1996
DIAGON ALLEY
"So...this Slughorn guy is our new professor?" Athena asked Harry, standing next to him as they walked along the lone and empty streets of Diagon Alley.
"Uhuh, for potions." Harry nodded his head. The two then fell into a soft silence as they continued their steps.
"You know... I'm kinda glad the opening is happening." Athena stated out of the blue. "With the death eaters and all of that shit, everyone really needs a breather. I think that this could be it."
"You're right..." Harry put on a sad smile as he looked at one of the shops, shut down with the windows cracked. "It's sad to think that all this ruckus is happening because of one person."
Athena nodded. "The bridge in muggle London, that was sad. I think a few muggles actually fell into the water." The girl stated sadly, but easily shook the feeling off. "But don't worry, we'll be able to defeat him, right? It was in the prophecy."
"The prophecy stated 'one will die while the other survives.'" The Potter placed his hands in his pocket. "The one to survive could be Voldemort."
Athena rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "Shut up. I'm not taking any negative comments from you." Athena smacked upwards behind his head. "Besides, with me by your side, we'll definitely be able to defeat him."
"You know, I still don't understand how I managed to deal with your arrogant and cocky arse."
"You're a Potter. Being cocky and arrogant is in your genes." Athena grinned sweetly. "Have you met your dad? It's probably because you've dealt with him for so long. What I don't understand is how you're not all cocky and shit."
"That's because-"
"Nevermind, you do get like that."
Athena gladly skimmed the shop, running past a few people as she held a few of the twins' products. Hermione and Ginny were looking over at the love potions. Harry was looking at the shelves and Ron had currently been rejected for getting a discount (he got told that he needed to pay more). Though the ship was mainly for the entertainment of children and teens, James and Sirius were currently grabbing a bunch of products from shelves, bullying younger children to get to the product they wanted.
She then spotted Fred and George through the chaotic, crowded shop. She ran over to them, getting distracted by a few more products. Once she had finally made her way to the two twins, both of them stared at her amused and shocked.
"Are you buying all of that, Fi?" Fred asked.
Athena nodded vigorously, an excited grin on her face. "Yup! Oh I can't wait to use these in Hogwarts and the Tower. The Avengers won't know what hit them!"
The two laughed at the girl's excitement. "Alright, but with the amount of stuff you," Fred looked at her dad, "and your dad are buying, I'd say we'd hit the jackpot, Georgie."
Athena looked at the red-head with widened eyes. "It's that expensive?" They nodded. Athena groaned, her mood deflating. "Why'd you guys make your prices so high? I didn't even pick a lot of stuff..."
The twins shared a look with each other before turning back to Athena. "Do you know how many items you have in your hands right?"
Athena didn't look at her hands, just looking up with a thinking face. "Um... three, four?"
"Love, you have fifteen." George announced. Athena then looked at her hands, her man was right.
"Oh." Was all she could say. She then looked up at her boyfriend, her eyes showing affection. "Georgie my love, would you please- gah!"
Before she could continue, Fred had put his hand over her face, covering it. "You're not doing that. My brother may be dating you, but I'm not. You're not getting a discount."
"I hope dungbombs explode all over your flat tonight." She then looked at George. "Not you. Only you're idiotic and rude twin brother."
She then walked away, not looking back as Fred yelled out something. "But we live in the same flat-"
Athena had just given her dad all her purchases (he had to pay around 50+ galleons because of the amount of items that had been set on the counter; Fred wasn't surprised when Sirius had bought more items than Athena).
As Athena was about to get another thing off the shelf, she felt her wrist being pulled. She looked over to the person pulling her, which happened to be Harry. The boy led the girl out the shop, Hermione and Ron already standing there. "Why was I dragged here?"
Hermione then pointed towards a more narrow alley, in which Athena had turned her gaze to where she was pointing at. Draco and Narcissa. The two had looked around, before continuing their walk to who knows where.
"Uh huh, so my cousin and aunt are walking somewhere... and you're pointing at them... why?"
"Well- uh-"
"They look like they don't want to be followed." Ron stated.
"And you're suggesting what? To follow them?" Athena asked. Ron nodded. "Okay."
Hermione froze, her eyes widening. "What? Don't you think that's invading their privacy?" Hermione asked.
"We should, but I'm curious as to why they look like they're about to do some shady thing." Athena answered her question. Before anyone else could speak, Harry had already started walking.
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"I can levitate, you know. I didn't have to climb up here with you gobs." Athena pointed out, pouting as she rested her chin on her fingers as she laid on her stomach, towards a shop called 'Borgin and Burkes'. As she continued watching, she felt a small pain towards her chest, but ignored it.
AVENGERS TOWER, NEW YORK
"If you would just allow me to call Mister Stark..." A monotone voice spoke.
"Shhh..." Another voice, a bit more robotic though. "I'm here to help."
Blue, lightning zaps attacked the orange core hologram. "Stop. Please, may I- may I-" The first voice malfunctioned as the other continued to attack it, infiltrating the AI's system with his own.