Chapter 216: I Was Chosen Again…


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    <strong>Chapter 216: I Was Chosen Again...</strong>


    Harry was starting to put the pieces together in his head.


    Early on, during his original life, hebecame the owner ofthe three Hallows.


    First, the cloakwas givento him as a Christmas present, then…the Stone of Resurrection was left behind by Dumbledore after his deathandhe finally got his hands on the Elder Wand when he defeated Voldemort during the battle at Hogwarts.


    Shortly after, he destroyed the wand, thinking it was too dangerous to keep. Something he woulde to regretter when the Dark Lord made his return.


    But what mattered was that, at that moment, he must have be the Master of Death, or at least a candidate…even if he didn''t know it.


    Later in life, he did learn that his magical capacity was much higher thanany normalperson.


    He was the only one capable of using the ''Seven Arkstone Array'' they had created. No one else in his group could channel that tremendous amount of energy through their bodies without dyingin the process.


    Even Neville, who wasatthis point, one of the most powerful wizards alive, could only withstand a three-stone version that Hermione modified for him.


    Luna always told him that she feltthere wassomething different about him…something that no one else had.


    He attributed these oddities to being the ''Boy Who Lived'', the ''Chosen One'' and all that… he never gave it much thought. He had been an odd one during his entire lifeafterall.


    Butperhaps,some of these anomalies were caused by the Hallows after all.


    He had been experiencing some of the effects, but they only started to show their true potential the moment he died.


    Not even Albus Dumbledore could exin how he ended up here. Becauseit was not something caused by mortal magic.


    The effects of this ''resurrection'' had been severe enough to destabilize the entire multiverse and kickstart the copse of countlesstimelines,centuries before it should have happened… an anomaly indeed.


    Only an entity with a level of powerparable to aGod,could do such a thing.


    And although, until now, he didn''ttrulybelieve that the entity of ''Death'' existed. He did know beyond any reasonable doubt that beings of such power doinfact…exist.


    At the very least,there aretwelve of them, afterall…he carries the brand of one of such beings.


    ''Perhaps I should consider myself as marked by two, after all. Even though ''Death'' didn''t ce any visible brands on his body.


    He looked at the empty table, where the three Hallows had been resting moments agoand hefinally understood something.


    If Death as an entity wasreal, then…there could only exist one. A Godlike being such asthat,would be unaffected by the myriad of timelines and alternate universesbeing constantly created.


    And if the Master of Death is some type of ''Chosen one'' for Death. Then it stands to reason that it will also be… unique.


    That would at leastoffer an exnation ofwhy the Hallows had stopped working and lost their power.


    The cloaksted a year because that''s what anormalinvisibility cloak wouldstbuthe was sure that the other ones had lost their powerthe momenthe awoke in this timeline.


    He was unsure about the exact reason for this urrence, but it wasdefinitelyrted to him.


    "What am I supposed to do with this?" Harry asked.


    "What do you mean?" Xeno asked.


    "I mean… I don''t know why Iwas giventhis …''thing''.Was there a reason behind itorwas it just a coincidence that Iended up fulfillingall the requirements to be this Master of Death? What does that even entail?"


    "I can understand your confusion. But I can assure you one thing…it wasn''t by ident nor coincidence that youwere able to reunitethe three Hallows. These artifacts have a mind of their own and would only fall into the hands of thosewho weredeemed worthy. The fact that all three of them ended up in your hands...it was meant to be. There was no coincidence on that."


    "So I was chosen then…." Not that it was the first time this happenedbuthe did not likethe feeling ofbeing controlled or manipted. He had enough of that already.


    "I suppose you were. Death and Destiny always run close to each other, like brother and sister. As for the reasonyou were chosen…I wouldn''t dare to guess, but there must be an important one. I am sure of that."


    ''If itwasn''trandom, that would meanthatIwas sentto this particr timeline for a reason.'' Harry concluded.


    But he didn''thave a clue aboutwhy…not fornowat least.


    ''The only thing I can do now is continue with my initial ns. If there is something that this Death wants from me…we''ll see about that.''


    "So…" Luna got closer to Harry and gave him an intense look. "Does this mean I have to start calling Harry as Master?"


    "Please don''t…" If his sister heard Luna addressing him like that, shewas going todraw the wrong conclusions.


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    Harry spent the remainder of the Christmas break at the castle.


    At least he now had a motive for his recent boost in power.


    Hemade good use of his timeand worked as much as he could on fine-tuning his magic control.


    It appears that the failed ritual also had the unintended effect of elerating his magical maturity.


    Usually, wizards and witches had to wait until their fifteenth or sixteenth birthday for that.


    But atthe age ofthirteen, his body had already reached this point.


    Thiswastrulya blessing. Withhismagic nowpletely stable, he will be able to fight at his full potential without fear of suffering some bacsh.


    A.N- I wanted to rify something about what happened in this Chapter. Yes, there are many other versions of Harry Potter in the multiverse who have also acquired all three Hallows, like Canon Harry for example. The idea is that among all those different versions of Harry out there. The MC Harry is the<strong>first</strong>one who dies<strong>after</strong>bing a<strong>candidate</strong>for Master of Death.


    There could be other Harrys who died<strong>before</strong>him but did so before collecting all three Hallows and others who collected all three Hallows but lived a much longer life.


    So, among all the candidates, the MC was the<strong>first</strong>one to fulfill all the conditions and thus, was the one chosen.


    At least, that is the idea here. I hope that makes it more clear.-


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