"Mr. Potter?"

"Harry?"

Harry grumbled, felt Al squirm around next to him. "Lelan, what?"

"We've landed."

"Oh. Okay," Harry said, voice slurring a little, still half asleep. "Kids, time to get up. Teddy, up."

Sleepy grumbling was heard from at least Teddy and James. Lily was still fast asleep and so was Al. They were all still so exhausted from their ordeal that Harry almost thought they were in comas. He glanced out the plane window(there was one right next to the bed) and saw a few cars down on the runway and one car, actually a limo, with a red haired woman standing beside it. Tony was standing right next to her, sun glasses on. Stark Industries was right in front of them, across from the runway.

Harry's heart did a flip in his chest and he sighed in contentment. He also realized that this was first time that he had been looking forward to being met at after a trip. He never looked forward to going home and seeing the Dursley's after the train ride home from Hogwarts.

Harry cast a quick tempus charm and realized that it was only 5:30pm in California. His stomach made itself known, growling loudly. He sighed when he remembered that he hadn't eaten in the last 15 hours.

"Dad, you're not the half werewolf here," Teddy murmured sleepily, sitting up and helping James to wake up Lily and Al.

Harry chuckled quietly and went to scoop up Al, who grumbled a little but quickly fell back asleep in his arms. Harry rubbed circles on his back when Al whimpered a little, subtly searched for any other injuries that they might not have seen. The bandage that Hermione had attached to Al's eyes was still on, still charmed to protect and to keep clean. He sighed gratefully when he came up empty-handed and reached a hand down to help Lily up. She yawned widely and held out her hand to him.

"Dad, where are we?" James asked, sleepy slur present in his voice. "It looks like it's a lot earlier."

"We're in California," Harry replied, helping the kids out of bed. He could see Lelan directing their belongings with his wand to carry them himself. Rania had agreed to meet them at their destination and was... standing at the door of the jet. "This is where Tony lives. It's one of the more temperate climates in the States, I think. So we won't need coats right now seeing as it's still August."

"Dad, I'm hungry," Al said.

"Me too," Teddy seconded.

Harry smiled and padded through the jet, holding onto Lily's hand while holding Al in his other arm. "I'm sure we can find something to eat once we're settled."

All four of them glanced either up to him or directly at him. Harry distinctly heard Lily's stomach growl also and she giggled a little at the loudness of it. He searched over her and James for any injuries and felt a little guilt at not doing it beforehand. But she didn't have any injuries, or at least any visible ones.

"Alright, let's go," Harry called out, guiding everyone out and gently levitating Lily onto his shoulders. She laughed joyfully at being higher than everyone and thus higher then her brothers. Al was in his arms, James and Teddy were walking on either side of him and Lily was on his shoulders again. James was clinging onto a part of the pants that Harry was wearing, rubbing his eyes a little. Lelan was striding behind them, hand on his wand just in case.

Rania gestured for them to proceed her out of the jet and fell into line beside Lelan.

"Harry?"

Pepper stood beside her boss as he watched his private jet come in for a landing. Tony was quiet and a little nervous as he anxiously awaited the mysterious friend he had told her about. When he had gotten back to the US, Tony had been closed off and had spent most of the time in his workshop. Granted, it hadn't been more than three days since he had come back but Pepper had hoped that he might have come out to talk to her about his ordeal. Or maybe even told Jarvis to look into therapists, maybe. But mostly that had been wishful thinking on her part.

Regardless of his actions so far, he had been downright excited and maybe a little nervous on the ride over here. In fact, this outing had been the first time he had left the house after he had gotten back.

"Pep, Harry had mentioned kids," Tony murmured, sliding his sunglasses back into his hair and away from his eyes. "I'm not good with kids, Pepper. What do I do?"

Pepper narrowed her eyes at the dark circles around Tony's eyes, sighing. "You haven't slept, have you?"

Tony flinched a little, turned away as the plane landed and started to taxi toward its' parking place.

"I'm sorry, Tony. Did your friend, Harry, did he say how many children he had?" Pepper asked.

"No, he just said children," Tony replied, rocking back on his heels and fidgeting. "And he said something about rescue."

"Rescue?" Pepper repeated, raising an eyebrow. "You haven't told me much about Harry but what would cause him to say that?"

Tony turned to stare at her for a second then shook his head. "He's special."

"You want to explain that?" Pepper questioned as the plane stopped and parked.

"It's not my secret to tell," Tony commented, one of his hands going to his chest to hover over where the arc reactor was. "You'll like him though, I think."

"And you still want to invite him to stay in one of the extra rooms?" Pepper asked. She was a little worried about Tony, about if his friend was really as... good as Tony thought he was. There had been a lot of people that had attempted to seduce Tony only to care about the money. "If he has children, they'll likely attempt to go into your workshop."

"Of course I still want to invite him to stay! He saved my life back... there," Tony said, half glaring at Pepper. She saw the jet door open and watched as the mobile staircase was rolled up to it. "He was... hurt there too."

Pepper winced. "Tony, you know I'm your assistant but I... care about you."

Tony grinned a little. "Ah, Pep. I knew you had feelings for me."

"Not like that!" Pepper exclaimed. "You're ridiculous sometimes, you know that?"

"I don't think Harry cares about me," Tony remarked.

"Then... why-"

"He doesn't care about the Stark name," Tony interrupted, not even turning to look at Pepper now. His entire focus was on the door of the jet and the people that would come out of it. "He doesn't care about my money or what I was before. When I told him my name, at least when I was more... lucid, he just had a flicker of recognition in his green eyes. That was it."

"Jarvis told me he likes him too," Tony added, glancing at her again and smiling.

Pepper grinned a little. "Oh, well. Stop the presses then! Jarvis likes one of your potential partners! Wait, when did Harry meet Jarvis?"

"What is taking so long?" Tony grumbled, more than a little impatient.

Pepper chuckled quietly. "Beginning to regret coming out here?"

"Nooooo. Harry?"

Pepper turned to look at the jet and had to shade her eyes to see Tony's mysterious friend. She started a little when Harry seemed to be well over six and a half feet tall but realized that he had a kid on his shoulders and smiled. She watched as Harry walked down the stairs with a kid in his arms and two on either side of him. He was wearing comfortable clothes from the looks of him, loose black pants and a loose shirt.

"Four kids then," Pepper commented. "They look adorable."

"I was adorable as a kid too, you know," Tony idly remarked, striding over to meet them.

Pepper followed him only to stop when she saw two other people following Harry. They were quite... menacing looking, if the bulges in their clothing were weapons as she thought. They were wearing armor that she had never seen before, armor that had a rearing lion and a snake curled around the lion on the chest. Both the man and the woman were carrying sticks, which they were holding in their hands.

"Harry?" Tony called out hesitantly, eyes on the man and woman behind him.

"Hey, Tony. It's good to see you," Harry returned, smiling widely. He stopped a few feet before Tony, eyes roaming over Tony, glanced at her then turned back to Tony.

"It's good to see you too," Tony murmured. "Everything go okay in London?"

Harry blinked, shuddered a little. "No. But I can explain later, alright?"

Tony nodded. "What's with the bodyguards?"

Harry snorted.

"Dad, what does he mean?" the oldest boy asked.

"Lelan and Rania are protecting me. Well, I suppose they're protecting us," Harry admitted, looking at the boy.

"You need bodyguards?" Tony asked, slightly taken aback. Though he had noticed the tell tale bulges of possible weapons.

"It's complicated," Harry commented. "For now, who's your friend?"

"Harry, this is my assistant, Pepper Potts," Tony explained, gesturing to her. "Pepper, this is Harry Potter."

"Nice to meet you," Harry said then glanced down at his kids, who were peering up at the adults with wide eyes. "I would shake your hand but my hands are a little occupied right now."

Pepper smiled. "I understand. Your kids are adorable."

"Dad, I'm still hungry," the kid on the right of Harry muttered.

"Right. Uh..."

"Would pizza work?" Tony asked tentatively, glancing at the kid then turning to Harry as if asking if that was alright.

Harry nodded, more than a little grateful from what Pepper could see. "Yeah, that would be awesome. Thanks. We haven't eaten since..."

"Since we got on the plane," the girl replied.

Pepper's eyes widened. "That was a nine hour flight."

"Pep, could you order pizza for the house?" Tony asked. "Assuming you guys don't want to go out?"

"No. I think the little ones are still exhausted," Harry answered. "They'll eat then... Sleep more."

Tony stepped a little closer, seeming to search Harry over. "You want to come home with us?"

Harry peered down at his kids then stared at Tony, raising an eyebrow. "You sure?"

"Yes. Very sure."

"Very well then. Come on kids, let's go."

Tony watched as Harry turned to murmur something to the man and woman then followed Tony into the limo.

"Okay, so... from left to right," Harry started as they settled into the limo. Tony and Pepper were sitting across from him. Pepper had asked about car seats but Harry had said that they wouldn't need them for now. He would probably need them in the future but for now, he had cast safety charms on his kids. The charms would adapt to any situation and protect the person they were cast on. Hermione had taught him it when his first kid was born. "Lily Luna Potter. James Sirius Potter. Teddy Lupin. And finally, Albus Severus Potter. Kids, meet Tony Stark and Pepper Potts."

"I've heard a lot of things about you," Teddy said excitedly, grinning widely. The car started and drove off the runway, going through the Stark Industries lot.

"You have, huh?" Tony asked, eyes wide. "I hope it was the good things."

"Why do you have an arc reactor in your chest?" Teddy asked. "I saw pictures in magazines. You didn't have one in those."

Harry stiffened and saw Tony shudder a little. "Teddy, that's private, okay?"

"Oh. Okay. You're still awesome."

Pepper laughed.

Tony turned to look at Pepper. "That hurt, Pep. You don't think I'm awesome?"

James, Lily and Al all giggled.

"I know you're awesome," Harry commented as the car drove out through the gates. There were a lot of reporters and paparazzi there with their cameras out and phones out, ready to catch anything. "Does that count?"

Harry stared at Tony, raising an eyebrow, pointing at the assembled people. "What's that about?"

"You haven't seen the news then?" Pepper asked.

"No?" Harry said, feeling Al lean into him more. Harry ran a hand through Al's small head of black hair, hoping to comfort him. He wished... Harry knew that it would be three long weeks before Al could even start to see again but... He wondered if there was a way to help otherwise. "You're okay, kiddo. We're just in a car. The ride won't take long, right?"

"No, it won't," Tony confirmed. "It usually takes thirty minutes. Is there something wrong?"

"I... It's a part of the story I'll tell you when everyone's asleep," Harry replied.

"Dad, can I ask him now?" Lily asked, turning to look at him.

"The answer probably would take a long time, sweetie," Harry murmured, grinning a little. "There's a lot of parts to a plane."

"What does she want to know?" Tony asked, gaze turning to Lily.

"I wanna know how a plane works," Lily said, peering up at Tony.

"You're right," Tony replied, glancing at Harry then turning back to Lily. "That answer would take a while. But we do have the whole drive..."

"Yay!"

"Isn't she old enough to know how the plane works?" Pepper asked, turning to look at Harry while Tony started to explain to the girl. Harry watched as Tony tentatively shaped an engine with his hands and mimed a paper airplane. Lily was entirely focused on Tony, following his every word and asking him to define a few words. It was adorable.

Harry smiled, seeing Lily's bright brown eyes. "She's never seen a plane before. Or a book that explained it."

"Plus, I don't want her mind on the past few months," Harry added, sighing.

Pepper raised an eyebrow.

"It's a long story," Harry mused. "I'll tell you two after my kids are asleep."

AN:

For people who are interested and who aren't subscribed to me as an author, I've posted two Walking Dead/HP crossovers.

If you want a story with Harry/Daryl, go read Radioactive.

If you want a story with Harry/Daryl/Rick, read Bad Blood.