It's Time To Live Your Life

Disclaimer - This is a Harry Potter/Avengers Crossover Again! I love this crossover and it seems you lot do to! I own nothing apart from the plot line!

Chapter Three

Reaching where the small teenager sat, Tony placed a hand on his shoulder lightly, not missing how his shoulder came up and head went down as if expecting to be hit, and then joined him on the floor once again. "Harry, I've just spoken to your teacher and she's allowed you to stay with me for the rest of the day before I have to bring you back to the hotel. She's also told me a very interesting piece of information, which means that you get to come with me and stay much sooner. Your aunt and uncle, it would seem, decided to give Dudley a holiday after this trip by coming to New York and staying in the same hotel you are so that when the trip Is over, he gets to see more of New York. Or that's what your aunt told Miss Cresskill. She made it sound just for Dudley but had to include you on this. This is a good thing because this means I can get custody signed from them over to me or Stark Industries anyway." He kept the big smile off his face to see what Harry's reaction was and it ranged from excited to scared.

Reaching over with his other hand he tilted Harry's chin up before smiling softly at him. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let anything happen to you while there here. They won't have a leg to stand on in court if they take it that far and you won't be left alone long enough for them to try anything." This did little to reassure Harry, as he knew the lengths his relatives would go to hurt him in any way, but he smiled and nodded to Tony. What Harry didn't know is that Tony would got to lengths not known to keep the people he loves safe and that now included Harry.

Still watching them across the floor with metaphorical smoke rising from her ears, Pepper slowly got angrier and angrier the more time Tony spent with the little boy. 'Why is he spending so much time with that kid? He should be working but he's not, leaving everyone else to make his money. And if he wanted to not work then he should be over here talking to me!' She wanted Tony to notice her more than he did. It was like he didn't find her attractive, which was strange to Pepper, as he would go with anything that walks females wise as well as male in the later years. The truth was Tony didn't find her attractive at all and that was why he hired her, other than the fact she was good at her job, so that he wouldn't have a law suit on his hand because of sexual harassment.

Miss Cresskill watched the red head from afar, a frown on her face as she easily read what was playing across her face. She didn't like it one bit, as it could ruin Harry's chances of happiness and that wasn't acceptable. She just hoped that Tony didn't share her feelings.

"Pepper, what should we do now? Is Tony going to come back to the tour for the next part or should I take them and keep them interested? Pepper… Pepper!" Tony's bodyguard, Happy, came over asking a question and trying to get her attention. She snapped out of her trance and with one last glare towards the two males, looked at Happy before sighing and nodding. "Yes, it doesn't look like Mr Stark is going to be moving anytime soon, so take them to the next part of the tour and keep them entertained." She didn't look very happy to be saying this and Happy gave her a wary glance before nodding affirmative and walking back in the direction of the kids.

"Alright ladies and Gents, if you'll follow me we'll continue on with the tour. Would any of you like to hear another story about Mr Stark?" He sounded Happy as his name sake would proclaim and he kept almost all of the children interested in what he was saying. The only one not interested happened to be Dudley Dursley. "Why's the freak not coming with us? And why is he talking to Mr Stark? I bet he's in trouble! Ahah I can't wait to let my parents know about this, he's so going to get it when we get back!" Dudley laughed with his mates, not realising how loud he said that and that Happy had stopped walking to glare at him. It didn't take a genius to know that the 'freak' was the young teenager currently sat laughing with Tony.

"I think that you should go to your teacher lad, I don't think I nor anyone else here wants you on this tour. You do not get to say anything like that about another person without repercussions and your repercussion is to go back to hotel and miss out on the rest of the tour." Happy knew he didn't exactly have the authority to do that but from the way the teacher was nodding he knew he hadn't exactly done anything wrong. And he knew that is if it got back too tony what the brat said, neither he nor his parents will be able to get a job or a house anywhere because he'll ruin them with a couple of taps on his phone.

"What? No! you can't do that! Tell him miss Cresskill, he can't do that!" Dudley whined falsely, not really wanting to continue on with the boring tour but not wanting be sent back to the hotel while all of his friends are here. He turned to his teacher thinking that he'll get anything he wants like he does with his parents if he whines and whinges.

"Your right Mr Hogan. I think I'll just go find my teaching assistant to take Mr Dudley, as well as anyone else who disagrees with you," she gave a pointed stare to Dudley's friends. "back to the hotel here they can wait for the rest of us to arrive back." The look on Dudley's face was priceless and one she would never forget till the end of her days. Someone denied him what he wanted and he was too surprised to start the crocodile tears.

"But… But... You can't do that! Wait until my Dad hears about this! He'll have you fired! And you too!" he started yelling aggressively towards his teacher and Happy and just at that moment a security guard came in, hand on his gun and stood over Dudley threateningly, making his shut up quickly. Nodding her thanks to the guard, she spotted her teaching assistant. "Sam, could you please come over here and escort my Dursley back to the hotel where he shall stay until we return? Thank you." Turning to Dudley she put a slightly sadistic smile on her face before answering him. "Mr Dursley, you'll be pleased to know that you can tell your parents sooner than anticipated because they called not too long ago informing me that they are now in the same hotel as us and you will be staying longer than everyone else as they decided to take a holiday to New York. Wont they be ever so please as to know that you behaved so badly that you had to leave the Expo? Now, along with you, we can't keep everyone else waiting because of your misbehaviour."

The startled look of shock on his face made several people stifle their laughter and some not even bothering to try. It went even redder in humiliation as he trudged towards the door with Sam's hand on his shoulder and a security guard following behind.

Miss Cresskill turned back too Happy and nodded to him and he continued forward with the tour. He did so with grandeur, almost as though the events what just took place never happened.

From afar, both Harry and tony watched this happen with fascination, especially to Harry as Dudley hardly ever got told he couldn't do something. It made Tony think to himself how easy it will be to convince the Dursley's to cooperate with what he wants.

Authors Note –

So…. What did people think? I know I haven't updated in a while, but I'm starting to get back into writing again so I hope there will be many more chapters to come not only in this story but also in all of my others.

Let me know what you think. This chapter is by far my worst one but I just couldn't think of how to get it to continue to where I wanted it to go:/ let me know what you think and if there are any mistakes I'll be happy to change them

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