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Chapter 5

Over the next year, Jade started to come out of her shell, and became more confident in her surroundings and sure of herself. She still didn't like loud noises, especially the sounds of shouting. She began to pursue more interests. She was particularly interested in Tony's work as an Industrial Physicist and Tony was happy to answer any questions she had. She took to science and technology like a fish to water. But she also liked English. Every time Jade expressed an interest in something, she was encouraged to pursue it to see if it really was an interest to her. Not long after Jade had settled into life at the Stark household, Tony had John Smith arrested and brought to trial for blackmail. He got back all the money he'd paid plus compensation and Smith went down for five years in jail.

Reed offered to help with getting Jade back to a healthy weight for her age, and he also helped treat all the other wounds that were still left over from her time with the Dursley's. Even though the Hospital had treated them originally, some of them had become infected from neglect in the two weeks Jade had been at the care home. Jade had also been introduced to the other members of the Fantastic Four, and Franklin Richards, who she became friends with. But the only member of the Fantastic Four who saw what her accidental magic could do was Reed. He and Tony found out the hard way what her magic could do to technology and were working to find a solution.

Just after Jade turned six, Tony decided to take Jade to the Avengers mansion for the first time. Jade was in awe of the Mansion. She looked round at everything, and before she knew it, she couldn't see her daddy.

Tony looked down, and immediately noticed Jade was missing. Where the hell is Jade? He thought. This thought was immediately followed by; Pepper's going to kill me.

Jade made her way down the corridor, trying to find someone to help. She saw a large blonde man, dressed in a weird armour, with a red cape. She walked over to him, and tugged lightly on his cape to catch his attention. He looked down at her.

"Can I help you, little one?"

"I'm looking for my daddy." She said.

He crouched down beside her. "And who is your father?"

"Tony Stark."

"Ah, so you must be Jade. I am Thor Odinson. Come, I will help you find your father."

Jade smiled up at him. "Thank you." She said, before taking hold of his hand.

Tony was searching frantically for Jade. He saw Thor heading towards him, and saw Jade walking beside him. He sighed in relief.

"Daddy!" she said, happily. "Thor helped me find you." She ran over to him, and he crouched down, and picked her up.

"I can see that Kiddo." He said, smiling.

"I didn't mean to wander off Daddy. I just stopped to look at something." Jade said.

"That's fine Jade. Just so long as you're alright." Tony said. "Thank you for looking after her, Thor."

"It was no problem Tony. Take care Jade."

"Bye Thor! Thank you!" Jade said, smiling at the God of Thunder.

"Come on Kiddo; let's go see who else is here, ay?" Tony turned, and headed off.

Thor watched as Tony and Jade disappeared round a corner. She could very well be the child that was stirring up much commotion within Wizarding Britain, but he couldn't be sure. Not yet at least. But one thing was sure, if she was the child he thought she was, then it wasn't going to bode well for the Death Eaters. There was no doubt whatsoever that after a while, she would have every single member of the Avengers wrapped round her little finger, just like she did with Rhodey and the Fantastic Four.

Jade laughed as she watched Ben chase Johnny round the room, after Johnny had thrown a fire ball at him. She'd gotten used to their antics over the passed year. Beside her, Franklin was also laughing. He was a year older than her, but they were still friends. Her daddy, Steve Rogers and Hawkeye were also in the room.

Jades laughter increased, and she was unaware of her hair turning a violet colour. The tables in the room began to rise in the air, and the lights flickered and went out. Jade stopped laughing, the tables collapsed and the lights came back on.

She looked at Tony. "I did it again daddy. Sorry." She said.

"Don't worry Kiddo, you can't help it." Tony said, standing. "Jade, your hair is purple." Jade quickly changed her hair back. "You're getting good with your Metamorphmagus abilities Kiddo." He said. Jade smiled at the compliment.

"That was her magic?" Johnny asked.

"Yep." Tony replied, and the adults in the room stood, and began putting the tables back in their rightful places. "Reed and I are working on a way to stop her magic from interfering with technology. We think we're close."

Almost as if he had anticipated it, Reed came into the room. "Tony, I think I may have found the answer."

"Right." Tony said nodding. "Jade, stay here until I come back, alright?"

"Alright Daddy." She said, nodding.

With that, Tony followed Reed from the room. An hour later, he was heading back to the room where he'd left Jade, a video camera that had been specially modified in his hand. She was still there, and the others were watching her thrash Fury at a game of chess. He stood in the door, and watched with a smile as she moved her castle to the square in front of Fury's king.

"Check Mate." She said.

Fury laughed at that. "Well done Jade. I'm surprised you can play chess so well, that was a good game."

Jade smiled widely at the man. "Thank you." She said.

Tony came over. "She well and truly beat you Fury." He said, surveying the board. "You weren't even close to her king."

"I know." He nodded. "What's the camera for?"

"To see if Reed found the solution to stopping magic's interference with technology." Tony said, as he turned on the camera but didn't hit record. He handed it to Jade. He didn't want to even try and force any accidental magic from her, so her Metamorphmagus abilities were probably the right way to go about it. If she ever held anything technological when she used them, they short circuited. "Alright Jade, I want you to change your hair, length and colour." He said.

"Right." She said nodding. Her hair grew out and changed to a deep red. The camera continued to work. She looked up at him, smiling and he was startled at how much she looked like a younger version of Lily at that moment. The friend he'd lost. "It worked daddy." She said.

"Yeah Kiddo, it did." He said, gaining back his voice. He smiled and ruffled her hair, which she changed back.

"At least now I don't have to worry about damaging your armour."

"It would be fixable if you did, but you're right." He said. "Now, I can just enhance it. Along with everything else in the house." The last part was muttered, so she didn't hear it.

"So, there'll be no more episodes where the lights go out?" Johnny asked. Tony nodded. "Good, cause that could get weird."

Two months later, Tony was stopped on his way to his room after getting in from doing several loops round the city as Iron Man by terrified whimpers from Jade's room. He opened the door, and pocked his head into the room. He saw Jade thrashing round on the bed. "Please Uncle Vernon. I won't do it again. Please don't use the belt."

Tony was glad that Vernon and Petunia Dursley had gone down hard. He slipped into the room, and only then noticed the zing of energy thrumming through the air. For a moment, he thought it was Jade's magic, but then he noticed that this was different. Far more… dangerous. Like Franklin's mutation. Was it possible that Jade was a mutant?

He walked over to the bed, and shook jade's shoulder lightly. "Jade, Kiddo, wake up."

Suddenly, the power was concentrated, and it hit him, sending him across the room, and into a wall. Tony was stunned as pain raced through his body. He groaned.

"Daddy?" A small, timid voice asked. "Are you alright?"

"Fine Jade." He said. He coughed a couple of times, and then sucked in air.

"What happened?"

"I came in to check on you, you were having a nightmare, I think it triggered the mutant gene in you." He said.

"Did I throw you across the room?" She asked, panicked.

"Your power did." He stood up, and walked over to her. He sat down beside her, and pulled her into a hug. His whole body was sore, but that didn't matter right now. "Tomorrow, we are going to take a trip back to the Avengers mansion, and we'll find out what your power is exactly, and then we'll see about getting you any help you need to control it, alright?"

She nodded, and yawned sleepily, resting her head against his chest. Tony stayed until she was asleep, before tucking her in, and heading to his own room.

"Well, I believe I know what Jade's ability is." Dr. Hank McCoy said, addressing Tony directly. Jade was sitting at a small table, reading a book.

"What is it?"

"Her power is Omega in level. It's an energy that, with the correct training, she could perhaps manipulate into becoming any power she wanted. When it isn't manipulated, the energy can be released as a purely destructive force. I believe that you were on the receiving end of one of the weakest blasts she is capable of emitting."

"Omega?" Tony asked, worried for his daughter. She could end up hurting herself.

"Yes. I'm afraid that she's just two young to be able to control it on her own."

"What does she need?"

"Some sort of represent. Not to completely suppressed, but enough so that she wouldn't be able to use her powers, but enough that she can learn to control the amount she's left with."

"I don't like the idea of suppressing her powers, Hank."

"Tony, her powers are naturally destructive. She needs this to learn control." Hank said.

Tony felt a tug at his jacket sleeve. He looked down to see Jade. "I'll do it daddy. I don't want to hurt anyone."

"Alright then kiddo. Looks like Reed and I will be working on another project."

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