Co-written with Random007.

Random007 writing will be in bold/italics.

Jo-Jo287 writing in bold.

You should probably know that this story only uses the character Alisa Rushman, not her backstory or anything from Who is my Father?, she's my character and I've rewritten her backstory for this, which will be explained next chapter. However, Jo-Jo's character, Rosie Stark, uses the same backstory as in the Life of Rosie Stark, What if? And Rise of a legend; however her story becomes AU from that universe during this fic as you will soon find out.

Disclaimer; We own nothing but Alisa, Rosie, Jayden, Gavin, and the rest of our OCs. AKA own characters. Basically we own nothing you recognize


Chapter 1

Wednesday, 7 August 1999 – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

"Push! Just one last push Miss Potts!" the midwife told her. Pepper screamed in pain as she did as she was told and put all she could into one final push. Sure enough crying filled the room and Pepper let her head fall back in relief and exhaustion. Smiling softly she looked over to the midwives who were cleaning up her baby. The midwife came over to her minutes later smiling happily with her baby wrapped in blankets.

"Congratulations Miss Potts it's a baby girl," she smiled. The midwife handed her baby girl over to her and as soon as she was in her arms she stopped crying. Pepper looked down at her baby smiling happily. The baby looked up at her with wide eyes. Smiling softly Pepper wriggled her finger in front of her baby who stared at it lazily. Pepper continued to at her baby as she let out a small yawn.

"Well don't you have the rosiest cheeks?" Pepper cooed, "You're the cutest little baby I have ever seen." Pepper stared down at her little girl completely entranced. How was she ever going to…. No she should just enjoy the moment for as long as it lasts.

"Do you have an idea of a name Miss Potts?" the midwife asked. Pepper looked up to the midwife then back to the now sleeping baby in her arms.

"Rosie Maria Virginia Stark," she whispered still smiling. It seemed perfect for the little girl that was just meant to be her name nothing else apart from Rosie. She'd always liked the name but never thought it would fit anyone this perfectly.

"That's a lovely name but if you don't mind be asking why Stark? Isn't your last name Potts?" the midwife asked totally confused. As far as she knew the name Stark had nothing to do with Miss Potts. Was she planning on leaving the baby with no way to trace the little girl back to her?

"Stark is after her Father…" she whispered. The midwife nodded, sighing in relief that she wasn't ditching the child, before saying she'd give them some time alone. Pepper waited until the midwife was out the room before hugging Rosie closer to her. She sighed before looking down at her baby and letting a tear slip down her cheek.

Friday, 12 November 1999 – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Pepper got out the car before going round to the passenger side and taking the car seat out of the other side. Slowly she walked towards the building to see a woman holding the door open for her. Pepper slowed down considering turning and running back to the car but she quickly shook that thought out of her head telling herself that this was best for Rosie.

"Ah there you are Miss Potts we didn't think you were going to show up," the woman smiled widely at her.

"I nearly didn't… but I have to do this," she whispered trying to ignore the lump in her throat. Could she really do this? Could she really leave her child in an orphanage in a different country? The woman nodded slowly before taking the car seat off of Pepper. Pepper looked down at Rosie as the little girl started to wake up and stared at her. Something at the back of her mind was screaming at her to grab the car seat and run. It took all her effort not to grab the car seat off of the elderly woman.

"Do you want to hold her one last time?" she asked. Pepper quickly shook her head now completely unable to speak. She knew that if she picked Rosie up she would never be able to let her go and she had to, she really had to. The woman nodded solemnly before telling her she needed to sign something. Pepper agreed quickly signing the papers she needed to sign. With the papers signed she looked over to Rosie one last time. She had to do this. It was for the best. Maybe in a couple of years she could track Rosie down, tell her everything and try to live the life she so desperately wanted but knew she could have.

With tears burning in the back of her eyes Pepper turned and walked out the woman's office and towards the front door. Behind her she could hear Rosie start crying which sent the tears pouring down her cheeks. Pepper sprinted out the orphanage door and to the car. Quickly she jumped inside before driving away to a quiet place where she just sat and cried for hours. As much as it was hurting her she knew she had to do it though. She wasn't the best person to raise a child, not now anyway, especially with her soon to be crazy life as Tony Stark's personal assistant. Tony could never ever find out that he has a child. Rosie would be better off without them for parents.

Back at the orphanage a woman stood in the trees opposite the front door, hidden from view. She watched as Pepper Potts jumped into the car and drove away without her child. Sighing she shook her head, saddened by what she had just witnessed. Quickly she turned on the com link in her ear with another shake of her head still in shock. She did it, Pepper actually left her child. All this time, from the moment she had heard what Pepper had planned to do she thought that the young Mother would never leave her child. She thought that Pepper would back out at the last minute and tell Tony that he had fathered a child but alas she was proven wrong.

"Director Fury, it's done. What do you want me to do?" the woman whispered.

"Just watch over her. That child is not to be harmed. If anyone ever finds out about her and her parents she's going to be in a hell of a lot of danger. I want you to stay in Scotland to watch over her. If anything happens let me know and I'll send a team as soon as possible. Agent Ross, with your injuries you can't take on a team like Hydra or AIM so don't even try to argue. If I want you to do anything I'll tell you. Good luck Agent Ross," Fury told her. Agent Ross listened to her boss intently, she agreed to this mission and she'd give her life, what little of it she had left, to keep that child out of harm's way. Whilst listening to the Director she could have sworn she heard some emotion in the man's voice but even if he was she didn't mention it.

"Thank you Sir," Agent Ross nodded. Quickly she turned off the com link and turned to hobble away.

9th August 2012 – Stark Tower, New York, America

Rosie looked up at Stark Tower with butterflies flying like crazy in her stomach. This was it. She was about to meet her parents. What if they didn't want to see her? Or worse what if she's got it completely wrong and it isn't them and she's just hit yet another dead end. No she has to try they have to know, if it is them, she's still alive and dam well kicking. Her legs started to shake underneath her. She wasn't ready for this but they were so close yet so far. There's still time to run they would never even know she was here. No. she'd come all this way she was not turning back. She was Rosie Stark for god sake! She's been through worse than this! She can do this she's a Scot, well half Scottish, and Scots do not give up without a fight! Putting on a brave face she walked over to the door and pressed the buzzer. Immediately a robotic voice came through it.

"Stark Tower, how can I help you?" they asked.

"I would like to speak to Mr Stark," she spoke coolly. In her head she kept repeating don't panic! Don't panic! Don't you dare panic! Don't you dare walk away!

"Mr Stark is not excepting visitors at the moment. Official consolation hours are between 5 and 6 a week tomorrow," the robotic voice told her. Oh no that was not happening she was not going to be turned away now. Rosie shook her head she can't accept that. There is no way she's leaving without seeing her parents. All the kids at the orphanage put all the money they'd had, which they were saving up for their lives outside of the orphanage, to buy those plane tickets. She promised she'd pay them back as soon as she could there was no way she was leaving! Rosie tried to speak again but the person wouldn't answer. Growling she took a pen she had in her pocket and started to try and hack the buzzer. Let's just say that when no one wants to talk to the geeky orphan at school there's a lot of time to sit and read about mechanics in the school library. This buzzer was child's play! She could hack this is her sleep! Minutes later she heard the buzz that she knew meant she was in.

"Tony Stark let me into this tower right now!" she hissed. A clear laugh came from inside the tower.

"Give me one good reason why I should let you in," Tony laughed.

"Oh I can give you one. I'm your daughter," she told him. There was a couple of minute's gap during which she started to panic slightly.

"That's crazy… I don't have daughter," he muttered.

"Then how come when I looked in my file in the orphanage I was left in the name of my parents on my birth certificate were Virginia "Pepper" Potts and Father Anthony Stark. So I looked up any Virginia "Pepper" Potts and Anthony Starks and you two were the only ones so I took a wild guess and well here I am," she explained. There was faint muttering during which she heard a Tony I'm so sorry. I-I should have told you! Rosie shifted from foot to foot nervously. After a couple of minutes Tony told her to come in and go up to the 83 floor. There was a buzz of the door opening before the buzzer next to her shut off. Quickly she walked inside and ran over to the lift.

The doors of the lift slid open minutes later. Her breathing hitched in her throat as she laid eyes on her parents for the first time. Slowly she stepped out of the lift whilst her legs shook from underneath her. Tony looked at her in shock whilst Pepper's hand flew to her mouth.

"Hi Mum… Dad…" she whispered. Pepper walked over to Rosie slowly before stopping just in front of her. Carefully she put her hand on the side of Rosie's face and looked into her daughters eyes which were the same as she remembered them to be. Pepper quickly pulled Rosie into a hug and let the tears thunder down her cheeks.

"I'm so sorry I left you my little baby. I'm so, so sorry Rosie, there's not a day that goes by that I don't regret it," she whispered kissing her forehead, "If you want to you can stay with me, that is if you don't have a family back in Scotland. I don't want to lose you again." Rosie nestled into her Mum's chest whilst her tears flowed. She had a family and she never wants to lose them again. Even if Tony doesn't want her she'll take Pepper as he Mum in a heartbeat.

"Please. I want to stay with you Pepper," she whispered. Pepper smiled happily before pulling away to look her daughter over. She was so grown up.

"I can't believe it's you… Tony this is Rosie Maria Virginia Stark, your daughter. Rosie this is your Father Tony Stark aka Iron Man," she whispered. Rosie's mouth dropped. Iron Man! Her Dad was Iron Man! No way! Wait how come that didn't come up when she did a search for them. Oh well she has parents and he Dad's Iron Man. This is awesome!

"My Dad's Iron Man?!" she cried. Pepper looked down at her confused.

"You never knew?" Tony smirked.

"No! This is awesome! My Dad's a superhero!" she cried. Tony laughed before walking over to her causing the young girl to flinch slightly. Rosie looked up at him gulping. Would he accept her or would he just tell her to get out? It was almost as if Tony knew he let out a short laugh before pulling her into a hug.

"Welcome home Rosie," Tony smiled.