Harry Potter The Avengers
AN: Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed. Slightly longer chapter because I wanted to have Harry show Tony and Pepper magic.
I should have mentioned that this is based on the movie verse up to the Avengers film and not on the comics, in the movies Seven Strange hasn't appeared yet. Also I believe in terms of magic, sorcerers are more powerful than warlocks.
Harry's power: What I meant is Harry has power however he isn't trained properly, blame dumbles, also he's never had to fight against guns etc before, he'll get better, but I didn't want him to be all powerful.
To everyone who asked: Don't worry Heimdall will tell Odin before to long, not sure who will be sent yet.
Chapter 5:
Harry woke to a low thumping noise. With a groan he pushed himself upright in the uncomfortable chair.
Tony was grinning at him "So you're finally awake"
Harry nodded rubbing his head and accepting the bottle of water a man in military uniform before taking a few sips. "How long was I out for?" he asked.
Tony shook his head "Maybe half an hour, we're about to arrive in Kabul"
Harry nodded glad it hadn't been longer. "Can I ask who you are?" The man who past him the water asked "All Tony says is that you're Harry"
Harry blinked, he had expect Tony to tell them everything so he shrugged and shot a grateful look at Tony who nodded with a small smile "Harry Potter, who are you?"
The man typed something into the laptop on his lap before replying "Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes" Harry nodded and shook his hand. "So what did the Ten Rings want with you? And why are you in Afghanistan?" Rhodes asked.
"I don't know why they wanted me, as to why I am here, I got lost" Harry quickly realised that wouldn't be a good enough explanation. "I've got a micro light I was trying to fly from Bahrain to India but I must have gotten caught in some wind or something and ended up crashing in the desert"
Rhodes looked skeptical but nodded anyway. Harry turn his look out of the window and saw a small city below them. He raised the water bottle to his lips only to find it empty.
"Here" he turned to see Rhodes holding out a filled one and he took it gratefully.
Harry stepped out of the helicopter glad there weren't any cameras of photographs to take photos, of course on second thought they were on a military base. Harry stood there somewhat awkwardly before Tony nodded to him. "Come on, they've still got my jet you're coming with me"
Harry nodded and started after Tony. He was stopped be a hand on his shoulder, he turned at looked at James Rhodes, only realizing now they were the same height, and both taller than Tony.
"Look" Rhodes said quietly "I know you were lying, but what you just said is the official report, I'm coming to see Tony next week, if you're there I would be grateful. I don't know what you did, but thank you for helping my friend"
Harry nodded "Thanks" he said gratefully before Rhodes let go and Harry continued to follow Tony. He shook his head when he was Tony's plane and following him up the steps noticed it was probably the poshest most well equipped plane he would ever step foot inside.
"Well don't just stand there come in and take a seat" Harry turned to looked at Tony and blinked when he was him buttoning up a fresh shirt, before quickly glancing down at his ruined clothes embarrassed
Tony chuckled "Don't worry about it, I don't have any clothes that fit you anyway"
Harry nodded and sat awkwardly on one of the seats. Tony took the other seat opposite and put his feet up on the small round table in front of them. "Come on" Tony said with a small smile "Relax, nothing bad will happen to you if you get the seats dirty"
Warily Harry slid back in the seat and allowed himself to relax very slightly "You know, I don't normally trust people enough to follow them" Harry said, half in observation, half to try and get the awkwardness of being around Tony Stark out of his system.
Tony smirked "Well I have a trusting face" Harry snorted "Plus we went through escaping together, if I wanted to hurt you I would have done so, and I think you know that" Harry nodded a small smile on his face and they fell into a comfortable silence.
The plane had taken off several hours ago and they were now cruising over the Mediterranean. Harry had been drifting in and out of consciousness he was still feeling the lingering effects of exhausting his core.
"So" Tony said when he realised Harry had been awake for several moments "Do you want to tell me abo..." he stopped as Harry snapped upright making a cutting motion across his neck. Tony watched as Harry grabbed as piece of paper and wrote on it before spinning it around.
Tony swore softly damn the military hiding listening devices on his own plane,his private plane.
"You'll tell me when we get back though?" Tony asked with trepidation.
Harry smirked "If you see a doctor I'll explain everything"
Tony groaned and leant back. "Fine" he huffed finally, before staring out the window sulking.
Harry still had that annoying smirk on his face when Tony turned back to his laptop.
"You don't mind me working do you?" Tony asked "It's just I had some awesome ideas while I was in that damn cave and nothing to write them down on" Harry shook his head "You go right ahead, who knows what we would do without your impossible inventions"
Tony glared at him slightly not sure if he was being sarcastic or serious. "You're the impossible one here" he mutter.
"I'm not that impossible, I mean you built a damn electromagnet out of bomb parts" Tony grinned easily recognizing the awe in Harry's voice.
"It wasn't that hard, I had all the parts I needed and the plans for an arc reactor in my head since one is powering my factory, I just had to make it smaller" Harry raised an eyebrow in disbelief "And how many other people could have done that?"
He asked with a small bit of amusement when he noticed Tony didn't have an answer for then. Harry nodded in satisfaction and turned to look out the window at the islands they were passing over.
"Who are you?" Tony asked after a moment, Harry looked at him with confusion "What do you mean?" Harry answered. Tony shook his head "I mean you're no where on the internet, no Facebook, twitter or email, nothing"
Harry shrugged "Having those means people can find me whenever they want" Tony nodded that he could understand. He was about to continue when Harry fixed him with a glare that made he stop and Harry tapped the paper he had written on and Tony understood. He smiled softly in apology before turning back to his laptop.
Harry groaned as he was shaken away by Tony. "What's up?" he asked as he opened his eyes.
"We're about twenty minutes from landing" Harry nodded and stood up stretching feeling the bones in his back and shoulders clicking. Tony looked nervous for some reason.
"What's up?" Harry asked.
"Umm well you see" Harry glared as Tony mumbled "Just spit it out Tony" he said
"There's going to be an awful lot of press there, I mean it's already on the news" Tony replied.
Harry turned and groaned when he saw the TV coverage of the airport where they were going to land. Harry sighed and turned back to Tony "Fine, I don't really have a choice, but chances are I'm going to have to close my shop now, people will be coming in just to ask about you...I don't do well with lots of people" Tony smiled apologetically, but Harry could see in his eyes that he was already planning something.
"Oh" Tony said stepping into the back room of the plane "Come here, I found these" Harry stepping into the room and found Tony holding out a suit.
"You know that it's not going to fit me" He said with a small smile
Tony shook his head. "It's not mine, it's one of Stane's he must have left it here" Harry nodded his thanks and after Tony stepped into the main cabin he pulled on the trousers and shirt. The jacket didn't fit, but Harry decided it didn't matter. When he stepped out of the back room Tony nodded "good, now you don't look like a homeless stray" Harry just rolled his eyes at Tony's antics.
The next half hour was one of the most awkward and painful that Harry had had in a long time the reporters pressed around him asking hundreds of questions without seeming to wait for answers. Thankfully Tony took care of it, explaining that Harry had been kidnapped for ransom but the terrorist's hadn't been able to find anyone to demand the money from so they had forgotten about him and generally diverting the media attention away from Harry and onto himself. Finally they had managed to get into Tony's car where Harry was introduced to Happy, Tony's driver come bodyguard and they were now driving down the highway towards Tony's house, no matter how many times Harry insisted Tony didn't need to.
When they pulled into the driveway of the Mansion Harry couldn't help but gape, it was a huge building suspended over a cliff looking out across the ocean. Tony smirked "I designed it all myself you know"
Harry snorted "I should have guessed"
Tony grinned "Come on, I'll show you around and then you owe me a story"
Harry raised an eyebrow "And our deal?"
Tony scowled "I had hoped you had forgotten about that"
Harry let out a bark of laughter "Nope"
Tony huffed "Fine I'll call my doctor when we get in" Harry gave a nod of satisfaction.
"Tony!" Harry smiled slightly as the petite redhead rushed out of the door and hugged Tony. Even if Pepper didn't want to admit it Harry knew deep down she had feelings for Tony.
"Mr Potter" Harry turn to look at the thickset bald man who had exited the house surprisingly quietly "I am Obadiah Stane" Harry smiled and shook his hand, "Thank you for bringing Mr Stark back"
Harry just smiled and nodded but before he could reply he found himself pulled into a hug his face obscured by a sea of red hair. Pepper pulled back
"I don't know why you did that, or how, but thank you" she said
Harry smiled "Good to see you too Pepper" he replied with a smile
Tony just looked between them "You two know each other?" he sounded upset he had been left out of something.
Pepper nodded "He runs the café where I get my coffee from in the morning" she said
Tony nodded "Well why don't we all go inside after the past month I need a drink" Noticing Harry's look he quickly added "I'll call my doctor first don't worry" Pepper looked at Harry in amazement "You managed to get him to call his doctor" she said as they walked towards the house.
Harry smirked "No we made a deal, he gets a doctor to check him out and I tell him my story" he glanced down at Pepper "You're welcome to hear it as well" he added which cause Pepper to smile gratefully at him, otherwise she would probably end up hearing Tony's version of it.
Tony flopped down on the couch in the living room overlooking the ocean, Harry had been amazed at the size of the room but was slowly seeing that Tony didn't do things by half. He had been introduced to JARVIS Tony's AI Butler/computer/security system it had confused him greatly when the rooms had first spoken to him but if he treated JARVIS like another person it made it easier. Stane had gone to organize a press conference that Tony wanted to hold in the morning.
"So" Tony said looking at Pepper who was standing at the bar and Harry was leaning against the window looking out over the ocean. When Tony spoke they both turned to him. "I've called my Doctor he's going to be here tomorrow after the press conference"
Harry sighed he knew what Tony was about to say. "Now story time?" Harry sighed and ran his hands through his hair and nodded "I guess it's only fair a deal is a deal, but you might as well get comfortable it's kind of a long story"
Pepper smiled and moved to sit on the same couch as Tony as Harry moved and grabbed the bottle of whiskey that he had been drinking a brought it over. Pepper raise her eyebrow "Trust me, we're going to need it" he said in answer to her unasked question.
"So Tony" Harry began, "What do you think you saw in Afghanistan?"
Tony looked at him "I saw a lot of things, but I assume you mean what I saw you do?" Harry nodded "Well you've obviously got some sort of technology that creates things, oh and you can turn invisible"
Harry just smirked, "Nope, no technology here, and I suspect JARVIS has told you the same thing"
JARVIS' voice rang out "You are correct Mr Potter, I can detect no technology on you"
Tony frowned "Scan again,you must be wrong" he demanded
Harry smirked at Tony's frustration until Pepper glared at him slightly"Stop winding him up Harry"
Harry pouted slightly then shrugged "Fine, I can do magic" Tony just looked at him as if he was crazy, but Pepper had a more calculated look, obviously being around Tony had made her aware that things could happen that couldn't always be explained."Magic doesn't exist" Tony stated as if that was fact.
Harry smiled "Tony, magic exists"
Tony shook his head "No ,magic is just technology we don't understand, but this is me, I'm going to understand" Harry shook his head then sighed, this was going to be harder then he thought.
A sudden thought popped into his head and with a wave of his hand he turned the coffee table into a large dog. Tony yelped in amazement and jumped away from it "But that's impossible, I mean actually impossible, you can't manipulate particles like that"
Pepper just sat there staring in amazement. With another wave of his hand Harry reversed the spell.
"JARVIS run a scan on the table" Tony asked.
JARVIS replied a moment later "It is just a table Sir"
Tony frowned in annoyance, "JARVIS are you recording everything," JARVIS came back with an affirmative.
Tony glanced at Pepper who was still in somewhat shock. "I need a drink" Tony said grabbing the bottle and pouring himself a glass before downing it. He poured another glass and handed it to Pepper who nodded her thanks.
"Ok, OK" Tony said determined to figure this out.
"Can you turn it back into a dog" Harry shrugged and did so.
"JARVIS scan the dog" Tony ordered. "It is just a dog sir" JARVIS replied.
"Change it back" Tony said, Harry ignored the way Tony was talking, he was going to put it down to confusion.
When the table was back to way it was Tony asked JARVIS "Is there a dog anywhere in the house" JARVIS replied with a negative which cause Tony to fall back and down another glass.
Pepper then spoke up for the first time. "You said you can go invisible how?"
Harry reached into a pouch on his belt and pulled out his invisibility cloak. He stood up and wrapped it around his shoulders. His body disappeared leaving his head hovering in mid air. Pepper just shook her head in amazement.
While Tony sat forward "JARVIS run a full spectrum scan on that cloak" nothing seemed to happen for a few minutes before JARVIS came back with an answer "Mr Potter is still there, I can see him in thermal imaging, but nothing else, there seems to be some sort of energy around the cloak, what it is I can't tell, but it's the same energy that appears when the table changes."
Tony nodded smiling for the first time. "Right energy that I can understand" he thought for a moment "It sounds like this energy manipulates the object and the air around it to form a new object, but that would only work on objects of the same material" he trailed off and Harry took the cloak off and laid in on the table. Tony reached out and put it over his arm. To his disappointment nothing happen.
He looked at Harry in confusion, Harry just shrugged "It has ambient magic in the material" reaching out he twisted the cloak showing Tony the runes stitched into the hem, "but to activate them they need active magic, which you don't have" he said
Tony sighed and nodded "What else can you do?" he asked
Harry thought for a moment before saying "Orchideous" a bouquet of flowers appeared in his hand, he passed them to Pepper who smiled. JARVIS obviously anticipating Tony's question said "They are real flowers"
Tony leant back in shock "Fuck Me" he mutter, "Calling Simply pleasure, now Sir" JARVIS said.
Tony jumped up "No, cancel call" Harry couldn't help but breaking down laughing and after a moment Pepper joined in. Tony huffed and sat down.
When Pepper and Harry stopped laughing Tony said "Ok, so you can do things no-one else can"
Harry nodded "Would you be willing to test this, the JARVIS run scans as you do your...magic" he added that last part reluctantly.
Harry narrowed his eyes "What would I have to do?" Tony shrugged "Nothing more that what you've just shown me, I just need JARVIS to analyse that energy"
JARVIS spoke up "Sir that energy is completely new, it has never been recorded to be found anywhere on earth before"
Tony sighed. "Do you believe him Pepper?" Tony asked looking at her.
She frowned then nodded "I think I do, I mean he's able to do the seemingly impossible"
Tony nodded "Ok, I'm still not convinced, but I can't argue that what you can obviously do seems to be magic" He stood up
"JARVIS send the feed to my lab, I'm going to analyse it" he nodded to both of them before leaving the room.
Pepper smiled "Sorry he doesn't believe" Harry waved her off "I would be worried if he did, but I think he does, he just doesn't want to admit it because he doesn't like not understanding something" he said with a small laugh.
Pepper laughed lightly "Well you're not wrong there"
Harry yawned widely which cause Pepper to yawn. "Harry" he turned to look at Pepper "Come on, Tony's said you get to stay here tonight, I'll show you to your room"
Harry nodded and stood and swayed slightly when he realised how tired he was. He followed Pepper down one level and she pointed him to a spare room. Harry smiled his thanks "I know you left out your life for a reason, if you ever want to talk I'm here" Harry nodded slowly wishing they hadn't noticed that he had left that out.
He stepped past Pepper but was stopped by her hand, he turned to look at her and she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. "I can't thank you enough, if you ever need help with something just ask"
Harry smiled and nodded "It's Ok, you're a friend I help my friends" Pepper smiled as Harry detached himself and slipped into his room.
Heimdall watch with amusement as the young warlock slowly convinced his friends of his powers, Odin's annual visit would be happening soon, he would inform the king of this warlock then.
AN: Please review, questions and comments welcome