*Almost all side stories are snippets that have relevant piece of information(s) for the plot.

My beta and I are re-editing the previous chapters as of this moment and re-uploading them.

Please note, I've rearranged the chapters a bit, mainly adding two chapters together, so you might have thought "why's she uploading chapter 6 again?" it was actually a new chapter, sorry for the confusion.


7


Sure enough, over the last couple of weeks, Harriet had been very busy. Harriet had already been learning every subject she needed to learn with the help of her parents. It was only in due time that she would master the certain subjects that she thought she needed to learn.

Only after mastering Occlumency, Harriet began to fight crime. It helped to shield her mind from her prying parents if they were ever suspicious. Whether it was minor or major, whenever she came across something illegal going on or downright wrong, she was there. Harriet didn't know the reason why, but defeating the bad guys gave her a sense of adventure and excitement.

Harriet kept it all a secret. She was excellent at lying. She told her parents she had a study group after school so that she could patrol the streets during the afternoon and not have them worry. During the weekends, she would either stay in her room to study whatever she could find that would aid her in her adventurous life, or she'd go out to the streets looking for danger - mostly, however, danger found her.

It was all going well. Until, that is, Reddit exploded.

r/heroestoday

Tony Stark is Iron Man, Steve Rogers is Captain America, so what do we call this one? Hoodie Girl?

[Image: Harriet in a oversized hoodie, strings pulled and tied to hide most of her face, firing a stupefy at a man]

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MidnightRaineStorm: Anyone notice the eyes? Green eyes?

Chikitax98: I see it, not noticeable cause this is taken during night time

Nataly_SkyPot: Wish the lighting was better, then we can tell who she really is

GroovyDude4prez: Damn she's fine

Meilinfan: Perv

AshesGleamandGlow: Is she some kind of a mutant?

Captain_CV: I think so. It does explain how she can knock people out without even lifting a finger. Edit: I mean that in a figurative way; damn so many nit pickers.

Padfootette: She kinda looks familiar… I think she goes to my high school - I've seen someone wear that hoodie;;; I might be wrong though; don't hate

Shellzbells24: that's a lie. She at least looks to be 20.

2Fab4U : I'd tap that {Blocked}

SirFapsAlot: yup, with that booty? Totally. {Blocked}

EmeraldMoonChaser: Username checks out^

Shite.

Harriet didn't even think about the consequences if people really found out that she did in fact go to school and she was working as a hero as a side job. She needed a disguise, and she knew where to get one.

But, first things first, burn the hoodie.


Harriet: Sirius

Siriusly: ya

Harriet: can I trust you?

Siriusly: course

Harriet: do you trust me?

Siriusly: what did you do now

Harriet: well…

~ You know the article you told me about?

Siriusly: the one with the...

~ wait

~ is this

~ why does this girl look a bit familiar?

~ it's probs the lighting in this pic but

Harriet: that's me

~ …

~ Sirius?

Siriusly: I'm totally telling your dad

Harriet: PLEASE DON't

Siriusly: dialing

Harriet: you're not

~ you love me more than dad

Siriusly: true

Harriet: and you're a lot cooler than dad

Siriusly: okay, you successfully smooth talked your way

~ out of this, what do you need

Harriet: You work with goblins, right?

Siriusly: They are the few that came to me for jobs, yes

Harriet: and some are metalsmith?

Siriusly: only a handful

Harriet: I need an armour.

Siriusly: metalsmith produce silverware, not armour

Harriet: some metalsmith have studied making armours and weapons

~ for witches and wizards long ago.

Siriusly: I'll bring it up in conference


Sirius: Hey, Gropple

Gropple: Yes, boss?

Sirius: wanna do a side project for my goddaughter?

Gropple: No

Sirius: I'll give you a raise

Gropple: I'll do it

Sirius: Here's the blueprint for her armour

~ [Image sent]

~ Don't change anything

Gropple: sir, yes, sir


A week later

Sirius: How's the armour coming along?

Gropple: [Image sent]

Sirius: merlin

~ I didn't tell you to make it skin tight as possible

Gropple: You like it? ;)

Sirius: No! My goddaughter can't be seen in that

Gropple: -_- I'll fix it


Another week later

Gropple: sir

~ [Image sent]

Sirius: why did you make the pants so short?

~ she needs sleeves too! Long ones!

~ She'll be freezing with that on!

Gropple: actually, sir,

~ We've run out of dragon-hide.

~ We needed to make the hood to cover her face,

~ so we made that out of the pants

~ Besides, this is the latest fashion.

Sirius: argh!


Harriet looked at the armour and scratched her head. This wasn't the type of armour she'd wanted. She'd expected something else, not something so eye-catching.

The dragon-hide armour was a flaming hot red with specks of gold lining it. Harriet knew she was in for some publicity as soon as she went out like that. But then again, when was she not?

At the very least, this was a very cheesy hero costume that looked like it came out from a comic book.

"Can't you make it a little less… showy?" Harriet pleaded.

Sirius looked down to the goblin who was proudly presenting his work. The goblin explained, "Well, we can change the color of the suit, if that makes you happy."

"I was talking about the shorts, but whatever. It's not like anyone's going to pinpoint who I am beneath that hood." Harriet shrugged.

Dragon skin armour was very hard to come by. It was said that dragons, along with other rare and powerful creatures, traveled to other realms when wizard genes started vanishing.

"The armour is also designed to vanish and reappear at your mind's command, so you don't have to put it on yourself. Try it."

Harriet replaced her outfit she had on with the dragon armour by imagining herself wearing the suit, and looked at the reflection of the long mirror to confirm Gropple's explanation. Surprisingly, the mind command thing really worked. The big hood shadowed half of her face, but Harriet could still see through it. Guess now she didn't need to drink polyjuice potion to hide her identity.

She then looked at the bright red and gold. Harriet had to admit, it looked beautiful. The red and gold dragon armour was enchanting and relatively easy on the eye. With the flaming colors and the cape, the outfit appeared to resemble a phoenix or a gryffin.

"I like it."

"You do?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah, I'll take it."


r/heroestoday

Alright, after much consideration, I think this hero really needs a name now

[Image: Harriet in full costume of fiery red made from ancient dragon skin, posing with a peace sign]

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Derpeon: Teenage mutant girl

ruinedsandwich: Teenage mutant woman

mattcun: Teenage mutant female

candinaru25: what if it's actually a man lol

foxchick1: ^one word: boobs

hyperactivity: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE!

wutdafuq: ^ dude wut

cruciosirius: super something, idk

Doodleyboo : Breaking news! Super Something have saved hundreds of lives from a terrorist attack!

uhhno: Breaking news! Super Something have something super to say!

Pingpongerpro :fuckin internet…

hotmamaindahouse: Queen Fire Bird

itsmemeontheweb: Queen Hot Pants

thefashionpopo: ^dafuq

searchitupongoogle: She is wearing hot pants after all

Heyimatter: their called shorts. Just skin tight is all

Idontcare23: *they're

uhhnoimnotondrugs: how about Phoenix, or Lady Flames? Lady Fire? Lady Fire Flames? I don't know, I'm on drugs

Wittybitty: Yeah, that username sure checks out.


Side Story

"Sir, you wanted to see me?" Clint Barton inquired after arriving inside the director's office at the top of the building of the SHIELD headquarters. It was spacious with large windows overlooking the city.

"Yes," Fury placed a top secret folder on top of his desk, sliding it forward so that the agent could take a look inside, "we have an unknown, she could be linked to the crime solving 'flicker of lights' the past couple of weeks, though we can't be certain."

Clint stared at the profile curiously. "A kid?"

"A witch."

"Sir, from what I read in Agent 31's file, those beings have been extinct for—"

"A century, but there are still a handful leftover, but none are as powerful as this kid is."

"What makes you certain she's a witch?"

Fury pressed the screen of a monitor and within seconds a video feed popped up showing the footage of the bank robbery that happened only a few hours ago.

Clint's eyebrows stitched together when he noticed Harriet trying her hardest not to laugh when the hexing pranks started. It was when Harriet lifted her hand a tiny bit away that each men started to fly off to meet a hard wall and fainting from the impact.

"Okay… Definitely a witch. So, do you want me to bring her in?"

"Not yet. We'll see if she fits the bill."

Clint Barton, of course, knew what he meant by that. It meant he was going undercover in disguise.

"I think I'm too old to act as a student," Clint joked.

Fury's hard expression didn't change much, he was not amused. "You leave next week."


a/n: was it alright to use your usernames above (just wanted to thank ya'll for your comments in some other way)?

Hope it's also alright with the new system for the reviews (I didn't want to confuse people when they saw how many words this fic has)?