Chapter 3: The Passage of Time
It was already the third month after Harry had started living with Vernon and Petunia and he had made considerable progress since his first month.
As he was meditating on a daily basis, he managed to sense the magic flow within his body on his second month after living with the Dursleys. The first few weeks after living with paternal family had been trying for him as he could not sense the magic flow within his body as well appearing cute to win over his aunt's affection. It was pleasing for him as his efforts in both aspects was paying off for him and he had made considerable progress in both fortes.
His progress in winning over Petunia had truly been considerable as she was paying more and more attention to him as the days progressed. She had taken into account his extremely good behaviour and had constantly compared it with her own unruly son Dudley. Dudley had been driving her crazy as he screamed and kicked around continuously. He would only calm down for the few hours that he would fall asleep. Petunia would then come to Harry's room and watch over him and greatly appreciate his quiet and well behaved mannerism. She would even secretly wish that her own child was more like Harry and make life easy for her. Alas, that would remain a mere wish on her part.
Harry's sensing of his magic had been tremendous too. At the beginning, he could only faintly sense his magic that was flowing within his body. As he continuously practiced day in and day out, his sense of magic slowly got strengthened to the point where he could now instinctively sense it without even trying.
This progress now brought him onto the second phase of his plans to master his magic; gaining control over it.
At the beginning he was stomped on how he could control the flow of his magic. While thinking, he continued sensing it to gain a better understanding over it. One night, while he was practicing his meditation, he remembered reading on one of the stories he had read in his past life explaining the usage of spiritual energy.
It explained that the flow of spiritual energy worked very much like the the flow of blood. Using that as a base, he started practicing to sense the flow of his magic once he could sense it's presence. This part was easier to achieve since he was aware what the magic felt like.
With newfound motivation, he dived into this stage immediately and it did not take him long to figure out that his magic flowed within his blood and was actually mixed together. This explained why the blood of magical creatures was so valuable in every magical stories he had read.
It was fortunate that Harry had been an avid reader in his past life as he was now using that very knowledge to his advantage now.
As his understanding of the magic he possessed slowly increased with his sense of magic, he slowly started his attempt at controlling it. While doing so, Harry discovered that his control over his magic was pitiful. He immediately attributed it with him being only a baby.
As he slowly started to gain control over his magic, he was now glad to say that he had about 20-25% control over it. Although it may now appear much right now, it had to be said that Harry was still an infant. Given his current physical development and the fact he was only a few months old, this was an amazing feat in itself.
Thus continued Harry's daily routine of eating, sleeping, winning over his aunt, and gaining complete control over his magic.
***** 4 Years 6 Months Later *****
We find a 6 years old Harry helping his aunt Petunia Dursley in making breakfast. His beafy of am uncle, Vernon Dursley was sitting at the table placed in the middle of the kitchen of number 4 Privet Drive reading a newspaper while his cousin Dudley was sitting next to him, eagerly waiting for his breakfast.
Harry had made great progress in his control over his magic. It was not until he turned 4 years old that he gained complete control over his magic. His speed and progress was enough to call monstrous. He now possessed the same control that experienced powerful witches and wizards possessed and he could rival any and every one of them in that aspect.
He had started speaking when he turned 18 months and it shocked both Vernon and Petunia as they had not known anyone to pick up words as quickly as Harry did. Harry had made sure that he started off with only a few words at a time so as not to shock his aunt and uncle too much and it was only over the course of a the following months that he started speaking full sentences; albeit easy vocabularies.
When he had turned 3 years old, he started with light exercises like jogging. He then made his way into push-ups and sit-ups and squats. Nothing too heavy that would impede his growth.
He had found out that circulating his magic around his body after each workout sessions strengthened his body further, and in turn increasing the amount of magic he had in his body. This further validated the theory that the body was the container of his magic.
Although he was only 6 years of age, Harry was now taller and leaner than anyone else of the same age. In fact, in terms of physical strength alone, he could even wrestle a beefy 10 years old into submission.
He was very glad that his mother in his previous life had made him study martial arts. He was also actively practicing that in his current life.
Perhaps it was due to actively exercising and circulating the magic he possessed, he had also grown to become fairly descent looking, a stark contrast to the original average looking and short Harry Potter.
Harry's relationship with the Dursleys had substantial improvement. His Aunt Petunia regarded his as her own son as he had mostly won her over in his first year living with them. When Harry had started walking around the house freely, he had started helping her with the household chores, making her job easier. This had then helped to completely win her over.
The first few years had, his Uncle Vernon had treated him like utter trash. However, he had come over to his side after Harry had saved Dudley from a few bullys last year when he was playing outside.
It was also for this reason that Dudley started being nicer to him and they had now become very close friends. Dudley was not the fat pig he had been in the original story. He was also lean and slim, though not to the extent Harry was.
After Harry saved him from the bullys, Dudley had started following him around. This included exercising together. Harry also taught Dudley martial arts a little and the kid was now close to seeing Harry as an idol.
Seeing this deepened the affection Petunia had for Harry, further helping her in overcoming the jealousy and envy she felt for her sister and his son.
However, what the Dursleys did not know was this had all been part of Harry's masterplan to win them over. Harry had been secretly stealing little bits of money from Vernon's wallet over the course of the last few years and had been hiding it in the room under the cupboard where the original Harry was forced to live.
Once he was sure he had saved enough and he was strong enough physically, he had approached a few kids a little bit older than him who were known to be on the nasty side. Harry had made sure that he could easily overpower them. He had then gone and beaten them up to submission; of course he was wearing a mask that he had purchased secretly. Afterwards, he had gone to them and paid them to bully Dudley a few times.
When Dudley wanted to go play outside on a different day, Harry had secretly followed him and "rescued" his cousin from being bullied, thus completing his plan of Win Over the Dursleys.
Therefore, this past year was the best that Harry had lived since his arrival into this world.
Harry was also given more freedom to do things. He had been constantly going to the local library and had finished reading all the books available in just a matter of a few months. He had then convinced his uncle to get him books on various subjects such as nutrition, medicine, and technology.
Naturally, this world was decades behind Harry's previous world in any subject that was not magical. Harry was not acquiring all of these knowledge because it was new to him. It was not. He was born a with eidetic memory in his previous life and by the age of 18, he already had a degree in Computer Science and Engineering as well as Medicine. He was going to go on to specialise in Neurosurgery before he was transported into this world. What he wanted to know was where this world was in these fields. What he found out was that the Muggle world was the same as it was in his previous world in terms of advancements. Since it was currently the 1980s, he could use his knowledge of his past life to his full advantage.
Having completed his information gathering of science and technology, Harry was now planning to activate the next phase of his plan; getting rich in the muggle world. He was thankful that his eidetic memory was carried over with him when he came over to possess the original Harry's body.
Harry wanted to start his training in the subjects taught at Hogwarts by his 7th birthday. That would give him just over 4 years to get a head start in his magical studies. However, for that, he needed money and resources. He knew that he had money in Gringotts, however, he could not access that currently as he was not supposed to know about it.
Plus, he was also planning to do something he was not supposed to do; practicing magic outside of Hogwarts before he turned 17.
He had many ideas to develop in this Muggle world and he wanted to use Vernon as a front. It would be a win-win situation for both of them.
"Uncle, I wanted to talk to you about some ideas I've got," said Harry as he brought the cooked breakfast to the table.
"What ideas, boy?" grunted Vernon as he put down the newspaper.
"Ideas that will make us money," replied Harry, smirking.
"Oh?" Vernon raised an eyebrow curiously. He knew how much of a genius this boy was and had already helped him make improvements at his place of work. What more ideas did he possess that would make them more money? "Care to share?"
"You know that I've been reading a lot of books in science, medicine and technology this past year, right?" asked Harry mischievously.
"Since I'm the one who got you those books, of course I know," said Vernon. "Get on with the ideas."
"Slow down, uncle," said Harry, chuckling. "What I want to know first is, do you want something that will earn you money long-term or short-term?"
"Both," replied Vernon matter-of-factly.
"Are you open to opening up your own company?" asked Harry, sitting next to Vernon.
"I suppose that's your long-term way of making money?" asked Vernon, taking a bite of his fried bacon.
"Yes, long-term," confirmed Harry.
"Get on with your ideas, boy," said Vernon impatiently.
"Relax, the ideas aren't going anywhere," said Harry confidently. "I want to talk to you about the shares first."
"You get 10%, of the profit," said Vernon quickly.
Harry frowned and turned away. "How generous of you. Giving me 10% of something that I came up with."
"How much do you want then?" asked Vernon.
"30% for you, 70% for me," replied Harry in a serious tone. "That 30% will be enough for you to live two lives comfortably."
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