Adventures of John: Inner Demons

Introduction

My name is John the Adventurer. Not really. But in order to protect my identity, I usually refer to myself as such. Our world, our reality, is not the only one there is. There are an infinite number of planes of existence beyond our own, realms of myth and magic filled with all manner of beasts and creatures. There are those among us, ordinary people in all other aspects, that have a connection to one or more of these worlds. Their connection to these worlds can often give them abilities beyond those of other men, or even provide passage to these worlds. Many of these gifted individuals are unaware of their abilities.

I am one of these people, except I am aware of my gifts, and I am not merely connected to one realm, but to all of them. Because of this, I can see and speak with creatures from these realms, as well as separate my spirit from my body and use it to travel to these realms. When I am in these other worlds I can use the magic inherit in these worlds to do anything I can dream of. These are the tales of my journeys through the magical realms. These are the Adventures of John. Why am I posting my tales on a fan fiction site, you ask? Well, you wouldn't believe the people I've met.

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My life has never been simple. I've been the champion of one of the major Faerie Courts, traveled the magical realms, and even made my way to several alternate realities. I'm friends with the Mad Hatter, an occasional ally of the Wicked Witch of the West(who isn't nearly as wicked as everyone says she is), though she doesn't like me very much, and trapped Peter Pan in Neverland forever. (Don't trust that kid, he's an immortal psychopath who kidnapped children for use in his twisted games.) I'm also an honorary member of both the Justice League and Avengers, a former companion of the Doctor, and married to Queen Elsa of Arendelle. Nicholas St. North(Santa Claus) performed the service and Jack Frost was my best man.

I've saved this world many times, along with many others. I've faced mortal villains, such as the murderous King Hans, who killed all but one of his older brothers in order to gain the throne. I've also faced immortal enemies, such as my old nemesis the Shadow Trickster, as well ones more familiar to you such as the Greek god of war Ares and the Norse god of thunder Thor. While the version from the Marvel Universe is a pretty cool guy, our universe's version of Thor is a homicidal, narcissistic jerk. I've faced beings beyond mortal comprehension, including the Darkness, a celestial being corrupted by the Void that nearly consumed our entire world, Shade, a being of pure negative energy that turned out to actually be the combined essences of a pantheon of ancient gods called the Old Ones, forced together by the madness of the Void.

And most recently I saved not just the world, not just the universe, not just multiple universes, but every universe. The Void was hatching its eons-old plan, readying itself to destroy everything in all of creation until all that remained was the Void. After an unbelievable amount of conflict, it all came to a head in one final battle, a battle in which the greatest heroes from every universe came together to fight the Void, from Goku to Luke Skywalker to Yugi Muto. With the aid of the other versions of myself from across the multiverse, I was able to purify the Void, returning it to its original state of mindless nothing. Interestingly enough, while the Void corrupted the Darkness and Shade, it was itself corrupted by the meddling of those that sought to use it to gain more power. We thought that it was the Void that corrupts, but it was humanity that bore the blame for the corruption in the end. What does that say about us as a species?

With the Void defeated, I thought all my trials were over. Then, just as we were about to leave my wife announced to me that she was pregnant. After a brief panic attack and a visit to a younger version of Elsa, I went back to my normal life. I had hoped that I would have some time to spend living the closest thing my life comes to normal, spending my time on earth doing regular things, while enjoying time with my pregnant wife and her family in Arendelle. Unfortunately, once again the reprieve was not to last.