Harry Barton
AN: Thanks for the response. I'm glad that so many people are enjoying the story.
ww1990ww: I haven't decided on the full extent of Harry's powers yet.
Juxshoa: Haven't got any plans to do the plot of the movies, may take some of the characters, storyline.
Will always try and answer questions you guys have, so feel free to ask away.
Chapter 7: Plans and Training
It was early but Harry was sat on his bed arms drawn around his knees watching the sunrise, his nightmares had returned after the events of yesterday. He was just glad hadn't woken anyone up.
A knock on his door broke him out of his musings. He checked to ensure he was decent, a pair of shorts and a loose t-shirt would do.
"It's open" Harry called out. Darcy stuck her head round the door, determinately not looking at Harry. He smiled at this "I'm decent" he said.
Darcy relaxed and looked at him with a smile, that smile slipped when she saw the rings under his eyes. "You Ok?" She asked concern for him showing in her voice. "I'm fine" Harry replied with a small smile.
"Bull-shit" Darcy said coming and sitting on the edge on the bed next to Harry's legs. Harry looked at her in confusion. "I heard your screams" Harry blushed and looked down "I'm sorry" he all but whispered.
Darcy smiled reassuringly "Its Ok I was already awake" Harry just sat there despondently staring out of the window.
Darcy didn't know what else to do so she just put her arms around Harry and pulled him into a hug running her hands through his hair. Several minutes passed before Harry started to relax slightly and before to long he was leaning into her touch and look of total contentment on his face.
Darcy smiled "No-one ever done this before?" Harry shook his head.
"It's the first time anyone's come after a nightmare" Darcy frowned "What about when you were little?" Harry shook his head again, it was testament to how relaxed he was that he didn't just shrug instead he answered.
"My aunt and uncle never cared they just shouted at me to shut up, if actually woke them up my uncle would hit me" Darcy stopped the movement of her hands and pulled Harry up to look at him. "They hit you?" She asked quietly.
Harry just nodded and Darcy threw her arms around him sniffling softly. Harry just hugged her back gently not really able to do much else.
"Darcy it's fine it's in the past I never have to go back" he said calmly.
Darcy pulled back slowly but left her arms on his shoulders "How are you Ok with this?" Harry smirked "Because Tony's got something planned, some sort of revenge mission, he said he'd show me later."
He dropped the smirked and continued quietly "and if I didn't make myself Ok with it, it would change me."
Darcy smiled and kissed him lightly on the cheek causing Harry to blush deeply "I wouldn't ever want you to change" She said with a wink.
Darcy stood up "If you ever need to talk I'm here" Harry smiled and nodded watching her hips sway as she walked out of his room.
Remus and Sirius were sitting in Heathrow's terminal 3 waiting for there plane to New York to arrive, it was Mad-eye's idea that they get out of the country.
-Flashback-
"What do you want Mad-eye?" Remus asked and he and Sirius entered the room. The door closed and Moody set up privacy wards, complex ones that would take awhile to be broken through.
He got straight to the point. "I've seen the looks, you two no longer trust Dumbledore" They began to protest, but Moody cut them off "It's fine I don't either, I don't what he wants with Harry, but he's taking a far to great an interest than he needs to, hell we've all been told to stop worrying about Voldemort, now what I want to know is what your planning"
Remus nodded "We set Harry's owl to him, asking him where he was and if he was Ok" Moody frowned "Your not going to demand he comes back" Sirius shook his head "No, hell if he's safe I'm thinking of leaving the country and joining him"
Moody nodded "Right well one of my contacts, a retired Auror spotted Harry in the New York magical district"
Sirius looked stunned "He's in New York?" admiration for his god-son showing though in his voice. Moody nodded "He is, and from what my contact saw it was by choice, now if you want I'll help you, both of you get out of the country"
Remus looked conflicted, "But I'm needed here aren't I?" Moody snorted "Do what get yourself killed?" Remus looked confused.
Moody just shook his head "No offence Remus, but your not an Alpha, eventually you'll run into a wolf pack that doesn't like outsiders, especially if you get sent to the continent like Dumbledore is planning" Remus looked shocked he knew how dangerous the packs on mainland Europe were, so did Dumbledore but he was planning on sending him there anyway.
He nodded "Ok what do we do?" Moody smiled, it looked out of place on his face, especially with his eye spinning all over the place. He held out two passports with plane tickets "these are muggle identification and plane tickets that will take you to New York, the flight is at 7:30 tomorrow morning"
Remus took them looking bemused "How did you get these?" Moody smirked "It's easy to forge I.D when you've got magic, those tickets are legitimate though so you won't run into any problems. When you reach New York the ambassador will be waiting for you Sirius, you'll need to submit to veritaserum questioning and then they'll offer you asylum once they know you innocent." Sirius nodded.
But Remus looked worried "What about me and my problem?" Moody nodded he knew how funny Remus got over that.
They don't care, not really so long as you register and buy wolfsbane and make sure your not roaming the streets on a full moon. There's even underground clubs which cater specifically to werewolves on the full moon, the ministry will only intervene if you attack someone"
Remus nodded smiling, "Ok I'm in" he said "Good" Moody replied Gruffly "Now here's a portkey, it will take you to Heathrow tomorrow morning, it will activate at 5:30, make sure your on time, as as such as hell check for any tracking charms before you leave got it?"
Sirius nodded "Got it, thanks Mad-eye" Moody just grunted removed the privacy charms and stomped out the room.
-Flashback Ends-
Now there were sitting here, with Sirius sporadically drifting off to sleep and then snapping back awake. Heathrow was busy, busier than any magical place and Remus could see the slight fear in Sirius' eyes, oh he hid it well but it was there, just below the surface. Leaning over he whispered "Come on Padfoot, you'll be fine, it's nothing that hasn't been done thousands of times before, no-one even knows your wanted"
Sirius looked at Remus like he was insane "I thought Fudge had told the muggle world I was a dangerous psychopath who had to be shot on sight"
Remus smirked "Yes but they're looking for someone who just got out of prison and is supposed to be on the run, not a young rich lord who's travelling to New York, hell most wizards wouldn't recognise you at the moment, so just relax, everything will be fine."
Sirius nodded and closed his eyes taking a few deep breaths trying to calm his nerves.
"Scared of flying?" Sirius opened his eyes at the woman's voice and looked up to see a young woman standing there, her short black hair resting on her shoulders. He got lost in her blue eyes for a moment before his trade mark smile appeared on his face.
"Never been" he replied "I'm Sirius Black, this is Remus Lupin please have a seat" The woman smiled "Thanks, I'm Maria Hill" she said as she shook first Sirius' then Remus' hand in greeting. "So your first flight on a plane and your going to New York?"
Sirius nodded "Looks that way yes, I take it you are as well" The woman, Maria "I'm escorting someone back for my boss, he wants to meet her. Can I ask what why your going?"
Remus sat forward "We're looking for his God-son, we promised we'd look after him when his parents died and well he's gone missing but we heard that he turned up in New York."
Maria nodded "New York's a pretty big city, hard to find anyone if you don't know where your looking" Sirius cocked his head to one side "Is that an offer to help?" he asked a cheeky grin on his face.
Before she could answer a voice shouted "Maria", and a younger woman rushed over, dragging her bag behind her.
Maria smiled "This is Carol Danvers, Carol this is Sirius Black and Remus Lupin" Sirius looked the woman up and down appreciatively before the look on her face stopped him.
"I do not like to be leered at Mr Black" She snapped in a clipped American accent. Sirius flinched and looked ashamed.
"I am sorry, Miss Danvers, I shall endeavour to never do it again" Carol flashed him a smile "See that it doesn't"
Her voice however showed her amusement and her face relaxed "However you can call me Carol" Sirius' face lit up
"Then I insist that you call me Sirius" Remus just shook his head in amusement, it didn't seem that Azkaban or being stuck inside for the better part of 14 years had done anything to dampen Sirius' natural playboy attitude.
Harry stood at the end of the range a bow in his hand. Having just fired off a dozen arrows down range each one hitting the centre of the target. Clint turned to look at him.
"Are you sure you've never shot a bow before" Harry shook his head "Nope never, I was always good at aiming my spells though, never missed once, even when I cast it for the first time"
Clint just smiled then a thought struck him "Do you think it's your magic correcting the arrow in flight"
Harry shook his head "I don't think so, I can sense when I'm using my magic even if I'm not intentionally using it." This made Clint's smile grow, well then I guess it must run in the family. Harry's face lit up at the thought of this.
The smile fell from Harry's face slightly, but Clint caught the slight change "What's wrong?" he asked.
Harry shook his head "Nothing" he replied as he drew the bow back and sent another arrow unerringly accurate down the range to thump into the centre of the target.
"No there's something up..what is it?"Another arrow whistled down range "Nothing, I'm fine" was Harry's response.
Clint put out his arm to stop Harry from firing again. "No your not, something's bothering you, if you don't want to tell me right now that's fine, but I'm here for you no matter what" he dropped his arm, expecting Harry to fire again.
Harry just stood there looking down for a moment before he spoke "This doesn't feel right" Clint raised an eyebrow slightly "What doesn't feel right?" he asked confused.
"This" Harry said indicating the bow in his hand, it doesn't feel quite natural" he continued in a small voice. Clint smiled and put his hand on Harry's shoulder.
Harry looked up at him "That doesn't matter" Clint said, "We'll find you a weapon that feels natural, I wasn't asking you to become another version of me, you're your own person, I only wanted you to shoot that bow to see if you were a natural or not"
Harry looked embarrassed by this "Sorry, I didn't want to disappoint you" Clint leant down slightly to look Harry straight in the eye.
"As long as you stick to what you believe is right you can never disappoint me" Harry smiled "Thanks dad" he said and hugged Clint. Clint's eyes widened in shock for a moment as Harry hugged him, he had never hugged anyone without prompting before. "Come on then" Clint said with a nod of his head once Harry had stopped hugging.
"Come on where?" Harry asked quizzically. "Well you need a weapon sooner rather than later so it becomes completely natural so we're going to see Tony and see if he can help"
The smoke had cleared from Tony's lab, bits of metal strewn around his workbench. "Tony what the hell are you doing?" Peppers irritated voice broke through his stunned gaze.
"Well, that, that shouldn't have happened, I swear it was totally safe, all the simulations worked" Pepper just rolled her eyes "Really Tony" She said "That's the excuse your using"
Tony look confused "But that's what happened" he protested "I can even show you the simulation if you want"
Pepper just sighed. "Just clean up Tony" she said exasperated with his childish behaviour.
She turned to leave but the elevator opened and Harry and Clint walked out stopped at the sight in front of them.
Clint looked around "Tony got bored again?" he asked amused "Yes" "No" Pepper and Tony replied at the same time.
Pepper just shook her head "He's claiming it was a accident" she said with a small smile, Clint just nodded he know that Tony got on her nerves but really she cared a grate deal for him, even if she didn't always want to admit it.
Harry shrugged "well I guess we'll just have to come back later, can one of you show me the view from the roof" he asked "I haven't been up there yet" Pepper smiled "Sure I'll show you" She said and lead Harry and Clint into the elevator talking about everything Tony had done to his tower.
Harry and Darcy were watching Steve and Natasha spar, Clint had suggested that Harry learn self defence and who better to learn it from that a super soldier and an ex-KGB assassin.
Harry watched there fighting styles, Steve was heavier set his hits packing more power but for all his height and weight he was light on his feet, not staying still long enough to allow Natasha gain the upper hand.
Natasha on the other hand was like smoke never in the same place for more than a moment but her strikes hit in places that would put most people on the ground with one hit. They were well suited for sparing partners, Harry decided.
Steve couldn't hit Natasha more than several times and he was strong enough to take her hits without being hurt and put out of the fight. "How long do you think it would take me to learn to fight like that?" Darcy asked.
Harry looked at her and saw the seriousness in her eyes "Well considering she's been trained by the KGB and SHIELD and she started that training when she was 15, I'm not sure anyone can fight like her" Harry replied.
"But if you asked she might be willing to train you to at least defend yourself" Darcy nodded "I think I'd like that" She then smirked slightly "I wonder what I would look like wearing one of her training outfits"
Out of the corner of her eye she watched Harry turn red as he imagined that.
Hermione was holed up in the library reading one of the defence books Remus has recommend when the twins stuck their heads around the door.
"Ah Miss Granger"
"Imagine meeting you here"
"On such a lovely day"
"and what my dear"
"Would you be doing inside?"
Hermione just rolled her eyes, really did they have to speak like that all the time. Realising she should answer them she replied.
"If you must know I'm hiding from you brother and Molly who seems to think I need to spend time with him." The twins looked at each other
"Well that will work for now, but what about when you go back to school?" "I mean Ron does follow you around like a lost puppy at times" Hermione shrugged "I'm sure I'll manage, its not like I haven't got other friends, hopefully he'll just get the hint and leave me alone" the twins shrugged if she believed that Ok.
"Why are you here Hermione?" one of them asked. She looked confused "What do you mean?"
"What he means" the other twin replied "Is why are you here and not with your parents, summer is a time for family, its the one thing"
"The only thing"
"That our mother seems to have gotten right"
Hermione froze she hadn't seen her parents for 9 months and then hardly a week later she had already left them again. "Can you two cause a distraction later?" she asked determination in her voice.
The twin's faces lit up "You're actually asking"
"No telling us"
"To make explosions and whatnot"
Hermione nodded "I am, I need to go home, I owe my parents an apology" The twins smiled "5o'clock good?" Hermione looked around and grabbed a few books "Yes plenty of time to get ready."
She smiled gratefully at them "Thanks guys" before rushing out of the room.
Sirius and Remus disembarked their plane, Sirius acting like a child wanting to touch everything. This should have been expected Remus thought, Sirius could barely sit still at the best of times and after 8 hours on a cramped plane he was full of energy and the excitement of being in a new city. Remus turned to see Maria and Carol laughing at Sirius' antics "Well there's our ride" Maria said nodding to two men in dark suits.
She held out a business card "Here's my number, if you need help tracking down Harry don't hesitate to call"
Remus smiled "Thanks, see you around" the two women picked up their bags and walked off.
Sirius wandered over "So where next Moony?" he asked Remus just rolled his eyes how Sirius always had so much energy he didn't know, before he could respond a well dressed man walked up to them.
"Remus Lupin and Sirius Black?" They looked at each other "That's us" Sirius responded. The man nodded.
"I'm your escort to the ministry building,please follow me" as they began walking he continued to talk "Once there Mr Black you will be questioned under veritaserum to ensure your story is the truth and Mr Lupin you will need to fill out a form stating you are a werewolf and where you will be during the full moon, if you wish we have ministry run forests that and warded against werewolves leaving that you have full access to on the full moon"
Remus just stared at him, the man just chuckled "Yep, the British ministry is rather behind, the rest of the world has mostly followed us in our practice, only Europe remains behind and that is only because of Greyback"
Remus just shook his head in shock "so there's no laws about jobs I can hold or where I can go?" The man just shook his head "Nope all you have to do is carry an I.D that states your a werewolf so if your hurt or knocked unconscious you can be treated accordingly." with that the man lead Remus and Sirius through the JFK airport, something they would have been hard pressed to do if not for their guide.
Molly Weasley was furious how dare that boy just disappear, after all she had done for him and now Hermione was refusing to speak to her youngest son.
This wasn't they way this year was supposed to start, the plan had been set, it was simple in Molly's mind Harry and Hermione would be dosed with jealousy potions keyed into Ginny and Ron respectively.
Her babies would then find themselves a short term boy/girl friend and flaunt their relationship in Harry and Hermione's faces, then dose of the jealousy potion would be increased through the year with a small love potion added between Christmas and Easter, then at the end of the year Ginny and Ron would break up with there boy/girl friend and over the summer when Harry and Hermione came to stay either at the Burrow or here at Grimmauld Ron and Ginny would inform them they were single, start the love potions again and wait until they got together.
It was her dream to see her babies happy, and I didn't matter what Harry and Hermione wanted her babies had to be happy.
But that plan had gone, with Harry gone Ron didn't seem to want to put up with Hermione's 'bookish, boring ways' as he so called her, and was content in playing chess against himself.
And that girl, stupid muggleborn couldn't she see that she should be happy that a pureblood like Ron wanted her, after all once Dumbledore's plan was complete she would have no place in society other than that of concubine no she should be happy that her baby had chosen her to marry.
Of course Molly knew the truth her son was lazy, but as long as he was happy all was good in her eyes.
So muttering about stubborn boys who disappeared without telling her where they were going she set about making the potions her babies would require for the upcoming year.
Thor was leaning on the balcony watching Loki meditate, he was conflicted on how to treat his brother. At times he still had trouble seeing past the person he had grown up with, that fun loving young man you played practical jokes and was able to embarrass someone with a handful of words. But then there was the other side to him, the one Thor didn't fully understand the angry bitter one that was capable of attacking earth in a jealous rage.
He just hoped that Loki's time on Midgard would bring back the man he grew up with. "Everything alright" Thor turned and smiled as Jane walked out onto the balcony, he greeted her with a hug and a light kiss, before turning back to watch his brother.
"I'm just wondering about Loki" he said in a low voice. Jane gave a small smile she knew how much Thor had been hurt by his brothers actions. "He wasn't always like this was he?"
Thor shook his head sadly "No when he was growing up he was a lot like Harry, kind of shy, polite but rile him up and he was dangerous, his form of attack was pranks, some of them were so good they even made the all-father smile"
Jane just leant into Thor's side and wrapped her arm around him in comfort. "I want to help,to bring back that man I knew when we were growing up together, I just don't know how"
Jane smiled "I'm sure you'll work it out, and remember your not alone, your friends will help, if you just ask"
Tony, Clint and Pepper were sat in the lounge talking about what Harry had done yesterday at the warehouse.
"I don't think he really knows what he did Tony" Clint was saying "By the look on his face, nothing like this has ever happened before and I think it scared him slightly"
Pepper looked at his quizzically "You haven't talked to him about it?"
Clint shook his head "I wasn't sure how to bring it up, I figured if he wanted to talk he could come to one of us." Tony nodded "It can't be easy for him though, knowing he has this power inside of him"
Pepper turned to Clint "What if does want to talk about it, but doesn't know how?" Clint looked slightly confused "What do you mean?"
Pepper sighed "We know about his upbringing right?" Clint and Tony nodded "Well when has ever been able to go to anyone for help, to me it seems like this is the first time he has someone to talk about this, and well maybe he doesn't know how to approach you?" Clint thought about this and nodded "I'll give it a couple of days, if he hasn't come to see me by then, I'll talk to him about it"
Harry rolled to his feet his body protesting as he faced Steve again. "Move your feet more, don't stand still" Steve instructed.
Harry listened but didn't respond, he knew responding could make him lose concentration, not something he wanted to do again.
Harry dropped his eyes to watch Steve's hands, but was barely able to get his arms up to block the blows from Steve's fist. "keep your eyes up, watch your opponents eyes that's where the indications of an attack come from"
Harry growled, he was starting to get annoyed with himself. He knew all this Steve had mentioned it before they started.
This lack of concentration caused Harry to find himself on the floor again, failing to have noticed Steve move within striking distance again.
Steve held out a hand "Right, enough for today" Harry just looked confused "But we haven't been going that long"
Steve shook his head "No, but you need to put on weight and I need to teach you how to hit properly, I think you'd probably learn better from Natasha, you've got the build for her type of fighting rather than mine"
Harry nodded "When do I start?" He asked eagerly. Steve smiled at his enthusiasm "We'll have to speak to Natasha but as soon as possible hopefully" Harry nodded "Thanks" he said as they left let gym.
Sirius and Remus entered the American ministry of magic and immediately they could tell how much more forward thinking it was compared to the British ministry.
For starters in was located on Capitol hill along with the American Congress buildings, for another it wasn't hidden but in plain site, of course the only people who knew what the building was, or what it was used for were wizards or the families of wizards.
Everyone else just believed it was just another congress building.
"Mr Black, Mr Lupin" a man came striding over "I'm Gary Johnson, I'll be conducting your interviews and be your liaison while you are in the states." Sirius nodded "Good well if you'll follow me we'll get everything sorted.
Half an hour later they walked out of the Ministry with Sirius grinning like a buffoon, a smile stretching across his face. Remus was walking by his side a smile on his face, it felt good to be out from the bigoted thumb of the British ministry.
Sirius was free and had been offered fully asylum in the U.S until the British ministry tried him under veritaserum.
Remus had been given his werewolf I.D and been offered the post of Defence against Creatures at the Salem academy, the most prestigious magical school in America, he agreed whole heartedly to this once he realised Sirius wouldn't be able, nor wanted to return to Britain so he agreed to stay and support his friend.
Sirius had declined a job stating that he wanted to find his godson before deciding what he wanted to do with his life.
So it was with that that Remus and Sirius were heading into the city to the apartment the ministry had set up for them while they looked for Harry.
Loki was sat quietly wondering about the young magician, he could feel his power, but he could also feel how unbalance, untrained that power was.
He wanted to help the boy, help him control that power but he doubted that Agent Barton would let him anywhere near his son, no he would have to wait for the boy to come to him first.
Then there was Thor, he didn't know what to make of him mostly he could tell that Thor was disappointed in him, but there was hope, hope for something that Loki had thought lost, but now he knew it wasn't lost just buried and even if it took a century Loki was determined to return to the man he was before he learnt of his heritage, Thor's brother and prince of Asgard.
Because if there was one thing he learnt was that blood didn't always make a family, no his family was Thor, Odin and Frigga.
Dumbledore was sat in his office watching his orbs that monitored Harry and the Wards on Privet drive, pondering what to do about him, how to deal him when he was found.
Glancing at his ward monitor he noticed that the blood wards he had placed had completely decayed, he swore softly to himself, that mean that Harry's magical power would slowly be increasing.
There was also no way to reapply the blood wards without binding Harry's and his aunts blood into the wards. The only problem was that the blood had the be given willingly.
A small smile crossed his face as he remembered that Harry's biggest weakness was the inability to let others be hurt, all he had to tell him was that Voldemort had located his aunt's house and if he didn't agree to the blood wards they would all die.
Yes he mused that should do it. Soon the boy would be back under his guidance and the plan could continue.
"No absolutely not" Clint all but shouted at Fury.
"Look it's just a precaution I mean" Fury started but Clint interrupted him.
"No there is no force on earth that will get me to agree to sending my son to the SHIELD academy" Fury just glared at Clint "And what happens if someone decides to target you or the Avengers do you really think having a untrained child around will be a good idea"
Clint just glared right back "I never said he would be untrained, I just don't want you taking my son away to turn into a weapon"
Fury just shook his head "we don't want to turn him into a weapon, we just want to make sure he can protect himself"
"And what makes you think we can't train him to protect himself?" He paused for a moment before continuing "Hell he has powers that even Charles Xavier doesn't understand so I'd say he can probably look after himself."
Fury just shook his head sadly "Well if that truly is your final decision, but if you ever change your mind you know where to find me" With that Fury turned and left the tower.
Meanwhile Tony was in his office talking with Harry. "So that's everything I have been able to find on the Dursley's." Tony told Harry handing over a folder.
Harry opened it and pulled out the small stack of papers. "This doesn't seem like much" Harry said, Tony shook his head "It doesn't have to be have a look"
Harry glanced through the papers "These are all bank statements, this confirms that they did receive the money that was transferred from Gringotts"
Tony nodded "I've been meaning to ask, what is Gringotts?" Without looking up Harry replied "It's the wizarding bank"
"Ah" Tony nodded. "So someone's been paying them?" Harry looked up anger in his eyes "Not just anyone the money came from my vaults, however it was authorized by my old headmaster who sealed my parents wills and made himself my guardian"
Tony's eyes narrow at this. "How did he manage that?" Harry shrugged "no idea but a lot of magical people in Britain look up to him, if he told them I was being looked after they would have believed him."
Tony just shook his head "JARVIS open a file on Albus Dumbledore, make sure you get all of SHIELD's files on him, I want to know everything about this man"
Harry just looked stunned "Does SHIELD have a file on everything?" He asked. Tony nodded "yep, everything and everyone"
Harry sighed "Well that's comforting" he said sarcasticly as he shook his head "So what did you need from me for this file?" He asked
"Ah, right back on task" Tony replied all business again. "From you I need the bank statements from Gringotts along with whoever signed them, and a statement from you about what happened to you in that house"
Harry blanched a bit at this but nodded "But won't people just think I'm lying" At that Tony smirked "Nope because I've hired someone, basically a PI, to go round and talk to them about their 'freakish' nephew, he'll record the whole thing and it will go on record."
Harry gave a slightly evil smirk at this that had Tony worried "Well then" he said almost gleefully "Lets get started"
AN: Thank you for reading, all reviews welcome. Can someone please tell me at what point a T rated story becomes an M rated, I'm guessing its not just due to lemon scenes. Thanks