Thank you all for your kind words in response to the authors note I put at the beginning of last chapter. It had really showed me what you guys are thinking and has boosted my confidence. I have up to Chapter 30 outlined and hopefully I will be able to start putting out more updates as this holiday runs down a bit.

I'm also trying to make chapters longer so... we'll see how that goes.

Without further ado, Riding Double!

Disclaimer in Chapter 1. Will add as needed.

Being able to talk to Tony again boosted Harriet's spirits for days afterward. She had ended up staying and talking with him until eleven o'clock Malibu time before going back to Hogwarts. After that, even through the Marauders worried scolding, she texted back and forth with him for another hour before he complained to her that the pushy elf she had assigned him was forcing him to sleep. Minutes later she had gotten a text from Jarvis thanking her for Daisy's help at which she laughed, interrupting her father's rant and alerting the three males that she hadn't been listening. She all but skipped through the next couple days and even after that walked around with a big smile on her face, texting Tony all the while.

Everyone noticed her happy, infectious mood. The twins kept asking if she had some big prank in the works. Hermione and Ron took every moment they had to question her about it; from a distance in Ron's case, he was still wary of the snakes. Oliver had of course chalked it up to the excitement for the first game of the year.

Oliver took every opportunity they had in their practices to point out her enthusiasm and rile up the others on the team. Every time Harri heard this she just laughed and flew another lap. Her Nimbus 2000 had come just three weeks before the first game and she loved having it again. She did have to make sure that she kept it simple, especially since she was supposed to have only learned this year, it was a bit of a bummer for her but whenever the others were going over their strategies and not paying attention to her she would go through her more advanced maneuvers and things she had never tried before. By the end of the first week of practice she had perfected laying lazily on her broom hundreds of feet off the ground as she texted Tony, broom pull ups, and standing on her broom when it was in the air.

Tony was curious about Quidditch, mostly because Harri had been talking about it almost nonstop, though that curiosity did become more genuine when Harri told him that in the future she had raced him on her broom and won. He had been bugging her about being able to come watch the game ever since and she found a great bit of amusement telling him that he would have to ask Daisy.

The little elf had taken to Tony as easily as Harri remembered, she mothered him relentlessly and even though he gave the token grumbling, Tony was looking healthier already with good meals and regular sleep. They had only had a little bit of a bump the first time Tony had had a nightmare, Daisy had used her elf magic to put Tony into a deeper sleep to ease him past the nightmare and that had made Jarvis panic. Harri had made a trip over after first having a frantic Daisy over then getting a summons from Jarvis, she had eased things over with an explanation and her assurance that it was harmless, that Tony would wake once his body was rested enough or Daisy could wake him up if there was an emergency. After that everything went smoothly in Malibu.

Daisy was still being stubborn about taking Tony to see Harri's game though. The biggest problem being the time difference. The game would be starting at 10 am in Scotland which would be 2 am in Malibu, two hours after the bedtime Daisy had set for Tony each night and three hours less than her minimum requirement for his sleep. However, Tony had told Harriet he was confident that he could get Daisy to bring him over with a bit more work and Harri agreed to have a pendant that would keep him from being noticed at the ready.

Finally, the day of the first game came and Harriet was super excited. She skipped training that morning and went straight down to the Chamber. The Marauders were just as excited as she was, the second they made it to Salazar's study they changed to human and took to bragging about her to Salazar's portrait, Harri lay on top of Samarra lazily, listening to them with a smile on her face. When it was time to go up to breakfast Salazar sent her off with a joking, "Don't beat my house too badly."

Harriet all but skipped up to the Great Hall for breakfast, the twins met her at the doors as usual.

"You ready for today?" George asked.

Harri gave him a big grin, "You bet!" she was practically vibrating, a sharp contrast from the last time she played her first game. She knew today was the day that Quirrell/Voldemort jinxed her broom but she loved flying and even knowing that she wouldn't be able to stop the jinxing herself without drawing attention couldn't stop her excitement.

"What are you going to do with the snakes while we play?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, you put them in the stands during practice but with all the students there it won't be safe." George said.

"I'm going to ask Professor Snape to watch them." Harri said nonchalantly as they sat.

"That greasy git?" Fred exclaimed, "Why him?"

"How are you going to get him to agree?" George asked.

*Why is this the first we're hearing about this?!* James hissed agitatedly.

Harri smiled around her spoonful of oatmeal and flicked her hair over her shoulder, "I was going to have them with Hagrid but they want to watch the game and the best view is from the teacher's box, Hagrid likes sitting in the Gryffindor stands so that's out. Professor Snape has experience handling snakes since he has to harvest their venom so he is the best choice." She looked down at the three snakes, *Besides, he will need your help to keep me safe. He will try to counter the jinx on my broom but without Hermione there to set him on fire he won't knock Quirrell back and stop the jinxing. One of you will have to help him with the counters in case Voldemort cast it in Parseltongue, another set Quirrell on fire, and one save my broom, I'd rather it not get broken until the Firebolt is out in stores at the very least.*

*Fine.* Sirius whined, *We'll work with the dungeon bat.*

*Thank you.* Harri said, she straightened and looked back to her mates, "As for how I'll get him to agree, well, I have a bit of a secret weapon." She grinned at them mischievously and they leaned forward, "I might use that or I might just bribe him. I have a few things he'll be interested in."

"You aren't going to tell us are you?" George pouted.

Harri smirked, "Nope." She went back to her breakfast. A little bit later Harri felt her phone go off, she took it out under the table and saw a new text from Tony.

Daisy said to tell you that we would be at edge of the Forbidden Forest in half an hour. His text read.

Harri's eyebrows shot up, What did you have to promise for her to agree?

My Soul! Harri snorted at the response and watched as another popped up, Naw, I just have to go to bed early, one hour for each I'm over there.

Harri smiled, Poor thing. I'll see you in thirty big brother.

See you then little sis.

Harri put her phone away and looked up at the teacher table just in time to see Snape standing and leaving through the teacher's door, she turned to her mates. "I'll meet you guys on the pitch in a bit. I have to go blackmail Snape." The twins snickered and waved as she walked away. Harri sped through many secret passages to intercept the potions master before he made it to his rooms. "Professor." She called, when she saw him just making it to his door.

Snape turned and frowned when he saw her, "Miss Potter. Shouldn't you be preparing to claim more fame?"

Harri rolled her eyes at him and flicked up a secrecy and privacy ward, Snape tensed, "Now now, watching me as closely as you have been since I came you should know that I don't exactly enjoy my fame." She checked her nails casually, "Though I admit it can be useful at times."

"The day a Potter doesn't crave fame and attention is the day I kiss Hagrid." Snape snorted.

Harri's eyes glowed a bit, "Better pucker up Professor, like it or not, I don't crave the spotlight. I use it but I would much rather work from the shadows if it could get me what I needed."

Snape's eyebrow rose and he looked down his nose at her, "What exactly did you need Potter?"

"I'm sure your aware of the Quirrell problem." Harri said, her voice tinged with disinterest. "Not all the facts of course but being at least half a good Slytherin you've noticed his interest in the stone."

"How do you know about that?" the man hissed, his glare intensifying.

"The same way I know about your vow to protect me." Harriet said vaguely, she met his glare without a flinch, she had seen scarier. "That is not my focus right now, it's safe for the moment. He won't try again for a while." Severus clearly wanted to ask something again but Harri cut him off, "My focus right now is living through the Quidditch match. He will attempt to kill me."

Snape narrowed his eyes at her, "If you know of my vow you know I will protect you as best I can without you having to ask. Why are you coming to me now?"

Harri slid her bag off her shoulder, at the moment it was empty expect for the snakes and a single book she had a house elf bring over from LeFay manor this morning, "I need you to take Tenrou, Raion, and Toshi with you to the stands today."

Snape looked at the three snakes with a frown, "Why, pray tell, would I do that?"

Harri smirked, "You believe that Quirrell is working for your former master yes?" Snape's slight flinch told Harri everything she needed to know, "He is, but he is much, much closer to old Voldie than you know. They are currently sharing everything, quite literally."

Severus' eyes went wide, "Are you saying what I think your saying?" he rasped.

Harri ignored that and scratched Sirius under his chin with a bored expression, "You'll need these three to help if what he does happens to need a parseltongue counter." She looked back up at the professor, taking in his paler than normal cheeks and wide eyes, "Will you take them with you Professor? They already know what they're to do and they won't be too much of a problem. I will pick them up at the end of the game."

Snape finally drew himself together and straightened, "And just what am I to tell people when they ask why I am carrying around the pets of a student I have gone out of my way to show my dislike for publically and when they ask why you would come to me in the first place."

Harri rolled her eyes again, "Whatever you like, however you could say that I came to you because I knew you had extensive knowledge of snake handling due to the need to collect venom for your potions and that I bribed you for your help."

"Expect you didn't." Snape sneered, "You simply played on knowledge you impossibly have."

Harri snorted, "If you had played nice maybe I wouldn't have had to do so." She pulled the book free of her bag nonchalantly, "Maybe I would be more inclined to share a bride such as this without stipulations." She turned the cover toward him and she could practically see him drool at the title.

"Where did you get a copy of one of Morgana LeFay's potions journals?" Snape rasped.

"So sure it's a copy." Harri said with a satisfied smile, Severus looked at her sharply. Harriet ran her thumb along the leather cover, "Since you couldn't play nice and still insist on seeing me solely as my father you may only keep this book for a week. The book will reappear in the LeFay library at the end of that time. If anything spills, burns, or in any other way harms it before then it will also disappear. Deal?"

"How did…."

"Deal?" Harri interrupted, her eyes hard.

Severus' eyes narrowed again and his mouth pressed into thin line, "Deal."

The book flashed and Harriet slid it back into the bag with the snakes before handing Snape the bag, she turned away from him, "This goes without saying but if any harm comes to my snakes from you then I will seek retribution beyond even their payback." She dissipated the wards with a waved and walked away with a quick, *Behave you three.* at the Marauders. She didn't look back as she walked away, knowing it would be seen as a sign of uncertainty in her actions. She may not have showed her Slytherin side often but she certainly knew how to use it. Harriet moved quickly through the castle until she reached one of the side entrances where she changed to her Godiva form and sprinted over to the Forbidden Forest to wait for her brother and Daisy. She climbed up a tree and crouched on a branch to watch the line of the forest for the familiar figure.

A few minutes later a tell-tale pop a little ways down alerted Godiva to their arrival, she jumped from tree to tree until she was above her brother and the little elf who didn't seem to want to leave him. She watched closely as Tony caught his first sight of Hogwarts, "Holy shit! Harri said a castle but I thought she was exaggerating!"

Godiva's tail flicked in amusement; Daisy simply looked up at Tony and shook her head, making her ears flop, "Hogwarts is being a grand castle. Not as big as LeFay Castle, but good castle."

Tony nodded absently, still a bit distracted by the structure in front of him. Godiva jumped down from the tree and walked over to the two. She sat at Tony's feet on the opposite side of Daisy, waiting for Tony to notice her. The night they had spent talking about magic and life in general Harri had shown him her two other forms, he took an immediate liking to Godiva and that was just fine with Harri. When they had become a family last time it had taken Tony the longest to accept physical comfort from the group, with her ocelot form though he could get that affection from her without his awkwardness with humans inferring.

Finally, after five minutes of taking in every detail he could see, Tony seemed to notice he wasn't alone with Daisy anymore. "Harriet!" he exclaimed with a grin, looking down at the ocelot. The cat ignored him and he huffed, "Sorry. Godiva." The ocelot looked up at him and let out a merow of greeting, he crouched down and she rubbed her head against one hand as the other stroked along her back. He stood up after a bit and Godiva changed back, "Hey little sis."

"Hey big brother." Harriet replied happily as Tony hugged her, she pulled away and smiled at him, "I'm glad you could come to my game!"

Tony grinned, "It took me a bit to convince Daisy but I'm glad I could do it." He stepped back fully and crossed his arms, "Now let's see this broom that's supposed to have beaten me."

Harriet chuckled, "Technically the broom that beat you won't be out for a couple years." She pulled her shrunken Nimbus from her pocket and enlarged it, "But this one is currently the fastest racing broom."

Tony rolled his eyes, "Right, time travel." He held his hand out for the broom and Harri handed it over, "How does it work?"

"A mixture of charms, runes, and natural magic." Harri said, she slid two fingers along the handle, "The handle, even though it looks like one piece, is most often two pieces of wood from trees with wood that is a good conductor of magic. In the center, connecting the two pieces are runes that latch onto bits of magic that occur naturally in the world and basically hijacks it to help the broom fly. The charms, which are mostly contained and maintained in the bristles, help connect the rider to the ambient magic through the broom and give them full control as well as regulate the speed at which the magic is flowing through the broom which in turn dictates how fast the broom goes."

Tony raised an eyebrow at her but looked back to the broom, "So how fast can this one go?"

"90 mph, 110 if you take off the limiter." Harri said, she crossed her arms over her chest, "There's no need for me to do that with this one. It's supposed to be destroyed in a couple years and even if it's not this time the second my Firebolt goes on the market I'll be buying it and taking the limiter off that one."

"Is it that much better?"

"Oh yeah." Harri said with a grin. They spent a little more time going over the mechanics of a broom and potential ways to make it faster before Harri said it was time for her to head to the locker room. She pulled a silver amulet from her pocket, it was round with heavy silver chain strung through a loop on its top. In the center was a large aquamarine the exact color of Glacia's feathers which was surrounded by lines of runes that stretched out to the very edge of the circle, on the back was a stylized outline of a phoenix done in blue. "The biggest problem with you being noticed is that you're a muggle, or someone without magic, so this medallion will make it seem as if you have a magic signature." Harriet explained, sliding the chain over Tony's head. It hung just above the arc reactor and Harry placed it with the gem down, "Keep the gem down, it will lock the illusion of a magical core in place. The medallion also has a layer of notice me nots in it. No one will see you unless you purposely draw attention to yourself. If you do call attention to yourself, you can tell them who you are, most magicals aren't really in touch with the outside world. If they ask who you're here for you should say you're with Lady LeFay, which is me by the way, people just don't know it yet. Got it?"

Tony nodded sharply, "Gem down, don't call attention to myself, if I do call attention to myself say I'm with Lady LeFay."

Harri smiled, "If you need anything while the game's going on you can call Daisy, here in the magical world it won't seem strange to have an elf pop up." Her smile turned into a mischievous smirk, "Though I'm sure she'll bring you food to eat whether you call her or not."

Tony chuckled, "Yeah, she's always bringing me snacks. It's like she knows when I'm hungry."

Harri laughed, "Yeah, that's house elves for you." She shrunk her broom back down and led Tony away from the forest, toward the Quidditch pitch. They arrived just in time to see the first of the people making their way up into the stands. "Alright, here's where I have to leave you for now. Just follow the Professors and you'll be led up to the teachers and guest stand. It has the best views since that's where the commentary comes from." She stood on her tip toes and gave him another hug, "Don't leave without saying goodbye."

"Gotcha." Tony said, he stepped back with his huge mad scientist grin on his face, "Kick ass, little sister!"

Harri laughed happily, "These idiots don't stand a chance against us." They high fived and then parted ways. Harri all but skipped to the girl's locker room to throw on her uniform; Angelina, Alicia, and Katie were already there and waiting nervously. Harri smiled at them as she pulled her hair into a high ponytail and cast the spells on her face that would keep it hair free and her glasses in place. "Come on you guys. There's nothing to be worried about. We'll win this."

"Wish I had your confidence Harriet." Alicia said, "But these are Slytherins, they're vicious."

"Plus they're all boys like twice our size." Katie said shakily.

Harriet resized her broom again and leaned it against the lockers, she allowed Glacia begin to sing from within to calm the girls. "Calm down. We'll be fine and I for one am not scared by beings who can be incapacitated by a well-placed kick." Angelina snorted before slapping her hand over her mouth, Harri grinned, "Come on, we've had just as much training as they have. And we're girls. We're underestimated as it is, they won't see us coming." She brushed imaginary lint from her uniform, "Besides, snakes may be underhanded and cunning but they having nothing on the single minded ferocity of we clawed Queens of the Jungle." The other three girls smiled and relaxed, confidence filling them as Glacia's song changed. Harriet grabbed her broom, "Now how about we go show these boys how it's done?"

"Yeah!" the other three responded, grabbing their brooms and trooping out behind Harri as she led the way from the locker rooms. They walked straight past the boy's locker room where the twins and Oliver were waiting, leaned up against the wall. The three males scrambled to catch up to the girls who were stalking toward the team entrance with confidence and purpose.

"Nervous?" Oliver asked when he took his spot next to Harri at the front of the formation.

Harri looked to him with a smirk, "Nope." She replied, popping her 'p'. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw the twins grin at each other. The door swung open and the team flew out in formation to the sound of excited cheers, the team flew in formation for one lap before breaking off into groups. The three chasers did laps around the center of the pitch while the twins wove in and out of the tall stands and Oliver circled his hoops. Harriet rose higher than all of them and did a lazy circuit above everything; taking extra time over the teachers stand so she could look in to see Tony on the very top bench, Quirrell two rows below that, and Snape with the three Marauder snakes two rows further down. She had to stop herself from snickering when she saw James hovering by Snape's ear, hissing in what he probably thought was a pretty threatening way, the potions master simply flicked the snake on its nose before glaring up at her defiantly. Harri grinned at him before diving back toward the center of the pitch.

The Slytherins came out and did their rounds before everyone met in the center of the pitch around Madam Hooch. As the snitch was released Harri heard Lee over the loudspeaker but pushed his commentary to the back of her mind, focusing on the fluttering gold ball currently darting between her and the Slytherin Seeker. It stuck around for a few seconds before darting off, Harri turned to watch Madam Hooch, ready for the quaffle to be released. The second it was she rose above the mad scramble of the other players; she circled the pitch, keeping an eye on the other seeker as well as the game while doing sweeps for the snitch.

Harri cheered as Angelina scored the first goal and pulled back out of the way as a bludger flew past just inches in front of her. Slytherin took possession of the quaffle and Flint flew hard and fast up the pitch, throwing the quaffle toward the middle goal only for it to be swatted out of the way by Oliver, who just smirked cockily at Flint. Angelina and Alicia passed the quaffle back and forth between them as they raced toward the other goals before scoring once more, causing another cheer from the Gryffindor dominated stands. Harri flew closer to the goal Oliver was guarding as Slytherin took over the quaffle again and once again Oliver blocked it, this time catching the ball before throwing it to Katie.

Just like before, Harri saw Flint take a bat from one of the Slytherin beaters. She raced over toward Oliver and pushed him out of the way just as the Slytherin captain hit a bludger toward the Gryffindor. "Harriet what…." Oliver exclaimed as he regained his balance, only for his eyes to widen as the bludger slammed into the rim of the goal he had been guarding seconds before. Harri and Oliver both glared at the Slytherins who met their eyes challengingly.

"Just taking care of our captain." Harri said before rising back up to her original height, Oliver blocked the next attempt with ease, keeping the score 20-0 Gryffindor. Harri looked around and cursed in parseltongue as she saw the Slytherins flank Angelina, she had forgotten this from last time but hopefully the extra maneuvers she had suggested during practice and the pep talk would help in this situation. Sure enough, Angelina dove suddenly making the Slytherins who had been pushing on either side of her collide and the one on the outside to take the tumble into the stands that the Gryffindor chaser had the last time. Harriet laughed in delight and cheered with everyone else as they scored once more.

Finally, Harriet caught sight of the snitch and she felt adrenaline fill her as she pressed herself flat along the broom and chased after the glint of gold. She knew at any second that Quirrell would make his move but hoped against all hope that since she had already managed to change some of the game that the Professor would abandon that particular plot.

Of course it was not to be. As she ducked a bludger aimed at her by one of the Slytherin's she felt the broom begin to struggle in her control. Harriet hung on tightly to her broom and tried to flare her magic into her hands to break the jinx as it bucked and spun, raising higher and higher as it went. The magic wasn't giving, so Harri held tightly praying that Snape and the Marauders would hurry up and rescue her. Before they could the broom gave a violent jerk forward and down making Harri flip off of her seat and dangle from her broom by just her hands.

"Harriet!" came twin voices, she looked to see the twins flying over to her, worry clear on their faces.

Another rough jerk jolt one hand free and she yelped, 'They better hurry up and light that asshole on fire.' Harri grumbled mentally.

"Harriet what's going on?" George asked worriedly.

"Nothing much." Harri said, trying to sound calm, "My brooms been jinx though, that's super fun." She tried to catch the handle of her broom with her other hand but the broom jerked again. 'It didn't take this long last time.' She groused. She caught a glint of gold out of the corner of her eye and clenched her jaw, "You two up to trying something awesome?" she called to the twins who had been circling, keeping away bludgers and Slytherins with bad intentions.

"Always!" they called, drawing closer.

Harri nodded, "George can you swing me over to Fred's broom?"

"You got it!" George said, Fred lined up carefully as George gripped Harri's free hand and rolled as she released her broom to swing her under him and over to Fred's waiting arms. Harriet's Nimbus fell away from them.

Fred sat back a little further on his broom so Harriet could sit properly on the broom, "We'll call the game and I'll get you down to the ground." Fred said as he wrapped the arm holding his bat around her waist tightly and took the broom stick with the other.

"Screw that." Harri said, "We have a game to win." She looked over to George with a giant grin before nudging Fred's hand, "Give me control and just focus on keeping the bludgers off of us."

Fred's laugh in response to that was slightly maniacal, "You got it Harri." He freed up the broom handle for her to grip and adjusted himself so he was still holding on to her but his bat arm was free. Harri caught sight of the snitch again and pushed the broom toward it, Fred hanging tightly to her. She growled internally at the school Cleansweep under them and took out the limiter rune with a well-controlled burst of magic, the broom jolted forward with greater speed and Harri grinned.

The Slytherin seeker joined them a couple seconds later, chasing the snitch neck and neck, the release of the limiter making up for the weight of the extra rider and giving Harri what she needed to pull off the maneuver she knew was coming. The Slytherin seeker glanced over at her, "You think you got this firstie? You honestly think you can win like that? Against me?" he yelled over the wind.

Harri vaguely heard the crack of Fred beating off a bludger behind her as she gave her opponent a toothy grin, "I know I can." She called, "Try and keep up little snake."

A second later the snitch dived and Harriet pushed the broom into a steep dive, effectively molding Fred to her back. The Slytherin was right beside her, glancing between her and the rapidly approaching ground before pulling up way to soon. Harriet pulled up and leveled off at the last second; clutching the broom with one hand, the other outstretched as she heard Lee screamed piercingly through the loudspeaker, "A Wronksi Faint!"

Harriet's hand closed and Glacia screeched in victory. Godiva purred her pleasure.

The young phoenix rose from her place near the ground to spectator level in the middle of the pitch before opening her hand and presenting the golden snitch within.

"Harriet Potter has caught the snitch! Gryffindor wins, 180 to nothing!" Lee shouted, making the stands erupt in deafening cheers. Harri grinned, making the broom spin in place so all the stands, the teachers stand in particular, could see the caught prize. "Harriet Rose Potter caught the snitch whilst performing a Wronksi Faint, riding double with one of the infamous Weasley twins!" Lee continued, "What a way to end this rivals match of Quidditch!"

Harri laughed lightly, turning slightly on the broom to look at Fred, "Hear that? You guys are infamous!"

Fred laughed long and loud as he wrapped her in a big hug, "That was awesome!" he called, over the roar of the crowd. In the next second they were surrounded by members of the Gryffindor team, all on their brooms, patting them both on the back and hugging them happily. George was glued to their side, smile wide and eyes bright but very carefully making sure he had a tight grip on both of their uniforms. Harri used her free hand to squeeze his hand reassuringly before going back to gripping the broom.

"We best get down soon." Oliver commented after they had calmed down a bit.

Katie looked below them and swallowed hard as she saw the writhing mass of Gryffindors, cheering and screaming under them, "I don't know if I want to go down to that."

Harri laughed lightly, "Leave it to me." The group parted a bit so Harri was clearly visible, eliciting another batch of cheering from the students. Harriet put her hand to her mouth and let out a piercing whistle, effectively quieting the Gryffindors below, and most of the other houses making their way from the stands. "We, the quidditch team, thank you for your support. We would like to change out of these uniforms, then we will join you in the common room to celebrate our victory over the snakes!" there was another deafening cheer and the whole crowd of lions charged off the pitch and up toward the castle.

"How in the…." Alicia muttered.

Harri grinned, "You learn a few tricks pretty fast if you have fame but don't want to deal with it."

"I guess so." Oliver muttered. They lowered to the ground as a group and all dismounted, before most headed to the locker rooms. Harri and the twins were all that remained on the pitch, when George refused to let go of her uniform she summoned her, thankfully untrampled, Nimbus to her from the field before leading the twins off toward the locker rooms.

When they reached the locker rooms George still refused to release her and Harri looked up at him with a small smile, "We're fine." She said softly, Fred had already slung an arm over his twin's shoulder and taken over carrying his broom. Harri leaned her Nimbus against the locker room wall and slid her arms around George, "I wouldn't have done it if I thought I wouldn't be able to pull it off with two riders."

"We never practiced anything like that." George muttered, "You two could have gotten seriously hurt."

Harri could understand where he was coming from even if he didn't fully understand why he was including her in this overwhelming fear. The fact that Fred was his magical twin brother pulled that fear for him up to near irrational levels and then the unfinished bond between them and Harri had drawn her into that fear. He had no memories of the last timeline, where they had all three ridden together in different pairs into real battles on a single broom, so seeing them both go into a near impossible to pull off dive with an extra person would be very scary for him. It would take him a bit to calm down, to realize that they were safe.

"We have to at least let her go change." Fred muttered to his brother; he could feel his twins torment and reluctance to let Harri out of their sight through their own bond and he knew if he hadn't been with her when it happened, if he had seen it from the outside, he would probably be reacting the same way.

Harri pulled back from the hug slowly and looked carefully up at George who seemed set on not releasing her uniform, finally she nodded, "Alright then." She snapped her fingers and a Hogwarts elf appeared next to them, startling the twins.

"What can I be doing for young Masters and Lady?" the elf asked.

Harri smiled kindly at the little creature, "We're having a bit of an issue would you mind snapping us out of our uniforms and into more comfortable clothes from our trunks?"

"Of course!" the elf exclaimed, he snapped his fingers and instantly they were in more comfortable clothes and their uniforms were laying in a heap near the elf to be cleaned. "You be needin' anything else?"

"Some refreshments in the Gryffindor common room please." Harri replied, "We just won the game and I'm sure Professor McGonagall would be asking for it soon to celebrate anyway."

"Of course." The elf said, popping away with their dirty uniforms.

Harri turned back to the twins and smiled at George, "There. Now we don't have to separate." His grip on her shirt loosened slightly, "However I do need to say goodbye to someone who came to see me play and go get the snakes from Snape before we can go to the party. Sound alright?"

George nodded and let out a breath, "Thanks Harriet."

"No problem." She replied, she shrunk down and pocketed her broom before threading her arm into George's on the opposite side of Fred and leading them off again. As they walked and the bond soothed over George's worry on both sides he began to relax, finally cracking a smile just as they reached the spot where Harri had told Tony to meet her.

"So who are we meeting Harri?" Fred asked curiously.

"My brother." She answered, looking around for him curiously.

"We didn't…."

"Know you had siblings." The twins said.

Harri grinned at them, the use of twin speak meant George was mostly back to normal. His eyes were still keeping track of both of them and she could still see worry on his face but he was calming down at least. "Family doesn't end in blood." Harri told them, she glanced around again, "I've always wanted a big family, so I made one for myself." The twins nodded in understanding just as Tony appeared around the corner with Snape walking next to him. "There he is." Harri said.

"Oh look." Fred snorted, "A two for one." George covered up his own snort and Harri giggled.

Tony took in the twins, who Harriet had already told him about, before looking to Harri and giving her an apologetic look. She gave him a subtle motion to keep quiet before focusing on Snape, "Ah, Professor, how kind of you to bring my companions to me."

Snape scowled at Harri and handed the bag with the snakes over to her, not noticing there were currently only two snakes in there. "Potter, I don't know how you knew that would happen but if you want my help at all in the future show me a bit more respect and come to me with all the facts, not the cryptic dramatic hippogriff shit you came to me with this morning!" he snarled, his glare firmly on his face. He pointed to Tony, "And if you are going so far as to bring in your own personal fan club for your little shows then learn to keep them on a leash!"

*Sirius Orion Black!* Harriet hissed harshly, *You stop try to bite Snape's disgusting person right this instant!* Snape flinched back from the harsh sounding parseltongue while Harriet darted forward and grabbed Sirius from where he had managed to sneakily attempt biting the Professors leg. Snape sneered at Harriet before twirling in a dramatic billowing of his robes and stalking toward the castle. Harriet narrowed her eyes at the retreating figure, 'Looks like I'll be adding to my threat then.'

"I've never seen a more dramatic person in my life." Tony commented, once Snape was out of range.

The twins snorted and Harri laughed as she slung Sirius around her neck, "How does it feel to be out done by a dungeon bat Tony?"

Tony drew himself up and placed a hand on his chest, "I am not dramatic, I just exude awesome and its perceived that way."

Harriet laughed and walked forward to hug Tony, gripping him tight before pulling away, "So why do I need to keep you on a leash?"

Tony scratched at the back of his head sheepishly, "I may have attempted to go into the castle. I didn't think I drew attention to myself but that guy saw me and questioned me."

"And you told him what I told you to say?"

"He didn't seem to believe me and when I said your name he demanded that I take him to where I was supposed to meet you." Tony answered.

"Probably his echolocation." Fred muttered, making George smother a laugh.

Harri grinned at them before looking back to Tony, "I'll make time to give you the tour someday." She promised, "How did you like the game?"

Tony perked up, "It was awesome! Congrats by the way. That was amazing! First quidditch game I've ever seen and I'm already hooked. If I can't get to these I expect you to set up one of Jarvis' cameras so I can at least see them."

"Of course!" Harri agreed, she stepped away and swung her arm over to the twins, "These are Fred and George Weasley. The twins I was telling you about."

Tony stepped forward with his arms crossed like Harri hand shown him to so both twins could shake his hands together, "Pleased to meet you."

"Fred, George, this is my big brother. Tony Stark." Harri introduced.

"Hello." They both said as they took his offered hands.

Tony pulled back and shot Harri a mischievous smile before looking back to the twins, "So, Harri tells me you're mad scientists yourselves."

"We dabble." They answered, grinning.

"Does that mean…"

"You are a mad scientist as well?" they questioned.

Tony nodded, "And proud of it." He said with a smirk, "You should come over with Harriet some time, we're already working on putting her runes together with my non-magic technology. Who knows what we can do if we add in your fields." He glanced to Harri, "What did you say it was? Potions and…."

Harri smiled proudly, "Potions and spell craft, those are their areas of expertise." She pretended to ignore their slight blushes.

Tony nodded, "Awesome, I'm a bit new to magic but Harri and I already have fun playing with the combinations we can make. It will be interesting to add in more aspects."

"New to magic?" George asked with a frown.

"Are you a muggle?" Fred questioned.

"Yup." Tony said, popping his 'p'. "But I'm a genius so it won't take me too long to pick up on concepts."

Harri grinned, "When he came earlier we were already talking about combining his tech and my runes to make a better broom and that was after only a very brief explanation of broom mechanics."

"Sweet." The twins said in unison.

There was a pop nearby and they all looked over to see Daisy standing there looking at Tony, the genius sighed dramatically, "It would seem it's time for me to go." He looked to Harri, "Should I keep the amulet that you gave me?"

Harri nodded, "Yes, just in case you need it again, I can always make others." She hugged him once more, "I'll see you at Christmas if you can't make the next game."

"I'll hold you to that. Don't forget to text me." Tony murmured into her shoulder, he pulled away and waved at the twins. "It was nice to meet you! Hopefully we'll see each other again."

"You bet!" the twins answered in unison. Tony chuckled and walked over to Daisy who took him away in a blink.

Harri looked over to the twins, "So?"

"He's pretty cool." Fred commented.

"Not bad for a muggle." George teased.

Harri grinned and put her bag over her head before sliding her arm through George's again, "Great. Just don't tell anyone about him yet, his tech gives me an edge in pranks and people will start looking for muggle things in the castle if it gets out." The twins laughed at that but agreed.

*So how was your time with Snape?* Harri asked the snakes as the twins fell into a comfortable silence to listen to the hissing.

*Not too bad.* Remus said.

*Speak for yourself.* James groused, *He flicked me on the nose every time I spoke.*

*And he complained about you the entire time.* Sirius whined, *You should have let me bite him pup.*

Harri rolled her eyes, *You don't know where he's been, best not to put him in your mouth.* Sirius let out a choking sound while Remus and James dissolved into laughter.

The twins watched the wriggling, hissing snakes with amusement, Harriet had explained that those things meant they were laughing and the twins had never seen anything quite like it. "Your snakes…."

"Are weird Harri."

She gave a put upon sigh, "I know, it's a burden I have to bear." The twins laughed.

When the snakes finally calmed down James looked up at his daughter from his place in the bag, *By the way, you were great today Princess. I've never seen anyone pull off a Wronksi feint riding double and it looked like it was the easiest thing in the world for you to do. We're so proud.*

*It was awesome!* Sirius butted in, *And you won! Bonus!*

*You can be sure that once were able to be in our human forms all the time it will be one of the things we brag about.* Remus added in, a smile in his voice.

*Oh course we're going to brag!* Sirius exclaimed, *Our little girl…..*

*My little girl.* James grumbled.

*OUR little girl!* Remus and Sirius both argued back. Harri shook her head fondly at the snakes as they finally entered the school.

"Ready to celebrate?" Fred asked, noticing she wasn't paying attention to the snakes any more.

Harriet gave him a wide grin, "Definitely!"

Common question I'm sure will come up: how can Harry text without getting caught? First and foremost, she is the runes expert of the bunch. If she can create rune chains to keep magic from interfering with the tech I'm sure she can carve runes to work as a notice me on the object similar to how she does with the amulet she gives Tony. Second, at this time she is the best in the class (since she's already done this before) and the teachers know that so allow her some leeway with doing this that aren't strictly class work, especially is she hides it under the table and doesn't distract the class with it.

Some might think its a bit of a cop out to have an elf taking care of Tony now that Harri has officially met him but its not like Harri can constantly be over there. Also, I've always thought elves were adorable and they are very serious about their work so having Tony be mothered by an elf was the way to go. The whole sleeping thing is something I've seen in a couple fics and I thought it would be good to add, in some pure blood families its likely that a child is raised almost completely by a house elf so it would make sense that they would help their charge with everything, including getting past a nightmare so they could get real rest.

I know, I know, the broom specs are off. However I wanted a legitimate way to get Tony interested in Quidditch since he doesn't really seem like the sporty type so I needed the Firebolt Harri eventually gets to be fast enough to race Tony, which would get him interested in the brooms of the sport.

Also, I'm not positive how brooms are made cannonically, I just threw together some magic-y sounding stuff that might make a bit of sense. Don't complain that its wrong; lets stick with, IT'S MAGIC, and move on, shall we?

I am also aware that in first year Slytherin has at least one female on their team but in the interest of Harri's little 'girl power' moment to help her bond with some female's in Gryffindor for later, Slytherin's team is all boys for now!

RIDING DOUBLE! Get it?!

Next Chapter: A Basilisk Threatens Better.