10 Chapter 9 The All-knowing Hat
With the hat finally sitting on my head, I was full of anxiety. Suddenly I was pulled into what I assume was my mindscape. It was a simple, but very messy room with only 2 chairs sitting face to face with each other, showing that I had never trained in Occlumency and that my mind is clearly a mess. Something ill needs to work on at some point. Which if you didn't know is the magical defense of the mind against external penetration also called Legilimency. Suddenly a projector appears and starts playing a movie, that I know can't be anything other than my memories.
There I was sitting in a car on the day things went wrong, I repressed these memories so it's all forcefully coming back to me. I was young, maybe only 5 years old. I begged my parent to take me to the zoo and like the loving parent they were, they quickly agreed. A decision I would regret shortly after. Almost out of nowhere, the car was T-boned by a truck while moving through an intersection.
"It's just had to be a truck didn't it" I whisper in a sad voice fighting to hold the tears back. My parents died on the spot but I was perfectly fine. My mother was in the back seat with me and shielded me when she saw the truck was about to hit us, trading her life to keep me safe. "Your parent must have really loved you, Josh, I've seen a lot of memories before and it's just something I can tell at this point," said the talking hat
I didn't respond, just watching the movie as the scene changed to when I first met my aunt and uncle. Soon he realized that his aunt and uncle were mentally abusive, constantly belittling him and making him feel worthless. They often compared him unfavorably to their own children and criticized him for things that were out of his control, Josh tried his best to cope, But failed miserably because of their constant complaints. He began to lose his self-confidence and struggled to find joy. He felt trapped and alone, unable to escape his situation. Making him unable to care and he lived a life of constant depression and anxiety. Something he nearly forgot about since he was so happy in his new life.
"Why did you show me this," I ask wondering if it meant anything or if the hat was just trying to make me relive my worse memory. "Josh, sometimes things happen for a reason, even if it isn't a good one. But that doesn't mean they should be forgotten, even if it's a terrible memory. Stop blaming yourself for what happened to them" I immediately stare at the hat as tear steam down my face. "You had the courage to never give up, even when life got hard, even when you had nothing and nowhere to go. Till you were sadly killed by that toy car." The hat said while laughing at the last part.
"You won't tell anyone will you?" I asked nervously. "You don't have to worry about that Josh, I was made in a way that I'm forced to keep everyone's secrets, couldn't tell anyone even if I wanted to," I sighed in relief. "Well then what house am I going to," I asked hoping to get this over with before the hat pulls out more repressed memories. Waking up, if you wanna call it that I was sitting on the stool. "GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled. Sounds of clapping filled the room as I walk over to my house's table sitting next to Ron, Harry, and Hermione. Quietly sitting alone with my thought, a blue holographic box appear in front of me. 'Loading finished' Quickly pulls me from my sadness. 'status' I think in excitement as my status screen appears in front of me...
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POLL
What Type of system should I use?
Gamer- ID create that drop items, and money leveling up. time is frozen while in it. Each spell levels as he uses them. The gamer system passives
Leveling system without all the fancy % that the gamer system has for each ability. Having to kill things and do quests in the main world
Harem system or something similar (love, friendship, affection) gets points from mostly doing quests, focusing the story on romance and less on magic and combat.
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