4 4. Year Zero, The Second Half

As I kept practicing my spells, and training my mind. I also developed a telekinetic spell, which when lifting heavy objects drained my magical power vastly and quickly, but which I included in my training schedule as magical weightlifting.

To learn telekinesis at first I used a small piece of parchment I summoned with the Accio spell. I started by willing it to be pushed and pulled back and forth. After I was done with it, for the time being, I hid it underneath the mattress of my crib.

'Accio!' I thought once more as I used the summoning spell to summon a small pebble through the window I had cracked open with my telekinesis, and then closed once the pebble was safely in my hand. I then started to practice by lifting the pebble up and down and side to side above the palm of my hand, I then rotated it faster and faster, until it seemed a bit dangerous to keep going, so I slowed it down and then made it make figures in the air, first a star, then the infinity symbol, or a figure eight on its side, then more and more complex shapes, until I moved on to my next idea, after hiding it under my mattress too, next to the piece of parchment.

I also created another version of telekinesis, which solely relied on my willpower, it was not as strong as my magic telekinesis, because magic telekinesis took 4 things magic, intent, visualization, plus willpower.

My telekinesis that relied on willpower only took 3 things my will, intent and visualization.

I strengthened my Willpower telekinesis, to which I had started calling mind telekinesis, as when I used it I only relied on my mind, to be as strong as my magic telekinesis, which relied on my mind and magic power.

After training both my telekinetic powers I soon found my mind telekinesis to be much stronger than my magic telekinesis, which I was delighted by as it did not use any magic power, which I could save for spells, and other things that took magic power only, and I could use my mind telekinesis as a hidden trump card, or just as a way to save my magic power. Unless when I was training and deliberately drained my magic power so it would increase itself bit by bit.

I had also noticed that my mind telekinesis drained the mental aspect of my power. So I had also added Mental and Magic Power measurements to my stats page.

Willpower: 3.1

Mind Power: 31

Magic: 1.6

Magic Power: 16

[ 1 Stat point = 10 Mind or Magic power]

[ .1 Stat point = 1 Mind or Magic Power ]

My magic had increased by alot, but my willpower had only barely changed for the better, it seemed it was much more difficult to increase in this universe or it was just more difficult to increase the higher it was, only time would tell.

After updating my mental stats page I then finished a couple more rounds of training before exhausting myself, and going to sleep.

The next day I found myself at an outing with my parents, they took me to a park, and we had a picnic. They barely used any magic, which I felt unsatisfied about, because if you have magic, why not use it. The only reason I don't use magic, all the time, is because I know that I must hide my true self and my true abilities, until I grow stronger, and even then I will only show the smallest hint of my true power, for that will be all that it takes to stun and amaze them, while simultaneously cowing them into submission of my greater power.

My mind thought these things, for there was one rule that I knew to be true in most worlds, and that is the survival of the strongest. Even if this saying had been used so much it had started to become cliche, it did not make it wrong. For such simple sayings as these usually allowed one to comprehend complex issues in a more simplistic way, another saying that I will always remember is Knowledge is Power.

In the future I will use these words as the tenants of which I shall slowly build and shape myself into the strongest and smartest being I can become.

I say being, because while being a human is a great starting place, I have always believed that no matter where they start, all living things have the potential for almost anything, but most don't have the willpower to succed in this endeavor, but I do.

As I was once a being of thoughts or simply a thought-being, I was able to survive even death, in a way. I was also able to accomplish many things, which most humans thought impossible. It just goes to show that no matter how much you think or are convinced that you know, you will most likely be just another frog in a well of another's making.

While I pondered these abstract thoughts during our picnic, my mother and father were eating, laughing and just enjoying their time as a family, while also checking on me from time to time.

After a couple hours of our family picnic we returned home and my parents put me to bed, or so they thought, as I began another round of training my magic and my mind.

Once again checking my surroundings were empty, for I was a fan of the saying CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!!

Thank you for the lesson in proper vigilance Mad-Eye Moody.

Starting my training with going through the spells I knew and sustaining them for a fixed amount of time, I then started the more intensive aspect of my training by draining my magic power with magic weightlifting, and after that I drained myself of my mental power by doing the same, by mental weightlifting, I also visualized myself lifting many objects which got heavier and heavier.

After a grueling workout, I focused on visualizing many things, which flowed from one thing, to another. Focusing on how they would change and the smallest detail, for I knew this was one aspect of the magical field of transfiguration, while also being applicable in other fields of magic, I may study in the future.

Last but not least, with a tired mind and body, for I found magic exhaustion tired the body more than the mind, and using willpower tired the mind more than the body. I made a mental note to try and figure out why this happens in the future, and also to make these aspects of mind and magic to work together even better in the future.

After making my mental note, for my future self, I then continued the last of my training by focusing on my mind and honing my skill of Occulemency, for I found my progress in this field improved slightly faster if were to train it when my mind was in its most exhausted state.

I once again reviewed all my memories, past and present, which was a daily thing, for I always noticed more and more in each memory, and some unimportant memories could hide within themselves an abundance of knowledge, or be more useful in more esoteric ways. Then I moved onto any new memories that I may wish to hide away, which I pleasantly found that there were none.

The next step was a slow arduous task of strengthening my shield in many ways such as strength, elasticity, speed, and any way they could be improved upon if I found them lacking. Once such way was that I threw away the notion that shields must be solid, by doing this I was able to turn my shields into a liquid and gaseous state, while leaving a false physical shield in front.

Discovering yet a new state of being for my shields I turned them into plasma, which when touched would shock you, but if you were to try to move forward in my mind it would be like you were slowed down to within a thousandth of a second of the flow of regular time, which was in itself and illusion brought upon by the field of plasma I created, but one which I would try to turn into reality.

This task I too realized would be a monumental one for the laws of time elude most. As do the laws of space.

Having a new form of shields I then layered them all together so that if one were to try to intrude into my real mindscape they would be confronted with shields which were solid, liquid, plasma, and gaseous. Most though would never even make it to those defenses for my fake mindscape of Potter Castle, was very realistic and had no shields and contained all eight months of my current life as baby potter.

I hoped my security of mind would never be used, and was just me being paranoid, but I would rather be paranoid and safe, then content and dead.

My training in magic these past two months seemed to have been slowly improving, but my magic power was still growing, which I found odd that my magic power grew, but my control of magic in this world was only slowly improving. While my mind arts were also improving only steadily, they had never slowed or hit a bottleneck.

This made me come to a think of another impossible to prove theory, that due to the laws governing this universe using any form of power whether it being mind or magic that affected the world was more difficult. Using power that affected myself was easier and more stable, because even if my body was from this universe, my mind, will, and soul were not.

So in short affecting the world and therefore the universe was difficult, while affecting my inner self was easier, but still needed lots of training for both. I also found that any changes, no matter how small, I made, or tried to make, to my physical body was as difficult to control, as to control world around me, which made me think my theory was pointed in the right direction. For my body was a part of this world.

Eight months had gone by, and I spent 3 more months polishing what I knew, and working on my control of my power of both my mind and magic. For I knew I would need a greater control for the magics I would be trying to perform after the attack of Voldermort.

I just hoped I survived, and would not have to use my willpower to survive after death once more, but who knew since there were ghosts in this world, maybe I could use my will to become a spirit. For if I died I was dreading the soul shredding pain of the reincarnation cycle once more.

11 months had passed since I was born, and in 1 more month it would be my birthday, and Voldermort would come for me.