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Anyway, I know that this one took a long time to write. Look guys I'm on my last year of my bachelor's degree. Shit's hectic yo! So, I don't really have a lot of time of will to write, please understand.

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Title: The nicest angel you have

Summary: One-time Vernon locks her outside for the night, so the cold would teach the freak to be grateful. Harley sees a shooting star. She makes a wish because aunt Petunia told Dudley once that he should wish upon a shooting star if he really, really wanted something. She wishes for a friend, a best friend, someone to protect and listen to her. She asks God for the nicest angel he has because she needs someone nice. Instead she gets Bakugo Katsuki.

Warnings: female Harry Potter, Bakugo Katsuki swears a lot, child abuse, child neglect, no beta we die like men, no we don't pls send help, how to keep your demon child busy, Bakugo Katsuki can't feelings, children aren't bound by such silly adult things as logic, impossible also holds no meaning to them, James the Earth hopping wonder

Pairing: female Harry Potter/Bakugo Katsuki

Progress: 5/a few, definitely few…I lie

Beta: njet

Disclaimer: The Harry Potter and Boku no Hero Academia franchises and their characters belong to their respective owner/s. This is a piece of fan-authored fiction created without material gain or for the purpose of infringement of ownership rights. The author retains ownership of only the original plot and characters. No profit was made or intended through the creation of this piece of fiction, merely entertainment.

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Chapter five – Quirk me up

Katsuki glared at the doctor as he came towards him with a long cotton swab.

"Now then, Katsuki-chan, if you could just open your mouth," the old man smiled gently at him, his eyes getting squished under his puffy cheeks and thick brows. How could this old fart see? A quirk maybe…

Red eyes narrowed and Katsuki crossed his arms in defiance.

"Now, now, Katsuki-chan, I know you don't like this but I really need a swab from your mouth."

The doctor smiled wider and Katsuki glared harder.

There was no way he was letting this dirty old man stick that disgusting thing in his throat. That shit was uncomfortable. He'd been sick once and the doctor had needed a swab of his saliva. Last time he trusted a damn doctor. At least he wouldn't be sticking one of those things up his nose, that was even worse. Doctors were the worst.

"Oh, for fucks sake!"

His mom snapped at them both. Suddenly there were fingers prying his jaw open. He growled at her and tried to bite her fingers. "Bakugo-san I don't think that's-" the doctor protested. The old man seemed very nervous, sweat gathered at his brow, as he watched the two Bakugos struggling with each other. They had to be his worst patients. There was no way there was someone worse than them.

"Shut up!" Mitsuki snapped and the doctor flinched back at her sharp tone. "Open up you shit!" Katsuki sputtered something back at her, a lot of loud noises as her damned fingers were still between his teeth. With a louder growl mom pried his jaw wide open. "Now!" She shouted at the doctor. The man startled and almost dropped the swab in his hurry. Katsuki clawed at Mitsuki's hands leaving long red trails behind. He choked and gagged when he felt that fucking torture device scrape against the back of his throat.

The doctor let out a delighted noise and mom's fingers disappeared from his mouth. His jaw snapped shut with a crack of protest, that hurt Kami dammit. He glared, and the old hag glared back. He would get revenge for this. He would, watch him do it. The woman growled at him in warning, as if able to read his thoughts. Katsuki growled back.

"Now then, we should have the full results in two days," the doctor interrupted their growling as he carried the swab out of Katsuki's sight. If it wouldn't result in more torture Katsuki would have showed the damn swab up the doctor's nose, see how he likes it. Mitsuki asked the man a few questions, which Katsuki gladly ignored.

Worst doctor visit ever, they didn't even need to be here. He wasn't sick and he already knew what his quirk could do, the hell would this big nosed asshole find out. 'Well, guess what Katsuki-chan! You can make explosions with your hands!' As if he didn't know that. Pathetic. But no, mom had snatched him by the back of his shirt, threw him in the back of the car and drove off with dad awkwardly waving them off.

And all because he had to be checked over by a doctor. What if there were some side effects they didn't know about? What if he could do other things? They needed to know exactly how he was making explosions. What if blah blah blah…?

Bullshit all of it. Useless bullshit at that.

All he wanted to do was go to sleep and show Hali how awesome he was, how cool his quirk was. And he would have done so if he was sure she would be there. They had to both be asleep to go to their shared dream space. So, going to sleep would be useless, he would have to wait for night to fall and that was already grating enough on its own. But no, that wasn't enough, his mom had to drag him to the doctor to get poked and prodded.

He hissed when the doctor turned away from his mom and smiled down at him. Disturbingly cheerful old bastard. "Don't worry Katsuki-chan, we are done for the day. You can go and show off to all of your little friends now." The doctor told him gently and he only glared back, he still didn't like the old man. "I would urge you not to force your quirk beyond what feels comfortable, it might have very bad consequences," the doctor gave him a solemn look. He saw mom throw him a worried look. "Do I have your word you won't force it?"

Katsuki continued to glare for a long moment before giving a sharp nod. He was NOT risking his hero career, even if he hated the doctor.

"Excellent!" The doctor clapped his hands together happily. "Now I believe your favorite was cherry, right Katsuki-chan?" And with that he handed him a red lollipop. Like that was going to warm him up to the bastard. Hell no! The idiot would have to make more effort to gain back Katsuki's trust after this torture.

The doctor promise to call Mitsuki as soon as the results were in and Katsuki took the lollipop anyway.

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Katsuki was forced to wait to show off to Hali. He was tempted to just jump into bed and try and force the dream. He had to show her how awesome his quirk was. She would be so impressed he was sure. He had the best quirk ever. Hali didn't even have her quirk yet. He wondered what it would be.

It would have to be a cool one too, not as cool as his but still cooler than everyone else's. She couldn't have some lame quirk, it wouldn't fit with her personality. Hali was too special for some lame quirk.

He thought about what Hali's quirk might be. She hadn't said anything about the quirks her relatives had, usually families had similar or at least related quirks. Hmm, he could imagine her with some sort of climbing quirk. A part monkey or even lizard. He snickered when he imagined Hali with a long red monkey tail, she would be able to hang upside down with it. Or even part lizard Hali licking her eyeball, he'd seen a lizard do it once. He swears!

But no, those would be too lame, too weak, too common. Hali needed something better. He could see her with some type of plant quirk. Hali loved gardening and flowers, big blossoms with as many colors as would fit. Maybe controlling plants or even helping them grow. She would have flowers growing out of her head, Hali loved flowers. She would have so many, of all shapes and colors. They would twist among her curls. And she would totally have small wines too! Twisting along red curls with small blue flowers. She would be able to make trees grow really, really fast so she would be able to protect people from falling buildings and stuff. Yeah, he could see it.

It wasn't a quirk he'd want for himself, it wasn't flashy enough, but it would fit Hali. Something like that would fit her so well. He couldn't imagine her with some strong fighting quirk like his. Something more supportive would fit her, he thought. And then they could be the best hero duo ever. Yeah that would work.

When they grew up, the first thing he would do would be saving Hali from her villainous relatives. He would kick Vernon's ass and lock him in jail. And she would come to live with him here in japan. And they would be the best hero team ever. He nodded to himself. It sounded like a good plan to him. Perfect almost. If only he could save her now.

"Oi! Katsuki!" He heard someone call. He lifted his head and saw his usual group of playground friends already gathered and waiting for him. Buck-teeth was waving at him together with Izuku, with Fatso right behind them.

He called a quick bye to his mom as she went to join auntie at the bench, while he continued walking towards his friends.

"Look, look, Katsuki, look!" Buck-teeth called to Katsuki all excited as he joined the small group. And then his fingers extended beyond their normal length. "My quirk showed up last night!" The prat bragged to Katsuki about his shitty quirk. "I was reaching for a cookie, except it was just out of my reach, and then, and then my fingers got really, really long and I was able to get the cookie," the kid bragged.

"That's so cool!" Izuku squealed excitedly. That idiot got overexcited over any lame everyday quirk. Just wait until he saw what Katsuki could do. Izuku was going to lose his mind.

Buck teeth harrumphed and lifted his nose up in pride as Izuku gushed about his quirk, jumping around the boy in excitement. Izuku kept babbling about this and that, asking all kinds of questions, eyes wide and excited. Were…were those sparkles around Izuku's head? Katsuki shook his head, he must be seeing things. "Guess that makes me the only one, out of the four of us, with a quirk." The brat said, and why did that feel like a dig at Katsuki. Oh yeah, maybe the smug smile the ass was directing at him. As if his lame quirk was something to brag about. Pathetic, just like the rest of them.

"Guess again, Sticky fingers!" Katsuki snapped back with a grin that was almost bloodthirsty. Almost, he swears. And with that he extended his hand and let off a few small sparks. Izuku's squeal was even higher, the boy already jumping around Katsuki in excitement. "I made the table explode this morning," he bragged to the brat. Reaching for a cookie, Katsuki had to scoff at that.

"Kacchan, that's so cool!" Izuku squealed as he grabbed his hand and stared at it as if he would be able to see something. As if he could read the secrets of the universe from Katsuki's palm. Buck-teeth's smile feel away slowly as Izuku continued to gush about Katsuki and his quirk and what a great hero he was gonna be with a cool quirk like that.

Katsuki only grinned wider. Oh yeah, he couldn't wait to tell Hali.

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Harley was lying on her back in the middle of the playground staring at the sky. There was a mouse cloud that was running circles across the blue surface, far away from a napping cat cloud. She never quite understood the clouds in their little dream space. They were always something different.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Her dress fluttered around her legs in the light breeze. It was kind of weird wearing a dress. She liked wearing them, they made her look pretty, but it still unsettled her when she felt the big skirt flutter and tickle her legs. It would take some getting used to. Would it get in the way when she ran? Eh, she would have to get used to it.

She opened her eyes and watched as the mouse cloud circled the cat cloud, cat's tail flicking in annoyance. Brave little cloud. Suki wasn't here yet. She frowned up at the sky, she really wanted to show off her dress and tell him the story aunt Petunia told her, about her crazy godfather and her name. Oh, and her mom's name. Lilly. It was such a pretty name. Unlike her own. She pouted at the sky. Stupid godfather.

She couldn't lie, she felt a spark of anger at the man. Anger because he named her after a bike and because he broke a long naming tradition from mom's family. It made her feel like she was separated from her mother's side of the family in some way, like she didn't quite fit in. The odd one out. Just another reminder that she didn't quite fit in with her family. It made her feel lonely.

"Hali!" she heard Suki shout from above her. She twisted her upper body so she could look at him. She saw him running towards her upside down, a wide grin on his face, excitement clear in his every step. She grinned right back. At least she would always have Suki with her. She quickly scrambled up...only to be tackled right back to the ground when Suki tripped and stumbled into her.

They both yelped loudly when their foreheads met with a loud clank. Almost simultaneously they both groaned and covered their foreheads with their hands. Suki sat up with a wine while Harley sank right back down into the grass. They both groaned and rubbed at the hurt spot. And then almost in synch they both jumped back up towards each other and yelled.

"I've got something to tell you!"

The two leaned back and blinked. Well, that was a bit weird. Harley shook her head and quickly jumped to her feet. "Look! Look! Suki!" She babbled at her friend with a wide grin and followed it with a wide twirl so her dress would lift in a wide circle. She would never get over that part.

"Aunt Petunia bought it for me! She made Vernon take us to the store and everything. She bought me other clothes too! New ones! No more Dudley's old clothes! Shirts and pants, and skirts and even other dresses. One of them is pink with little white flowers and ruffles at the bottom. It's so pretty! Oh! Oh! And she told me this story about my godfather, did you know I have a godfather, I didn't. Oh, and my mom's name was Lily like the flower! And that's a tradition in our family! Being named after flowers. How cool is that! That's the story…" Harley finally calmed down enough to realize Suki hadn't said a word at all.

She stopped her twirling to look at Suki. Suki who was sitting there, staring at her, wide eyed and pink cheeked. "Suki? Are you okay?" She asked, worried now, her Suki was never this quiet, no, never. Maybe he was sick.

"You look like a girl…" He mumbled while staring at her.

"Well…yeah," she answered slowly, carefully, all excitement gone now. This was the first time Suki had seen her in a dress, the first she'd ever worn one, actually. And it hadn't occurred to her at the time, but what if he wouldn't be her friend now.

Most boys were like that. They didn't want to play with girls because girls were icky and didn't want to play with the ball or in the mud. What if Suki was like that? What if he thought that girls were icky? What if he thought she was icky now?

"You…you don't like it?" She asked slowly, terrified of his answer, her eyes locked on the grass between her feet. Was he gonna stop being her friend now? What if she lost her best friend because of a stupid dress? Then she didn't want it! She would rather dress in Dudley's torn old clothes than lose Suki. Her lip wobbled and she bit down on it. Suki didn't like it when people cried, she didn't like it when people cried. She refused to cry! This wasn't something to cry about. It wasn't!

Why was the grass blurry?

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"You…you don't like it?" Hali stuttered the question out. It felt like his brain blacked out for a moment. Hali was wearing a dress. Hali was a girl. Well, he knew Hali was a girl, somewhere in the back of his mind. He knew she was a girl, but she'd never been a girl. Hali was a friend who just happened to be a girl. Hali was never a girl. Girls wore pretty dresses, played with dolls and screamed really, really loudly when you showed them a bug. Hali didn't act like that.

Hali climbed trees, scraped her knees, rolled around in the dirt with him, wrestled and played catch and football.

His brain just couldn't understand. Would she still play ball with him? Wrestle? Would she still be his friend?

And then he noticed her stance. Her head was bowed, red curls falling in front of her face, hiding it. That was Izuku's 'I'm crying but trying to hide it' pose. Harley never stood like that. She never cried. She just didn't.

'You... You don't like it?'

Was she really crying over something so stupid!? No. No, Hali didn't cry over anything. Hali didn't cry when their wrestling got just a bit too heated. Hali didn't cry when she landed wrong on her hand. Hali didn't cry when that gremlin cousin of hers and his friends picked on her. Hali didn't cry when that villainous uncle of hers hit her. And Hali wasn't going to cry over a stupid dress.

He wasn't going to allow it!

Which is exactly why he stood up and leaned over at an awkward angle just so he could glare up into Hali's eyes. Hali's murky eyes with tears just ready to spill over. At least there wasn't any snot like with Izuku. Stupid Izuku. And stupid dress!

"Oi!" He yelled at her and her eyes widened in surprise, few tears finally spilling over. "Are you really crying over a stupid dress!?" He snapped at her. He couldn't believe her. Crying over something so unimportant.

"N-no!" Hali yelped as she leaned back away from him.

"Liar!"

"I'm-m not a l-liar!" Her voice was getting stronger but there were still tears in her eyes and a hiccup in her breath.

"You're lying! Why else would you be crying!?" He saw no other reason.

"Because now you won't be my friend anymore!" She yelled back so loudly she surprised them both.

There was a long moment of silence where they just stared at one another. "Eh!? When the hell did I say that?! Are you stupid?"

Hali mumbled something.

"Eh? What was that stupid?"

"I said, you won't be my friend because I'm a girl now!" She yelled and then immediately looked away, cheeks red and eyes wet. She was frustrated now, he could see. Good, he could deal with a frustrated Hali, not a crying one. Never a crying one.

"You really are stupid. You've always been a girl," Katsuki snorted at her.

"You know what I mean." Hali mumbled, still avoiding looking at him and pulling at her dress meaningfully. Yes, Katsuki did know what she meant, but he wasn't about to admit that he was worried about the same stupid thing, especially not after he yelled at her because of it. Still…his questions were still there. Would things change between them now?

Katsuki kicked at the dirt before looking back towards Hali. "Are you…" Immediately Hali looked up at him, bright green eyes murky with unshed tears. Tears of frustration or left-over tears of sadness, he didn't know and didn't much care. Katsuki looked away, he hated it. He hated seeing Hali cry, it didn't feel right and it made him feel funny, all squirmy and stuff. He didn't like it. He didn't like it at all. "Are you going to start screaming when you see a bug now?" He asked slowly, still looking away from Hali.

"…no," she said with a sniff. She sounded confused by the question.

"You going to start crying every time we wrestle?"

"No." Her voice was firm now. Good.

"Then…then I don't care that you wear a dress…I guess." He huffed at her, finally meeting her eyes. She was rubbing the tears from her eyes but there was a large smile on her face. Katsuki's shoulders relaxed. It felt like some weight dropped away from them.

"Okay." She said with a wide bright grin and Katsuki gave one of his toothy mean ones in return. "Oh, Suki, what about you?" She added after a quiet minute.

"Eh, what? I'm not wearing a dress!" He snarled at her. He was not wearing a dress! He refused. Just because Hali was fine wearing one, and just because he was fine with her wearing one didn't mean he was going to wear one. No! Just no.

"No, I mean what were you going to tell me?"

"Oh?" He said in surprise, he had totally forgotten. He forgot! He got a quirk and he forgot about it! Stupid dress! And stupid crying Hali, making him forget. "Oh, look!" He shouted, his toothy grin back in place. "Look! Hali, look!" He yelled as he bounced closer to the redhead. Once he was right in front of her, he held up his hand, palm up, and made a few small sparks and crackles go off. Hali's eyes widened in wonder as she stared.

"Wow! That's so cool!" She exclaimed, all excited now, their fight already forgotten. "How are you doing that?" She whispered as she grabbed at his fingers and leaned forward to see better.

"It's my quirk," he said proudly.

"Quirk?"

"Yeah, you know like a power, like heroes have," he explained best he could. Hali tilted her head to the side as she stared at him, brows drawn together in thought.

"Like a superpower?"

"Yeah! Like a superpower," superpowers were something from old cartoons, weren't they? It's how they referred to quirks before quirks became a thing. Some cartoon still used the word.

Harley crossed her arms across her chest, expression thoughtful. "How can you have superpowers? Are you a mutant?"

"A what now?"

"A mutant. Like X-men," she explained. "From the comics," she added at his confused expression.

"No! Like everyone else. It's a quirk, you know, like everyone else has."

"No, no one has these…" she waved her arm at his palm. "These quirks."

"What are you talking about? Everyone has quirks."

"Nuh-uh."

"Yah-uh. Quirks have been around for years. Like lots of years," Katsuki thought about it for a second. What was the word for it? Oh yeah! "For like more than a century." Hali shook her head in denial. "Yes, they have!" Why was she being so stubborn over this? "They've been around since like 1977, or something," Katsuki wasn't sure that was the right year, but Izuku had mumbled about it more than once, so he was inclined to trust the nerd.

"Ha!" Hali exclaimed as if she'd just won something. "Suki can't even count! 1977 was only…" Harley started counting something on her fingers. "…it was only 7 years ago!" She gave him a winning smile. As if she was right! And yes, he could so count!

"Who can't count, you idiot?! No way. It wasn't only 7 years ago. It was like…" Katsuki started counting on his own fingers. So, here was…one, two, three...and then it carried over…how do numbers even work? "…it was at least 100 years!" So, he didn't know the exact number, but there was no way it was only 7 years ago. No way! He wasn't that bad at counting.

"See you can't count!"

"Yes, I can shut up!" Katsuki yelled as he tried counting again. Hali said 7 years so…78, 79…then it went 80…right? Yes! So, 81, 82, 83 and 84. And that was way too little. You needed to get to at least 2100! Right? What was Hali talking about 7 was way, way too little. And then something occurred to him, something very bad.

He stared blankly at his fingers. "Hali…" he began, "…what year is it?" Hali looked at him, clearly confused now.

"Aunty Petunia said it was 1984." That was no good, no good at all.

"It's 2108 for me," he said slowly before looking up at her. She was confused for only a second before her eyes widened in surprise and disbelief.

"No way! How would…" she trailed off. He didn't know either.

"Are we…from different times or something?" He asked quietly. He hoped Harley knew what this meant he really, really did. Hali was smart, like smarter than Izuku levels of smart. And as much as it pained him to admit it, Izuku was very smart.

"Hmm…" Hali scratched at the tip of her nose as she thought. "Oh, I know!" She exclaimed suddenly startling him. "It's like in Dud's comic!"

"It is?" He asked, sceptical. Again, with the comics…

"Mhm," she nodded with a grin. "In this one comic, Dud said that there were two Wolverines because one was from an alt-al-alter…from a different Earth! Right, so that's how it's with us! I'm from one Earth you are from another!" Katsuki tilted his head in thought. Could that be true? Two different earths? It would explain some things. Like how Hali didn't know about quirks and different years. Honestly, it didn't sound impossible to him.

"Right, so that's why you don't know about quirks…your Earth doesn't have them." Hali nodded quickly at him, hair flying around her head. Right, it made sense, didn't it? But…

Katsuki stared at his palms. How was he supposed to save her now? If she'd just lived in England, one on the same Earth, he could have done it. He just needed to grow up, buy a plane ticket and travel there, but now… How would you travel from one Earth to another? He doubted there was a flight from Japan to Earth number 2. They couldn't meet now, could they? And there was no way of them becoming a Hero pair, not only was Hali on a different Earth, but she also wouldn't get a quirk. She couldn't be a hero without a quirk.

"Hey, hey Suki what's wrong?" Suddenly Hali's face was right in front of him, her expression worried. She was worried for him. How typically Hali, she was the one worse off, yet she was worried about him. Worried about him because he was worried about her.

"How am I supposed to save you now?" He mumbled at her. That was the biggest problem, they didn't need to be hero partners. He just needed her safe and away from her villainous uncle. Maybe Hali didn't want to be a hero anyway, so her not having a quirk wouldn't be a problem.

Her face fell. "Oh…" she said lowly as she seemed to realise what he was saying. "Well..." she tried but didn't know how to finish. Hali chewed on her lip. "Well…in the comics it happened, right?" She asked finally.

"Those are just comics Hali…"

"Yes, but listen," she exclaimed excited suddenly. "You said everyone had these, these quirks, right?" She asked. Katsuki just nodded brows drawn together. Where was she going with this? "And everyone has a different one, right?"

"Yes…" he answered slowly still not getting it. Hali started bouncing in place from her excitement. As if she got a whole chocolate cake just for herself and someone told her that Christmas came early.

"So, someone could have a quirk that allows them to go from one Earth to another!" She grinned at him, all teeth on display. "So, we just have to find that one person!"

Katsuki grinned right back. "Yeah!" He could still save Hali! Yes, it was a bit more complicated than just buying a plane ticket, but the important part was that he could still help her. He could still save her!

And then something occurred to him. He looked around at their dream space. At the swings and trees and houses. This wasn't normal was it. It looked like the work of a quirk. But it wasn't his quirk, was it? He could make explosions with his palms, not a whole dream space. No, this was someone else's quirk…He was so stupid! How didn't he see this before! It was so obvious! The dream space, and the way that Hali's relatives treated her. It all made sense now!

"Hali!" He yelled, as he grabbed her by the shoulders, startling her badly. "You said that your relatives treat you badly, right? Because you are different."

"Y-yeah…"

"What if it's because of your dad?!"

"My dad?" He nodded at her.

"Yeah! Listen, what if your dad was born on my Earth. And his quirk allowed him to go to your Earth, and then he fell in love with your mom and stayed." He grinned at her, all wide and bright.

"That would make sense…" She trailed off. "That could be why aunty and uncle don't like me, why they call me a fr-freak." She stuttered at the word, and Katsuki swore to himself to hit Vernon extra hard for calling her that. Hali was NOT a freak.

"Yeah and this is your quirk," he waved around them. "And, and you might have other relatives on my Earth! And they might have the type of quirk we need to get you to my Earth. We just have to find them." That could be their starting point. Sure, it wasn't guarantied that her relatives would have the sort of Earth hopping quirk they needed, but it was very likely. Families usually had similar or at least related quirks. And if her dad could hop from one Earth to another all willy-nilly, who's to say Hali's grandma, for example, couldn't do something similar. It could work. They would make it work.

"Yeah! That would work." She nodded at him and grinned.

This wasn't the sort of quirk he envisioned Hali having. Making a dream space for two people to share. She wouldn't be able to become a hero with it, and so they couldn't be hero partners, but at least this meant that there was a way of getting Hali to him. Of saving her and that was all that mattered to him.

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Harley stared at the dark wooden doors of the library. She was dressed in a baby pink shirt and a dark blue, almost black, skirt with tiny pink flowers on it. It was very girly, and she adored it.

Today was the day. The day she starts her 'Befriend Jen from the library' plan. Okay so she didn't have an actual plan, just the vague outline of one. Okay so it was basically talk to Jen, magic friendship stuff, end result best friends.

"Alright, I will come and pick you up in a few hours," aunt Petunia said from behind her and Harley leaned back and twisted her head so she could look up at the woman. "Behave," Petunia ordered.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Good. I will see you soon." Aunt Petunia gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze before turning away and guiding Dudley to the playground. Petunia had seemed…warmer these last few days. Ever since that shopping trip it seemed like the ice had melted from her eyes. She still treated Harley the same way, like an unwanted pet, but now there were moments like these. Shoulder squeezes, head pats, small words of praise, she'd even brushed and braided Harley's hair once. It felt…good. It felt really good. Harley didn't feel like such an outsider anymore.

Harley turned away, there were more pressing things to think about. Like how to talk to Jen.

"Hello Miss Helen!" Harley greeted the woman with a bright smile and a low voice. Miss Helen hated loud noises in the library, and she was scary when angry.

"Hello dear." Helen greeted her with a small smile, more of a twitch of her lips before she went back to her book. A thick tome with dark brown covers and glossy words too long for Harley to even spell out much less read.

Alright, now onto her master plan. How to start talking to Jen? Well, what did she know about the girl? She was vey quiet, very shy, she liked to read and…and that was it. How was she supposed to talk to the girl?! How did one talk to girls?! She only talked to boys before. Suki and Dud mostly, Dud's gang on occasion, when they weren't little shits.

She had talked to Jen once. She'd asked for a book. It was a very short conversation, granted, but it still counted. It did! It so did. So, asking about another book? Maybe asking if Jen had a favourite book, or if she knew a good book Harley could read. But that would all be short conversations! Harley didn't want that. She wanted an actual conversation not, what was the word aunt Petunia used…chitchat?

Hm, what to do? What to do? Oh! She had an idea, now if only it would work. But first she needed a book, a specific book. It was a big book, for the child section that is, dark red covers with golden letters. It was a collection of fairy tales. Little red riding hood, Cinderella, Snow white, Rapunzel and so on. All tales Harley had read before, but she'd read them in books with few words and many pictures. This book had only one picture per story and many words Harley had trouble saying.

She'd seen Jen reading it before, blue eyes locked on the pages. So, she must understand all the words in it! This gave Harley the perfect excuse to start talking to the girl. All she had to do was ask Jen to help her read the book. Harley gave a sharp nod as she stared at the book in her hands. It was the perfect plan.

She hugged the book close and with a smile walked towards the pillow section. Then she saw Jen and panic set in. What if she messed this up?! What if Jen refused to help her?! What if the other girl never talked to her again?!

Dark blue eyes locked onto her and Harley had to steel herself. It was now or never.

"H-hey…" she stuttered. Abort mission! This wasn't going to work. She was already messing this up! Abort! "Uhm…I was just wondering…" she flinched. "I-I mean could you…" How does one even sentence? She swallowed, too late to run away now, better to just get it over with. "I'm having some trouble reading this one, some words are too long, so I was wondering if you could help me read it, I saw you reading it before, so I guess you understand it. If you don't wanna I understand." She got the whole thing out as quickly as possible. She'd never befriended anyone, other than Katsuki. How could others do this?!

"Uhm…" Jen started, before averting her eyes. "Wouldn't it be better if you asked Miss Helen? She knows more than me." It was said in such a soft, low tone Harley had to stop breathing just to hear the girl. Crap! She hadn't thought about that.

"W-well, yeah, but, but Miss Helen is kinda scary." That was a good excuse, right?

"I g-guess," Jen answered slowly. A long moment of silence passed between them, Harley was just about ready to bolt and never return. "Okay."

"Wah…yeah okay, great." Harley grinned in relief. Mission accomplished! She dropped down next to Jen and opened the book. "Right so my favourite is Rapunzel, so can we start with that one?"

Jen gave a small shy smile. "Really? Mine too." Harley's grin got wider. Yes! Something to talk about with the girl.

"That's awesome. My favourite part is-"

Harley was going to make another friend just you watch her!

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And cut. Big thanks to Viva01, ultima-owner, ParanoidSylph, kittylove3120 and ReadingnerdOtaku for giving me some throwaway quirks, much appreciated. I don't know when, or even if, your suggestions will be used, but I will mention you when they do. Also, Katsuki needs to stop muscling in on POV time, the little rascal.

Getting together early: When I said I was thinking on having them get together early I DID NOT mean that they bump uglies at ten or some such, no, just no. What I meant was…how do I do this without spoiling future chapters…just, they sort of declare they are boyfriend and girlfriend and that's it, somewhere down the line, like years later, they figure out that this involves kissing and stuff. Like the first time they tell this to someone other than each other will involve a crying little girl, Mitsuki losing her shit and Katsuki being a clueless little munchkin. And yes, I'm being vague on purpose.

Difference between girl and girl: Right so, idk if the difference came across properly in the chapter, so here is a (hopefully) better explanation. When they say girl, they mean the gender and when they say girl,they mean specific behaviour.

Future plans: Right so I have decided to combine 2nd and 3rd books, thank you for all your suggestions, I think I have a way of doing it without making it too hectic. I will also remove the time travel parts entirely, I ain't fuckin with that shit. I will try to make the 5th and 6th books more interesting as I do share your frustration with those books. TBH, the 6th book was the worst one in the series, the only highlight I can think of is Harry sassing the Minister of magic other than that, it was all…meh. I now know where I'm going to finish this story, no worries it is far away in the future. Also, I have lots of stuff planed, this will not be another copy and paste of the books and some of the stuff I have planed will make you hate me :) I look forward to your hate and frustration :)

Timeline: Right so the timeline for quirks is part bullshit part speculation as there's no actual timeline given, so I'm making up numbers. I wanted something just before Harley was born, so in this fanfic quirks started appearing since 1977 and have been around for about 131 years (that number is based mostly on the number of users of One for All). So, Harley was born in 1980, it is 1984 for her. Katsuki was born in 2104, it is 2108 for him. And they are both 4 years old. But honestly, the timeline isn't going to be important (probably even mentioned) outside of this one chapter. So don't worry too much about it.

James the Earth hopping wonder: No. Before you ask, James didn't have an Earth hopping quirk. Just a regular old wizard I'm afraid. This is just kids being kids and trying to make sense of the situation they are in without having all the facts. Although, that could be a premise of a different HP and BNHA fic, if someone is willing to write it.

Also, random rant, but if porn blogs could stop trying to shove politics down my throat, that would be great, I'm just trying to look at dicks, guys. "But these are all important issues we need to talk about!" Not while my hand's down my pants bitch we don't.

I'll see ya in the next chapter. Chao~