“Ouch…” I groan out as I slowly wake up. My whole body hurts like hell. What happened? Ahh I wanted to cultivate or at least try to analyze my new body and use the force in me and then I remember pain, before I lost my consciousness. That's already the second time I woke up with pain. I hope that isn't becoming a trend.

I sit up and look around and instantly notice I am not in New York anymore. Everything seems more oriental. As I wait a few minutes for the pain to recede until I hear a knock on the door and then entering the room I am in. I blink as I see Wong entering my room.

Okay I am in Kamar-Taj with the sorceress. That is so cool! Granted maybe they are responsible for whatever happened to me, but I know they are mostly good, so I don't have to fear much from them. at least if I am no danger to earth.

Still, how cool is it so actually see Wong! I have to try really hard to contain any squalling. Especially in my current body. I just have a huge grin on my face which just seem to raise a brow of Wong.

“Miss Hill, I am here to take you to the Ancient One. Please follow me.” And with that he leaves the room.

I already assumed that I would meet her, but I am still really excited about it. The Ancient One is just one of my favorite characters.

I quickly leave my room and follow Wong with a little skip in my steps. As we walk around the premises I look around Kamar-Taj and my eyes sparkle as I look over everything. This is just so cool and it's interesting to see the training of the pupils.

After a little while Wong opens a door and indicates me to enter. I enter the room and he closes the door behind me. Inside is a little cozy room with a table and two cups of tea. On one side sits a bald woman in a yellow garment, the Ancient one. She welcomes me with a warm smile.

“Ahh Welcome Miss Hill. I hope you are feeling better. If not, try the tea. It helps me relax from time to time.” She pointed on the opposite side of the table and I quickly walk over and take the seat.

I know I should be more composed, but that is the first actual important character I meet and its one of my favorites. I nearly vibrate in my chair. I try to calm myself down and take a few deep breaths, before I remember the tea and take a sip. Its really good and after a little bit I finally am more calm again.

I can see the mirth in her eyes as she observes me and my behavior.

“Thank you for your concern, but the pain is gone now. Nonetheless the pain helped me calm down.” I bow a little to show my gratitude, but still see the little rise of her lips. But now that I'm here I can maybe get some answers.

“So not to sound ungrateful or anything, but why exactly did you help me? I guess it had something to do with my awakening. Were you the ones that suppressed me at birth?”

The Ancient One slowly sips her tea and just raises an eyebrow. She takes a little to answer me.

“Hmm. That is a lot of questions, but let's start with your first Question, Miss Hill. We saved you, because obviously something went wrong back there. We actually observed you since a few minutes after you woke up. You see you are an anomaly. You shouldn't be in this universe or timeline and that leads to complications. I wanted to observe you, but then you collapsed so I saw it fit to bring you here. For the second question you are wrong. We didn't even know you existed until today. But with that question you are probably not aware of your heritage. Did I get that right?”

I blink at her and process the information I got. So I seem to be not human? Or at least not completely if I have a heritage. She likely knows more. I am still alive so I am no danger in her eyes. I can tell her a few things so that we don't go back and forth too often. She already tries not to mention that she can see into the future.

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“Okay, that makes sense. First lets a few things out of the way. I know the future. Or at least one. You can relate, because you saw your own, but I know a little more than that. So don't hold back to maybe reveal something. I probably know that already. And yes I know that Strange will be your protege and you plan to die. I don't know if that future is still valid, because as you said I am an anomaly and shouldn't be here.

But because I know the future I want to change it. I am still alive so you don't see me as a threat and I assure you I am not. I want the earth to be save and prosper and will help with that. I can't promise you I won't interfere with Strange, even if you have plans for how that is supposed to go down. I can just say one thing Strange is fated to be a sorcerer so it will happen.

Now I hope you can trust me at least when I said I don't mean any harm, because thats the truth and I know you can see into the future and past. So can you tell me what exactly is my heritage. I wanted to cultivate earlier, but something is obviously wrong and it didn't work, maybe you can shed some light onto it.”

I finish my long monologue and watch the Ancient One calmly drinking her tea. She ponders for a while, before she finally answers.

“I will monitor your actions, Miss Hill. I am pretty sure that you have no nefarious things planned, but I want to be sure. But yes I believe you that you mean no harm. Still please try to interfere as minimal as possible with the matter of Strange.”

I sigh at her words. She kind of has a real hard fixation on how these events should unfold. Stubborn old people.Then he lips twitch a little as she continues speaking and she has this mischievous glint in her eyes.

“Now to the matter of your heritage. You are right I know what your heritage is, princess.”

I blink as she says these words and my brain just blanks out. Did she just said princess? Okay I'm royalty, but from what? That can mean so many things and could be good or bad. I take a deep breath and have to calm down. I see her smirk a little, that is exactly what she wanted as she slowly drinks her tea. I give her the stink eye and she continues.

“Sorry about that, but at my age it's rare to have a little bit of fun. To get back to the topic. Your father is from Aasgard. I see in your eyes you understand what that means. But not just any asgardian your Father is the Allfather Odin. So congratulations on being a princess. And yes that means Thor is your half-brother. Now as you are a child of Odin you have the Odin force within you. That is very likely the reason why you can't cultivate. To actual use inner strength you have to visit Asgard and learn from them.

The rest of your circumstances are a mystery to me too. I only knew that Odin visited earth 20 years ago and stayed a little bit. I didn't even know he had a daughter until today.”

I nodded and contemplated what she told me. So I am from Asgard and Odin did something on my birth to conceal me as human or even making me human, but it reversed on my 17th birthday, maybe because my old memories returned. That is good to know, but I will visit him after the invasion. So I ‘only’ have the strength of an asgardian. Well that should be enough for know.

“Thank you for this information, but I will have to visit my old man later this year.” This conversation was really fruitful and I can finally do some planning. That reminds me what time is it? “Say, how long was I out?”

And there ist it again that soft smile and glint in her eyes. Now I have a real bad feeling. “Ohh not long, only for a few hours?”

Phew that wasnt that. I was out a little bit before lunch. “Oh Okay what time is it?” But there is that glint again. I have a feeling her meaning of a few hours are different from mine.

“Its around six o’clock.” I blink. That's bad but not too bad, but before I can relax she continues. “Well six o’clock in the morning here in Nepal. It should be something after 8 PM.”

“Fuck!” I curse as I hear that. “My mum will kill me. Why didn't you wake me up before that? Gaarhh” I might have started to panic slightly. I hear her chuckle and glare at her.

“Ahh it will be okay, Miss Hill. And we had to let your body rest after that shock. Just explain everything and I am sure it will be alright. But I guess now would be a good time for you to leave. If you ever want to learn about the mystical art just visit the Sanctum in New York. You should be able to learn sorcery even without visiting asgard.”

I grumble a little bit, but nod. Learning sorcery could be beneficial so maybe I will visit them. Especially the sling rings will make traveling so much easier. “Then please at least use your portals to teleport me near my home.” I don't want to walk from the sanctum home and coming home even later.

The Ancient One nods and opens a portal to some alley. “Then I wish you a pleasant evening, Miss Hill.”

I stand up and bow to her. “I thank you for your hospitality and information. Will surely get back to your offer and wish you a nice day. Goodbye!” I say and then walk through the portal that closes behind me.