I own nothing, J K Rowling IS Harry Potter. All my 'ideas' are basically ripped from stuff I enjoy; Harry Potter (duh!), Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dragonball, The Matrix, The Lion King, 24, and anything else that even remotely looks far too creative for me to just make up! Don't say I didn't warn you alright!

Voldemort wants to know about Trent, because…well you'll find out quite soon. They've met before, I'll tell you that much.

Now it gets a little bit complicated. I basically have lifted this straight from Dragonball. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, or hate it with a passion, then I'm sorry. I'd like to think I've written and explained my story in a way that it won't matter. I hope you get what I'm trying to do...well you will probably once the story's finished, but anyway. Here's chapter 8.

Chapter 8 – Secrets Revealed

Harry was dumbfounded. There was nothing here, just white as far as the eye could see. His body felt heavier than normal, and despite it being summer, he felt quite chilled.

"Bit overwhelming at first I'll admit, but you'll get used to it" Remus said as he walked off in one direction, with Trent going in the other. Without warning, both turned around and shot hexes at Harry, who had barely had time to blink before diving out of the way.

"What's going on?" Harry asked.

Trent smirked before answering,

"Good stuff Potter, nice reflexes. I wouldn't expect anything less from a seeker of your calibre. Follow me, I'll take you to your room."

At that, he and Remus walked off with Harry following. After a little while, they found themselves at the entrance of an open building, which housed three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, a study room, and nothing else.

After Harry dropped his trunk and enlarged it to normal size in one of the bedrooms, he started inspecting the other rooms when he found a giant hourglass with sand falling slower than what he thought it normally should in the study. As Harry was inspecting it carefully, trying to figure out why the sand was falling so slowly, Remus came into the room and began to answer some of the questions Harry had.

"If you think the sand is falling slower than it should, you'd be both right and wrong, Harry. You see, this place is a somewhat more complex version of the Room of Requirement that you practiced in at Hogwarts. Books, weapons, potion ingredients, anything you need will be available to you. The reason for that hourglass there is to check how long we've been here for. Quite ingenious really, it's that size because once all the sand hits the bottom, one day in our world has passed, but here a whole year has passed."

Harry must have looked confused because Remus continued "basically, this place is another dimension, where time passes much more quickly than what it does back home. Also the gravity is a little heavier, but you'll get used to it after a while. When Trent said that you'd be back tomorrow, he was technically telling the truth, but for us, a year will have gone by. Understand so far?"

Harry nodded. "So this is where you spent your time as Trent's apprentice, then?"

"Yes it is. He took me here the night Peter turned up at your house. Because I was supposed to be resting, no one thought it strange when I didn't show up for a day, but in actual fact, I was here training with Trent. That's why you've never heard me mention him before, because while I knew a little about him from his time at Hogwarts, I didn't really know him. This is probably a little too much to take in right now. You can go get some rest if you like. After all you will be here for quite some time."

Harry nodded and went back to his room and fell asleep quite quickly.

When he opened his eyes, he had to remember exactly where he was. Here there was no sunrise or sunset, so Harry was a little miffed at how bright it was once he had woken up before he got his bearings. Harry got up had a quick bite to eat then walked outside to be greeted with the most incredible sight he'd ever seen. Trent and Remus were fighting each other with such ferocity, that Harry could barely make out their movements. Harry stood there watching in awe as Trent's punches and kicks were effortlessly blocked by Remus, who then went on the offence while Trent blocked his attacks.

After a little while, they both jumped back, and Remus whipped out his wand and started throwing hexes and curses towards Trent who just stood there before leaping into action, dodging and weaving his way around the spells, before launching his own attack while Remus threw up an advanced shield charm to block them.

Harry realised that Remus wasn't joking when he said that Trent didn't need to use his wand as he saw Trent produce a Patronus whose form was that of a kangaroo (Harry remembered seeing pictures of them from his primary school days) without the slightest bit of trouble. Remus was caught off guard and Trent used this to finish the duel as he shouted "Majoro Statisio" and a jet of light green hit Remus who just stopped, petrified.

Trent turned to where Harry was watching and announced "nice to see you're up, Harry. I trust you slept well. Don't worry about Remus, that'll wear off in about five minutes. It's somewhat a cross between being stunned and petrified. It's not taught anymore because it's one of those spells that can only be cast wandless. Ah look, sleeping beauty has awakened!"

A groan was heard as Remus shook off the last effects of the spell, "hello Harry, we were just sparring before your training starts."

"Sp…sparring! That looked a bit more than that!" Harry spluttered.

Trent just grinned "I see a demonstration is in order. Here, Harry, slip this on" and he handed Harry what looked like a watch, only it didn't have any numbers or dials. Harry did so before asking "what is it?"

"It's called a scouter, and it measures energy levels. The higher the number, the higher the person's power is, but it has a limited distance range. We'll teach you how to measure energy without one of those, and we'll also show you how to mask your own power. Just tap it with your wand and say the name of whose power you want to see."

Harry nodded, tapped the scouter and said "Trent Fuller."

The scouter glowed blue before flashing the number 290,000.

"It should be roughly three hundred thousand. That's my current level, now try yours."

Harry did as Trent said and was surprised to see it flash 1,400,000.

"It must be broken. It says one point four million, but that can't be right, can it?"

"It's working fine, Harry. Trent's just suppressed his power to appear weaker than he really is."

"Oh" was all Harry could say.

Trent turned to Remus and asked "do you want the honour, or shall I?"

"I think you should do it, after all, your transformation is somewhat more impressive"

Harry was now confused 'transformation?' he thought before he looked over towards Trent, who was a picture of concentration. His eyes were closed, his face was starting to scrunch up, before he let out a loud cry and a bright light exploded from him and Harry had to shield his eyes.

When he was able to focus again, his mouth hung open.

"Impressed Potter?" Trent asked casually.

"You…you're glowing! How'd you do that?"

"Questions later, what's the scouter reckon?"

Harry looked down and took Trent's reading.

"Er...well it says twenty-two million."

"Bugger, I've slipped a little. It used to be twenty-three, oh well. This is my ultimate form, Harry. As you can see, it's slightly different from your transformation earlier this summer, right?"

Harry nodded. For one thing, Trent's hair had become slightly longer, and was sticking up 'a bit like mine does' Harry thought. But the incredible thing was that Trent's glow was a deep gold colour, not white like Harry's had been.

"In time, you'll be able to do the same. You might not get to the same level of energy as me, but magically you are far stronger than everyone save Voldemort himself. And that's what we're here to rectify. You see, Voldemort's power level is roughly thirteen million, whereas yours is only one point four. So our job is to get your level up to around eleven million, if not higher, alright? Ok, you can ask your questions now."

So Harry launched right into his list of main questions. "Why did I start glowing when I did? How come your glow is gold? If you're more powerful than Voldemort why don't you beat him? If Voldemort is that much more powerful than me, how come I'm still alive? Why are you doing this to me? And where does Remus fit into all this?"

Trent blinked a few times before replying "ok, I wasn't expecting those type of questions, but I was expecting more. Hmm, you started glowing when you did because of your anger, I told you that you can use your anger to focus and in some ways control your power. That's what you did that time, and that's why you're here. You escaped Voldemort so many times, because he underestimates you. No idea why, he just does, plus you show flashes of a much higher power level.

"Remus fits into this because he knows you better than me and I promised him that I'd let him help train you. My glow is gold because I have reached a higher level of power than you, but in time you will be able to do the same. And I can't beat Voldemort because that's most likely your destiny, not mine."

"But you could like almost beat him, and then let me finish him off right?"

"No Harry, I'm afraid I can't. You must do this on your own, I can't face Voldemort."

"Why not?"

Trent sighed before answering. "I can't risk him finding out who I really am. Remus told me about your vision the other night, and what the Death Eater said is true. Nothing is known about me apart from my name and that I was an Auror at Hogwarts for a year. When Tom Riddle started his search for immortality, he became the monster that we know now as Voldemort. He cast away every remaining shred of goodness that he had inside him, which wasn't much but it was still there. The day he ceased being Tom, I was created.

"I'm what Tom Riddle could have been had he not fallen into the depths of darkness he chose. As he became more powerful and evil, I also became stronger, until finally I was able to become more than just a shadow. Think of me in the same way you would have the memory of Tom's diary in the Chamber of Secrets. He told you that the weaker Ginny became, the stronger he got. It was the same with me, only instead of draining life, I drained the goodness in him."

Harry was thoroughly confused now and it must have shown because Trent sighed again, and this time his face became much more haunted.

"Let me tell you a story that until now I've only ever told two people…my adopted parents. I know that Dumbledore doesn't like giving you the whole picture, but I feel you need to know this. When you beat Voldemort for good, I must die with him. We are linked together, he gave me life, and unfortunately he was able to feed off me the first time you defeated him. It was me who kept him alive, because you didn't beat him totally, you couldn't, he had almost achieved immortality after all. But while he was a spirit, he was able to feed on my life force. It gave him enough strength to survive until he was brought back to life in that graveyard. One could say that he's my brother."