I See in Moonlight

Waking up in a New World

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Harry didn't know how long he laid in this state of limbo. Seconds or an eternity? All he knew was that he felt Death's oddly comforting presence, the Entity was weaving magic after magic over him. He could feel old injuries that left permanent pain behind being fixed, felt his body grow a bit bigger, maybe an inch or two so he stood at 5'7" instead of his rather pathetic 5'2". His muscles grew stronger, though they still left him with a lithe runner's build.

It was like he was being reborn. Death truly had watched over him for he knew exactly where each injury was, what was damaged to near irreparable levels. It was odd feeling his organs healing, swelling to a healthy size, but it meant he could function like a normal human being. He would not miss the discomforts or his poor breathing issues. He felt the scars get coated with magic like the ones on his eyes. The wounds under them were healed, but the scars would linger, needing time to heal. What few wounds did not heal fully would pain him less as they eventually healed as well.

Death was probably going to let his magic do the rest of the healing and was simply making it easier on him. A strange concept or quirk of Death's, Harry wasn't sure. He also felt things being removed from him, what they were he didn't know, but as they left, he felt strangely better, lighter... stronger? He couldn't speak or move otherwise he'd ask Death what was happening, but then suddenly his mind was bombarded in a rather controlled manner with information.

He was learning history, languages and how to speak them, he learned math, science and magic. And not just what he was supposed to learn at Hogwarts, it was magic through the ages, each branch. Harry was scared his mind would implode, but oddly enough he felt Occlumency shields, much better and stronger ones than Pro -god it still hurt to think of them-...

Professor Snape- no...

Uncle Sev.

Yeah...

When Uncle Sev (a whimper of sorrow) had begun to teach him Occlumency, long before the Headmaster had asked him to do it. The man was a Master of the Mind Arts and had been teaching him since his adoption, but because of his precarious position as a double spy, he had to be harsh with some of his teachings. The man had suspected something strange whenever Harry managed to make a decent wall, it fell like wet paper when poked or outright attacked and when even one time Uncle Sev had just sat in his mind watching his wall be broken down, crumbling even without a conscious effort, like something was preventing it from anchoring in his mind.

Now he felt the base lines they had made building up. They were carefully constructing themselves into what looked like Hogwarts in his mind, but had the vastness of Gringotts' vaults. He could feel the information, his memories, which he could actually remember in scarily extreme detail with the added bonus of not being blind to what he was before, no pun intended. He watched the Hogwarts/Gringotts hybrid being built, amazed to see even the creatures that roamed around her grounds, a few dragons and even what looked like Fawkes flying around it. He saw snakes as well, which oddly didn't scare or worry him.

Soon the onslaught of info slowed down, and then ultimately stopped. He wasn't sure what was happening now, but Death's hands were resting over his chest and he didn't know how he knew, but he was sure that he was frowning. Was something wrong with him?! Before panic could fill him, he felt another pair of hands, soft and small, the hands of a woman.

~Hello, Hadrian... I am Lady Magic...~
~Do not fear, I will not harm you...~
~I am going to help Death remove a parasite that should not be in you...~

Death makes a sound of disapproval drawing their attention.

~As I thought, a Soul Leech and a Soulmate Block...~
~Black Magic Branch.~
~Never you mind about the Creature Inheritance Block as well...~