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Loki sneered at the agent who had just locked him in the cell. The cell built for something much stronger than him, as Fury not so subtly reminded him. The agent outside had a smug look on his face, trying to rub it in his face to show who was in charge there.

Pff! Stupid humans, as if any of these insects could ever be a match against him, a god.

No, he did not care for these stupid mortals, for he had bigger reasons to be concerned.

The Mad Titan had been very clear in his deal- An army for the tesseract. And now he had nothing; the tesseract was to be taken to Odin, and the Chitauri horde destroyed by the metal man and the sorcerer.

The sorcerer. He was a wild card in the game. He had not expected to find anyone akin to the fallen Seidhirs, not on Midgard of all places. Yet here he was, a living, young and dare he say it powerful mage. He had often heard tales from when he had sat with Thor and his boisterous friends.

The Seidhirs were those with the ability to manipulate life force, matter, energy or rather anything.

It was said that the first ruler of Asgard himself had learned some of their skills. The man, no the mage, had identified himself as Harry Potter. The name itself rang no ells in his head, but the powers which he displayed were proof enough for him that Ragnarok was near and with it the end of times.

It was prophesied that only in the direst of situations would reality tear itself apart to help the Gods save themselves from the end of all worlds as old forgotten allies and enemies would resurface.

He was sure that the mage, Harry Potter was one such ally, and a powerful one too. To create something with enough power to stop Mjolnir in its path was no mean feat. Despite spending centuries on the arts of magicks, he was nowhere close to the mastery displayed by the mage, nor the arsenal he seemed to have. The last spell, whatever it was, had made him feel something he didn't often feel- fear. The way the mage carelessly levitated himself in the air, with the suffocating- almost decaying aura around him and had then cast the beam of the darkest energy he had ever felt, and just like that the entire horde of chitauri and the leviathans had been turned to ash.

He had only met two persons capable of wielding such power, three if he counted his foolish brother. Allfather was one, Mad Titan the other. He knew that the presence of such power on Midgard would not go unnoticed by the others, and it seemed like the Earth was now out of bounds for everyone- perhaps even the Mad Titan.

The Earth held little significance for him however, now that he was to be escorted back to Asgard, to await a trial. Perhaps he could convince Thor to invite the mage to Asgard? Yes, that would be a good idea, now only if he could somehow speak with Thor before it became too late.

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Harry slowly opened his eye, the sudden influx of light blinding him momentarily. He found himself in what looked like a hospital room, with the neat white linen sheets, the cream coloured walls with dark curtains over the windows. Wires dangling from his arm, connected to a nearby machine, caused a constant beep sound.

"Try not to move too much there" a voice came from near the door. He glanced over to find Tony Stark sitting in an armchair, tinkering with some gadgets.

"Where am I?" Harry asked him in a hoarse voice.

"You are in the Stark Tower, courtesy of a very gracious host- me" Stark replied in a friendly manner.

"What happened? Why am I here? Where is Loki? And the Tesseract?" Harry asked impatiently, slowly regaining memories of his actions.

"We won. You blew up the Chitauris when you went kind of berserk for some moments there, you know, what with the flying and glowing thing you did there. We still don't know what that was, by the way, so feel free to start explaining whenever you feel fit, which should be now; or Fury will have my head for housing "An unknown, dangerous and possible threat who should be under heavy SHIELD monitoring."

Now don't get flattered and think that I defended you a lot or something, I just didn't want to miss out on any gossip and the SHIELD isn't really a place for hanging out, what with the boring decor and all."

"Yeah I will fill you up with that, but can you get me something to eat, I am famished and anyway I don't want to do the explaining again when everyone else comes, so… food?" Harry asked, feeling really hungry. He also felt really exhausted, as if he had just run a marathon.

"Also how long was I out for?" he added.

"Three days. And follow me for the food, the others are waiting outside anyway" Tony replied.

"The others? The Avengers are here? All of them?"

"Not all of them, just Cap me and Doc Bannner" he said, leading him through a hallway to what looked like a kitchen but had couches for some reason.

Noticing the look of confusion on Harry's face, Tony said "Ignore the oddities, you'll find many throughout the tower. Does a sandwich work for you? That's everything we have now or you'll have to wait to order."

"Sandwich's fine."

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A couple of hours later, and the jovial atmosphere in the living room of the Stark Tower had suddenly vanished and a tense feeling had replaced it.

Sat in an armchair, was Nick Fury, holding a bunch of files, looking suspiciously at Harry.

Knowing everyone was waiting for him to speak up, Harry started "Well as you all know by now, my name is Harry Potter and I am a wizard; perhaps the only one out here.

I came to this world by passing through a mysterious barrier, and I was quite literally dumped in Stonehenge. I tried finding a wizarding world here, looked for any trace of magic I could feel, and though there were some places which gave a mystical aura, I didn't find anything. Giving up on my quest, I settled in the outskirts of a nearby city, bought a small house in the country and started living a simple life. Now you must understand, the place where I come from, I never had a chance to live anonymously, so I tried doing that here. It wasn't until I heard reports of Thor coming to this world, fighting mysterious creatures that i decided to come here.

I can detect sudden changes in the ambient magical energy of my surroundings, so when my senses flared that day I realized something must've happened. I tried locating the source of the disturbance, but couldn't do it. The only place of interest left was the Stark Towers, and I saw multiple guards entering the towers and I decided to follow you guys, and you know what happened after this."

"Why did you decide to help us? You could've easily escaped when you saw the threat, why didn't you then?" Fury asked.

"I do not need a reason to help protect people if I can Director Fury" Harry replied coldly.

"I vouch for him Director Fury, Harry Potter is an ally of mine, and by extension of Asgard" Thor chipped in, as he greeted Harry.

"As of now, has been granted a position of a consultant to the Avengers Initiative, formally, and that is what he shall remain for the council members. If anyone asks, we already knew about him and kept him as a backup. If that is all, I shall take my leave" Fury responded.

"I have invited Harry to Asgard, Director Fury; I assume that shall not be a problem?" Thor said in a voice which clearly meant he won't accept no for an answer.

Fury sighed and with a simple shake of his head, left without saying anything.

"What happened here?" asked an oblivious Cap as he came back from his evening run.

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"My brother wishes to speak to you, Harry" Thor said quietly once everyone had left.

"Does he now? Did he tell you why?"

"He just told me that he could tell something of use to a person like you. With Loki, that is as good as saying that he desperately wants to speak to you."

"And what do you think of that Thor? Do you think I should go and meet him? After everything he has done? Do you not fear of what I could do to him?" Harry asked.

"I have faith in you; I know you will not hurt an unarmed prisoner, not for the sake of revenge."

"You do not know me Odinson" Harry replied in a tired voice. "Fine, I will go meet him and listen to what he has to say."

Thor just flashed him his most charming smile.

"Nobody is truly beyond redemption" he said and with that he left.

Harry just sighed; this was one additional problem he could live without.

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It was a day before Thor, Loki and Harry were to leave for Asgard.

Harry stood outside the cell holding Loki, covered by the invisible cloak. He watched Loki play absentmindedly with a cube.

He had been observing him for the past thirty minutes, trying to notice anything peculiar about him.

Willing himself visible, Harry knocked on the glass, bringing Loki's attention to him.

"Ah the sorcerer, what brings you here?" Loki said disdainfully.

"Your brother told me you wished to speak with me, so here I am."

"Did he now? It seems he is even more of a fool than I thought him to be."

Seeing no response to his barbs, Loki sighed.

"Well since you are already here we might as well chat a little" he said.

Harry almost couldn't believe the audacity of Loki. Loki showed no remorse for the decimation he had caused and spoke with an air of superiority that frustrated him to no end.

"You might want to get to the point Loki, my patience is wearing and this cell would be insufficient to prevent you from facing my wrath."

Loki just chuckled at Harry's frustration.

"You have a lot to learn sorcerer, powerful you may be, but you would end up nothing more than a doll for beings more clever than you."

"And you believe you are the one I should learn from?" Harry asked, gritting his teeth.

"Well I am a being who has lived for thousands of years, you could do a lot worse than me" Loki replied, a charming smile plastered on his face.

"Yeah, don't blame me for not taking your word on it."

"There's no need to be hasty, young sorcerer, after all, you will have a lot of time on Asgard; till then I bid thee farewell" he finished with a dramatic bow.

AN: Really sorry for the very very late update, but things just got messed up in my first year of graduation. I'm slowly adjusting myself and you can expect fairly regular updates from me.

Also I haven't updated my other story, I have planned something special for that and I just couldn't manage to finish some chapters. But its in progress as well and would soon be updated.

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That's it from me for now, sorry for the long rant.

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