And then he greeted Death as an old Friend (and equals they departed this life)

“You are an interesting one”, an ominous voice sounded and Harry swirled around with a start. It was a tall figure, completely covered in robes, that shone in any shade of white, grey and black."Why?", Harry asked cautiously.The figure kept silent. Harry searched in his brain for any information, that could help him with this. How could he know who this was? – He didn’t even know where he was! But… maybe he did. He died, he was pretty sure of it. And none of those who he had known when he was alive were under that hood, he was sure of it.And suddenly a thought came to his mind. It was silly, really. Nothing more than a child’s fantasy. Fiction. – Although maybe it was as much fiction as he had once thought magic to be.Or: Harry Potter dies when Voldemort hits him with the killing curse in the forest and meets Death. They tell him he has to make a choice, that he can go back - years back to his first year in Hogwarts, with all his memories intact.

Hey guys, I'm so glad you found your way to this story. This is by no means an original idea, as you probably know, but I like the concept of this stories and decided to do my own. That means there will definitely be similarities to other fics with this trope, but I'll try to make it my own as well. If any of you find too many similarities to your own story and are uncomfortable with that, please write me and I'll see what to do about it. Something like that is not intended, but also not impossible, since this trope is pretty well known.Also, if you encounter any passages that remind you of the canon books, that's probably because it is the canon text. I'll use some of the book text to ground this fic in canon, and especially to highlight Harry's memories once we get to the actual time travel.There will also be no bashing of any kind. I'm not a huge fan of that and I'll try to move along canon with the established characters we know as closely as possible, as I will also introduce new characters that will take some of the spotlight.Anyway, enjoy the first chapter. In the notes at the end I will explain more of how I will deal with tags going forward and the updates.