Sup ma peeps! Lol, nah I'm all better now. Concussion has healed enough to get rid of pain meds so here we are!
This chapter will wrap up year one as well as give you more of an idea of where the MCU timeline is currently. I'm sure some of you want a more detail account of the rest of the year just as I'm sure some of you are happy I'm not dragging it out any longer. I did say that I wasn't going to focus on every single bit of the school year so you were warned, either way I promised certain things in certain chapters and to keep that promise the school year ends here folks!
Disclaimer in Chapter 1. Will add as necessary.
The last bit of the semester flew by for Harriet, Lee, and the twins. The school work was picking up, leaving them with less leisure time but when they did have time the twins were teaching Lee Occlumency and practicing their own or they were in the library scouring books. Harriet was actually a little surprised they hadn't found it yet, but then again soulmate bonds had fallen into legend even in the magical world. In the last timeline they had only known because Gringotts had a way to confirm it after their initial bonding, they hadn't found any actual information on it until they had moved to LeFay Castle, in fact they had learned about most of the special abilities of the Soulmate bond when they were hunting Horcruxes and after the war. So Harri wasn't entirely surprised but that didn't mean she wasn't sitting on the edge of her seat in anticipation waiting for the moment they found out.
She herself hadn't been idle in the meantime. She wasn't worried about the end of year tests; she knew she'd pass all with flying colors. So she focused on getting ready for her summer activities. She had stepped up her training in preparation for saving Bucky. Loki's rescue would be mostly a question of her getting to the bridge fast enough and at the right time to catch him before he fell into the void, but to rescue Bucky she would be infiltrating a military base, she would need to be in top form in case the stealth plan was compromised. The biggest problem was she didn't have anyone to spar with, she could use dummies for dueling practice but physical fighting she had no one to practice with. The Marauders didn't want to hurt her (though after she pinned them each at least three times they had loosened up a bit) and, being the typical wizards they were, they were not good at any fighting done without a wand. So, she was just doing her best with drills.
Harriet had also taken care of the Philosopher's Stone with relative ease. She had simply flamed down to the room it was being held in, bypassing all of the protections thus leaving them intact for Quirrell/Voldemort to go through before the leaving feast. When she looked into the Mirror of Erised to retrieve the stone it had been her son who had slid it into her skirt pocket, she smiled sadly at him before leaving reluctantly to send the stone back to the Flamels.
The rest of her free time was spent setting up things for the summer and beyond. She had worked on rough sketches of what Loki and Bucky's rooms should look like and set the Potter house elves to work. She had also gotten in contact with a special seamstress that she had been in contact with in the last timeline and had gotten confidentiality contracts written up and signed before sending the woman sketches of her battle suit and what spells and protections she needed put on it. If it came out as well as it had ten years in the future she would have the twins' armor made as well as some magically protected suits for the other mere humans of her family.
Harri had Griphook change Bill over to a LeFay weapons vault that she already knew the contents of to catalogue the weapons and what enchantments they had on them. She also had him pull certain weapons from that vault and have them professionally cleaned, sharpened, and repaired by the goblins. Finally, Harri had him set up a meeting time for Rita's interview and photo op, a meeting after that with Bill and Charlie, and make an appointment at the end of the summer for her to take her OWLs.
She had managed to keep Norbert's egg away from Hagrid as well; knowing that trying to pry another hatchling away from him would be like pulling teeth, especially since she wasn't sure if Norbert had a mother waiting for him to come back. It had taken reviewing her memories of that time several times, monitoring the two men in question, some light spying, and a great deal of guess work but in the end she had managed to replace Norbert's egg with a fake and bring the egg to Charlie for safe handling. All in all, she was quiet happy with the result.
Now, with exams just finishing and everything winding down Harri was allowing herself some relaxation time in the Room of Requirement. The Marauders were napping happily on the heated rock the room had provided and Harri was settled in the center of a tumbling mat in her meditation pose with her music playing low in the background. She focused on her breathing and descended into her mindscape.
Harri let out a happy sigh as she took in the main Avengers common room, she thought about changing it but nixed the idea quickly. She loved this common room. Godiva was curled up on the couch, purring softly in her sleep, and Glacia was perched on the back of the couch cleaning her wings. Harri walked over and dropped onto the couch with a sigh, handing going over to rub at Glacia's ears without thought. "Hey G." she greeted her animagi.
Godiva's ear just twitched in acknowledgment but Glacia looked over to Harri and spoke, "Hello. Are we working on something particular?"
"Can't I just come to talk?"
"You want to talk to yourself?" Glacia shot back.
Harri snorted and rolled her eyes, "We haven't fully merged yet. You're still enough of your own being for me to converse without feeling crazy."
"Ah yes, the merging." Glacia said, ruffling her feathers, "Do you want to work on that?"
"Nah, but I do have a question that I'm sure you have the answer to." Harri replied looking over at her phoenix animagus expectantly.
"Why did our mate's animals appear when they haven't completed the change this time around?" Glacia asked, Harri nodded. "I told you when we first came back to this time that we had retained parts of our mate's magical cores from the last time. That included the parts of their core that remembered how to transfigure its host into foxes."
Harri blinked, "They won't have to train to become animagi again?"
"No, once you mate with them in this time their current cores will gain the knowledge their old cores had and be able to use it. That includes the use of their animagus forms." Glacia responded before continuing, "Mischief and Mayhem came out because the parts of our mates' cores that are still attached still know you are their mate and wanted to comfort you. The easiest way the bodiless magic could do that was form up its learned fox form."
"Wicked." Harri said with a grin, "Could we do that when not in distress?"
"Most likely. Our mates old power cores are connected to ours, just dormant at the moment." Glacia said, "You may be able to call them by tugging on the broken bond like we use to do to get our mates' attention or to talk with them telepathically. However, it may be a bit harder than that, more along the lines of when you pull or pushed power to and from our mates to help them when they needed an extra boost. I'm not sure, that's not part of the knowledge I have."
Harri bit her lip and nodded, "We'll have to play around a bit I guess."
"Yes, and when exactly are you going to work on our merging?" Glacia asked haughtily.
"Later." Harri hedged, "I want to work on calling my cuddly foxes." She whined at her phoenix form.
Glacia huffed and shook her tail feathers in agitation, "You know once we mate with them and they take on their old power cores you won't be able to do that right? Why would you want to waste time learning something you'll only be able to do two or three years' tops?"
Harri let her eyes go wide and pouted, "For fox cuddles of course."
Glacia clacked her beak and ruffled her wings, "Fine, but I want you to work on it during our burning day recovery. No questions asked. Got it?"
"Yes G!" Harri cheered, she stood and stretched, "I promise to work on it while we recover from our burning day." She scratched at Godiva's ears again, "While I'm working on calling Mischief and Mayhem I can put in some work on my doubles and illusions. I'm real close to being able to do two doppelgangers."
Glacia bobbed her head, "At least with that you'll be working on something useful then." Harri stuck her tongue out at the ice phoenix only for the phoenix fly at her; Harriet scrambled back and batted at phoenix, getting whacked around the head with Glacia's wings.
"You're so mean to me." Harri whined, the phoenix returned to her perch and resumed cleaning her wings like nothing had happened. Harri rolled her eyes and prepared to fade out of her trance and back to the waking world.
She froze though when she felt a hand on her shoulder, her real shoulder.
Someone was touching her while she was meditating.
Reacting on instinct, Harri threw herself from her mindscape. She grabbed the offending hand and pulled as she rolled forward, the body behind her hit the mat with a grunt. Harri spun and planted her knee on the bodies solar plexus while her wand flicked down into her dominate hand and her flames covered the other, effectively trapping the body beneath her.
Fred and George were at the end of their ropes; they had narrowed down the bonds with Snape's information but they were still left with six different choices, all of them looking equally likely and not at the same time. Funnily enough the Dark Lady and follower bond was among that group; with what they had seen her do it was one of their top picks but it still felt wrong.
"Maybe we should go ask her for that second clue now." George huffed, sorting through all the open books around them. "We only have a week and a half before we leave on the train."
Fred ran a hand through his hair, "Maybe we should."
"Hey guys." The twins looked up to see Lee walking toward them, he flopped into a chair next to them, "I'm bored, what are you guys doing?"
"Trying to figure out which bond we have with Harriet." Fred said with a frustrated sigh.
"We've been narrowing it down all year."
"Well, more like half the year."
"Yeah, we got distracted."
Lee raised an eyebrow at them, "You two have entered some kind of bond with the Girl-Who-Lived and don't even know which one it is? How did you even know it was a bond?"
"Harriet told us." George said.
"And the bond started up from the second we saw her." Fred added.
"Why did you think we were acting strange that day? It was too early to have any pranks in motion." George snorted.
Lee blinked and nodded, "Yeah, I guess that makes sense." He looked over the books they had open, "So, what are you looking for?"
"A bond that draws people together from the second they meet."
"A bond that's rare."
"A bond that someone would want to suppress if they had plans for one of the people involved."
"A bond that makes the people involved want to be around each other all the time."
"A bond that makes the people involved very protective of each other."
"A bond that apparently allows physical touch to help heal each other."
"A bond that makes the people involved jealous of others around the other person." The twins took turns listing off. "A bond we're apparently overlooking." They ended together.
Lee frowned as he kept skimming the books, "Not all of those apply completely to these bonds here."
"We know." The twins groaned.
"But it sounds a lot like love." Lee said, he sat back and looked at them, "Maybe she's your soulmate."
The twins blinked at him before they instantly started leafing through the books in front of them, moving from book to book when they found nothing. Finally, George made a small noise of victory as he pulled a book to him, "Found it."
Fred draped himself over his brother's shoulder to read the entry with him, "It's so small."
George nodded and started reading aloud, "A soulmate bond is the rarest bond there is. Not a lot is known about soulmate bonds due to their rarity, however it is said that the two halves of the whole soul will call to each other from the second they see one another. The bond will continue to strengthen whenever the pair is near one another, which is something that the soul craves, resulting in a need to be near each other constantly. The bond will complete once the bond is consummated. Legends say that a completed soulmate bond grants certain powers but all information of what that power may be has been lost through time. Though the goblins have found a way to confirm the existence of the bond after it has been completed, no one has found a way to discover who their soulmate is before they meet them. There have only been three recorded soulmate bonds since the death of Morgana LeFay and her own soulmate." George laid the book down and looked up at his brother who was still looking at the book with wide eyes.
Lee grinned at them, "I thought it was a legend, but even with the small bit of information in the book it does sound like your bond with Harriet. And if this 'someone' really did have plans for a 'member' of this bond they would want to suppress it to keep it from potentially interfering with their plans."
Fred frowned, "It says 'pair', as in between two people."
Lee rolled his eyes, "You found your answer, don't make it harder than it has to be. I know that you know that you two are magical twins, as in one soul in two bodies. Or in the case of this soulmate bond, one half of the entire soul in two bodies."
Fred looked to George and emotions and thoughts passed between them through their twin connection before identical grins spread across their faces. "She's our soulmate."
Lee chuckled, "I guess that explains how she can keep up with you two." The twins laughed happily, feeling light and giddy. "She already seems to know too."
"We should go find our mate brother." Fred said with an enormous grin.
"We should indeed." George laughed.
Fred's eyes glowed with more excitement, "And, cherry on top of our soulmate sundae, now we have earned the names of the Marauders!"
"Really?" Lee asked curiously.
"Yeah, Harri said if we figured out what our bond was by ourselves she would tell us their names." George said.
"Can I come with?" Lee asked, "I want to know too." The twins exchanged an uncertain look and Lee huffed, "Come on. It's not like you're going to consummate this thing now…. right?"
The twins shook their heads, "No, we'll court her properly." They decided as one.
Lee smirked, "I'm so glad I'm your guys' friend. This will be hilarious to watch."
The twins pouted at him, "Are you making fun of us?"
Lee laughed, "You're telling me that you two, the pranking geniuses that you are, aren't going to do some over the top things for your courtship of someone you already know is your perfect match?"
"Maybe." George grinned.
"We just found out, give us a bit to plan." Fred said mischievously.
Lee rolled his eyes, "Alright lover boys, let's clean up these books and go find your girl." They scrambled to put the books up and left the library swiftly. They stopped in an abandoned hall and studied the map, looking for Harriet among the many moving dots.
"She's not on here." George said.
"Which means she's either in the Room or the Chamber." Fred hummed.
"You guys need to catch me up now that I'm better with Occlumency." Lee grumbled.
"Nope." They chorused, "Harri won't tell us everything until we can defend against her Legilimens so we won't tell you until you can." Lee huffed in disappointment.
"But we can check the Room." Fred said brightly, "Harri showed us that way before we found out about things."
George nodded, "If she's not there we'll have to wait for her in the common room."
They led Lee up to the seventh floor and tapped along the wall across from the dancing trolls. A single door appeared seconds later, "What is this?" Lee asked.
"The Room of Requirement," Fred started.
"Harri said it can become anything, you just have to ask." George explained.
"But if someone is already in there and they are alright with certain people coming in you have to tap the wall." Fred finished.
"Wicked." Lee said, the twins nodded in agreement.
They opened the door and stepped into the dimly lit room, the room smelt faintly of eucalyptus and lavender and was nice and cool. Off in the far corner, Harriet's three snakes were curled up together sleeping on what looked to be a heated rock. In the center, on a tumbling mat, was Harriet herself; sitting cross legged with her hands laying palm up on her knees, thumb and middle finger touching lightly. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was deep and steady.
The twins smiled at their newly discovered soulmate and moved over to greet the snakes while she continued to meditate. Lee, however, walked closer to Harri, "What is she doing?"
"Meditating." George said, scratching gently at Raion's head, "Don't bother her, she will come out of it eventually."
"This doesn't look like the meditating we do for Occlumency." Lee said.
"Everyone meditates differently." Fred replied, "When Harri started teaching us she taught us several different methods. The one we showed you was the one we use, we are able to meditate easier when we are lying flat and comfortable. We've seen Harriet meditate both ways."
They all watched and waited for Harriet to come out of her trance. Several minutes passed before Harriet flinched without waking. The twins sat forward worriedly but Lee was the one to step forward and place a hand on Harriet's shoulder. In a blur of motion Harriet was awake and had Lee pinned on his back; her knee planted just below his chest, her wand aimed between his eyes, and blue flames covering her other hand.
"Harriet! It's just me!" Lee squeaked.
Harri blinked several times before her eyes focused and she took in who was under her, "Lee?" he nodded frantically, she shook her hands and the flames disappeared at the same time her wand went back into her sleeve. "Don't touch me while I'm mediating, I'll react violently."
"Noted." Lee rasped.
Harri smirked as she stood up, "I wouldn't try anything taxing for the rest of the day. I was on your solar plexus."
Lee rubbed at the space between his chest and stomach as he sat up, "I noticed." He huffed.
Harri giggled and looked around to see the twins sitting by the rock currently holding the snakes, "Hey. What's up? I thought you were in the library."
The twins perked up again, grins spreading across their faces, "We were." they said proudly, "But we found what we needed."
"Oh?" Harri said, she and Lee moved over to sit on the edge of the tumbling mat.
The twins nodded excitedly, "We figured out which bond we have!"
Harriet grinned, her heart beating faster with hope, "Do tell."
"We're your soulmates!" the twins announced loudly, waking the snakes who let out sleepy hisses.
Harriet laughed happily and clapped her hands together, "Yup! And I'm yours." The twins rushed over to her and smothered her in a hug. She relaxed into their embrace and they relaxed against her in turn.
They pulled back slightly and kissed her on her cheeks, causing her to blush. "Sorry it took us so long to find." Fred murmured as he drew her closer again.
"You would not believe how many bonds there are." George commented.
"Or how little there is on soulmates." Fred continued.
"We didn't think it was an actual bond." George huffed.
"Lee actually helped us find it." They ended together, Harri looked to Lee over the twins' shoulders and smiled which he returned.
After a little bit the twins pulled back to kneel in front Harri where she sat on the edge of the tumbling mat, "Harriet we don't want to move too fast so,"
"will you allow us to court you properly?" the twins asked.
Harri smiled at them happily, "I would like that." They leaned forward and kissed her cheeks again, making her blush deepen.
Lee scrunched up his nose, "You three don't have to be so cute about it." He huffed.
Harri giggled and looked over to Lee, "You didn't have to follow them Lee."
"Yeah I did. They said they had a deal with you that you would tell them who the Marauders were if they figured out what your bond was." Lee said, "I couldn't miss that."
"I see." Harri hummed with amusement, she stood and rubbed her hands together, "Now, how should I go about this? It should be suitably dramatic."
"Having your own soulmates work for the answer wasn't dramatic enough?" Lee muttered.
"It's the Marauders." Harriet deadpanned, "They'll want it a tad more dramatic than just telling you guys over treacle tart and tea." Tenrou hissed from his place on the rock and Harri rolled her eyes at him. Harri tapped her chin thoughtfully before she smiled, "Got it!" she took her wand out and waved it in a semi-circle. The wispy white figures from the Christmas prank appeared, two on either side of her, except for the ocelot which was replaced with a rat. "These are the alternate forms of the original Marauders." She said, drawing her voice out to sound more dramatic.
She walked over to the wolf and scratched at his ears, "This is Moony, better known as…." She paused as the three males leaned forward, "Remus Lupin. He's the werewolf that started it all." Over on the rock Toshi drew himself up proudly while the other two seemed to hiss in protest to that.
"Moony was a werewolf." Fred said breathily, eyes wide.
"The name makes so much more sense now." Lee added faintly.
Harri smirked and moved over to the rat, "This is Wormtail, otherwise known as…." She paused again, this time to keep her anger in check, something the boys seemed to notice. "Peter Pettigrew." Lee drew in a sharp breath in recognition and the twins frowned. Harri glared at the rat for a tense second before moving on to the grimm, a smile taking over her face. "This here, is Padfoot. Better known as the alleged mass murder Sirius Black." The twins' mouths dropped open and Harri's smile turned into a big grin, "My Godfather." Lee fell backward with a yelp and the twins started to shake slightly.
"Your Godfather was Padfoot?" George rasped.
Harri grinned, "Is, my Godfather is Padfoot." The twins' eyes widened even further, catching the present tense. She stepped over to the stag and threw her arms around its neck, "And finally, this is Prongs. My father." Fred and George's mouths worked silently and Harriet laughed, "Otherwise known as James Potter."
The twins shot forward and kneeled in front of her before starting exaggerated bowing, "Our soulmate is the daughter of Prongs!" Fred cried mid bow.
"The Marauders Princess!" George called happily.
"We are not worthy!" they yelled as one.
Harriet giggled at their antics and let the figures dissipate, she went to her knees in front of her mates and drew them both into a hug before they could bow again, "Idiots." She said fondly, "If my fathers didn't think you were worthy they wouldn't have given you the Compendium and Journal."
"They knew when they gave it to us?" the twins asked in awe.
"Of course." Harri said, the twins' arms came around her and they hugged her close to them.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Lee exclaimed, the three soulmates looked over to him curiously, "Somethings don't add up! Please don't tell us that all of this is stuff we'll have to wait for! I don't think I could survive the wait!"
Harri laughed lightly and sat back on her heels, "If it doesn't have much to do with the big thing I can tell you. You guys are far enough along with your Occlumency for me to tell you bits and pieces."
Lee dropped down beside her and nodded seriously, "I think I can handle that." The twins nodded, looking curious despite their shock over the identities of the Marauders. "Why did you look so angry with Wormtail? I thought Sirius Black was the one to betray your parents to You-Know-Who."
Harriet huffed and shook her head, "That is the accepted story because the idiots in power never gave Siri a trial. Actually, my parents gave the Secret Keeper position to Peter since Sirius was the obvious choice and most would go after him to try and get the information. It was a diversion. They didn't know he was already a Death Eater. Peter is the traitor."
"That's why you said alleged mass murderer." George said in realization.
Harri nodded, "When Peter escaped he killed all those muggles and cut off his hand as Sirius was backing him into a corner." She rolled her eyes, "Of course he was being a dramatic little shit about taking revenge for my parent's deaths and that didn't help." Tenrou hissed indignantly from the rock but Harri ignored him. "But yeah, alleged. They threw him in Azkaban without a trial and just spread the lie which the sheep accepted without proof."
"And you implied they were alive." Lee said slowly, he grimaced, "I don't want to sound harsh but last time I checked your father died over ten years ago and I saw an article not too long ago that a Remus J. Lupin had been found dead in the Hogshead. That only leaves Peter, who you said escaped, and Sirius, who is in Azkaban."
Harri frowned, "In the Hogshead? I thought they would be subtler than that." The snakes huffed and turned away from her and the group to pout. She blinked and focused back on the three boys, "I can assure you they are very much alive, though the public is not currently aware of that fact. You'll be able to meet them once you finish your Occlumency training and come over this summer."
The twins perked up at that news but Lee apparently had one more question, "One last thing." He jumped in, Harri looked at him expectantly, "I understand not including Wormtail in the Christmas prank since he's a traitor but who was that cat? Was that your mother's animagus?"
Harri laughed, "As far as I know my mum didn't have an animagus form." She scooted back a bit before she transformed into Godvia, sitting there primly with her tail wrapped around her paws.
"You're an animagus already?!" Lee exclaimed.
"Wicked." The twins chorused, reaching toward her hesitantly. Godiva got up and rubbed against their hands affectionately, purring all the way. They pet her for a little bit before Harri changed back with a bright smile. "So what is…"
"your Marauder name?" the twins asked curiously.
"Godiva." Harri said, her smile changing to a grin.
"As in the muggle chocolates?" Lee snickered.
Harriet blushed and looked away, "No. It means 'gift of god'." She sniffed delicately.
"Why don't I believe you?" Lee teased, "Come on. What's the real story?"
"What real story?" Harri squeaked, her cheeks darkening. The room quickly descended into laughter and teasing, Harri eventually distracting them with her doppelganger and changing into Godvia again. It was a great time of relaxation for them as school wound down. The three Marauders watched Harriet's joyful face as she played without care with her mates and their friend and were content.
Harriet flopped into the train seat and let out a breath, "Finally." She groaned, "It's over."
Lee chuckled, "You're a first year. It can't have been that bad."
"You'll understand when we can tell you everything." Harri said, waving him off.
"You can't keep doing that." Lee whined, "At this rate I'm going to explode when you can finally tell me."
Harri snorted and drew her bag with the snakes up onto the seat next to her. Almost immediately it was moved to sit next to Lee when the twins came and sat on either side of her. *Hey!* James hissed in irritation, Harri smirked at him as she settled between the twins happily.
"We've only known you ten months…"
"And its already going to be weird not seeing you every day." The twins said, Fred's arm going around her shoulders and George's arm sneaking around her waist.
"I'm going to miss you guys too." Harri hummed softly, her hands latching subtly onto their pant legs.
"Merlin, you three are cheesy." Lee interrupted, "You just learned you were soulmates a week and a half ago. Calm it down."
"Exactly Lee!" George cried dramatically, "It's only been a week and a half. We're still in the Honeymoon phase!"
"We have to shower our other half with all the attention she deserves." Fred said, taking Harriet's hand with his free one and drawing it up so he could kiss the back of her hand, George followed suit and Harriet blushed.
Lee groaned, "You guys are going be absolutely nauseating aren't you?"
"Yep!" they all three answered, laughing.
Lee knocked his head against the back of his seat several times before putting his head in his hands, "At least you haven't progressed to the actually kissing part yet."
Fred chuckled, "We'll hurry it along for you shall we?"
"No!" Lee exclaimed, holding up his hands, "No." this time it was softer, "A little bit at a time. Merlin, give the people around you time to adjust to your lovey dovey stuff."
Harriet giggled, "Poor Lee. He doesn't have anyone to be lovey dovey with." She perked up, "I know a few people I can set you up with." The twins snickered as panic filtered across Lee's face, Harri grinned, "Maybe not, huh?"
A low chime made Harriet pulled her phone from her pocket, Jarvis had sent her an alert marked urgent. She opened it and her eyebrows rose as she read the title of the video. "What is it Harriet?" Fred asked.
"Apparently Tony had gotten himself into a bit of trouble." She hit play and watched with the twins as Tony sauntered into the court room and quickly spun the courts words to his own use. She laughed as later he high jacked the screens and showed the room how much of a nonthreat the other countries turned out to be, then giggling harder when he caused Hammer to lose face. She rolled her eyes fondly when he proclaimed to have privatized world peace and walked out to the Senator's curses.
"That's your brother?" Lee asked, he had been listening in curiously, "The twins told me he was a muggle. They said Mr. Stark in the video but he can't be that Tony Stark."
Harri laughed, "He is that Tony Stark." She closed out the video and opened the phone app to call Jarvis.
Lee choked, "What seriously? Your brother is fucking Ironman?!"
Harriet giggled, "No, that would be weird I'm sure. However, he is Ironman."
"Hey, so you two…."
"wanna fill in the two…."
"people who have never…."
"left the wizarding world and…"
"are confused right now?" the twins asked, looking between Harriet who grew up in the muggle world and Lee who had a muggle mother, thus access to the muggle world.
Harri smiled at them, "My brother, Tony Stark, is the world foremost expert on weapons and technology. He has created hundreds of advancements in the muggle world and is hailed as one of the smartest people of our time. He was attacked because of the greed of someone he trusted and was captured by terrorists, he escaped by making a metal battle suit then perfected it when he came home. He's now known as Ironman now, a superhero."
"He's awesome!" Lee exclaimed, "His suit can fly and shoot rockets and lazers."
"Repulsors." Harri corrected in nonchalantly.
"And he created an A.I.! A person without a body, artificial intelligence!" Lee cried excitedly, "He's brilliant."
"I'm sure Sir will be happy that he is known as such by at least some of your world." Came Jarvis' voice form Harri's phone.
Harri smiled, "Guys, I want you to meet Jarvis. Tony's A.I."
Lee's eyes went wide as he stared at Harriet's phone, the twins just shrugged, "Hello Jarvis." They chorused.
"Hello Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley. It is a pleasure to meet you properly this time." Jarvis said.
Lee's eyes shot over to the twins who looked confused, Harri laughed, "Yeah, when I took you to the mansion to give Tony his Christmas present you two were too into the Marauder books to even notice we had left the castle, let alone knew you were meeting new people."
"We actually left the castle?" Fred asked incredulously, Harri nodded with an amused face.
"Jarvis you've met the twins but the other person in the compartment with us is Lee Jordan, the twins best friend." Harri introduced.
"Nice to meet you Mr. Jordan." Jarvis greeted, Lee let out a squeak, his eyes wide with shock.
Harri giggled, "It seems he's a fan of Tony Jarvis, so it might take him a bit to calm down. Now, on to the clip you sent me."
"Yes, is there anything I need to look out for resulting from this?" Jarvis asked seriously.
"Well, Hammer is always a problem but the clip Tony showed and the presses reaction to it drives him a bit crazy. I would up his threat level for the moment." Harri said, "What I have already done has shifted certain events back by months. A certain enemy takes the chance Tony just presented and will attempt to attack. Find all you can on Ivan Vanko, last I heard he had wiped his existence from the record but you may be able to find something being who you are. Also, tighten security at the Expo, especially around Hammer's presentation. You can't stop him from presenting without creating Tony a bad image but if something happens it will most likely be at that time."
"Understood Miss Potter. Anything else I should be aware of?" Jarvis asked.
"Don't trust Shield." Harri said, "Look into their assets and note them. Last time I checked, Tony owns most of them and you can use that to protect him if, at some point, they get a bit too big for their britches and try something." She trusted Shield with very little, even less at the moment since she knew they were currently half Hydra agents, the Avengers had to destroy them last time before allowing it to slowly be built back up under strict watch.
"What of the other owners?" Jarvis asked, "Will they be able to sustain Shield as a threat should Mr. Stark pull out?"
"Barely. Don't worry, I'm working on it." Harri said, running a hand through her hair, "Tony owns the most destructive bits so even if they do stay afloat they won't be able to do anything we couldn't handle over a long weekend."
"Very well. I shall keep you updated as we go." Jarvis said.
"Thanks J." Harri replied before shutting the app and sliding her phone back in her pocket.
"What was"
"all that about?" the twins asked.
"It's a bit tough to explain without everything else but my brother, being who he is, is often targeted by bad people. Even more so now that he's decided to be a superhero. I just told Jarvis who he should focus his efforts on so he doesn't waste processing power chasing after little things." Harri said with a smile, "I will explain more once you guys come over this summer."
"Speaking of coming over…." Fred started.
"Have you figured out how were going to do that without drawing attention to ourselves?" George asked.
Harriet nodded, "You guys spend time at Lee's over the summer right?"
Lee, who was just shaking off the shock of having met Jarvis, nodded, "They usually come over for a couple weeks every summer."
"Would your parents think it's strange for you guys to go to another friend's house?" Harri asked.
Lee puffed up proudly, "Actually, my parents are trusting me in the house for two weeks in the middle of the summer. My mum has a conference to go to and my father is going with them. They decided that would trust me by myself as long as I sent them owls."
Harri nodded, "Alright, that makes this easier then." She summoned her bag to her, ignoring the snakes shouts of protest, and pulled out three bracelets similar to the ones she had given Bruce and Clint. "Here, put these on." She handed them each a bracelet and watched to make sure they all had them, "Those are special bracelets. They'll tell me if you're hurt and if you press the phoenix in the center I will know that you need help. Also, they are portkeys that will take you to where I'm staying. I'll be occupied for most of the first month so try not to come over until a week before my birthday. Of course if you find yourself in trouble then you can come over sooner, but try not to get into trouble." She looked between the twins pointedly, they blushed and looked away, Lee chuckled. Harri rolled her eyes, "When you're ready to come over press the tip of your wand to the phoenix and say 'Avengers Assemble'." Harriet loved the activation she had set; she had heard those words so many times from Steve even when Tony teased him about the cheesy line. "It will only work with your wand pressed to it, that way you don't accidentally activate it."
"Got it." The three boys chorused.
Harri smiled, "Good. Don't forget. If my birthday comes and you guys aren't there I will assume something went wrong and will come after you. Consequences be damned." She said nonchalantly, the three males looked at her with wide eyes as she sat back in the seat and closed her eyes to rest. She was so looking forward to this summer.
Chapter Notes:
So, the bond is rare. I did say that before but I'm sure people have forgotten or believe that the twins are willfully ignoring it. They are to an extent, it is so rare that is has fallen into legend even in the wizarding world and no one knows a lot about it so it make things difficult for them.
On the animagi showing up in the mindscape. They are her different forms, you'll find out more later about the merging Glacia talks about but I figured that as they are parts of her they could and would show up in her mindscape.
Aw, fox cuddles.
The burning day... we will talk about it more in ch. 24 but remember earlier I talked about younger phoenixes need to go through a burning day once a year. The older they get the further apart those burnings will be; but Harri has, at this point, only had Glacia for coming up on two years. The first burning brought her back, this next one will be the first regular one she has gone through.
Yes I'm going with the magical twins thing. I figured it would be obvious but I will say something about it. While in this threesome I wont go into a lot of "twincest" they will be 'lovey' with each other but more like the twins on Ouran High School Host Club and not full on sex with each other. They do share a bed, but that's because they feel more comfortable with their twin close rather than anything else. At most they'll hug, kiss, and cuddle but that's it.
"We'll court her properly." That will be fun, you know prankster are going to go overboard courting a fellow prankster. In case your wondering. They will consummate the bond by the end of fourth year, though their cuddles and kisses and such will progress as we move on from here.
Her calling Sirius a dramatic little shit about taking revenge refers to him yelling 'only one will die tonight' and cackling like the mad Black he is.
How she was named Godiva totally has something to do with the muggle chocolate. It wont come out until the twins learn their names and the story behind them. It really does mean 'gift of god' though.
The date of the supena and the Expo were pushed back because Tony wasn't dying and thus didn't feel the need to make a big deal out of everything. So the government didn't pull him in until this month and the Expo won't start until next week in this world. Also, because Vanko didn't see the press conference until now he never attacked Tony at the Grand Prix. They will deal with him but not until after Harri has the backup ready to bring to the Expo's aid aka after she rescues and helps Bucky.
Of course Tony would tease Steve for saying 'Avengers Assemble' especially if he said it when they were already together. "Avengers Assemble!" "Cap we're right here. Assembly not required." lol
See ya next time!