Disclaimer: Since my name isn't J.K. Rowling, I don't own Harry Potter. Unfortunately for me I don't own Batman either.
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Chapter 4: New Parents
Poison Ivy woke up the next morning to find her new apprentice had fallen asleep after he had nestled himself in between herself and Harley, normally she would be feeling somewhat angry but for some reason it just felt natural, and when she saw his sleeping face she couldn't help but smile softly. She looked towards her lover and saw that she was awake as well.
In an unspoken agreement the two quietly slipped away to the breakfast table that was in the greenhouse.
After getting a cup of coffee each they both sat down at the table. Smiling softly Harley was the first one to talk,
"You're really liking the kid, aren't you Pammy?"
"Of course, he did save most of my plants after all."
Shaking her head Harley countered
"Uh Uh, there more to it than that. I saw that look earlier, you looked just like a proud mother looking over her child."
Rolling her eyes Ivy denied the claim,
"Please, I've barley know the kid and only met him last night."
"That might make someone else believe you Red, but I know you better than that, so allow me to shoot down those arguments of yours," Haley held up one finger, "Firstly, the kid pretty much gave us an overview of his life already so you can't say that you barely know the kid." Ivy had to concede that point to her, Harley then held up a second finger "Secondly, take a look at us, we connected almost immediately. Granted it took me a while to get it through my thick skull though." This caused them both to share a laugh.
"Okay I'll admit it there was some connection there."
"You and me both Red."
Ivy raised an eyebrow in response to what Harley had just said,
"You as well?"
"Yeah, he's been through so much, too much even, but he still finds the strength to strive forward. I feel for him."
"I understand when I heard him tell us about those ... things ... I was ready to kill them in such a horrifying way that Scarecrow would take notes for use in his fear powder." The distaste towards the Dursley's was clearly evident from her tone of voice,
"Yeah I know what you mean. If I'd have gotten to them I would have replaced Mister J as the most psychotic clown in Gotham." The shear hatred was clear in Harley's voice, when sudden her face split into a huge grin,
"Our little Harry's already stolen the 'Most Dangerous' title from him as well."
Ivy had a small smile on her face as she thought about it,
"I would have paid good money to see that, or at least get a picture or recording of it."
Harley was soon struggling to control her laughter,
"Wouldn't it be *giggle* just terrible if the other rouges *giggle* found out?"
Even the usually reserved Ivy was beginning to chuckle,
"Yes wouldn't it just? *chuckle* The Joker, most feared criminal in all of Gotham getting beaten and robbed by a six year old."
By now they both collapsed into their own laughing fits.
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After Harry woke up and ate, they all decided for Harry to take them to the construction site once they were all changed. Harry was wearing his usual combo of the boots, jeans, coat and the cap.
Harley however was wearing a some black Jeans that clung to her almost as much as the, a pair of red high-heeled boots, a long sleeved black shirt with a red coat over it which the sleeves only reached down to the middle of her forearms while putting her blonde hair into one pony tail.
Ivy wore a matching outfit to Harley except instead of Red she wore forest-green (naturally), she also wore a pair of green gloves, a pair of sunglasses and a scarf which she had wrapped around the lower half of her face.
"Right! Lead the way Sweetie." Harley was bouning around like a little kid about to go to the toy store,
"Okay, could you both give me your hands please?"
Not thinking anything of it the two women each held on to one of Harry's hands, after about five seconds of standing in place, they both suddenly felt as if they were being squeezed through straws, when they opened their eyes they found that they were at the construction site, causing Harley to let out a impressed whistle,
"Wow, that was pretty good", her praise causing Harry to blush slightly,
"Thanks but normally it doesn't take me that long, but I wanted to make sure I didn't hurt you."
Ivy smiled gently as she told Harry why they were there,
"That's why we're here Harry. We'd like you to show us what you can do."
By the end of that day both women would agree that it was one thing to hear about something, it was another to see it, especially when in matters concerning Harry due to his downplay of his abilities beforehand.
When he demonstrated his 'porting, he showed that he could practically be in two places at once by being able to do so multiple times a second, it got to the point where Harley was starting to feel dizzy trying to follow him and had to sit down on one of the girders with Ivy soon joining her.
While they were sat down they asked him to demonstrate his ability to lift objects, they weren't sat down much longer, with a mischievous grin that he might as well of learned from Harley, he spread his arms out slightly in front of him and proceeded to not only lift them up about five feet in the air but also the girder they were sat on, along with a few cinder blocks as well.
After he put them down very gently he preceded to levitate a few of the bricks into the air and with a couple of flicks of his wrist stared firing small chunks from them, like Gatling gun fire, and utterly destroyed a section of an unfinished wall. This left both Harley and Ivy wide eyed, although Harley was more vocal about it, "Damn!! I doubt if even Lizard Lips would have survived that!"
Harry then 'ported between two sections of wall, but still remained within the sights of his new guardians, he then threw his arms out to the side with the palms facing outward and let loose a shockwave that destroyed the two sections of walls and left a small circular crater at around an inch deep around his feet.
He put on a bust of speed, which the two young women struggled to follow, towards a more open clearing and then jumped at least eight feet in the air and then slammed his fist on the ground, which created a large crashing noise and dust cloud kicked up that removed Harry from their view. When it cleared a grinning Harry was stood by a crater that was a least four feet deep and ten feet wide.
"Holy shit!" Harley exclaimed with sheer awe in her voice.
Ivy could only nod her head dumbly, while inside her head she was praising whatever divine intervention brought this child to her for nurturing.
Harry then turned towards a different section of wall which had an upright steel girder stood upright next to it, both of which were just over twenty five feet away. He made a quick jabbing motion towards the wall which caused it to crack in a spider web style. He repeated the movement three times, each doing more damage than the last until the wall section collapsed, finally he made one more punch that seemed fiercer than the others, this one however caused the girder to buckle until it was nearly at a right angle.
Harry finally turned back towards Ivy and Harley and gave them a lopsided grin,
"How was that?"
Shaking herself out of her stupor Ivy was the one who answered him,
"That was very impressive Harry. I knew I made the right decision in taking you on as an apprentice, lets head back now Harry."
"Okay, just let me clean up."
Turning back towards the destruction, Harry spread his arms out and closed his eyes in concentration and right before Harley and Ivy's eyes all of the destruction started to get fixed, right down to the last brick.
By the time Harry was finished he had a fine layer of sweat on his brow and was breathing deeply as well,
Concerned about him both of the women knelt down next to him,
"Are you okay Sweetie?"
"Yeah *pant* just tired *pant* it's harder to fix it all than it is to break them."
Both the women nodded their heads in understanding. While the kid may have been insanely strong there was still a limit as to what he could do.
"Can you still get us back home?"
"Yeah, just hold my hands."
Soon they found themselves back at the green house and Harry was put straight to bed because he was so exhausted.
Later on Harley and Ivy were sitting at the breakfast table sharing a bottle of wine and making a toast to their new ward,
"Things are really going to change for us aren't they Red?"
"They already have Harl, but I think Gotham itself, will change."
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From then on they each started tutoring Harry in the different things he would learn at school and gradually introduce him into their own specialities. Harley also started teaching him gymnastics and free-running. While teaching him they found out that he was sponge when it came to information and knowledge, plus he could apply it well and would frequently think outside the box.
His education was progressing years ahead of others in his age group.
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One uncomfortable situation for the two lover's came when they were kissing each other passionately on the flower bed, while Harry was working over some maths problems, and Ivy was just about to help Harley out of her jester's outfit when Harry 'ported right next to the bed with the problems finished. This led to them having to explain to the six year old about relationships and the different kinds there were and how some thought that some people thought that some relationships were 'wrong'. After listening to their explanation, Harry tilted his head to the side and said in a slightly confused tone,
"I don't get it."
This caused the two women to dismay slightly at having to go through it again until he understood. That is until he gave his own opinion about the matter.
"Miss Ivy, you love Harl right?
"Of course."
"And Harl, you love Miss Ivy right?"
"Definitely"
"So then what's the problem that people have with you two loving each other?"
It was at that moment that they realised that the probably wouldn't have any problems about with their relationship from Harry.
Provided that he remembered give them some 'alone time' and followed the new rules of not 'porting directly next to the flowerbed and let them know when he there before coming near.
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A few weeks after starting as Ivy's apprentice he started referring to her as 'Mom' and although she mostly denied it, that simple word from Harry made her the happiest she'd been since when she realized Harley left Joker for her permanently.
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Harry loved Harley, because she always seemed to be playing games, even when she was teaching him. She was kind of like a second (or third if you think about it) Mom sometimes, but most of the time she was like a sister to him.
Good luck finding someone able to tell you who's the older sibling though.
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Soon after, Harry met one of his new Mom's friends, who seemed to really like the little boy who was so good with her pets. 'Aunt Kitty' as she was called by Harry would quite willingly look after Harry if both Harley and Ivy needed a night to themselves.
Although she would probably never admit it to all but her closest friends, Catwoman came to like being referred to as 'Aunt Kitty' the young boy she viewed as her nephew.
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One day when Harry was looking at some of the different stores (Ivy and Harley trusted him to 'port back if there was any trouble) he came across an unusual book store, when he went inside he saw that the girl at the register was idly reading 'Dracula', she was dressed mostly in black and even wore black lipstick. Harry took note of some of the books on the shelves as he looked around ('Practical Wiccan', 'Voodoo for Dummies', 'Anarchist's Cookbook' huh, Harl told him to get that book if he was to see it.) until he came across two books that seemed to just call to him and both were quite old and very big, the first was called 'A Practical Guide to Mind Magic: Self Taught Occlumancy, Lengenimancy and More.', the second book was titled 'A Complete Guide to Runes, Runecraft and Runelore'. Harry decided to get these books (including the cookbook) and then head home.
Little did he realize what lucky finds he had. The book of runes was completely outlawed in England, after all, blood runes are considered Dark Magic.
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Tys1990: Man that was a pain in the ass to write.
Catwoman: I see you got away from Harley and Ivy last time.
Tys1990: Took me forever to do so though.
Harry: *pulls on Tys1990's shirt and then points inside a book* Tys! How do you say this word?
Tys1990: *looks at it* Dambala, Harry.
Harry: Thanks *goes back to what he was doing.*
Catwoman: You babysitting?
Tys1990: The girls needed some peace and quiet for tonight and I wanted them out of my hair, it's win-win as far as I can see.
Catwoman: What's he reading anyway?
Tys1990: *shrugs* 'Voodoo for Dummies', anyway, "Feel free to review and constructive criticism is always welcome."
Catwoman: Are you sure he should be reading that? And where the heck did he get that messed up doll? It looks like it was hacked to pieces and put back together with some of them missing.
Tys1990: It came with the book, besides, what's the worst that can happen?
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