AN: So far I have received only one correct response of the identity of the mystery figure. Once revealed, the issue of Harry's power levels in the story will make much more sense as well. As always I own nothing if owned even one of these characters I would be a very rich man.

Following Thor up from the vault, the pair continued out until they reached the sparing grounds. Thor summoned Mjolnir to his hand. Harry took position across from him and spun the staff. "Don't go easy on me now, Thor," seeing his nod, Harry let magic flow between him and the staff, preparing himself.

Launching several spells from the staff, starting off with stunning and disarming spells, Harry started working to close the distance between him and Thor. He needed to test the all of the Staff's capabilities. However, just as Harry was getting closer, Thor launched several bolts of lightning at him which Harry had to shield himself from. Instead of the normal oval shaped dome that he was used to, the Staff created a wall in front of him which absorbed the lightning strikes.

Chuckling at the shocked look on Thor's face, Harry took the opportunity to sweep the Staff under Thor causing him to fall off balance and land on his back. Harry let his magic flow into the Staff. The Moonstone on the base lit up and several chains came forth and started wrapping around Thor. Before the chains could tighten, he used Mjolnir to stop the chains allowing himself to be struck with lightning and shattering the chains.

"Not so useful when I have my full powers is it, Harry?"

Thor immediately went on the offensive coming after Harry with Mjolnir throwing several smaller bolts of lightning that were harder for Harry to block. Going to knock Harry back with a hit from Mjolnir, Harry stopped it by bringing the Staff into the path of the strike. Using Thor's momentum against him, Harry sent him flying back.

A series of images appeared in Harry's mind; following the instructions provided to him by the Staff, Harry placed it horizontally with both his hands in the middle of the Staff. Allowing his magic to flow into the Staff once more, he pulled it apart into two separate parts. Grinning, Harry closed the distance between him and Thor, sending several petrifying, stunning, and disarming spells using the half with the Onyx gemstone as a distraction. Using the Moonstone half of the Staff, Harry decided to give Thor a taste of his own medicine. He raised it towards the sky, letting his magic flow through it. Lightning came down and using the Moonstone half, he sent it flying towards Thor.

However, Thor wasn't the God of Lightning for nothing. Summoning Mjolnir back to his hand, he brought it up into the path of the lightning and redirected it back at Harry who was too surprised by it to block the redirect and it struck him, knocking him unconscious.

Harry slowly opened his eyes to see Thor standing over him. "I guess this means I lost then?" Harry asked as he took Thor's outstretched hand getting up. Once back on his feet, Harry combined the two halves of the Staff, making it whole again and leaned on it for support. The battle drained him.

Thor laughed. "Do not feel bad, my friend. You did surprisingly well for wielding a new weapon and going up against an Asgardian at full power AND matching him blow for blow is a feat that not many non-Asgardians can boast. With a bit more training you could probably even beat me."

Before Thor could continue his thoughts on the fight, Heimdall went running by the pair not even acknowledging their presence. Harry and Thor took one look at each other before taking off after Heimdall finding him inside the throne room.

"Heimdall, what is it that tears you away from your post like this?" Odin very rarely saw Heimdall away from his post on the Bifrost. Even now with the bridge destroyed, he stood steadfast in his position.

"My lord, as you know the rift left behind from the destruction of the Bifrost is still open…" Seeing Odin's nod Heimdall continued, "It is Loki, my lord. He came out of nowhere and though I attempted to stop him, he jumped off the bridge and into the void. He is gone, my lord."

Odin and Thor both looked shocked. "Without his powers he is surely going to die, father. Is there anything you can do?" Even after all he had done, Thor still cared for Loki. The pair were raised as brothers and Thor just saw him as bit misguided.

Odin looked down at Thor, standing from his throne. He walked down, placing an arm around Thor. "If I return his powers to him, my son, there is no telling what damage he could do. Your brother is angry and when one is angry, they tend to lash out and there is no telling what damage Loki would be capable of with the Bifrost still destroyed."

Seeing the disappointed look on Thor's face, Harry considered for a moment. "I know of a ritual my people used if someone became to dangerous you were able to bind access to higher levels of ;power. I should be able to bind Loki's powers and then send them back to him which should be enough to keep him alive."

"Harry, are you sure of this?" Thor looked hopeful.

"Not entirely. The spell was designed for standard witches and wizards not Gods, however, with the Staff I should be able to make it work." Harry was still holding the Staff. Since getting the Staff in the vault, his magic felt stronger.

Odin looked thoughtful. He would never want to see either of his children injured, however he would forever blame himself if something were to happen and innocents were injured due to Loki gaining his powers back. Looking over at Harry, Odin considered. The Seidr was already powerful before the Staff, but now his power felt like that of God. "Seidr, I trust you. Let us go forward with the plan."

Harry nodded. "You go and retrieve his power. I will get setup for the ritual." Odin nodded and he turned and walked from the room to fetch the sphere that represented Loki's power. Harry conjured some chalk and began drawing a ritual circle upon the floor.

Once Odin was back, Harry indicated a smaller circle on the floor in the front of the circle. "Place it there for me." Once Loki's power was in place, Harry looked at both Odin and Thor. "Now as Loki's family…" Harry quickly rebutted the anticipated interruption; "I know he is not blood, but you treated him as such and to magic that will be enough, I need you to place seven drops of blood each in one of these circles." Here Harry indicated the other two circles at the back of his ritual circle.

Once the blood was in place, Harry used the chalk to connect the three smaller circles together creating a triangle. He took a seat in the middle of the triangle in his meditative position with the Staff held out in front of him. Allowing his magic to flow between himself and the Staff, Harry began slowly floating up from the floor. He released the staff, which was now floating in front of him, suspended by the magic flowing between itself and Harry.

Harry opened his eyes, now two glowing emeralds, as the Onyx and Moonstone on the staff began glowing as well. Harry began chanting, "Sanguis in adoptiva familia." Slowly, Thor and Odin's blood in the back of the circle began to glow before following the chalk path from their respective circles to the circle where Loki's power was. Continuing the chant as the blood reached the power sphere, "Tumultus hinc coram me in virtute," the blood shot up, striking the core and turning it from a pearl white to a dark red. As he continued the chant, "Potestatibus sublimioribus accessum impediat," the blood red faded back to the pearl white it was before. Nodding at the unseen before him, Harry completed the chant "Tenetur dominus ad te rediero tuam, ut sis."

The power shot up and flew out of the room off in search of its owner, slowly the ambient magic in the room died down and the glow from the gemstones faded. Returning to the floor, Harry grasped the Staff and used it to steady himself as he stood up. "I believe that worked. The power will go off through the vortex after Loki, where it will rejoin with him."

Odin stared, fascinated at the level of power Harry had just displayed. "Seidr…Harry. Thank you. If what you did keeps my son alive and gives me a chance at doing right by him, then I owe you far more than what I would ever possibly be able to give."

Thor was quick to agree. "With your help, Harry, my brother may one day well return to us."

Harry nodded, however he was quickly falling asleep on his feet. "I had the knowledge and the power; it was the least I could do… If you don't mind, I am going to retire to bed for the evening now." At Thor and Odin's nod, Harry used the Staff for support and made his way to bed.

As Harry entered his room, he stood the Staff against the wall inside the door. He barely finished undressing before he laid down, passing out from exhaustion. Harry fell asleep, not noticing the gemstones in the Staff glowing, creating an ambient light over his slumber.

Soon after falling asleep, Harry woke up in a field in the distance. He could see a palace that appeared to be sculpted of dark obsidian… the same as the Staff. "I don't think I am in Asgard anymore," Harry remarked mostly to himself as no-one else was around. Getting up, Harry started making his way towards the palace. He intended to find out just where he was and how he had gotten there.

There was no progression of day or night, but it seemed like Harry was walking for days. Grumbling as he reached the front door, Harry looked around before he knocked on the door which glided open at his touch. Looking around, Harry tried to open his pocket dimension and retrieve the bracers, but was unable to. Every time he tried to open it, something prevented it. Cursing, Harry tried to summon the Staff. Even that failed to work.

Giving up at getting a weapon, Harry made his way inside. He would still have his magic, at least. As he walked inside, torches on the pillars along both sides sprung to life. At the back of the chamber was a throne made from the same obsidian as the rest of the palace. Upon the throne sat a man with green skin, from the waist down he was wrapped as one would wrap a mummy.

"Well, it is about time you showed up. I have been waiting centuries for you to arrive," the man called out as Harry approached.

"Do I know you?" Harry was genuinely confused how the man seemed to know him. Harry had no idea who the man was.

"Well, I should hope you know who I am…I am the man whose Staff you now carry by your side." The man stood up and walked forward, meeting Harry halfway.

"You are Osiris?" Harry stared at the man. "Where are we? How did I get here?"

Osiris laughed. "We are in the Staff, of course. After my death, a piece of my soul broke off, preserving itself here to help train the next bearer of the Staff and to assist in the selection process of a new wielder."

Harry stared before yelling out, "you mean you created a Horcrux!"

Osiris flew forward grabbing Harry by the throat. "Never mention those vile objects to me or any God of Death! They are a perversion of nature in the highest order and what your self-styled Lord Voldemort did is nothing at all like what I did! As God of the Dead, I am able to control the very soul. After my purpose here is complete, this half of my soul will return to the great beyond it originated from, till it's time for rebirth."

Harry nodded as best he could and Osiris released him. Harry rubbed at his neck. "I apologize, I have had some horrible experiences in the past when it comes to soul splitting and I didn't want to repeat that experience all over again with an actual god…" Harry trailed off as Osiris's words registered in his head. "How did you know about Voldemort?"

"As part of the selection process for the Staff, when you grasped it, all your memories became visible to me and it I saw your life; the battles you went through, the torture you suffered, the deaths you endured. I saw you give your life in the name of ending the war and when you had the chance to move on, you went back and confronted your parent's killer, ending him, and in turn ending the war. After seeing all that, then coming to this dimension where you could have lived a peaceful life, you instead enlisted in battles fighting along side men and Gods in fights that had nothing to do with you. It is for those reasons I selected you as the new wielder of the Staff. You have faced death and come out on the other side stronger for it."

Harry nodded, though internally freaked out at the God of Death knowing his entire life, "when do we start training?"

Osiris laughed and summoned two identical copies of the Staff. "Right now." Throwing one at Harry, Osiris immediately went on the offensive attacking Harry.

Over what inside the Staff seemed to be the next six months, Harry learned all the tricks for battling with the Staff and using it as a focus for his magic. After pinning Osiris to the ground, Harry smiled. "It looks like I finally beat you old man."

Osiris laughed, taking Harry's outstretched hand. "Your training is complete Harry…" the world around them started to fade as Osiris spoke. "It feels good knowing my purpose is fulfilled. The last ten millennia since my death have been painful for me. I am not only the God of Death, but rebirth also fell under my domain and I knew that my essence couldn't enter the rebirth cycle until my purpose here was fulfilled."

More and more of the realm vanished, soon all that was left was the spot that Harry and Osiris were standing on. "Though my soul will fade from the Staff, my intelligence remains, just as Thor is able to call his Mjolnir back to him, you be able to call the Staff to you with but a thought. For you, and you alone, the Staff will work now."

Harry nodded and the world around them faded. As all became white and Harry began waking up, he heard Osiris's voice. "You now have what it takes, Harry. You can repair the Bifrost."

Waking up Harry sat up and looked over at the Staff. He held out his hand the Staff flew across the room right into his outstretched hand. Nodding to himself, Harry stood up and dressed for the day before heading towards the throne room. It was time to make the Bifrost whole.

Arriving at the throne room, Harry knocked twice upon the doors before walking in and finding Odin sitting upon his throne surrounded by Thor and his advisors. "All-father, I hope I am not interrupting, but it is time I told you the truth about what I have been researching since my arrival here."

Odin sent a glare at Harry, "and just what is it you have been researching Seidr?" Out of the corner of his eye Harry could see Thor summoning Mjolnir to his hand ready if it came down to it to stop Harry. Odin leaned forward tightening his hands on the arms of his chair.

"I have been researching ways to repair the Bifrost and now with the power of the Staff and my knowledge, I can do it. I can restore the Bifrost to what it once was before its destruction."

Odin and Thor stared at Harry, "Are you sure Harry?" Odin stood up approached Harry.

"I am ninety-nine percent sure that I can restore it with a one percent chance it won't work, and nothing will happen."

Odin seemed to contemplate for a long time before nodding. "Then do it. Without the Bifrost, we are crippled as a nation." Receiving the permission, Harry nodded and turned walking towards what was left of the Bifrost.

Arriving Harry conjured a scabbard for the Staff and placed it on his back before placing the Staff inside of it. Opening his pocket dimension, Harry removed the bracers, strapped them on and flew down till he was hovering in front of what was left of the bridge. Reaching into his moleskin pouch, Harry pulled out his carving knife and began carving the needed runes into the side.

After several hours of carving, he had finished and placed the knife back in his pouch. He floated back up to the bridge and by this point several of the Asgardians had come to observe what was happening as word had spread that Harry was going to attempt to repair the Bifrost. Once he touched down on the bridge, Harry pulled his ritual chalk from his pouch and began drawing out his ritual circle.

Once finished with the circle, Harry removed the Staff from his back and took his position in the center of the ritual circle. Allowing his magic to extend out, the Onyx and Moonstone sparked to life, followed by the ritual circle, and finally the runes on the bridge. Once the ritual circle reached the same rainbow glow as the bridge it was drawn upon, Harry nodded and began chanting "Invoco te sine maximo animi," the glow from the circle and the runes became brighter coming close to blinding those nearby.

Continuing the chant, Harry began to float in the air. The light wrapped around him as he spoke, "Spiritibus de tenebris," the Onyx's glow became more intense before a beam of black magic descended from the heavens striking the bridge. "De spiritibus purissimum," the Moonstone's glow became more intense before a beam of pure magic descended from Heaven.

The ambient magic in the area became heavy; the very spirits that oversaw magic in its base form were now being harnessed. Speaking the next line in the chant, "Redi ad id aliquando, quod erat ad Bifrost," as he said those words, the pillars of magic intertwined before forming a bridge like structure connecting with what was left of the Bifrost bridge.

Floating from the ritual circle to now just over the combined junction of rainbow and dark and light magic, Harry continued "ut in forma originali." Just like that the two halves became one. The pillar made of the two interconnected pillars of magic changed becoming one, before becoming rainbow as the rest.

Not quite finished yet, Harry knew they would need a way to travel between the realms, so he continued once more. "Inter regna patitur ad utensilia," the transport room that once existed at the end of the Bifrost once more sprang to life, looking as golden and new as it once did when the bridge was.

As the magic receded from the air, Harry touched down smiling, however before he could have another thought Thor ran over picking him ups, "you did it, my friend. You truly did it."

A voice spoke in the distance, "tell me, did our plan work? Did our Asgardian complete his task as was expected?"

A figure stepped from the shadows. "The planned worked as expected, my Lord. The Asgardian attempted a failed coup leading to the destruction of the Bifrost crippling the remaining Asgardian's ability to travel between realms. Though he was slightly held up when he attempted to fall through the opened vortex. Though he did eventually make it through his power is severely limited as it appears someone has managed to bind it."

There was several moments of silence before the voice responded, "the bind on his powers is of little concern. I can overcome that easily enough. Prepare for Phase II. We must retrieve the cube for my plan to work as intended."

The figure nodded. "At once, my Lord," the figure turned walking back into the shadows before vanishing from sight to prepare for Phase II.

AN2: I was going to reveal the identity of the shadowed mystery figure in this chapter however I couldn't find a place it would naturally work. So it should either be in the next chapter or the one following.