As my feet automatically took me in the direction of the orphanage where I currently resided(courtesy of my new memories), I crossed the threshold of the orphanage leaving behind the rusted iron gates. waving to the other little kids who were busy playing hopscotch I entered our dorm and jumped onto my bed watching in amusement and slight annoyance as my short legs dangled over the edge of the bed. I swung my feet so they rested on the bed and began to think over my short term and long term plans.
Steps to Magical Success for a budding Self-Insert
- Figure out the how exactly magic works and apply all those theories I read in the various harry potter fanfics
- Build up my occlumency barriers(No self respecting Self-Insert walks around without shields to protect all this juicy foreknowledge)
- Get an inheritance test with Goblins and figure out if I have any latent abilities(That was a thing goblins could figure out in fanfics right?)
- Secure a residence where I can start building up my magical prowess and figure out what to do about snakeface
Don't be surprised that I know I'm a self-insert. I'm a 19 year old who got stuffed into the body of a 5 year old into a universe that combines both the HP universe and the MCU. Either a cosmic entity decided to fuck with me and give me an existential crisis, or I've suddenly become the main character for a fanfic about a crossover universe.
Oh how do I know that the MCU Universe also exists, you ask? Going over my memories, it seems the matron of our orphanage, a kind god-fearing woman, was also a crazy Captain America fangirl and the TV set in the communal play room was usually playing one documentary or another about the Captain. So that's just another clusterfuck I have to worry about.
Luckily I'm aware that all the shit in Marvel doesn't begin until Tony gets kidnapped in 2008 there's not much I can do about that crazy bag of cats yet. Hulk, the Battle of New York, Extremis, New Mexico. I can't actually make any moves regarding those events the best I can do is prepare myself and spread my influence so that when shit does go down I'm always the one who profits from it.
Deciding I've planned enough for tonight, I let my eyelids flutter close, half baked plans and thoughts of what the future will bring shooting through my sleep addled mind. As I let myself fall into the realm of Morpheus I couldn't help but wonder how I'd matchup to all those other MC's that were in the same position as me.