"So, I guess I died, huh?" Came the voice from what looked like a ball of blue light floating about.
"Sure did. Nothing new there really, humans really are fragile beings." Responded a being that sat cross-legged in front of the light, grinning happily.
He looked to be a mid to late teens male, with long blond hair that is worn in a braid and gold eyes.
"So, what`s next then? Heaven, Hell, the void?" Asked the light.
"That`s up to you." Shrugged the seemingly normal teen.
"Up to me? What do you mean?"
"I know you have read those isekai stories and fanfictions, just imagine one of those scenarios." Said the teen with exhasperation.
"Really? Then what do I have to do? What`s the catch? How do we determine the world and all that?"
"No real catch to be honest. Just me being bored every once and again and choose to grab a random soul every now and again, giving them the same option."
"So, there`s a chance I would meet others?"
"No no no." The teen waved quickly.
"There are a seemingly infinite number of worlds, even copies of eachother down to the last detail. Even if someone somehow got the ability to travel between worlds, they wouldn`t be able to enter the same as you since it gets locked when someone like you appear"
"So no danger then. Got it." Said the ball of light, sounding relieved.
"Exactly. Now then, worlds are selected by luck like those fancictions where they spin a wheel and all that, then after the world has been selected, you get to spin for a couple boons. They could be anything from a system to unimaginable riches. Got all that?"
"Yeah, I got it."
"Goodie. Then let`s start off with the selection." Grinned the teen before snapping his fingers, making a wheel appear.
The wheel was huge, hell, huge was probably an understatement. There was seemingly no end to the size. It was covered in multiple colored sections where there were writing. One said Twilight, another said Skyrim, and on it went. Red dead redemption, Big bang theory, the walking dead.
"All you have to do is will it to begin spinning, when you then feel ready, you tell it to stop. Where it ends up is the world you will go to."
It took barely a second before the wheel started to spin. It spun so fast that one could imagine it as a giant fan, blowing you away.
A few seconds later it suddenly stopped, right on the edge between two names, one fantastic, another bad enough that the light would kill themself immediatly after entering.
Harry Potter (Slight AU) ................. Berserk (Cry to your mom edition)
They both seemed to hold their breath as the wheel wobbled between the two. One wishing the fantastic world of magic, while the other wanted pure entertainment.
After what seemed to be an eternity, the wheel finally fell to a side, eliciting a deep sigh from both, one in great relief, the other sadly.
The world, Harry Potter (Slight AU).
Never in it`s life, or afterlife, had the person of light been so relieved. Just the thought of entering Berserk on steroids was enough to make them weak in the knees, if they had any knees that is.
"Well, not the most entertaining world, but it has it`s own entertainment value."
He sighed as he snapped his fingers once more. This time the wheel was swapped for another. Where the last wheel had world names, this one had all kinds of random things written. One said [Gamer system], another said [Merlins knowledge of magic]. There was even one that would give you a book on wizarding swear words.
"Once again, just like the last one. This time it won`t stop until four items are chosen." The being said.
The wheel spun. The ball of light made the thought to stop the wheel four times before it finally stopped.
"Let`s see. Hmm, luck is not something you lack at least. You got a few good things here, but I won`t tell you what they are. You`ll find out when you arrive anyways." The being said.
"What`s next?" Asked the light.
"Now, you leave for your next great adventure." He said with a grin.
Before the being of light even had a chance to retort, everything went white.
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A girl looking to be around the age of ten was laying face down on the ground, surrounded by the forest and the scent of iron. She was skinny and looked to be short for her age. She had long, unkempt raven black hair with a white stripe at the front.
The girl stirred and slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of grey orbs that almost seemed to reflect the moonlight that shone through the treetops. Eyes that seemed to know everything and nothing at the same time.
`Where am I?´ She thought.
She took a deep breath, only to cough as if her throat hadn`t been used for a long time. She quickly got it under control by rubbing her neck. She stopped quickly however as she felt something off about the skin on her throat. She shakily ran a finger across her skin, feeling as if the skin had a smooth line running across. Almost as if....
`What the hell!? Did my throat get slashed or something?´ She thought with a bit of panic.
She tried to open her mouth to speak, only for no sound to leave her mouth. She kept trying, over and over, yet no sound left her. She started to panic, but got herself under control before she could get a panic attack.
That also seemed to do the trick as no sooner had she gotten herself under control a searing migraine assaulted her. With the pain came ten years of memories rushing as a tidal wave.
She learned everything about her new body.
The first thing that came was a name, Lyra Ursa Black.
She was born august 11th 1980 as the daughter of Sirius Orion Black and Filemina Gaunt. She came to be after a one-night stand between the two. She was sure that her father never even knew about her existence since her mother died in childbirth, leading her to be sent to an orphanage in London, and had he known about her, she most certainly wouldn`t have ended up there.
Life was difficult at the orphanage for Lyra. She was always bullied because of her somewhat introverted tendencies. It didn`t help that she was pretty intelligent as well, making her advance quicker than other children her age. The caretakers were happy with a smart child and often praised her, this led to a lot of resentment from the others living there.
This came to a head after she turned ten. One of the other kids had lured her into the forest with the promise of an adventure. The naive child that she was never saw anything wrong with how they acted. She had wanted friends, so she was ready to go out of her comfort zone to achieve that goal.
Everything went south real quick though. Once she had entered the woods with the other kid, she was ambushed by a group of the older orphans. They started to beat her up with sticks and stones that they found lying around. One of the kids had gotten their hands on a rather sharp rock that he threw at her head, aiming to cut her face, not anticipating that because of the others beating her, she would move her head. The rock hit her neck, slashing it open.
The others had stopped their beatings when she started to bleed from her neck. They got scared of what the consequences were going to be if anyone found out they had killed her, so when she finally collapsed from bloodloss, they scattered in every direction, trying to get away so they wouldn`t be found out.
Due to no medical assistance, Lyra bled out on the ground, alone.
`Dicks!´ She thought.
Shortly after the memories settled in, another memory, or rather message appeared. It came from the being that had let her come to that world.
`Hey, sorry about how you arrived as well as the situation of your body, it wasn`t planned to be like that. You were actually supposed to arrive as a normal muggelborn witch, however, as your soul passed over the body of Lyra on your way, your soul healed the wounds on the body, making you take it over after her death. As you know, this is a slightly altered universe, Lyra is one of those changes since she is the daughter of a Gaunt, but the last Gaunt to give birth was Merope Gaunt. You are now the daughter of Filemina Gaunt, granddaughter of Morfin Gaunt, and cousin to Tom Riddle. But enough about that. As an apology, I added a couple things to your arrival. They will appear with one of your boons, so make sure to keep an eye out. And lastly, you have a bit over a year until Hogwarts, so make sure to prepare yourself. Have fun.´