Chapter 1: The Marauders' Map

Chapter 1: The Marauders' Map

Harry Potter was a child who was deeply disappointed with the world around him. Ever since he was a little boy and had the use of reason, he was always the one who got the short end of the stick. His parents had died only a short time after he was born. And, for some reason that he only discovered recently, Albus Dumbledore had taken him to the house of his aunt, his mother's sister.

His life there was not exactly what one would call good. Since he was four, he had had to obey the absurd orders of his so-called family. Cooking, cleaning, and many other things. He barely had enough food to live on, and when his uncle was angry, he was beaten with a belt.

When he discovered that he was a wizard and that there was a completely unknown world to see, he was happy. He had thought that he could finally get away from his stinking relatives and have a better home. But, once again, he was disappointed. Wizards and their world were backward, but that did not bother him. He understood their points of hiding and their traditions. Even in the non-magical world people had some family traditions, so it wasn't something so new.

But, what completely baffled him, was that despite having a superior power with magic, wizards and witches didn't have common sense. Even more, when he found out that he was called the boy who lived, people expected incredible things from him, especially with those books published by people who didn't know him.

In these four years of school, at the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, his life had been in danger many times. People, whether students or teachers, hated and loved him according to the situation. He, who had faced a possessed wizard, acromantulas, a basilisk, a strange diary and dementors, no longer had any expectations for this world.

At first, when he saw the potions professor, Severus Snape, and then his friend Hermione, he stopped trying to do his best in his classes. That brought Harry amusement. He might be the best in his year, but he put Hermione one step above, even when she thought she was the best in the year, she wasn't. There were more people who were better than Hermione, but the girl was too set in her views.

At the end of the day, Harry Potter just let them, after all, the stares and comments stopped affecting him. He simply had to go along with what they thought the golden boy should act like and hide all his potential under a mask.

Now, Harry Potter was enjoying one of his few diversions in the castle. Observing the marauders map in the astronomy tower.

With this map, he could see where each person was in the castle, observing the meetings of the students secretly from the teachers, or the teachers secretly from the students.

"Oh?", Harry raised an eyebrow as he looked at two names on the map near the Slytherin common room. He drank his hot chocolate made by Dobby with all his dedication.

"So Theoddore Nott really is gay like the rumours say... Ha!"

"Although it is creepy having Gregory Goile next to him," Harry calmed the shiver that the image brought to his back.

"Huh?" Harry raised his head from the map as he saw the tower illuminated in different colors. When he saw what was causing this, his green eyes saw a sphere of different colors that emanated what looked like a multi-colored aurora borealis illuminating the walls and floor.

Harry stared at the sphere in bewilderment, watching it float slightly up and down, until, in surprise, it flew out and entered the map.

"What the hell?!" Harry shouted worriedly, looking at the map, looking for anything, until suddenly words appeared like when he opened the map for the first time.

(A being above the skies has given him a gift)

(The Marauders Map is an object owned by Harry James Potter. From now on, it will be the container for the gift from the one above the skies)

(Displaying options...)

Harry felt a little angry, no, he was actually really angry. This was a memory of his father and his friends. But his mind worked quickly. It was impossible for someone to modify the map when they didn't even know what it was or how it worked. If you don't have the password, then it's a useless piece of paper.

So he frowned and took a closer look at the words that were appearing right now. On the top right, there were words and numbers.

(Energy: 100%)

In the center, there were more words. Each sentence brought disbelief to Harry's mind. Thinking that this was too strange. But then again, his life had been plagued with weird things and shit.

(The energy of the Marauders Map is shown on the top right. This energy serves the main function given to the map: Travel through the multiverse.)

(Over time, the map will gain enough energy to travel to realities further away from the current one. When the user, Harry Potter, travels to a reality, it will be saved in the world registry, giving the possibility of returning at another time.)

(Currently, there is only one reality available. After the designated time (one week) is up, Harry Potter will be able to return to his reality.)

"Different realities? Multiverse?" Harry groaned a little. He knew about this kind of sci-fi stuff. Even if his uncles and his fat cousin didn't allow him to watch this kind of stuff on TV, doing it on the sly or using a bit of wandless confundus spells wasn't really hard.

"But... What about this reality?" Even if he found it hard to take in, he was still curious. Even if curiosity might kill the cat, he wasn't a small feline. Besides, this might help with all his current stress.

The answer appeared on the map.

(Time is different in every reality. Currently, it would take a day in this one compared to a week as a result of his first trip.)

After the words faded away, Harry ran his thumb across one of his eyebrows, thinking carefully about what to make of all this. He had fought a bastard basilisk, chased away dementors, and stood in front of a bastard with Voldemort's head on the back of his neck.

What more dangerous thing than that could exist in this single reality he could travel to at the moment?

"Meh..." Harry shrugged, looking at a small circle on the right side of the map. It said: Place your thumb with some magic.

(Starting the first journey.... 05.... 04.... 03.... 02.... 01.... 00)

(Displacing the host into another reality)

With that, Harry disappeared from the astronomy tower, hoping that his journey would bring something new to his boring life.