[You have killed a wizard. Your existence grows stronger.]
What the fuck? The voice in my head it was from the SS Universe System. Why the fuck am I hearing it?
As I was thinking that, a gaze landed upon me. It was familiar; however, for the body I was currently in, it felt like a higher-dimensional being was looking at me.
As I was about to give the middle finger to the gaze, the surroundings suddenly shattered as though made of glass and a bald monk woman appeared in front of me. She wore golden robes, and golden magic circles glowed in her hands.
The gaze shifted to her for a moment and then, as if dismissing her completely, looked back at me.
{Yeah yeah, fuck off. You're scaring the magic lady. And while you're at it, please erase my shackles.}
I projected the words into the air. It was as though I had spoken them aloud. The gaze lingered, and I could feel a shrug from it before it vanished just as suddenly as it had appeared.
And with it, the shackles that had bound me disappeared, as if they had never existed.
{Sorry for that, Ammm?? If I'm not wrong, aren't you the Ancient One?}
"Yes, yes I am," she replied as the golden magic circles around her hands faded and she relaxed from her battle stance.
Did she think I was less of a threat than the gaze of my true self? I wondered.
"May I ask who you are? You do not belong on Earth, after all," she said, her voice calm, a faint smile on her face.
{Can't you, I don't know, see it in the future or something?} I asked.
After all, if she was here, that must mean this world was a Harry Potter × MCU crossover. She should've seen my existence the moment I arrived maybe even before.
"No, contrary to what you think, I only see glimpses of the future from time to time," she said. That calm smile never left her face. It carried a strange weight, a sense of control, like she already knew how the conversation would end.
How she could convey so much with just a smile was beyond me. Does that come with age? I wondered only to remind myself that I was far older than her.
{My name is Nihilo. Nihilo R. Echoes.}
Now, some of you might ask why the R. Echoes part. Well, that's because I know what my Animagus form would be and Echoes, because my existence reverberates through countless realities.
"I see. Mr. Echoes, may I ask what is the purpose of your visit to Earth?"
She sat down and conjured a table, two seats, and tea for the both of us with casual grace.
{Nothing, really. You see, this boy died, and I simply took over his body and his soul.}
I hurried to explain when I noticed the faintest frown crease her face. The Ancient One, frowning. That alone was enough to raise alarms. She was a woman who smiled all the way to her death, as far as I remembered. If she was frowning now, it meant she was not happy.
{I didn't choose to come here, mind you. I don't get to decide where I awaken.}
"Please, keep explaining," she urged, taking a sip of the tea. I followed suit and damn, this was some good stuff. Smooth, calming, with a strange warmth that sank deep into the soul. Not like i had one to begin with
{Well, you see... I was human once. Not sure what I'd call myself now. The closest term might be... eldritch.}
I projected the words into the air, watching them hang there for a moment before continuing.
{Anyway, like I said, I was human. Then one day, I got ripped out of reality and trapped in the void. For a long, long time. Then, for one reason or another, a world pulled my consciousness in... and I learned how to do the same. So, I started sending pieces of myself into different realities. Like a multiversal stream of consciousness. Basically, I turned my existence into a cosmic TV show for my main self, who's still trapped in the void.}
I could've lied. Should've lied. But there was something about her, something that screamed Do not mess with the bald woman. I mean, if a woman willingly gives up her hair and still commands this much presence, then yeah, I'm gonna be a little scared and i was pretty sure that she had some sort of truth sensing magic bullshit that would fuck me over if i tried something,
"I can see your reasons," she said slowly. "However, why should I let you stay here, Mr. Echoes? You just attracted the attention of a high-dimensional being, and what's to stop you from doing it again? What's to stop you from endangering Earth a second time?"
Her voice remained calm, but her eyes… her eyes were looking at me like she was judging my existence itself. I should be taking notes on how to that shit myself, she is what 0.01% of my age and she is making me nervous thats something to brag about in my opinion.
{That was my true self, I apologize for causing you trouble. The system that governed the last world I visited worked in this world all of a sudden, and it caused the gaze of my true self here. If you can, please let me stay I would be grateful. And if you like, I can help in anything you require of me. Heck, if you want, I can let you siphon my own energy. Although I have never tried to do so before, so you would have to figure it out for yourself,} I said to her as I bowed my head a little. From what I knew, she did steal the energy of the Dark Dimension, so it wasn't far-fetched to say that she could use the energy that my soul produced. And as for helping her, if this is MCU, then she would need it. I think. To be honest, I didn't know my memories of the MCU universe were not that strong, and I had forgotten most of it.
"We can agree if you truly don't mean to harm Earth. However, I would like a vow at the very least, and you would be under surveillance for the foreseeable future," she said as she disappeared from the room alongside the table and teacups, and I was left sitting in front of the dead nut sack.
BANG
As I was astonished, the sound of someone blasting the door open reached me, and light flooded the room from outside alongside figures of people in different robes, with wands raised in their hands.
They cautiously came near, only to see the dead body and me kneeling beside him.
"Get away from the corpse, child," a man with one eye missing and scars on his face said as he pointed his wand at me. He had a artificial eye its place, which scanned the whole room by moving farentically form one corner to another.
"There is no need for that, Moody. Can't you see he is just a child?" a woman by his side said as she slowly approached me and kneeled by my side.
"Hello there, little one. My name's Emilya Bones, what's yours?" she asked in a soothing voice. She was a square-jawed woman with a commanding presence. She wore a distinctive monocle over one eye.
'Wtf is that, Amon?' I asked myself as I looked into her eyes. However, I gave her no answer I just pointed to my throat and shook my head. She understood in an instance that i could not speak and looked back
"Take this child to St. Mungo's Hospital," she ordered one of her Aurors, who then grabbed my shoulders and teleported us to a reception room of some sort. I would have puked everything I had consumed, if I had anything. However, the bile in my throat did come up, only to be swallowed down by me.
After reaching there, they did some tests on me, which included scanning me with different spells that felt like I was going through an MRI of some sort.
As I was just sitting there in one of the beds, they checked my eyes, throat, and even examined if I had any scars. However, the biggest shock to them came when they asked me basic stuff, and I just looked at them causing them to call in a mind healer.
Although I wanted to see what they would do to me, they used a potion to knock me out, which I considered a bit rude. However, I let it slide because I also wanted to see what the previous owner of the body had been up to.
So I did what that old nut sack had interrupted and went through the memories of the boy whose body I had taken over.
And what I found out was unexpected. Truly unexpected. Like I-would-not-even-have-guessed kind of shit.
I had a twin sister. A fucking twin sister.
[Author's note: i don't really remember the personality of the ancient one, and feel like there can be many things that can be improved, if you can help me out in the comments that would be awesome, There is a second chapter that is coming in few hours, i just need to edit it, and proof read it again]