11 Sorcery

A/N: If this chapter felt bland, I'm sorry. I'm sleepy, but am unable to sleep. Sorry!

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26th December, 1933:

Yule has come and gone, and I got many presents, most of them books I'd already read. Darla, who loved Herbology, sent me a book about rare herbs found around the world, Tom sent chocolate cards, while Dorea and Cassiopeia sent a gift of two books, which I didn't have.

Ana sent me a fang of a Nundu, which while not that useful, was considered a lucky charm. Where she got it, I didn't ask.

I sent them books from the Library based on their favourite subjects. Transfiguration and Charms for Dorea, Herbology for Darla, Herbology and CoMC for Ana, Transfiguration again for Cassiopeia, and Charms for Tom.

Now, it was time for the ritual. I had made the required Potion in Salazar's lab itself. Of course I took my own ingredients, as Salazar's were already decomposed. It took 2 days for the Potion to be ready, as he'd written.

Then, I found a spot for the ritual. While I couldn't do it outside, as Dippet might sense it and come to investigate, I couldn't do it inside either. So, I made a compromise.

I went to the Room of Requirements, requested a room with an open roof, which showed the current moon. After drawing the Ritual circle, I sat down inside it, and waited.

At the stroke of 12, I drink the Potion, and begin chanting, "Ostende mihi regno et detrahet me in domum suam"

(A/N: Show me the realms, and bring me home.)

As soon as I said the chant the third time, the ritual circle flared up in colourful lights, and I feel a strong pull on my soul. I let it, whatever it is, pull me, and my Astral Form gets separated from my body, but I don't see my body anywhere below me.

The pull is too strong, and it takes me high up, above the ritual circle, and through the walls and wards of Hogwarts.

"AARRHH FUCKING HELL!" I shout, at the speed with which I am being pulled.

I keep going up, and up, until I reach space, and even then I don't stop. I am almost ready to hurl, when I finally stop right in front of the Sun. Funnily enough, I don't feel the heat.

"Is this real?" I ask myself, as I try and touch the Sun.

Before I can touch it though, I feel another strong pull, and I'm taken through various tunnels. First all black tunnels of the Apparation, then golden black tunnels I don't recognize, and then they become even more colourful, becoming rainbow like. All the while, I'm screaming in excitement, at the rollercoaster ride I'm experiencing.

Finally, I get out in a void filled with colours, and again start speeding up. This time, I can see clearly, as a few different coloured magic strands float towards me, and enter my body. Purple, gold, green, yellow, blue, red, white, and even pink. All those colours combine, and surround my body, making a cocoon.

Scene again changes, and I'm now going towards a burning star, or is it just our Sun? As I'm about to touch the Sun, a tunnel opens up right in front of me, swallowing me whole.

I feel my body being destroyed, and reconnected, again and again, but somehow, I don't feel any pain. What I do feel, is some more magic entering my body, and settling down somewhere.

The next scene, as I screamingly exit the disintegration tunnel, is one I recognize. The Quantum Realm. I see organisms bigger than our buses, but which are actually sub atomic. I see energy blasts happening a few miles in front of me, and I keep looking at them, content.

This feeling, this feeling of power, along with the feeling of contention, is amazing! I could sit here all day, and just watch! But, I can't. I need to help Helena somehow. I have friends waiting for me. I think even Salazar might miss me.

Soon, I am pulled once again, and crash through a mirror, which I recognize as the Mirror of Erised. I come out, and look around at only my own reflections. The whole place was surrounded by mirrors, and reflective surfaces.

I am pulled once again and pass through one of the mirrors, entering a place so bright, I had to squint my eyes to see. There was yellow light, and fire everywhere. Just being here for a few seconds felt so refreshing!

I feel that I can take this energy for myself, and then live for millions of years!

"What is this place? I don't recognize this one from any where." I mumble, as I'm taken by this mysterious force towards the only piece of land I can see. I drop down on the floor, in front of a giant being, 30-40 feet tall, wearing Golden armour, and looked surprisingly similar to Thor.

He opens his eyes, looks at me, and widening his eyes, says, "Interesting. You're me!" He moves his hand forward, but I somehow don't feel any maliciousness from him. Instead of holding me though, he sends a giant wave of golden energy at me, and waves his hand, throwing me away from his palace.

I am pulled again, before I can even get up from where I was laying, and this time, I end up in a place I can only call the opposite.

It is dark. Oh, I can see colours, but the way the colours looked to me, I only had one word. "DC."

Jokes aside, I recognize this Realm as the Dark Dimension. 'Oh whatever mysterious force, pulling me everywhere, take me away from here please? I don't want to encounter Dormammu!'

I open my eyes from my minor prayer, to see something that almost made me crap my pants. A being so big, that Earth might fit in his nostril, was staring at me, but making no move to touch me. In fact, he seemed to make an effort not to let anything touch me. Not going to question his motives, you can stay away from me.

I scream as I feel my prayers answering, when I'm pulled again, and I end up passing through the Mirror Dimension, and come out into what I can only describe as a Nebula.

Peace. That's all I feel here. I'm just floating around the nebula, with no need to breath. I do feel a bit of the Nebula's energy coming towards, and into me, which I accept with open arms.

I stayed there for what felt like hours, until the pull comes again. "NO WAIT! JUST FOR A WHILE MORE!" I scream out, wanting tp stay there for a few more minutes, but the force doesn't lessen.

This time, I see space bending around me, as I'm taken to different stars, galaxies, and planets. I even see a planet with a face on it, before I'm pulled away to a flat planet, with a city made entirely of Gold.

Until finally, I'm back at the Earth's atmosphere, dropping down under Earth's gravitational field, and crash through the wards of Hogwarts, and on the floor.

I slam down into the floor, hard, and cough. Despite it being only my Astral Form being shown around, I feel pain in my physical body too, thanks to the pain I suffered.

"Gah! Fucking shite, this hurts!" I say, painfully rubbing my bruised chest. I did fall on my chest.

Shaking my head, I stand up, and feel for any changes in my magic, and/or body. I feel a different kind of magic, in my heart, which was slowly seeping into my blood itself.

The Wizard magic, is usually believed to be near the navel, and I did feel it there. But this new kind of magic, I recognize as being from that bright Dimension. Yellow in colour, it was healing my chest as it began to seep in my heart, and my navel, informing me that it was mixing with my own magic.

I don't know how to feel about this. This magic is external, but I don't feel any maliciousness from it. In fact, it's the opposite. It's.. it's like it's pure. Extremely pure.

I don't know why, but I instinctively know that I am not getting hurt anytime soon, and even if I do, I'm getting right back up.

To test, I summon my wand holster from the corner I'd kept it in, and perform, "Diffindo" on my arm.

The cut, while not deep, was sharp. I begin bleeding, but the cut immediately begins healing up. Within a few seconds, it's all healed up, and there's not a single sign that I was ever cut up. Well, except for the blood that's on the floor.

Vanishing the blood, I marvel at this God. I don't recognize him from any piece of Marvel, or DC comic I've read. But I do recognize him from somewhere. Miley Cyrus's ex. Liam Hemsworth. Yup, the face was exactly like that, except more.. muscled.

I really hope he's not going to ask for bill later, because I don't think I can lose this healing ability now.

"You're here." A voice says, bringing me out of my musings.

I immediately wave my wand, vanishing the ritual circle, and turn to the voice, letting a sigh of relief in the next moment.

"Helena." I whisper, looking at her coming towards me, in shock.

I did not think she would come meet me. I thought I'd have to go find her.

"Mason." Helena says, coming to stand in front of me. She looks around, and spots my pouch and the belt in the corner, where I'd kept them along with the wand holster.

She raises her eye, and asks, "Were you performing a Ritual?"

"Um.. no?" I say, hesitantly, but looking at her deadpan look, I answer, "Yes. I wanted to do this. Don't worry. It's over, and I'm alright."

Helena nods, accepting for now, and says, "I need to say something. I want you to just listen, and not say anything."

I nor, and sit down on the ground.

Helena comes to sit beside me, and says, "I used to love my sister. She was 10 years older than me, but did not inherit mother's gift at all. But I still loved her with all my heart. But then, she got tired of everything and ran away, never to be seen again."

Helena pauses, and then resumes speaking, "My mother, despite her faults, was my mother. She loved me, and she showed me all of her secrets. Even her secret flames that no one knew about. You know, she could turn her hair to flames, and even kill Demons with those flames? Yeah, she did not mention them to anyone. But, she was mortal too. Her flames left her one day, and she became sick. She was going to die within the year, the Healers said."

With a shorter pause this time, Helena continues, "I was going to get married, to one of my classmates at Hogwarts, Baron Alistair Weaselton. I liked him, and he was a good friend. But I did not want to marry him. So, once my mother got sick, I stole her most prized possession, the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw, they used to call it, and ran away, just like my sister did before me."

"Unfortunately, my mother sent Alistair after me. He asked me, begged me to come back. But I refused. There was no one waiting for me back home. Mother was dying, Sister was gone, Uncle Salazar gone on his yearly trips, while Aunt Helga was already dead. Only Uncle Godric remained, and he would sooner bed me than try and console me."

"Alistair did not like me saying no, and you know the rest." Helena smiles bitterly, while I pat her shoulder, showing her I'm here.

She wipes her eyes, and says, "I returned soon, though, to Hogwarts, about a decade or two later. My mother was already dead by that time, and so were uncles Godric and Sal. Unfortunately my killer came with me. So, I sought comfort in the twin children of my Sister, who were beginning Hogwarts that year. They learned, and then they left. Same with their children, and theirs. All the while, I had to look at the man who killed me, and stay under the same roof."

Helena shakes her head, when she says, "Even still, I got over my death, and forgave him. But I could not speak to him, nor could he speak to me. So, I lost contact with him, despite being in the same castle. And once my last grand nephew rejected my help, I closed myself off. I swore, I'd never talk to anyone again, as they all hurt me in the end."

Looking in my tearful eyes, with her own tearful eyes, she whispers, "Until you. I began with just telling you stories about my past, listening to your own, to helping you in your studies. And now, after all that for the first time in my life, Mason, I have fallen in love. As a ghost, I fell in love with a human. And I do not want to get hurt again. Which is why I cried that night, and that is also why I'm so upset with every thing."

Letting go of my body, I hug her in my Astral form. I never realised she even liked me. I always thought she just tolerates my presence. Although I did like her, I kept those feelings aside because of us being very distantly related.

But.. is it actually so bad? She's probably 30 generations removed from me or something. I don't think it can even count as incest. One way to find out.

Pulling away from the hug, I wipe her eyes with my fingers. I say, "I can't say I love you, but I do like you Helena, and I would love to try this with you. But you'll have to wait for a while."

Helena nods, getting upset again, probably feeling like I'm lying to her. I open my mind to her, to show her I'm not lying, and move in, planting a kiss on her lips.

She tenses, not expecting something like this from me, but then responds positively. I feel her feeling my emotions, and she cries, this time of happiness.

Separating from the kiss, she asks, "Are you really going to do all that?"

I nod, and say, "I was going to do that even before I knew about your feelings for me Helena." Softening my eyes at her, I plead, "Please don't leave me. I felt so lonely these few days you were away."

Helena snorts, and floats away from me. She says, "I won't. Now tell me what the Ritual was for."

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A/N: TADA! MASON/HELENA!

Now, Helena does not look like her movie counterpart. I'm changing her age, in the 3rd or 4th chapter too. She ran away at 17 in this fic. And looks like Morgan le Fey, from the TV Show Merlin. I think she's in Supergirl too, Lena Luthor.

As for Dorea, she looks like Kiera Knightly.

Now, the Light Dimension won't be making any appearance later, and neither will Baldur. The Light Dimension MC saw, being the same LD from The Legends of Baldur, does not mean MC and Baldur are in the same Universe. Baldur is in his own Universe, Mason is in his own.

What happened, was that the Sun Lord Baldur recognised the soul within MCs body as his own, and gave a blessing. Not the same as the one Merle got.

Mason's blessing gave him a healing factor, like Wolverine's, and a purifying factor. That's it. No connection to the Sun Dimension, no Godhood.

What it means? You'll find later.