Harry slowly walked out of the building, holding onto his children tightly. Lily had fallen asleep shortly after reuniting, which he thought wasn't too unexpected. She was only three years old after all. James was still holding tightly to Harry's shirt, yawning every other minute.
Albus... Harry peered down at his second son and winced. He was quietly moaning in pain. And Harry didn't have any potions meant for kids but maybe the healer that always came with his guards did.
"Al, just hold on, okay?" Harry whispered. "I'll take a look at your eyes in just a minute."
Albus... Harry was going to change that name after all this. Once they were on Stark's jet, he would think about it. Albus nodded weakly against his chest and yawned.
"Harry, wha-"
Clint stopped talking as he saw the four of them. He was still holding Teddy and his godson was still asleep in the archer's arms. Natasha blinked and walked up, staring at him.
"Do you want me to carry one of them?" Natasha asked hesitantly, quietly.
Harry glanced down at James, who was kind of falling asleep, leaning up against his leg. "Could you carry James? He's falling asleep against me."
She nodded and came up to kneel in front of him and cautiously held out her arms.
"James?" Harry called out softly, making sure not to wake up either Lily or Albus. James sleepily glanced up at him, blinked a few times. Harry could see that he had seen things, things that a five year old should not have been privy to. Hell, they had all seen things that would scar them for life. "Could you let Natasha pick you up? She'll keep you safe."
"But I wanna stay with you," James grumbled but did let Natasha pick him up.
"We can sleep together on the plane," Harry murmured, using some air to flick his hair like he had done with Lily a few minutes ago. Some dirt fell out as the air flowed through James' hair and Harry winced. They would all need baths after this and he wasn't... He didn't know for sure whether Tony's offer before they had left had been genuine. The man hadn't known about Harry's kids then and that might color his offer. "I need to make sure everyone's fine here before getting out of here."
James sleepily yawned then went to sleep in Natasha's arms, head on her shoulder. Harry blinked then sighed.
"Thanks, Natasha."
She nodded slightly.
Harry yawned a little, shrugged and gestured for them to follow. They strode back up the hill and toward where the staging area for everyone was. A few people had set up two big tents, one for people and creatures who needed medical attention and one for making a list of people who had been found. The leaders of the creatures, the one or two alpha werewolves and the leaders of the vampire coven were helping out, getting everyone to calm down.
A group of werewolves and vampires were standing in a circle around the aurors, unspeakables and Dumbledore. Wands out and spells ready to be uttered in the exact minute that someone tried something. Someone had removed Umbridge's body while Harry had gone to collect his family.
"Harry, you don't have to stay for this," Charlie called as they stopped before everyone. "We'll take care of everything."
Harry glanced at the group of people standing around, at his elven guards. "You sure, Charlie?"
The Weasley men that were around here came toward him, stopping in front of him.
Arthur nodded. "You're tired. We can see that. We'll make sure Dumbledore is tried for this. Percy, does Madam Bones still have her office?"
"Yes, she does. I contacted her a few minutes ago," Percy stated. "She'll be here in five minutes."
Harry sighed tiredly. "If... Are you guys really sure?"
"Yes. Harry, go. Take care of your kids and take care of yourself," Charlie said or more like ordered. "Go be a family."
"Harry! You can't leave me here!"
A scream then a growl was heard followed by another couple growls. Harry instantly turned to see what was happening and immediately pulled out his shrunken staff and resized it. Dumbledore had pulled away from his guards and had stolen a wand. One or two of the werewolves that had guarded him were on the ground, unconscious or... dead. Harry couldn't exactly tell from this distance. Luckily, there were anti-appartion wards in a large area around the camps or otherwise Dumbledore would have disapparated already.
Harry growled. "No. You are not getting away from this. You orchestrated this in the first place."
He cast a bombarda spell toward the fleeing former headmaster and watched him dodge it. Harry peered down at Lily and Al then glanced behind him to see that Clint had given Teddy to Hermione, who had stepped up.
"Clint?"
"I can do it," Clint replied, staring at him pointedly and pulling out an arrow and nocking it.
Harry blinked and stared, rubbing his face tiredly. "Clint, a Death Eater is one thing. Dumbledore is an entirely different... target."
"I've killed worse people," Clint explained. "We don't want him doing this again, right?"
Harry nodded. "Yes, but... Alright. Do it. There are enough witnesses around here that a trial won't be necessary."
"Let me see the arrow," Harry added, holding out a hand.
Clint handed over the arrow and Harry tapped his staff to it, muttering an incantation. He gave it back after the arrow was glowing green and Clint again nocked it to his bow.
Harry and Natasha watched as Clint aimed and let the arrow fly.
The arrow did hit its mark.
"Where are we going?" Teddy asked as they walked through the crowds at Heathrow airport. He was holding Draco's hand, which at first had made the slytherin uncomfortable but he had gotten used to it. A few people were staring at the crowd of people but otherwise didn't recognize them. If this had been Diagon Alley, everyone would have stared at them. It was a nice change of pace for Harry, who had mostly been stared at his whole life.
"We're going to California," Harry replied as Lily stared around them. She was sitting on his shoulders, just barely awake now. Harry had one hand on one of her legs to keep her in place. Albus was asleep... Maybe Allan would be a good name? Harry was holding him in one arm while James was holding Natasha's hand. It seemed like he had developed a little hero worship of her after she had helped Harry to rescue them. He was asking all kinds of questions, like... How did you do that move? Do you really eat people, like your other name says? It was kind of adorable really. "A friend of mine invited me to come live with him after I got you four back."
Hermione and Draco were walking right next to them, hands entwined. As Harry understood it, they already had found a place in the wizarding community of California to live in.
"What friend?"
"Dad, what are all these machines?"
Harry chuckled a little. "Lily, they're called computers. They... allow us to access information really quickly. Teddy, you may have heard of him. Tony Stark?"
Teddy stopped and looked over at Harry with a wide grin. "I've heard of him. We're really going to meet him?"
"Teddy, where have you heard of him?" James asked, turning to look at Teddy. Natasha watched the two of them and smiled a little. Clint was following them from a distance, probably a little paranoid still.
"Uncle Dudley talked about him," Teddy replied, pulling his hand from Draco and going over to walk beside James.
"Dad, how did you meet Mr. Stark?" Teddy asked as he and James started to talk.
Harry winced. "That's... we met at a conference?"
"Oh, was that when you were gone to train?" James asked, peering up at Harry. Before they had entered the airport, Harry had put glamours on James, Lily and Al's ears. He didn't want any attention drawn to them at all.
"Yes. That's when I went away to train," Harry replied, feeling Natasha's eyes on him. He really wasn't going to tell his kids that he had gotten held captive and tortured basically just for being the last royal elf and because people thought he had become too powerful. That information could wait a few years for all of them.
"Dad, what are those long things out there?" Lily asked.
Harry peered out of the corner of his eye to where Lily was pointing. "Ah, those are airplanes. That's what... non-magical people use to travel. We'll be traveling on one in just a few minutes if I can find the information desk."
"James?"
James looked up to where Al was awake now in Harry's arms. "Yeah, Al?"
"Could you describe them to me?" Al asked. "I want to know what they look like."
James seemed to think that over for a second then nodded. "They're long...
"Metal," Harry murmured. "They're metal."
"Yeah, metal... tubes," James continued. "They have wings on them. Also they have a tail..."
Harry smiled softly as James went on to describe the planes then Teddy cut in, describing the airport.
"It's over there." Natasha pointed, sidling over to walk beside him. "You want me to go ask?"
Harry nodded. "If you wouldn't mind. I'm a little occupied here."
Harry stopped by a coffee shop to wait. Hermione had already gotten in line to get some coffee.
"Harry, would you like one?" Hermione asked.
"Uh, perhaps hot chocolate?" Harry responded. "I'm tired and it'll be a long flight."
"Dad, I want some hot chocolate," Teddy said. "James probably wants some too."
"Hermione, better make that one adult size and," Harry glanced down at James and Al. "Three child sizes."
"Teddy, what's hot chocolate?" James asked, looking around the ground floor of Heathrow airport.
Teddy gaped, his small eyes widening. "You don't know what hot chocolate is?"
James frowned, pouting. "Teddy, what is it?"
"It's wonderful," Teddy replied, watching Hermione order.
Harry snorted when James was about to speak again. "James, it's a hot drink that's made of chocolate and milk. It's pretty good."
"And Sarah put little marshmallows in it when she made me some," Teddy replied, a little dreamily. "It was awesome!"
"Harry, the pilots are getting ready now. I'll direct you to where the plane is."
Harry started a little and turned to see that Natasha had come up behind him.
"Lily, you were suppose to warn me!" Harry playfully exclaimed.
He heard giggling coming from her direction. "But dad! I didn't see her!"
"Here, you go," Hermione spoke, walking over in their direction. She was carrying one of the big packs of drinks in one hand and rubbing her stomach with her other hand. "Harry, Draco's already flooed over but I thought I would see if I could examine Al's eyes? If I can't do anything about them, you can hire a healer in California. They probably have a really good children's healer."
Harry nodded. "Thanks. Yeah, I had forgotten to ask how your mediwitch training was going."
"Could we have the hot chocolate now?" Teddy asked, peering up at Hermione then at the drinks.
"Would you mind holding on until we're on board?" Harry asked, peering down at the two of them.
"Yeah, sure," Teddy replied.
"I can wait," James chimed in.
"We can wait," Al finished.
Hermione glanced at Harry with a pointed look.
Harry sighed. "I know. And yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. Why do you think I suggested hot chocolate in the first place?"
Hermione snorted.
"Okay, you two come on. Let's go see what Tony's personal jet is like," Harry called out, keeping his voice low. Though it wasn't like he needed to what with the portable noise ward around them. Plus, his two guards were following him around too so he needn't have worried about anything. Varian was probably arranging everything for everyone else, seeing that they would have anything that they needed. Harry had suggested to everyone that they move to the States, as they had much more protection for their... 'species'.
It turned out that Stark's personal jet was... Well, he should have known. Tony was a billionaire but Harry supposed the fact hadn't really sunk in with him yet. The jet was sleek and very... It seemed like possible that Tony might have designed it himself. There was a pilot stationed by the stairs up to the door into the jet but there was no one else around.
When they stopped by the set of stairs, the pilot nodded at them. Harry could see that he was looking a bit apprehensive at the kids but the pilot didn't say anything.
"You're Harry Potter, right?"
"Yeah, that would be me," Harry replied hesitantly.
"Right then. Go up into the jet and call us when you're ready to depart."
The pilot went back up into the jet and presumably went into the cockpit to ready everything. Harry turned around to say bye to Natasha but she was already gone.
"Spies..." Harry groaned, rolling his eyes. Clint was probably already gone too.
Hermione looked at him, raising an eyebrow. "Was she really a spy?"
"Uh, my answer's probably suppose to be, 'if I tell you, I'm going to have to kill you'," Harry remarked. "It's her secret to tell."
Hermione's eyes widened but she sighed. "Come on kids, lets see what this jet looks like on the inside."
Teddy and James whooped and raced up ahead of her. Hermione chuckled a little but followed them regardless.
Harry glanced down at Al, who had turned his head to better hear his brothers. Lily was giggling excitedly, still on his shoulders. Harry touched his staff and repeated the incantation for levitation and slowly lifted her off his shoulders and into his other arm.
"You ready, you two? For a new adventure?" Harry asked.
"I'm ready," Al replied. "I want to taste the hot chocolate that you got."
"I wanna to see how the plane works," Lily said, glancing up at him.
Harry chuckled. "Well, I'm sure Tony would be happy to show you sometime."
AN: This chapter marks the end of phase 1 of this story. Phase 2 will be mostly Avengers oriented.
