Apex of the Aether: The Potter Singularity

When the Killing Curse rebounded in Godric’s Hollow, it didn’t just leave a scar. It created a Soul-Glitch—a localized singularity where the absolute forces of Life and Death grind against each other, tearing a hole into the Aether, a primordial dimension filled with lethal magical beasts. ​Ten-year-old Harry Potter discovers he can enter this realm in his sleep. By hunting its inhabitants, he harvests Essence Orbs that permanently evolve his physical and magical biology. But the Aether is too vast for one boy to conquer alone. ​Arriving at Hogwarts, Harry realizes that his "glitch" allows him to anchor others to his soul. Rejecting the fickle and the weak, he binds himself to Neville Longbottom, the "Other Boy of Prophecy," transforming the clumsy boy into an indestructible Sentinel of the Earth, and Hermione Granger, whose brilliant mind becomes a super-calculator for complex spell-weaving. ​As the trio "grinds" through the floors of the Aether, the real world begins to change. The "Veil" is thinning, ancient "Deep Magic" sects are emerging from the shadows, and a terrifyingly evolved Voldemort is no longer just a Dark Lord—he is becoming a Calamity-Grade Apex Predator. The Wizarding World thinks they are preparing for a war; Harry and his team are preparing for an Extinction Level Event.