Heather Potter didn't know whether to be angry or grateful towards me. She had been flip flopping back and forth since I'd shown up here at the sanctum. "You killed Voldemort and then you went off to hold a victory party and you didn't invite me!" Heather declared with a pout!
I did feel bad about that. "I'm sorry Heather. And it wasn't really a victory party over killing the Dark Lord. The party was for killing a really powerful demon that he and his idiot followers summoned." I explained. "Voldemort was an afterthought at that point."
"So the man who was after me and has been hunting me since I was born was nothing more than a casual after thought!?" Heather asked.
"Kind of…" I admitted. I instantly killed him when his back was turned after all. The guy had no idea how he even died…
Heather's pout turned into a smile! "Good! That asshole doesn't deserve to even be remembered! He was nothing more than another failed pathetic dark lord after all. I've been reading lots of history from the Sanctums Library. Dark Lords like him pop up every few decades and they always fail."
I was glad that Heather seemed to be taking it so well. "So anything interesting been happening in the Sanctum?" I changed the subject.
Nothing appeared to be out of place. Just like every other time I come here, there are groups of students practicing all types of magic in the courtyard while older teachers give them judgmental stares.
I'm glad that I never ventured too deeply into this type of magic. It would have been a huge time killer.
Heather scoffed at my question. She looked annoyed. "This place? The most interesting thing that happened, in the past two weeks, was one guy accidentally stabbed himself in the foot! It's been really boring for a super-secret magic organization. I miss talking to kids my own age sometimes…" She trailed off.
Heather needed friends her own age. The youngest person here was still in their 20's.
"I have some good news for you then. In a week or two, you'll have an American identity and be able to attend school here." I said. "I just need to get some pictures of you to send to Tony."
Heather's eyes lit up! "I can go to an actual school with real teachers who aren't going to try and murder me!? Sign me up immediately!" She said while practically bouncing in excitement!
I got a few photos of Heather and forwarded them to Stark's phone. I spent another half hour talking to Heather before deciding it was time for me to head out on my next adventure.
"You're leaving already?" Heather whined. "I don't want to be stuck here practicing magic with the old farts for another two weeks!" Heather exclaimed loudly.
"HEY!" One of the old farts practicing magic in the courtyard yelled at her in indignation.
"I'm not exactly going on a cake walk here Heather. I'm going to another universe to track down an evil Red Dragon Emperor and steal his Sacred Gear." I said.
Heather smiled mischievously. "I understood almost none of that except for another universe and stealing! That sounds fun and I want to come with!" Heather demanded.
I sighed. I supposed that it wouldn't hurt to take Heather with me. The girl needed to know the risks though. "Listen Heather, I don't know what to expect. If you get hurt, I can heal you and if you die, I can revive you. Those things can still happen though."
"You can revive the dead!?" She exclaimed loudly.
Some of the sorcerers nearby turned to me and gave me incredulous looks. Others were starting to look at me fearfully…
"You can revive the dead?"
"How is that possible!?"
"She is delving into magic far darker than any has before! She should be banished from here!"
I gave that last guy the stink eye.
I figured this information would get out sooner or later. To be honest, I didn't really even care if it did. "YES, YES... I CAN REVIVE THE DEAD, OK!? I'M SLEEPING WITH LADY DEATH AND AM THEREFORE HER CHAMPION NOW! That's one of the perks that comes with it." I declared loudly.
Every sorcerer had fear in their eyes when I mentioned Lady Death…
Heather ws gazing up at me with stars in her eyes. Wow, Layla! You really are the coolest woman I've ever known! Sleeping with Lady Death…Wow…"
"Really…Layla." The Ancient One called out to me as she stepped out of her private meditation room and into the courtyard. "I was in the middle of meditating and I had to hear you shouting that!? And you're planning on taking Heather with you, on a potentially dangerous adventure, to another universe? To fight some Red Dragon something?" She asked.
I nodded. "Yep. We're leaving in like five minutes. You want to come?"
The Ancient One shook her head 'no.' She'd apparently had enough of MY crazy adventures for a while… "Just make sure she makes it back safely." the Ancient One pointed to Heather.
Heather cheered. "Yay! Let's go rob an evil dragon guy!"
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