Thanks for the reviews, alerts and favs.

Notes: Thanks again to the awesome Irish-Brigid from for betaing this story for me!

Warning: Spoilers for Harry Potter series.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or The Avengers. Otherwise, I would already be a millionaire by now.

8.30 am, Stark Tower Meeting Room 1

Bruce walked into the meeting room with his StarkPad and all the Harry Potter books. While all of these books could be viewed via StarkPad, he thought it would be easier to refer to some points by flipping through the pages and showing them around. Call him out fashioned, somehow looking at printed words on paper gave him satisfaction unrivaled by looking at those pixels on some fancy screen. Perhaps the academic in him had always liked to read papers and it affected his reading habits. He suspected the others would prefer the printed copies as well.

8.45 am

Bruce was meditating at the head table when Steve walked in. He carried a big satchel containing all the Harry Potter books and his StarkPad. He even took some notes and pens.

Bruce barked out a laugh. Steve raised his eyebrows.

Bruce answered, "Great minds think alike. Those are the items I prepared as well."

Steve smiled and sat at Bruce's left hand side. He said, "We should never be under prepared. I have reread the books again in the last few days."

"Don't you have an eidetic memory?"

"I do. However, knowing the facts is different from getting the whole feeling of the books as intended by the author. I can remember the facts but somehow, it's harder to get the feelings."

"I understand what you meant although I think you gave J. K. Rowling too much credit. I don't think she planned that far ahead to manipulate readers to certain feelings at certain times, very few authors can even do that."

"It's still fun to reread them though."

"I certainly can't argue with that. I wonder what the others are up to."

"I saw Thor having breakfast with Clint when I came in here. I don't know where Loki is."

"It would be interesting to see what they brought. I think the whole proceeding will prove to be interesting."

Steve chuckled and asked, "JARVIS, what was Tony's order regarding this meeting? Did he ask you to record from every angle and turn up all audio whenever someone speaks?"

JARVIS replied with what Bruce suspected was an embarrassed tone, "Certainly, Captain Roger. He even threatened to sell my hardware for scraps if I missed any single detail."

Steve replied, "Well, in that case, please make sure you get everything then, even if he'll have material to blackmail us for a lifetime."

Bruce laughed and said, "I hope it won't be that bad." After that sentence, Thor walked in with a stack of pizza boxes in one hand, one jumbo glass of fruit juice in the other, and his StarkPad hanging in a sling bag on his right shoulder. Loki trailed behind carrying two cups of coffee with no StarkPad or books in sight. Bruce said, "Perhaps I spoke too soon."

Steve smiled and patted his shoulder. "You'll be fine. Besides, it's more likely for us to embarrass ourselves than you."

"Thanks, Steve. I hope the green guy won't appear today."

Thor chose to sit next to Steve. Having seen that, Loki sat directly in front of Thor with a smirk.

Loki asked, "Why the fruit juice today, brother? I thought you liked to indulge in all Midgardian junks."

Missing Loki's insult, Thor answered, "Lady Jane actually said the same thing, she asked me to drink this detoxing juice. She said it would flush toxins from my body, whatever that means. She is the smart one, so I trust her."

Before the meeting could get derailed when it hadn't even started, Bruce said, "Should we proceed with the bookclub meeting?"

He got three different responses: "Sure;" "I'm so excited to learn more about Midgard;" and "Let's get it over with."

He drew three deep breaths then said, "I actually prepared a questionnaire for you to answer before we go into the discussion. I will give you thirty minutes to answer it. If you need more time, just ask."

He gave two pens to Thor and Loki as they didn't even bother to bring any writing tools. He observed how they answered the questionnaire. Steve looked quite serious and earnest in answering them. Thor was enthusiastic, he kept writing something, changed his mind and crossed his previous answers. Bruce winced and gave him a pencil and an eraser which Thor accepted gratefully. Loki answered with practiced ease. Bruce heard he mumbled something about "child's play."

Thirty minutes later, they were done. Bruce collected the questionnaire and was surprised by their answers. Apparently, he didn't know his teammates (and Loki) as well as he thought. That was what they said about making assumptions. He never expected his teammates (and Loki) would pick "Ravenclaw", "Hufflepuff", and "Gryffindor" (OK, the last one was expected) as their houses. The discussion would be interesting and Tony wouldn't be disappointed.

Bruce's Questionnaire

1. Name:

2. Which house do you want to be in Hogwart and why? It's your choice, don't worry about the Sorting Hat.

3. Name three of your favorite characters and please give the reasons!

4. Name three of your least favorite characters and please give the reasons!

5. Do you think Voldermort created a self-fulfilling prophecy by marking Harry as his equal accidentally?

6. Did Dumbledore do the right thing by telling only certain people what they needed to know instead of the whole truth?

7. What do you think is the message of the story? You can give as many as you want.

Author's Notes:

-Sorry for the long delay in update, real life and other fandoms called. I will also update "Discovering Fanfiction."

-Could you guess which Avenger (and Loki) chose which house? Virtual cookies will be given to the first person who guesses it right.

-If you have any idea how to answer Bruce's questionnaire, please let me know. I have the basic idea but I don't mind to incorporate ideas from others.

-I don't mean to discredit Rowling as she did a great job in writing this series. I just thought it was very rare for authors to be able to plan so far ahead and get the readers where he or she wants them. I might be wrong, though.

-Please let me know what you think about this story.