Author's Notes: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. If I did, I would have Remus tied up to my bed and Sirius cooking in the kitchen while James plays with my daughter. Peter would be running from my cat. I don't own any of the Marvel Comic book Characters either. If I did, Logan would be out in the yard hurting my husband while Scott and Alex are arguing about how to hurt my husband. I don't own any of the Inu-Yasha characters. If I did, Sessho-Maru would be joining Remus in my bed. Inu-Yasha would be with James playing with my daughter and Kagome and Sango would be helping Lily and Ororo beat the tar out of Miroku. I don't own any of the Star Wars characters. If I did then Qui-Gon would still be alive, Obi-Wan would not have had to train Anakin, and Anakin would not have gone to the Dark Side. I don't own the Mystic Force Power Rangers. If I did, do you really think Leanbow would have become Korag? I don't own Charmed or anyone from them. If I did, do you really think I would have them fight all those stupid demons that seem to think that they can take them out? I was just laughing at the thought of owning Lord of the Rings, Fantastic Four, or even Pirates of the Caribbean. It's just so flipping funny! Enjoy!
October 19, 1996
Regina stood at the top of the Astronomy Tower as a flash of fire buzzed the past her and the Tower. "What the…?" Regina leaned over the edge of the wall and saw a silver craft landing next to the Blackbird as a man of fire landed beside it. "Not Johnny." She hurried down the stairs and through the castle to the Defense Against the Dark Arts offices.
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Veronica was sitting at her desk calmly grading the essays from the First Years class. Her hand absently rubbed at her stomach, which had grown quite a bit in the last month. Logan stood by the window smoking one of his many cigars that Veronica wanted to kill Dumbledore and Severus for giving to him. Obi-Wan sat at the desk across from Veronica grading the papers from the Second and Third Years that had attended the last sword fighting class he, Will, Sessho-Maru, and Inu-Yasha had held just the day before. Half the papers were so terrible that Obi-Wan was afraid to let Veronica and Tori see them. They would insist on extra classes for those poor students. Veronica heard Logan soft growl and looked up from her work. "Logan, you know I hate when you interrupt my grading."
"I know, 'Roni, but we've got company." Logan pointed out the window as Obi-Wan jumped to his feet.
Veronica grunted as she tried to push herself out of her chair. "What kind of company?"
"Good I hope." Obi-Wan helped Veronica to her feet and followed her to the window.
"If Johnny wouldn't flirt with every woman in the castle, I suppose it would be good." Logan moved to one side to allow Veronica and Obi-Wan to look out.
The door to the office slammed open and Regina stood panting in the doorway. "Mother, Dr. Richards is here." Regina was leaning heavily on the doorknob trying to catch her breath.
"What about Mr. Grimm and Ms. Storm?" Veronica slowly made her way to the door.
"They're here too. So is Johnny." Regina watched her mother start to finger her wand. "You're not gonna hex him, are you?"
"If he messes with me I just might." Veronica turned her head slightly to look at the two men still standing by the window. "Are you two coming?"
Obi-Wan shrugged as he followed the two women out the door. Logan shook his head slightly. "That boy better behave."
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Veronica and Regina made their way down to Hagrid's hut and the makeshift landing strip. Regina knew that her mother wanted to hurry but Remus wouldn't be too thrilled if anything happened to Veronica and the babies. Besides the rain had only stopped an hour earlier so the path was still a bit slippery. Veronica saw the four people talking with Hagrid, who was pointing his pink umbrella at them.
"I don't care who ya think ya are. Ya ain't goin' to the castle." Hagrid jabbed one of the men in the chest with his umbrella.
"We're here at the request of Charles Xavier. He sent because Vero…Ms. Croft is a friend of ours." The man simply tugged slightly at the skintight top that covered his chest. His dark hair had streaks of white around his ears.
"Well, seeing as I haven't seen or heard from you in a year, Reed, Hagrid wouldn't know that, now would he?" Veronica smiled as the only woman of the group whipped around to face her. "Besides he doesn't know all the friends I've made in the last eighteen years."
"Oh my God! You're pregnant!" Susan Storm ran across the slippery grass and hugged her closest friend. "I can't believe this. Who's the daddy? Is it Logan?"
"Yes, I'm pregnant. Not Logan. And nope." Veronica wrapped her arms around Susan and gave her a light squeeze. "You'll meet my husband when he gets done helping with Animagus classes."
"I hope he's a good guy." Ben Grimm smiled as Veronica tried to give him a hug.
"Have you added a few rocks, Ben? I swear you're bigger than the last time I saw you." Veronica smiled up at the orange rock face.
"What about me? Don't I warrant a hug?" Johnny Storm stood with his arms outstretched.
Veronica rolled her eyes as she gave Johnny a quick hug. "That's all you get, Johnny."
"You've gotten cushy since you've been here." Johnny didn't see Veronica whip her wand out and send a stinging hex at his backside. Johnny whipped around and his eyes started to dart around looking for something. "Where's the bug that bit me?"
Veronica smirked as she hugged Reed Richards. "I don't think it was a bug, Johnny. It was a stinging hex for calling me fat."
"When did I…" Johnny ducked as Ben swung at him.
"You never call a pregnant woman fat, Johnny!" Ben lunged for Johnny as he jumped back.
"Besides, Johnny, Alex was shrunk to four inches high when the others found out that he called Mother fat." Regina smirked slightly as she hugged Susan and Reed. "Do you want that to happen to you?"
Johnny looked around at the anger faces, especially his sister's, who looked like she wanted to kill him and become an only child. "I don't think I do."
Reed draped an arm around Veronica's shoulders. "So what is this place?"
"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Veronica gave the group a big smile. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Well, we saw Professor Xavier in New York the other day and were asking him about you. He told us that you were in England and most everything that had happened. Then he asked us to come and help you with this battle you've got coming up." Ben walked beside Regina and Susan while Johnny had to put up with the glares coming from Veronica and Reed.
Veronica nodded slightly as Logan and Obi-Wan finally came out of the castle. "Where were you guys? I thought you were right behind us."
"We were but we thought the others would want to know that the Fantastic Four is here." Logan glared at Johnny. "I take it that he did something stupid…again."
"When doesn't he, Logan?" Ben grinned as Logan's claws slid out of his hands. "I took care of it."
Logan retracted his claws as he turned to Veronica. "Well, everyone is waiting in the Great Hall for our newest teachers."
"Teachers?" Johnny held up his hands. "There is no way I'm going to be teaching a bunch of snot nosed brats anything."
"You'll be helping me teach them how to fight, you idiot. Especially since I can't exactly do it myself." Veronica turned around, Reed's arm stretching with her, and aimed her wand at him.
Johnny held up his hands in surrender. "I give. I'll teach them."
Veronica nodded her head once as she slid her wand up her sleeve. "Let's head up to the Great Hall. I can't wait for you to meet Harry and Remus."
Regina saw the confused looks on Susan, Ben, and Reed's faces. "My cousin and father."
"Which is which, brat?" Ben dropped one of his arms around Regina's shoulders making her knees start to buckle. Ben grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back up to her feet. "Sorry about that. Sometimes I forget my own strength."
Regina patted Ben's arm as they followed after Veronica and Reed. "Don't worry. Daddy's going to love you guys."
The group finally made their way to the Great Hall where the entire school had gathered. Johnny gaped at the ceiling while Ben looked longingly at the food. Harry watched as Veronica led the adults to the Staff Table. Regina gave Ben a kiss on his gravely cheek before she hurried to the Gryffindor Table.
"Who are they?" Neville watched as Dumbledore shook hands with the each person.
"Nev, they are the Fantastic Four." Regina reached for a slice of the pepperoni pizza that she and Kitty had taught the House Elves to make.
A tapping noise could barely be heard over the sound of the students talking. Dumbledore was still standing in front of the Staff Table with the newcomers. "May I have your attention, please?" The noise level was silenced as the students turned to look at the Staff Table. "I'd like to introduce Dr. Reed Richards, Susan Storm-Richards, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm. They will be joining the staff. Dr. Richards will be aiding Madam Pomfrey, Mr. Wyatt, and Dr. Grey in the Hospital Wing. Ms. Storm will be joining Ms. Halliwell and Professor Snape in Potions. Mr. Storm and Mr. Grimm will be joining the rest of the Defense Professors."
The applause was a bit scattered compared to what had happened when the X-Men were introduced. Hermione heard pounding coming from near her so she turned and saw Regina pounding her welcome for her friends.
Seamus looked between the Staff Table and Regina. "Who exactly are they?"
"They're friends of Mother and Logan." Regina grabbed her goblet.
Ron stared at Ben for a few more moments before turning to look at Regina. "Why does he look like a giant orange rock?"
Regina spit her pumpkin juice all over Harry and Ginny who were both sitting across from her. She turned to glare at Ron as she wiped her napkin across her lips. "I can't believe that you just blurted that out like that, Ron."
"What? I just asked a question." Ron looked at Hermione and Regina as they just shook they're heads slightly.
"Go figure. The one time that he asks a question, it's about Ben." Regina put her goblet next to her plate. "Let me see if I can explain it properly. They were once normal but an incident with a solar flare or wave caused them to mutate."
"So they're mutants like the X-Men." Harry swiped at the juice still clinging to his shirt.
"No, not exactly. They were trying to do some experiments with the solar waves when one that was much larger than the rest hit the space station." Regina rubbed her neck. "They were trying to get Ben back into the space station that they were in. Reed was reaching for Ben and Johnny was near something that exploded. And Susan was running through some kind of vapor. So know, Reed can stretch his body like a rubber band and everyone calls him Mr. Fantastic. Johnny can basically control fire. I mean, when he's completely covered in flames, he can fly which is why we call him the Human Torch."
"That's sounds soooo cool." Neville was leaning toward Regina.
"Ben took the full brunt of the solar wave so his body is basically rocks. I mean he still has all the normal functions of a normal person but his body is completely made of rocks, including his organs. Johnny gave him the nickname The Thing." Regina heard a crunching sound coming from the Staff Table and saw Ben apologizing to Veronica about the crushed goblet. "Now, Susan… She got the coolest powers of all. She can go completely invisible and create force fields. She's known as the Invisible Woman."
"That would be so cool." Ron glanced back at the Staff Table.
"Of course. He's a man. He would think that it's cool." Hermione rolled her eyes as she thumped Ron on the arm.
"You wouldn't think it was cool if you disappeared and reappeared…naked." Regina swallowed her laugh as she watched Ron's face turn white. Even his freckles were white. "I thought so."
"Has that happened to Ms. Storm?" Harry was leaning toward Regina.
"Yep." Regina picked up her bag. "Come on, Harry. You and I have some Animagus training to do."
"But you already know how to become your animals." Harry finished off his goblet of pumpkin juice before grabbing his bag.
"You know we have other things to train for as well." Regina pushed Harry from the Great Hall as Veronica was leading the Fantastic Four to their rooms for the remainder of their stay.
"Who's the kid, Reg?" Ben looked down at Regina and Harry.
"Harry, this is Ben Grimm. Ben this is my cousin, Harry Potter." Regina covered her mouth as Ben turned to look at Veronica.
"So this runt is your nephew. I thought he'd be bigger." Ben held his hands up in surrender as four wands were pointed at various parts of his body. "Sorry. Didn't mean it."
"Apology accepted, Mr. Grimm." Harry slid his wand back into a hidden pocket within his robes.
A tiny black puppy ran into the Great Hall and skidded at a stop at Ben's feet. The puppy's nose was pointed at the floor while his backside had slid up onto Ben's left foot. "Cute puppy."
"Leo!" Regina and Harry both reached for Leo but Leo took this as a signal to run again.
"Come back here, Leo Black!" Harry darted off after his godson while Regina closed her eyes and shifted into her wolf form.
"Cool…" Johnny's voice drifted off as Regina swiftly ran after the tiny puppy and her cousin. They chased Leo through the halls and up the stairs. Harry stood panting in front of a lone door that was opposite of a tapestry of some trolls. The door was only open enough for a small puppy to slip through.
Regina shifted back into her human form and looked at Harry. "What is this place?"
"Room of Requirement." Harry scratched his head slightly. "I think Leo wanted to show us something."
"Wands out, ya think?"
"Yeah. Better safe than sorry."
Regina shouldered open the door and slipped into the room full of junk. There were books, potions, cauldrons, candy, and joke items that could only have been from the Weasley twins but there was no sign of Leo.
"I'm going back to a wolf so I can pick up his scent better." Regina shifted quickly back into a wolf and lifted her snout into the air. She slowly began to track Leo.
"Where could he be?" Harry was started to get frustrated. He'd been following Regina for half an hour but there was no sign of Leo.
Suddenly Regina stopped and changed back into a human. "There he is." Regina hurried over to the puppy and scooped him up before he could run again. "You're in so much trouble, Leo."
Harry, however, was looking at the bust of a man. There perched on the head was a diadem. It seemed to radiate pure evil. "Regina. I think I found a Horcrux."
Regina whipped around to look at him. "What do you mean?"
Harry pointed at the diadem. "I don't know where he found it at but he used Ravenclaw's diadem and made it a Horcrux."
"Right." Regina dumped the contents of her purse into her book bag and held it out to Harry. "Put it in here. We'll figure out how to destroy it later."
Harry nodded as he levitated the tainted artifact into the leather bag. Regina flipped the top closed and looked at her cousin. Harry was still staring at the bag. "Let's go find the Professors."
Regina carried Leo as she followed Harry down to the Defense offices.
AN: Okay so I'm slowly starting to incorporate the Horcruxes into the story. Not to worry it won't be much longer and we're going to have some 'Sirius' help coming. After all when we have the Charmed why shouldn't htey summon a bit of help?
