Once in a lifetime chance

*Duke's POV*

What lies beyond the door was a goddess of beauty beyond compare. With wavy hair and eyes sparkling like a crystal under a ray of light with light delicate skin that looks as though it is as soft as a newborn baby's.

She turned her attention to me and asked me to come and sit beside her "Ah~ Duke. Come, sit with me. I believe we have a lot of things to talk about"

Her smile mesmerizes me as she gently beckons me towards her. 'If this is a dream then I never want it to end especially if I had to go back to that nightmare' I thought to my self before I heard a chuckle from the goddess of beauty in front of me.

"Duke, I know it may seem confusing to you so let me ask you before you got here, where were you and what were you doing?" the goddess asked me gently.

looking at here encouraging smile I retold here about the nightmare that I faced called typhoon Yolanda. I didn't notice when but she is gentle holding my trembling hands and gently rubbing circles in my back.

I looked at her and saw pity in her eyes, not only that but I can also see hurt, sympathy, understanding and.... 'is that hate I see?'

puzzled by this I tried to calm myself down and tried to ask her "My goddess, why are you mad? is it something that I said?"

She looked at me and shook her head "no you did nothing wrong it's just that the people running your country that makes me displeased"

intrigue I asked her why? is this connected to me somehow? "My lady, why are you mad at them? It's not like they caused the storm"

"No, you're right. They didn't create the storm but they were the reason why people suffered greatly after that tragedy" she told me in a controlled demeanor that I could clearly see as a sign of her stopping her self from lashing out of anger.

"What!? why? what did they do?" I asked in surprise and concern. Although I am an orphan I still have teachers and friends whom I care about and see as a family.

"The politicians from the capital care more about their political profit instead of the survivors well being. In truth, you are lucky you died quickly and painlessly.

Some of the people who survived had to have the misfortune of sleeping next to their dead families, people are walking aimlessly shocked on what happened.

A lot of people are resulting in stealing and ransacking malls and stores just to get food, clothes, and medicine because no help is arriving from the capital, all because of their little game of politics"

the goddess cried in hurt as she told me the fate of my fellow countrymen. Is this really the fate of my people? nothing but pain and suffering?

then a thought came to me, "Why am I here then? and what does the outcome of that tragedy have anything to do with me? as you said, I'm already dead" I asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"Well you see Duke, you weren't supposed to die that day," the goddess told me sheepishly

Eyes wide open I asked in surprise by sheer reflex "WHAT!?!" then I blinked and got a hold of my self and coughed to try and cover up my embarrassing slip of the mouth and tried again in a refined manner of course.

"Pardon me my lady for that unsightly outburst. Your words just blew my mind away, but please elaborate on the topic of HOW I was supposed to survive that day?" I asked her in my most gentlemanly voice but impactive on the how part. 'I mean really, how can one possibly survive being crushed by a cargo ship?'

She smiled and told me mischievously "Well~~ if a certain closet pervert wasn't too busy watching some H anime on the Internet then you would have seen your classmates inviting you to a party in a hotel. You were supposed to go and have fun, get drunk with them and stay the night with your crush. That's how to survive, it's really hard to die drowning if you're in the 5th floor and it's highly unlikely to die by run away ships if you're near the mountains. Well that is if you just picked up your phone"

.....I take that back, she might look beautiful but that Cheshire cat smile of hers just make her look like the devil.....Urgh!! curses!!!

'It's alright duke, breath in, breath out, now just calm down.....' I opened my eyes to see her face smiling at me...yup, I take back all I've said before..... I blame her beauty for blinding me from the truth.

"Alright let's get this over with, what has politics got anything to do with me? I mean come on I'm an economics student, not political science" I asked her in surrender.

she just giggled and looked at me full of mirth "Funny thing for you to say. The book of fate says that after you survive that tragedy you would graduate and proceede to law school. Then you top the BAR exam and became a politician. You were supposed to end the political dynasty that they have created and became your countries best President making your small island country as a leading country in the world"

my gaw dropped in awe, what the hell! just because I missed a phone call I died and lost the opportunity to become the best?

"wait then why am I here for?" I asked her feeling more skeptical by the minute and judging from her body language and her repeatedly avoiding my eyes I have a suspicion that she's involved in this somehow.....

I squint my eyes and looked at her suspiciously "out with it, I know you've got something to do with me dying"

she just poked her fingers together and ducked her head while laughing weakly "hahaha..... funny thing to say... *gulp* you see, i-I kind of.. well sort of~"

I cut her off with a no-nonsense voice "out with it already"

" ok, Ok! I was the one who directed you to that page. There! happy now? hump!" she pouted and looked away but this act will not fool me.

"Hah! you think I'll fall for that.. beautiful...face if yours.... argh!!!! out with it already!!" I cried out in frustration in which she giggled too.

"Calm down, I just took a liking to you" she replied with happiness clearly visible in her eyes

"huh? what could I possibly do to warrant your favor? well, aside from my supposed future success, I can't think of anything" I asked her in a doubtful manner

She smiled at me and told me straight in the eye "actually it is about your supposed future success, you've prevented wars from happening all over the world. I needed that talent in the world I govern".

" World? what world? and why would you need me to stop wars? I'm not a righteous person, heck! I'm EVIL!!! I'm practically rotten to the core!" I told her unceremoniously

did that do anything to change her decision? NO, she just laughed and pointed at me "Exactly! I need someone who could prevent wars before it even started, I need someone who won't hesitate to dispose of those who threaten the safety of the innocent!

Good leaders are not those who are good and let their enemies off with a simple threat or a warning but those who could nip the buds from its roots before it can fester into a disease!

I would rather see evil people die than to see the innocent people suffer! If losing 100 evil person means saving 1 innocent soul then so be it!!"

The goddess told me in righteous fury with her holy power radiating from all over her body. In all honesty, I'm kind of afraid. Not for me but for those she deemed as evil.

So I asked her with a hint of fear and respect in my voice "So what do you want me to do?

"I want you to go to a world your people know as the world of Harry Potter. I want you to be reborn as young Harry and change the world as you fit. Just make sure to get rid of all who dares to take on that death eater mark" the goddess told me commandingly

I thought about it for a bit and I'm not an idiot, I know that it's one hell of a crazy and dangerous world and it seems like the Goddess also agree as she could see my little dilemma

"If you worried about your safety then good, that means you have the brain needed for a good leader. A good leader does not readily accept anything without proper scrutiny. As a gift, I'll give you three wishes, but remember, your wishes must not violate any heavenly laws" she looked at me with approval and told me something a lot of people would kill to have, 3 wishes from a God/Goddess.

I thought about it for a bit and finally decided on the wishes that I wanted.

"You said anything as long as it does not violate the heavenly laws. So, the first wish I would like to make is for me to have a dimensional pocket space like those from RPG's where time inside is on stasis. And can you make it so that I could access it with a thought?" I asked her with hesitancy not sure if it violates any heavenly laws

but it seems like my worry was unnecessary since she approved of my wish and even made it be untraceable and so that only I could see it and I can only access it with my free will to prevent some imperious accident

"My second wish is to have instant mastery" I looked at her hopefully fearing that this one may not be done due to its interference with knowledge and experience. Thankfully after a quick look of what looks like the book of heavenly laws, my wish was granted

then for a final wish, I had trouble between two things but since I could only have one I decided to choose the most important one " for my final wish, I want to be the luckiest person in the world"

'with this gaining money from winning the lotto or in casinos would be a piece of cake' while my mind was running in overdrive thinking about all the possible ways I could exploit my luck the goddess was looking at the book and told me something important

"Well Duke, I must admit. That last wish was pretty smart. Too bad it violates the heavenly laws" she sadly shook her head and dropped the disappointing news to me.

"What? but why!? It's not like I'm asking to be a God or something. How could asking for luck possibly go against heaven?" I asked her truly confused feeling like heaven has wronged me for having such laws.

"You see Duke, a persons luck is predetermined by their past deeds from their past life. Although you would be saving people in that world it doesn't change the fact that you didn't do much saving in your previous life. So I really can't change your luck, so please pick another one"

I grunted and crossed my arms in dissatisfaction 'good thing I have another wish that I wanted'

"Well if it's not possible to change my luck then how about the power to freely change my body however I want it to be? I remember that there was this Tonks character in the book and she has this power right? plus you have animagus who could turn into animals, this would be done right?" I asked in the most innocent voice that I could muster trying my best to hide my hidden agenda

She narrowed her eyes and stared at me critically with suspicion not truly believing my innocent act but nonetheless, she agreed and granted my final wish

with that taken care of, she clapped her hands and a door appeared out of nowhere "this door would lead your soul to the body of the infant Harry after Tom killed him with the Avada. And don't worry, no one below a God or Goddess would be able to access your mind so don't worry about someone finding out about your past or reading your mind"

And with that, she pushed me to the door without any consent and a white light engulf my vision