Harry Barton

AN:

First off thank you to everyone who read, and reviewed. Now I have noticed several people have pointed out that Harry accepted Barton as his dad rather fast, how I see it is that he hasn't accepted him as his dad but rather someone who looks like his father and who has offered to get him out of an abusive household. I don't know of anyone in the same situation who wouldn't take any chance to get out.

I wasn't entirely sure how to write a convincing sense where Barton explains everything without Dumbledore turning up and I'm still not sure whether Dumbledore is evil or just made some stupid mistakes. Several people have also asked about Harry doing magic without getting punished don't worry that will be addressed later, if not in this chapter then the next.

Chapter 2: Revelations and Reasons

Clint had taken the Quinjet up to 40,000 feet and had it comfortably cruising about 500 miles per hour, the jet could go an awful lot faster if he wanted it to,he could reach New York in just under 3 hours but he wanted this time to speak to his son, find out about and then work out how he was going to explain to the rest of the team and SHIELD how he had a son. He smiled slightly as he thought about their reactions. Natasha would quirk an eyebrow as she did when confused or excited or felt any emotion at all really and probably not say anything. Bruce would smile is his restrained way and worry if the kid was going to make the other guy come out. Tony would gleefully laugh and start planning was of corrupting his son. Steve would be happy for him, he genuinely liked kids and would probably look out for him. He wasn't overly worried why not the most sane or normal bunch of people Clint had ever met he knew that if he asked that they would look out for his son if he asked them too.

He looked over at his son who sat in the seat next to him, and couldn't help but feel that these past 15 years a part of him had been missing, a part which had now been returned to him. Harry's eyes were closed his face truly peaceful for the first time since he met him, his was head bobbing in sleep, something Natasha routinely told him that he did as well. He smiled he knew owed the boy a few explanations but he would give him that and more if he could but he swore to himself that no-one would take his son away from him, not now that he had found him and he would train him to protect himself.

Harry opened his eyes slowly the rhythmic rumble of the aircraft's jets trying to rock him back to sleep. 'Hey kid' The voice beside him made him snap his eyes open. He glanced around quickly before his senses fully returned to him and he remembered what happened this morning. 'Hi Clint' Harry replied now fully awake. 'Where are we?' he asked, for all he could see out the window was cloud and sea. Clint Smiled 'About 1,000 miles from London where over the Atlantic.' Harry looked surprised at this 'Where are we going?' Harry sounded genuinely confused. 'New York, Stark tower to be precise.' Harry's eyes opened wide at this, he knew what Stark tower was after it had been on the news for the past few years, it was impossible not to know. Clint smiled at the look of amazement on Harry's face. 'So I get to meet the avengers?' He asked amazement in his voice. 'Look behind you' Clint said with a smile, harry looked over his shoulder in confusion and his eyes widened in shock as he saw the compound bow and quiver against one of the seats. 'You're...you're Hawkeye?' Harry asked now completely in awe of the man sitting next him. Clint reached over and ruffled Harry's hair frowning again when Harry flinched away from his hand. Clint would find out what those damn Dursley's had done to his son, but he wouldn't press until Harry was ready.

Harry fell back in his seat, this all seemed surreal and too much, he glanced at Clint who was busy watching the displays in front of him so he quickly pinched himself while his father was distracted, it hurt so he knew this wasn't a normal dream, worry filled him Voldemort could have captured him and locked him inside his mind. 'Harry...Harry?!' Harry jumped slightly he had been so caught up in his own thoughts he hadn't noticed Clint talking to him. 'You Ok there?' Clint look genuinely concerned as he looked at his son. 'I'm fine' Harry gave his standard response when he felt overwhelmed. Clint pushed a button and a low whine filled the cockpit for a second, he pushed himself out of his seat and swivelled Harry's chair to face him. 'Harry you don't have to hide anything from me Ok?' Harry could hear the concern in Clint's voice. But he still kept quiet, he didn't want to upset his new dad or want him to be ashamed of not being strong enough. Clint looked Harry straight in his eye and held his gaze neither of them blinking. 'Harry I'll never be ashamed of you, you've got nothing to be ashamed of, those Dursley's should be the ones who are ashamed.' Harry looked down at the floor his cheeks burning in embarrassment. Clint placed his hand under Harry's chin and lifted it until he met his eyes. 'You don't have to tell me anything until your ready' Harry nodded as he fought to hold back tears, no-one had ever cared enough to wait for him. The Dursleys never wanted him to speak, and beat him if he didn't answer or didn't answer fast enough for that matter and Hermione would sit and demand answers until he told her.

The thought of his former best friend brought a frown to his face. He couldn't understand it, Ron sadly he could understand abandoning him, he had done it before and any chance to make himself feel better about himself or make himself more of a hero he would do. Harry knew that most of the stories surrounding him had come either directly from Ron or influenced in some way by Ron's story telling. But Hermione had always stood by him no matter what, even at the start of the previous year when the entire school was shunning him she stood by him, he was even planning to ask her to the Yule Ball until he had mentioned this to Ron who had told him that he had already asked her, he was more than a little pissed off over this but didn't say anything as he didn't want to ruin his first friendship again. Now though on a jet flying away from his former life he couldn't help but wonder if he'd made a huge mistake letting Ron back into his life. Harry knew he would miss Hermione more than anyone else, even though he was mad at her for not writing he still missed her, he just hoped he would be able to see her again soon and get her to explain why she had abandoned him.

'What's got you so confused?' The question snapped Harry out of his thoughts and he turned red in embarrassment he hadn't realised Clint was still resting on the floor before him, he would have questioned it but Clint looked quite comfortably in a weird predatorial way. Harry though wondering how much could say without sounding like a whiny teenager. 'I was just thinking about my friends' Clint smiled at that, before SHIELD he hadn't had friends since he was younger than Harry but now, now he guessed that he would call the people he had fought with over New York, the Avengers his friends. 'You'll get to see them again, if that's what your worried about' He replied with a reassuringly smile. Harry gave non committal shrug 'I just want to talk to them, find out why they've been ignoring me all summer' Clint gave a little smirk he knew the look in Harry's eyes it was the same one Tony got whenever he started talking about Pepper, not that Tony would ever admit to having feelings towards his fiery assistant. 'What to talk to them,or talk to her?' Clint's question made Harry's face burn red again. Something that seemed to be happening quite a lot and he couldn't decide if this was a good or bad thing. Clint's smirk grew at this and he reached out to ruffle Harry's hair but stopped himself remembering his reaction the last time he had done that 'Don't worry kid, I've seen that look before you can contact your friend when we arrive if you wish' Harry nodded he wanted to talk to Hermione right now, all this seemed to much to deal with on his own.

Clint pushed himself off the floor, and moved back to his seat but he kept it facing towards Harry who was now looking around the jet with interest for the first time, Clint could see that he had no idea about what most of the instruments or controls were for, so with a smile and final a base on where to start a conversation that hopefully would actually lead somewhere.

Two hours later Harry had a fairly good idea of how this jet, Quinjet Clint had called it worked, he could even fly it, kind of but Clint didn't approve of Harry's methods of learning to fly which were turn off autopilot and just figure it out. But Clint had seen the childish smile on Harry's face when he had gained control and was now flying like it was natural.

Harry was smiling, the biggest smile he'd had since he had learnt he had a godfather at the end of his third year. This felt easy, and natural, he had always picked up spells quickly, something that bothered Hermione to no end he knew since she always spent hours researching the spell before attempting it, but Harry could never learn that way, he learnt by doing this figuring them out as he went along not by theory or from books. He glanced over at Clint who had looked worried earlier when Harry had taken control but now appeared to be relaxed and was even watching Harry with a smile and look he couldn't figure out. He wondered for a moment before pushing it out of his mind and turning back to the task at hand. 'Having fun?' the question startled him slightly, but he smiled 'Yeah he replied more fun then I have in a long while'. Clint nodded and then reached over and re-engaged the auto pilot. Harry looked at him confusion spread across his face. 'Harry' he said slowly, 'We need to talk' Harry nodded suddenly feeling a lot more nervous then he had been and turned his chair to face Barton's.

'I guess I owe you an explanation' for the first time not looking at Harry but rather slightly down. Harry didn't say anything, he was bursting with questions but he knew that those questions would be answered quicker if he listened rather than spoke. 'First off, I'm sorry, sorry I couldn't find you sooner but you were hidden from me until now, I don't know how but you were' Harry could see the sorrow in Barton's eyes. 'Its not your fault' Clint's head snapped up 'You looked for me even though you couldn't find me?' Clint nodded at this 'Then it's not your fault, its the fault of whoever hid me' Clint's face brightened at this and he smiled. 'Ok well I guess I should explain everything, where do you want me to start?' Harry snorted in amusement at this, and raised an eyebrow. Clint just looked confused so Harry sighed 'This is a story right?' Clint nodded 'Well most stories start at the beginning, maybe that's were you should start?' Clint smiled at this and nodded his assent. 'Ok well how much do you know about your family history?' Harry looked slightly ashamed by this question 'Not a lot, My parents where, or I thought they were Lily and James Potter, and my...James' parents were Charles and Alice Potter and my mums parents were Andrew and Lucy Evens, that's all I know sorry'

Clint smiled honestly he hadn't really expected much more. 'Ok well I'll start with how were related, James' father Charles had an older sister Angela, he was what you know as a squib, she married another squib William Barton, they were my parents and I was James' cousin.' Harry nodded this was why Clint looked so much like James he guessed although he didn't know why he had never seen him in any of the photos he had of James. 'My parents working for SHIELD, they were killed by a Soviet assassin 3 years before you were born, I was 16 at the time. SHIELD recruited me straight out of high school and I've been working for them ever since.' He sounded a little sad at this almost as if he wished his life had turned out slightly different. 'I never really had contract with James until his parents die, they died the same year as mine, they forbade James from ever contacting, I guess it was because I was a muggle or something. When they died he contacted me, wanting to meet the last remaining member of his family. This was just after he and lily had married, they were around 20 at the time, Ironically he was only 9 months younger than me and with our looks we could have been brothers. After meeting him and getting to know him and his young wife, I was all but living with them and using my skills to help them in the war they were fighting in. I had known them for about 8 months before they told me, told me that your dad was made infertile by a spell cast by Snape in your fathers 6th year.' Harry's eyes darkened in anger at this, that man had an awful lot to answer for and sooner rather than later Harry would ensure that he would get what he deserved. Clint reached out and laid his hand reassuringly on Harry's shoulder, it was tantamount to how angry Harry was that he didn't even flinch when he did this 'Don't worry Snape will get what's coming to him, you can have my word on that' Harry nodded tension draining from his face, whoever this man would become to him, whether it be his father or just an adult he could look up, he felt as if he could trust him to keep his word.

'When I learnt of this I felt terrible, I knew how badly your parents want a child, in fact they want 3 and possibly could have done in the future if not for Tom Riddle' Harry looked shocked, and Clint smiled at this 'Don't forget I work for SHIELD, just because we don't have contact with your world doesn't mean we don't know about it' Harry gave a sheepish smile at this, it was silly to assume that no-one knew of the wizarding world. 'Well you're parents had a suggestion, because I looked so much like James no-one would have to know that he could never have children, I believe the only person he ever told was Lily and that was because he couldn't hide anything from her.' Harry just stared in amazement for what everyone had told him Lily hadn't even kissed anyone other than James. Clint laughed gently at Harry's expression. 'No don't worry I never slept with you're mother,' he contemplated for a second before adding 'Wish I could have she was hot.' Harry just opened and closed his mouth several times, too shocked by this revelation to speak. He regained his senses as Clint began to speak again 'No I never slept with her, what we did was the magical form of IVF' seeing Harry's blank look he explained what IVF was and how it worked.

A beep shocked them both their heads glancing around, before Clint realised it was the warning alarm he had set to tell them when they were over The Hamptons, he was slightly shocked he hadn't realised how long they had been talking for. 'Come on, we need to get ready to land' he gestured to Harry and swung his seat around disabling the auto pilot and taking control. A look of disappointment crossed Harry's face. 'Don't worry, I'll teach you to land and take off and then you can pilot this jet all by yourself, that sound fair?' Harry's eyes lit up at this and he nodded enthusiasticly. Harry was amazed by the size of the city in front of him, never before had he seen so many buildings in one place and across the skyline 3 huge towers seemed to stretch higher that all the rest and Clint was piloting the jet straight towards one. Will skill born of hundreds of hours in the cockpit a swung the jet over a landing pad and settled it down gently. The ramp lowered slowly as Harry and Clint stood up, apprehension showed on Harry's face, nervous of what he would face. 'Don't worry kid' Clint's voice was trying to be reassuring. 'I'll protect you, now you ready to meet the rest of my team?' With those words the stepped off the jet and into New York, Harry nervous but ready to start a whole new chapter of his life.

AN: So slightly longer chapter, out quicker than I expected. Sorry if it's a bit boring I'm just trying to get through the back story, please read and review. Next chapter we deal with the fall out of Harry's actions back in England and Harry gets to meet the rest of the Avengers. If anyone has any suggestions of pairings/couples don't hesitate to tell me, also what do you guys think about bring the x-men into this story seeing as the occupy the marvel universe.