31Author Note
For this story I will be doing one year at a time, summer to summer, just like in the Harry Potter books. Also I will try to finish each year and then post it, the first story won't be more than 75,000 words, but future stories should be longer, whenever it is I get around to writing them.
A reviewer stated that it was a shame that I never select any drawbacks, at least not any meaningful ones, so in this Jump I will take a drawback, and it won't be a minor drawback I've gone for something that awards quite a bit of extra CP, hopefully it won't prove to be too much of a hassle for Jumper Gothic.
Feel free to ignore this next part and go down to the start of the story. I just like having the record here as makes it easier for me to consult when writing the story.
Jump 8 - Harry Potter Jump
Gothic (Damien Pendragon)
Budget 1000cp
Half-Blood - 900cp
Wealthy - 800cp
Ravenclaw
Memory Spell Specialist - 700cp
Occlumency - 700cp
Clean Blooded - 600cp
Non-Verbal - 500cp
Qudditch Star - 400cp
Deluminator - 375cp
Flask of Polyjuice - 350cp
Pet Owl - 350cp
Nimbus Two Thousand - 350cp
Dragon-Hide Jacket - 350cp
Goblin Made Sword 200cp
Companion - 100cp (Morgana)
Companion - 0cp (Serana)
Morgana Pendragon
Budget 400cp
Pure-Blood - 400cp
Wealthy - 400cp
Gryffindor - 400cp
Dedicated - 300cp
Occlumency - 200cp
Clean Blooded - 200cp
Legilimency -100cp
Parselmouth - 0cp
Serana Volkihar
Budget 400cp
Muggleborn - 400cp
Middle Class - 400cp
Hufflepuff - 400cp
Dedicated - 400cp
Occlumency - 300cp
Clean Blooded - 200cp
Muggle Duelling - 150cp
Most Potenete Potions - 0cp
Jump Chain Gothic 8 - Harry Potter - First Year
Part 1
Cosmic Warehouse. Outside of Reality.
While I could have chosen to stay in the magical and dangerous world of Elder Scrolls for as long as I wished it was time to move on. This world kept nearly ending, sure I could keep working to prevent that, but I didn't see saving Nirn as my responsibility.
Besides saving it was getting in the way of me actually learning any magic, and I'd already prevented the End of Days, for the people of Nirn, twice now. I really didn't think that more than this should be asked of me, or anyone for that matter.
With that in mind it was time to start the next Jump, and to let some hero take care of that world. The Elder Scrolls realm had a might champion already, the Dragonborn, and the Nive Divines could select some chosen one if they really needed to, like they had done with the Hero of Kvatch.
For the Jump to the world of Harry Potter I would be taking with me Morgana and Serana, who were my two companions with magical powers. Of course that was not the sole reason as to why they were coming with me on the next Jump.
In fact it hadn't even been my idea to go to that world. When planning Jumps in the past I hadn't wanted to go to Harry Potters world because going there would require me to live as a child. Which was not an ideal situation for me as growing up again held no appeal.
However Morgana wanted to take this Jump, and in the past I had allowed other companions to chose a Jump. They'd always selected settings that benefited the whole group in some way, and while this one didn't suit us all I could see why Morgana wanted to go to this world.
She'd grown up in a kingdom that killed magic users regardless of how or why they used their powers, as such Morgana had always needed to hide her gifts, however at Hogwarts she'd be praised for her magical and Seer powers.
I suspected that in the coming Jump, given her natural abilities, the perks she'd gotten, and her wealthy pureblood background that she'd be a very popular girl at school. Which I also suspected was part of her plan. Morgana had been rather isolated as a child so I could understand that for her going to Hogwarts could be a way to have the childhood she'd always wanted.
The same was likely true for Serana, who had a crappy family in this world, and while she'd never talked about it I could well imagine that her childhood had been a bad one, what her parents worshipping a Daedric Prince. Thinking on it I found it amazing that Serana was such a good person.
She decided to become a companion because of how long she'd spent sealed away from the world, she wanted to see new sites and have adventure. Plus the only home she'd ever known had been ransacked by the Dawnguard, and her father was dead.
As for her mother, well the two of them didn't get along so well and it wasn't if Serana couldn't go back one day. Sure we might be gone for a few centuries, but to a vampire that wasn't forever as they were immortal, and due to the way Jump Chain worked no one in Skyrim would even realise that Serana had left.
Well not until Jump Chain was over, either because I obtained my Spark or because I died and got a game over. This wasn't likely as I was hard to kill, and immortal to some extent. However Jump Chain wouldn't end at all if I didn't get to work on starting this new Jump.
Harry Potter Jump
Gothic (Damien Pendragon)
Budget 1000cp
Half-Blood - 900cp
Wealthy - 800cp
Ravenclaw
Memory Spell Specialist - 700cp
Occlumency - 700cp
Clean Blooded - 600cp
Non-Verbal - 500cp
Qudditch Star - 400cp
Deluminator - 375cp
Flask of Polyjuice - 350cp
Pet Owl - 350cp
Nimbus Two Thousand - 350cp
Dragon-Hide Jacket - 350cp
Goblin Made Sword 200cp
Companion - 1000cp (Morgana)
Companion - 0cp (Serana)
Since Morgana had already planned out this Jump for herself and I, there was no need to discuss my choices. Not until I made some alterations.
As for the change in name, well I was married to Morgana, and I'd been a Knight of Camelot, so in my view I had every write to use the Pendragon name as my own. I wasn't sure why I'd picked Damien as a first name, it had just popped into my head.
"You're going into Ravenclaw?" Morgana asked me.
I nodded.
"We don't have to be the same house" I debated "In fact it makes sense not to be, we don't want to crowd each other. We'll share classes and I know a place that we can met outside of lessons".
The Room of Requirement would do nicely as a meeting place for the three of us.
"I'll stick with Griffinydor" Morgana said "Some of us are brave and bold".
Hearing that amused me.
"Ravenclaw suits my personality" I stated "I'm not really the heroic type, I like plan things out rather than rush into action, so Griffinydor isn't for me. I don't make friends easy, and I don't feel loyalty to many people so Hufflepuff wouldn't suit me. And I'm a half-blood who doesn't give a crap about blood purity. On the hand I do like my books, and I can be witty so Ravenclaw makes sense".
No one argued this as my reasoning was sound.
Prisoner of Azakaban + 300cp
Of course my wife protested this.
"Morgana" I said to her "I've handled Vampire Lords, Sith Lords, System Lords, all sorts of evil people, I can handle a mad wizard".
The text of the setup stated that the wizard that came after me would be intelligent, skilled and resourceful, also mad, and that he would come after me within the first three years of school, but that was it. I had no idea if the wizard was a Death Eater or just unlucky bastard like Sirius Black who'd gone mad while locked up.
Even without Cameron at my side I wasn't concerned, in fact I was more concerned about Cameron finding out about this drawback and damaging herself by trying to stick close to while I was in Hogwarts, a place were technology wasn't suppose to work.
Not that she would need to worry. I was no victim, and I would have an adult form which I'd be able to switch to, which meant that I could hunt the insane wizard and kill him before he targeted me in my child body.
Phoenix - 300cp
"I figured that since I'm part of a rich pureblood family then I should already have access to a House Elf" I reasoned "and it might be possible to buy one to enlist as a companion after we leave school, but Phoenix's aren't something you can buy, and they are well worth the CP because of the powers they have".
Really I shouldn't create people, be the elf or not, simply to serve me, but I had done in the past and it didn't bother me anywhere near as much as it should, still there was no need to in this world, not when I could hire a free Elf such as Dobby. I might have to buy one and then offer the Elf wages as well as clothes, I'd see if that was possible.
As for the Phoenix, the text stated that it was a faithful pet, and not a person, so that should be okay.
It was also not a good idea to go into Dumbledore's old school house with a Phoenix as at least some people would think I was the next Dumbledore, or something stupid like that. I didn't know if the Headmaster was evil Dumbledore, or not, he might just be senile, but I wanted nothing to do with the old man, and judging by the books/films he didn't pay much attention to the students who were outside of his house or not enemies of it.
An advantage to owning a Phoenix, aside from having an animal companion that could teleport me around, cry healing tears, and carry heavy loads, was that the creatures were seen as good, and therefore anyone seen with a Phoenix was also good.
I doubted this was true as Dumbledore's phoenix supplied a feather for Voldemort's wand as well as Harry Potter's, which meant that Phoenix's might be more neutral than good. Although the wand thing wasn't really enough evidence to know for sure.
"That's me done" I declared.
Now it was the turn of the ladies.
"According to the rules we get identity, family and house for free, with only 400cp to spend on Skills and Abilities. We can't buy any gear, and I assume that means we don't even get free gear" Morgana explained to Serana, and not for the first time "But since we'll be wealthy we can just buy stuff. We can buy containers that are much larger on the inside so we should be able to take a lot of stuff with us".
Morgana Pendragon
Budget 400cp
Pure-Blood - 400cp
Wealthy - 400cp
Gryffindor - 400cp
Dedicated - 300cp
Occlumency - 200cp
Clean Blooded - 200cp
Legilimency -100cp
Parselmouth - 0cp
I next looked over Serana's set up the Jump.
Serana Volkihar
Budget 400cp
Muggleborn - 400cp
Wealthy - 400cp
Hufflepuff - 400cp
Dedicated - 400cp
Occlumency - 300cp
Clean Blooded - 200cp
Muggle Duelling - 150cp
Most Potenete Potions - 0cp
"Hufflepuff is the house for people who mostly get ignored right?" Serana asked "I fancy spending a few years as someone that gets overlooked".
None of us had gone for the House based options because we wouldn't have picked those houses if we felt that we were lacking in the virtues of that house. Although I personally though that Morgana was more of Slytherin than a Gryffindor.
"I don't blame you" I said.
Serana had been forced to live as the daughter of a powerful and rich man who was willing to destroy all life just to avoid an inconvenience, oh and they were all vampires. After that I could understand how tempting a middle class muggle family could be join.
In my view Morgana should be Slytherin, as she came from a noble family, she was cunning, and could be ambitious, soon she would even be able to talk to snakes. But she wanted to be in Gryffindor, and I wouldn't stand in her way. Besides no one could accuse of her lacking courage.
"Here are you background details" Morgana said as she handed Serana and I some bits of paper "I've filled out the details on the terminals, but I thought you'd like to see it in writing before we start the Jump".
Morgana had really outdone herself, or outdone me in any case. I'd never prepared this well for a Jump, although to be fair I mostly used the Drop In option. However Morgana had gone into detail to ensure that we would know our backgrounds before we got our new memories, and we would have it all spelled out for us.
I assumed that this was to help avoid confusion. We were about to become 11 year old who would soon be going to a magic school, that was bound to be a little unsettling even for an experienced Jumper like myself.
Serana was going to have the hardest time fitting in, at least until we got to Hogwarts, a castle full of magic users was actually normal for her. Then again Morgana hadn't struggled much when we'd left her world so perhaps I was underestimating my newest companion.
Morgana had created a background that suited the identities we'd selected. She'd created a powerful and rich Pureblood family, the Pendragons, and to ensure that they didn't alter the canon of the setting she'd made the family a neutral group that hadn't had any impact on Wizarding World politics since before the rise of Voldemort.
Since the Pendragon family had remained isolated until now Morgana and I would be mostly unknown in the Wizarding Community. This would mean that no one should have any preconceptions about us.
Our background also left us free to explain our gifts. The Pendragons were an old family and very magically powerful, they, well we, had also married into other families who were also old. This helped to explain why Morgana could talk to snakes as that was a trait of the Gaunt family, not that anyone should find out about that Perk.
Which in a sens meant that Morgana would be related to Voldemort in some way, that was weird to think about.
"I have a quarter Veela Au Pair?" I asked.
Morgana knew me well enough to remember that I didn't much care for making emotional attachments to people who were family in these backgrounds. So she'd stuck me in a divorced household, and had given me a child minder.
My muggle mother had gone off to Hollywood to become a famous actress, and was succeeding, while my wizard father worked in Hong Kong, and oversaw a highly profitable import/export business for many things, mostly exotic potion ingredients. For some reason Morgana had thought it important to specify that.
"What's an Au Pair?" Serana wondered "And what's a Veela".
I actually had to think about this. I'd not come across the term in many years.
"Not sure, but I think an Au Pair is like a nanny, but from a foreign country. They look after the children and live with the family, but they don't normally make a career out of like a professional nanny would" I explained "In the Wizarding World that might work differently. Mine is a graduated student of Beauxbatons who my father has employed to look after me when I'm not in school because he won't".
I did know something of the Veela, but not much.
"Veela are magical creatures that look like incredibly beautiful human women, human men can find them very attractive, so much so that they'll risk humiliation or even injury to get close to one" I explained "But when Veela are angry they transform into bird like creatures that can throw fireballs around".
For some reason that reminded of the old saying: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
"As for the half breeds they get seem to have the ability to entrance men, but other than that they are just attractive humans who might be able to do wand magic if they have a wizard father" I said "But I can't be sure on that, the only ones in the books are like quarter Veela so I imagine their powers Veela powers are a bit diluted".
I was sure that there was more to me having a Veela Au Pair than what Morgana had written down, but it hardly mattered to me right now. Yet I thought it wise to research this race as soon I could. The only Veela hybrids or otherwise that I could remember were all female I had no idea how they reproduced or what effect they'd have on me.
"You're not very grateful" Morgana said to me "I made sure she'd be attractive and she's from Beauxbatons, so she'll be a sexy French girl. And I don't want you making a fool of yourself during the Tri-Wizard event".
By that I figured she was referring to that Fleur women who marries one of Weasley boys. She must think that I'd build up a resistance to their supernatural charms and be able to prevent myself from acting like a drooling idiot during the Triwizard contest.
I added to the note and to the Terminal record to make sure it mentioned a lack of body hair on Au Pair. I recalled dimly that French girls didn't always shave their armpits. I liked my women as hairless as possible unless it was head hair which should be nice and long.
"We'll have plenty of time to explore our home lives once the Jump starts" I told my companions "We'll get the memories we need in order to blend in, and you'll have some time to adjust before school starts. Morgana and I will be cousins so we'll be able to contact each other easily enough".
Serana had chosen muggleborn for personal reasons, and because it would allow her to take advantage of certain discounts, on the downside it would isolate her from Morgana and I, but she was centuries old I felt sure she'd cope on her on own for a while.
"I should be able to send my Phoenix to find you" I told Serana "or my owl".
Since I couldn't decided on a name for either of my pets, or what genders they should be I'd leave it up to Jump Chan. When details weren't provided she tended to fill in the blanks.
"If anyone has any alternations to make now would be the time" I said "Go through the information Morgana has provided one last time, and if no one wants to change anything then we can start the Jump".
There was no rush, we could wait days if needs be, but I got the feeling that within hours I'd be starting a new life, and not for the first time. It never got old.
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Cae Nest Hall. Wizarding World.
My eyes opened as new memories flooded into my mind. I still wasn't use the experience and this time the childhood memories were much fresher than they had been during my Merlin Jump, which hadn't required to me to recall my younger years in much detail.
I might need to remove some of the memories, or just give myself time to process them, remembering the divorce of your parents is something you have to deal with one way or another. I'd knew this as I'd gone through it before.
While those memories sucked I did not mind my new home. The Manor House I lived in was in the middle of some splendid looking countryside and was close to Llanbedr, a small traditional Welsh village, a Muggle village.
Which was good for me because while I lived in a wizard home I was a half-blood, and it was important to use that to keep a foot in both worlds if possible. Also I knew that I existed in both worlds because my Muggle mother had insisted on making sure I had a birth certificate and all that.
Cae Nest Hall, to give my home its proper name, was an imposing stone built Manor House, with 3 floors (not counting the cellar and the attic) with enough grounds for impressive gardens. No swimming pool, but I didn't care about that, I'd never been one for swimming.
My new memories let me know that the most exceptional views could be taken in from the upper level of the north wing of the house, which looked out towards the sea, my bedroom was in that part of the house, so I was able to confirm the brilliance of the view in short order.
Another thing that I knew was that the property dated back to the Georgian period, and as such I'd be able to enjoy all the period features Georgian architects were famous for, such as exceptionally thick walls, window seats, and large fireplaces
It had 11 bedrooms, of which all but one had en-suite facilities, so that room had been converted to a play room for me at some point that I couldn't recall.
I knew that it contained a pool table, a dart board, a drinks cabinet, full of drinks suited to children, and what I guessed to be wizard games, as well as some books and magazines from both worlds.
While there was wizard radio, I lacked proper entertainments here, such as TV and a games system, not that this was a big loss given that it was early 1990's, but I would have to build a base of operations somewhere else so that I could make use of my advanced technology to play awesome video games, as well as spend time as an adult.
I was just thinking about the kitchen when suddenly I remembered that in this set up an owl should be seen flying towards my window when I start the Jump. I was still admiring the view so I saw the owl, and it dropped the letter into my hand before flying off.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr Damien Pendragon, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
I felt giddy in a way that didn't suit me. I might be an 11 year old boy right now, however it wouldn't do to forgot that not that long ago I'd been the Supreme Commander of a confederation of entire worlds, twice. Plus a Knight of Camealot, a Council Spectre, and an office in the System Alliance Navy. I should not be acting like a hyperactive child even if I was a hyperactive child. I needed to think about things rather than simply react.
All of a sudden I knew that a very special quill exists, which writes down the name of every magical child in Britain at the time of their birth. This allows Hogwarts letters to be sent to all magical children at the appropriate time, even those who are Muggle-born.
The quill writes the names and addresses, and since it has done this for so many years without ever making a mistake no one checks the address, this was why no one at the school noticed that Harry slept under the stairs.
I didn't know why bit of information had been placed into my head as it no relevance to me whatsoever, but I decided to just ignore and read more of the letter.
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
Given the bold writing about the broomsticks I guessed that many parents didn't enforce that rule. I owned a very fine Broomstick, a Nimbus Two Thousand, which had only just gone on sale. A gift from a father who was never around.
Most of the letter didn't concern me right now, however I was concerned about the pet rule. I had an owl, he was called Owlowiscious for some reason, but I planned to hand the owl over to Serana since she might actually need one. I'd only gotten a pet owl because he cost me nothing in terms of CP.
I figured that I could write to the Deputy Headmistress and request permission to bring my Phoenix. I decided to that write away and went over to my writing desk. Luckly I recalled that I actually needed to accept my place at Hogwarts and mentioned that in the letter.
While I didn't know how paying for the education was actually done I didn't think an eleven year old needed to worry about that, so I decided not to either. The Pendragons were very wealthy so it wouldn't be an issue.
I finished the letter and sent it off, just as many care giver called up.
"Come et get breakfas!" she said
My Au Pair was speaking English with a French Accent rather than French, which I could easily understand thanks to one of the perks I'd picked up along the way, that allowed me understand what anyone said or had written down as long as I paid attention.
I grabbed my Hogwarts letter and headed downstairs, knowing the way despite never having been in this house until today. I was in my pjs I noticed as I passed a mirror, and on there were Qudditch balls and bats flying around. So right for this setting.
When I saw my Au Pair I knew that her name was Adele Delacour, she was the older sister of Fluer Delacour, and Gabrielle Delacour. I wondered why someone like Adele Delacour, could end up becoming my full time babysitter, but I didn't have a clue, although at once I suspected that my father's import/export business came into some how.
The other thing I knew right away was that Adele Delacour was a major hottie, there was no sexual attraction, my current body wasn't built for that, but I understood that she was gorgeous.
She had blonde hair, eyes like sapphires, and skin so smooth you'd think that she'd been sculpted rather than born. Also even with the robes she was wearing I could tell that she was well stacked.
From what I knew about the setup for this Jump our background couldn't alter canon, so somehow Fleur having an older sister wouldn't affect her life that much. I could accept this because they might be estranged or something like that. You'd think she'd be at the wedding when Fleur marries Bill, but perhaps it didn't really matter.
I handed the witch my acceptance letter, and she decided that this was a big deal worthy of praise despite me having done nothing.
"Aftair breakfast we shall go to Diajen Alley fair you schoul supplees" Adele declared.
Hopefully that accent would grow on me, and if it didn't, well I only had to see her during the summer for the next six years. Once I reached 17 I wouldn't have any need of her, or any absent parents.
I'd most likely drop out of Hogwarts and travel the world, or take my NEWTS if I actual enjoyed the school, and then go travelling with my companions. There was more to this world than the magical parts of Britain, and other cultures must have their own ways of doing magic.
That trail of thought came to a swift end when Adele decided to embrace me in such a way that her larger than average breasts met my face and got squished about while she babbled something in French that I couldn't understand due to being very distracted.
I'd always been a bum guy, finding a curvy backside more sexy than boobs, but I had a feeling that in this life time that could change. Alas the comfy pillows were taken away too quickly for my liking, but this did mean that I could eat food so I wasn't upset for long.
Already I was starting to think that I could really enjoy this Jump. I wouldn't mind a chance to sit back, relax, and let other people do the worrying.
