.
In front of this house was the new Severus Snape who looked at the house with displeasure due to the memories he has of it, giving a sigh of frustration before entering the house.
-It's just as horrible inside as it is outside, everything is a mess. It looks like I'll have a lot of work to do all day, apart from looking for that ring. - Looking around, Snape only saw broken bottles, broken plates, dirty clothes and a few pieces of debris. Even the furniture was a mess. After a while examining the whole house, he began to clean his new home.
After a while, a tired Severus could be seen finishing throwing out the last of the trash in his house and unsuccessfully in his search for the ring that would allow him to inherit the Prince fortune.
- Where is that stupid ring? According to this guy's memories, his mother told him that she hid a ring that would allow him to become the heir of the Princes, but this guy was so proud that he never looked for even a clue about that ring, just because he didn't want something from the family that abandoned his mother. Well, I'll continue searching another time. For now, I'll practice magic and get a blindfold, I'm already getting tired. The six eyes, despite giving me many advantages, also cause great fatigue and a bit of a headache. -
Severus then began to practice all the spells he could remember, being surprised at how easy it was and how from the easiest spell like Leviosa to the newly learned Sectumsempra they were all very easy to use. Not only that, he didn't even feel the fatigue he remembered the previous Severus feeling after using too many spells. Thanks to the six eyes, he was able to see several flaws in his use of magic that even the previous Severus wasn't able to see, especially in Sectumsempra.
-This is amazing, now I know why Gojo was so arrogant. Literally, the six eyes are the ultimate trap for magic. Not only does it make my expenditure of magic insignificant, but it also allows me to see every little flaw in myself in the way I cast spells. At this rate, with proper training, wandless magic can be mastered before I go back to school-.
[Time later]
It's been a month since I came to this world where I've done nothing but train and search for that ring without success. The only good thing is that I managed to tame my first shikigami, being the snake I named Orochi. It wasn't a big problem thanks to the wolves and some other spells. Apart from that, nothing interesting has happened. Currently, I'm heading to that Lily's house in search of Severus' diary, which with some luck will have some clue about that ring.
As Severus walked lost in his thoughts, he was oblivious to the stares he was receiving from the people around him and the murmurs around him.
"Who is that young man? Is he new?"
"What will you do in this place?"
"It will be someone new, I have never seen him before."
"Could he be blind?"
"Why is he wearing a blindfold?"
After a while, Severus stood in front of a house that was somewhat different from the rest: more colorful than the other houses around and with a more cheerful vibe than all of them. Without paying much attention, Severus just knocked on the door and waited before a man came out, who he remembered was Lily's father.
-Good afternoon, young man. Is there anything I can help you with ? - Mr. Evans was surprised; it was the first time he had seen the young man at his door, who was apparently blind because of the bandage over his eyes.
-Good afternoon, Mr. Evans. Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for Lily- Severus was quick, he didn't want to be in this place for long, he just wanted his diary and to go home to continue training.
-Excuse me, but may I ask who you are, how do you know who I am, and why are you looking for my daughter?- Mr. Evans was wary of the young man at his door; he had never seen him before and not only did he know who he was, but he was looking for his daughter.
-( What's wrong with this man? Does he not recognize me because of the blindfold?) It's me, Severus, and I'm here to ask Lily for my notebook, which I lent her before the holidays and she hasn't returned it yet-
After those words, Severus watched as the man's face grew surprised before he smiled at him and gave him a hug.
-Severus , how good to see you, my boy! I haven't heard from you for a while. Tell me, how have you been? Come on in. Lily's just gone out to the shop, but don't worry, she'll be there in a moment. But tell me, what happened to you? You've changed overnight-
Severus was going to refuse, but when he realized it he was sitting in the living room with Mr. Evans, asking a lot of questions that he answered somewhat awkwardly.
-Tell me, boy, did something happen to your eyes or why the blindfold? And not only that, it seems like you've been exercising-
-Yes, I have been exercising all month and, regarding the bandage, it is something personal that I do not like to talk about, but do not worry, I am not blind and I can see perfectly with the bandage on-
Mr. Evans understood that Severus did not want to talk about it, so he changed the subject by asking about school. Before Mrs. Evans interrupted by asking who had arrived, she was shocked to realize that the young man in the room was Severus. To Severus' annoyance, he also had to answer another barrage of questions, but luckily for him, the door opened, entering a young woman that Severus instantly recognized thanks to the memories he inherited.
-So this is the famous Lily, I have to admit that she is incredibly beautiful. If it weren't for the memories I have of her, I even think I would have fallen in love- But Severus was taken out of his thoughts by Mr. Evans' voice.
-Lily, darling, thank goodness you came. Look who came to visit us, it's none other than Severus. Can you believe it? I didn't even recognize him when I saw him at the door-
Lily had to hold back a grimace of disgust upon hearing that. Before turning to look in Severus' direction, only to be surprised to see who her father said was Severus. He was nothing more than a tall young man with black hair, wearing simple clothes that made his muscles stand out, but what caught her attention the most was the white bandage on his eyes. But before she could say anything she was interrupted by her mother.
-Honey, why don't we leave them alone to talk? They're probably going to talk about magical things and we might be a nuisance in those conversations-
As she said those words, Mrs. Evans dragged her husband out of the room while winking at Severus, as she knew very well Severus' feelings for her daughter. Besides, she has always liked the young man, and then the two of them were left alone in an awkward silence for a few seconds before Severus broke it.
-Hello, Lily. I'm here for my notebook that I lent you. Please give it to me so I can go, I have business to attend to- Severus spoke in a sharp tone due to his memories of this woman.
These words brought Lily out of her stupor before she gave Severus a serious look, somewhat surprised by the tone he spoke to her in, as he had never spoken to her like that before. But she simply ignored those thoughts before speaking, annoyed by Severus' presence.
-Severus, I remember very well telling you not to speak to me ever again, since you ended our friendship…-
But before Lily finished, she was interrupted by Severus.
-Listen, Lily, I'm not here to socialize. I came here for my diary, so give it to me so I can leave, since like I told you, I have business to attend to- Severus' tone was more annoyed than before because he was already tired of being in that place.
Lily was stunned by Severus' attitude towards her before she walked out of the room to her room, leaving Severus alone for a few minutes before coming down with the book in hand to hand it to him, annoyed by how Severus treated her before speaking.
-Take your stupid book, now get out of my h…-
But she was interrupted again as she saw the book being snatched from her hands and Severus walking away without looking at her.
[Spinner Street, Severus' room]
-How did I get into this?- Were the words of Severus, who was sitting in a chair next to his bed, staring with his six eyes at a young woman who looked his age, unconscious in his bed, analyzing every detail of it in search of something that would give him the answers to his questions while he remembered how he got into this situation and how this woman appeared out of nowhere.
[Long ago, forest near Hilandera Street]
Deep in the forest, a wounded Severus could be seen alongside his wolves, in front of what looked like a giant orange owl with its face covered by a white mask, while electricity came out of its feathers, looking menacingly at the three before launching itself at high speed towards Severus, who barely managed to dodge the attack and then point his wand at the beast and throw a "bombard" that had almost no effect on the bird, only making it angrier.
-Shit ! I didn't think Nue could be this strong, plus that resistance to magic that I don't know where it came from. If this continues, he might end up dying. I have to find a way to restrict his movements and be able to use Orochi alongside Kon if I want to have a chance-.
As Severus thought, he undid the summoning of the wolves to run through the forest, using the trees to slow Nue's flight while dodging the lightning bolts coming his way. If it weren't for the fact that he had six eyes, he was sure he would have died long ago from those bolts. As he ran, he put the plan he came up with into motion, stopping in front of a tree and then using a "lumos" which, instead of just making a small ball of light, was so strong that it momentarily blinded Nue, causing him to crash into a tree and fall. Severus then put his hands together in a snake-like motion.
-Your turn, Orochi-
With these words, a large white snake with black markings around its body emerged from beneath Nue. It bit into one of Nue's wings and then wrapped around her entire body, tightly gripping her prey, leaving her neck exposed. When Severus saw Orochi holding Nue, he smiled before clasping their hands together again.
-Let's get this over with. Divine Dogs in totality-
In front of Severus, a bipedal black wolf with white parts and large, sharp claws lunged at Nue without giving him time to release his electricity. He used his claws to cut his neck, causing his head to fly off before turning into a black liquid along with his body to head towards Severus and sink into his shadow.
When Severus saw that, he undid his summons to fall back to the ground, tired and sore from his fight, sighing in relief for getting out of that situation alive, thinking about how stupid it was to face Nue without any plan prepared, only relying on his spells, which did not cause little damage to the bird.
-( I was a fool to fight Nue without any plan, just because I wanted to become strong as quickly as possible, I almost died. If it weren't for the six eyes that minimize my energy drain, I would have died. I have to start taking things easy if I don't want to die because of my stupidity. But, leaving that aside, it would be best to go back home to treat my wounds)-.
After a while of thinking, Severus stood up with difficulty due to his injuries, but when he was about to walk towards his house, a strong light appeared in front of him, taking him by surprise and making him move away from the source of the light. He put his hands together to summon his new shikigami, who positioned herself on his back, alert for any movement. While this was happening, his six eyes analyzed the light, surprised by the large amount of magic that this phenomenon gave off. But before he could think of anything else, the light disappeared as quickly as it appeared, revealing an unconscious young woman on the ground who, after looking at her for a while, recognized her as Hermione Granger.
[Present]
-( This is weird. Hermione isn't even supposed to have been born yet. How is it possible that she is here and, more importantly, how did she appear out of nowhere?)-
As several questions appeared in Severus' mind, he was brought out of his thoughts by hearing a moan beside him, making him sit up and fix his gaze on the girl in his bed, who was showing signs of waking up. Staring at her, he heard her question:
"Where am I?" were the words of the stranger, who looked around before her eyes met Severus'.
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