2 Prologue Part 2
I feel a warmth, like im being carried by someone, which thinking back on everything i just experienced is probably the case. Thinking back further since i have nothing better to do while being held i see how i died and then it all goes wrong.
I was walking to the shop, no i was walking home i had a bottle of coke in my hand then pain in my chest a TwIStINg, stabbing pain and it Hurts, It Hurts, It Hurts ithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurts. Please. Somebody anybody stop it, it hurts too much. I can vaguely make out an infant screaming is that me, who is me, are they attractive. My mind begins to reject the memory but it can the Gamer's Mind skill doesn't allow it, instead my mind tries to logically sort out its own mortality and it fractures into ittybitty ittybitty little pretty crystal shards and in each image I SEE Reflected my death.
[UNIQUE SKILL PERMISSION USED]
[New Skill] Mind of Madness(MAX)-[Passive]
Thats all I make out before the cracks grow too wide to think.
<--Lily Potter POV-->
"Sshhh SShhh, it's okay mommas here" I try to comfort Ruby as she suddenly starts screaming and wailing in my arms, as she flails about she almost hits hits harry in the face moving them further apart in my arms. Continuing to comfort Ruby as her crying grows worse.
A Sense of unease begins to grow seemingly out of nowhere, as i seem to make out footsteps outside, thats not possible though we are under a fidelius charm and peter would never betray us would he.
From outside i hear a cry of "Bombarda Maxima" and our front door is blown of its hinges and some one steps in, As i see who it is panic overtakes me "No, Peter why?" as Lord Voldemort steps through the remains of our doorway.
<--Lord Voldemorts POV -->
Stepping into the mudbloods door way i pause to allow the fear she must be feeling to settle in, turning to her i see her carrying her children, one of these is supposed to defeat me , the greatest wizard since merlin how laughable.
I Raise my wand to end the filth and her spawn "Avada Kedavra".
But as I do So i make eye contact with the crying child and it begins to laugh. My Natural legillimancy activates as i am partway through casting.
<Rubys Mind>
OoOoOoooOOh All the the pretty colours of my mind they twist and turn and bend and break and take my mind to twist and turn and bend and break and make my mind twist and urn and bend unmake and make me all that was not me in identities that once seemed famliar but now only serve to twist and crack and break the back of my mind
<Voldie>
For the briefest of moments my mind is overrun by the madness of the thing masquerading as an infant in the mudbloods hands. My aim is affected by millimeters and instead of striking the mudblood my spell strikes her boy.
<--Rubys Pov-->
Avada, abra... Allakazam with a wave of my wand your a dead mind, and they sing and they sing and they sing all da-
[Sacrificial magic identified
Activated...
No Sacrifice found
Searching....
Sacrifice Found activating warding]
[Skill change] Mind of Madness(MAX -> 1/100)-[Passive]
Snap back to reality, focus, okay, so that special unique i asked for is just flat out insanity great, Fuck, Shit. Okay focus we need to take control of this before we wind up institutionalised. Breath okay what do we know, well in all the fan fics Occulmancy helps steady emotions, but Gamers mind is meant to do that to, shit. Is there nothing i can do is this really how my new life will be.
No! Its not I refuse to live like this. Okay what do we know about the skill, its called the mind of madness, which implies my mind if made from madness but, that doesnt make sense, so what do we know about madness aside from mental health issues, nothing great lets look at fiction for help, The Spiral from The Magnus Archives, shit im never gonna finish that am i, FOCUS, it is the twisting of perceptions the doubt that is what you see real, there were characters yes, micheal and helen that were nothing more that projections of that fear of madness and doubt, and they at least superficially seemed human enough, so if my mind is as the skill implies nothing more than a construsct made of madness that it should at the least have the appearence of sanity.
Focussing all in on my incredible leap in logic i feel my mindscape only briefly.
[New Skill]
No we dont have time focus harder okay my mindscape is covered in these gaping jagged fractures, but as i demand that my madness be distortion i feel the fractures twist in spirals and form fractal images of a spiral in a spiral in a spiral.
[Skill change] Mind of Madness(1/100)-[Passive] -> Eldritch Mind of Madness(1/100)-[Unique]
Is that it, was that enough, i stop focusing so hard only for a moment, i dont seem mad, my mind seems to be my own. What do you think you things that watch and listen and judge and do not exist.
By the time i have distorted my mind its all over, voldies spell ricocheted off of magic fueled by the sacrifice of my madness and struck him, but at the same time marked my brother, Harry? no clue we'll have to see, with his famous scar.
Okay so Voldie is 'dead' and all so now i just have to wait and see what happens, but first lets check my status.
[Status]
Name: Ruby Potter
Title: Reincarnator (10% Increase in skill growth)
Class: None
Lvl:1 / Next Level : 0%
HP: 100/100
MP: 100/100
STR:10
VIT: 10
DEX: 10
INT: 10
WIS: 10
LUK: 10
Stat Points: 0
Skills:
Gamer's Mind(MAX)-[Passive]
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind. Immunity to mental disorder and mental debuffs.
Gamer's Body(MAX)-[Passive]
Grants a body that allows for the user to live the real world like a game. Sleeping in a bed restores HP, MP and removes harmful effects.
Eldritch Mind of Madness(lvl1)-[UNIQUE]
Allows the manipulation and creation of instabilities, fractures and bends within the users mindscape. Allows the user to acquire skills unique to eldritch horrors. Restricts gaining of certain skills.
[New]Occulmancy(1/100)-[Passive/Active]
Allows the user to spend mana to organise and store their memories within their mindscape, allowing quick recall, emotional controll, and at high levels prevents mental invasions.
[Status End]
Okay lot to take in, First off my name is Ruby so i am definetly a girl, i dont recall a class section in the Gamer but i could be wrong it was a while ago that i read it, focusing on it, i recieve a pop-up
[At Level 10 the user will recieve a class based on their personality and any fighting styles they possess, this will provide stats on every level up and a class specific skill]
Okay, then that seems useful, speaking of useful you non-existent voyeurs, the reincarnator title will help with grinding, and we all know thats the best part of any game, the grind.
Next up is the stats most are self explanatory. STR is strength and it governs instantaneous force, and physical strength. VIT is vitality and governs Health with each point in the Stat increasing HP by 10, it also serves to improve resistance to disease and physical damage. DEX is Dexterity and governs reflexes and movement speed as well as accuracy with some ranged weapons. INT is Intelligence and it governs memory, mana capacity with each point adding 10 MP, as well as the force behind a spell. WIS is Wisdom and governs speed of mental processes, as well as mana regen, but also mana efficiency when casting spells. Finally, LUK is luck and governs luck, does anyone ever focus their stat points into luck, if possible im going to do exactly that, just for fun.
Now onto Skills, Gamers Mind and Body are Exactly what i expected although definetly did not expect Gamers Mind to almost drive me insane. I acquired occulmancy, probably when i was trying to forcefully redefine my own minds madness. That will be useful to grind if only to keep dumbles and a certain bat out of my head. Finally my unique skill, it doesnt seem like much although im certain ill be able to use it along side occulmancy to make my mind utterly inhospitable, but its definetly something ill need to be careful practising, dont want to go mad do I? But that second part is interesting, ill be able to gain skills utterly unique to races that mortal minds can not comprehend, that will make this life interesting, I have to imagine that the skills it restricts are ones that prevent insantity and require a clear mind.
Closing my status i realise that its been some time since i began, as Aurors have shown up and begun investigations into what has happened. My Timing seems to be incredible however as just as i finish looking around theres a crack sound as dumblybumblydore appears, and begins talking with James Potter, should i call him dad, nah, thats no fun.
Oh look they are coming over, ooh what do you think they're gonna say. Yep exactly what i thought dumbles put it into daddy dearests head that Harry (So that was his name in this world) having slain the Dark lord will be the target of the rest of his followers so he should be protected, and that poor old ruby should be sent to live with auntie petunia so they can focus on training Harry to be the saviour, funnily enough he doesnt mention what hes saving people from.
Suprisingly Lillian Gillian Potter my mama decides to speak up and insist that instead of being placed with her horrid sister i be placed in an orphanage, suprisingly enough both Jammy boy and Bumblebore agree and a couple of days of grinding occulmancy later im left outside of an orphanage in london.
