Disclaimer: See chapter after the prologue

AenyeDeithven: With the Dursleys, right now they're just gonna be transportation for Harry for now, they know that Harry has powers and they fear that part of him. With Tzeentchs plans, he's only thinking a couple of steps ahead of time at the moment cause he doesn't know much except for the few bits and pieces from Harry's past and subconscious. Also with the other aspirants, the story may or may not contain champions of the other gods or even the gods themselves, we shall have to wait and see.

Chapter 10 – 1990

After what seemed to be a number of successful tests during the past months, one question been constantly on his mind ever since the following successes since the lesson in the tree.

How could the lessons that Tzeentch taught him apply with the dursley's? He could probably make them treat him more fairly but for how long? 'Tzeentch said that over extending control over people would weaken my grip and weaken my mind in turn as well' Harry thought on his problem as he was again, forced to clear his aunts gardens so that 'she' could grow the prized rose bush for this years End of Year Garden Celebration and as always, Harry never got any of the credit as he was the delinquent and criminal of the family.

"It'll be harder to make pull Dudley's strings because of all the greed and constant eating that he has, I'll have to go easy and do it over a length of time so he won't notice, which he probably won't, but then how would I get Vernon?" Harry kept talking quietly to himself as he uprooted and replanted his aunt's roses so they were as she said; "Make sure they are the best looking roses on the street or you'll be in serious trouble boy."

"Yes Aunt Petunia" Harry said obediently but in his mind his reply was very sarcastic. As Petunia walked away from the window she didn't hear Harry grumble about how unfair it was how he didn't get any recognition for the roses that he grew instead of Petunia.

"You do know that if you wanted to get back at her, try giving the roses a little boost in the aesthetic department if you'd want your aunt to truly appreciate their beauty" Tzeentch commented in a humorous tone as he chuckled at the thought of Harry's roses supplemented with a touch of warp in them.

As Harry was doing the gardening with Tzeentch chuckling at dark jokes that only he would understand, Harry thought back to the lessons that he had been doing for the past number of months and concentrated on how he would start the process of peeling the layers in their minds back and manipulating their hopes and dreams and turning their help, unwittingly, towards him.

Firstly he needed a proper time to infiltrate their minds so that he would have enough time to sift through them and at the same time, have enough time to pick the dreams that would serve him best and would have the least amount of risk.

While his concentration was split between gardening and scheming, a sudden thought came into his head like a lightning bolt; night time, 'I can enter their minds at night so find out what I need to know' Harry's thoughts were racing as he thought furiously as to when he would choose the right moment.

"Always remember, there will be opportune moments over time, take your time with those who you know to be difficult with in everyday life or you're unsure about them, but obviously practice makes perfect" Tzeentch commented as he saw that Harry was in deep thought and could only guess as to when Harry was going to attempt at entering the Dursley's foul minds.

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Over the next couple of weeks, Harry had attempted at feather light touches into Dudley's mind whenever the Dursley family was asleep, Harry knew that staying up later than usual would mean he would be very tired in the morning, but he thought of it as a necessary evil to train and tighten his control over the power.

During one particularly cold and stormy night, Harry had wondered whether or not to try on his cousin on that night as the thunder and storms would cause a major distraction but Tzeentch had put a stop to that thought with a single statement; "Practicing with distractions increases your focus and ability to focus under pressure boy."

As the lightning flashed throughout the residence of number 4 Privet Drive, Harry sat in his room in a kneeling position, reached out and sought out the strings of his chosen target.

Ever so carefully slowly, he carefully delved into the layers of his cousins sleeping mind, slightly jumping in power whenever a strong rumble from the thunder shook the house.

'So close, almost….there!' Harry cried out in his mind triumphantly as he successfully delved into his cousin's mind, coincidentally as he was successful, a powerful shine of lightning raced throughout the house, illuminating the dark corners of his room and in doing so his eyes, now turned a bright cobalt blue, shone ever so brightly and started to lay the groundwork for what he wanted to do, firstly by finding the strings and pulling them in sequence.

As Harry was readying himself to manipulate his cousin, Tzeentch was in front of Harry's form, watching over him should anything happen or disturb him from achieving success in his endeavour.

"I must find something else for my young champion to learn, he is quickly closing in on mastering the basics of manipulation but now I shall get him to keep on training, focussing on adults and more numbers" Tzeentch was talking to himself and didn't see Harry come out of trance until prompted by a soft voice in the dark.

"I've done it Tzeentch, by tomorrow I should be able change certain events to make them different" Harry spoke softly in his room as to not disturb the sleep of his Aunt and Uncle but with all the thunder rumbling the house, he didn't know why he bothered.

"Well done my young pupil, well done indeed. You are one step closer to mastering the basics of manipulation and furthering your studies of the warp" Tzeentch spoke to Harry in a somewhat proud voice as he regarded his pupil.

"Wait, I'm only closing in on the basics? I thought I was close to mastering manipulation?" Harry looked at the empty air that was Tzeentch with a very confused face.

"There is so much you can learn about manipulation boy, there are different ways to making people do things, changing situations to your favour and spinning the strings in general. You've come a long way since we met but let's face it, your cousin's mind isn't that big of a challenge as it is small and under developed, also it is normal so that is a weakness for them" Tzeentch stated in a lecturing tone as Harry thought about the last bit of what Tzeentch had said.

'His mind is normal? Then what is a non-normal mind?' Harry put that thought in the back of his mind as he noticed Tzeentch was preparing to speak to him once more.

"Because you're learning fast, I have a new challenge for you to accomplish; when you have mastered the strings of your cousin and only then, you will then delve into your uncle's mind and lay the groundwork for manipulation and test out small things ONLY, no big things and no big change of character, it will be useful in the future" as Tzeentch spoke his latest lesson, Harry thought of the possibilities of using strings on his tormenting whale of a uncle and pig of a cousin.

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For the next few days, things for Harry had strangely peaceful, Vernon hadn't shouted at him and Dudley hadn't tried to beat him up which made Harry enter a sense of paranoia which didn't sit well with both Harry and Tzeentch.

It all came to a head when after a peaceful school day, in which Harry had been on edge ever since the start of the peaceful time, Harry had been walking down the front steps of the school when someone grabbed him from behind and started to drag him over around the school which to an area which couldn't be seen.

'I knew this wouldn't last long' Harry thought as he was brought up to the wall of the school and saw he was surrounded by Dudley and his friends, several of which had large sticks in their hands.

"You think that just because I haven't been giving you what you deserve that I've forgotten about you freak? Well this is what happens after a couple of days without anything happening; a great big fun time for me and my friends but not just so much for you I'm afraid" Dudley sneered in an ugly way in Harry's mind as he started to panic slightly as the boys who had sticks started to pull them back, ready to swing them at Harry's head.

'Oh crap oh crap oh crap! What the hell am I gonna do?' Harry thought furiously as he thought of several ways he could get out of the situation but they all ended with him getting beaten to a pulp and left to bleed behind the school.

In Harry's mind, there was an option that flew into the forefront of his mind and he decided to try it with all the panic and disturbances that was flying in front of him.

"Stop!" Harry shouted at the young boys with a hint of power reverberating within his voice and when he finished the word stop, the boys froze up and stopped in the position they were in.

As Harry watched the boys in their frozen state, a sliver of vengeance slithered into his mind as he thought up a possibility of what he could do in return for the pain Dudley had given him.

"You will let me go, and then you will do what you planned to me, you will do to Dudley" Harry's spoke in a low voice, his eyes turned shinning blue as he started to back away from the group as they started to turn towards Dudley and with a low scream of pain from his cousin, Harry quickly turned away and started to run to a place that helped him think.

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Harry had been walking around the park for the past half an hour thinking hard about what he done and why he had done it.

"Why had I done that to Dudley? I mean I didn't mean to use my power in that way but with everything happening at once, I just didn't want to be hurt by them anymore" Harry said as he decided to walk back home and was hoping he was ready to face the music.

"You were panicking, they were going to break your body with those sticks and in your subconscious you wanted revenge for the all the wrongs he had done to you Harry, things happen when you're panicking but you did well in that situation" Tzeentch tried to comfort the boys conflicted mind but he had never come across this situation before and he hadn't a clue what to do.

"But did I have to go that far? To make them do to Dudley what they were going to do to me?" Harry still believed in his mind that what he had done was completely wrong and needed to pay the penance for it.

"Do you honestly think that they were going to get help after they broke you? That they were going to apologize and mean it after they almost killed you?" When Tzeentch said that last line, Harry's eyes widened in horror at the prospect of actually dying because of some petty bullying.

"Do you think that they really would go that far?" Harry whispered in fear as he thought about the bullying escalating that far.

"Yes I do Harry, as I have said in the past, children are the cruellest of all, once they decide to ruin another child's life, they will do anything they can to make it to. It's just a part of life, you step up and become stronger or you fall and become weak" Tzeentchs words seemed to calm Harry down a bit as he saw Harry process them over in his mind and seemed to stand a bit straighter and look on with a stronger gleam in his eyes.

"It was him or me right? They were going to possibly k-kill me but I was stronger than them and I proved it" Harry spoke in a strong voice as he finished debating whether or not he was in the wrong with the situation as he walked up the drive of his home and stopped the debate with himself whether or not he actually wanted to go in the house in fear of retribution from the Dursley's or not.

"Remember boy, stand up straight and with strength, all your cousin would remember is waking up surrounded by his friends holding sticks, Vernon can't do anything to you" with Tzeentchs supportive words, Harry turned the door knob and walked into the house, only to be unfortunately greeted by a loud shout.

"BOY! Where are you? You should've been home half an hour ago, you've made us wait all this time for you to come home and stopping us from seeing our precious son who was attacked for no reason whatsoever! Get in the kitchen and start making us dinner while we're at the hospital and if you've done a good job, maybe, just maybe then we'll waive your punishment but only if you've done a good job on dinner" Uncle Vernon shouted the last part at Harry as he and Aunt Petunia quickly got into their car and started to speed off towards the general hospital to check on their precious son.

"Told you didn't I boy?" Tzeentch said to Harry with a smile on his non-existent face as Harry turned towards the kitchen to start on his relative's dinner but ended their conversation with but a few words.

"You were right, as always and it seems that my power is growing if I can do that and make them not remember what happened at all" and with those few words, Harry put what happened out of his mind and focussed on the now.

YAY! Pre-Hogwarts finally finished! What shall happen when Harry gets letter? Does Tzeentch know anything about the wizarding world besides his parents and the abilities that run through his veins? Find out next time on Choices!

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