AN: Over a thousand Followers I am very surprised by the positive response this has received so far. I know it started out a little rough but this is only my second attempt at a fanfiction and I appreciate you all for sticking with me so far. As always I own nothing this is my way of passing my boredom.
Harry followed Thor and his friends, who he now knew to be Sif and the warriors three or Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg. Of the four of them, Harry took an instant liking to Volstagg the most; the way the man acted reminded him a lot of Hagrid. However, thinking of Hagrid brought a bit of sadness to Harry as he remembered the way Hagrid had been killed in the war.
It was three weeks after the flight from Little Whinging and the battle against Voldemort and his Death Eaters when the news came. Death Eaters had snuck into Hogwarts in the dead of the night and attempted to take control of the castle. Hagrid was woken by the spell fire as they attempted to barge their way through the front door.
Sending off a message through the floo to the Burrow for backup, he went charging off to attempt to hold off the Death Eaters. By the time reinforcements had arrived Hagrid had managed to take out most of the invading force, but in the end they had killed Hagrid and mutilated his body.
Carving several cuts into his body forming the words "Half-Breed" and "Muggle Lover," they had tortured him and cut his appendages off before escaping as the rest of the Order showed up and chased them away.
After hearing the details of his murder, Harry put a new focus into his training intending to avenge the first man who had ever shown him any form of kindness. It was his death that Harry used to fuel the anger and hate necessary to kill Voldemort with the same spell he had attempted to use against Harry as an infant, and was still the source of the darkness he needed to cast the darker arts even to this day.
Feeling a hand on his shoulder, Harry broke out of his recollections of the past. He looked up and saw Thor. "We have arrived at the opening for the Bifrost." Thor gestured to the ground in front of them which had a runic diagram burned into the ground.
Harry nodded. "How do we activate the doorway to Asgard? None of my reading had ever been specific on that."
Harry's question caused Thor to laugh. "We don't activate it, my friend. The Bifrost can only be activated from one end…" He looked up towards the heavens and called out, "Heimdall! open the Bifrost." Harry braced himself preparing for what he assumed would be an uncomfortable ride, however after several seconds nothing happened.
Thor, Sif, and the Warriors three looked around confused. "I thought something was going to happen there?" Harry walked over to Thor. "I take it this has never happened before?"
Thor shook his head. "No, never. Heimdall always opens the Bifrost when called upon. Without him I have no idea how we will get back to Asgard, he is the only one able to conjure the dark magic needed to open the bridge."
Harry looked over the runic engraving left behind from the Bifrost sending them to Earth. Taking a knee Harry touched a hand to the engraving, closing his eyes, he allowed his magic to flow through runes following the flow of power towards a connection that seemed to go up away from the planet. "I may be able to open the doorway… though I have never done this before so it could end up failing spectacularly."
Thor paused, considering the options; on one hand they had to get back to Asgard as quickly as possible as there is no telling what kind of damage Loki is causing. However if Harry was able to open the bridge, but not guide it to Asgard they could end up scattered across the nine realms. "How confident are you that you can make this work, Sedir?"
Harry studied the magic for a moment. "it appears to be anchored at one end. I should be able to use that anchor to guide us back to where we started, though it may not be as smooth as you are normally used to."
Thor nodded. "Do it, we have to return to Asgard."
Harry nodded, closed his eyes once more. and took a deep breath before letting his magic flare out into the runes. When Harry opened his eyes, they appeared to be on fire, appearing as burning emeralds. As he pushed the magic through the runes, he felt the magic reach out and touch the anchor.
Pushing on his magic he felt the connection snap into place; using the now established connection Harry pushed again and opened the door to the Bifrost, picking them up and carrying them away.
Touching down on Asgard in the bridge room, Harry slowly stood up retracting his magic into himself, however before he could return to full height Thor picked him up crushing him in a hug. "You did it, Seidr! You returned us to Asgard."
Harry laughed. "Did not think that would work as well as it did, but I am glad it did but we also have a mission to…" Harry trailed off seeing the man trapped in ice outside the bridge room. "I think this is why Heimdall didn't open the Bifrost for us."
Thor walked over before turning to Sif and the Warriors three. "Friends, get him to the healers," turning to Harry, "Seidr, come with me my brother will be in the palace." Thor took off flying towards the palace.
Harry nodded and took off following Thor as closely as possible, touching down just behind him as they arrived at the palace. Thor led Harry deep into the castle. "This way, come quickly. Knowing my brother, he is more than likely in my father's chambers." Upon arriving in the chambers they found no sign of Loki. "Mother where is Loki?"
Looking up, her eyes ringed red from crying. "He left, Thor. He spoke of finishing Jötunheimr for good." As she finished speaking, out the far window Thor could see the Bifrost spark to life.
Running from the room with Harry close behind him, the moment Thor was outside he took flight touching down back outside the bridge room. Loki came out and greeted them. "I had heard there was a Seidr on Midgard again, but thought the tales to be false. it matters not, however, you are too late brother. I have frozen the Bifrost in place; there is no way to close it now."
"Handle your brother, Thor I will find a way to shut down the Bifrost." Harry went running into the bridge room analyzing the situation. He could hear the sounds of Thor and Loki's conflict from outside. Casting some of his most powerful flame spells, Harry attempted to melt his way to the console in the center of the room to get to the cube in the center that seemed as if it was making all this ice.
Frowning Harry backed away several feet and took aim "Ignis Infernalis", the fiendfyre spell came flying from his bracers and struck the center of the mass of ice at first it seemed to be burning through but then he began to notice the ice pushing back against the hell-fire freezing it in place and moving towards him. Cutting off the connection Harry shook his head it was no good every attempt to melt the ice was failing.
Switching tactics, Harry attempted to cut his way through to the cube. However, even that was proving ineffective. Running back outside, he found Thor pinning Loki with his hammer. "It's no use! any attempt to melt or cut through the ice just causes it to regrow thicker."
Thor paused, looking between the open Bifrost and Loki before summoning Mjolnir to his hand. "Then there is but one choice." Thor swung and started beating on the rainbow bridge, slowly chipping away.
"What are you doing?! YOU FOOL IF YOU DESTROY THE BRIDGE, YOU'LL NEVER SEE HER AGAIN!" Loki began yelling at Thor; his point seemed to bring Thor up short for all of a second before he continued.
Tiring of Loki's yelling, Harry silenced the God. "Your yelling is really starting to give me a headache." Harry started assisting Thor, casting excavation and digging charms at some of the holes Thor had made. Finally, they broke through and with a magical backlash explosion, the bridge broke apart throwing Thor and his brother one direction and Harry another.
Groaning, Harry sat up and saw Thor and Loki dangling off the edge of what remained of the bridge. Running over, Harry grabbed Thor's arm and started pulling him up, however just as he got him over the edge, Loki let go. Harry felt his instincts take over and dived off after Loki.
Pulling Loki into his arms, Harry focused on Thor and apparated them back up onto the bridge before they fell into the open vortex below. Standing up, Harry bound and gagged Loki tethering him to himself so he would not be able to get away before turning to Thor. "He is not getting away that easily."
Returning to the palace with Loki in tow, they entered the throne room to find Odin seated upon the throne. Taking a knee before the throne, Thor bowed his head. "Father, I regret my destruction of the Bifrost, however it was the only way to stop Loki from destroying Jötunheimr…" Thor trailed off before turning to Harry, "if it were not for the help of the Seidr, I doubt I would've been able to return to Asgard or stop Loki at all."
Odin looked them over pausing on Harry as he seemed to stare into Harry's eyes judging his very character before turning back to Thor. "Rise, my son. I saw it all as it occurred. If I had any issue with what you did then I would've stepped in. You have acted wisely and learned the lesson I had hoped banishing you to Midgard would teach you." Turning once more to face Harry. "Seidr, you, however, are one that I could not foresee from my son's banishment. I was under the impression all of your people had left this plain of existence following the attack of Laufey and his Ice Giants upon Midgard millennia ago."
Harry went to speak wanting to know more. "another time Seidr…" trailing off, Odin turned to Loki before standing up and walking forward as he spoke. "Loki my son though not of my blood, I raised you as my own and your actions disappoint me greatly. Not only did you attempt to end an entire planet, but your actions led to the destruction of the Bifrost, which now prevents us from aiding our allies in battle. While I decide upon a punishment fit for your crimes, you will be restrained to your room with guards posted outside to ensure you don't attempt to escape." Beckoning over a pair of guards, he had them take Loki and escort them to his room.
"Father, is there any way to restore the Bifrost?" Thor approached Odin hoping that the answer would be affirmative.
Odin shook his head. "The knowledge used to build the Bifrost was lost to us long ago and none have been able to draw upon the power source that fueled the original construction since the time of my Father's Father King Buri." Thor looked downtrodden but understood.
Odin turned to face Harry once more. "Seidr, your presence is interesting. After assisting me in the battle against Laufey and his Frost Giants, they came to me for my assistance in getting away from the danger presented to them. I spent the next several months of my free time researching. In my research I found a solution; I crafted a new dimension for them one in which they could practice their magic freely."
Harry stared for quite a while, a million and one thoughts flying through his mind. The very implications of what Odin was saying weighed heavily upon him. One question was pressing on his mind the most, "what dangers were they in?"
"Your people have a power unlike any other. Most magic users, myself and even Loki who is the God of Magic, draw magic from the world around us to power our ourselves. Your people however are able to pull magic from within themselves as a muscle. With enough training you can become stronger, growing it as you would any other muscle. That is not all, however. In times of crisis when running low on power your people are able to pull magic in from around them making it very hard if not near impossible to drain the core entirely. The darker denizens of the nine realms saw this power and thought that with enough experimenting they could turn your kind into batteries through which they could form an army strong enough to take on Asgard. Finally your people had enough and they fled with my help."
Harry was shocked at the explanation from Odin. His people being saved and his dimensions existence within the multiverse was the work of Odin himself was nothing short of surprising. "You have given me a lot to think about, Lord Odin. Allow me the night to process what you have told me."
Odin nodded, clapping his hands summoning a pair of servants to his side. "Your people were always allies of Asgard and I would be honored to continue that with you Seidr," Odin gestured to Thor and away towards where Loki was taken away. "You also saved the life of not only one but both of my sons this day and for that you will have my gratitude."
Nodding at Odin's words, Harry followed the servants to his room entering and closing the door behind him. Looking out the window, Harry could see the destroyed form of the Bifrost wondering if maybe there was a way, maybe he could repair it.
After Harry had left with Coulson, Tony spent the rest of the night working on forming the new core for his reactor. Finally getting the core shaped, Tony pulled it out from the fire. Turning around, he carried it over to the redesigned reactor and placing it in the opening. He pushed it into place with an audible click.
After several seconds the reactor came to life, glowing a deep purple. "not a big fan of the color, though if this saves my life I can live with it. Jarvis analyze please."
"The reactor appears to have accepted the new core, Mr. Stark. Power output is 3000 % higher than the current palladium reactor and core, however, several more tests will be needed before it is ready for final use." Tony nodded barely listening to the words of his AI before picking up the core and swapping it out with his palladium one.
Throwing his head back, Tony yelled out in pain. Looking down he saw the black lines representing his palladium poisoning clearing up becoming non-existent. After several minutes the pain subsided and Tony felt better than he had before the incident in Afghanistan.
Turning back towards his desk, Tony picked up his phone which had been ringing…
"Tony Stark."
The voice on the other end answered, "Tony, hello." his blood ran cold.
"Anton Vanko. I thought you were dead."
"No, a mutual friend Justin Hammer saved me in exchange for assistance in building his new weapons. If only he knew me as well as you do," Anton ended the phone call.
"Jarvis trace the last phone call to me."
"The call appears to have originated from a Hammer Industries facility just outside of New York City, sir." Tony walked towards his suits.
"Well Jarvis, time to suit up," Jarvis didn't respond, he simply brought up the activation pad and bringing the suit to life around Tony.
Coulson was screwed. Not only had there been a near world ending battle on his watch but there power-house consultant that SHIELD had done everything in their power to keep track of since appearing out of nowhere last year had now left with Thor, putting him firmly out of SHIELD's sight.
Once he was safely aboard the quinjet, Coulson pulled up his video link calling Director Fury. "Director Fury, sir. The 084 appears to be the weapon Mjolnir wielded by the god Thor, there was however an incident in which a robot known to Thor as the Destroyer, came to New Mexico and wreaked havoc before being stopped by the combined powers of Thor and Mr. Potter in his Silver Sorcerer persona." Coulson pulled up video of the fight displaying it on half the screen for Fury to review before continuing. "SHIELD agents were able to recover all pieces of this Destroyer which is currently in route to SHIELD research facilities off the coast of Hawaii."
"What is the bad news, Coulson? you wouldn't be calling me now unless there was something that I needed to know now that couldn't wait for your after-action report."
"Mr. Potter elected to go to Asgard with Thor and his associates following the battle against the Destroyer. currently, we have no form of contact with him."
Fury paused to consider this for a moment and Coulson began to sweat. "While regrettable, that is nothing that we cannot work around. It is my belief that we haven't seen the last of Thor and I doubt Mr. Potter will be far behind if not leading the charge when the time comes."
Coulson was surprised that Fury was letting him off that easily. "I would love to continue this discussion, Coulson, however I have business to take care of in New York. Apparently Mr. Hammer thought it would be smart employing a homicidal maniac to help build new weaponized robot drones for the government." Fury hung up.
