Harry Potter: The Video Game (Ch. 2)

Chapter 2

A few hours of running through the park had his DEX increase by 3 points. He stopped to save his game before exploring this part of the park. There was nothing exciting to see. No quests or loot anywhere. He turned to leave before something landed on his head. He felt pain and yelled out, “Ouch!” Whatever was on him jumped off.

-5 HP

Harry rubbed his injured shoulder and spotted the culprit. A snarling raccoon was looking at him from the ground. “You bastard!” Harry growled. Pulling out his machete, he defeated the pest with a single slice.

+1 xp

The loot drop was only 1 pound and a raccoon skin. Looking up to see where it had come from, Harry spotted what looked like a cage with a small fire inside hidden up in the tree. “What is that thing?” Harry wondered.

Congratulations on spotting your first spawner. Spawners can produce animals or monsters, depending on the type of spawner it is. Spawners produce a new animal or monster once every minute. Note that spawners can NOT be collected. Destroying a spawner will be permanent.

“Weird,” Harry stated before another raccoon landed on him. “ACKK!” Another swipe of his machete earned him another 1 xp. A thought came to him. He could grind for xp and money! “MWAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!” he cackled evilly.

Backing off to give him space, he thought about it for a minute. “Is there anything else that I can grind at the same time?” he asked himself. Opening his stats he searched through his skills. Seeing Accuracy was only at 1 made him frown. Accuracy would be extremely useful when it came to using magic in a fight. He remembered using a thrown rock to defeat that possum. “It didn't do very much damage though,” he told himself. “But what if ...” Harry came up with a plan.

+1 HP

+1 HP

+1 HP

+1 Accuracy

“Awesome!” Harry yelled. Making what he called an XP Farm was quite easy. Harry used his machete to sharpen three sticks into spears then buried them directly under the spawner so the raccoon would fall directly on the sharp spikes. That would do just enough damage so a single hit with a thrown rock would kill it! “MWAAAAHAHAHAAAAA! Start me over from scratch will you?!” Harry said, shaking his fist at some unseen entity.

The grind was long. After ten straight days of only stopping for an hour to sleep, Harry was slowly losing his mind.

“Who's there?!” Harry jumped up, looking around wildly. “Show yourself!” he yelled and ran over to a bush and started poking it with a pointy stick. “Gaaaah! I've gone crazy!” he screamed. “Maybe I should stop grinding for a while and have some fun,” he said, finally coming to his senses. Hearing the sound of a raccoon hitting the spikes, he threw the rock over his shoulder. At this point, his Accuracy was so high that he didn't even need to look!

+1 HP

+1 Accuracy

Congratulations! You've reached level 100 Accuracy! You are now a Master. Skill Bonus Acquired! Note that some skills will give bonuses at level 25, others at 50 or 100, some won't give bonuses at all.

Accuracy Bonus - +5 DEX

DEX Bonus Acquired! Reaching levels 25, 50, 75, and 100 of Core STATS will give bonuses.

DEX Bonus - +50 ST

Harry was certainly happy with the time he spent grinding. The only bad part was that it was now taking way too long to level up. At this point, it was taking three or four days for a single level! Still, this place was great for leveling up skills like Accuracy. He would come back and use his machete at a later date. Plus it was great for the money! Harry had gained five levels and over six thousand pounds, not to mention the thousands of raccoon skins and four points of STR!

Opening his stats menu he placed 10 points in VIT and MAG and 5 in CHA. As far as the Character Customization, he just placed 5 points in each of Height, Body, Hair, Beauty, and Dong. With his single Perk Point, he chose Gilderoy, Eat Your Heart Out, which looked like this:

GILDEROY, EAT YOUR HEART OUT – Your hair has an everlasting sheen that would make the most beautiful supermodel cry in envy. Permanent +10 to HAIR and +5 to CHA.

No new Perks had popped up yet so he figured this was the better of the two.

ALERT! CC Bonus! Your hair now looks like it's fluttering in a gentle breeze, even indoors! +20 Flirting

“I really am turning into Lockhart!” Harry grumbled. Still, the 20 points to flirting were good. “Time for some fun!” Thinking about what to do, he remembered there was a video game arcade on the other side of Little Whinging. He had rarely ever gotten to play in his old life because of his money situation. But here and now, he had thousands of pounds and an easy way to earn more! “Hehehe! Onward!” he declared and ran to his destination.

Pink Belly Arcade was awesome in Harry's humble opinion. It had neon lighting and was loud with all kinds of strange noises. Exchanging bills for coins was easy, and he ran to his first choice and put a coin in the slot.

QUEST ALERT!

BARREL HOP YOUR WAY TO THE TOP! - Beat the high score for awesome prizes!

REWARD- 1000xp, Donkey Kong T-shirt, 1 Rare Skill Book.

Determined to get the skill book and xp, Harry began playing. It was harder than it looked, but after ten minutes of playing he received:

+1 Gaming

Harry smiled. Even if he couldn't complete this quest today, he could still do it eventually if he played enough video games. That was a grind he would enjoy!

A few hours later Harry left without completing his quest. He would come back again soon and play more games for practice. He did earn another 3 points to Gaming.

Running around the business section of town he completed an easy quest that had him clean up a knocked over rubbish bin for 100 xp and one point to LUK. He also stopped at a store and purchased quite a bit of food to store in his inventory. He was leisurely strolling down the sidewalk doing a bit of window shopping when he saw the coolest thing in town. In the window of a knick-knack shop was a glowing ninja sword that Harry desperately wanted. In a mad rush, he bulldozed his way into the shop and ran up to the clerk.

“Excuse me, sir?”

“Yes, lad? How can I help you?” asked the slightly overweight and balding man behind the counter.

“How much is the ninja sword in the window?” he asked eagerly.

“Quite a bit actually. One thousand pounds,” he said, probably not believing that Harry could pay for it. Truthfully, he may have been right if Harry hadn't figured out how to grind for money. Harry realized that the game probably didn't think he would have that kind of money so soon!

Harry smirked. Pulling a thousand pounds from his inventory, he slapped it down on the counter and said, “I'll take it!”

“Brilliant!” the man stated, happy to make a large sale. He took the blade from the window display and handed it to Harry. “Be careful now. That thing is sharp,” he warned.

“No problem mister! Thanks!” Harry left the store and examined his purchase.

You Acquired Ninja Fury – Rare Weapon +15 damage – Permanent +5 STAT Points

“Wicked!” Stat points and a super cool weapon! He looked at it closer. The blade and handle were both black except for the slightly purple glow the blade emitted. He called up the menu and put all 5 points into LUK since it was the lowest by far. Now in his hot bar, he traveled around looking for an enemy to try it out on. It didn't take long before he heard loud thumping and felt the ground shake. Swallowing loudly in fear, he quickly saved the game. A good thing too since moments later a mountain troll could be seen walking down the main street of Little Whinging! “Oh boy,” he muttered. The thing looked even bigger than the one he faced in his old life.

QUEST ALERT!

TROLL-LA-LA-LA-LA – Defeat the monstrous beast and save the town of Little Whinging from complete destruction … or don't. Your choice.

REWARD – 2000 xp, +10 Defense Against the Dark Arts, +10 Care of Magical Creatures, I'm A Troll Man! Perk

Harry's eyes widened. “That's a ton of xp! Plus I get magical skills and a new perk! That's it. I'm kicking this troll's ass!”

His WarCry screaming through the air, Harry launched himself in what he thought was an epic movie moment attack only to catch a fist in the face!

Critical Hit

Headshot

-200 HP

Game Over

“What the … I lost … CRAP IT ALL TO HELL!” was all he had to say as a new screen appeared before him.

NEW GAME

CONTINUE

LOAD GAME

Harry growled, “Bloody right I'm loading a game.”

Harry started where he saved, but of course, things didn't go as planned. Two more deaths sent him right back to the screen. “Damn thing is too strong! Alright, Harry calm down and come up with a plan.” Harry did just that. Whether it was a good plan or not, he didn't know. Loading his saved game, he started right back in the troll quest.

Harry pulled out his machete as the troll lumbered down the road. Using his advantages, when the troll got close enough he threw the machete directly at the troll's face.

HEADSHOT -90 HP

The troll roared in pain and charged Harry. He did the same with Ninja Fury!

HEADSHOT -270 HP

The monster wailed and thrashed trying to get both blades out of its face. Harry ran up and jumped high enough to grab both blades and pulled them out. Seeing a fist coming down, he was just fast enough to dodge!

+1 Dodging

The fist slammed into the ground with a great crash, and Harry was quickly able to back up and put some distance between them. The troll roared and charged again. Harry threw the machete and was able to score another headshot that had the troll stumbling forward. Holding Ninja Fury with both hands he waited until just the right time. As the troll was just about to pass him, Harry jumped forward and twisted, slicing the troll at the base of the back of its neck!

CRITICAL HIT

HEADSHOT

-475 HP

The troll fell forward with a moan and crashed to the ground. It blinked a few times and dematerialized.

QUEST COMPLETE

REWARD – 2000 xp, +10 Defense Against the Dark Arts, +10 Care of Magical Creatures, I'm A Troll Man! Perk

I'M A TROLL MAN! – Permanent +5 to STR and +5 to VIT. You also take less magical damage due to your magic resistant hide.

STR Bonus Awarded! - +5 BODY CC Points

VIT Bonus Awarded! - +50 HP

Snatching up the dropped loot he received 50 galleons and a chocolate frog card. He placed the card in his inventory and high tailed it out of there in case any more trolls were lurking over the horizon. It was a pretty warm day, and Harry wanted to cool off a bit. Running over to the library didn't take very long. He figured he could read while cooling off in the air-conditioned atmosphere of the library and level up his memory and maybe get a few skill points as well.

Sitting down to rest for a moment, Harry thought about what he wanted out of this life. If he worked hard enough, he could have anything. 'Most of all I want to beat the living shit out of Voldemort,' he thought. He was well on his way to becoming powerful, but he would need to grind more. What did he want to enjoy in life? His whole life couldn't be about Voldemort. That was stupid. 'Girls,' Harry thought. 'I'm definitely not dying a virgin this time! Maybe traveling the world?' He could do all that stuff! All he had to do was find a way to grind things that have to do with sex and romance. As for the traveling once Voldemort is dealt with, the only thing he would need is money and a good grasp on languages, and he could grind for money and learn languages through books.

He spent the rest of the day reading and grinding his memory. He tried to find as many books about sex or romance that he could, but the library didn't really carry that sort of thing. At least he thought it didn't until he remembered those trashy romance novels his aunt loved to read. Reading those things by the armful had Harry's head spinning. All those lonely housewives sure like some juicy stuff! Over the hours he read every single book they had on the subject earning him +9 Memory, +38 Romance, +21 Kissing, +18 Sexuality, and +11 Cunnilingus!

As the library was about to close, Harry decided to hide inside to keep reading and then received a quest.

HIDE AND SEEK – Successfully hide until the doors are locked.

REWARD – 100 xp, Library Key – The library key can be used to come and go as you please without fear of getting caught or kicked out.

That was an easy quest Harry thought. All he did was sneak into the far back of the library and hide inside a large, empty cardboard box that someone had left out. He waited for about an hour before he completed the quest and earned his reward. Just as he was about to get out he heard someone walking up.

“Who left this dang thing here? Oh well, better toss it in the incinerator.”

“ACKK!” Harry yelled, popping out of the box.

“What the ...”

Harry pulled out his sword and was about to slice and dice the guy!

“Woah woah woah! Whatcha doin' there son?” the janitor asked.

“Umm … I'm about to stab you,” Harry replied honestly.

“Well, whatcha wanna be doin' that fer?”

“Because I'm not supposed to be here and you caught me?”

“Well of course yer supposed to be here! You got yerself a key don'cha?”

“Oh? OH! Of course, I have a key! Righty-O! Well, I'll be seeing you!” Harry ran off as fast as his legs could carry him.

“Them librarians are gettin' crazier every day!” The man shook his head and went back to work.

“Books! Books as far as the eye can see! Hee Hee!” Harry twirled with his arms out like a Disney princess. Digging in, he read as many as possible earning quite a bit of points. A few hours in he discovered that if he read non-English books, he could gain points in that language as well as points for whatever the subject was! Unfortunately, his choice was limited as there weren't many books in other languages, and most were French or German. Some books didn't give him any points. Maybe they were written poorly, or wrong. They did help memory though. His eyes were starting to become heavy, so Harry figured he should call it a night. He slept for an hour in a nice comfy chair and woke as the sun was just starting to rise. Looking at his skill stats he saw that his memory increased by another 14 points! He would come back later, read some more, and likely sleep here again. The library was a nice, safe place now that he had permission to be here.

Standing up and stretching his sore muscles, he left the library and got a bite to eat at a small, local cafe then spent the rest of the morning at the arcade grinding his gaming skills. It had increased by 3 by the time he left. As he exited the building he saw Uncle Vernon's car driving his way! Sneaking around the corner and hiding in the alley so as to not be spotted, he saw that all three Dursley's were in the car. “That's right! It's Saturday. They're likely taking their Diddly Dumkins out for an afternoon of fun,” Harry said to himself. A thought popped into his head. They were likely going to be gone for hours. It wouldn't hurt to go through their house with a fine-tooth comb and see if there's anything good that he missed. Running to Number 4 earned him another point to DEX. Sneaking in was easy. Harry knew exactly where they kept their secret spare key. The first thing he raided was the kitchen again. Delicious food was instantly added to his inventory. Going through Dudley's room didn't net him much, just a few quid. Vernon and Petunia's room got him a bit more. About a hundred pounds and all of Petunia's jewelry had his stealing points going up.

+1 Stealing

+1 Stealing

+1 Stealing

The last place he needed to check was the attic. He knew they kept stuff up there but didn't know what. He was never allowed to go up there. Pulling the drop-down latter, he climbed up and into the tight, stuffy area. Scanning the space and he wasn't too impressed. Nothing but a lot of junk. He grabbed what he could and dismantled it into steel and bronze ingots. Harry was about to leave when he heard a faint rattling sound. He moved some junk out of the way and found a vibrating, glowing chest that looked to have once belonged to a Hogwarts student.

Congratulations! You discovered Lily's Big Bouncy Chest! Most men would love to get their hands on it!

“Don't talk about my mum like that you git!” Harry snarled, shaking his fist at the heavens. Calming down, he cracked open the chest and looked inside. Three glowing books and two normal books were all that was inside. He grabbed one of the glowing books and the prompt said:

SPECIALTY SKILL BOOK

Charming Lily's Notebook of Charms +20 Charms

USE SKILL BOOK?

Y/N

Harry obviously said yes and gained an instant 20 points in charms. The next was his mum's notebook on potions which gained him 20 in potions. The third had him really excited!

Legendary Skill Book +100 to any skill desired

Harry quickly put that in his inventory. His legendary and Super Rare skill books would be used on magical skills he quickly decided. The final two books were just diaries of her life pre-Hogwarts. He put those in his inventory for safekeeping. He took the chest as well as it was still in good shape and belonged to his mother. Finding nothing else of interest, he went back downstairs and locked up the house. 'It was a smart move to come back here,' Harry thought. It wasn't a smart move to hang around any longer than necessary in case Vernon came back. He would be busting a gut when he discovered that he had been robbed again! Harry giggled at the thought.

Harry used the next few hours at the spawner grinding his swordsmanship to a decent level. He earned an extra 180 xp and an equal amount of pounds plus one point of STR.

Reached LVL 10! +5 STAT Points, +5 CC Points

LVL 10 Bonus! +5 STAT Points, +5 CC Points, +10 Skill Points (Note that Bonus Skill Points must be used now and can NOT be saved for later)

“Brilliant!” Harry exclaimed excitedly. He checked his skill sheet to see which would be best. “Memory is important, but I can grind that every night. Dodge is important, but I think I might know a way to grind that and DEX at the same time. Everything else is either unimportant or can be leveled up by books or grinding. 10 points to Defense Against the Dark Arts!” he decided.

He checked his stats menu and said, “Hmm. Let's see. 7 points to MAG to bring it up to 25 so I can get the bonus! The last 3 into LUK!”

MAG Bonus - +50 MP

Going into his CC menu, he added all 10 to Height to bring it up to the level of all others.

Congratulations! Now that all stats in your Custom Characterization menu have reached at least level 20, new Sliders have been added! Sliders allow you to choose how you want your body to look regardless of your current level. Note that the max value of the slider will change with the character's stat level. For example, you can NOT look like a body builder if your level is only 20. If at level 100, you CAN look like a body builder, or lower the slider all the way down to look like a skinny twig, or anything in between. Enjoy!

“Huh. That's handy,” Harry said to himself. “Makes sense. You don't want to put 100 points into Dong and walk around with your penis dragging behind you! That's just not cricket mate!” At height 21, he was now nearly six feet tall at 8 years old! He would be putting most of his points into other areas for a good long while.

Around four in the afternoon Harry used a telephone booth to call a cab to take him a couple of towns over where he knew there were more “seedy” shops. The Dursley's rarely ever went there because such outstanding citizens couldn't be seen in such a place. Twenty pounds lighter, Harry exited the dingy, old cab and made his way down the street. His map showed him a question mark in a nearby alley that he knew was a quest.

Defeat the Rat Horde!

REWARD – 400 xp, Pettigrew's Lockpick

Lockpick? That could certainly come in handy! Harry took a peep deeper into the alley and saw what must have been at least fifty rats! “Bring it on!”

Pulling out some rocks that he had previously stored in his inventory, Harry scored hit after hit from a safe distance until …

Rats Enraged!

Activate Tidal Wave!

“Uh oh,” Harry squeaked quietly as the horde charged him all the while jumping on one another until a massive wave of rats threatened to envelop him! “AAARGH!” The rats dropped down on him with a mighty crash, and Harry felt dozens of pinching bites all over his body!

-1 HP

-1 HP

-1 HP

-1 HP

Over and over again the bites continued all the while Harry tried to throw them off! He was down to half health! In desperation, he pulled Ninja Fury out and started spinning around wildly!

+1 Spin Attack

+1 Spin Attack

+1 Spin Attack

+1 Spin Attack

+1 Spin Attack

+1 Spin Attack

Hearing the pain-filled squeaks of his dying enemies fill Harry with courage, and he kept spinning! “Take that, you bastards! Take that … and that! Mwaaahaahaha!” Finally, after a few more minutes of spinning, the final few rats were easily dealt with. “Phew!” he sighed, wiping the sweat from his head.

QUEST COMPLETE

REWARD – 400 xp, Pettigrew's Lockpick – Rats are sneaky little buggers that can get into anywhere they please. Bank Vault? Yours for the taking! Chastity Belt? That's not stopping you! Pettigrew's Lockpick can open any lock that isn't locked by magic regardless of how high your Stealing Skill is!

“Fucking hell! That's bloody awesome!” he exclaimed loudly, jumping up and punching the air. Landing on his feet, he winced from all the bites and was reminded that his health was low. He grabbed some food from his inventory and ate until his HP was full again. Miraculously his cuts and bites all healed. “That's certainly useful!”

Eager to try out his new toy, Harry had to wait until night fell and the shops closed. “May as well do some shopping until then.”

Things were looking up for Harry Potter.