A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry this chapter isn't too exciting, but we finally get to meet Tony! Hope you enjoy!
"Hey pup, we are landing, it's time to wake up," Daddy says, while nudging me awake. It does not take me long to fall back asleep though, even with my blanket and pillow gone. "Sorry bub, but it's time to get off the plane," I hear a little while later, and I open my eyes as I am jostled as Sirius lifts me into his arms.
"You can go back to sleep pup, we still have to collect our luggage and then find my cousin. We will wake you when we get to the house," Papa says, resting his hand on my back as we walk through the airport. Even though I want to sleep I find myself unable to because of all of the noise from the people. But I also can't keep my eyes open. Instead I find myself in between sleep and wake.
"Remus grab the bag, will you? I'm a bit preoccupied…" I hear Daddy say, before we start to walk away again.
"RJ! There you are! Look at you, man you make me feel old!" I hear a new voice say and I crack open an eye to get a look at the new speaker. He is shorter than Daddy and Papa, and has black hair and a goatee, mustache combo.
"Please Tony, don't call me that, you make me feel like I am eight years old again…"
"Well that's why I do it! To me you will always be that little boy that visited in the summers with his dad."
"So am I safe in assuming that this is your cousin, Remus?"
"Oh, yeah… sorry Sirius. Tony, this is my partner Sirius and our son Harry. He is a bit sleepy after the long fight. We thought we'd let him sleep until we get back to the house. And Sirius, this is my cousin Tony," Papa says, and I debate letting them know that I am actually awake. Though if I think about it, I'll have to admit that I don't really want to talk to them.
"Alright, come on then. Pepper and Happy are back at the house. We waited to eat dinner until you get here. I don't know what the tyke likes, but Happy was going to grill us some steak. I was told little kids don't really like fine dining…" Tony trails off as we walk to the car. "It'll take a little while to get back to the house anyways."
I must have dozed off again, because I don't remember much after that point. When I wake up I am sitting in the back of a fairly fancy car, with Papa next to me, Daddy is sitting in the front seat, and it sounds like the two of them are debating something… who knows what?
The seat belt strap is digging into my neck from the way that I was slouched in my sleep. I immediately try to sit up to release the pressure on my neck, I grumble to myself when it doesn't lessen. I grab the strap and physically pull it away from me.
"Harry, leave the strap alone, we are almost there," Papa says next to me, removing my hands from the strap and holding them in my lap.
"But Papa, it hurts," I whine back. Papa then reaches over, and rubs the spot where it was digging into my neck and holds it a bit away.
"Now, quit complaining. I know that you are tired and that we woke you up but you can go back to sleep in a couple of hours. The longer you stay up now, the later you will sleep tomorrow."
After a couple more minutes of driving I realize that I don't have Patches with me anymore. And I start to panic. What if I left him somewhere when I was sleeping and now he's gone forever?
"Where's Patches?" I announce in my near panic.
"He is in your bag in the trunk," Daddy says from the front seat.
"But I want him."
"I know you do, but we left him in the trunk so you are going to have to wait."
"But I don't want to wait. I want him now," I grumble to myself.
"Harry, this is your last warning. If you don't calm down and stop whining then you are going to have to go in a time out when we get there. Now I promise you, Patches is fine and you can have him as soon as we get to the house," Papa scolds me. And I blush and look down. It is still hard to get used to my now six year old self.
"I don't think I fully understood what it meant when I agreed to take in a kid. Is he always like this?" Tony asks from the driver's seat.
"No, just ignore him. Don't judge him for anything he does today. Give the kid a break."
We pull into a long windy drive way that leads to this large house. I was a bit surprised at first, it is unlike anything I have ever seen before. It is a round house with many levels, and the driveway it's in a circle that allows us to pull right up to the front door. We don't head that way though, and instead travel past the circle and into the garage that connects to the house.
"Well, this is it. Home sweet home," Tony says as we pull into the garage.
"You live here? I mean just you? No one else?" I ask in awe from the back.
"Well, you three live here now as well. It's more than large enough for all of us, don't you think?"
I nod my head from my seat and lean towards Papa hoping that he will let me out. The house looks huge! I can't wait to go and explore it, just like my days at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione… thinking of the two of them bring up memories that I don't want to think about, and I find myself shaking my head to try and clear it.
"Alright, come on pup! Let's go inside and check things out!" Daddy says hopping out of the car and then hurrying to get me out of the back.
"Uncle Tony says that there will be dinner! I am sure you are hungry you didn't eat much on the plane," Papa says getting out himself.
"But he's not my uncle… where's Patches?" I don't know why but I am suddenly feeling very self-conscious.
"You're right, he isn't actually your uncle, but he is my cousin. He will be like an uncle to you while we are living here with him, so we figured that you might as well call him such," Papa says. "Tony, open the trunk so I can get his stuffed dog out."
We walk into the house through the garage, and I am feeling much better now that I have Patches safely tucked in my arms. Papa walks behind me, propelling me forward with a hand on my shoulder.
"So… this is the main floor of the house," Uncle Tony says walking us into the room. The whole floor is one giant room. It hold a large kitchen and table to one side, and a sitting room and TV on the other. Straight ahead, across the back wall is all glass with two wide glass doors that lead out to a back patio and then a patch of lawn before it drops off.
"Well, I can already say that rule number one Harry is that you are never allowed out back without one of us there," Papa says from behind me, ushering me further into the room.
"So the house has a couple of different levels. One level up is where you three will be staying, the floor above that is currently empty, and the top penthouse is where I will live. A floor down from us hold a gym and training room, and one below that is my workshop," Uncle Tony explains leading us out to the backyard.
"Rule number two Harry, no entering the workshop alone, and you can only go into the workshop or Uncle Tony's room if he says so," Papa adds in as he sits me down at a table on the back patio. I nod my head in response, only half listening. I'm sure they will go over everything again later anyway.
"And last but not least, I would like you to meet the two most important people in my life. Pepper Potts, the CEO of Stark Industries, and Happy Hogan my personal assistant. I am sure you will be seeing a lot of them. Happy, Pepper, this is my cousin RJ, his partner Sirius and their son Harry," Uncle Tony says indicating a red-haired lady sitting at the table by me and the man who is at the grill.
"Well, I hope you all are hungry!" Happy says turning away from the grill. Uncle Tony leads the way back inside and to the kitchen table, where we all sit down to eat.