FOREWORD: This is the second part of my story Lightning and if you've read part 1 you know it's a crossover between the Uncanny X-Men and Harry Potter. Originally I thought it would be a two part story. I now know that it will be a trilogy.
As I wrote during the foreword of part 1 this story came about because I had the idea of "what if Harry was a founding member of the X-Men?" and decided to write it. It's not a time travel story. As this is fan-fiction and therefore AU I simply moved the Marvel Universe forward in time from 1963 to 1993. Therefore what is basically the Marvel Silver Age is happening in the 1990s. The Fantastic Four were founded in 1991, with the X-Men and the Avengers both appearing in 1993. The other non-group affiliated heroes such as Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Dr. Strange, also first appear at their appropriate times in relation to the others. As this is a Marvel Universe story other characters besides the X-Men appear from time to time. This happened in part 1 and it will happen again in part 2.
I will repeat that in this story Harry is a member of the original X-Men. His teammates are Scott Summers / Cyclops, Bobby Drake / Iceman, Warren Worthington III / Angel, Hank McCoy / Beast (before he's blue and furry), and Jean Grey / Marvel Girl (long before she becomes Phoenix). This is the team. None of the later X-Men will be added to the team in this story – although if you've read part 1 you know that Harry's pairing for this part will be the future Storm. If you want to know how that comes about well you'll just have to stick with the story.
As with part 1 this story uses the first comic series and only the first comic series. Please do not send me corrections based on what the movies or later comics say as they will be ignored. Also, while constructive feedback is nice and will be very much appreciated please don't flame or troll me.
I'm enclosing a recap of part 1 below to remind everyone of where we left off. If you haven't read part 1 yet you should go do that first. You'll get much more out of this story if you read part 1 instead of just this recap. I will also let you know that it is unlikely that all of part 2 will get out on schedule as it is proving to be a more difficult tale to write than part 1. The first bunch of chapters are written so I'll be able to keep updating regularly for a while but don't be surprised if eventually that stops being the case. Part 1 came out of me really quickly. Part 2, not so much.
Disclaimer: The X-Men were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and belong to Marvel Comics. Harry Potter was created by and belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Now let's get started:
ENTR'ACTE: THE STORY SO FAR:
At the end of his second year at Hogwarts unknown powers wake up in Harry Potter during his battle against the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets which help him to defeat the creature. A few days later Headmaster Dumbledore introduces Harry to an old friend of his, Professor Charles Xavier, head of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters in North Salem, New York in the U.S. Professor Xavier explains to Harry that his new powers are caused by his being a mutant with his powers being both that of telekinesis and control over electricity.
Harry accepts Xavier's invitation to come to his school for the summer to learn how to control his powers. There he meets fellow students Scott Summers who can shoot powerful energy beams from his eyes and Robert "Bobby" Drake who has total control over cold and ice. Three weeks later they are joined by Warren Worthington III who has giant wings growing from his back which enable him to fly.
Two days after Harry's birthday Dr. Strange discovers a piece of Voldemort's soul embedded in Harry's scar and removes it with Dumbledore's help. Afterwards Xavier reveals his plan to Dumbledore to form a team of mutants to defend people against evil mutants. He will call them "X-Men" and he offers to have Harry become one of the team so that he can learn to really fight – and win when Voldemort inevitably returns. Dumbledore agrees with this and reveals a prophecy that predicts that only Harry can defeat Voldemort. Harry accepts the offer to join the X-Men and Dumbledore arranges for him to continue his magical education by transferring to Ilvermorny in Massachusetts as a part time student during the afternoons.
Harry joins the X-Men and is given the code name of Lightning. He soon joins Scott / Cyclops, Bobby / Iceman, and Warren / Angel for regular training in the Danger Room where, among other things, he learns that his telekinesis allows him to fly.
In September Lightning goes on his first mission with the other X-Men where they rescue Henry "Hank" McCoy who had been kidnapped by El Conquistador. Afterwards Hank joins the X-Men as Beast. Finally on Halloween their last member Jean Grey aka Marvel Girl joins them. On that same day they face off against their soon to be arch-enemy Magneto, master of magnetism, when he takes over the military base Cape Citadel. The X-Men beat Magneto and free the base. Their fame begins to spread from this incident and they are soon being talked about alongside teams like the Avengers and the Fantastic Four.
Meanwhile in Britain the wizarding world is dealing with the escape of Sirius Black from Azkaban prison. Black is thought to have been Voldemort's right hand man and the person who betrayed the Potters to Voldemort. Under the presumption that Black will be headed to Hogwarts to try to kill Harry the ministry stations a contingent of dementors around the school to catch him.
Not long after Halloween the Weasley twins spot Peter Pettigrew, who was supposedly killed by Black, on the Marauders' Map of Hogwarts. They take this information to Dumbledore who then catches Pettigrew. In the presence of Minister Fudge and Madame Bones, the Director of the DMLE. Pettigrew confesses that he was the one who betrayed the Potters and framed Black. This leads to Sirius' exoneration and his desire to find Harry who is his Godson. He and his friend Remus Lupin, the current DADA professor at Hogwarts travel to Xavier's school at the beginning of winter break where they meet the X-Men and reunite with Harry. After break ends Remus returns to Hogwarts but Sirius stays on at Xavier's school. Eventually he even starts doing his own training to get stronger so he can help and support Harry and the X-Men in some way. By early April he's worked his way up to training in the Danger Room.
Throughout the 1993-94 school year Harry learns a lot of new things and has many interesting experiences. He discovers rock / pop music (which the Dursleys never allowed in their house and which the British wizarding world knows nothing about), attends his first ever concerts, is able to start flying in public after the X-Men get famous as long as he's in uniform, and at different times meets Tony Stark, Thor, Captain America, and Spider-Man. He also learns for the first time the full extent of his family's wealth, discovering that in addition to being the Potter heir he is also the Peverell, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin heirs which makes him the owner of Hogwarts once he comes of age, and also provisionally the Black heir until / unless Sirius marries and has a child. In addition he begins working on wandless magic which turns out to be less difficult than he had always thought and the use of which helps get him out of at least one tight spot. Finally, late in the year, he finds out that his previous guardians, the Dursleys, had been receiving 1,000 pounds a month for his care from his family estate but which was never used on him. At Sirius' suggestion he decides to hire a lawyer to deal with the matter.
At the end of April Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants invade Hogwarts in an attempt to capture the school. Professor Dumbledore contacts Xavier and sends him a portkey to bring the X-Men to Hogwarts where, aided by Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick, auror Mad-Eye Moody, and Sirius, they defend Hogwarts from Magneto and his group eventually driving them away. At the climax of the battle Dumbledore duels Magneto practically to a standstill which reaffirms his reputation in the magical world as the only wizard Voldemort was ever afraid of.
After the battle ends the X-Men stay at Hogwarts for the rest of the afternoon so as to enjoy a Hogwarts feast. During that afternoon Lighting reunites with Ron and Hermione and reveals himself to them. Later that evening he also reveals himself to Hagrid. He also duels Draco Malfoy three times pitting his mutant powers against Malfoy's magic and beats him every time. A grand feast is held in the Hogwarts Great Hall and a number of British VIPs attend, including Minister Fudge, Director Bones, and many of the school governors. At the end of the evening the X-Jet arrives and the X-Men board it and fly home.
At the end of Part 1 Harry is quite happy with his life as it is now. But he doesn't yet know that Peter Pettigrew has escaped from Azkaban...
All right now that everyone's up to date again please hit the "Next" button and start reading Part 2.
