ELOISE POV—
After eating ice-cream, I returned to my room. Ok, now's the time to be serious. Today's event has made me quite nervous about the future. I never thought I would meet Reed Richards and he is the kind of person, I never want to meet. This guy causes troubles wherever he goes. No, scratch that he is the literal manifestation of trouble itself. The Maker is the best way to depict what I am trying to say.
*Sigh* I should review and list down my life that is, what happened till now and what significant event will occur in my life. I took out a new notebook from my drawer and began to list it down in form of points.
The first point is— I am in the Marvel Universe or MCU or maybe even some kind of hybrid of these two.
The second point is— I don't know why or how I got reincarnated in the first place. The third point is that— I have replaced Tony Stark. It's still not fully accurate but whatever.
The fourth point is— I have met kid version of Reed Richards A.K.A the future Mr. Fantastic, to be honest I would say that it's a very lame superhero name.
The fifth point is— He is some kind of enemy to me. In his point that is. I don't want to be his enemy or anything. Like the dude should get a life of his own. Be a renowned superhero, defeat all sorts of villains, tie the knot with Sue Storm A.K.A the Invisible Girl and live a happy life. In comics, I don't think there was any sort of bad blood between Reed and Tony because of their fathers. If I remember it correctly they were kind of good friends So, why with me? But then again, this world is completely different from both the comics and the movies.
The sixth point is— I am a defenceless little girl. There are a lot of people present in this universe who could kill me and my family with a flick of their wrists and in my current situation, I can't do anything to stop them.
The seventh point is— There is a chance of the Winter Soldier killing my parents in the future. I won't let this event happen; I will stop it. I have come a long way since my first life. I love my parents, I don't want them to be hurt or even worse, killed. I will find a way and stop the Winter Soldier.
The eighth point is— I have to find ways to defend myself and my family from the elements like Vanko, Mandarin, Thanos, Knull, Galactus and many more. To stop them I have to use my knowledge as well as use different people and utilize their ideas into my own. I know this is morally wrong but I don't have any choice. I am just a normal human being; I can't just sit tight and wait for them to come and obliviate us.
The ninth point is— To make contingency plans. Thank you Batman for showing us that allies are not always allies.
After writing these down in the notebook, I closed it and put in back in my drawer. I have to do something but the question is that— how? I know I can build something similar to Iron Man suit or some similar kind of suit, but it won't be enough. Should I incorporate Magic into it? But I can't use magic. I am not some magical being like Loki or Dr Strange or Wanda. Heck, I am not even Wong. So, scratch this out.
Suddenly, the door of my room opens and dad comes in, stopping my internal musings.
Dad said, 'Ellie, let's go out. I want to show you the new park that I bought for you.'
I whined, 'Dad, please I don't want to go out today. Let's go tomorrow, I am busy today.'
'Yes, I can see that you are lying like a panda on the bed. I didn't know idling is an important task. Ok, here's what we will do. You get up from the bed and make yourself ready within five minutes or I can ask your mom to teach you the Spanish language. She will be very much happy to know that you like learning from her,' said dad in a taunting manner. I looked at him horror. He won't do this to me, will he? Let's not test my luck. I nodded at him and got dressed up to go out.
After sometime, we were on our way to the park. Throughout the way, dad looked too pleased with himself. 'Stop being too happy with yourself. I hate you. I won't ever talk to you,' I shouted at him. This time he started to laugh loudly. Argh, I will have my revenge from him.
Within 10 minutes, we reached our destination. Getting out of the car, dad took me out and placed me on his shoulders. To be fair, this park in front of me is huge. Certainly, dad spent a lot of money on this.
'Shall we go now?' asked dad. I replied, 'Yes, we are here. So, it would be a waste if we don't enjoy here ourselves.'
Dad smiled widely and we entered the park. What I saw inside shocked me. In front of me is all types of rides that are generally available in amusement parks, fun fairs and festivals.
'Are you happy Ellie? It's all yours. So, let's go and play,' asked dad.
I smiled happily and replied, 'Yes, I am very much happy,' I bounced around excitedly and started to shake him, 'and stop talking dad, let's just go now.' Then, we went in and enjoyed all types of rides. It took us 3 hrs to complete all the rides that were present there.
I was completely tired. I almost dozed off, but all my sleepiness went away as soon as I saw a book store right in front of our park.
I said, 'Dad, can we go and visit that book shop? Please dad.' Knowing about my unhealthy obsession with books, he agreed.
We went to that shop and pushed the door to enter. Sitting on the counter was an old lady with plain clothes and white hair. She saw us and greeted.
'Welcome to my humble shop you both. Tell me what type of book you two want?' said the old lady warmly.
'Ah, thank you mam for your warm welcome. Me and my daughter were just going back to our home but my daughter saw your shop. She is kind of a book maniac and I can't say no her. So, here we are,' said dad.
Hearing this the old woman laughed, she said, 'Now a days, children hate books but clearly your daughter likes it. I can see the enthusiasm on her face,' she turned to me, 'say little girl, what's your name?'
'My name is Eloise Stark, grandma. Can I go and see the books now?' I asked to them both.
The old lady agreed on behalf of them both. She said, 'Yes, you can go. Look around as much as you like.'
I left them both to their own devices and explored the books one by one. After searching, I almost gave up as none of books interested me. Suddenly, my eyes fell on two books with an intriguing title. The titles of the books were— A Guide on Elemental Magic and Summoning Magic. Ok, I found something but I don't know this is authentic or not. I collected the book in my arms and went to the counter.
'Dad, I want to buy these books.'
'Are you sure? Normally, you buy scientific genre books but this is magical books. This is the first time. Ellie, do you believe in magic or what?'
'Dad! I want these books. So, stop asking questions and buy these,' I replied angrily. Truthfully, whenever I want something from my dad, I assert my words bit by bit. It always does the trick. This time would not be any different.
He sighed and turned to the old lady. He asked, 'How much for these books, madam?'
She replied, 'No one ever has bought these books. Honestly, I thought I should throw these but if you two are buying these then, take these for free.'
'But—'
'No buts. Just take it,' said the old lady. I think she won't take the money for the books. Dad argued with her but after sometime he agreed. We thanked the old lady and left the shop.
After reaching home, I dashed to my room and closed shut my door. I don't want anybody to come in during when I am reading these books.
I sat on the bed and opened the first book whose title, Summoning Magic. I started to read the contents page. Introduction to summoning magic— no, don't need as I know about it already— What is Summons? — also no— Why Should You Summon Your Familiars? — fuck it, is there nothing good in this book? I flipped some more pages and found what I needed, that is— How to summon?
Some people would say I am a fool and some would say it's just a spell what could really go wrong. But I would say I am desperate. I am even ready to move my stick in the dark just to get some results. So, trust me, I know the consequences of my action could go right or wrong. As the Newton's third law of motion says— For every action there is an equal an opposite reaction. This statement is for beginners, I believe you get it right. Even if you don't get it, just understand my emotions. Right now, I am feeling excited, fear, giddy and many other emotions that I can't even comprehend.
Besides in this world there are a lot of things that could make me afraid and let's not even talk about factors that are present outside this world. Let's regard this as taking the first step towards the future. Fuck the consequences, let's do it and see what happens. I mean, what worse could happen?