Before I could say anything to Harry, he rushed towards me and enveloped me into a tight hug.

“You, alright. Flash didn’t hurt you, did he?” He asked me in a worried tone.

I laughed as I heard him worrying over me. He was always like that trying to look over me. In fact, he was the one who started our friendship.

“Calm down fast and then look around you properly. Now tell who was hurt?” I told Harry prompting him to look at Flash lying down on the ground still moaning in pain.

“How were you able to beat him so badly, Peter?” Harry was obviously surprised to find that I had beaten Flash considering that previously he didn’t even feel my hits.

“We will talk about Flash later, Harry. Where were you until now? I was waiting for you for quite some time.” I inquired.

“He was busy pestering Gwen about you, Peter.” Before Harry could answer, Mary Jane’s voice was heard replying from behind us.

Both of us looked back to see MJ and Gwen approaching us.

“Do you know, Peter? He regularly pestered Gwen about you. His pestering had gone so bad that everybody thought that he was trying to date Gwen.” MJ told me how relentless Harry was.

“But what could I do? No one else in the school knew as much about Peter as Gwen did. And seeing her relaxed and trying to make new friends, I knew that she obviously knew about you. However, she wouldn’t tell me a single word about you.” Harry defended himself.

“Now that you are here, Peter, tell me where were you exactly.” Harry asked seriously.

“I will tell you but not here. Follow me.” What had happened with me was obviously something I could not tell publicly.

As we started to walk away, I looked at Flash was still lying down on the ground.

“Hey, Liz. Take Flash to the infirmary and tell him to use his brain more in the future if he knows how to!” I instructed Liz who looked like she didn’t know what to do.

All of us piled into Harry’s car, a gift from his father. Under my direction, we arrived at a nearby park. As it was still afternoon, there were not many people here.

Still, to be safe, we decided to talk in a secluded corner.

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“Now, no one is around us. Can you tell me now, Peter.” Harry asked impatiently.

“Wait a moment first.” I casted an isolation barrier which will prevent anyone from seeing and hearing us.

“What the hell was that, Peter!” Harry was surprised upon seeing me cast a spell.

“Well, Harry. You were asking what had actually happened. I will tell you the truth now. I became a mutant.” I began telling him the cover story. Although Uncle Ben and Aunt May along with Gwen, Professor Xavier as well as his friends knew the truth, the less people knew about this matter, the better.

Harry was silent for a few moments, digesting my words but then spoke.

“Was what you did now your mutant power?” He asked curiously.

“No, actually it is something else.” No matter how powerful a mutant’s ability was, nothing could beat magic in its versatility.

“Alright, don’t get surprised by what you see next.” I dispelled the illusion spell revealing my true appearance to Harry.

“What the hell! Peter, is that really you?” Despite being warned already, Harry was obviously surprised by the sudden change in my appearance.

“How could I otherwise know that you had literally begged your father for that car?” I reminded him of an incident which only both of us knew.

“Hey! We agreed that we would never talk about this.” Harry responded back in an angry and embarrassed tone.

“Now, you believe I am Peter.” I asked Harry with a smile.

“Of course! How can I not? Ha ha ha!!” Harry started laughing despite the seriousness of the situation and along with him, all of us.

Then, I started telling Harry the whole cover story. How my powers were quite unstable when my X-gene first awakened but fortunately the sorcerers of Kamar Taj sensed my powers and saved me. And since then, I was at Kamar Taj learning magic and training my mutant powers.

As Harry contemplated what he had learned from me about how I was a mutant and magic was real, MJ suddenly spoke.

“Peter, I am sorry but me and Gwen have to leave for band practice.” She looked apologetic as she said.

“It’s alright. We are only going to have a boys’ talk anyways.” There was no need for the girls to stick around for us.

After the girls left, Harry spoke.

“So, can anybody learn magic?” He asked curiously.

Upon hearing his question I smiled. As his best friend, I knew why he had asked such a question.

Although Harry tried to always look like a chill guy, I knew that inside he felt insecure. Due to his father’s high expectations and him not being able to achieve them, Harry had an inferiority complex.

“Although anyone can learn magic to some degree, becoming a sorcerer is a lifelong commitment. You have to leave your everything behind. I am an exception because of my mutant powers and some other circumstances.” I answered his question frankly.

“Oh! So, I guess I can’t learn magic.” Harry said dejected.

“Hey, you are good enough as you are. You don't need magic to prove anything.” I tried to motivate Harry after he looked dejected.

“Alright!” Harry smiled at my words.

Afterwards, we continued to talk for quite some time.

“Shit! It’s getting late. I have to meet Father at Oscorp today.” As it was getting late, Harry realised that he had a meeting to attend. He looked at me apologetically.

“You are going to Oscorp. Can you give me a ride? I was also about to go there to meet with Dr. Connors.” After meeting with Harry, that was my next stop.

“Why would I not give you a ride, Peter? You just have to ask.” Harry smiled realising we could talk for some more time.