I don't own the Avengers or Harry Potter.

I do own my OC, please don't use her or copy her character.

Warning this fic will be AU and will be Fem Harry, there will also be Bad!Dumbledore and Dumbledore and most of the Weasley's bashing. I would also like to thank Aeroza for being the Beta Reader for this story.

But Fem Harry is not a horcrux in this fic.

Each chapter will be between 1500 and 2500 words long.

Previously:

Waking up with nightmares was something that Taylor was very familiar with, she had trained herself a long time ago not to make a sound when she woke up in case she woke her uncle up and made him mad. So she sat in silence waiting to drop off to sleep again even though she knew that it was unlikely.

There is Always Hope - Chapter 4

March 2007; The Hospital, 09:30

Maria and Bobbi had been eager to get to the hospital the next morning, so after a quick breakfast at the hotel they had left for the hospital.

Both of them knew that they were getting their hopes up, even when the agents in them knew that they shouldn't be, but they couldn't help it.

"Hi, I'm Maise Heart this is My Partner: Bethany Law. We are Private Investigators and our sources say that the little girl that was brought in yesterday might be one of those that was kidnapped in DC five years ago." Maria told the receptionist.

"We were hoping we might be able to speak to her and perform a DNA Test so we can confirm if she is our client's daughter." Bobbi added.

"I see, the detective that is running her case is up there now. I will let him know that you are on your way up. It's the fourth floor, Ward Seven," she told them, "Thank you," Maria said quickly before following Bobbi to the elevator.

Finding the right ward didn't take very long, and Maria knocked on the door before they walked in. A voice called out for them to come in, when they did, they saw a dark haired woman and a blonde man inside along with a auburn haired little girl with green eyes. They then shared a look, and they saw the child looked exactly like a younger version of Tasha; if she wasn't Clint and Natasha's daughter, they would be surprised.

"You two are the PI's?" The blonde man asked.

"Yes, I'm Bethany Law and this is my partner Maise Heart." Bobbi told him.

"I'm Detective Adam Smith, I'm in charge of this case. I understand that you think that it is connected to a kidnapping in America," Detective Smith said doubtfully to them both, "Yes, we think so. Would you mind if we talk to her?" Maria asked them.

"No, we haven't had any luck getting her to talk or even tell us her name. You might have more luck than we have had. I'm Maggie Lewis, from Child Protective Services, I was the one that found her." Maggie explained, as she pushed her dark hair out of her eyes.

"Thanks." Maria said as Bobbi walked over to the bed, and she could see that the girl was curious, but she hadn't made a sound while they had been talking.

Slowly she sat down on the chair next to the bed hoping that being on the same level as her would make her feel more relaxed. "Hi, I'm Bethany. I hear that you haven't been very talkative since you have been here. Why haven't you told them your name Taylor?" Bobbi asked gently.

Taylor looked up at Bethany quickly, she knew her name… How did she know her name? Then Taylor remembered what the adult had said when the two new ones had come into the room, they thought she had been kidnapped. That however didn't stop her from asking, she needed to be sure.

"How?" Taylor asked.

"Well if you are who we think you are, then your parents told us. They have been looking for you for five years now." Bobbi explained.

"To tell for sure we want to do a DNA test, it will tell us if you are related to our clients." Maria added as she had finished talking to Detective Smith and Miss Lewis and had joined Bobbi next to Taylor's bed. She was a little annoyed that Bobbi had left her to deal with the adults, while she had gone and talked to Taylor; who both of them were almost sure was their goddaughter.

"Will it hurt?" Taylor questioned as they saw she was scared.

"The DNA Test? No it won't hurt, a nurse will take a swab from your mouth and that will be compared to your parents DNA that we have on file." Maria informed her.

"Are we letting them perform a DNA test?" Detective Smith asked, directing the question at Maggie as she was the child's caretaker for now. "If you refuse, we will just get a court order." Bobbi threatened after hearing him state that.

"No you are welcome to do your test, if she does have parents out there I want her reunited with them." Maggie said quickly. She wanted to defuse the tension that had filled the room when Detective Smith asked if they should let a DNA Test be done, honestly he was probably only questioning it because he was upset that two PI's were taking over his case.

These two had been having a lot more luck getting Taylor to open up than they had, and she was happy that she was talking to someone, and that there was a strong possibility that she had parents out there that would take care of her.

"I want to do the test." Taylor quietly stated as the 'PI's' nodded at the child, "Good, I'll go get a nurse to do the swab." Bobbi states and getting up to find a nurse.

Taking the swab didn't take long, it would be sequenced and then that would be sent to a SHIELD Lab; who would compare the samples, which would have names on only numbers. Then Maria and Director Fury would get an email with the results and Maria would get to tell Taylor, while Fury would be telling Natasha and Clint.

"How long will the test take?" Taylor asked curiously. Both Detective Smith and Maggie Lewis had left, but Bethany and Maise had stayed with her and told her about America. They had answered all of her questions and hadn't got angry with her; like her relatives used to, which was nice because she always had questions.

"A while yet, and we will probably get the results sometime tomorrow morning." Maria told her.

Both Maria and Bobbi had noticed how Taylor had been hesitant to ask questions to start off with, like she was expecting something bad to happen, however, if they had not been trained to notice stuff like that, they would have missed it.

"Oh, so I'm gonna have to stay here tonight." Taylor sighed. She had decided that she didn't like hospitals, they were just as boring as her cupboard, but not as safe as everyone could get into her room. So as well as having nightmares she had to make sure to watch for any bad people, Taylor had got very good a reading people in the five years that she had lived with the Dursleys.

Most people were easy to read, and it was easy for her to tell if someone was going to get angry so that she could get out of the way. Maise and Bobbi hadn't shown any signs of being angry other than when the doctors had told them about her injuries.

Apparently Bethany was good at reading people, too, and had asked why she was looking scared, thankfully when Taylor had told her why she had reassured her that they weren't angry with her, but with her uncle who had broken her wrist, badly sprained her ankle, and had left her with open wounds on her back from his belt.

"Yes, sorry Kiddo. I don't much like hospitals either, how would you like to hear a story before Maise and I have to go for the night?" Bobbi offered.

"Really? No one has ever read me a story before, I am learning to read in school but I have to make sure that I don't get higher grades than Dudley otherwise my uncle would get really mad. It was actually more difficult to do worse than Dudley than do the work right!" Taylor exclaimed.

She had begun to open up move to Maise and Bethany, she found that she liked them they didn't treat her like a little kid, even though she was one. Plus so far they hadn't lied to her or hurt her in anyway, that on it's own made them the nicest adults that she had met.

"Yes really." Bobbi confirmed.

"And Taylor, you don't have to get lower grades than Dudley anymore. Just do your class work as well as you can, you won't get in trouble for it." Maria assured her.

It was horrifying to think of what these people had put Taylor though, she was only six years old and she had mostly likely only just started school and yet she knew that she couldn't do better than her so called relative's son. The fact that she could read people's expressions hadn't escaped Maria's notice either, what did they have to do to her so that she could so easily, do something that it took SHIELD cadets a lot of time and practice to learn.

"So what about that story?" Bobbi asked as the child nodded.

"Yes please," Taylor requested.

The next half an hour was peaceful as Bobbi read the next chapter of Matilda, Miss Lewis had left it from when she had read it to her yesterday. Taylor had fallen asleep by the time that Bobbi had finished the chapter, she and Maria got up quietly and left the hospital to go back to their hotel rooms.

March 2007; The Hotel, 10:00

Before they had left the hospital the previous night the nurses had asked that they stick to the visiting hours that started at ten thirty, so both Maria and Bobbi had a rare lay in.

"Are we leaving soon?" Maria asked as Bobbi was sitting fully dressed on the end of her bed; with her laptop open, and she had just received the email that had the results of Taylor's DNA Test. It was more nerve racking than she thought it would be, because this would confirm whether or not Taylor was the goddaughter that she and Maria had lost, as well as Clint and Natasha's daughter.

"We can, I have the email with the results of Taylor's DNA test. I haven't opened it yet." Bobbi informed her.

"Nervous?" Maria guessed as she gotten a nod.

"Yes." Bobbi admitted.

"Bobbi, you are a Specialist that works for a secret government intelligence agency. You don't need to be nervous about an email… But I understand why you are. Just get it over with." Maria said, teasingly at first before becoming more serious.

"Okay," Bobbi agreed, laughing, and opening the dreaded and anticipated email, Bobbi was glad that her Biology degree allowed her to understand the results instantly without having to go all the way down to the bottom of the page. It was a match. Taylor was the eldest daughter of Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff.

"It's a match." Bobbi stated with hidden relief in her voice.

"Lets go and get our goddaughter and take her home to her parents, then shall we?" Maria commented.

March 2007; The Hospital, 10:35

It didn't take them long to get to the hospital, while they were travelling there, Bobbi called Maggie Lewis to let her know and that they would be taking Taylor to America. Miss Lewis had been pleased and promised to sign her case over, without any problems.

Maria had called Detective Smith to let him know of the same information, he hadn't been quite so please he had wanted Taylor available to testify against the Dursleys yet she had told him that Taylor was A: Wasn't old enough to be sworn in (The youngest had been eight years old, not six) and B: She is a minor and her parents wouldn't let her testify anyway.

That had promptly shut him up and she had finished off with him, quickly, and that was one thing she hated about dealing with people as they almost always underestimated her.

"Hi Taylor," Maria called as they walked into her ward, and Taylor looked up from the coloring sheet that she was doing, since a nurse had given it to her when she complained about being bored. She had been grateful that her uncle had broken her left wrist rather than her right one, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to colour at all.

"Hi Maise, hi Bethany." Taylor greeted.

"We have some good news for you Taylor. We got the DNA Results in this morning, and it was a match. You are our clients daughter, and we have already started making arrangements to take you to your parents in Washington DC." Maria told her.

It took her a couple of moments to take in what Maise had confirmed for her, her parents were alive not dead and they had been looking for her for five years, or at least that had been what they had said yesterday. What's more was that she would be going to Washington DC, which she knew was in America as Bethany had told her so in one of their conversations yesterday.

"They want me?" Taylor questioned, she had to be sure.

"Yes. Yes they do want you Taylor. They love you and have been looking for you for the past five years since you were taken." Bobbi promised.

After that things moved rather quickly for Taylor, Maise and Bethany spoke to her doctor and got her discharged with the promise that she would see a doctor once they got to America. Her few belongings were packed up and Maise helped her get changed into some new clothes, a light blue top with a puppy on, some black leggins and blue trainers.

Then Bethany picked her up, Taylor tensed up instantly as she wasn't used to such contact without it hurting her. She relaxed slowly when she reminded herself that Bethany wouldn't hurt her, she was taking her out of the hospital and to her parents.

"It's okay Taylor, I'm just picking you up because you can't put any weight on your ankle for about a week." Bobbi reassured her.

"We are going to go to the airport now Taylor," Maise told her then.

That is where I am going to leave it, I will have the next chapter with Taylor meeting her parents as soon as I can. Please review and tell me what you think, I would love to know if you like the changes I have been making.

A few changes that have been made and that are going to be made are because of suggestions and comments in reviews from the Original Version of There is Always Hope.

So if they is something that you would like changed or to see in this new version either review or PM me.

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