Breath, he told himself as Peter Petigrew steadied his trembling hands, forcing himself to look at an old issue of the Daily Prophet. One that had his master's target on the front cover with a sheepish smile and the boy with cold black eyes, Ness Earthbound grinning up at him, his picture making a series of goofy poses as he irritated the camera man.

"Psi." he spoke aloud, gulping as he turned around to face the slimy remains of his Master, "He's a PSI user, and a skilled one at that considering his adventures in America."

"And yet he's here… in Europe." The remains rasped, the rocking chair shifting slightly as it moved, "For no other reason than to be here."

"So, it seems, when I was observing him he appeared to be solving his own problem with the help of Ron's sister, Ginny Weasly and a couple others he didn't mention."

"And what was this problem?"

"I'm… not sure, he was careful to keep it discussed in private courtiers, probably because they involved his powers."

"Which are…?"

Peter hesitate for a moment as he remembered the magic ripple he had felt attack Snape, his rat eyes catching the faint outline of sound waves in the form of open circles knocking Snape into the ground as Ness looked at him with a poor look of surprise on his face. Then there was the Dementor's battle, he was glad that he ducked behind a bush, peering through the giant leaves as he watched bright flames exploded and engulf the monsters, slowly growing weaker as he and Harry lost the strength to fight before a magic ripple knocked them both out, seemingly caused by Ness.

"I believe he's powerful." Peter slowly began, "He managed to use his powers without conveying words until he was fighting off a horde of Dementors, there he kept whispering Fire Alpha under his breath until they passed out."

"Alpha? Not Omega?"

"Not that I can tell, he was quiet when he was attacking." Peter admitted.

"I see… And at the World Cup?"

"No one heard anything when the fire started, but three Death Eaters chased after a boy wearing a red cap and two girls, one of the girls was wielding a frying pan and had short blonde hair."

"And did this girl, do anything strange?"

"She summoned powder snow and froze one of them in place while the boy took care of them with his baseball bat, the third girl was hiding the entire time."

"Two, Psi users then."

"Yes, but the girl isn't a Hogwarts student, I think she was just attending the cup with Ness."

"One then." The thing murmured, sounding a little relived. This surprised Peter slightly considering how powerful his Master was, coming back from the dead was an impossible feat, and yet here he was. A hollow shell of his former shell but here none the less.

"Ness is in the tournament however," Peter added, cringing at the unsure tone in his voice, "Along with a couple others our mole has entered to try and seem discreet with his plan but the first challenge has yet to start."

"We wait."

"E-excuse me?"

"Contact the mole, inform him to stay low at all costs and avoid Ness as much as possible, with the boy in the news it'll only be a matter of time before other forces come along as well."

"Other…forces? I'm sorry my lord, but I do not understand." Peter wrung his hands and pressed for information, "W-wouldn't it be easier to take the boy out now instead of later?"

"No… He'll self-destruct on his own, slowly but surely. After all, PSI and Magic don't mix well, the more he forces his mind to mimic magic to stay hidden, the more his physic outbursts will become until someone notices."

"And the other forces?"

"They'll probably begin showing up, slowly but surely in order to rescue the boy before he harms anyone." His master explained, "We can use that to our advantage, the last time they entered Europe they had a mini war with the Ministry of Magic trying to rescue Belinda."

"I see, I'll start my journey to Hogwarts in the morning." Peter said, giving a short bow as a knot of dread settled in his stomach as he realized who 'they' were.

"Please don't come until after the tournament." Peter begged as he climbed down a flight of rickety stairs and headed for his tiny room full of magical equipment and a couple annoyed owls shooting daggers in the back of his head.

But knowing them, they would come, slowly but surely and integrate themselves into the world of magic until their mission was completed.


Jeff, was a god. Ness decided, grinning ear to ear as he opened his care package in the safety of the Boundless club room and pulled out a sleek metallic doorknob that expanded into a metal bat when he shook it.

"And here's my weapon," Ness said, proudly showing it off to Selvis and Ginny who were looking at in disbelief as Luna rummaged through his care package, pulling out extra clothes, baked goods from Paula, a knock-knock book from Tracey who said it was so Ness could make better jokes, a stick from King which was probably to give him good luck and a bunch of electronic knickknacks that were probably to help Ness but shorted out on the way here.

"Jeff invented that?" Selvis asked, watching as Ness swung the bat a couple times before he miniaturized it with a simple push of a button, "Yup! He can invent a bunch of things when he puts his mind to it." Ness explained, "This will make it a lot easier for me to bring a bat into an arena!"

"Yea, if they don't take the door knob away from you." Selvis pointed out.

"He has a point," Ginny said, "You're only supposed to bring your wands, and you can't perform Accio like Harry's trying to."

"…Oh yea." Ness slumped and sighed, "Back to the drawing board." As Luna pulled out a letter and placed it on the ground, "Maybe you could fake an accio?" Luna suggested, "Like, you leave the doorknob-,"

"Baseball bat." Ness corrected.

"Baseball bat on your bedside table and just summon it into your hand."

"Oh! Like how you sent those people home without touching them!" Ginny realized, "You could do that!"

"Yea, but I don't even know what I did in the first place." Ness pointed out, "I was freaking out and just wanted them to go home."

"So, focus on that, but instead, you bring the object to you." Luna offered, "Backwards thinking."

"I'll try," Ness said since they didn't have anything else to do at the moment and had a couple more minutes to burn before their next period of classes.

"If it helps, try making up a magic word." Ginny offered as Ness placed his bat on the desk and walked toward the back of the room, "Nah, speaking aloud messes me up," Ness replied as he held his hand up, palm up and focused, "Especially since I don't have a mental tell to help me out."

"A mental tell?"

"Yea, it's sort of like a video game's going through my head, I can see how much certain attacks that involve PSI will tire me out and have them organized in a list." Ness explained, "Making it easier for me to say something off the top of my head since everything I learn just shows up."

"Is that why you can make objects float so easily now?" Ginny asked.

"No, I have to put a lot of thought into making things stop and fall." Ness replied as he pictured the bat flying into his hand. It didn't budge, prompting him to try willing it to him and visualizing the bat slowly inching off the table before flying through the air.

Nothing. And for all his hard work he was rewarded with a migraine, "Okay, maybe using a magic word will be easier." Ness grumbled, feeling winded from the effort (Weird. He never felt physically tired from trying out a new attack, just mentally sore.) as his friends studied the doorknob and confirmed his suspicions.

"We should look up the magical properties of Accio as well," Selvis said, "If you know how the original spell works then maybe you can create your prototype."

"Maybe…" Ness agreed as he glanced out the window. The first challenge was a mere week away and time was slipping away. All the challengers were holing up in empty classrooms and quiet sections of the school grounds to practice their plan for the first round and he had barely got started on his plan.

So far, all he had was to simply talk it out with his dragon and if worse comes to worse, fight with a bat and win. He couldn't relay on his PSI skills, there would be to many people and he couldn't exactly fake magic without fainting. Every time he tried to will the bat to him in the form of Accio his daily migraines increased until he actually fainted. Earning a chalk white mustache from Selvis and waking up to the sound of muffled screaming as Ginny tried to return the favor for him.

"I'm doomed." Ness groaned one night, slowly packing up his things for Astronomy as Ginny headed inside without him, tired from practicing with Ness and chasing Selvis around.

"I wouldn't say so, Venus is shining brightly tonight, so you'll have good fortune later in the week."

Ness jumped as Professor Kale who had oddly been appearing less and less at the dining table for meals, was looking at the sky with a dreamy smile.

"Thanks, but I was talking about the first challenge." Ness said, a small smile appearing as Professor Kale glanced at him his starry sliver eyes twinkling with curiosity, "Everyone seems to be talking about it, who will come in first, what's the challenge, should we prepare for a funeral," Professor Kale managed a weak chuckle at his last comment but kept talking, "The theories go on and on."

"I wish they'd stop," Ness admitted, "It's bad enough I'm stressing myself out about my paper-thin plan."

"Paper thin? Come on, it can't be that bad."

"It is, and it relays on a whole lot of luck." Ness sighed, getting up to leave as he realized he was the last student here.

"What's it about?" Ness stumbled slightly in surprise and looked at Professor Kale, "I don't think I can tell you Teach," Ness said, biting his lip at the nickname, "I mean, we aren't allowed any real help from teachers."

"Maybe… But think of it as advice from a friend." Professor Kale said, shooting Ness a small smile, "Besides, I saw your grades, and I'm quite sure I know your secret."

"Which one? I have a lot of secrets." Ness pointed out, forcing himself to be calm as Professor Kale's eyes drifted up to the sky, "Oh… I think it's the one concerning your special powers, Ps something or other?"

"Fudge." Ness mentally cursed as Professor Kale glanced back down at him, a knowing glint in his eyes.

"How?" Ness simply asked, sensing no way out of his new problem.

"Professor Moody's first class helped me pinpoint it," Professor Kale explained, "I've been hearing a lot of reports of how you were terrible at performing spells and that you've just barely scrapped by in Transfiguration and Charms as well as Potions but I didn't understand why at first, you were bright, took to lessons with slight ease and didn't really hate trying new things until…"

"Until?"

"When you were playing capture the flag, you were casting 'spells' but you never shot any lights at people despite preforming Stupify, instead, you sent ripples through the air at your target. An unseen force that slightly disrupted the magic around it."

"So that's what wizards see when I preform magic? Or rather, feel?" Ness wondered, "Magical ripples which they don't notice until it's too late?"

"Don't worry, I had an uncle who was just like you," Professor Kale started, interrupting Ness's thoughts, "Fantastic history buff and lover of the stars but dreadful at casting spells, oh, and plants hated him for some reason, never could figure out why though, they just did."

"So… You aren't going to tell anyone?" Ness asked, quickly tacking on, "Anyone official?"

"Why should I? You're a student with a learning disability." The man brushed a lack of ginger hair out his eyes and smiled at Ness, "Besides, I'm quite curious to hear how a magically dreadful student is going to get past the first round."

Ness sighed but nodded his head in agreement, "It's really dumb though," he warned before he showed Professor Kale his metal bat, "A friend sent it to me so I would have a decent weapon against the dragon," Ness explained, expanding it with a sharp click then turning it back into a doorknob, "The plan was for me to somehow bring it to me during the fight so I wouldn't go in empty handed, but it isn't working. I've been studying Accio like crazy and it won't come to me!"

"Because you're doing it our way." Professor Kale said, pointing toward his robe to clarify 'our', "Not your way."

"I have a way?" Ness questioned, "Besides swinging my bat and giving people migraines?"

"Well of course!" Professor Kale exclaimed, "Tell me, have any of your friends been able to pull off anything you can do?"

Ness shook his head no.

"Because they aren't wired like you are, it's tricky but wizards, they bend and force things to their will like with the unforgivable curses and transfiguration. While your kind, they have their own means of getting things done, a nicer way I suppose, they use the things around them, like elements, and merely confuse the mind for a bit, giving them symptoms they can easily clear up on their own if they put their frazzled mind to it." Professor Kale started before he paused, searching for a metaphor.

"It's… like a river and an ocean!" he finally deduced, "An ocean tears down and submerge anything in its way to complete its mission of moving back and forth while a river merely goes around its obstacles, slowly chipping away at the rocks and wildlife around them until their either destroyed or change in some way."

"…That sounds like a way better comparison than the one I had." Ness admitted, frowning at how Professor Kale managed to easily find the differences between Magic and PSI so quickly. It made sense, all the spells he had learned so far, no matter what their purpose forced something to happen.

Like the vase someone had accidentally broken during a Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall easily repaired it without any trouble, forcing it back into its original form and basically rewinding time, like Hermione's time turner which forced the person back in time by bending the rules of space and time.

Even Stupify forced someone to be still until they were helped by someone else, something not even his Paralysis could do—which was saying something since it had a 50/50 chance of working and keeping the target stunned for a certain amount of time.

PSI gave status effects, whittled away someone's strength until they couldn't fight and refreshed the injured, giving them new found strength or healing certain cuts and bruises. It was a force of willpower and also gentle persuasion which didn't always work.

Unless, you were a wizard who was hard wired to be forced into doing something if they didn't dodge an attack or had a strong mind like Harry's.

"You sound like you're trying to be an ocean, not a river." Professor Kale said, "Instead of using the skills you have to persuade the door knob into coming to you, you're forcing it to come when it can't."

"So, what should I do? I mean, I willed someone away once to try and get them to safety but wasn't I doing the same thing? Forcing them to leave?"

"Maybe… Depending on what that person was doing they probably wanted to get home, and they were a person, something you were used to willing to certain places." Professor Kale pointed out, "This, is an object with different mass, no humane thoughts or actions besides being a tool. You aren't used to forcing things to happen, only wishing for it to work so you can buy yourself sometime."

Ness thought for a bit before he slowly nodded, "Okay… so I have to wish it to work, like how I wish a certain monster would get debuffed or stunned so I could attack some more."

"And, maybe picture it by your side, preferably in your hand." Professor Kale said as he tossed a book away and retrieved it with Accio, smiling as the book flew back into his hand with ease.

"Was that like your teleportation spell?" he asked as Ness blinked in surprise at how smoothly the book had flown to him.

"N-no, normally I think of the place, start running and poof, I'm there somehow." Ness stammered.

"Another thing you're doing wrong then, you're picturing it flying toward you, not teleporting to you and appearing in your hand in a flash of light."

Ness slowly nodded and grinned, "Thanks teach! I'll be sure to try it out in the morning."

"No problem." Professor Kale said, his smile somehow being bigger and oddly enough, more relieved than Ness's, "I'm just glad my weird uncle was able to help out some way."

Ness laughed and said, "He's not weird! He's awesome!" as he left the tower, happily bumping into Ginny on his way to bed and whispering, "I figured it out."

"How?" Ginny asked, glancing up from her textbook and fighting fighting a yawn before she grumbled, "On second thought, tell me in the morning."

Ness nodded and said, "Good night!" before he happily climbed the stairs to his dorm room, his mind whirling at the new comparison Professor Kale had given him. It made sense, why magic was so hard for him to mimic without giving him migraines and why it always blew up in his face in a storm of jagged rainbow lines.

He was wired differently than wizards, and they were wired into dealing with one hit moves. Like the death curse, Ness shuddered at that thought as he realized just how dangerous wizards were to themselves and muggles, even with their conjured shields and spell blocks. They would be forced under someone's will without any means of escape.

"And yet PSI users are banned." Ness thought as he fell asleep, happily planning his Saturday morning.

"So? How did you do it?" Ginny eagerly asked as they all sat in the classroom.

"Yea! What changed?" Selvis practically demanded as Luna hummed, "I bet the Ida Gremlins helped you out."

"Professor Kale helped me out," Ness admitted, waiting for he panicked looks to pass before he explained in detail about how the man knew, "He put it like this, magic is an ocean, ready to steamroll over anything in its way and destroy it at once while PSI is a calm river, going around its problems or slowly destroying it. Wizards force the rules to change while PSI users merely bend it, usually getting 50/50 results at best."

"50/50?" Selvis questioned, "So why is that every time you used an attack I've always been down for the count unless you've healed me?"

"Because you were hard wired to be forced to do something, plus, you woke up on your own." Ness reminded him, "Remember? Hypnosis? I've never had to cure you half the time, you just wake up."

Selvis opened his mouth to argue then frowned and nodded in agreement, "Another reason why wizards thought PSI users were dangerous then," Luna said, "Even though they could impress their will on PSI users, they went for one hit KO's while PSI users sapped away their strength while keeping there's up."

Ness nodded in agreement while Ginny asked, "So, have you been able to get the bat to come to you yet?"

"Let's see." He placed the door knob on the desk and walked to the back of the room, closing his eyes and opening his wand, he pictured the door knob appearing in his hand, wishing it to happen so he could defend himself. It took a moment before Ness felt something cold and heavy appear in his hand in a flash of white light.

"It worked." Ness simply said as Ginny and Luna punched the air, Selvis sulked and sighed, "I was really hoping it wouldn't so I could see you get mauled by a dragon," but he had a faint smile on his face before he turned away with a huff.

"Hey, don't forget, I can talk to dragons." Ness reminded him, grinning as Selvis gasped and snapped, "Don't even think about it Earthbound!" while Ginny mused, "I wouldn't mind seeing a dragon chase a snake around."

"Weasly! Don't egg him on!" Selvis ordered, "He doesn't need any more crazy ideas running through his head!"

"I don't know… watching a dragon attack the stands would be interesting." Luna said, earning looks of disbelief from her friends, "Yea no." Ness said ending the conversation before he tossed his bat in the air and put it back in his robe pocket.

"So, we have one of our goals completed." Ginny said, "Now we just need to figure out the mystery of why Ness is here and who summoned the dark mark and entered Ness and Harry into the tournament."

"The person who summoned the dark mark and entered Harry into the tournament are probably the same person," Luna theorized, "They would have saw Harry point blank, realize that they could come after him in order to get back into You-Know-Who's good graces and chased after him."

"Which means that it could be Karkaroff since Victor was there." Selvis pointed out.

"We didn't see anything that was related to their school though," Ginny said, "We bumped into a couple girls from Beauxtons. That was it."

"No crazy Bulgarians?" Selvis asked.

"Maybe? I mean, a lot of Bulgarian supporters were there but we didn't see anything that screamed Durmstrang. Plus, we were sort of running for our lives at the time." Ness answered.

"So, narrowing down suspects at the Cup is going to be impossible then." Selvis grumbled, "Lovely."

Ness was about to nod in agreement when Ginny blurted out, "Hold on! Winky was reserving a seat for someone during the match!"

"Oh yea! And she had a massive panic attack when I tried to talk her into reading a book!" Ness recalled, "Harry said it was just how house elves work but…"

"But maybe that seat was for an invisible person who performed the Death Eater mark!" Selvis realized bouncing up and down as Luna frowned and rained on their parade, "But who? Mr. Crouch's family's dead. His son passed away first in Azkaban and his wife shortly followed."

"W-well, it could be someone we don't know then," Selvis stammered, someone close to you know who."

"Not Peter, his voice was completely different than Invso man." Ness said, frowning as his friends shot him baffled looks, "He was invisible and he doesn't have a name, therefore, Invso man."

"That's a dumb name." Selvis snorted as Luna suddenly exclaimed, "What if it's that witch who went missing?"

"Maybe, but Dad says that Bertha Jorkins was very forgetful and probably got lost during her vacation."

"For almost an entire year?" Ness questioned, vaguely remembering Ginny's dad mentioning her before the World Cup, "Yea no, something's wrong."

"The Death Eaters must have got her!" Luna realized, "She was on the Ministry's sports department, right?" they nodded and paled when Luna continued, bouncing up and down at her theory, "So maybe she was kidnapped during her vacation and probed for information, learning about the cup and the Triwizard Tournament! Giving the invisible person enough information to go after Harry discreetly!"

"He must be hidden, since Harry hasn't informed me about anyone weird on the Map." Ness deduced he looked at Selvis who was tapping his wand in thought, "Is there a way to disguise yourself as someone else? Like a foolproof way?"

"Highly skilled Transfiguration to shape shift into someone, Pollyjuice potion and some cloaking charms." Selvis explained, "Pollyjuice is probably your best bet since you can make a large batch of it and hide it away, plus it's way easier to remember than transfiguration."

"So, someone in or out of the castle is drinking Pollyjuice Potion and attending the tournament." Ginny said, "Maybe a judge, or a reporter."

"Not a reporter," Ness quickly argued, "The teachers hovered around us like crazy for the interview and Rita wasn't carrying any bottles with her, so it'll be a judge or an adult spectator."

"Alright, so for the first challenge, everyone keeps their eyes peeled for any flasks or containers' that the judges may have." Selvis instructed, "That'll be our best bet for finding the spy."

"Oh! Also, be on the look out for anyone trying to whisk Harry away for a private conversation." Ginny added, "Especially if their high-ranking members of the Ministry."

"Could Voldemort's forces really infiltrate the Ministry?" Ness asked, "I mean, wizards have better security than mu—humans do, right?"

"The World Cup had the best security in the world, and yet you were still attacked." Selvis dryly pointed out, "Given the right time window and the fact that our culprit is invisible, I think it's a safe bet to say that the Ministry's evil for the moment."

"I always thought they were evil." Luna admitted with a small shrug, earning an offended look from Ginny, "People in power often keep big secrets from the public," Luna explained, a small sheepish smile forming as Ginny folded her arms, "And, it's a huge system, almost every wizard works there and keeps track of something, with a big system it'll be easy for underhanded tricks and bribes to slip through."

"Point," Selvis agreed, "Like with Black nearly getting a Dementor's Kiss."

"And PSI users being banned from the magic world despite me being here." Ness grumbled as he glanced out the window and saw the setting sun.

"Dumbledore probably bribed someone to do it." Selvis grumble as Ginny stretched and jumped off the table, "Maybe," Ginny agreed, "But until we can figure out why exactly Dumbledore dragged Ness over here, we might as well make sure that Harry doesn't get himself killed."

"Hey, he did okay last year!" Ness teased as they headed for the Great Hall for dinner. Not noticing a small rat disappearing into Professor Moody's office as they went their separate ways.


Alright, even though I just had Kale explain it, I'm saying it again to further clear up any confusion about Ness's powers and his use of magic, something I didn't think would be a problem until a reader asked if Ness was going to learn magic.

So once again! Explanation! (Or you could skip it if you understand it,)

So, Ness cannot use magic in any shape or form, and wizards, cannot use PSI. Ness has just been using his PSI powers to fake it with poor results since magic and PSI are two different things like Kale explained.

PSI is like a river, slow and steady, able to either chip away at an object blocking its path or go around it while Magic, is an ocean, a powerful force that forces something to submit or destroys it in a single or, if forced deal a couple blows.

Can a river turn wild, out of control and dangerous? Yes, can an ocean be calm, gentle and slowly whittle away at something? Yes. But they are still both two completely different things. A river is still a much smaller body of water compared to the ocean, which is why PSI users have a set amount of natural skills and powers since PSI is shaped by a person's needs and personality. Their growth path already picked out for them by the time they realize they have powers.

Oceans, are a large body of water with endless secrets within them. Wizards can freely roam the world and expand their powers much easier than a PSI user can since they have teachers and history showing unthinkable things and experiments, which is how Voldemort came back to life, he reached out, created the perfect plan and used the history of the horcruxes to evade death.

Wizards are greatly different than PSI user because of this, PSI users having a hard time growing once they reach the omega status of their natural powers since they were hard wired to make do with what they have, conserve their mental strength (MP) if possible and find other routes to solve a problem since their powers can only take them so far in life and combat.

Wizards don't really have to worry since magic is their life, strength and career not just a tool to make work easier and they have a large variety of spells they can use and learn to defend themselves with ease.

Hopefully that wasn't to redundant. I tend to go on tangents when I have a keyboard in front of me and a theory in mind. ^_^;