𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗞 | 𝗛𝗣 𝘅 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗟

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝟭

Antoinette Stark was a complicated person. In the eyes of the media she was a ruthless business woman who spent her free time as Iron  Woman saving the world. She was a self proclaimed Genius, Billionaire, Playgirl, Philanthropist. An icon for aspiring women all over the world. Openly out as bi. She had no shame when it came to her past hook ups although she was now happily dating Pepper Potts. She relentlessly worked to make up for the destruction her weapons had caused. Despite not being a Stark in blood she continued to uphold the name, refusing to let anyone take it away from her.

She was a woman of many masks and you could count the people alive who had seen the real her on one hand.

~

May 29th was one of the hardest days in the Potter household. The house was silent without any of the usual cheer despite the eight people currently occupying the house.

Lily and James Potter grieved for their daughter.

Sirius Black and Marlene McKinnon grieved for their first godchild.

Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew grieved for their honorary niece.

Alice and Frank Longbottom grieved for the little girl who had stolen everyone's hearts.

The eight of them currently sat in the living room, silently grieving. 

The closed door in the hallway upstairs haunted their thoughts. Despite it being almost 25 years since Annie was taken no one had been able to bring themselves to clean out her room, and so the door stayed firmly shut.

None of them were ready for the note that appeared on the coffee table.

~

The Great Hall in Hogwarts was loud as it always was but the atmosphere was much more subdued at the Gryffindor table. Harry Potter picked at his food from where he sat with his friends surrounding him, giving silent support. It was his sisters birthday, a day he'd always hated. It didn't matter that he didn't know her. He hated the way his parents faces fell when they saw the closed door in hallway, the tears that would fill his mothers eyes. He hated the way he'd been robbed of a sister and his parents of a daughter.

Everyone looked up when the doors to the Great Hall opened. Wizarding families including the Potter's, the Blacks, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, the Longbottoms, the Weasleys and the Malfoys came in, all with identical notes in their hands.

James spoke up, not pleased about been called to Hogwarts when they had been mourning -  Dumbledore knew not to disturb them on this day unless it was an emergancy. 'Dumbledore? Why did you call us here?'

Dumbledore himself looked confused. 'I can assure you, Mr Potter, that I wasn't the one who summoned you.'

'I did.' Everyone turned to look at the man who stepped out a golden portal.

'And who are you?' Lucius Malfoy sneered at him, eyeing his clothing distastefully.

'You'll see. I think that the reason I'm here is more important.' The man looked directly at the Potter's. 'I'm here to introduce you to your daughter.'

You could here a pin drop in the silence that followed. Mouths dropped open but no one dared to make a sound.

'What?' James rasped.

Lily pushed past him. 'She's alive? You know her?'

'I can assure you she's very much alive, and yes, I do know her. We work together in the future.'

'Where is she?'

'Currently celebrating her birthday, I assume, but I'll bring her here shortly. Moving forwards, you may have heard of the avengers,'

Everyone who was muggleborn or muggle raised halfbloods along with quite a few purebloods had at least heard of the avengers. The ones who hadn't were quickly filled in by their friends.

'More specifically Antoinette 'Toni' Stark,' Lily let out a tiny gasp as she pieced together what he was saying quickly followed by Remus.

'Formally known as Antoinette Lily Potter.' The students erupted into chatter at the revelation that the famous Toni Stark was their classmates missing sister. Everyone completely missed the dark glower coming from the front of the room.

Ron nudged Harry. 'Mate, your sister's Toni Stark!' Harry nodded silently, still caught up in shock at the revelation that his sister was indeed alive and apparently a famous superhero.

Hermione smiled, happy for her best friend and his family. Before she came to Hogwarts she was bullied for being so smart but then she'd seen Toni Stark on TV giving a speech about women in stem and the woman had quickly become her idol.

The Potter couple and their close friends were also shocked. How many times had they seen her on TV and never noticed?

The man cleared his throat and continued. 'We will be watching movies about her life shortly but first I will be bringing in some guests...'