For the sake of my personal writings, we are going to say that Tony Stark was born on May 29, 1975 while Harry will remain born on July 31, 1980. This is OOC/AU and many other various things.
Title: The Greater Part of Valor
Rating: M
Warnings: Language, Violence, and slight mentions of sex and alcohol mentioned, and various other things that could be seen as offensive but are not meant to be.
Pairing: Fem! Harry Potter/Tony Stark [aka] Iron Man
Summary: After the war with Voldemort, Harribelle spent her time holed up in Grimmauld Place, studying Potions, Defense, and Healing. After ten years though, life has gotten away from her. Harribelle decides to take a trip to Malibu, CA with Teddy to get away for a while; only to end up getting involved with something she never expected. TS/fem!HP.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Iron Man movie franchises but I do own the DVDs. I do not own the Harry Potter franchise either though I own all the movies. I make no money from this story.
Prologue
Voldemort cackled as he led the small party onto the Hogwarts grounds, "Harribelle Potter… IS DEAD!"
Harribelle listened as her friends and surrogate family called out in despair and gritted her teeth, forcing herself to remain still.
"Everyone! Listen!" Harribelle's heart nearly stopped as she heard Neville's voice, what was that idiot doing?! "It doesn't matter that Harri's dead! She got us this far, the least we could do is finish the job for her; or do you all want her death to be in vain?!"
"Neville's right!" Ginny shouted, "For Harri!"
"For Harri!" Everyone echoed.
Harribelle's heart soared as she heard the groups cheer and she flipped out of Hagrid's arms, plucking her wand out of her sleeve, shocking everyone.
"It's you versus me, Tom, you cannot win!" Harribelle shouted, raising her wand to the snake-faced bastard.
"Potter! You may have escaped death once but you won't escape again for I hold the Death Stick, the Elder Wand!" Voldemort shouted, raising the aforementioned wand.
"But does the wand really belong to you Tom?" Harribelle asked, raising a brow at him, knowing it would anger him.
"Of course it does you infernal brat. Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort shouted, flicking his wand.
"Expelliarmus!" Harribelle shouted back, hoping the spell had been cast in time.
As the two spells connected, red hitting green, many looked away, not able to look at the light caused by the connecting spells.
"Give it up girl, you are too weak to overcome the great Lord Voldemort!" Voldemort shouted as his spell started to overpower Harribelle's own.
Harribelle grit her teeth, "I think not Tom!" She pulled the invisibility cloak out and wrapped it around her shoulders before dropping her spell, hoping her plan worked. She felt the killing curse hit her and she slid back a few feet but remained standing. It worked, the spell was useless now! She laughed in relief before sneaking around behind Voldemort as he spouted some crap about world domination now that Harribelle had run; or so he thought. She pressed the tip of her wand to the back of his neck, causing Voldemort to freeze. "You miscalculated, Tom. Sectumsempra!" She slashed her wand to the right, beheading Voldemort.
As Voldemort's head rolled from his shoulders, the bodies of the marked Death Eaters fell to the ground, dead. The dark mark that had tied their life force to Voldemort, had also tied their life-force to him; when he died, they did as well.
The silence that followed was deafening, then, suddenly, shouts of joy were heard.
"We've won!"
"Harri did it!"
"The-Girl-Who-Conquered!"
Harribelle let out the breath she had been holding and smiled, trying to push the fact she just killed someone to the back of her mind as her friends ran up to her and hugged her. It was over. They were free. She was free.
"Harribelle Potter! You idiot!" Hermione yelled, practically tackling Harribelle to the ground, "I thought you were dead! We thought you were dead! I can't believe it's all over though! It just feels… I don't know, so surreal; as if this is simply a dream and I'll wake up any minute now. I'm so happy you're alive though!"
"Yeah Harri, you had us all scared. I thought you were gone for sure. Forget my joking about your acting skills through the years, you're a great actor. Scared the living daylights outta mum though. She'll want to see you by the way, probably chew your ear off, not looking forward to that." Ron said, throwing an arm around Harribelle's shoulders and smiling.
Harribelle smiled though, "I couldn't ask for anything more. I really just want something normal right now and your mum's yelling would be welcome. Besides, it's not like she'll pull me over her knee or something."
"I wouldn't put it past her really…" Ron said, scratching the back of his head before laughing at Harribelle's terrified face, "Don't worry Harri! Mum wouldn't do that. At least not here where everyone can see. Come on, let's go find them."
As Ron and Hermione went to lead Harribelle away from the fallen body there was a loud commotion and they looked behind them to see Snape limping towards them, his left arm missing. Harribelle pushed Ron and Hermione away and ran up to him, throwing her arms around him in a hug, "Professor! You're alive! I'm sorry I was such a bitch to you over the years, I didn't know."
"I am aware of that Ms. Potter but I do believe I need to see a medi witch." Snape said, too tired to even muster up a sneer.
"Right, right!" She looked back at Hermione, "Mione, could you get Madame Pomfrey? And hurry, please!"
Hermione nodded and ran off as Harribelle led Snape over to some rubble and forced him to sit down. "Do you need anything? Potions, water?"
"I have my own potions Potter." Snape sighed, "Sit down, you're making me tired just standing there."
Harribelle nodded and sat down, looking back towards the school, searching for Hermione and Pomfrey.
"Potter… Harribelle, you saw the memory I take it."
"Yes sir, I did…. Thank you for everything by the way…I didn't realize…"
"I hadn't planned for you to Harribelle. You know," Snape asked, leaning back, "Your mother had planned to make me one of your godfathers. She had actually asked me a few days before her death. She didn't make it official in the ministry but magic recognizes you as my godchild."
"Sir?"
Snape fidgeted, "If you would allow it, since the war is over, I would like to adopt you. I know it doesn't matter much since you are officially of age, but I would like to anyways. I realize that I have not been the best person to you through the years, I have acted childish and treated you in a way that you had not deserved. I am hoping, that if you accept, that I will be allowed to correct the error of my ways. You deserved better from me."
Harribelle looked at Snape as if he had grown another head, "A-are you sure, sir? I was a right prat to you right back, to be completely honest. I think we both got off on the wrong foot though."
"I would not have mentioned it if I was not sure." Snape bit out, glaring at Harribelle, causing her to shrink back. He sighed, "Forgive me. As you can see, I am not in the best of moods and your eloquence is not helping this any."
Harribelle nodded with a slight smile before frowning, "Do you have another blood replenishing potion perchance?"
Snape raised a brow but nodded nonetheless.
"Take it, I want to try something." Harribelle said, standing again and looking for Hermione and Pomfrey. She couldn't see them but she spotted Ron with the rest of the Weasley's. Snape looked at her warily but downed the potion. Harribelle took a deep breath and raised the Elder Wand she had retrieved from Voldemort's corpse, "Reverti facere quod perierat melius quam antiquis ad argento de osse."
A bright light surrounded Snape and when it faded, Harribelle smiled widely and jumped into the air, "It worked!
Snape looked down at his arm in awe before looking back at Harribelle, "W-what did you do?"
"Well, back in fourth year when Wormtail resurrected Voldemort, Voldemort rewarded him with the silver hand, remember? Well, I looked into the spell and couldn't find one that matched it so I made my own. I just finished it when we were searching for the horcruxes. When Ron got splinched I almost used it but I was scared because his arm was still there, it's meant for lost limbs, not limbs that are still there. I have tried it a few times and the last time I attempted it was on a house elf, but it worked, and that's all that matters!"
Snape sat there, gaping, looking at Harribelle even as Hermione, Pomfrey, and the Weasley's ran up to them.
"Severus," Pomfrey said as she ran to his side, "just what have you been doing?!"
"Nearly dying, you know, that stuff…" Ron mumbled.
"And what happened to your arm?!" Pomfrey said, lifting his left hand to reveal the now silvery limb.
"Harribelle…"
Pomfrey looked up at Harribelle and raised a brow, "Miss Potter?"
Harribelle scratched the back of her head, "I just used a spell…"
"One that she invented." Snape said, coming back to his mind and standing quickly, stumbling slightly and glaring at Ron as he reached out to catch him. "I can walk fine on my own Weasley."
Harribelle glared at Snape, "You're injured!" She grabbed his arm and helped him to the Great Hall with the others trailing behind him.
Ron looked shocked and looked over at Hermione, "Did Harri just help Snape?"
"Looks like it Ron." Hermione said,smiling at Harribelle's back; proud that she was putting differences aside.
"Good, I thought I was imagining things." Ron muttered, walking after them.
Once they reached the Great Hall, Madame Pomfrey stood before them, "Alright, explain what happened."
Harribelle clutched the fabric of her shirt in her hands, "Well…" And she explained everything again. "It was actually a lot more difficult to get it to work that you would think. I actually think it only worked on Snape because of the Elder Wand. It worked fine on the house elves with my wand," She held up the Elder Wand, "it really isn't anything that special…"
"It's the Elder Wand Harri! It's the most powerful wand in existence, of course it's special!" Ron shouted, looking at her like she was crazy.
"Well, it did fix my wand… but that's it. It just put it back together. The wand doesn't work anymore so I need to get another one." Harribelle mumbled sadly.
"You're being ridiculous Potter." Snape said, glaring down at Harribelle with no real fire, "You won that wand fair and square. It is yours. It's better that you use it than someone else does; at least you'll use it right."
"I suppose you have a point…" Harribelle said with a sigh, placing it into her wand holster before looking up once more. "Mione, can you put up a muffliato? I have something to say that I don't want to be overheard by anyone…"
Hermione nodded and placed the spell around them before looking back at Harribelle who took a deep breath. "Guys… I'm leaving."
Everyone looked at her before Ron shook his head, "I think I heard you wrong mate; did you say you were leaving?"
"Yes, I'm leaving the Wizarding World." She looked up at them from where she was sitting, "Look at it from my point of view. I've been in the Wizarding World since I was eleven and each year since I've been fighting for my life. I don't want to deal with that anymore. I just… I just want to live in peace for a while. Professor Snape said he wanted to adopt me and frankly, I wouldn't mind that. It would be nice to be allowed to be a kid for a little while. I've never really had the chance. Besides, both of us have had a huge impact in the war and I want to take up something that has always interested me…"
"But Harri…. You can't be adopted by Snape!" Ron yelled, throwing his arms out to the side.
Harribelle glared at him, "And why the hell not?! My mum thought he was good enough to take care of me and, frankly, I think he'd be an amazing parent!"
"It's just… it's Snape!"
"Is that all you have to say Ronald?" Harribelle snapped, standing up with her fists at her side. "Is there nothing else you can think of to say other than that?"
"He's been a jerk to you for years and you're just letting him adopt you?!"
"Of course! I know he was a jerk and I was one right back to him! We've already discussed this with each other, Ron! Besides, he thought he was dying! He showed me his memories! My mum was his best friend Ron!" She could feel her eyes burning with tears, "He knew her. I only ever hear about my dad, I want to know more about my mum and Professor Snape can help me with that…"
Ron sighed, his temper calming down, "Alright, alright… fine… but,we'll be checking in on you! And you have to live somewhere that we can get to easily!"
"Don't worry!" Harribelle said with a smirk, looking back at Snape with a smirk, "We'll be living in Grimmauld Place."
Snape sneered, "Wonderful…"
"It's an extremely safe place since all the insane Blacks are dead. And Narcissa is…. Coming this way." Harribelle said, surprised.
Narcissa stopped just outside the group and looked over at Snape who stood and walked over to her. Harribelle and the others watched as he hugged her and they couldn't keep from gaping when she kissed him.
"What the bloody hell is going on here?!" Ron yelled.
Harribelle giggled as Snape glared at Ron, "What does it look like Weasley?"
"Looks like-"
"The Professor-"
"Is gonna-"
"Get some!" The twins said with identical smirks, causing Harribelle to burst out laughing.
"But I thought you were with Lucius?" Arthur said, scratching his head as he looked at Narcissa.
"It was an arranged marriage. After we had Draco we were allowed to take a lover on the side and Severus was mine. Lucius had his own whores. Since he is gone, that means I am free to remarry and be with who I wish." Narcissa said.
"Cool! So I'll have two adopted parents!" Harribelle said with a wide smile.
"What?" Narcissa whispered, shocked.
Snape sighed, glaring at Harribelle, before turning to explain everything to Narcissa, leaving Harribelle and the others there to laugh.
Harribelle chuckled and looked at the others, "So… Do you think we can go a few years in peace?"
"With you, we can only hope." Hermione said to the smiling group.
A/N: Alright guys, I'm gonna tell you now, this is my new account. I have changed a bit with this story but I will not be changing Harry's female name in this. It's one of the reasons that I just lost interest in this story when I was so excited to write it the first time. You'll have to excuse me of course when I say that I don't care about how anyone feels about it. I hope that you all will continue to read this story.
