Chapter 4
Tony looked at the girl before him. She was very small and skinny, that was only emphasized by the gigantic boy's sweatshirt she was wearing. That garment could serve as a dress for her, her clothes swallowed her whole
Her wrists, sticking out of the sleeves that had been folded so they wouldn't bother her, were thin to the point that he could wrap his hand around them without straining. The overall image was that of a poorly cared for girl. Taped and ripped glasses, very old jeans that obviously weren't hers, and that huge, old, slightly torn sweatshirt.
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After reading the letter he had not been able to leave immediately, because his pilot was in an emergency called the birth of his twins. So he had investigated. A few years ago, Privet Drive had received an award for its aesthetics and that is why they had taken a photo of all the neighbors in front of their houses
The photo of number 4 was interesting because it showed the family's contempt for his niece.
The woman was dressed in new and expensive clothes, she had gone through a hairdresser and was impeccably make up. The man looked like a walrus in a fancy suit and the boy was between his parents and looked similar. The family smiled happily at the camera. And next to the slim woman was his daughter. She was away from her family as much as she could without making it seem weird. She was wearing a gown that was obviously not hers tied with a belt, probably from the slender woman, her hair seemed to have been hastily gathered and was pulled painfully back. She was smiling tightly and it seemed like they had spent five minutes dressing her in a hurry and running.
The man's jaw clenched, Tony was furious. James and he were cousins, it was logical that they were very similar, but that girl was a carbon copy of him. And from James for that matter, if it weren't for the letter he would have thought without a doubt that she was James's daughter.
She didn't have a digital fingerprint either, even though her aunt, uncle, and her cousin were very active. Especially her aunt and cousin. But she did not appear in anyone's digital life except for a couple of Petunia's publications pretending to be the victim for taking care of the girl with problems, daughter of her sister, a delinquent girl whom her sister took very bad care of.
If she was raising a child from eighteen months and the child was a delinquent, it was her fault. But unlike Haresa, it was Petunia's son who had a history of petty crimes such as vandalism, assault and petty theft.
There were barely fifty pages about her in the system, fifty pages. No medical history. Only the school documents that spoke of a gifted girl who came from a troubled home. The girl was as smart as he, to the point of being able to enter university at the age of eleven. Then the records were cut.
There were also only about six photos of her in total, and Tony doubted that the people who never took her to the hospital for vaccinations, but they took the bastard of their son because he had scratched his knee, had more photos. Years of her daughter's life that he would never know or see
And then Fury had arrived
He had come because that idiot Steve had searched his phone for "Things thirteen-year-old girls like." He had literally done the base search for any pedophile online
After a while of uproarious laughter, from Natasha and Clint, Fury had read the letter
-Haresa Lilian Potter is your daughter? Shit… This will be complicated but beneficial-Tony had straightened up when he heard him speak. If Fury knew her they could ask him for help
-Do you know the secret society they are talking about?
-Yes, Haresa is very famous for being the only survivor of an assassination attempt. It is also known as the most powerful that has been born in many years. If we bring her here, the North American Ministry will owe me a great favor. But I have to get permission to tell you what the "mutation is based on.
An hour later the headmistress of Ilvermorny was giving them a quick introduction to magic with a book that turned out to be a biography of Anthony's own daughter.
-Most of the books they sell about her in Europe are false, rumors, speculations and fantasies. Once, one of my students asked me why she could tame dragons and the rest of the world couldn't get close. - The woman seemed angry that there were people making money from a little girl- We knew about you, Mr. Stark. As Squib of the Potter family we have you registered to check him from time to time
Tony tensed. Had they watched him? Then he remembered that when he went out for a run there were at least ten new photos of him online. It wasn't that weird
-If they knew about me, why didn't they bring her into my custody? Obviously I am better than a middle class married couple with a son and who clearly hates magic- Tony was going to do more tests with magic to see how it worked, if it was sincere it was fascinating
-We tried. Of course we hide your identity for safety, but we try to claim Miss Potter for many reasons. We are the strongest and most magically advanced country. In addition to the country with the highest inclusion of blood states. And also, Voldemort's crusade didn't touch us. She would be famous, but she would not be worshiped as a hero and she would grow up more like a normal girl. But Albus Dumbledore had already delivered it and the British clung to it tooth and nail.
Tony understood, he had spent too much time among politicians not to know. Today his daughter was a heavyweight in the magical international political environment. And, from what they had said and what they had not said, wizarding Britain was very backward and highly judgmental. But they had managed to produce an incredibly strong magician, a magician who would become a legend. And they could also manipulate that magic to be exactly what they wanted it to be
Tony had been in a rage, but America's Minister of Magic had rushed through the paperwork. She had even spoken to the International Organization of Wizards so that no one could search for her.
It only remained that Haresa wanted to go with him voluntarily. He had thought about stopping by and talking to her, but he saw that boy eating a bag of chips while her scrawny daughter was working and decided to approach her when she was alone. It was no one's fault the trains couldn't leave and the Dursleys had to stay overnight in a hotel after buying pants for their baby whale son.
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Tony watched his daughter blush and left a picture of him with James on the table. If he did not know they were cousins, with the photo he would say they were brothers, the only difference was the darker tone of Tony's skin and the clear fact that he had much more confidence and spark than a rigid James
-My name is Tony Stark. I'm James's cousin and… .- Tony thought how nice it had been to hear her say dad, but it was still a bit early. - I am a descendant of a squib line of the Potter house. I got a letter from James recently asking me to take care of you if something happened to him. Will you come with me to America?
Haresa took the hand he offered without hesitation. That was another red flag. She barely knew him, she only knew they were related. But she was willing to leave everything behind to go with him. An adult who could do anything to her, she preferred that to staying there
Tony had heard a bit about the girl's school years and as hell that this wasn't training and conditioning for a soldier. He didn't want to know what this year's test was, but it wouldn't be done
Tony watched as Haresa began to collect her things, if he was honest he did not even want to enter that house. The trunk was taken out of the closet and then she went upstairs to retrieve a few things from under the floorboard of a disastrous room. A photo album that she held tight to her chest and textbooks
Tony appreciated having changed his sports car to a more discreet one. Tony saw a big black dog watching them from the bushes and whistled. He had heard of wizards turning into animals and he knew who that particular one was.
-Sirius, come here.- he had only met James's friend the day before the party, but the silver eyes were unmistakable- I took her to a safe place. If you come with us you will see it, you can stay with her- The dog hesitated a second before jumping into the back seat of the car