HARRY POTTER:Start again System

He picked up the wand. Its hilt was bone and it seemed to glow when in contact with his hand. Harry held it tight as he got a good grip on the handle, before giving it a swish.

Nothing happened, so he ended up putting it back into his inventory and once again looking at his statistics.

Eyeing his STR, he frowned. It was far too little for the kind of threats that Carrow had presented. And if this fight was any indication, strength could be a weakness of wizards that Harry could exploit. So Harry opened his status and put in an extra four points raising it to 6. His use of magic in battle had also boosted his INT by 3, which he hadn't noticed earlier.

He then finally turned to his last reward from fighting Amycus, a trinket he had found in the Death eater's pockets…a small rock with some strange symbols engraved on it. The Observe on it had been interesting, so he had decided to hold onto it.

The Astral Network Portkey

The Astral Network is a collection of a number of magical creature preserves around the world that have been hidden by their innate obfuscation magic. They can only be accessed via certain portkeys that are invisible to most wizards due to a variety of mind-bending magic that their creators used to protect the creatures inside. Through the years, many have been run down by invading dark magical creations like Inferi and monsters.

Do you wish to Enter?

YES/NO

Harry pressed no. Carrow must have been using the forests to hide from the magic police. He was definitely interested in such a place if it could somewhere he could train against powerful foes and grow his skills faster, but he needed to be prepared for it.

Quickly, he put on whatever he could find that would make for the most protection, even going as far as wearing five of his baggy t-shirts. Once the Dursleys were asleep, he snuck out of the cupboard and stocked up on water, before he finally called up the window again, this time to press yes. As soon as he did that, suddenly the runes started glowing. Harry placed his hand on it, and in an instant, a whirling rainbow of light enveloped him and was whisked away from Privet Drive.

An awful ride on the Portkey later, Harry struggled to his feet, grumbling with pain, and looked around at the dark forest around him. One of the first things he noticed was the giant gaping hole in the ground a few feet away from him.

Curious, he went over to it. Looking in, he saw a set of stairs that lead deep into the Earth. Harry sighed before he started walked down into the dark dungeon.

"Did all this weird stuff happen all the time and I just didn't even notice?" Harry muttered to himself tiredly. Well, at least he hadn't gotten a headache today.

Almost as if it was reminded of its joke by Harry himself, the Universe decided to shake a small stone loose from the cave ceiling. A second later, it slammed into Harry's head, leaving him with a blinding headache.

After the ringing in his ears had faded, Harry decided to avoid jinxing himself anymore and headed further into the tunnel that seemed to go on endlessly. Starting to get a bit bored by the monotony of it all, Harry decided to check his statistics to see where he was after the whole Carrow ordeal.

"Status," Harry called out and his status page opened up,

Harry Potter

Health-200/200

Mana-100/100

The Gamer

Title-The Boy who Lived

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in Home Turf)

Level-4 Exp-1050/1200

Race-wizard

STR-8

VIT-1(+2)=3

DEX-3(+2)=5

INT-9

WIS-5

LUC-3

POINTS-7

MONEY- 50£/10G0S0K

Harry Potter is a wizard, the son of Lily Potter and James Potter. He has bad eyesight making it difficult for him to do well in class. His magic has gotten him trouble over the years in various schools. Strange things seem to happen around him. Harry is unaware of who he is, and wishes to find meaning in his life. Harry loves his mother and hates the Dursleys.

Status- wizard, giving Harry - +2 VIT, +3 DEX and the ability to control magic, talk to snakes, control his appearance, and look cool.

With some apprehension, Harry noted that his base Vitality and Dexterity were both very low, and so was his Luck. Seeing the rest of his stats grow while those three remained low irked Harry. He knew that he would fall into the method of simply focusing on a few particular stats like Gordon had mentioned, which would probably turn him into some 'class' of a wizard, but he wanted to keep his options open this early in the game.

Besides, his speed, stamina, and luck had more than saved his butt during his tussle with the full-grown wizard killer he'd encountered, so he wasn't ever going to underestimate those particular aspects of himself again. He knew he should be saving up points, but right now, his style of fighting depended heavily on physical attacks. Until the time he learned more ranged magic attacks, he would need as many points in Physical stats as he had.

So, without thinking about it much more, Harry used his remaining points and improved his Vit, Dex, and Luck, making his strengths a lot more balanced. His new stats were,

STR-8

VIT-4(+2)=6

DEX-4(+2)=6

INT-9

WIS-5

LUC-6

Points-0

Despite his sure decision to use up his points, Harry hoped he would get a level up soon. The lack of stat points left him a bit leery. But with this and his perks, he could just have a chance of managing to make it out of this high-stakes grinding session alive.

He kept walking and after some time the stairs stopped descending. It was there that Harry found himself at the beginning of a long narrow tunnel that led off into darkness.

"It had to lead into ominous darkness" Harry muttered as he ducked under a bunch of low hanging stalactites and started off into the tunnel, "Why couldn't it lead to a cozy little room with TV and cola? Why the darkness?"

With a small hiss, his hand lit up with a small amount of fire as the moonlight that fell into the cave faded away, plunging the tunnel into pitch black.

After what seemed like an hour of walking, jogging, and a piss poor attempt at sprinting through the low, Harry walked out of the tunnel into a circular domed hall. Its smooth floor and high rising domed roof had strange markings etched on them that looked like they were put there by sharp claws, faintly giving off the impression of being a replication of the night sky. Harry could just about connect some of the symbols and see Orion's belt and the little dipper, as well as the rough, jagged-edged crescent shape that seemed to be depicting the moon.

It all screamed age and primitivism to Harry, and he couldn't help but wonder what kind of man…or perhaps something else…had done this.

Taking a few steps forward, Harry looked up to admire the roof.

Of course, letting himself go in a clearly dangerous place like that wasn't really a smart thing to do. He nearly jumped a meter into the air when he heard a strange groaning sound a few feet behind him. Just as Harry jumped around to look at what it was, a large chunk of the wall to his right collapsed and out of the hole came a zombie of all things.

It was grey, moldy-looking, and had a chunk of its shoulder missing. Its eye sockets were filled with maggots and its skeletal body had skin that was grey and almost transparent in color. It slowly ambled towards him, the lack of any clothing left its half rotten privates dangling rather unpleasantly in front of Harry's eyes.