This chapter was heavily inspired by a conversation on discord, so credit is due to Artec Wolf and WolfStarT07 for one very special part of this story. This chapter has some crack in it...
Hope you enjoy it.
Dumbledore was pacing in his office. It was Tuesday and there had been no sign of Harry trying to contact him. He had called Ms Granger and Mr Weasley up to his office after dinner, and the two had said nothing of the boy's whereabouts. They clearly knew something, but they refused to say what. He had tried entering their minds but neither of them had looked into his eyes. They were clearly nervous to be in his presence.
Calling on a house elf he asked for Severus and Minerva to come to his office. It wasn't a moment later that Minerva appeared, she had probably already been on her way. It took Severus a decent amount of time to arrive, the man clearly didn't want to be there.
"Do either of you know where Mr Potter might be?" He tried asking calmly but his frustration slipped through into his words.
"The brat is probably trying to get attention as if his fame isn't enough." Severus spat.
"Albus, I told you not to place Harry with those awful muggles. What if they have done something to poor Harry!" Severus's eyes widened with that statement.
"Don't tell me you've placed the boy with his horrid aunt." When Dumbledore kept quiet, Severus knew that his statement was true. "You foolish man, if you wanted the boy to be safe, you wouldn't have placed him with that woman. He is as good as dead with her."
"Now, Severus. Let us calm down, I'm sure Harry is fine. That house is the safest place he can be with the blood wards around it." Dumbledore said trying to regain the authority in the room. "I called you two here so we could all go to the house and sort this all out. Everything will be right by tomorrow."
Nothing would be as Dumbledore hoped the next day. Upon arriving at no. 4 Privet Drive, the house was deadly silent. There was no car in the driveway either. With a quick unlocking charm, the three stood inside the house to find it dusty and void of life. The only thing that hinted to people once living there was the different footprints in the dust and the few pieces of furniture scatted around the house that were covered in white sheets.
"Albus," Minerva said wearily. "Please tell me you knew about this?"
Dumbledore was shocked, and that was putting it mildly. He was supposed to know everything, and here he was clearly out of the loop. His pawn, his weapon to stopping Voldemort was gone and he had no clue where. The boy was alive, he knew that for sure, the instruments in his office told him as much. They raced over to Ms Figg's place, only to have the women scream her lungs out that she had been trying to contact him for the entire summer holidays.
They had been in a car accident. Vernon had passed away. Petunia had just woken up from ICU and was facing charges for child endangerment. Dudley had gone to live with his aunt, and no, not a single soul knew where Harry was.
If anyone had bothered to use the internet, they would have easily found the article about Harry being Tony's son, but despite Dumbledore being a muggle lover, it was only in saying, he thought them inferior and their technology even more so.
Dumbledore was going to have to resort to other methods of finding Harry, and when he found the boy, he was never letting him out of his sight again.
Harry had had another amazing week in school. His magical studies were far more fun than what Hogwarts had ever taught him, and he had just sent a letter to the Grangers so they could print it and send it off when Hermione sent her first letter to them.
He was currently sitting in the common area with the Avengers and Loki. They were starting up their once-a-month Saturday movie marathon for both Steve and him to catch up on pop culture. Or that's at least what his dad said. Everyone was in comfy clothes and almost everyone was seated. Steve and Bruce were bringing in the snacks and Loki refused to sit near the Avengers, opting to lean against the back of the couch where he sat for the moment.
Harry was pulled out of his thoughts when two loud pops announced the arrival of his old headmaster and Snape. Within a second, Natasha had a gun and knife in each hand pointed at the two. Clint had two knives in his hands, Steve looked ready to throw a punch, while Thor had his hand outstretched which soon had his hammer in it. Loki stayed calm although he already had magic dancing at the tip of his fingers.
Harry himself had a metal fist form around his hand from the bracelet his dad had made him in case of emergencies and could fire small bursts of power. It was nowhere near as powerful as the Iron Man suit but could save his life. JARVIS had even lowered a sniper's gun from the ceiling. Tony looked to be the only one not ready for a fight, but he knew better.
"Harry, my boy. What are you doing in America?" Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eyes, once he had seen Harry.
"Who the fuck is your boy!" Tony yelled at the man his hand ready to shoot an energy beam. "Harry come here, away from the old paedophile," Tony said.
Dumbledore's eyes filled with anger. "Now listen here I am not a paedophile. I am his guardian." He said to Tony. "Harry you must come with us so we can take you to Hogwarts."
"No," Harry said firmly.
"You stupid boy!" Snape burst. "Don't you know you are unprotected here with these muggles! But no. You decided you needed more attention!" Snape yelled at him.
Taking what he had learnt from Natasha, Harry let the metal gauntlet fly from his hand and watched as it launched right into his ex-professor's private parts. The man grunted before kneeling over onto the ground while Dumbledore watched on with shock. The gauntlet came flying back onto his hand.
"Harry!" Dumbledore seethed, wand shooting into his. Loki's green magic wrapped around the man before he could do anything.
"I wouldn't even think of touching the young mage if I was you," Loki said calmly from behind the corner.
Tony stepped forward and moved to stand in between the old man and his son. "What business do you have with my son." Tony said emphasising his last two words.
"Harry is the son of Lilly and James Potter!" Dumbledore exclaimed.
"Not biologically," Tony said smugly. "He is the product of myself and a family who couldn't get pregnant because of James being infertile." Dumbledore looked shocked but he quickly returned to his calm grandfatherly demeanour.
"Then you must be unaware that Harry is a wizard and must go back to Hogwarts to complete his education."
"I am completely in the know of magic as the rest of the people in the room. I pulled Harry out of your crazy school, and he will finish his magical schooling here in the United States."
"That is preposterous. Harry, you must come with us, it is clearly not safe for you here."
"No." He said simply.
"You heard the kid." Tony said, "You are not welcome here."
"I would suggest you do not return. Otherwise, you will face the wrath of gods and heroes." Loki said, his magic swirling to encompass the two men before they disappeared from the building. Loki's magic continued to grow and encompassed the entire Avengers building. The god placed any and all protective magic and intention behind his magic. Making it so no one who wished to harm Harry could enter the building.
The magic having settled, Loki stood there out of breath, he wasn't used to his magic being limited. "I have banished the two from the building and made it so they can never enter again, or anyone else looking to harm Harry."
"Thank you, Loki," Tony said earnestly.
The shocked god didn't know what to say, no one had thanked him before. "You are welcome, Stark."
"Please call me Tony, you have more than shown that you are a different man," Tony said turning his attention away from the god and checking over his child to see if he was alright. Harry eventually swatted his hands away when he continued to check on him.
"I'm fine dad, I just didn't expect to see Dumbledore and Snape so soon."
"That was Dumbledore? Huh, didn't expect him to look like Gandalf. Also, nice shot." Tony saw the rest of The Avengers relax and the assassins hide their weapons away, where they put them, he would never know.
The group remained tense for a while, but they eventually returned to their original plans and were all seated watching movies. If Loki sat on the edge of the couch with Harry on it no one mentioned it, nor did they mention how Harry clearly sat closer to his dad. Shocked over what had happened and what he had done. Hermione was definitely getting told about this in his next letter.
After the event with Dumbledore, Harry went in search of Loki the next day, with his dad's approval. Knocking on the man's door he waited a few seconds before it opened. Loki was out of his normal Asgardian attire and was wearing sweatpants and a loose shirt, he hadn't even worn something that casual for the movies. So, it shocked Harry to see the man in anything casual.
"Ah, little mage, to what do I owe the pleasure."
"I was hoping that you would be free to teach me some magic. I know you offered and after yesterday, what you had done, I thought it was really cool and that if you can teach me your type of magic?" Harry said nervously.
"Of course, I can, although you might not be able to do what I did yesterday from the start, but we will get there in due time."
"Awesome, thank you, Uncle Loki. Let's go to the training floor." Harry said before rushing off and leaving Loki behind. The god was stunned, from what he knew Harry hadn't called any of The Avengers' uncle or aunt. He only called Tony, dad. And considering he hadn't known the child for long he couldn't understand why. Feeling the warmth spread throughout he followed after Harry, a smile on his face. He was so going to teach this child everything he knew.
Tony was busy helping Steve, while Harry had run off to Loki. JARVIS had sorted through all the information that they had on Bucky, and they were busy going through it. He had sent off his magical assistant to see if any magical ways could help them and to see if the goblins had anything new. Although it was the weekend, so he didn't expect the man to be doing anything outside of his hours.
Both he and Steve were hunched over one of the displays that referred to the Winter soldier in Hydra reports. Tony could feel the man's breath against his skin, and he was going to ignore where his brain was taking him. If Harry had another living relative out there, he was going to find them, even if he had killed Tony´s parents. And Steve didn't seem to be bothered by their closeness.
Steve, however, was bothered by said closeness, but he as well was going to ignore his thoughts. He knew what being gay was, and that it was accepted now, but he definitely wasn't, so he was going to ignore whatever was going on between the two of them. He was a straight man, he was attracted to women, definitely not to the look that Tony got when he was concentrating. The way he would pout slightly when things weren't going his way or the way his hair fell into his face when it was wet. He definitely wasn't attracted to Tony. For crying out loud he had been friends with the man's father!
Sighing Tony turned to Steve, who had a slight blush on his cheeks. "All these records are old, and there is no mention of the Winter soldier after the early two-thousands, when Hydra worked with the Red room. We will have to wait until my assistant gets back to me. We'll find him Steve."
"I know we will, I just can't even imagine what he's been through."
"Then don't. Steve, focus on the now. The goblins said he was in stasis. He will be fine. And when we find him, we have all the medical knowledge available to help us, magical or not." Tony said grabbing his shoulder.
"Thanks, Tones." Steve said softly. Tony smiled at him, trying to calm his heart.
"Come on, let's see if we can rope the assassin twins into seeing what Harry and Loki are up to."
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Updates will probably slow down again as I work on what is coming next.