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I stared at Tony for a full minute. The expression on my face must have been hilarious. I know this for a fact because he started cracking up.

"Would you cut it out! This is serious!" I said, very frustrated.

"Yep. I-I know. Just- Just gimme a sec. Your face when I said that!" And then he was in fits of hysterics again.

Cap cleared his throat. I had honesty forgotten he was standing there, he was so quiet. Now he spoke up. "Tony, we all know how much you enjoy tormenting other people, but there is a slight problem with having a random new superhero in your basement."

Tony frowned. "You seem to be suggesting that JARVIS missed something. Believe me, I would be alerted if there was a major problem with Sunflower over there."

JARVIS choose that exact moment to let out a warning beep. "Excuse me sir, but I believe you have overlooked something."

Tony frowned. "And what is it, JARVIS?"

"SHEILD is coming over to investigate the odd appearance of Miss Mulan in the middle of Central Park."

"Okay JARVIS. Now the only question is WHY DID YOU NOT MENTION THIS BEFORE!"

"Sir, your grammar is incorrect. The lack of a questioning inflection makes it a statement, not a question. The answer to your statement is it took me a while to hack SHIELD's firewalls. They seem to have been build up specifically to avoid you, sir."

I rolled my eyes. That didn't surprise me. Before I could mock Tony about it, though, I heard a screeching sound that totally freaked me out. "Jesus, Tony, do you have parrots locked up in here of something?"

And Tony Stark was speechless. Wonders never cease. He pointed up at the ceiling above me. Stupid person that I am, I looked. I saw a golden hawk made out of light. And I wasn't scared of it. Weirder and weirder.

The hawk fluttered down and landed on my wrist. It was a big bird, about as high as my knee, but weighed as much as a feather. Ha. Bird. Feather. I made a joke.

"Who are you?" I tried. The intelligence in the hawk's eyes made me think that who would be better than what.

I am Flare, guardian of the Sunfalcon Force. Apparently the Force has found a new home in you, young Hope, so you must be trained. You do not need to speak for me to hear- simply think your answers and I'll hear them.

Okay. I tried. So what exactly is the Sunfalcon Force?

The Sunfalcon Force is a cosmic power that appears every thousand years, when the Maxima Solar Flare is brightest, to find a new host. It chose you.

Okay. I can swallow that. What does the Sunfalcon Force do?

You now have power over light and heat, and the power to change shape as well as access to a variety of other magic.

Really? Cool! What do you mean, change shape?

Your body is comprised almost entirely of light energy. You can bend this energy with a thought and take on nearly any shape.

Okay, that is very cool.

Agreed.

One last question.

Yes?

Anyway to tone down the glow? It's rather annoying.

None. Sorry. The glow appears in any form you take on. It's a way for the light energy your body is constantly generating to escape. Otherwise you would explode.

Right got it. Glow is good. Explosion bad.

The doorbell dinged and I jumped. I had been totally engrossed in the conversation with my new friend. Tony frowned. "JARVIS, footage of right outside the door, please?"

"Which door sir? There are twelve of them."

"Whichever one the doorbell came from! Are your logical reasoning sensors acting up? Again?"

"Negative, sir. I am perfectly uninvolved with acting or any kind of theatre. Here is the footage you wanted, sir." An extremely awesome 3-D image appeared. It showed an angry Fury right outside the front door, and an apologetic Mrs. Potts letting him in.

Tony looked very unhappy. Not that his computer had managed to crack a pun, but that Fury was in his house. From what I had seen in the movies, Tony and Fury did not get along well. At all.

"Hey, Sunny, any tricks you got that'll weird out old Eyepatch?"

"Uh, sure. I mean, I can try."

How do I change shape, Flare?

It should be easy. Simply concentrate on the form you wish to appear in.

Okay. Thanks.

My pleasure to help.

I closed my eyes and pictured a cat. Why not? Nothing seemed to change. When I opened my eyes, I found myself shin level with a very dumbfounded Tony Stark.

It worked? Sweet!

Well done.

Tony looked really freaked out. I butted his leg affectionately, then focused on normal me. I didn't bother closing my eyes this time, and I was back to normal instantly.

Poor Steve looked traumatized. Tony had grabbed a notebook and was taking sciency-looking notes. I cleared my throat. "Uh, don't know if you remember, but there is an angry Fury in your living room, Stark."

That sort of seemed to snap them back to reality. Tony nodded. "Right. We can figure out the whole shapeshifting thing when we have the whole team together. Right now, just turn into something scary."

I grinned. "Sure thing, Tony."

Iron Man and Captain America ran upstairs to meet Fury with a fairly sizable tigress right behind them.