Natasha Lily Potter thought that her only relative was that bitch Aunt Petunia. But when 9 year old Natasha is taken with her 'family' on a work/holiday to the crime capital of the world, Gotham City, he finds someone to take care of her. Batman Xover, FemHarry, Swearing, Dumbles, Weasley bashing. Good-ish Voldy and Bellatrix.
DISCLAIMER – I do not own Harry Potter or Batman. If I did… well I would be living on a beach front house which I designed myself with a theatre room, a room just for comics and a massive bedroom with every gaming system imaginable. But I am not. So obviously I don't own either Harry Potter or Batman.
A/N – Thank you to everyone that read the first chapter, unlike my last story that I wrote this one will last more than five chapters, I am going to do all seven of Natasha's years at Hogwarts and then I might do a sequel about her life after Hogwarts and the war. I don't know yet. Also sorry if the updates are inconsistent and far apart but my muse likes to abandon me at the most inconvenient times.
Chapter Two
Ivy was pacing around the gardens while Harley and Natasha was sitting, watching her slowly lose control of her muttering.
"Merlin, I hope she isn't bringing Tom, I know I was the first of my family to support him. But I don't think I am ready to actually meet him. Oh Merlin, I wonder what she was talking about. I still can't believe Alice still supports Dumb-ass-dore, after everything he did to us at school. I am happy Lily made the right choice about Godmother, makes me wish I could still see my Goddaughter." Harley had tried to stop her pacing two hours ago, but it didn't work.
"Aunt Harls, what's wrong with Aunt Ivy?" Natasha looked at Harley, she had been asking questions galore ever since Ivy had told her yesterday about how she became a hybrid and had offered the chance to Natasha as well, but this morning Ivy had gotten a letter and she had been pacing and muttering ever since.
"Don't worry sweetie. I'll get her attention, looks like I am on my last resort." Harley whispered to Natasha, who giggled. She had only been with them three days and she was already looking healthier and she was opening up more.
"Ivy, Red baby look at me." Harley was standing in front of Ivy, but she just ignored her and kept pacing and muttering to herself. "Okay babe you made me do this." So Harley grabbed Ivy by the waist, turned her around and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Ivy gasped and pulled back to look at Harley.
"Um, Harls, not that I'm complaining, but… what was that for?" Ivy asked
"What you didn't want to kiss me? Oh Red that hurt." Harley said, grabbing her chest in fake hurt and hardly containing the smirk that was now planted on her face, "Red baby you have been ignoring me and Natasha since we got up, you have been pacing and muttering for hours. What's wrong?"
Ivy looked at Natasha, who had moved next to Ivy, she looked so much like James, but she had Lily's lovely green eyes. "Sorry, but I got a letter and an old friend is coming, and that I don't mind. But she said that she is bringing someone with her and I don't know who she would bring. She will be here soon."
Harley looked at her and she was about to ask a question when there was a loud POP outside and then a knock on the door. Ivy ran to the door muttering "I hope that's her"
When Ivy opened the door she found her old head of house, two children and a rather handsome looking man.
"Minerva," Ivy hugged her "Thank you so much for coming, you haven't changed in all these years."
"Hello Pamela, I wish I could say the same thing about you, but we all know that would be a lie. Can we come in, I would love to introduce you to these three and I would love to meet your soul-mate and see Natasha again."
"Of course, come in please. Hurry to, I don't need to police knowing I am hiding in here, they are still looking for me and Harley about that bank robbery and apparent kidnapping."
When they got to the main area, Ivy told them to sit down and asked if they wanted anything to eat or drink, which they all refused.
"Well I guess introductions are in order," Ivy said, she then turned to Harley, "Harley, Natasha this is my old teacher Minerva McGonagall. Minerva this is my soul-mate Harley Quinn, and this little girl is my niece and your Goddaughter, Natasha.
Natasha looked at Ivy, "Goddaughter?"
Minerva looked at her and smiled sadly, it was obvious that she was James and Lily's daughter, but she looked so small. "Yes a few days before your parents died they named me your Godmother, I would have brought your Godfather with me, but he is currently in prison for a crime he didn't commit."
Ivy looked stunned "Sirus is in Azkaban!"
"Yes he was accused of killing a group of muggles and Peter Pettigrew. But I believe I should introduce you to my family." Minerva pointed to Sara, "This is Sara she is a few months younger than Natasha, then we have Bella, and before you ask Pamela, yes that Bella. Then we have Tom, my husband."
Ivy just looked at Bella, until she heard that the man that Minerva had brought with her was in fact her husband. "Hello Pamela, Natasha and you to Harley. It is a pleasure to finally meet you all." Tom said in his most relaxed tone.
"Tom Riddle, Minerva could you warn me next time you plan on bringing your husband."
"Well when I told him he wanted to come, I will explain why after I tell Natasha what you ask me here for."
"OK. Please Minerva, I want to know and I am sure she wants to as well."
"Well Natasha, like many stories told there are always two sides, but they are usually similar but have small changes, but this story has a truth side which not many people know, and a side that is common knowledge that is a complete load. The version that you will hear the most when you come to Hogwarts is this, there was a prophecy that either you or one other child would have the power to stop the dark lord and that he would see this person as his equal but this child would have power that the dark lord didn't know. Now this 'dark lord' supposedly hunted your parents down, because the whole magical world thinks you are a half-blood like the dark lord and that's why he thought you would be better as your equal. Now it is said that your parents were betrayed and that much is true, but which side your parents were betrayed to is another thing, but it was said that Sirus Black was given the role of Secret Keeper, which meant he was the only person that could tell people where they were hidden. According to the legend of the girl-who-lived, Sirus betrayed your parents to the dark lord, who hunted them down and killed them, but when he tried to kill you, the spell backfired and killed him."
Ivy looked at Minerva in shock. She couldn't believe what shit people would believe so easily. "Minerva, what really happened that night? Because I know you would not bring Tom with you if there was a little bit of truth to that."
"You are right Pamela, I wouldn't bring my husband to his death by your revenge seeking hands. No I am not stupid. What really happened was that Dumbledore got Lily and James to change the secret keeper to Peter, and when Dumbledore thought that he had lost control of Lily because of her worry about what had happened to you, he and Peter went to the house and killed James, when he got to Natasha's room Lily was there, trying to protect her. When Dumbledore killed her, she sacrificed herself to save Natasha. When Peter went to kill Natasha, he was thrown back and the house exploded with Dumbledore and Peter only just getting away. Three days later Sirus confronted Peter in the middle of a crowed muggle street and accused him of killing Lily and James, selling himself to Dumbledore and Peter faked his death by blowing up the street, cutting of his finger and running away. Leaving Sirus, not only to take the blame for killing 12 muggles, but for killing Lily and James, and the way Dumbledore told the story, he sold them out to the dark lord. And there starts his lovely amounts of manipulation on the magical community."
Ivy was furious, Harley was in tears and Natasha was shocked that someone that was meant to be her parents friend, tried to kill her.
"I knew that Peter was bad news, he was too close to Dumb-ass-dore for my liking. Merlin, now we know where that scar comes from Natasha. Do you know were Peter is Minerva?"
Natasha looked at her aunt, and nodded. Then she looked at Minerva, waiting for an answer to the question, she may not be an angry person, or a person that is likely to seek revenge. But this guy tried to kill her, he was friends with her parents and he betrayed them and it cost them their lives. There was only one thing on Natasha and Ivy's mind right now was revenge for destroying their family.
"No I don't. It was said that he was killed by Sirus, but I know that he is still alive somewhere. I don't think Dumbledore would have let the only other person he knows he can fully trust die."
"Minerva, did Dumbledore give anyone a rat around that time, like to take care of or as a present?" Ivy asked and she received an odd look in return from not only Minerva, Bella, Sara and Tom as well.
"I think he gave Percy Weasley a rat for his birthday that year. Yes he did because I thought it was such an odd pet to give to such a boy. But I don't see where this is going."
Ivy smirked because she was still getting odd looks from Minerva. She knew Natasha and Harley got the reason behind her asking such an odd thing and she thought it was time to put Minerva out of her misery about the secret of the Marauders.
"Minerva, have you ever wondered the secret to the Marauders success at sneaking around?"
Minerva looked at her with an odd expression again, but she knew somehow this all related to where Peter was.
"Yes I have. It is one of the only things that had plagued my teaching career, how the hell you lot tricked all of us."
"Well, we all decided to try and help Remus on the full moon. But because he would attack any human we had to figure out a way to not be human. The four of us became animagus, Sirus is a black dog, James was a stag, I was a black panther with deep red paws and my tail was tipped red and peter was a rat. We would go out on the night of the full moon and Peter would become a rat and freeze the Whomping Willow and we would use the secret passage that was under the tree to get to the Shrieking Shack and there we would all wait for the moon to fully rise and for Remus to transform. Then we would all shift so he wouldn't be lonely and run off into the forest of to Hogsmeade."
Minerva looked at her ex-student in shock. "All four of you became unregistered animagus and spent every full moon out of the castle. What the hell were you all thinking? No I can answer that. You weren't thinking. Do you know how dangerous it is to try to become an animagus without a mentor? You could have been killed."
"Yes they could have Minerva" Tom said while looking at his wife, "But they weren't, and they were just trying to help Remus, and you have told me many times that Pamela was one of your best students, I am sure that she took all the necessary precautions to make sure that she or those boys didn't get hurt in the process. I am more surprised that you are not congratulating her on becoming an animagus, one, so early in life and two, without any tutor. I am rather amazed by her abilities."
Ivy looked at Tom in shock, someone of his stature and skills, praising her abilities, make her expression look like a fish, her mouth was opening and closing but no words were coming out. Harley found that this expression on Ivy was rather funny and couldn't hold in the laughter. When Ivy had finally recovered from the shock she thanked Tom for his praise. Ivy looked at the three children, who had become bored and started playing Harley's hyenas.
"Pamela, do you think Dumbledore gave Peter to the Weasley's to protect?" Minerva asked worried, that rat was coming to the school soon and she wouldn't be able to hide her anger to kill that rat.
"I think that he did. If the Order is the same as it was before I left, then the Weasley's are the only people that are actually supporting Dumbles and even though that dumbass doesn't know that the majority of the Order support Tom, Molly Weasley is the only person I think that Dumbledore has enough trust in to protect Peter."
Tom looked in thought, so Ivy turned to Harley and gave her a hug, the silence bringing down on her the truth of her sister's death and their friend's betrayal. Harley just held her while she sobbed.
After everyone had settled down Ivy realised the time and the fact that everyone was hungry, so she made everyone something to eat, while she was getting the food ready Minerva got to know Natasha and Natasha got to know Minerva, Bella, Sara and Tom.
When they sat down to eat Tom thought that he should bring up the reason he came as well.
"Ivy, I have to admit there is another reason that I wanted to come with Minerva. You were the first of my family to support my cause. But first how did you learn of my true cause, not that crap that Dumbledore had been saying?"
Ivy looked guilty for a moment, which was a surprise to Harley. "Well it was just after I became an animagus and I was having trouble controlling my changing at first, one night I couldn't control it at all, so I was wondering around the castle and I was down in the dungeons and I heard Lucius Malfoy talking about how he wished that the 'Dark lord's' cause that Dumbledore was saying was the real cause, when I heard that, I did some research during the holidays. I went to Sirus' place for a couple of days and when we were meant to be asleep I changed into my animagus form and went downstairs to their family library. On the way I heard Sirus' parents talking about the same thing, but they were talking about the real cause as well, that's how I learnt. After that I did some more research about the implications on the magical community and whether it would improve our lives for the better of worst, and I found some really good reasons. The magical community is in the dark ages and not only that but their law are in the dark ages even worse, the creature laws are ridiculous and the laws on muggle-borns are beyond stupid. I have been following your true cause since I was 13."
"Ahh, well I came here today to thank you for following my true cause, and I wanted to know if you wanted to take my mark and become a true follower of my cause, and I was going to offer the same to Harley as well."
"Really thank you Tom. I couldn't thank you enough. But I think that you should explain to Harley what the cause is."
"Yes you are right. Well Harley the magical community is very set in their ways, and they are not very likely to change their laws or their ways. I grew up in a muggle orphanage and I learnt all about life the muggle way, mostly because I didn't know there was another way. When I was ten, a man named Professor Dumbledore came to the orphanage and explained that I was a wizard and explained that was why all these strange things that I could do. He explained to me about Hogwarts and what I would learn, he then took me shopping for all my school things and when I started school I was sorted into Slytherin and made friends. During my third year I got interested in the laws of the wizarding world, so I researched the laws, the ministry and noticed, even though in muggle society laws are always behind the technology and ways of people, the laws, ways and technology of the wizarding world are so far behind they are in the dark ages, Dumbledore says he supports creature and muggle-borns but he has never made an attempt to change the laws involving werewolves, vampire and other magical creatures and he hasn't attempted to change the laws surrounding muggle-borns. Muggle-borns and any person with creature blood have to be registered with the ministry and they are watched and controlled, and Dumbledore hasn't tried to change this.
My plan however is to take over the ministry and change the laws so that muggle-borns and creatures have equal rights as pure-blood wizard, also witches are taught that their place is in the home and to take care of their husbands and children, I want to change this as well. I want to introduce muggle technology into the magical world and change laws so that the magical community is more advanced that of the muggles."
Harley looked in thought, when something hit her like a brick wall, "Tom, if the magical community is in the dark ages, what are the thoughts about abuse of partners, divorce and child abuse?"
"There aren't any. I know friends of mine that are abused by their husbands but cannot escape because of the laws, the child abuse laws are even more non-existent and divorce can only be applied for by the husband, and that almost never happens. And I can tell you that gay and lesbian rights don't even exist."
Harley looked between Ivy and Tom, and made her decision, "Tom, I will join you and take up this mark, if you promise to change these laws. I will do anything to help people who are abused, I know how they feel."
Tom moved closer to Harley and Ivy, using Occlumency he saw what happened with the Joker. He held her hands and looked into her eyes "I promise you that if you follow me I will put you in charge of helping witches and children who have been abused, I will change the laws surrounding it. I will make sure that what happened to you will never happen in the magical world again."
"How do you know what has happened to me?" Harley asked, Ivy growled and looked at Tom with a pissed off look on her face.
"Babe, there is this skill called Legilimecy, basically it allows a skilled user to gain access to another person's mind. Tom only did it because he couldn't get into my mind to see if I knew why you were so passionate about this." Ivy explained while still looking pissed at Tom
"Why couldn't he get into your mind?"
"Because, to counter Legilimecy, there is Occlumency, which can help people block out people who try to gain access to a person's mind. Some people are just born skilled Legilimens or Occlumens, I am a born Occlumens, meaning I didn't have to train to block people out, I was born with it. I guess I was just lucky that way. But Tom will not be going into your mind again. I get why he did it, but I would like some things that we have done in the past to be kept secret, can you agree to that Tom?"
"Of course, I am sorry for the invasion of your mind. I am always curious when someone is so passionate about something. I just wanted to know why. But I promise, that when I have finished this and have control of the Ministry of Magic, not only in Britain, but here in America to, no witch of wizard, child or adult or anyone associated with the magic community with have to go through what you went through. I hope you will have a hand in helping me to achieve that."
The group began to eat and the three youngest girls were getting along really well. They were all chatting, getting to know each other and catching up on what had been happening during the time Ivy had been absent from the magical world. The group hadn't noticed what the time was as they felt like they were in their own world while the world outside kept moving forward, but their little world was interrupted when there was a loud banging on the door that lead into the greenhouse that they were in.
"What the fuck was that Red?" Harley asked Ivy.
"I don't know Harls, I wasn't expecting anyone today. No one knows that we are even staying here… or at least no one that I know off. Have you told anyone?"
Harley looked a little guilty and looked away while she mumbled something to quiet for Ivy to hear.
"Babe, what was that?"
Harley looked back at her "I may have told Lena."
As if that was a welcome, a woman in black leather cat suit which wasn't hiding much because there were cuts through it and blood everywhere that wasn't covered by what little of her outfit was still on her body.
"Ivy… Harls… help…"
Harley jumped up and ran over to the woman as she fainted "Selena!" she blacked out just as Harley grabbed her, and Ivy looked around in the kitchen, through her stocks of potions and herbal remedies, but she couldn't find what she was looking for.
"Minerva, Tom. Are either of you carrying any Dittany on you by any chance?"
"I have some here Pamela." Minerva fished in her pockets and grabbed a little bottle
"Thanks, I'll make you some more later Minerva."
Ivy poured drops of the potion on any open wounds she could see on Selena's body and lifted her wand and cast the first healing and diagnostic spells that came to mind, while levitating her over to the table so she and Minerva had a flat surface to work with.
After 20 minutes of healing spells, potions and diagnostic tests every few minutes, Ivy declared that she was fine, and would just have to rest so the rest of the internal injuries could heal properly. Ivy and Harley were worried about why she would turn up like this, either she had been beaten by a fellow Rogue or she had gotten back together with Batman, who at night may be the hero vigilante of Gotham City, but during the day he was Bruce Wayne, CEO of Wayne Industries, Party boy and when he was with Selena, girlfriend beater. That's why Harley and Ivy always took care of her, why Harley hated him so much, while he didn't kill people, he was just a bad as the Joker when it involved relationships.
"Red, I swear! If it was the Bat, I will go out and show him why I am with you. I will show him how strong I have become since Joker. He is no better and I will make him pay, no one hurts my family and Lena is family to us, we are the Gotham Sirens and we stick together." Harley sat down in tears, she couldn't believe that the Bat was like this, how he could hurt Selena.
"Babe, I know how you feel and the last time we discussed this we threw out the idea, we kill him, we teach him a lesson, whether he is Batman or Bruce Wayne. He has the whole Gotham PD behind both his identities. We would be hunted until we were killed, personally I would do it now that he has almost killed her, but with Natasha we can't, I can't leave her without family again or to handle Dumblefuckers manipulations on her own. If it wasn't for all of that, I would more than willing go to that fucking building of his and kill him, and expose him as that stupid Batman."
Minerva spoke up wanting to know why her favourite student wanted some Bat dead. "Pamela, Harley what is going on? Who is this woman and why do you want a Batman dead?" Ivy looked at her and then turned and called the girls into the room, "Prongslet, you know how Harley and me told you about the Batman and how we had to promise him something so that he would allow us to kill Joker?"
"Yeah, are you going to tell me what the promise was?" Natasha asked, she had been wondering because of the broken look on her aunts face when she was told about the promise earlier.
"Yes, this is Selena Kyle who is also known as Catwoman. He ex-boyfriend use to beat her up like Joker did the Harley. Her ex is Batman, some hero he is. But to get him to allow us to go after the Joker without him stopping us we had to agree never to go to the police with his identity of Bruce Wayne, CEO of Wayne Industries and never to tell the police about how he beat up Selena. To get rid of the Joker, it was an easy price to pay. Until they got back together and me and Harls picked her up one night half-dead."
Harley looked over to Ivy and continued, "After that night, Lena promised she wouldn't go back to him. She saw what being with the Joker did to me and she didn't want it happening to her, but he is the obsessed one. Hunting her down as Selena during the day and looking through the city for Catwoman at night. Tonight he must have found her."
The group left Selena to rest and moved into a different room, Ivy had things she wanted to discuss with Minerva and Tom before they left. There were many things that Ivy thought were off with Natasha's magic and she wanted Minerva's help to figure out what was wrong with her niece.
"Minerva, can you do me a favour?" Ivy asked with the innocent look on her face, identical to the one she used to wear at school.
"Not with that look on your face you can't."
"Minerva, can you please check Natasha for blocks on her magic, I am planning on taking her to Gringotts tomorrow and I wanted to make sure there are no blocks on her magic because when I have sensed her magical core, something felt… different to when I sensed it when she was first born."
Minerva called over Natasha and ran some checks on her magic, when Ivy looked at the concerned look that was bordering on pissed off she got worried. If there were blocks on her magic she was going to kill Dumblefucker.
"Minerva, what has he done?"
"He has placed not only blocks on her magical core, but also her other powers. Also she has a loyalty spell on her so that once she meets that ass she will always trust him, and not put up with anyone talking bad about him, I can also see a loyalty spell attached to the Weasleys. What I can guess that once she gets to school, Dumbledore will take it upon himself as her magical guardian to arrange a marriage contract with the youngest Weasley boy. But the main thing is that they are protected by ancient magic, he made it so that if anyone found them they couldn't remove them, only a blood relative or he could remove them. He probably never thought that she would meet you. But there is another one… he placed a block on her so that if she were to meet you after starting Hogwarts, she would never trust you. But there is also a large amount of dark magic on her soul, I never thought that Dumbledore would go this far…"
"What is it Tabby?" Tom asked, hoping his thoughts about the possibilities were wrong.
"When he killed James and Lily, he created a Horcrux. In Natasha."
Ivy was gritting her teeth to make sure she didn't loss it in front of the children, but the more she pushed the rage down the more the plants around the greenhouse started to react, they started to grow and move around more. The plants started to advance to encase Ivy so no one could get to her.
"Aunty Ivy!" Natasha yelled at the same time as Harley yelled for Ivy.
"Ivy… baby calm down. You can remove the blocks. You heard what Minerva said you can remove them. You can protect her, I will help you and you can protect her from whatever this Horcrux thingy is." Harley yelled between her tears, trying desperately to calm her down, the only other time she had seen her love this angry was when the Joker had almost killed her, so she knew this wasn't good.
"Pamela, calm down. I have heard rumours that the goblins of Gringotts have a way to remove a living Horcrux and place it in another living thing so it can be destroyed. The blocks on Natasha's magic can be removed by you and any other ones that cannot be removed by you I am sure can be removed by the goblins at Gringotts. Now calm down woman, I thought you didn't want to alert the police." Tom yelled at Ivy, trying to calm her down enough so that Harley could get to her.
Ivy started to calm down enough so that Harley and Natasha could come up without the threat of vines and plants killing them. Minerva looked at Tom and they both shared a look like they knew something that they shouldn't and that they didn't want to bring it up to invoke more anger from Ivy. They tried to break the look but Bella and Sara saw their parents look.
"What's wrong mum?" Sara asked Minerva
"Well we should go to Gringotts once your friend Selena is alright. I believe that there may be discrepancies with Natasha's account and the Potter vaults. Also the goblins might be able to remove the blocks and the horcrux without alerting Dumbledore that they have been removed. Since it's late, we will head home and when Selena is better she can come with us, Meta-Humans are considered magic which means Harley can be placed as a Guardian to Natasha once we have sorted out all these difficulties with Albus." Minerva told the room, Natasha looked particularly sad that Sara was leaving and Bella looked sad because she wanted to get to know her godmother better.
"But mum" "But Minerva" came the reply for the three girls.
"It's late and you all need to go to bed, and that means you too Natasha. Selena will take a couple of days to completely recover, when she is fine I will send you an owl because then she can come with us. I also want to talk to Prongslete about some things before we go to Gringotts. The after the visit to Gringotts you girls can hang out and Bella and I can get to know each other better, I want the chance to be a good godmother to you." Ivy told the group
Ivy gave the girls a hug and told them she would see them soon Harley told them the same and that when she stayed longer she would teach them more about muggles and she promised to teach them some awesome gymnastic skills. Natasha gave the two girls a hug after Harley and Ivy, Ivy noticed that Natasha was sadder when she said goodbye to Sara and her and Minerva shared a look that they knew what would happen to those two. Tom promised that he would give Harley and Ivy their own marks when they visited on a later date.
Once everyone left Ivy kept an eye on Selena while Harley started to help Natasha get ready for bed.
"So what happened between you and Sara? And don't lie to me, I can tell when you and Red are lying to me."
Natasha looked guilty for a minute then she looked up at Harley, "I don't know, she is really nice and it's nice to have a friend after being called a freak for so long. But I don't know what I feel, but there is this connection that I can feel to her, that's why I was so sad when Minerva said that they had to go home. That and she is the first person my age that has ever been nice to me. All the kids at the school I went to wouldn't come near me, they were too scared to because Dudley and his gang would make sure I had no friends and if I did well at school and got good attention from my teachers I would be starved for a few days and beaten by Vernon. But there is a different feeling between Bella and Sara, Bella feels like she could be one of my best friends, like my sister. But Sara makes me feel… I don't know how to explain it."
"You know for a nine year old, you are very wise. Maybe you should talk to Red about these feeling's, she said that she felt something like that when she first saw me when I first interviewed her at Arkham Asylum. But my obsession with the Joker took over my thoughts, I wish it didn't and I could have been with Red. When we first got together she told me that if I didn't get obsessed with the Joker she would have changed her ways just so she could be with me. The only reason she still participated in criminal activities so she could see me. But in the morning talk to her about your feelings and she also wants to talk more about becoming a hybrid like her, I would do it to but the only reason she survived was because of her magic, so that would be the only reason you would survive to."
"I would love to become a hybrid like aunt Ivy, I could learn to control the green skin by the time I got to Hogwarts, and if not I am sure that Minerva could help me disguise it till I do learn, and when you grow up being abused and trying to hide the size of your brain, you are forced to grow up rather quick that's how I grew to be so wise."
Harley looked sad, she knew what she was talking about. Before she meet the Joker she was a happy and somewhat naïve shrink. But after the abuse she suffered at his hands she grew up and learnt how life really was. "I know how you feel, now come on. Time for bed."
The next morning Natasha and Harley were sitting in the kitchen looking at their breakfast, contemplating whether eating it would be good with the smells coming from the other side of the kitchen as Ivy was trying to restock her potions stores and get the necessary potions for Selena to get better quickly so that she could come with the group to Diagon Alley and Gringotts soon. Ivy was getting nervous about the blocks on Natasha's magic and it was showing. The plants had not been completely settled since Ivy's little anger attack yesterday and Natasha and Ivy didn't know how to confront her about what happened with Natasha and Sara, or the fact that Natasha would like to become a hybrid like Ivy. Harley was just worried about Ivy's health, she hadn't been to bed last night, she spent it making more potions.
"Aunt Harley, why is Aunt Ivy working so hard?" Natasha whispered worried that she would disturb Ivy in her manic work mode.
"She gets like this when me or Selena are hurt, she doesn't think that she has enough stuff to make sure we are better. Before me and Red stopped being as violent as we used to be, the three of us were called the Gotham Sirens. We stuck together and protected each other, but when we started only stealing to make sure we could survive, Selena went her own way. We are still friends and if we find any jobs that could use all three of us, we take them. Whenever a job went wrong, Red would protect us." Harley said looking longingly at the door to the kitchen.
Natasha wanted to go in there and help, or at least learn, but she thought better of it. She may have only been with Ivy and Harley for about a week but she had already learnt that when they needed their space, that it was best to give it to them.
"Aunt Harley, what did you mean about talking to Aunt Ivy about my reaction to Sara?" Natasha asked Harley.
"Well what you described to me sounds a lot like what Red said she felt when she first met me… something…" Harley stopped talking when she saw a figure in the doorway.
"Kitty, you shouldn't be walking around yet, to be honest, Red said you shouldn't be awake yet." Harley said as she got up from the table and helped Selena over so she could get off her feet.
"She always says that after I'm hurt Harley, she never changes… hello, whose this Harley?" Selena asked when she caught sight of Natasha at the table.
"Oh, yeah you were out of it when you came in last night. This is Red's niece, Natasha. Natasha this is Selena Kyle, otherwise known as Catwoman." Harley introduced them.
"Hello Natasha, please don't call me Catwoman here, or Kitty like Harley. Selena or Lena is fine. I thought Pammy was an only child."
"Yeah well there are lots of things you don't know about me Selena, now if you don't get of your feet I will use force. And don't call me Pammy." Ivy said from the now open kitchen door
Ivy came over to Selena and sat her down, checked her wounds and rubbed more of the healing lotions onto the bruises, "Well what else don't I know about you Pammy? What other secrets are you hiding?"
"Red and Natasha are witches!" Harley was now the receiver of some crazy looks from Selena.
"Pam, what have you been feeding Harley? She is talking crazy shit. There are no such things as witches, except for certain Meta-humans, but some of them are freaks." Selena whispered to Ivy and received a pretty pissed look in return from not only Ivy but Natasha as well.
"If there are no such things as witches then answer me this, why would my aunt and uncle beat the crap and emotionally abuse me for eight years because my mother was a witch. Answer me that Selena!" Natasha yelled, she tried to stop but she had no control over her body or her mouth, her magic had taken over to try and protect Natasha from what it saw as a possible threat, mostly because Selena had called her and her aunt freaks. Ivy could feel Natasha's magic spiking to dangerous levels and she didn't think she could control it, but luckily she had help.
Minerva had been sitting in her office at home when Sara came running in to tell her that she just knew that Natasha was in trouble. Normally Minerva would have thought that this was a ploy by her extremely smart daughter, but after the looks that she saw between Natasha and Sara last night, she knew something had to be happening. So Minerva grabbed her daughters hand and apperated to Pamela's safe house. What she saw when she got there was not what she had been expecting, Natasha was surrounded by what seemed like a force field of her own magic and it looked like no one could get through.
"Pamela what happened?" Minerva asked, her concern over Natasha taking over her
"Selena here didn't believe Harley when she said about me and Natasha being witches and said something about the only people who believed they were witches were some meta-humans and even those people where freaks, since she saw you apparate I'm guessing Selena has had a change of heart." Ivy said with a stern look to Selena
"Yeah Pam I get it now, I'm an idiot. I believe it now, but why did she react that way?"
Harley looked over at them and waved to Minvera, "It's the word 'freak'. I was like that with some words after I got away from Joker, but I didn't have magic to do this. I just attacked Red, in multiple ways." Harley said grinning, everyone but Sara understanding the double meaning to the last comment.
While the adults were talking no one noticed that Sara had made it past Natasha's expanding shield and was slowly making her way to Natasha. When Minerva turned to protect her daughter she noticed how Sara had not only gotten past the shield but was now holding Natasha, calming her down. Minerva tapped Ivy on the shoulder to get her attention and pointed to the girls, who were now on the floor holding each other, Natasha crying into Sara's neck and Sara rubbing calming circles on her back.
"Minerva, we are going to have to talk to the girls about this later. You know as well as I do what it means and how it could affect them both later." Ivy whispered to Minerva while Harley went over to the two girls with Selena, who was apologizing to Natasha for her poor choice of words.
"I know. Do you want to know how I knew to turn up. Sara came running into the study screaming that something was wrong with Natasha and if I hadn't seen the looks between the two of them last night I would have dismissed it but I am glad I didn't. I didn't particularly want to have to read about this explosion knowing my god-daughter probably caused it. But I don't know how to explain this to two nine year olds. But if they have made the connection now and it is this strong it can only show that they will be a powerful couple." Minerva explained to Ivy as Harley came up behind them and wrapped her arms around Ivy's waist. Ivy leant back into Harley's touch, relaxing in the feelings that having Harley's arms around her invoked, knowing that one day this would be the fate of Natasha and Sara. Soul-mates couldn't be denied and with the power that Natasha had locked away in her, it would be even harder for either of them to deny to connection that they had already started to build.
Harley knowing that Ivy needed this moment to relax kept her arms around her, Ivy had told her about soul-mates once Minerva and Tom had left and Natasha was in bed. Now Harley knew why it was so hard for her to deny the attraction she felt for Ivy when she was with the Joker, and even harder to deny it to the point of leaving Ivy after she had recovered from the beatings that the Joker would deal out. But Harley knew that once they came together, their love would be strong like hers and Ivy's.
"Minerva, I know I don't know much about the magical world but I think that it would be best that they figure it out for themselves, I spoke to Natasha last night and she said how she felt about Sara and Bellatrix was different, so she knows there is a connection, she just doesn't know what it is. I think that let them both have as normal a childhood they can have for the girl-who-lived and the daughter of the 'Dark Lord'." Harley explained her thought to the other women, Selena even nodded when she came over to them.
"I may have just made an complete ass of myself, and I may have only just learnt about Pammie and her other life, but I could see the connection between them when you first turned up and they saw each other. They will figure it out and I agree with Harls, I think that they should come into their love on their own, look at Pammie and Harls, even with Joker in the middle that still found each other." Selena told them while the four of them watched Sara and Natasha playing and talking to themselves.
The women went into the kitchen so Minerva could send an owl to Tom and Ivy could give Selena some more pain potions. They were sitting, talking about the magical world, Ivy and Minerva teaching Selena and Harley about their world while Selena, Ivy and Harley taught Minerva more about the muggle world, when the girls came running in.
"Mum can we go to Diagon Alley? I wanted to show Tasha some of my favourite shops, please." Sara started begging Minerva. Minerva knew that she couldn't deny her little girl anything when she looked at her like that.
"That's a good idea Sara. We have to take Natasha to Gringotts anyway, but your father and sister wanted to come so we will have to stop at home first and get them." Minerva looked at the three other women at the table and sorted out plans.
After some planning it was decided what they would do and where they would meet. Minerva said goodbye to the others and Sara and Natasha gave each other hugs. Once Minerva and Sara had left, the Sirens and Natasha got changed ready to leave for Diagon Alley.
TBC…
A/N - Okay I was hoping that I would get Diagon Alley into this chapter but I thought it would be better to do it in a new chapter. I don't know when the next chapter will be up, I haven't started it yet. I don't plan ahead in my stories so I have no idea where this will end up, but I hope you like it so far.
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