7 DiagonAlley!

AN- So, hehe, hello! how you doing?!

I'm going to start adding a header so you guys would have a little more context as to where in the timeline we are!

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{Black Cottage, England}

{11:14 AM, 4th June, 1988}

'Inventory... check, Status... Check, the Skills system... Check, Dungeons... Unknown, Party System... Nope'

It's been a couple of days since Rigel started playing this game, or for a better word, he got transmigrated into an alternate timeline of the Harry Potter Universe, it was a bit difficult to accept but there was no way any company was able to perfectly replicate and create a whole new world where magic is a thing, he still hasn't gotten his wand yet so there was still some time before he actually got to experience magic. Still, so far he has been able to pinpoint precisely 3-4 differences between what he knows of canon and this world.

He didn't actually have any idea if the prophecy was still the same, but Harry's younger brother Daniel was born on 31 July 1980, but for some reason, Voldemort choose to attack the Longbottoms in this universe. Like Harry, Neville was the only one to survive the night after Voldemort blasted through their manor killing the Longbottom couple and Augusta Longbottom. Neville Longbottom, the Boy-Who-Lived, grew up with the Potters.

Since the Potters didn't die, Sirius didn't go to jail, but to keep the custody of Neville Longbottom, Sirius had to take over the seat of Lord Black. So Sirius although still playful, was a little more serious in this timeline. Peter Pettigrew still existed and because both of his friends were the lord of powerful houses, he led a lavish life as he worked as a solicitor for the House of Potter and Black. Remus has been the only one among the three friends whose situation didn't change, in order to make sure that no problems occurred during Neville's accommodation hearing, he left with the excuse of touring the world. The Remus issue was not clear to Rigel, as it clearly was clearly a touchy subject.

Harry Potter was born three years earlier than in canon. He was Rigel's age and both of them would start Hogwarts this year, Rigel wasn't sure how scuffed the timeline would be but right now he had bigger things to worry about. He looked at the mirror once again, trying to not make a face as he looked at the robe he was wearing. Apparently, it was not just Dumbledore who liked to wear bright-colored robes, the weird blend of orange, red, and golden was a little nauseating so Rigel quickly removed the offending garments, a plain white t-shirt, and jeans suited him just fine.

"Rigel, are you ready?" Sirius shouted from somewhere downstairs. The Black Cottage was a small house on the outskirts of London, there were two houses built on a vast property owned by the House of Black, Sirius lived in one of them while Pettigrew lived in the other. Today Sirius and Rigel were going to the Diagonally with all the Potters.

"Yeah" Rigel spoke as he walked out of his room, he closed the door and walked down to the living room, Sirius was already waiting with the floo powder in hand, his eyes traced Rigel's outfit for a second before he shrugged and spoke, "Let's go, James has already added you to the Potter wards so you only need to say 'Potter Manor'."

Rigel nodded and after another searching look Sirius spoke, "Alright, follow me okay!" Sirius spoke before he walked to the fire, after through the floo powder in the fire it turned bright green, "Potter Manor" Sirius spoke before he walked into the fire and vanished.

Rigel took a deep breath and grabbed a handful of floo powder, he waited for 10 seconds before he prepared himself for vertigo, a dash later, bright green light illuminated his face as he walked into the fire saying, "Potter Manor"

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{Potter Manor, Somewhere in England}

{11:17 AM, 4th June, 1988}

Rigel closed his eyes and focused on maintaining his balance, his stomach still did some flips but as he felt himself emerge from the other end of the floo connection, he opened his eyes just in time to not fall flat on his face again. He did stumble a little though, floo traveling apparently has its own laws of physics and momentum conservation. He looked around, the guest landing in Potter Manor was infinitely more eye-catching than the Black Cottage. After he nodded to James he started looking around, there were a couple of paintings depicting various scenes from around the world, and a couple of couches were placed in the room for convenience's sake, as he looked around Sirius and James started walking somewhere.

Rigel followed the two men while looking around the decor, the whole manor wasn't overly griffindorish like he was expecting. The hallway had a large painting of the Wizengamot on the day of its establishment. Rigel walked close to the painting and read the names of the founding families that were present for the very first meeting.

'Prevell, Potter, Black, Longbottom, Avery, Gaunt, and Greengrass... three dark, three light, and one neutral...'

Rigel hmmed as he read through other names that while not the founding families were present for their first meeting, almost all of the pureblood families of some status could be seen on this list.

"Rigel you coming?" Sirius's voice broke him out of his thoughts as he nodded and walked through the hallway, the living room and kitchen looked a little different from the rest of the house, they looked a little bit more modern, with a large table on which a whole gaggle of children were sitting. Harry Potter looked like his counterpart from the movies and books, with curly hair that didn't look as untamable and not as short as he was described, he was currently smiling and playing with a little girl who was giggling and laughing.

Rose has her mother's hair, she was just 6 years old this year, born a year after Voldemort's attack she looked like the center of this whole group. Everyone's eyes darted toward her every couple of minutes and her smile was infectious. Rigel turned to look at the last two, Daniel and Neville were chatting and planning something, whispering among themselves. Rigel's eyes traced the 'N' shaped scar on Neville's head.

"Rigel, come your seat is right here," Lily waved to a seat on the other side of Harry, Rigel nodded and obliged, he sat down on the seat and got ready for breakfast, it took a moment for him to notice that something was wrong, his nose was growing at a fast pace, within seconds it was an inch longer and it kept extending outwards.

Rose's laughter broke the room into a flurry, Lily's face morphed into horror as she fumbled with the ladle for a bit before rushing into the kitchen. The whispering duo broke into muted giggles. Rigel was just about to look at everyone else's reaction when Lily rushed out from the kitchen with her wand and waved it diffusing the magic that was cast on his nose.

"DANIEL, NEVILLE!" Lily shouted as the two boys darted from their seats rushing deeper into the manor but before they could run away they started floating. With resigned looks they floated back towards Lily ready to be chewed out while James walked behind his wife trying to diffuse the situation.

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'Well, I guess that was the Marauder's intro into the Potter Manor...'

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