*AN*

I just had a laugh to myself when I realized that I had wrote Clint into chapter 6 interacting with the Avengers when in the movie he was actually still brainwashed to do Loki's bidding... oops. Hehe.

Again, apologies for making chapter 6 a quarter less than what I normally would type. The excitement to just update was killing me and I wanted to see new reviews for my story. So for this chapter I will be writing a little bit more to compensate that. Hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Motivation to write: "Son of Batman" playing in the background for my boys as I sit here and type. Lol

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-S

*previously*

Hermione grabbed a plate and began choosing her lunch. The door opened again and Blaise walked in still rubbing his arm.

"You didn't have to do that you know." Blaise muttered to Hermione, walking towards her. "The wall hurt more than your nudge."

Hermione laughed. "Not my fault you almost tripped over your own two feet." she passed him a plate before making her way to the center of the table in between the superheroes and her parents.

Blaise made his food at sat down next to Hermione still muttering under his breath. Tony changed seats on his way back to the table and sat across the two teens.

"So..." Tony began.

Clint cut Tony off before he could utter another word. "Don't.'

Tony sighed grudgingly and ate in silence. Everyone in the room laughed.

Chapter 7-

After lunch was over, Natasha decided to practice in the training room. Tony went back to the lab to annoy Bruce, the Granger's with Hermione included went to their adjoined rooms to talk, Blaise to his room and Thor to the bridge of the helicarrier.

Tony and Bruce stood in front of two different screen monitors. Steve left the room soon after visiting the doctor to let them continue their conversation as they worked. Bruce swiped info from his screen to Tony's as their conversation went from Loki to casually talking about the whole 'Avengers' ordeal and what Bruce's participation could do for the whole group. Bruce didn't understand why Tony was so insistent about his other personality; the 'Hulk' to participate with the actual fighting. Though replying back to Stark, Bruce wasn't paying attention to what he was really saying until Tony walked to the other side of his screen and minimized his work with a flick of his fingers. He stared at Tony.

"Hey... I've read all about your accident. That much gammer exposure should have killed you." Tony said in a serious tone.

"So you're saying that the Hulk..." he stopped and scoffed. "the other guy saved my life?" he nodded his head. "That's nice. It's a nice sentiment. Save it for what?"

"I guess we'll find out." Tony replied, walking away and back to his screen.

"You may not enjoy that."

"You just might."

Richard and Diane sat on the edge of their bed while Hermione sat on the ledge of the window, her back leaning against the glass. She knew this talk was coming because of their abrupt end of their stay in Germany. Against on side of the wall stood the Granger's luggage that was somehow picked up after their conversation in Fury's office.

Hermione cleared her throat and spoke first. "Mum... dad.."

Richard interrupted his daughter. "You know... After speaking with your mum about all this, he came to an agreement of sorts."

Diane nodded silently to her daughter as Hermione listened patiently.

"We knew since the first moment extraordinary things started happening around you that you were more than our special little girl. And when your professor showed up at our doorstep before you turned 12 to inform and explain to us that you were magical, we realized that you would grow up and do things that we could never in our own lives be able to do." he sighed, lifting his hand to comb through his hair.

Diane took over the explanations. "Being here... on this flying ship is completely bonkers and surreal. But of course with all of our worries... all of our anxiousness... will have to be put aside. We trust your judgment darling. You are growing up to be an amazing and strong woman. And we are very proud to be your parents."

By the end of their explanation, Hermione couldn't contain the tears from falling down her face. She quickly jumped off the ledge and tackled both her parents in a tight hug. "I love you both soo much!" she choked out.

"We love you too sweetie." Both Richard and Diane replied.

Hermione pulled back and smiled at her parents. "So what now?"

"Well... when our vacation is over, no matter if the threat is over or not, your mum and I will be returning home. I'm sure Dumbledore won't mind you missing school if you want to stay..."

Hermione stopped her father from continuing on. "Or I could get a month's list of requirements for my classes and I can do them here during my free time." she said excitedly.

Richard laughed. "That too."

"You're the best parents ever!" she got up and gave them one more hug. "I'm going to find Blaise. I'll see you both at dinner." she kissed them on the cheek and sprinted out of the room in search of Blaise.

When Thor appeared on the bridge, Agent Coulson looked up from what he was doing on one of the screens and motioned the god over his side. Once Thor was close enough to see the screen, Coulson tapped a key and Jane Foster's picture appeared on the monitor.

"As soon as Loki took the doctor, we moved Jane Foster. We've got an excellent observatory in Traunsee." he began to explain. "She was asked to consult there very suddenly yesterday. Handsome fee, private plane... very remote. She'll be safe."

"Thank you." Thor nodded, relieved that Jane was away and safe from what was happening. "It's no accident Loki taking Erik Selvig. I dread what he plans for him once he's done. Erik is a good man." Thor spoke kindly of the doctor.

He stood up from where he sat and walked around to Thor's left side, both of them walking away from the monitor. "He talks about you a lot. You changed his life... you changed everything around here." he admitted.

"They were better as they were. We pretended on Asgard that we're more advance, but we... we come here battling like bilge snipe."

"Like what?" he stopped walking, obviously confused.

Thor held his arms out away from his body. "You know... huge, scaly, big antlers..." his hands end up near his forehead in an imitation of having antlers. "You don't have those?"

He shook his head. "I don't think so."

"They are repulsive... and they trample everything in their path." Thor moved away to look out of one of the big glass windows on the bridge. "When I first came to earth, Loki's rage followed me here and your people paid the price. And now again." he sighed softly. "In my youth I courted war..."

Fury interrupted the god. "War hasn't started yet. You think you can make Loki tell us where the Tesseract is?"

Thor continued to look outward. "I do not know... Loki's mind is far afield. It's not just power he craves, it's vengeance upon me. There's no pain that would prise his need from him."

Fury walked down a few of the steps to get closer to the god. "A lot of guys think that until the pain starts."

Now both Agent Coulson and Thor are looking at Fury.

"What are you asking me to do?" Thor asked.

Fury leaned closer to Thor. "I'm asking, what are you prepared to do?"

Thor retorted. "Loki is a prisoner..."

Fury cut him off. "Then why do I feel like he's the only person on this boat that wants to be here?"

Thor thought hard about that question as Fury turned and left the bridge. He turned his head to look at Agent Coulson, both not saying a word.

Blaise laid on his back in his bed, one arm supporting his head while his other twirled his wand in between his fingertips above him. He was glad that he could experience what was happening in the muggle world with at least one person from school. And it was an added perk being that the person happened to be his (secret) friend Hermione.

His other friends wouldn't understand what was going on if they were here instead of her. Being neutral in the war gave his family the ability to leave the wizarding world whenever they wanted to and because of that, they were able to survive in the muggle world if needed.

He jumped up at the sound of his door slamming open, accidentally throwing his wand across the room as the girl in his thoughts burst through and jump straight into the unoccupied side of the bed, bumping into him.

"Blaise, Blaise, Blaise!" she squealed excitedly. "Guess what!"

"You're about to tell your parents your sudden crush on the bad guy?"

"NO!..." she whacked his chest. "If this 'thing' isn't resolved after winter break is over, my parents said I can stay here and do my schooling here." she grinned.

"Dumbledore might be meddlesome you know." Blaise pointed out.

"In what way?" she asked curiously, sitting up on the bed.

"He may be called the greatest wizard to be living but you've got to admit that he can be a bit... manipulative." he hinted.

"In what way?"

"You'll just have to see eventually. You won't believe me until you see it."

Hogwarts: Gryffindor Tower-

Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley sat huddled next to each other next to the fireplace in deep conversation. With much persuasion the boys convinced the Weasley's and Dumbledore to let the boys stay at the castle for winter break in need to unwind from things to come. They knew after seeing Malfoy with his mother and a few Deatheater's in Knockturn Alley before the return of school was something of am importance, but with Hermione away on vacation with her parents, they hadn't a foggiest on what they've witnessed could actually mean.

"Hermione should be here. This is bloody frustrating you know." Ron grumbled.

"Hermione would be a big help, but sometimes we need to work this out without her. She's with her family Ron." Harry pointed out.

"But you gotta admit that it would be a HUGE help if she was here."

"Yes..." Harry replied slowly. "But I'm positive Malfoy is a Deatheater. We all saw it."

"We saw something. But we won't know without proof mate."

"Just look at how he's been acting this year Ron! You can tell something is up! Hermione would agree." Harry stressed out.

"But Hermione isn't here for her input." Ron sighed. "Write a letter to her. Ask for her opinion."

"I'll do that after dinner I suppose."

"Alright."

They stopped their conversation when the door to the common room opened up.

*AN*

Some movie quotes were used in this chapter and can be found at...

www . moviequotesandmore the-avengers-quotes-1 . html

...just remove the spaces.

The idea of bring Harry and Ron into this chapter came up on a whim as I was trying to figure out what else to add to this chapter. Still not really sure how I'm bringing this story around but I'll be trying my best.

Also, I felt that with developing this story to fit together that I wrote in scenes from the movie that was needed in order to have the story-line flow as if having characters from "Harry Potter" was part of it. During those parts I must put in a reminder that I DID NOT make that up. The story-writers for the movie deserve that honor.

X-Men was AWESOME! You gotta go and see it. It's a must. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

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