Okay you don't need to read Reality Check first (with the second ending!), but I would highly recommend that you do so before reading this story. If you do not want to read it here are some things you need to know about it. Clara and Caroline were brought into MCU from our world for about a month and helped the Avengers take down Loki before returning home. Clara is telekinetic and Caroline has a mess of powers including enhanced healing, being able to take things in and out of reality, and passing through solid objects thanks to the Reality Stone being embedded in her heart. They have been gone from MCU for a year and now return. Just read Reality Check first, and this will make much more sense.
Chapter One: Welcome Back
"I warned you that this was a bad idea," A girl in wearing a blue dress said to a boy who was dressed in a yellow t-shirt and shorts.
"I just wanted to give them a chance to have a normal life for as long as possible," he said.
"A lot of good that will do them, dead or worse faded."
"I am just trying to do what is best."
"And what is best is that you get them back here as quickly as possible. They may not have any evident effect yet, but they will. Honestly though, bringing them into a different universe are you out of your mind?"
"It was the only way for them to have a normal life again, besides it also keeps them safe from those looking for us."
"I understand that what is done is done, but it is time you brought them back and came home yourself. You've been gone over a year now and even short conversations strain both of us."
"Goodbye to you too. See you soon."
"I had better."
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Caroline let out a long sigh as she opened up her laptop and typed in the password. Her hair was still dripping wet from the shower she had just taken, but she didn't really care that she was getting her chair or the floor wet, it was water and it would be dry by morning. She just didn't want to get her laptop wet, because that would be a problem.
After the initial excitement of being home and still having powers had worn off, Caroline's life had returned to pretty normal. There was still the craziness of high school and living in a house with four younger siblings, but she wasn't chasing after supervillains either. Yellow had said she would get to return at some point in time and since she had no control over when that was she had gone back to living a relatively normal life. Clara and Caroline agreed early on not to run around as super heroes in a world that didn't need it.
She played several rounds of some random computer game she had before shutting the laptop down. She was practically falling asleep as it was almost 11:30. When she had been in the Marvel Universe she had ended up not needing to sleep much, or it may have just been the excitement of everything going on either way, shortly after returning Caroline had gone back to requiring eight hours of sleep every night or something close to that.
That afternoon she had ended up having to go down to her school for an informational meeting for the swim team at her school that her mom was making her join. Caroline had managed to get out of having to do any sports last year, but this year she got no choice. Caroline had two main reasons she did not want to do sports one was that sports were not her thing she did not really like them, thought they were overrated (especially football) and were a waste of her time and two she did not need to accidently reveal she had powers. After all the effort that she and Clara had done to hide their powers it would be terrible for them if people found out.
Though they never let anyone see them use their powers they weren't above using them when no one was looking. Though Yellow hadn't been lying when he said their powers were not as strong as they were in Marvel.
Anyway as Caroline fell asleep that night she found herself wishing that she would not have to go on the swim team and that she would get to see Clara soon as they hadn't seen each for a while now. Though it may not have been the way she was thinking about either case happening, both of her wishes that night came true.
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Clara was jolted awake by a metal bowl clattering as it hit the ground, not that it really woke her up as she failed to notice that she was sleeping on a couch instead of her water bed. "What time is it?" she mumbled, not actually expecting an answer, so she was surprised to say the least when she did get one.
"It is six forty-seven," an unmistakable voice said, causing her to roll off the couch and onto the floor and hurting her nose in the process.
"Ow," she said sitting up.
"Are you alright, miss?" the voice asked.
"I'm fine Jarvis," Clara said. "Just startled is all."
"Sorry, did I wake you up?" Caroline asked running over, proceeding to knock yet another thing off the counter. She was still dressed in her pajamas, which by the way did not go together in any way, shape or form.
"It's alright," Clara told her. "I would have woken up soon anyways. What are you making?"
"Well I want to make pancakes but I cannot for the life of me find where they store pancake mix in this kitchen."
"Jarvis, where do they store pancake mix in this mess?" Clara asked, rolling her eyes.
"I believe it is in the cabinet above the refrigerator," Jarvis responded.
"Who stores pancake mix on top of the fridge?" Caroline exclaimed, opening the cabinet and pulling the pancake mix down on to the counter. "Don't answer that."
Finding the rest of the required items was much easier as it consisted of milk, water and eggs. They decided that it was probably best to just make themselves some as they didn't know if the others would want some. Though they didn't think anyone in their right mind would turn down pancakes. No, they did not freak out over the fact that they had randomly shown up in the Avengers Tower, as it wasn't their first time randomly showing up somewhere in Marvel.
Just as they were about to start cooking pancakes, when Steve walked in, presumably from his morning run.
"Good morning," Caroline said as she searched through another drawer. "Do you happen to know where a flipper is? Because we can't make pancakes without it and Jarvis doesn't know where it is for some reason."
"Here I'll get it for you," Steve said walking over to the kitchen. "Didn't know you could cook."
"Well if being able to make pancakes from a mix is cooking, then yes I can cook. Sometimes I can even pull off something like cookies or a cake as long as I a recipe telling me exactly what to do and I don't mix up teaspoons and tablespoons."
"Well then I will add you to the list of those who can make stuff in the kitchen."
"You actually have a list?" Clara asked.
"Well, Thor is basically never allowed in the kitchen. No one trusts Tony with anything more complicated than coffee or cereal. Clint has a 50/50 chance of burning whatever he's making, if it involves heating it up. Nat can pull off most things that are prepackaged. Bruce can actually cook but he almost always makes some exotic food when he can." Steve answered, setting a flipper on the counter next to Caroline who was pouring the batter onto a pan.
"What about you?"
"He can cook normal meals without messing them up," Caroline said, before Steve could answer.
"How do you know?"
"Because I do." Before Clara could make another comment the elevator dinged and opened.
"Mmm, well something smells good," Natasha said getting off the elevator. "What are you guys making?"
"Pancakes, you want some?" Clara asked.
"Sure"
"Chocolate chip or plain?" Caroline asked. Steve just looked from one person to the other, wondering when they would stop acting like this was completely normal. They didn't have to act much longer though because Clint showed up.
At first Clint didn't notice them, because he walked in acting like a zombie. "Brains" he mumbled. "Brains."
"I'm sorry, I'm only serving pancakes today," Caroline said in her calmest voice. "no brains" Meanwhile Clara was falling over laughing and nearly burned herself.
"Caroline?!" Clint exclaimed, definitely surprised.
"I'm here and Clara is presently dying on the floor. You're welcome to her brains, but I'm keeping my own if it's all the same to you."
"Brains," Clint said, resuming his zombie act. Clara shrieked and ran away, as Clint came after her. She grabbed pillows off the couches and started throwing them. Clint quit his zombie act and began throwing the pillows back at Clara. Natasha got caught in the crossfire and started throwing pillows at both of them. One of the pillows was sent flying toward the kitchen and almost hit Caroline in the face.
"Hey," Caroline yelled. "No throwing pillows at the cooks" (Steve had started making coffee and was getting out some sausage to cook) "Or you don't get any pancakes." Needless to say, no more pillows were thrown towards the kitchen.
Suddenly the elevator dinged and Natasha threw a pillow towards it as soon as the door opened and it hit Tony in the face. "What's going on in here?" he asked, grabbing the pillow.
"They have started what is called a pillow fight, sir," Jarvis replied.
"Oh did they?" Tony asked, and ran to join the frenzy.
Bruce who had arrived with Tony stood just outside the elevator, unsure as what to do, till Caroline waved him over to the kitchen. "Can you get the whipped cream, butter and syrup out?" she asked. "They're not allowed to through pillows at the cooks or they don't get any pancakes." Bruce nodded in understanding and proceeded to get the requested items.
Caroline had basically just measured out all the mix that was left in the bag and went from there as it appeared that all the Avengers would be having pancakes. She had left Bruce and Steve in the safety of kitchen and jumped into to the pillow fight, after grabbing a few extra pillows from a closet. Caroline pair up with Clara and Natasha paired up with Clint, and Tony had collapsed on the floor after a few minutes. It was in this disaster that Thor decided to arrive.
"WHAT IS GOING ON?" he yelled, throwing his hammer which pinned Clara to the ground. Caroline grabbed Clara's hand and pulled her straight through the hammer.
"Relax Thor," Caroline said. "We're just having a pillow fight." Thor looked at her quizzically. "Never mind. Anybody want pancakes?" Everyone wanted pancakes. Explanations on Caroline and Clara's random appearance could wait, food was more important.
This was how Caroline and Clara were welcomed back by the Avengers and they wouldn't have it any other way.
I hope you guys had as much fun reading that last scene as I had writing it. If you understood anything that was going on in the first scene that's great, if not just remember it for later when it will make sense and be important. I have no comments on the middle scene I just sort of found it necessary to put in.
As a notice, this story will follow the movies but I will be making lots of changes. They arrived after Thor 2 before Captain America: Winter Solider and I am ignoring Iron Man 3 and yes they are all living in Avengers Tower, hence story changes.
One last thing and you probably know what it is. REVIEW! Also I if you have a suggestion for a super hero name for Clara or Caroline please leave a review with it. I'm interested to see what you guys come up with and if your lucky I might even use it.