Harry's meeting with Tony Stark went well, rather well. Tony Stark seemed to be under the impression that the deal was already good, now that he was known as Iron Man. It was only when Harry threatened to leave that the rest of the Board took charge. Tony revealed he was pursuing the creation of the greatest technological company ever. This company would engage in building computers, smartphones, laptops, maps and guidance systems, things to help civilian life.
Harry got on board right away with half a billion dollars' investment towards the Stark products. With Tony promising to show results at the Stark Expo, he had planned to start over.
With the deal sealed, Harry returned to New York. The first thing he did was buy an abandoned warehouse near the ports.
Harry spent the next couple of weeks placing all kinds of concealment charms and barriers all over the warehouse to prevent any muggles, or in this case normal people, from stumbling upon him while he was training.
The battle in Los Angeles taught him much. He was sure that against living opponents he wouldn't have much trouble. However against metal opponents, he would be in a bit of a bind. Thus, he needed ways to train himself to fight all kinds of opponents.
One thing that was good was that he no longer really needed a wand to perform magic. He was good at wandless magic, but he wasn't especially fast, not as fast as Dumbledore was when he dueled Voldemort, at the very least. He still remembers that duel in his dreams. How their spells were like lightning, unseen, how their reaction times were faster than anything Harry had ever seen in a duel before.
Harry knew spells and cast time reflected not only your skills with a particular spell, but also your power in the spell. In most cases, weak spells tended to be cast faster than stronger spells. Hermione once told him it was like adding weights to his spells. The more magic poured into the spell, the slower it was. Harry, however, needed to get his spells to be cast not only instantly, but as powerfully as possible as well. They needed to take effect immediately, with no time delay. In his battle against Iron Monger, his freezing spell took nearly five seconds to take effect.
Harry needed his spells to activate instantly. The moment he cast them, he needed them to take effect. In future battles, the quality and speed of his spells would play a major part in the outcome.
Harry used his magic to create dummies. He would need them to practice on.
In most cases, it would take years of experience and practicing spells before he could become lightning fast.
That's what Harry was going to do; work on his magic to become lightning fast. His previous opponent Iron Monger relied too heavily upon his armor and didn't really have the skills to back up his abilities. He got lucky with his opponent last time. Next time, it might not be so.
Harry slowed his breathing down before casting an animation spell on the dummy. It rose to life, a demented doll.
Harry got into a ready stance and cast the disarming spell at the dummy, which dodged it.
"Right, realistic. Guess this will help me in the long run." Harry muttered to himself. He then fired another spell at the dummy, which the dummy fired back.
Harry responded back and couldn't help but remember his time dueling at Hogwarts. Well, it certainly helped that he was literally being dragged back down memory lane.
Harry knew the dummy only counteracted his attacks and movements. If he wanted to defeat his opponents, he must first learn to defeat himself before his own enemies learn how to defeat him. He also needed to become stronger so that even his mentor Dumbledore struggled in a fight against him.
All he knew was that he had to be stronger than his future opponents. The ritual was an untested one, unproven. As it has never been done before, no one before him had ever survived the power surge of the ritual. Harry didn't want to believe he was unique or special. Well, he did know he was special since he could use magic. It's what allowed him to be free of the Dursleys when Hagrid told him that he was a wizard.
However, for the first time ever, he was actually starting to think of believing in himself as so many others had before him. He remembered that when all hope seemed lost for the magical world, people chose to believe in him, as if they could see something in him that he himself could not see. He never truly believed he was truly unique or special. In truth, all he wanted was to be normal. A normal boy with normal problems. However, even he was denied that, even during 'the peaceful days' at Hogwarts.
One thing that was hard to deny was that he was a naturally born leader. Dumbledore told him that others couldn't help but listen to him, walking in his steps, hoping to acquire his courage when they had none.
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