A.N.: Another partial chapter for those who care.

Disclaimer:: Plot is mine as far as I know, characters are owned by either J.K.R. or Marvel.

'telepathy'

'thoughts'

Chapter 2

Rachael watched in amusement as Harry was startled by a book moving in the bookstore that Flitwick was showing them. Covering her snickers she looked over at Forge who looked odd with the enchanted limbs that Dr. Strange had provided for his use until some sort of magic surge protector could be built for the electronics in Forge's regular arm and leg along with the communications devices that are part of the Cadre's field and training uniforms. Giggling Rachael remembered the reactions that Forge, Harry, and Laura had when they were told that electronics wouldn't work in Diagon Alley, Hogwarts or the Ministry of Magic. 'Poor Laura, that means she won't be able to keep up with whatever it is she's always bothering Harry to keep a part of his mind on. Forge won't be much better since he can't use the prosthetics he's used to though I think the enchanted ones are better suited to keeping his lack of a leg and an arm hidden from the Wizarding World.' looking back at Harry she thought, 'It's a shame that we won't really have any time to spend as a team at this school that Harry and Laura apparently need to attend. I was looking forward to finding out the reason Harry, Laura, and Yuriko all looked so pleased and relaxed after their daily training sessions. They look even more relaxed the few times that Ms. Frost or Blink joins them.'

'Rachael, could you use your telepathy and check if there's someone standing outside the window to the right of the door as we walked in. The clouds are messing with the UV spectrum and I can't tell if I'm actually seeing something or not.'

"No problem Harry,' was the reply Rachael gave as she turned her mind towards the area Harry had mentioned. 'Hmm... seems there is someone there, it's just difficult to tell much about them since they seem to have some sort of mental shield up. Nothing that would give Ms. Frost, Betsy, or myself any trouble to slip past but I can understand why it would bug Harry.' 'Yeah there is someone there. It seems they want to have news on the Boy-Who-Lived and who he's living with. Something about muggles not being worthy of raising someone as powerful as the savior of the wizarding world.'

'Magical Paparazzi?' Harry snorted mentally. 'Wonder why Dr. Strange and Mr. Flitwick never mentioned anything like that.'

'Maybe they didn't want your head to get any bigger? After all you're only person on the team that managed to place anywhere near Thor in that poll done by People magazine.' Rachael giggled when she heard Harry sigh mentally. Looking at the books on the shelf nearest her she raised a brow at the title Mind Arts: How to Protect Your Mind and Read Everyone Else's . 'Rather pathetic name though it might be an interesting read since it seems that the wizards have some knowledge of how to shield their minds.'

'Time to leave everyone, next stop is Hogwarts castle.'

'Do we have to leave now? I just found some books that look interesting,' said Harry.

'I agree with Harry, they have some really interesting books on him here,' stated Laura.

'Yeah and how accurate are they, Laura?' asked Blink.

'You can gossip about it later,' cut in Emma. 'Everyone gather around Flitwick so we can get transport to the castle. Harry, Blink, Laura I want you three to make sure that you know the location of the castle so we can transport to it at any time.'

'Yes Ms. Frost,' replied the three students.

The students and their two teachers gathered around the small man who was giving them a tour and touched a piece of rope that the man had enlarged so the whole group could touch it. After making sure everyone was touching the rope Flitwick tapped the end he was holding with his wand and everyone felt the sensation of a hook grabbing their stomach and pulling. Upon arriving at the gates of the school Harry and Blink proceeded to empty their stomachs from the way the transport spell conflicted with their personal methods of travel, though it affected Harry less since he was more used to magic doing the work then Blink was.

Flitwick looked at the two ill teens and said, "I've never seen anyone affected like that by a port-key." Taking a closer look at Blink he continued, "Maybe we should make the Hospital Wing our first stop so we can see if Madam Pomfrey can do something to help them."

Harry straightened up and stated, "I never want to use one of those things again. From now on I'll just open a portal, let Blink teleport me, or use a more common method of travel." Stepping through the group he stood next to Blink and put an arm around her and draped one of her's across his neck to help her walk.

Flitwick looked at Emma who shrugged and motioned for the older, smaller man to lead the way. Shrugging mentally the wizard started off towards the massive front doors that could be seen from where they stood. As he walked Flitwick started telling them about the castle and it's grounds, pointing at things that could be seen and gesturing in the general direction of things on the other side of the castle or too far away to be visible. Stepping up to the doors Flitwick pulled out his wand and tapped the seam between them then stepped back as they swung open.

Stepping into the room beyond the doors Flitwick turned and said, "Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Motioning to a door straight across from the ones they just walked through he continued, "That is the Great Hall where students eat and any special events besides sports will be held." Looking at the girls he added, "Unlike the schools you've probably been to before we don't have dances except for very rare events." Gesturing for the group to follow, he lead the way up a marble staircase that took up half of the wall on one side of the entrance hall.

Walking down the hallway that was off the first landing Flitwick pointed to various doors and described the classes in them until they reached the end of the hall and a set of large doors. "No if you'll follow me I'll get Madam Pomfrey to look over Ms. Blink and Mr. Potter to see if she can do anything to help them."

Entering the room the visitors saw a woman wearing white robes walk up to Filius and say, "Ah, finally here for your yearly physical Filius?" Pulling out her wand she started to cast spells before he could answer.

"Poppy, I'm not...", before he could say anymore Pomfrey had her hands on either side of his head to keep his mouth open so she could look in. As soon as she let go he continued, "here for an exam. I have two visitors who were badly affected by the port-key to get here."

Turning to face the group that had followed the small professor Pomfrey asked, "Which ones do I need to look at?"

Harry tried to step back and to the side so he was hidden by Forge but had forgotten that Blink had an arm around his neck until she tightened it and started to hobble forward. Groaning he moved alongside her so she wouldn't fall over and tried not to whimper when the school's doctor walked up, but found himself curious as she pulled out a wand and started waving it while muttering in Latin. Allowing his magic to connect to his mind Harry observed the working of this magic that Dr. Strange had little knowledge of and simultaneously worked on adapting it to the style of magic he was used to. Letting the idea take more of his mind Harry never noticed that the witch in charge of the Hogwarts infirmary had stopped and was now staring at him as his eyes glowed, at least until Blink had enough and grabbed the ear closest to her hand and twisted. "OW!" Harry reached up and slapped the hand away to rub his ear. 'See if I'll be nice enough to help you again Blink.'

Giggling Blink responded, "You know you can't go through a day without helping any of us Harry."

Glaring at Blink Harry didn't notice Emma get taken to the side by Poppy for some questioning about what the witch had found when scanning Harry for what caused his nausea after the port-key.

"What can you tell me about how Mr. Potter's skeleton was covered in metal?" asked Poppy.

Emma stared at the witch thoughtfully for a moment before answering. "His relatives sold him to a group of scientists that were based in Canada and part of their experimentation was to create the 'perfect' soldier. Harry, Laura, and Yuriko all were part of the experiments though Yuriko was gone years before Harry or Laura were there."

Pomfrey looked shocked at what she had just been told. "But surely they would be violating the oaths that Healers take before practicing."

Emma shrugged and said, "People can twist anything to cover exactly what they want it to cover."

Glaring Pomfrey asked, "How can you be so calm about what was done to these children?"

Grimacing Emma answered, "I'm not calm about it, but I'm also able to see it from a more removed point of view then you let alone Yuriko. I'm not happy about what they went through but it's better then what likely would have happened to Harry if his relatives had kept him." Glancing at Harry she turned back to the magical healer, "I'm surprised you didn't question his physical appearance."

Pomfrey blinked and replied, "Why would I question that? I can think of half a dozen ways it could have happened magically."

"Half a dozen ways? Time travel or altering time is involved in some of those though right? It's only in the past century that some people in the non-magical world have managed to figure out how to do any of that, but there are mutants with powers that can affect time in similar ways. As to Harry and Laura's looks, those were caused purely by scientists figuring out how to accelerate the body's aging process."