Harry Potter The Avenger

AN: Thank you to everyone for reading and reviewing.
Don't think Harry will work for SHIELD, at most he'll end up as a consultant or on the Avengers team.
Tony may eventually ask Harry for help with his suit but he's still not sure about his powers, plus he's Tony he thinks he can do it on his own.

Chapter 6:

Harry awoke the next morning late, not really surprising after the past few weeks he had, he padding into the living room to find Pepper watching a press conference. "Is that live?" he asked.
Pepper nodded "Yeah it is, it's also a complete mystery to everyone what he's going to say, I mean normally Stane and I have to write the damn speech for him"
Harry shrugged "Maybe the kidnapping changed him" he said as he sat down next to Pepper a cup of coffee in his hand.
Pepper looked at him "I thought you Brits didn't drink coffee" Harry snorted "I own a café, kind of hard not to get hooked on it"
Pepper laughed "You know it's going to take awhile for me to get used to the fact your a wizard"
Harry raised an eyebrow "Is that an invite to stick around?" he asked with a grin.
Pepper smiled "You would have to ask Tony, but your one of the few people who actually seems able to stand him" Harry smirked and turned back to watch the end of the press conference.

Tony was speaking " I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend them and protect them. And I saw that I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero-accountability."
He paused looking around the room before a reporter called out "Mr. Stark! What happened over there?" Tony closed his eyes and took a deep breath when he opened his eyes they were full of fire and determination.
He spoke calmly and clearly "I had my eyes opened. I came to realize that I had more to offer this world than just making things that blow up. And that is why, effective immediately, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division of Stark Industries." Reports stood up and started shouting questions as Tony moved off the stage and was ushered away by Stane and his bodyguards.

Pepper just sat stunned on the couch "Well whatever I expected it wasn't that" She looked at Harry "You don't seem shocked" she commented on the lack of reaction oh Harry's face
Harry shrugged "He was nearly killed by his own weapons and was forced to make them to try and kill Americans, I don't really think you could have expected much else" Pepper sat back, she hadn't considered it from that.
Harry shook his head "No I'm more worried by the look on Stane's face" Pepper looked at him with confusion so Harry elaborated "It was a look of pure greed, but during the speech he looked furious"
Pepper shrugged "It's Stane, I'm sure it was just the reporters that pissed him off" Harry nodded but couldn't shake the feeling that something felt off.

Tony entered the room a slightly spring in his step, he felt lighter than he had in years. But he came to a stop when he saw the looks Pepper and Harry were giving him.
Pepper walked up to him and slapped him hard across the face "What the hell is wrong with you Tony" she hissed, Harry's words having calmed her down earlier, now her annoyance had returned full force. "Did you even think before making that call to shut down weapons manufacture. How is the company going to survive now"
Tony shrugged "We'll going into developing something else" she said trying to placate her
Pepper glared at him. "Don't contact me for several days" she growled out before grabbing her bag and stalking out.
Tony watched her go before turning to Harry complete confusion written across his face. Harry shrugged "She's pissed, you acted like your usual arrogant self, didn't really think how it would affect anyone but you but she'll be back, probably next week or so"
Tony nodded "What are you going to do now?" he asked.
Harry shrugged "I'll stick around for your doctor this afternoon and then probably return to my café." Tony nodded

Tony was in shock, the Palladium he had used to power the core of his arc reactor was releasing a toxin into his blood stream that would end up killing him, but without the Palladium he couldn't run his arc reactor and would die anyway. It would take about a year before it became an issue and started to affect the way he thought. Before he left the doctor had told him he would look into ways of slowing the poisoning down and suggested that Tony do the same. "So, now what?" Tony seemed some what resigned.
Harry looked at him "You survived the cave if anyone can work out how to fix this it's you" he said trying to sound confident.
Tony looked at him "Your really believe that don't you" he said in a bit of shock
Harry nodded "I do, look I've got to go, check my café and apartment, but I'll keep in touch, don't do anything stupid" he said hopfully
Tony grinned "Hey it's me, I never do anything stupid" he paused for a moment before adding "Promise me you won't tell anyone" he begged
Harry nodded "I won't" he replied as he left the house.

It was early evening when Harry arrived back at his café to find Pepper sitting there in her car tears streaming down her face. Harry sighed slightly before moving over and opening the door of her car. Pepper turned to look at him and collapsed against Harry, he lifted her easily and with a negligible wave of his hand and "Alohomora" to open the door of his café before carrying Pepper inside and setting her down on one of the benches before going back outside and locking her car. He didn't even notice the two men in the black SUV watching him with interest.

Harry moved back inside his café, Pepper was sitting up so Harry slid into the seat opposite her. "Can I get you anything?" he asked smiling gently
"Just some coffee" she replied wiping her eyes.
Harry smiled gently and moved off to make her, her usual which he slid in front of her. She smile her thanks. "Do you know why he didn't tell us?" she asked after I moment. "I mean, no offense, I could understand him not telling you, but I've been his assistant and sometimes his only friend for five years now, I don't get why he didn't tell me"
Harry didn't really have a good answer for that so he shrugged "I don't know, and we won't know until you talk to him" he said cheekily
Pepper glared at him slightly before nodding "And I will, just when I'm not so pissed off at him" she replied
Harry smirked "And when will that be?" he asked cheekily. Pepper just glared at him more.

The door open and Harry looked around "I'm sorry, we're closed at the moment" The man removed his sunglasses and looked at Harry with a half amused smile.
Harry just groaned and leant back in his seat "Agent Coulson of the government what can I do for you today?"
Coulson smiled "Actually I need to talk to Miss Potts here, then to you about that technology you possess" Harry noticed the look in his eye, the one that told him he knew that Harry didn't have any technology.
"It's fine" Harry replied "Pepper here already knows"
Coulson nodded and moved to sit next to Harry before Greeting Pepper.
"Agent Phil Coulson of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division" Pepper took his hand as Harry snorted with laughter "Virginia Potts, but call me Pepper"
Coulson nodded "Then call me Phil" he turn to Harry who was still smirking "Is there something amusing Mr Potter"
Harry raised an eyebrow "The acronym of your department is SHIELD, come one, even I can see that's a bit amusing" he said with a snort
Coulson thought "I never noticed, but it is apt, we do work as a shield for America's interests" he replied
He turned back to Pepper "I need to talk to Tony Stark, he needs to be debriefed on the events in Afghanistan" he stated
Pepper snorted "You're from the government, Tony isn't going to want to talk to you" Coulson shrugged "Well from what we know he'll listen to you, make him talk to us"
Pepper nodded "I'll try, I don't know how long it will take thought" Coulson looked pleased by this "Just do what you can, his curiosity will do the rest"

He then turned to Harry "As for you Mr Potter, care to explain what you were doing in Afghanistan and how you managed to find Mr Stark" Harry leant back and sighed. "I went to find Tony as a favour to a friend" he said glancing at Pepper.
Coulson turned to look at Pepper "You asked him to go?" he quired
Pepper shook her head "No, I just told him Tony was missing" Coulson turned back to Harry a slightly look of confusion on his face. "Did you know he was missing until Pepper told you?" Harry shook his head. "Nope" Coulson leant back and looked at him as if sizing him up. "You know I want to trust you, I mean I really don't think that your the terrorist type, but I'm going to need an explanation as to how you suddenly appeared last year" Harry sighed "You're not going to leave till you get one or arrest me are you?" Coulson just looked at him, a look that Harry took meant no.

Harry stood up and began to weave his hand around in a pattern.
Coulson felt something pass over him, but nothing was visible "What was that?" he asked, his hand reaching for his pistol.
"That was a privacy bubble, nothing in, nothing out until my explanation is done" he replied
Coulson's eyes widened "I thought you're people were wiped out a millennia ago" he said in shock
Harry eyes snapped up and Coulson leant back slightly under the intensity of his gaze "What do you mean my people?" he asked
Coulson raised an eyebrow "I mean warlocks, witches, sorcerers, you know people who can do magic" He glanced a Pepper who had an amused smirk on her face. "You know about this?" he queried with a hint of disappointment.
Pepper nodded with an apologetic smile. "How?" Coulson asked. "I told her and Tony last night" Harry said at Coulson's look he shrugged "I used my magic to help Tony in Afghanistan he kind of demanded an explanation" Coulson nodded slowly "So your a warlock" Harry smiled slightly "I'm a Wizard, and I think I'm the only one"
Coulson looked at him "And why would you believe that?" Harry let out a breath and began a shorter version of the story that he had told Pepper and Tony the night before.

When he had finished Coulson sat there for a moment before nodded "Ok, I've seen some crazy shit in my time, so I'll believe you for now, out of interest would you be willing to come in and show us your abilities"
Harry fixed him with a glared "No" Coulson began to speak again but Harry shook his head "Look, I've already had one drug entered into my system that stopped my powers, I don't need the government able to have that weapon." he said the tone of his voice broking no argument.
Coulson looked at him with utter confusion "What drug" Harry shrugged "I have no idea, he pulled a vial of blood out of his shirt, it was attached to a chain around his neck, this is a sample of my blood with the drug running through it" he placed the vial back beneath his shirt before continuing "I don't believe the drug was meant to block my magic, just knock me out, which means it was an unintentional side affect, I can't have it becoming an intentional one" he said
Coulson nodded "And I will not be used as a weapon, I've been through that already" Coulson sighed it was clear Harry wasn't going to help. He nodded somewhat disappointed and stood to leave.
"How many people know about magic?" Harry asked. Coulson turned "Just me and the director, no-one else" Harry nodded and with a wave of his hand dropped the privacy bubble. "Good day Mr Potter Miss Potts" Coulson slid on his sunglasses and strode out of the café his back straight.

Harry looked after him with a raise eyebrow "Do you think he ever does anything for fun?" he asked
Pepper shrugged "I doubt it, he seems all business" she replied
"Do you know anything about this SHIELD operation?" Harry asked hoping she had some
Pepper shook her head "Only rumours, they're a secret organisation that was formed during the cold out of a secret organization that was formed during the second world war, but people believe they go back further than any records"
Harry waited for her to continue before raising an eyebrow "That's it, that's all the rumours say?" confusion in his voice.
Pepper nodded and shrugged "They're a secret organisation what did you expect" she said with a small smile
Harry shrugged and Pepper glanced at the clock. "I've got to go, thanks for talking" she said
Harry smiled "Pepper" she turned at looked at him "Don't be too hard on Tony until you know the reasons behind him doing this" she nodded slowly "I'll try" Harry smiled and gave a wave as she walked out of the café.

AN: Please review, suggestions and comments welcome