You open your eyes with the darkness of the room where you're staying envelops you. You didn't have another weird dream about a child wrapped in green light. You exhaled loudly, not knowing what to do now that you're in another universe where superheroes exist. You didn't know where to go, what to do, and do you even exist in this universe? What if you didn't? What if you did? What would you say to your alternate self? You sighed again, not noticing that Chris Hemsworth, or Thor, was beside you, tasked with guarding you while you sleep so you wouldn't be able to escape if you were an enemy.
"That's quite the heavy sigh, Lady (y/n)" he said which made you flinch in surprise, totally not expecting someone to be in the room with you.
"Oh, sorry, uh, Thor-right?" you said. You offered your hand to him, trying to erase his first impression of you being crazy now that you somehow have a grasp of your situation.
"I'm (y/n)" Thor gratefully shook your hand.
"Nice to meet you, Lady (y/n)" Thor said with a smile. "I see you are finally calming down" he added which made you pink with embarrassment.
"Sorry about that, I just finally realized what kind of situation I'm in," you said as you scratch your head awkwardly.
"If you don't mind me asking, what year is it? Currently?" you asked, trying to see which Avengers movie you currently are.
"It is currently 2013 in Midgard" Thor replied with a confused face but didn't question why you asked such an obvious thing.
You curse under your breath silently. You were 4 years back in the past. Well, another thing to add now that you are completely in another universe. You sighed again, not able to stop yourself from letting a loud exhale because of stress. Thor took notice of your reaction and he decided to ask.
"Is that a bad thing?" he said.
You looked at him with a sympathetic smile before asking another thing again. "Wait, is Loki alive? Is he okay? Did the battle of New York happen yet?" you asked to which Thor look surprised to see you asking about the well-being of his brother that supposedly tried to take over Midgard.
"Uh, yes, he's alright. New York already happened and he is currently being held in Asgard as our father had planned to" Thor explained.
"Wait, is he going to be imprisoned? But it wasn't his fault, you have to understand!" you said, trying to somehow protect your comfort character.
"How do you-" before Thor could say anything, you called on Jarvis.
"Jarvis! Call everyone in here! Tell them I'm going to explain my situation" you shouted, not used to talking to an AI.
"Alright, Ms. (y/n)" Jarvis replied in a monotonous tone.
A few minutes later, all the current Avengers came inside the door, not expecting to have been called by someone that they had rescued. Natasha held a suspicious stare at you which you had already expected and the rest all had a curious glance as to what you were about to say.
"Hey Barmy, I didn't know you knew how to use Jarvis," Tony said, giving you a nickname as he does to all the Avengers.
You ignored his comment, clearing your throat as you expect it to be a long discussion. "Uh, can you all sit? You all look really awkward standing there. Plus, I think this is going to be a long talk" you suggested. Cap walked to the long couch in your room and sat down, followed by Dr. Banner and also Tony. Thor remained seated in the chair beside your bed while Clint and Natasha stayed standing at the end of your bed. Okay, they didn't want to sit and probably thinks you're an enemy but that's okay, you will let them know that you are from another parallel universe where they are actors.
"Um, so the day before, I was with my friend at the theater and we watched the Avengers: Infinity War which I'm not going to tell you all what will happen right now because that's going to take longer. So we watch the movie where you all starred in except it was just a movie and you all were just actors and the Avengers was just made up by someone named Stan Lee who the fandom considers to be a genius but that's beside the point. So something bad happened and someone dies and the whole theater cried including me and then I went home and then I slept thinking about that one character because he's my comfort character and then I wake up to find myself in the forest where you found me. I thought I was kidnapped at first but then who would kidnap me? I mean, I'm not exactly the ideal person to be kidnapped and then I decided to walk and find some clue about where I was because I also thought I might have sleepwalked or something you know and then Mr. Rogers found me and then I fainted because I had a panic attack, even though I only have panic attacks sometimes" you finally ended. The room was silent which made you slightly nervous but you look around to see if they gave you some kind of reaction.
"So, what does that mean?" Natasha asked, completely astounded by your abilities to explain things.
"No, I get it, you mean that you're from another universe right? Where we are actors and there are no superheroes and then you somehow find yourself in this universe without knowing how or why you came here, right?" Dr. Banner, the only person who somehow understood your story said.
"Oh, of course, Banner's the only person to understand Barmy's story-telling," Tony said.
"What? She explained it pretty clear to me" Dr. Banner said.
"Okay, so Barmy, here is from another universe. She doesn't know how she came here or why. Do you have some proof that you're from another universe, Barmy?" Tony asked you which, to be honest, slightly made you nervous.
"Um, I don't really have something with me but you all can try to find information about me and there's either nothing at all or I have an alternate self in here," you said.
"How do we know you're not someone from HYDRA?" Natasha asked with a hint of a Russian accent in her voice.
"Um, well, for instance, I know about the Red Room," you said, looking at Natasha in the eyes, trying to be brave even though she intimidated you so much. Natasha tried to look unbothered but was quite shocked to see you mention something she hadn't heard in a while.
"Okay, so she's from another universe," Natasha said, choosing not to say anything due to the fear that you might say something more about her.
"Woah, Woah, why are you suddenly on her side?" Tony asked shocked that it was easy for you to turn Natasha to your side.
"Because I know about the cave, Iron boy," you said to Tony with a smug look on your face.
"Okay then, so we now know that you're someone from another universe," Tony said, choosing not to taunt you anymore.
"Okay then, since you don't know anyone here, you will stay here until we can find a way for you to return. If we can find a way" Tony said, eyeing Banner to which Banner nodded.
"Alright, but I'm not sure if I want to return," you said suddenly looking shy as you admitted your feelings on the whole 'in another universe' situation.
"What why? Don't you have someone you will miss in your universe?" Banner asked you.
"Not really, I don't have a family, I think they're all dead or somewhere, anyway, they don't want me. And then I only have one friend who would wonder where I went but that doesn't really matter. She will eventually get over me and move on with her life so I don't really wanna go back" you said as you look at your hands.
"Well, if you don't wanna go back, then don't. You are free to stay here for as long as you want" Tony said as he stood up.
"Really? But what about my identity? What if I have an alternate self in here?" you asked, slightly surprised that he agreed so easily.
"Well, we'll take care of that, don't worry" Tony replied.
"Oh, if I do happen to have an alternate self? Could I see her? I mean, I don't have to talk to her. I just wanna see what kind of life she lives in this universe" you said with hopeful eyes. You had wanted to see if your parents are with you and didn't throw you away in this universe. If your other self had grown up normally without any big traumas in her life.
"Alright, Barmy," Tony said while nodding.
You laughed at the nickname that he gave you. "What does Barmy mean anyway?" you asked.
"Ask Jarvis" he simply said and walked out of the room you were staying at.
"Will this be my room while I stay here?" you asked, turning to Thor.
Thor nodded. "Yes, this is where you will be staying at," he said.
You exhaled loudly, now that you are finally done explaining your situation to the Avengers. You turn your gaze to where Banner and Steve were sitting at and you almost squeal when you realize that you are in front of THE Avengers! The real superheroes that you looked up to when you were growing up. You looked at Natasha with heart eyes, ever since you saw her in the first Avengers movie, you had a huge crush on her and you idolized her so much.
"What?" Natasha asked, feeling awkward that you were staring at her.
You wipe off your nonexistent tears. "I just. I'm a fan, okay. I can't believe you all are real and are standing here with me right in this very moment" you said as you looked at each one of them.
"This feels like a dream and one I don't want to wake up from" you silently whispered to yourself.
You looked at Thor again and you notice the Mjolnir that was placed on the bedside table beside Thor. "Oh my god, is that the real Mjolnir? Can I touch it?" Thor nodded and you stood up and lifted the Mjolnir without any thought.
"Woah! This is lighter than I thought" you commented as you turn the Mjolnir around and marveled at its sight. You looked at Thor and his eyes were so wide it looked as if his eyeballs were about to fall off.
"What?" you asked and then remembered something about the legendary hammer. "Oh! Wait! Does that mean I get to be Asgard's new king?" you asked Thor but he was too shocked to say anything, only returning his gaze to his hammer and back to you.
"Perhaps I should replace Odin" you teased him and he blinked a few times. You finally let out a laugh. "I'm just kidding, Thor," you said and placed the hammer back to the table.
"Anyway, I'm kinda hungry, do you all know where the kitchen is?" you asked the remaining Avengers that were staying in your room.
"I'll show you" Steve offered.
"Thank you, Mr. Rogers," you said.
"Please, call me, Steve, or Cap, whichever you prefer," Cap said.
"Alright, Cap"
Hey guys, so I don't really know when I'll update next time but I will try whenever I have free time so don't worry. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. See you all at the next one!