Even though I was better prepared this time, the disorienting feeling I felt during the interdimensional transportation was still the worst.
“Uhh… I never want to have this feeling again.” I said once the interdimensional transportation ended and we were thrown to the ground by a portal.
“Me too!” Emma said in support as I gave her a hand to help her rise up.
Once I completely got my bearings, I looked around and found that we were surprisingly in front of the restaurant where we were dining yesterday.
Fortunately, we had not appeared exactly where we had disappeared from. It would have caused a huge mess and more than likely caused a confrontation with the staff.
“Peter, look! I can access my accounts. We are definitely in our world.” Emma said happily as she found the confirmation that we were indeed in our world. Though I had never thought that I would ever be happy simply because I was in my own world.
“I believe we should call Professor first. Everyone must be worried about us since we didn't return yesterday.” I suggested to Emma. Even though it had only been a single day, it was obvious for them to be worried for us.
“They must be thinking that we had secretly went away for a tryst.” Emma joked.
“Hello, Professor!” I said to Professor Xavier as I called him.
“You are finally here, Peter. I had been deeply worried when you and Emma had not returned yesterday. I even contacted Ancient One and to my shock, she told me that both of you went through the same thing as Gwen, meaning you were in another world.
Even though we knew that Spider Supreme had his eyes on you and you would not be in danger because of your immense powers anyways, we could not help but worry. Fortunately, your stay in another world was not as long as Gwen's.”
Looks like Professor Xavier had been worried enough that he had even called Ancient One. It was clear from his voice just how much glad he was to find that we were alright.
“I have learnt a lot in that another world, Professor. I now know who was the alien telekinetic who attacked New York and even who was his master. There is so much more I have found that I can't even begin to tell.” I said, giving professor a small sample of our earnings in that world.
As I said this words to Professor Xavier, my eyes involuntarily fell on my special ring which had the disk containing all the information and technology from that world.
“What? Are you telling the truth, Peter? If you have really found such information, we can literally change the world, prepare ourselves from future threats.” Professor Xavier exclaimed, surprised by my words.
“I will tell you everything once I come over— Huh!” Before I could finish my words, Ancient One's message came to me through a communication spell.
“Come to Kamar Taj immediately!”
“It seems that we will be a little late. Ancient One is calling for us.” I relayed Ancient One's message to Professor Xavier.
“It is obvious for her to call you since you went through a multiversal adventure. See ya later then, Peter! Try to come sooner if possible.” Professor Xavier said as he ended the call, anxious to hear everything we had learnt but still respecting Ancient One.
“Let's see what Ancient One has to say. Shall we?” Emma said as she raised her hand towards me.
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“With pleasure!” I said with smile as I took her hand and created a portal to Kamar Taj.
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As I and Emma walked through Kamar Taj, a few apprentices and sorcerers greeted us. However, we could not stop to exchange pleasantries with them since Ancient One had called for us.
It was then my legs suddenly stopped walking as my eyes suddenly fell on a certain individual.
“What happened, Peter?” Emma asked.
I simply pointed my finger towards that individual, a younger Dr. Strange. He was wearing apprentice robes and sparring with Master Mordo, proving that he was actually talented.
“Dr. Strange really exists in our world. Another proof that this world is similar to the one we had been to.” Emma commented upon seeing Dr. Strange.
“We should continue. We need to tell Ancient One what we found.” I said to Emma and gestured for her to continue with me.
We found Ancient One in the same courtyard where she often sat and discussed the matters of Kamar Taj with other Masters. She seemed to be looking at the night sky and turned towards us as she sensed our presence.
“Welcome back, Peter! You too, Emma! I had never thought that both of you would be kidnapped for a Multiversal Convergence. I hope that everything went well since you were only gone for a single day. Would you like some tea?” Ancient One offered, perhaps to soothe our nerves and calm ourselves since we had been through such an overwhelming experience.
“Sorry, we can't partake in tea with you at this moment, Ancient One. We have been through a lot and want to return to X-Mansion as soon as possible.” I said, rejecting her offer politely.
“If you say so. How was your first multiversal experience by the way?” Ancient One asked curiously.
“I would say that it was much more enlightening than I could ever have expected it to be. The world we went to was much similar to our own even though it had some glaring differences. As such, I learnt a lot there since that world was 10 years ahead of us.” I answered truthfully.
“Really?” Ancient One asked as she suddenly stood up, shock visible on her face.
“Are you sure that the world you went to was similar to our own?”
“I am sure, Ancient One. There are many events which happened in both worlds in similar ways. The information we obtained on those events will be very helpful in drawing conclusions in our world.
In fact, I even managed to learn the identity of the mastermind behind the alien invasion from that world's information. And there are even some future events which seem likely to happen if we compare the information.”
“Did you manage to meet my other self in that world?” Ancient One asked as she retook her seat.
“Actually, you were long dead in that world. However, we met your successor. Surprisingly, he was the new apprentice we saw just a minute ago, Dr. Strange.” I replied.
“So, you now know a snippet of the supposed future, huh!” Ancient One said with a sigh, accepting that this particular event was supposed to happen in our future.
“Is that what was supposed to happen? Your death at the hands of Caecilius. Is that what you saw using the time stone?” I asked.
“So, you know even this much. Yes, this was what was supposed to happen if you didn't join Kamar Taj.” Ancient One admitted that her death at the hands of Caecilius was supposed to be her fate.
“But that is something which will clearly not happen now. With you having knowledge of this fact, Caecilius will die at your hands long before he can even reach me.”
“That's true. There is no way I am letting you die.” I said, affirming her words.
“What more did you learn?” Ancient One asked.
“Much, much more. It would take me hours to explain what we learnt. We can literally change the future with what we have in our hands now.” I replied.
“It was someone other than you, I would have asked him to not reveal this information to the outside world. But you are mere presence has changed this world's fate already. It won't matter if it is a little more distorted. Do what you want with the information you have obtained. Just ensure that it doesn't fall into wrong hands.” Ancient One said, giving me free reign on what I would do with the spoils from the other dimension.
“Actually, there is something you need to know. Chthon is on move!” I told Ancient One the dire news.
“And you are telling me this information now!” Ancient One said, furious that I hadn’t told her this fact before.
“I was just trying not to overwhelm you with too much information.” I defended myself.
“Tell me everything that happened.” Ancient One demanded.
“Honestly, we would have died in Chthon's trap in that world if Spider Supreme had not interferred and saved all of us. Chthon had sent his subordinate through the Multiversal Convergence who tricked us and attempted to summon Chthon. And he would have actually succeeded if Spider Supreme had not interfered at the last minute.” I said, explaining what Chthon had done in that world.
“This is a very serious matter. I would need to scan the whole Earth to see if there are any traces of Chaos Magic here.” Ancient One said upon hearing what had happened.
“Both of you can go now. You must be tired after everything you went through. Go and get some rest.”