Peter knew something was wrong the moment he entered the room he shared with Ned.

Out of all people who were still his classmates, it had to be Flash. He heroworshipped Spiderman to a fault but bullied him at every opportunity he got. Peter had to laugh at the irony.

"When I and -" Ned fell to his bed, unconscious.

Peter whirled around, holding his toothbrush like a weapon. He saw a young teenager with messy hair and glasses over his green eyes sitting on his bed and a bald black man with an eyepatch on the couch.

Peter jolted back. It was Nick Fury.

"Hello, Mr. Parker."

"Hi?" He replied awkwardly. "You are Nick Fury and I don't know who uoi are. What did you do to Ned?"

"My name's Harry Potter, mate." The other boy said, shaking his hand. "Your friend is just sleeping. The spell will wear off in a few minutes."

"You are a difficult person to contact, Spiderman. I tried to call you to get you here and now you came here yourself."

"A coincidence. Wait, was it a coincidence?" Peter asked suspiciously.

"Five years ago, I knew everything. Now, I got no team, no intel and a teenager is evading my calls." Nick continued, ignoring him and placing a hologram projector on the table. "What I do know is this."

A hologram of the globe appeared before zooming in Europe and the Eiffel tower.

"In France, there was an earthquake except it was caused by an earth elemental. A hero named Mysterio helped save people."

"Yeah. Mysterio. I know that guy!" He said excitedly.

"Except he's not who we think we are." Harry pointed out. "It may be a bit difficult to believe but I am a wizard."

"Totally believe it. I met Doctor Strange." Peter's eyes widened. "Gosh! I can't believe I'm meeting another wizard! It's so cool!"

"Doctor who?" Harry asked.

"Not that one. Doctor Strange. Sorcerer Supreme. Defender of dimensions." Nick Fury shook his head, looking at him.

"Never heard of him." Harry shrugged.

"Anyway, we have reason to believe Mysterio was planning to gain your trust and get a piece of Stark Technology from you."

"I don't have any except my suit."

"I was supposed to give it to you. It's an artificial intelligence called EDITH. Stark left you as a successor to his company and that particular tech had the ability to take control of all his security drones across the planet. I sent it to Mrs Stark and you'll get it once you become older." Nick explained.

"Stark made me a successor to his -"

"He did. He considered you as good as his own kid. Apparently bringing you back was the only reason he joined the last mission to fix Thanos' snap."

"I know." Peter said looking down. "He's gone because he wanted to save me-"

"And half of the universe's population." Harry insisted. "He died a hero. Don't blame yourself for his death."

"He believed you are the next hero that the world needs." Nick Fury stated.

"Mysterio claimed to be from a different universe." Harry said. "And that he is magical. But whatever he does, it's unlike any magic I have seen before."

"He went out of his way to recruit Mr Potter to this mission." Fury said, the hologram now showing Mysterio. "And you too."

"We believe he is causing these attacks and he will be after you." Harry said. "That's why I am joining your field trip to help you, should he attack while Nick exposes Mysterio."

"Okay. It's a bit too much to digest." Peter said. "By the way, Ned knows that I am Spiderman. So you actually didn't need to -"

"I can wake him now." Harry offered.

"And I'll be going now." Nick Fury said, scooping the hologram device. "I'm counting on you, Mr Potter."

The spy made his way to the windows and leapt out.

"So where are you staying?" Peter asked. "Wait, it wasn't a coincidence that our room had three bunks, was it?"

"Now you're catching on." Harry smirked. "I only met Fury yesterday and I totally believe he's the greatest spy whatsoever."

"Won't the others notice you're suddenly here?"

"I think Fury took care of that. And I have a 'notice me not' charm on myself. So people will just think I was always here." He explained.

"You have got something on your head." Peter said, noticing the zig zag scar on his forehead.

"Yeah. Got it when a dark wizard tried to murder me when I was a kid. His name was Voldemort. He killed my parents and a lot of people close to me. But I defeated him five years ago. That's when the snap happened. And now all my friends are grown up and have moved on."

"I understand. Well, except the dark magic part. My parents disappeared when I was a kid. My aunt raised me and then I became a superhero and got snapped." Peter said. "You are magic but you don't know Doctor Strange?"

"He's a sorcerer from what I gather. The wizarding community is rather closed off from the sorcerers and other magical folks." He said, taking out his wand and pointing it at Ned. "Rennervate."

Ned woke up drowsy. He looked at Harry. "Who are you?"

"I'm Harry, your new roommate. An exchange student." He said.

"Okay." Ned said, not noticing Harry's British accent and going back to sleep.

"The spell will wear off by morning. He'll be good as new." Harry shrugged. "It's good to meet you, Peter."

"You too." Peter smiled back at the other boy.

"I'm going to get some sleep. So good night." Harry waved his wand again and all the lights went out.

"That's so cool!" Peter said. "Can I use that?"

Harry passed him his wand. "It won't work for you. It only works for wizards."

Peter waved the wand in a grand gesture before returning it to Harry. "Had to try. Good night."

Mysterio was fuming as he returned to their base.

"Fury kicked me off their base. I think he suspects something." he said.

"How?" Quentin asked. "We were careful."

"That bloody Potter. I shouldn't have involved him!" He shouted, banging his fists on a table. "Still they don't know who I am."

"Geez, calm down." The other man said, looking up from his computer. "It seems Fury no longer has EDITH anyway. It's back in Stark Towers with Pepper Stark."

"Damn it!" He yelled. "The plan was perfect."

"It still can be." Quentin said. "We may have to make it more grand than originally expected. The only person who can get those from Stark Tower without setting off alerts is someone the system recognises. Someone the people would believe right away."

"What are you getting at?"

"You need to brew another batch of potion. And I will acquire some DNA from the one person whose return the entire world would celebrate. It's time for the grand return of Tony Stark!" Quentin cackled.

A mad smile graced his doppelganger's face.

"And I will walk right into that tower as Tony Stark and use his technology to broadcast my spell across the planet. It's brilliant. Soon, I won't have to hide behind other faces and the world would see my handsome face again."

"Yeah. You sound just like that arrogant bastard. Everyone will believe you are him." Quentin said dryly.

"I can hardly wait! With my modified memory spell, I will make myself the most famous wizard in the world. I will be loved and rejoiced. Potter will pay for ruining my reputation. I will make every simpleton wizard believe I killed the Dark Lord. That Potter was a death eater. I will send that fool and his friends to Azkaban except maybe Miss Granger. She always looked up to me and answered all my pop quizzes correctly."

"Are you done monologuing?"

"Gilderoy Lockhart will be back, better than ever!" He laughed, relishing in his carefully crafted new plan.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

So you guys know who Mysterio is now! Congrats to DZ2 and DandelionBlue for guessing it correctly.

Hope you liked the twist in the villain's plans. It sure is going to be an emotional rollercoaster for Peter.

Stay tuned for the next chapter: TONY STARK RETURNS.

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