6/16/2017 - just fixing some small things guys!
Disclaimer in Chapter 1. I also do not own Scooby Doo or the Captain America Theme Song.
Godiva crept through the vents of the Shield facility with Fred and George close behind, "Can't wait until we can take our fox forms." Fred grumbled halfheartedly from the back of the train.
Godiva let out a low mew and George huffed, "We know we were the ones who insisted we come along but still." He whined. Godiva stopped and gave him an amused look before quickly licking his cheek and continuing on. "Should have transfigured ourselves." He muttered, following after her.
"G said we wouldn't be able to change back without an energy output potentially being sensed." Fred pouted, Godiva meowed in response, "Yes dear." He huffed, Godiva let out a mur sound from her throat, "You already told us that." Godiva snorted and George stifled a laugh.
Godiva slowed as she came to a vent grate and quickly peered inside, "Is that it?" Fred asked. Godiva shook her head in a negative and continued on to the next, her tail flicking back and forth every so often. As they passed the grate, Fred and George looked inside to see the black man with the eye patch they had seen in Harriet's memories a year ago. He was on a gun range and was alternating quickly between three guns in front of him, reloading quickly, and going at it again with the next target with very little delay.
It took three more vent grates before Godiva sat down and angled her head toward the grate, George reached up and activated his headset, "Jarvis?"
"I am here Mr. Prewett." Jarvis answered promptly.
"Good, Godiva found the room. Can you take control of the cameras?" George asked.
"One moment…pinpointing your location." Jarvis said, a couple seconds went by before Jarvis piped up, "Cameras acquired, the room is empty and I have looped the footage. You are clear to enter."
"Thanks J." George said as he nodded to Godiva. She spun in place before kicking her back paws against the grate hard enough to knock it loose. It landed on the floor below, followed quickly by Godiva who changed back midair and landed gracefully on her feet.
Harriet stepped forward to give Fred and George enough room to follow her down, they landed only slightly less gracefully, stumbling slightly on the landing. Harri smiled at them, "You good?"
They righted themselves and smiled at her, "Yep!" they chorused.
Harri nodded, "Steve's shield is at the back." She said, cocking her head toward the rest of the armory and leading them as they quickly made their way toward the back. They weaved their way through the armory until they reached the very last table which held the round, red, white, and blue shield under a dome of protective glass. Harriet crouched down by the table where there was a keypad and fingerprint scanner that controlled the glass.
"Can we break it and then do a repairo on it?" Fred asked curiously, eyes moving between the glass and the keypad.
"No, if the glass is breached the alarm will go off. If we want to set the decoy we will need all the time we can get." Harri said.
George was reading through the information Jarvis was presenting to him on his headset, "Jarvis has the code but without having your fingerprint on file he can't set the scanner to accept your print."
Harri hummed before tilting her head to look at the scanner at a different angle, "The last print is still there…" she grinned and moved her hands to conjure up a couple items, "That's why Luna wanted us to watch the live action Scooby-Doo movies last night." She opened conjured a small blush compact and brushed some of it on the scanner before conjuring a pore strip and ripping off the backing. "What's the code?" she asked as she pressed the strip to the fingerprint scanner.
"54985870." George read off number by number.
Harriet snorted as she put the numbers in and the glass fell away, "Steve's serial number. How unoriginal. Anyone who is a big enough fan could guess that." She stood up and took the shield from its stand easily, "Alright. Now for the decoy." She said as she slung the shield easily behind her and stuck it to her back with a quick sticking charm.
Fred and George nodded and pulled out several jars of colored prank potion paste as Harriet pulled the decoy that she had baked this morning from her pocket dimension. She set it gently on the stand, making sure not to break anything off before accepting the silver jar of paste and a paint brush from Fred. Harri moved to the back of the decoy and started to quickly paint the back silver as Fred and George did the design on the front. As the paste was applied and it dried, it took on a metallic sheen, mimicking the actual shield.
"Jarvis, be sure to monitor these cameras so we can see it take effect." George chuckled quietly as Fred finished up the red edge, pressing unnecessarily against Harriet to get the top edge.
"Of course Mr. Prewett." Jarvis replied as Harriet huffed with a small smile on her face as Fred moved over her crouched form to get the top of the shield. She moved quickly up between his arms and kissed him quickly, making him start and his brush veer off into the white George was painting.
"Control yourself Fred." George said in amusement as Harriet ducked back down to finish the silver back.
"Georgie didn't you see what she did?" Fred whined through the smile he couldn't hide, "How can I control myself when she does that."
"At least you got a kiss, she only licked me." George teased as he covered up Fred's slip.
Harri peaked at George around the shield, "It was a cat kiss." She pouted.
It took them ten more minutes to finish the fake shield after which Harriet quickly reengaged the security measures. They left the same way they had come returned home, laughing at the chaos their prank would cause tomorrow after Harriet and Bucky had retrieved Steve.
Fred and George jolted awake when the mattress beneath them shuddered, they noted Harriet's absence from between them before they registered the starry eyed blonde who was at the end of the bed, staring at them. "Luna?" George muttered.
"What are you doing in our room?" Fred asked.
Luna blinked at them, "I've come to help Harriet get ready. You two need to go."
"Later." Fred huffed, dropping back onto the bed and throwing an arm over his face, "It's too early."
"It is ten-thirty in the morning. You shouldn't have stayed up til three working on your fireworks, you know you can't live on five hours of sleep like Harriet." Came Lee's voice, the twins both looked over to see their best friend lingering in the doorway, looking around the room curiously.
"When did you get here?" George asked with a frown.
Lee smirked as he zeroed in on the twins, "An hour ago; since I, you know, went to bed at a decent time." He shifted off the door frame and tilted his head, "Come on. We need to help Bucky get ready."
"He doesn't need our help." Fred said with a frown.
"I need your help to get him in the outfit." Lee said flatly.
"And you can't be here for Harriet's dressing." Luna said, "You can't see her until we're finished." Fred and George shared a look and was about to deny that when the bathroom door opened and Harriet stepped out, making their mouths drop open.
Harriet was wearing just a towel as she stepped from the bathroom, wringing out her long hair as she stepped toward the closet barefooted. Lee made a choked noise, making Harriet stop just before she got to the closet door and turn around, she looked at Lee with a raised eyebrow before looking to her gaping mates, she smirked. "Enjoying the view?" she purred, they nodded with wide eyes. Harri hummed, crossed her arms under her breasts, and leaned forward slightly, effectively accenting her developing breasts, "I'm glad, but you know who else is enjoying the view?" their mouths worked silently so Harriet answered for them. "Lee."
Fred and George's heads snapped around to their best friend who was also staring at Harriet's towel clad form, his eyes beginning to wonder. The twins scrambled from the bed and caught their friend by his arms, dragging him from the room, completely ignoring that they were in their pajamas still. Lee struggled as soon as he came back to himself, "I didn't mean too! You can't blame me! She's the one who came out like that!" he cried nervously as they drug him past the final door that separated the Queen suite from the castle.
The twins pinned Lee against the double doors and glared down at him, "So you liked looking at our mate huh?" Fred growled.
Back in the room Harriet was snickering as she dropped the towel and walked into the closet, "Poor Lee, it wasn't his fault."
Luna hummed as she dropped onto the edge of Harriet's bed, "Try telling your mates that."
Harri chuckled as she pulled the special outfit from one of the secret drawers she had in the closet that used to keep sexier surprises away from Fred and George until she was ready to bring them out. "We both know that won't work Luna. I doubt they'll feel comfortable enough to let others look at me while they show me off and brag until we've been mated for a while. It took two years last time."
"You never know." Luna said with a smile as she pulled a few things out of her pockets and laid each item out on the bed carefully.
Harri came back out of the closet with a box in her hands and grinned at Luna, "You know something I don't little sister?"
Luna raised an eyebrow at Harri, "Don't I always."
Harriet put the box on the bed before putting her hands on her hips, "Luna Lovegood did you just sass me? I knew Bucky would be a bad influence on you!"
Luna giggled, "You could say that." She pulled the lid of the box free, "Now, let's get you ready."
"I'm not wearing it!" Bucky growled, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You already said you would!" Loki snapped as he waved the blue fabric at Bucky, "Just put it on!"
"I didn't know it was going to be so utterly ridiculous when I agreed!" Bucky shot back as he eyed the red gloves and blue boots that were sitting on the couch with disdain.
"From what Harriet has told us, the Captain's outfit is ridiculous too!" Loki said, "And it's not like you'll be wearing it all the time!"
"There's fucking bright red tights!" Bucky tried to reason, "I am not wearing those!"
"Yes you are!" Lee said, coming from the hallway that lead to the Queen Suite with his hair looking a little singed, the twins right behind him, "You said you would and that is part of the outfit in the comics!"
"What sort of comic artist decided that I was a little boy, Steve's sidekick, and wore red tights!" Bucky yelled, "I was a soldier! Not a part of the USO show like Steve! And I'm older than Stevie dammit!"
Lee huffed before going over to the bag he had brought this morning and pulling out some of his comics, which he passed straight to Bucky, "It made you more palatable for the kids and from what I hear you were Steve's side kick."
Bucky glared down at the comic in his hand that showed a cartoon Steve posing heroically behind a little boy wearing a long sleeved leotard-like blue outfit with red tights and gloves and blue cuffed boots like the ones Steve had worn while he was in the USO show. "We were a team." He grumbled, "And I sure as hell wasn't a little kid."
"Come on man," Fred started.
"it's just for"
"a little bit and"
"it's not like that will"
"be your new uniform."
"It's just to throw"
"Shield off and"
"have some fun!"
Bucky pouted, "I don't see you two lining up to put on tights and a ridiculous leotard."
"No but we put on"
"skin tight body suits the"
"second Harriet gave them to"
"us. If it weren't for the"
"jackets we'd look silly." Fred and George said, crossing their arms.
"And at least the outfit isn't totally outlandish." Lee cut in, "You've seen Loki's helmet."
"My helmet isn't outlandish, it's traditional!" Loki huffed, "The horns reflex my magical might!"
"Really?" George asked curiously.
Loki pursed his lips and nodded, "All those with magic in Asgard have horned helmets."
Fred and George shared a look, "Interesting." They muttered.
Lee rolled his eyes, "Yeah great." He looked back at Bucky and crossed his arms over his chest, "Harriet's dressing up. You need to too."
Bucky frowned, "I can wear something else to hide my identity."
"You already agreed to this!" Lee shouted, picking up the red gloves and waving them at him, "Now you either put it on yourself or we'll put it on for you!"
Bucky narrowed his eyes at Lee, "I'd like to see you try."
Lee clenched his jaw, "You are going to cosplay or so help me Merlin…"
"What's going on here?" came Harriet's voice.
"Bucky wont…" George started before trailing off as his eyes found Harri again. The twins were left gaping for the second time this morning.
Harriet stood in front of them in a pair of tight blue pants that hung low on her hips and a long sleeved blue top with a white star on her chest that ended a few inches above her belly button with a little area of red and white stripes. She also wore red gloves that traveled up to her elbows and red knee high combat boots. A blue and white utility belt, a blue eye mask that held back her hair, and two silver wing headpieces finished off the ensemble. Her hair was not her usual black either, it was now a golden blonde. Her eyes had also changed from green to blue.
"Just who the hell are you trying to be?" Bucky grunted, the first to shake themselves out of their shock.
Harriet grinned at him, pulling her hand up for a salute, "I'm Stephanie Grace Rogers otherwise known as Captain America, The First Avenger."
"Maybe the time travel scrambled your brain but Steve is a guy." Bucky huffed.
"Rule 63." Luna hummed.
Bucky frowned at his soulmate, "Rule what?"
"Rule 63." Harriet answered, "For any given male character there is a female version." She waved down at herself, "It's an internet rule but also a pretty safe rule to use with the multiverse. Strange has told us of universes where Steve is actually Stephanie, Anthony is actually Antonia, Natasha is Nathaniel, Clint is Clara, and so on. We actually met one of my male counterparts, so we know it's true. Plus, if you think we lived in a tower with three magical pranksters and people didn't get their genders changed at least once then you're just kidding yourself."
With that Fred and George shook themselves out of their shock and moved over to Harriet quickly, "What have you done to your hair?" Fred asked mournfully, tugging at a blonde strand with a frown.
"And your eyes?" George added, looking into her now blue eyes sadly.
Harri smiled softly at them, "I can't very well be Captain America with black hair and green eyes."
"But you can apparently be Captain America with boobs." Bucky muttered darkly before Luna smacked his arm lightly and he drooped in place.
Lee frowned at the twins, "What's the problem? You change her hair for pranks all the time."
"But never her eyes." George snapped at his friend, he looked back at Harriet, "They don't need changed, even for a prank." Harri blushed.
"And when we change her hair we know it will be changed back." Fred argued, he tugged Harriet gently and she looked over to him, "You are changing it back right?"
Harri nodded, "There are already too many blondes on the team."
"I second that." Loki muttered.
Harriet ignored him, "I'll change back once we return to the castle with Steve." She reassured her mates.
"Good." They answered, hugging her between them.
"Yes, yes, it's good and all." Lee huffed, looking back to Bucky, "But now to complete Harriet's cosplay she needs a Bucky Barnes as her side kick! Put it on!"
Bucky crossed his arms over his chest, "I am Bucky Barnes kid, no fucking tights required!" he looked to Harriet, "Can't I just wear my Howlies gear?"
Harriet lifted an eyebrow at him, "Do you have your Howlies gear?"
"Don't give me that. I know you can transfigure the stuff." Bucky huffed.
"So you do pay attention in class." Loki laughed.
Bucky grinned at him, "Damn right I do."
Harri just dropped onto the couch and cast a tempus, "I don't really care either way but we have an hour before we have to be in Times Square. That's an hour for Luna to work her magic." Bucky looked over to Luna with wide eyes and was greeted by her luminous orbs boring into him, he swallowed hard and Harri smiled as she sat back to watch the show.
"I cannot believe this." Bucky huffed an hour later as he and Harriet moved through the crowd of Times Square.
"We can." Came Fred and George's voices over the com units in Harriet and Bucky's ears, "Not even mated yet and she has you wrapped around her little finger." Fred continued.
"Like you guys are ones to talk." Bucky grumbled, discretely shifting to try and get comfortable in the bright red tights.
"At least we can admit it." George shot back.
"Admit what?" Came Tony's voice from the coms suddenly, "And are you wearing the comic book uniform there Barnes?"
Bucky groaned, "Why are you on the coms Stark?" he asked, trying to stave off embarrassment, his metal hand clenching in his red gauntlets.
"My com links you're using, my AI you're borrowing. Don't change the subject Bucky. What's with the new duds?" Tony asked.
"Chatter." Harri muttered, trying to move the conversation along as she saw Bucky's cheeks getting even redder beneath the black cloth eye mask.
"Did you just say chatter? As in cut the chatter? I didn't expect you to be the buzzkill of the team." Tony snorted.
Harriet smiled, "I'm channeling Cap since it's him I'm cosplaying as."
"That explains so much." Tony laughed, "So Bucky, gonna stick with that uniform? I've got to say, while it's a bit cheesy, it is nice to see you with short hair and no stubble. You clean up nice."
Bucky was about to snark back in his own defense when a scream sounded to Harri and Bucky's left and they swiveled, ready to deal with whatever had caused such a reaction, Harriet shifting the gift wrapped package in her hands to the side so she could draw her wand or the shield if need be.
They were completely unprepared to see a slim brown haired girl rushing toward them with bright excited eyes and a huge smile, "Oh. My. God. I love your cosplay!" the girl exclaimed.
Bucky blinked at her in bewilderment and confusion while Harriet relaxed and smiled, "Thank you."
The girl grinned, "I can't believe this! This is the best birthday I've had in forever! First New York and now this." She bit her lip, "I…could…would you mind if I got a picture with you guys?!"
Harri glanced up at Bucky, who looked embarrassed but resigned, before looking back at the girl, "We have no problem with that Miss…"
The girl blushed, "Oh! Sorry! How rude of me. I'm Miah!" she came forward and pumped Harriet hand up and down enthusiastically.
Harriet smiled, "Hello Miah and happy birthday. How would you like this picture?"
Miah released Harriet's hand, "I'll go grab my mom!" she exclaimed before taking off back into the crowd.
Harriet smiled up at Bucky, "You okay?"
He huffed, "Is it gonna be like this when we become our big team?"
"Pretty much yeah." Harri laughed, "We're popular with the people."
Bucky sighed, "Guess I'll have to get used to it then."
"You could always retire and live as Bash." Luna said dreamily.
Bucky smiled softly, "Thanks Маленькая луна, but I don't think I'd be able to do that."
"You'd go crazy after a couple of sat out battles." Luna agreed.
Before they could say anything else Miah came back, dragging a woman with slightly lighter hair behind her, "You waited! Thank you so much!" Miah said.
The woman behind Miah smiled, "Thank you for doing this."
"It's no problem ma'am." Harriet assured, she looked to Miah with a smile, "Now, how would you like this?"
Miah looked thoughtful before an excited look stole over her face, "Can we do the heroic pose and stare off into the middle distance thing?"
"From the cover of the comic?" Bucky asked, a small smile on his face. It had seemed like something Steve would have done in his more theatrical days. Miah nodded her head enthusiastically.
"You may wish to speed this along." Jarvis said, "Captain Rogers is stirring."
Harriet quickly set down the package and pulled the shield from her back, "Alright, we can do that." They posed together with Miah, the sight being on a little awkward since the 'side kick' of the scene was so much taller than the 'hero' and their new fan.
"Got it." Miah's mother said with a smile.
"Captain Rogers is awake." Jarvis reported.
"Hey! Can we do the fighting pose too!" Miah asked.
"Sure." Bucky said distractedly. Harriet got down in a fighting pose with the shield in front of her and Bucky next to her, Miah took a wild stance on her other side and the all held there as Miah's mother took pictures.
"Got them." The woman said with a smile.
"Holy shit! Steve just punched two guys through a wall!" came Tony's voice, Bucky tensed, "I mean it was a fake wall but still."
"Can we…" Miah started.
"Sorry, we've got to go." Bucky said distractedly, already moving toward the area Harriet had told him Steve would stop on his escape.
Harri gave Miah and her mother an apologetic smile as she hooked the shield to her back again and picked up the gift. "Sorry, we have a party to get to." She started after Bucky only looking back to wave and yell, "Have a happy birthday Miah!"
As they got closer to the street they saw Steve dart by in the midst of the busy New York traffic, Bucky took off after him without problem and Harriet followed with a huff, having to roll over a car that got in her way. "Steven Grant Rogers!" Bucky yelled "You stop this instant!" Steve stopped well before he had in the footage Harriet remember seeing as he spun in search of the voice.
"Jarvis!" Harriet called as she caught up and threw up a shield that would keep the cars from them.
"Changing traffic lights now." Jarvis answered.
Meanwhile, Steve was standing with his eyes wide and chest heaving as he looked at Bucky with fear and apprehension. Bucky, seemingly having forgotten his current attire and their location in favor of his friend, crossed his arms and glared at his friend, "What the hell were you thinking punk?! Running out into the middle of the road?!"
"Bucky?" Steve voiced brokenly.
"Don't you Bucky me!" the man snapped, moving forward as his mother hen instincts took over, even Winter assessing Steve carefully for injury. "You could have been hit by a car! I don't care how indestructible you think you are, that is not okay!"
"Buck." Steve croaked, his eyes welling up and his body slumping as he continued to stare at the friend he thought was dead.
"Shield has arrived." Jarvis reported, Bucky's head snapped to the side to take in the black SUV's pulling in to surround them.
"Grab him Bucky." Harriet said as she dropped her magical shield and pulled free the metal one, she flung it at Fury's SUV with her phoenix strength, making it dent the car door before bouncing along to the next SUV. Harri rolled forward as Bucky pulled Steve into a hug, she dropped the wrapped present on the ground and came up on her feet in time to catch the shield right next to her two brothers. She put a hand on Bucky's shoulder and flamed the three of them to safety.
Agent Phil Coulson was preparing the paperwork needed for his team's next mission when his phone rang; Clint, who had been lounging on his office couch attempting to be a distraction, looked up curiously. Coulson flipped open the phone and put it to his ear, "Hello?"
"Coulson!" came Fury's harsh voice, "You want to explain to me why your team's guardian angel just kidnapped Captain America?!"
It was only years of Shield craziness that kept Phil's face blank, "I am not aware of any plans she had to kidnap Captain America." Clint's eyebrows shot upward and he immediately pulled out his phone to text Natasha who was off gathering their gear and any other fun bits she could get off the quarter master that she had frightened into submission.
"Planned or not she's done it! And with that Bucky Barnes that helped her extract your agents a while back! Can you guess what conclusion I've come to?" Fury snapped.
Coulson allowed himself a small frown, "James Buchanan Barnes of the 107th was killed almost seventy years ago, falling to his death from a train. It is highly unlikely that the Bucky Barnes that has been Hydra's Winter Soldier is the same person." He looked up when he heard the door snick open quickly and saw Natasha enter, "It was likely only a name given to a Hydra Agent to dishonor the memory of Captain America and his cause."
"Barnes scolded Rodgers and Rodgers recognized him." Fury bit out, "And you know how I feel about coincidences Coulson."
"What would you like me to do sir?" Coulson asked.
"You and your team. The west armory. Now." Fury growled before the line went dead.
"What happened?" Natasha asked as Coulson stood and pocketed his phone.
"Harriet just kidnapped Captain America." Phil said, straightening his suit.
"No way!" Clint exclaimed, jumping to his feet, "Do you know what this means Phil!" Coulson gave his agent an amused smile, "We were part of a team with Captain America! We fought alongside the red, white, and blue poster boy!" he wiggled his eyebrows at Phil, "Jealous?"
"He was dead; I don't think he had time to be jealous." Natasha deadpanned.
Clint blanched and faltered before latching onto his handler's arm, "We won't let it happen this time. You'll get to work with your fanboy crush." He said steadily, "I'm sure Harriet has already changed enough not to let it happen."
Phil gave a small fond smile to Clint, "I'm sure."
"Does he want us to bring her in?" Natasha asked.
"Right now he wants us in the west armory." Phil said. Clint nodded and released Phil to go the single window in the office, he opened it and gave a sharp whistle. Seconds later Artemis glided in and landed on his shoulder.
Clint greeted her with a gentle pat on the wing before falling in line with Natasha behind Phil as he led the way from his office. People cleared the way as they came and Clint fought the urge to smirk, they were the most successful team the agency had with a 96% success rate. The highest since the very first team created for Shield, which had been comprised of the remaining members of the Howling Commandos and Peggy Carter herself.
They reached the west armory relatively quickly and were greeted by the sight of armed guards. "She's a witch, do they really think armed guards are going to be a problem for her?" Clint muttered as they passed through the door.
"Hush." Natasha said even as her lips quirked up at the side.
When they entered they saw only Fury and Hill standing at the back where a case held Captain America's shield. "The case has not been open by any unauthorized personal and none who have entered for the past twenty-four hours have even neared the case." Hill reported as Phil, Clint, and Natasha made their way back to them.
Fury turned to look at the approaching team, he nodded to a box that was set one table away, "She left us that when she took him."
Coulson picked it up curiously and slid the lid free; inside was a pristine, vintage Captain Ameribear with a little white stock card that read 'I.O.U. One Super Solider' in loopy blue letters. Clint snorted when he got a look at it over Phil's shoulder and Natasha fought a smile.
Fury inclined his head, "Your little friend also had some sort of replica of the shield but I'm sure once the Captain calms down he will be wanting his own shield back."
"Have you checked that shield?" Natasha asked.
Fury looked over to her with a raised eyebrow, "We were about to when you arrived." He folded his arms behind his back, "However, while we do that I'd like one of you to call up this witch of yours."
"Of course sir." Coulson said, pulling out his phone once more.
Harriet, Steve, and Bucky appeared back in LeFay castle in Harriet's customary whoosh of flames, the strange feel had Steve jolting in Bucky's arms and pulling back to look around wildly. "What was that? Where are we?" he shook himself and his focus drew back to Bucky, "Is that really you Bucky?" Harriet stepped back as Bucky reassured and calmed Steve. Though she wanted to help her brothers she knew that Steve didn't know her and it would cause him more distress. So she kept back and let Bucky do what he had been doing since he had first met a scrawny, scrappy little blond kid back in Brooklyn; take care of Steve.
"Princess!" Harri turned around and was greeted by her fathers' pulling her into a group hug, "We got back just in time to see you throw the shield at the black car." James exclaimed, "We didn't know you could sling that heavy thing."
Harri laughed, "Most of the team can. Though before I got Glacia I could only do it with my magic."
"I'll bet." Sirius said, "That thing is heavier than it looks."
Harri nodded before turning to Remus, "How was the full moon?"
"It was fine pup. Moony didn't like that you weren't there though." Remus said with a small smile, dark circles heavy under his eyes.
Harriet winced, "Sorry, I had to make sure I got to bed in time to get Steve."
"Speaking of Steve." James jumped in, "Nice hair." He teased, tugging at a blonde lock.
"Yes, it does match Steve's hair." Fred huffed impatiently, just past the barrier of Marauders.
"And your eyes match his too." George added, "Now please"
"turn back to our Harriet." Fred ended.
The Marauders parted their hug to look at the twins in amusement but Harri just smiled at her mates and ended the prank charms she had used to complete her look. With of a quick rush of magic her hair was back to its shimmering black and her eyes were her own emerald green. "Better?" she asked.
"Perfect." George said as he pulled her over to them and into a kiss. Harri pulled away and smiled up at him as Fred buried his face in her hair for a second before planting a kiss on her head and pulling away.
In the lull everyone heard a watery, "Now, what in God's name are you wearing?" and Bucky's ensuing laughter.
Everyone looked over to see Steve looking at Bucky with puffy eyes and a tear stained face but he had a brilliant smile as he took in his friend. Bucky glared at Steve half-heartedly, "Since you decided to make yourself into a super hero they made you into a comic book and apparently since I'm your best friend that qualifies me as your side kick." Bucky huffed, passing over a comic that Lee handed him.
Steve gaped down at the comic before giving a shaky chuckle, "Guess this means I'm finally older than you."
"Like hell you are!" Bucky shouted; everyone chuckled, drawing Steve's attention to the rest of the room for the first time. Steve stepped closer to Bucky instinctively, Bucky threw an arm over Steve's shoulder and pulled him forward with a smile, "It's alright Stevie. These are good people. I promise." He pointed over to Loki first, "This is Loki, God of Mischief. He's got three kids staying here with him too but they're out at the moment."
Loki nodded with a small smile, "They are out running in the forest. Hello Captain Rogers, I have heard much about you. It's nice to finally put a name to a face." Steve gave him an uncertain smile with a nod.
Bucky moved on to Lee, "This is Lee Jordan, he's a wizard and the one who decided on this ridiculous outfit."
Steve blinked slightly at the wizard part and looked to Bucky, "Like the ones we meet in the beginning on the war?" he asked even as Lee said, "I didn't pick it! The artist did!"
Bucky ignored Lee, "Yes, like the ones we met at the beginning of the war. We have a lot of them here."
Steve nodded and looked to Lee, "Nice to meet you."
Lee huffed at Bucky before smiling at Steve, "Hello Captain, it's nice to meet you too. I'm a big, big fan."
Bucky pointed over to the Marauders, "This is James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin, also known as the Marauders. They are wizards too." The Marauders all nodded or waved in greeting and Steve gave them a small smile. Bucky moved on quickly to Fred and George, "This is Fred and George, they're magical twins, don't…"
"Now, now Bucky." Fred jumped in.
"Let's not give too much away." George added with a chuckle that made Steve's eyes widen a bit in alarm.
Bucky glared at them, "Steve, don't take food from them. They're pranksters. You will end up with blue hair or orange skin or being turned into a canary or speaking gibberish…" Bucky glanced over at Harriet who lifted an eyebrow at him, "or turned into a girl."
"How come we didn't get a warning!" Sirius demanded.
Bucky looked over to them, "You are least respect the sanctity of food most of the time!" Sirius looked to consider that and finally nodded; they did, but mostly because of Moony's temper when he was hungry.
Steve took this all in with a slightly overwhelmed look but seemed to sense the lightness of the banter and smiled. Bucky nudge him slightly and brought his attention to Luna who had wondered over to drop in the chair she and Bucky usually shared. "This, Stevie, is Luna; моя луна, my soulmate." He introduced proudly with a wide smile.
Steve's eyebrows shot up as he looked down at Luna, "Hello there."
Luna smiled dreamily up at Steve, her silvery eyes shimmering as she regarded Steve, "Hello Steve. It is nice to finally meet you." She tilted her head to the side, "You panicked my mate earlier. I would ask that you refrain from running through traffic, for his peace of mind at the very least. If you do it again I will tell him about the grenade from basic training."
"What grenade from basic training?" Bucky growled as Steve blanched, he looked between the blonds before settling on his mate, "Luna, what grenade from Steve's basic training."
"How do you know?" Steve rasped.
"I'm a special type of seer." She told Steve airily, her eyes boring into him before looking to Bucky, "If I tell you now I don't have leverage to keep your friend from racing against cars in the middle of a street."
Bucky looked torn until he leveled a glare at Steve, "You best hope I never find out punk or you be in trouble for both!" Steve swallowed hard and looked back at Luna who simply smiled. Bucky clenched his jaw and all but dragged Steve over to Harriet, "This is Harriet, she's a witch, the daughter of the Marauders, the mate of Fred and George, the head of our new family, our leader, and she is also mad you ran through traffic like an idiot."
Fred and George choked in the background while Steve slumped in place like a kicked puppy, "Buck I didn't mean…"
Harriet rolled her eyes and pulled Steve into a hug, "It's alright Steve, Bucky's just been missing having someone to mother hen. He just needs to get it out of his system." Steve relaxed slightly into Harriet's hug. When she pulled away she smiled, "That doesn't mean I support your nasty habit of running through busy roadways, but I suppose you get some of that from Peggy try to play chicken with a car."
Steve chuckled, "What can I say other than I learned from the best."
Harri giggled, "I'm sure." She folded her still gloved hands in front of her, "Now, what Bucky said wasn't completely true. I am Harriet Rose Potter, I am a witch, the Marauders are my fathers, and Fred and George are my mates; however, I don't see myself as the head of the family and I'm certainly not the leader. I'm simply holding the spot for when our leader is ready to take it up." She stopped and her eyes lit up, "Oh yes! I've got something for you!" she unhooked the shield from her back and presented it to Steve, "I'm sure you want this back."
"My shield." Steve said with a smile as he took the disc from Harriet.
She nodded, "It went in the ice with you…"
"I don't wish to interrupt but Agent Coulson is being ordered to call you Miss Potter." Jarvis announced through the TV as the screen powered on and several camera views appeared, showing Fury, Hill, Coulson, Natasha, and Clint standing around the glass case that held Steve's shield.
"Prank time!" Fred and George called excitedly, pulling Harriet over to the couch with them.
Bucky tugged Steve over to the chair next to his and Luna's, "Come watch with us. It will be fun."
"A prank?" Steve asked curiously, clutching at his shield and making cure he had Bucky within his line of sight while keeping the screen in view. "Who are they? What kind of screen is that?"
Luna smiled at him as she settled in next to Bucky, "Relax Steve, there will be plenty of time to figure out 'the future', as my mate so helpfully described it, once you've settled and taken everything in. Just relax and enjoy the prank."
"Jarvis is Tony still listening in?" Harriet asked as her phone began to ring, she settled between Fred and George on the couch and set the phone on her knee.
"Sir closed the connection when you got to the 'boring, mushy stuff'." Jarvis reported.
"Alright. These are the only people I know for certain aren't Hydra within Shield." Harri said, "You can note them but try not to tell Tony unless you absolutely have to. They are spies and as such have very finicky trust, going in full blast will cause them to close off rather quickly."
"Noted Miss Potter." Jarvis replied.
"Hydra!" Steve exclaimed, his face paling.
"Easy Stevie." Bucky said, playing his hand on Steve's arm, "I told you we had a lot to go over. We'll explain once you've settled. Just relax."
"Why isn't she picking up?" Clint asked on screen.
"Probably talking to the Captain." Hill huffed.
"Everyone just keep quite." Harriet instructed before hitting the accept symbol on her phone, "Agent Coulson, what can I do for you today?" Harri asked, her voice doubled slightly through the screen.
"I was hoping you could point me in the direction of a certain individual." Phil said lightly.
"And who would that be?"
"Captain America." Phil replied, Steve tensed slightly.
Harriet smiled, "Of course Phil, out your main doors, a right, a left, straight past three intersections, another right, a left, then stand there and wish yourself back in time about seventy years. There you should find the newly created Captain America running down a Hydra agent." The twins snickered softly and Harri waved them off with a smile.
"Ah, very nice. I was hoping for something more recent though." Phil said, his lips quirking up at the side as Fury's face went hard.
"Well I hear the Smithsonian is adding a wing dedicated to the Captain. Should I print out some directions to DC?" Harri asked innocently, Loki snorted and Harri stuck her tongue out at him. Clint snickered on the screen.
Fury waved a hand at Coulson, prompting him to push a bit, "Miss Potter we actually had Captain America here with us this morning but we seem to have misplaced him."
"How terrible for you Phil, losing a whole person? Doesn't that kind of break your record? Be careful, Hawkeye is very proud of that record and he'll probably spiral into depression if it dips below 90%." Harri said, clucking her tongue. On screen Clint drew himself up proudly while exchanging a discrete high five with Natasha who looked smug.
Phil chuckled dryly, "Thankfully it wasn't my team in charge." The vein in Fury's neck started to show as he frowned and his eyes narrowed.
"Ah, rookies then. I understand." Harriet said, Hill looked over to Fury warily as Harri continued, "Bit of an important mission to assign to amateurs wasn't it?"
Fury exploded.
"Save it Potter!" Fury snapped, "We know you have him! We have some idea why but you need to return him this instant! We need to monitor and protect him! You need to return Steve Rogers to our custody!" Hill and Clint were openly gaping while Natasha and Phil just exchanged a raised eyebrow.
"Hello to you to Director Fury." Harriet laughed, "I thought I heard the breathing of the Darth Lord in the background somewhere. Did I just crack the infamous mask? In one conversation? It's one for the record books. All I had to do was call you an amateur a few times, really now." Harriet chuckled, she crossed her legs daintily, "Now, for the rest of it. If, and that is an if, if I had Captain Steve Rodgers in my company why would I return him to what seems to be jail?"
"We are not attempting to imprison Captain Rogers Miss Potter." Hill said politely, "We would just like him safe and to help him acclimate to the 21st Century."
"And yet the Director used the word custody, Deputy Director Hill." Harriet answered without pause, Hill and Fury exchanged looks. "As far as I know, people aren't in someone else's custody unless they are a criminal, a child, or an invalid in one form or another. Captain Rogers has never committed a crime that I am aware of and if he has survived this long I doubt he's a child, was he an invalid in some shape or form?"
"No." Fury bit out between clenched teeth.
"I see." Harri hummed, "Well, then I see no reason for you to be looking for Captain Rogers other than his lack of knowledge of our time, however since you can't find him I doubt he is alone or incapable of taking care of himself. To hid from Shield nowadays you need to be good at covering your tracks or have help."
"We know you're the help!" Fury snapped, "It was your blue flames that took him from the scene! No amount of blonde wigs or blue contacts can replicate those!"
"How much have you been able to find on witches Director?" Harriet asked sweetly.
"Nothing." Fury snarled.
"Then I am touched that you believe me special enough to be the only one able to wield blue flames even without further evidence." Harri cooed, a grin on her face. Natasha turned slightly to hide the smile on her face at that but one of the other cameras picked it up.
Phil cleared his throat, "Miss Potter, if you happen to see the Captain could you ask if he wishes to return?"
Harriet looked over at Steve with a cocked eyebrow and saw him frowning at Fury, "I will but I don't see why he would want to Phil."
"We have his shield here with us and we would like to return it to him." Coulson answered, Fred and George sat forward excitedly.
"The Captain's shield?" Harri asked with an innocent, "As in, 'When Captain America throws his mighty shield," Harriet sang.
"All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield!" Clint sang out.
"If he's led to a fight and a duel is due," Harri continued through her laughter.
"Then the red and white and the blue'll come through!" Clint answered brightly.
"When Captain America throws his mighty shield!" Clint and Harriet finished singing together before they broke into laughter. Steve was clutching his shield tight as he looked down on the ground, his cheeks red with embarrassment, Bucky just patted his back reassuringly with a smile of his own.
When their laughter died down Harriet could see that Fury was beginning to look resigned while Phil was looking happier, his eyes fond as he watched Clint so carefree. "That shield Phil?" Harri asked before shooting out, "Hello by the way Hawkeye, Widow, Artemis." The three chorused a greeting back to her that had Fury looking sour.
"Yes, that shield Miss Potter." Phil said, amusement clear in his voice. "The mysterious person that aided in his…escape, had a replica but we think he will be more comfortable with his own shield."
"Interesting." Harri hummed, "If the person who aided him was one of the witches or wizards who could wield blue flames they may have commissioned the shield from the goblins. Those are said to be indestructible. Are you positive that the shield you have could measure up to a goblin made shield?" Fury straightened at her tone and motioned to the shield case quickly, Hill knelt and pressed her thumb to scanner before quickly typing in the code.
Fred and George were bouncing on the edge of their seats and everyone watched closely as Fury gripped the decoy shield tightly in preparation for its usual weight and lifted, only to have the shield break off in his grip. "Holy shit it broke!" Clint exclaimed, he, Natasha, and Phil moving closer to the table to inspect the larger piece that wasn't in Fury's trembling hand.
Natasha poked at it curiously, "Is that…?"
"Artemis no!" Clint shouted as the hawk snapped up the piece in his hand and ate it. Artemis ignored his frantic hands and glided down onto the table to peck at the rest of the shield. "It's a…" he brought another piece to his nose and sniffed carefully before popping it in his mouth, he moaned, "Chocolate chip and peanut butter cookie."
"Potter!" Fury roared, making Clint and Hill duck in surprise.
"Oh would you look at that!" Harri chirped, "My potion is exploding! Gotta go!" The room exploded into laughter the second Harri hung up and Clint snorted into his next bite of cookie on the screen.
"Alright, alright, that was good." Remus chuckled as he looked to Harriet and the twins. "But you could have topped that."
Fred and George gave him an offended look, "Moony! It's like you have no faith!" they exclaimed.
Harriet pointed to the screen and everyone looked back to see Phil nibbling at a small piece while Hill had taken an actual bite, "I know you're mad boss but this is actually pretty good. You should try it, no reason for it to go to waste." Hill said.
Natasha eyed Artemis for several tense seconds before she too broke off a piece and took a bite. Fury glared at the piece of shield cookie in his hand like he was attempting to set it on fire with just his mind, finally he took a bite and chew grumpily, looking supremely disappointed when he discovered that it did taste rather good.
"I don't get…" Sirius started.
"Artemis!" Clint yelled again and everyone looked at the hawk to see her surrounded by a gold glow. Everyone froze, staring at the glowing hawk before Natasha's head shot to Clint just as a purple glow began to radiate from him. Despite the panic that was just peeking through Natasha and Phil's masks, Clint looked excited as he waved his hand around, "I'm like a glow stick! And I'm purple Phil! My favorite color!" The remaining four quickly looked down at themselves to find that they too were glowing; Phil was glowing a light blue, Natasha a dark red, Hill a sunset orange, and Fury was glowing bright pink.
The group at LeFay castle descended into laughter again as a slight panic ensued on screen, even Steve chuckled a bit at the sight of the human glow sticks.
"You're right!" Remus laughed breathlessly as he looked back to the screen, "We should have had more faith."
"Fred figured out the potion mix required just in time." George said proudly.
"Brilliant work Fred." Harriet said, kissing him fiercely, effectively turning him to a pile of goo.
Once the screen turned off with the Shield groups exit to go to medical, the laughter died down and the group fell into a comfortable silence. That is until Steve's stomach rumbled and Harriet and Bucky looked over to him, his cheeks were red again with embarrassment.
Harri laughed softly, "Right, you haven't had proper food in seventy some years." She stood from the couch and clapped her hands together, "Everyone to the dining room! We have a late lunch feast to clear out!" With that everyone started toward the dining room. Harri fell into step with Steve on the opposite side of Bucky, she smiled up at her big brother, "Welcome Home Steve."
'When Captain America Throws his mighty shield! All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield! Unless you're a plane or a bomb or some ice or a brain washed buddy or a spiderman! Then you don't necessarily have to yield!' lol LOVE HISHE you guys! Love it!
Bucky's bits in Russian: (They're from google translate so don't kill me if they're wrong!)
The first means - little moon
the second means - my moon
Steve's Serial number came from the Avengers Cartoon wikia!
See you next time!