After John came to this life he checked if there were movies from his previous life. He saw that there were Star Wars movies already been made and the Harry Potter books so he immediately removed these two worlds from his mind. So he never cared about it after that. Though John felt it was a huge loss specially the Star Wars movies but he accepted it.
This was the first time he had seen Emma up close and she looked more beautiful in real then in reel life. Even though she still looked quite young but her beauty was already apparent.
John had a huge temptation to go and ask her for an autograph but finally thought better. "I will ask for an autograph later."
Then John went inside the gallery for the event. Soon everything played out like it was supposed to. He went to receive the Academy Award for the best animated movie. He thanked the audience and said that Disney will always continue producing animated movies as this was their legacy.
After the award ceremony ended it was time for the Oscars party. Normally John always hated this event but today he was looking forward to it. He wanted this opportunity to ask for the autograph and see her up close. He was trembling inside thinking about it.
After the party started, he met various stars and acted normally, but he kept an eye if Emma was free for him to approach. Finally he saw her free in a bar sitting by herself. Her age didn't allow her to drink in USA so she just sat there. Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint who came with her went for a dance after being invited to the dance floor by others. She was asked too but she rejected.
"Hello Miss Watson. Can I have an autograph?" John said after he came near her in the most politest way possible for him. He was shaking inside in fear that she would reject him.
"Wow one of the biggest tycoons in the world is asking for my autograph. I should be honored." she replied.
"I am your biggest fan so I couldn't stop myself from asking it." John replied with a smile.
"Sure I will give an autograph if you take a this seat." Emma said with a smile while pointing at the seat beside her.
"Sure Miss Watson, I would love to." John replied.
"You can call me Emma. I think we are of almost same age so I don't think that there should be much formality." she said.
"Sure. You can call me John then." John said. "How are you liking the party?" John added.
"I will be honest, this is my first time attending such a huge party with glamour and shine. It's really not my liking." Emma said honestly.
"You do know that your answer will raise many eyebrows here if you say it out loud." John said with a straight face.
"I know but I don't really care. I believe you too don't like it that much." Emma replied.
"Hah well I too don't like it, but how did you guess that?" John asked with interest.
"I guessed it. A celebrity like you almost don't generate any gossip. The only big gossip they could generate after years was Batman and evaluating if you are Batman. Such person generally don't like too much glamour. Even though you are a friend of Tony Stark but you are the exact opposite of him." She said after evaluation.
"I am impressed, well not that impressed as I had already known you would be able to guess it." John said.
"It seems like you know about me. Tell me John, what do you guess about me" Emma asked.
"Not much actually. I just know you are kind, care about the planet and the people around. You want to change the world, especially for women who suffer all over the world due to injustice." John said after recalling her works in public in his previous life. This impressed Emma more as John was accurate to the point.
"I am thoroughly impressed John, I have to say." Emma replied. John thanked her for the compliment with a laugh.
"Would you like to dance with me?" Emma finally said.
"Dance? But I actually don't know much about it. Forgive me if I make wrong steps." John replied as he honestly didn't know much about dancing. He only learnt it a little after being forced by his father, as Jameson didn't want to shame John in public places such as this.
"It won't matter, I don't know much about it myself." Emma said sweetly. John felt he was living in dreams. He had never imagined of being able to have a dance with the famous Emma Watson. His heart was beating fast as he couldn't believe his luck.
John took her hand and went to the dance floor and slowly started dancing with the slow music being played. He was way too much happy at that point of time and felt it was worthwhile of being transmigrating to the MCU.
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"You dance pretty decent." Emma said after dancing for few minutes. "Thank you. I was just following your lead to be honest and praying that I don't step on your feet." John said with a laugh.
They both realized that many eyes were on them as they were dancing. Emma felt a little shy as she noticed it.
"Seems like tomorrow the first gossip of you will come out." Emma said with a serious face.
"I never cared about their gossips and it's fine even if they come out with one." John said a little boldly this time. Emma blushed a little from this but didn't say anything.
"I want to ask a question?" Emma asked after few seconds.
"Sure ask away." john said
"What does the tattoo in your hand mean? I have never seen such kind of tattoo before. It's not something Satanic is it?" Emma asked
"You even noticed that? Well for now I can't say much about it. But it's nothing Satanic or bad. Maybe one day I will explain it's meaning." John said with a mysterious tone.
"One day? I hardly come to the States. I am not sure when we will meet next time." Emma said with a hint of regret.
"Umm we can exchange numbers if you feel like." John finally gathered up his courage and asked for it. Emma gave a very sweet smile to it and said
"Sure. I will be looking forward to the explanation of your tattoos."
After exchanging numbers and having a small talk they left after bidding farewell to each other. He even met the other two actors of Harry Potter and took their autographs too. They were surprised that John was a fan of Harry Potter but was happy about it.
John returned the next day after the party and many entertainment tabloids really printed the news that he danced with Emma. John was surprised a bit but didn't pay much attention. After coming back he called Kevin and asked him about the progress of the Batman sequel.
"Everything is going fine.The movie will come out by the end of the year. Boss do you have any more project?" Kevin asked John.
"As a matter of fact I do. Here is the script and related music required and general direction of the story. It's also a superhero movie and will be set in the same world as Batman's." John said
"Same world as Batman?" This raised an eyebrow of Kevin. Because Batman is actually real in this world, wouldn't it mean that this new superhero might actually exist. But Kevin didn't ask and went through the story. After reading the story Kevin was pretty sure that the story wasn't real as it was a story based on mythology.
The months passed by pretty smoothly. After settling down in New York, Tony and Bruce even went to meet John for many times and had talks about future plans. He suggested some interesting things that helped them. They even discussed alchemy and the proposed fight happened between John and Tony finally happened.
Tony was devastated at the end. Even though he choose the arena of metal but John's use of decomposition alchemy ruined all his attacks and on top of that he had to defend against John's fire attacks. John even practiced fighting with Bruce as John needed a proper coach in hand-to-hand fights. His alchemy wasn't invincible and he needed experience.
Bruce on the other hand went around New York city to clean trashes. Specially places like Harlem and Hell's Kitchen. Wilson Fisk was rising very sharply so Bruce went in to many of his locations and damaged many of his properties and illegal industries.
The local gangs at the beginning didn't pay much attention but after they knew it was Batman's doing. Many of them went into hiding. They didn't want to provoke someone who had high connections like John and Tony Stark. Even police turned a blind eye to Bruce's night vigil. Both John and Tony donate millions of dollars to the police department each year so they didn't want any thing to do with Batman.
By the end of the year the new trailer of sequel of Batman was out. It was called the "Dark Knight". The trailer showed Joker being a person who wants to kill Batman and glimpses of his lunacy. John didn't reveal much in the trailer as he had very high hopes for the movie.
Tony who was watching the trailer asked Bruce "What's up with this Joker guy? Does he have any special powers?"
"Special powers? No. I don't know what's up with the joker of the universe shown by John but the joker in my universe is just a lunatic. A person who will do anything to achieve his goals." Bruce said coldly.
"Hmm interesting. Let's see what is up with this joker guy. Let's hope he doesn't come to this universe. We have enough lunatics in this world." Tony said.
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