Harry Potter Fanfiction: Shattered Void

There is only one world, but there are two of “us”: while one me sleeps over there, the other is awake here. Which one is real, and which is an illusion? It depends on which “me” you believe. Albus Dumbledore Put lightly, this is a story about how a professor came to be. Put more seriously, it's about a young man who loves science and is a little obsessive, a wonderful homebody warped by love and fate into a gloomy, ill-tempered Potions Professor and head of Slytherin House. Does reality have the right to shatter an illusion? Is it better to live happily in a dream, or to face the painful truth with open eyes? I offer these questions to the protagonist, and to myself. Who will win the struggle between love and fate? Will the dream be preserved, or the illusion shattered? Let us pray together for those struggling in life's whirlpool. No form of reposting is permitted. Thank you for your cooperation. P.S. While studying for exams and working on my thesis, I'll do my best to update once a week. Feel free to save up a few chapters and read them all at once... hiding my face as I leave... My other works: Since some readers have said the story is hard to follow, here's some background first: Everyone has two selves: a physical self and a spiritual self. Which one takes the lead varies unpredictably. When someone becomes so dissatisfied with their current circumstances that they fall into despair, yet still cannot bring themselves to die, they abandon their present state and enter the other one, at a considerable cost. Theme: