Marvelous Return

While keeping Arthur’s sons that day, seemed like a good idea, the group was at loss as to what to do with them once back at the tower. Harry, both the toddler and the adult version, but also Ragnok told them to read the books, they didn’t have much time to lose, though Natasha couldn’t figure out what was so important about them, if she followed correctly they were about Harry’s years at Hogwarts which would not happen for years. But then Harry hinted at something coming soon affecting Coulson at minimum, but if Loki was involved surely more would be endangered. There was only one explanation, they needed to read the books, to give them an idea of what to expect on the Wizarding front allowing them to focus on more pressing things with SHIELD missions once back at work. Except they had seven children to entertain, now, and only one of those seemed willing to go back to sleep. 

Natasha didn’t know how to handle kids anyway. Yes, the boys were cute and polite, though if she was to hazard a guess they wouldn’t stay this nice and quiet for long. Oh, she knew once back at the tower, games, toys, and children's books would be waiting for them, it was Stark’s way, but someone still had to keep an eye on them, they couldn’t simply leave them in a room to fend for themselves. 

“So, not that you would know, because we only met three days ago, but usually I do whatever I want and you either deal with it or leave,” Stark announced after telling the kids to go inspect the toys on the side of the main room. “I am more of a 'Do now, beg for forgiveness if I really want to later', kind of guy…” 

“That’s not the expression,” Clint muttered. 

“Close enough,” Phil told him. 

“Well, if you don’t want to know,” Tony whined. 

“Yes, tell us please,” Severus said sending a glare toward the two who interrupted the genius. 

“Somehow, I don’t find it hard to believe you were a teacher at Hogwarts,” Sirius told him only to be sent to sit with Phil and Clint so Severus could keep an eye on them. 

“I know someone we can call to take care of the kids while we go over the stuff adult Harry and his group left for us,” Tony told them skulkingly.

“Like a nanny?” Remus asked him. “Because the House Elves can keep an eye on them.” 

“No, not really, if it was just about keeping an eye on them JARVIS can do it,” Tony told them still skulking. 

“Come on Stark, stop skulking, I am sorry,” Clint told him. 

“It’s just, they all have powers. From what Arthur said his sons have peculiar powers, on top of Harry’s and Luna’s, I thought a witch would be a good idea to look after them, though I didn’t think about the House Elves,” Tony finally explained. 

“No,” Sirius told him, “You are right, while the elves can play with them and keep them from injuring themselves, if something was to happen they would come and get us, it could be dangerous after all the purges. As the only one here raised by a house-elf, I’d rather a witch if they leave the room.”

“Didn’t you say Kreacher was doing everything in place of your parents?” Remus asked surprised. 

“He did,” Sirius said angrily, before shaking his head. “I gave Nox and Dewey orders when Harry was born, the same Lily gave the House Elves at the manor, while they might keep an eye on Harry when he is alone which at his age means only while sleeping, Lily, James and I were to be called if anything happened.” 

“You’ll be a good dad,” Remus told him with a side hug. 

“So, your witch friend?” Severus asked Tony sitting next to Sirius on the couch. 

“She is not a friend, she is my cousin,” Tony said. 

“How many Stark is there exactly? SHIELD is only aware of your existence,” Phil asked. 

Tony ignored him and kept explaining. “Darcy is Nathan’s daughter, she grew up at Ilvermorny, she is used to looking after little ones. Her powers are more entertaining than useful for them, so she spends most of her time when she goes there for the holidays playing with the younger years.” 

“Darcy?”

“Little ones?”

“Younger years?” 

Phil, Sirius, and Severus asked at the same time. 

“Isn’t she a Werewolf?” Remus asked looking confused. “What power can she have which would be useful to the elder years?” 

“So,” he said pointing at Remus, “No. She never changed, too much creature blood mixed in, I’ll let her explain if you agree to call her.” He turned to Sirius and Severus, “You know the first through third years, I mean they are like 3 when they start going not much scares them at the time, they are too entranced by the magic.”

“3!!” Severus, Sirius, and Remus yelled at once, making Tony look at them curiously. 

“Yes, they have a lot to learn,” Tony told them, “If I remember correctly, they used to enroll at six years old, but it changed after a war of some sort started, the kids were in danger and getting them there younger they realized the little ones were unbiased, they had no fear of the creatures living and teaching there, they were not taught false or uninformed theory about magic from their parents. I don’t know Nathan said it was easier, and it allowed everyone to start on at the same level.”

“At 3 years old!” the wizard yelled once more. 

Tony looked around until Natasha explained. 

“From what I was told while Durmstrang starts at 10 with a theory year, Hogwarts starts at 11 and jumps right into it.”

“That sounds stupid,” Tony commented, offending the three wizards. “Hear me out?” They nodded. “By 11 the kids have several fits of accidental magic, some like ours,” he said nodding toward the children playing with swords in the corner, not that Natasha approved of the swords but she saw they were made of rubber, “have special powers. Their parents can’t all be smart enough or powerful enough to handle them. If the parents were average at school, they can’t explain magic, as well as a teacher could.” 

“Makes sense, most of the purebloods hire tutors for their children starting as soon as seven,” Severus commented. 

“But three is too soon, to send Harry and Luna away,” Sirius whined. 

“Send them away?” Tony asked confused again. 

“To boarding school,” Remus told him. 

“Ilvermorny isn’t a boarding school, at least not until the last two years,” Tony still looked confused, “Nathan was going back home every night before I was sent to boarding school, I am not sure after it.” 

“We can talk about the wizarding school system later, which I have an inkling is going to be soon, seeing as five of the children should be at school,” Phil told them, “We have more pressing matters.” 

“Yes,” Tony said, “Of Course. Should I call Darcy then?”

“Darcy Stark?” Phil insisted. 

“Well, no, she studies in a regular college now, she can’t walk around being 20 and having my last name, that’s just asking for trouble,” Tony admonished him. ‘Anyhow she changed it years ago with the Goblins, the name Stark is too well-known in both worlds.” 

“What is her last name?” Phil asked fingering his taser in what he thought was a discreet manner. 

“I don’t know why you’re going all Super Nanny on me, it’s not like you ever met her,” Tony told him moving from sitting on the loveseat to hiding behind it. 

“Name,” Phil ordered him. 

“Lewis, Darcy Lewis,” Tony finally told him. 

“That little…” 

“You better not finish that, Agent,” Tony told him, all trace of amusement gone. 

“Do you know where your cousin is?” Phil asked him after taking a couple of deep breaths. 

“Culver studying politics, like a good little girl,” Tony said with a shrug. 

“Or, maybe in New Mexico working with Jane Foster?” Phil told him though Tony didn’t look like he knew anything about that. 

“JARVIS?” 

Yes, Sir?

“Where is Darcy?” 

Puente Antigua, New Mexico. 

“Great, she found a new pet project,” Tony said rolling his eyes. 

“Didn’t you read the file Fury sent you?” Phil asked getting angry again. 

“Yeah, yeah, Avengers blablabla, I was not invited to join the boys-band, only consult.”

“On Thor and Alien technology,” Phil lead him. 

“Yes, absolutely, on someone pretending to be Thor who totaled a small city in…” Tony stopped then stood up, “Son of a bitch.” 

“JARVIS!” 

You need to decide if you will ask her to come, sir.

Tony looked around to everyone but only got a few shrugs and a nod. 

“She is family, and we plan to take the kids to Ilvermorny anyway, so she will be told, you might as well ask if she wants to come to babysit,” Remus finally talked for everyone. 

Miss Lewis for you, Sir.

“I know what you did last summer,” Tony said as a way of greeting. 

“It was fun, aliens, Tony! Gods, even! I never had this much use for my powers,” Darcy told him giggling. 

“Are you available for the day? I’ve got a handful of magical kids on hand and no time to play with them.” 

“Sure, Jane and Erik seem lost in their readings, I have time,” Darcy agreed. “Be there in a jiffy.” 

“Not Malibu, I am at the tower in NY.”

“Then two Jiffy, can’t apparate that far in one go, and I don’t suppose you opened the floo yet?” 

“No, the inauguration isn’t for a few months.” 

There was a loud pop and suddenly, a young brunette with long hair, a pin-up body, and a very short and see-through dress was standing in the middle of the room. 

“It’s kind of cold in here,” She said and waved her hand making a plaid fly through the room from the cupboard in the corner, wrapping it around herself she smiled at everyone, scolding at Phil. “You forget about winter when you live in the desert.”

“Wow,” Little voices said from behind them, Natasha turned and noticed how red Bill and Charlie had become. 

“Ah, yes kids,” Darcy said flushing herself. “I’ll go change then.” 

With that she left the room, speaking to JARVIS as she went. 

“Something tells me, I have new complaints waiting on my desk from the team we left with her,” Phil complained. 

“Why?” Severus asked. 

“Something tells me it is to do with her outfit,” Natasha said but couldn’t help but smirk. If Darcy was playing with the nerves of their guards, then good for her, it was good training for them, and a good way for SHIELD to dismiss a few bad apples. 

Arthur was back by the time Darcy reappeared, but she still volunteered to keep an eye on the kids, while they went boring adult stuff, though Natasha doubted it would be all that boring. 

“Wait,” Remus called her before she left. “Tony said you had special powers? I don’t mean to pry, I…” 

“You just want to make sure your kids are safe,” Darcy nodded and sat down, “Having grown at school, I am used to everyone kind of knowing, or at least having heard rumors. But you’re from Hogwarts, right?” They nodded and she explained. “You can tell by the accent. So, did Tony tell you about Dad?” But she looked at Tony for an answer rather than at them. 

“I told them he was a Born Werewolf,” Tony said. 

“Okay, well, as you know Born Werewolves have mates,” Everyone nodded but couldn’t help but looked at Remus who just shrugged. “Oh, you’re a Born Were too?” 

“No, I was bitten,” Remus corrected her. 

“Okay,” she said with a shrug of her own really not caring either way. “Well, mate or not, werewolves are instinct-driven, and you know the saying about old dogs,” She said with another shrug though no one seemed to follow but Sirius who was blushing and Remus who was laughing his ass off. 

“Meaning they are in heat all the time,” Remus said between laughter. 

“I prefer to think of it as in Rut thank you very much,” Sirius said and pushed him off the couch. 

“You’re a wolf?” Darcy asked confused. 

“No, an animagus Dog,” Sirius told her. 

“Oh, yeah, I can see that having similar effects,” Darcy nodded. “So, Dad is always going from one conquest to another,” Darcy told them. “I asked once if he thought it was a good example for a teacher to show the kids, but his only comment was that it wasn’t like he was having sex in front of them, I gave up after that.” 

“Do we really need to listen to your father’s habit?” Severus asked her. 

“No, I guess not, but it is or will be important to one of you, so I might as well explain now,” She said with a smirk. “Anyhow, he will calm down once he meets his mate, as all Starks do,” She stopped to run her hand through Tony’s hair. 

“Darcy, we are busy, please to the point!” Tony told her. 

“Oh yeah,” Darcy said, “Me. I am a multi-creatures gene pool.” 

“That’s going to require a little more explanation,” Tony said with a laugh. 

“Dad is a Werewolf and a Stark, which is a creature on itself,” She said and giggled when everyone agreed. “My bearer was, is, I really don’t know, ⅓ Veela, ⅓ Fae, ⅓ Nymph.”

“Sounds like a dangerous combo to have around little boys,” Remus said. 

“You will notice neither of the males in the room is drooling or confessing their deepest darkest desires, are they?” Darcy retorted. 

“To be fair I think most of them are gay,” Natasha told her with a smirk when they turned to glare at her. 

“So, you have control over you alure,” Severus summarized. 

“Not in so many words,” She held her hand up before anyone could question her. “The mix creature blood created something new, or awaken something really old, according to Miss Lasheed, one of the History of Magic teacher. Anyway, my alure doesn’t work as Veelas’ work. Instead of inspiring Love and Lust in males and a few females, I inspire yearning and give a push to people, magical and No-Majs alike,  to accomplish their goals and never give up, no matter how far-fetched they seem. I get a calling, a sort of nudging on my magic when I am close to someone who needs me, usually, people who would give up just before making a major change or discovery. The students at Ilvermorny have taken to call me a Muse.” 

“At least it explains Jane Foster,” Phil mumbled though everyone heard him. 

“Yes, Jane was ready to give up, but I knew she needed to keep looking, no matter how irrational trying to find Aurora Borealis in the middle of the Desert seemed to the rest of the scientific community,” Darcy told them. “I applied to be her intern and the rest is classified.” 

“I never heard of anyone with similar powers,” Remus said. 

“You had no reason to know,” Darcy told him simply. 

“Granted.”

“And as I said, Muses used to exist but most of the Wizarding World forbade inter-creature breeding, that added to prejudices, my mix of power is unlikely to happen again.” 

“I still don’t think this is a good idea,” Sirius said going to stand with the kids. 

“I see what they are, I am not going to suddenly inspire this one,” she said pointing at Charlie who introduced himself, “To turn into a Disney Princess and start calling every animal in Manhattan. Or, the younger boy to do anything, he is too powerful, and it is still raw, untrained it would be catastrophic, not to mention your little Seer, she is too young to have visions yet.” 

“How do you know?” Arthur said as he stood up to protect the kids too. 

“I have to know their potential to know how to inspire them,” Darcy said with a smile and a wave at the boys. “The twins intrigue me, I’ll admit, but they are too young to benefit from my power, later maybe. Do you still need me? Or do I go back and play with the SHIELD agents some more?” 

“You’re staying,” Tony said. “Look, she is the most qualified and the most powerful witch I know who won’t try and take advantage of the kids, she really has no use for them, or for Dumbledore, so either you trust her, or you get out of my tower.”

“Hey, we could get out, I own a house close by,” Sirius immediately jumped on the bait. 

“Shut it, Black,” Severus snapped at him. 

“We are staying, we are just worried, while we know each other, we have to trust you blindly on Harry’s words, and she has the power to do a lot of damage if she wanted to,” Remus argued. 

“But she doesn’t want to,” Arthur added, “I have a good feeling about this.” 

“And it doesn’t hurt to see your eldests turn bright red when they look at her,” Sirius whispered to him with a smirk as Arthur laughed. 

“It’s the Veela blood,” Darcy said with a smile, “It’s cute.” 

“Sure it’s the blood,” Clint said rolling his eyes at her. “Kids, don’t look directly at it, or you’ll never turn back in your normal color.” 

Bill and Charlie spluttered and turned around to go back to the toys, grabbing Harry and Luna and avoiding looking back at Miss Darcy. It wasn’t going to be fun. 

“Just out of curiosity,” Darcy asked before leaving, “they were raised in the Wizarding World?” Arthur, Severus, Sirius, and Remus nodded. “They don’t know anything about the No-Maj world?” they shook their heads. 

“What are you planning?” Tony asked. 

“I am going to play Mary Poppins,” She told him and left. 

The wizards turned toward the laughing males. 

“Don’t worry, they’ll have fun,” Phil assured them.