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━ DURING THE HOLIDAYS, ATHENA TOLD HER DAD AND THE AVENGERS about her nightmares and what was in it. Sirius or any of the Avengers didn't have a clue on what her nightmare was about, but Thor. The description of the man in green robes sounded all too familiar, as well as the six glowing gems. He explained that the six gems were the six infinity stones, each controlling an essential aspect of existence.
Then he explained that the man in green robes with the horns was his brother, Loki. He didn't know why the young Black had been receiving nightmares about this, when it had completely nothing to do with her. It left them wondering.
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They were now back at Hogwarts. Classes have started, and the halls were filled with students. Currently, Athena and Hermione were late for History of Magic. They were running through the halls - well Hermione was running, Athena was being dragged by her. "Hermione it won't matter if were late, the ghost doesn't notice a thing." Athena explained.
"Still! I doubt anyone of the boys will write notes so we have to hurry!" Hermione ran, her grip on Athena's wrist tight. "Our first class back and we're late!"
Groggily, Athena replied with a hand rubbing her eyes. "You're smart M, you don't even need to go to class."
Before the frenzied girl could reply, they reached Professor Binns' classroom. Hermione was about to knock on the door and apologise but Athena caught her wrist and put a hand on her mouth. The Black opened the door casually as she let go of Hermione's wrist and pulled her hand back. She entered the room and headed to the empty spots next to Harry and Ron.
"What happened to you two?" Harry whispered.
"Hermione couldn't find her book." She replied casually, the ghost professor still not noticing the two late students.
"I don't even know why you bothered to go here. you could sleep in this class and he won't notice." Ron spoke in a low voice, crossing his arms and putting his head on it.
Athena nodded, "I know, but the crazy lady dragged me here so-"
"Shut up all three of you!"
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"Okay Athena, welcome to SHIELD." Natasha smiled, her hand holding onto the smaller girls hand. In front of the seven year-old was SHIELD bases. The young girl had wanted to visit the place for a while now. Natasha and Clint had told the girl many stories of their training or time here. They didn't mention anything they weren't supposed to, only ones that are appropriate for the young girl.
Athena's jaw dropped. From the many workers or agents walking around to the enormous base, she was in awe. She could swear she's never seen so many people work in sync. "Alright, we don't want you getting lost so just follow me and hold my hand, okay?" The assassin told her. Athena nodded with one of her infamous grins.
They entered the building. People were confused as to why there was a child in there but shrugged it off as she was with Agent Romanoff. Nat gave her a tour of the place. Showing the training rooms, some offices or work areas. But she didn't show the girl rooma that were off limits.
They made their way down to last floor, about to walk into the last room, until another agent came up to them. "Agent Romanoff," The man called. "Can I speak to you for a second."
The older woman looked down to Athena, letting go of her hand. "Okay Fi, I need to talk to someone so I don't want you to go anywhere okay? Just stay here."
"Okay." Athena nodded, leaning against the wall. She made a quick glance at the name ID. Agent Phil Coulson. Natasha left the girl there and walked to the agent, the both of them walking away so that nobody could hear them.
Athena looked around the hallway, her eyes taking in the place. She didn't think that she would be visiting the place, not until she was old enough anyways. But she somehow managed to convince her trainer to let her.
Her eyes then landed on a door, then she suddenly felt a strange energy pulling her. Her mind went blank, and she couldn't do anything but feel attracted to sudden energy force. She was following the force blindly, as if there was a light to follow, except there wasn't.
She entered the room. It was filled with different shelves and cases. Walking further, she stopped. What laid in front of her was a blue, glowing cube in an open case. The girl didn't know what it was, but it felt as if something was forcing her to touch it. Reaching her hand out, the palms of her hands had made contact with the cube. A sudden energy force entered her body, feeling as if something inside her just unleashed. Then, her mind was back.
She was holding the cube in her hand, in a room. She immediately placed the glowing cube down, and ran out of the room. She quickly made her way back to where Natasha had left her, and stood there; pretending as if she wasn't just in that room, holding that cube.
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Athena opened her eyes.
It wasn't a nightmare this time, but a memory. One thing in her mind just clicked, she now knew why the blue cube from her previous dreams/nightmares looked familiar. But she still had lots of questions running through her mind. Why was the cube at SHIELD? Where's the cube now? Isn't it an infinity stone? What was the energy she felt when she touched it and why did she black out? Why was she seeing these?
She shook her head as she sat up, trying to clear her mind of the questions. She looked around the room, thinking that no one would be awake but she was wrong. "'Mione? Why're you awake?"
"Athena? Oh, I'm reading- Did you have another one?" The brown-haired girl asked.
The dark-haired girl shook her head. "No, a memory actually."
"Oh, that's better, I guess. Are you alright though?"
"Yeah, it's just..." Athena trailed off, "I have a really strong feeling something bad is going to happen."
Hermione stood up from her bed, walking over to Athena's. "Oh hun..."
The girl embraced her friend in a hug, Athena hugging her back. "I feel like those nightmares aren't just nightmares..."
Hermione pulled away, her arms still on the girls shoulders. "What do you mean?"
"Those nightmares, they felt too real to just be nightmares." Athena started. "I think... they're signs, saying something big and bad is about to happen..."
And it's about to happen soon
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━edited -siriuslycv 2022©
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