After Voldemort's defeat, Harry Potter believed the future was theirs to shape. But as the years pass, an unprecedented global phenomenon begins to unravel both the magical and muggle worlds. A relentless rise in temperatures, known ominously as the Heat Age, threatens to scorch the Earth into a barren wasteland. Magic itself begins to falter under the blazing sun, and the Ministry struggles to hold society together.
As panic spreads, alliances crumble. Desperate for survival, Ron and Hermione betray Harry, sacrificing their friendship-and Harry himself-for their own safety. When Ron murders him, justifying the act as a necessity to secure limited magical resources, Harry dies in agony, filled with anger and disbelief.
But death is not the end.
Harry awakens in his bed, one year before the Heat Age begins. Armed with the knowledge of betrayal and destruction, he must navigate the dangerous road ahead, preparing for the inevitable disaster while facing the devastating reality that his two closest friends cannot be trusted. Determined to change the future, Harry seeks out unlikely allies and uncovers secrets about the Heat Age that tie it to the deepest roots of magic itself.
Will he prevent the end of the world-or will betrayal and despair doom him again?
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.