Reading: Outsider Chronicles: Split/Second Hero

Three Wizards, Four Heroes, an omniscient being and a living source of absolute insanity. Add them together and what do you get? A reading story of course! How will the Heroes and Wizards react to seeing a very different story to the one they know play out?

And here we are. For once I don't have to say I shouldn't be doing this because this can't move faster than SSH. As you've probably guessed, this is a Reading story starring the Watcher, Harry and his friends and a few characters from My Hero Academia. Expect a few minor spoilers because of another character that will be appearing as a bit of comic relief. Oh, and before I forget, go read the Origin Story and Reading: Origin Story chapters in the Vault. They provide a prequel of sorts to both stories. You don't have to read them, but they help set the scene. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 1

Izuku Midoriya, better known as Deku, groaned as he slowly pushed himself up. The last thing he remembered was walking home with Tenya and Ochako when a bright flash of light had blinded him and he found himself flat on the floor. He rubbed his head, which was throbbing dully, as he stood and looked around.

The room he was in looked like nothing he had ever seen before. It was a relatively large room, with orange painted walls and worn looking, gray carpeting that had a few tea stains here and there and was fraying at the edges. He was laying on a black leather three seater sofa that was set up facing a large TV with a number of consoles set up on small set of shelves it was sitting on, including some really old stuff like NES and a Dreamcast, and a second sofa and two comfortable looking armchairs on either side, surrounding a small coffee table. One corner of the room had a small kitchenette with a microwave, a fridge-freezer, a toaster, a large kettle, a sink and a few pots labeled as coffee, tea and sugar. The countertop and cupboards looked rather cheap, but were clean, as was the rest of the room. The room didn't seem to have a door, but there was a couple of windows that were covered by dark red curtains.

"Urrg, Deku?" said a voice from behind him, "Is that you?"

He turned and saw that he wasn't alone. Laying on the floor behind him was Tenya and Ochako, both looking as disoriented as he felt.

"Iida, Uraraka, are you two OK?" asked the green haired boy worriedly as he hurried over to help his friends up.

"I-I think so," said Ochako, "Where are we?"

"I'm not sure," said Izuka.

"Hmm, this is worrying," said Tenya, looking around at their new surroundings, "There doesn't appear to be a way out of here…"

He trailed off as the sound of movement came from behind the large sofa. The three friends glanced at each other and slowly moved into ready stances, waiting for whoever it was to come out. For a moment, there was silence, before…

"WHERE THE FUCK AM I!?"

They jumped as the spiky haired form of Katsuki Bakugou rocketed to his feet. The explosive Hero glared around the room, before his gaze fell on his classmates.

"What are you three doing here?" he growled.

"Thats what we'd like to know," said Tenya.

"Oh for fucks sake, not again!" groaned a new voice.

The four Heroes in Training spun around to see the source of the voice. A door had appeared in one wall, allowing a stranger to enter with an empty cup in his hand. He was tall and thin, with a slight hunch to his shoulders and shaggy hair that was in dire need of a cut. His eyes were hidden behind a pair of dirty, orange and brown framed glasses and were surrounded by black bags, as if he didn't get enough sleep. He was dressed in a pair of tired looking jeans, mismatched socks with Superman on them and a gray sweater with too long sleeves that hid his hands. Through the door, Izuka could make out an odd looking round room with numerous tv screens attached to the walls.

The stranger looked annoyed by something as he stomped over to the kitchen, grumbling something about pushy bosses making more work for him.

"Oi, who the hell are you?" growled Bakugou.

He was ignored as the strange man started angrily making tea.

"DON'T YOU IGNORE ME!" roared Bakugou, his legendarily short temper snapping as he charged the man before any of his classmates could stop him.

He thrust his hand at the stranger, intending to scare him with an explosion to get some answers… only for nothing to happen.

"What the…?"

The other Heroes were just as surprised as Bakugou, who looked like someone had just slapped him with a fish as he stared at his palms in shock.

"Your powers won't work here," said the stranger, turning to face the Heroes, "I don't want you accidentally destroying my living room after all."

"What do you mean our powers won't work?" asked Ochako, looking nervus.

"Exactly that," said the stranger, cleaning out his ear, "Now, if you'll shut up, I'll explain whats going on."

He flicked a hand at Bakugou as he opened his mouth, making him squark and grab at his throat.

"I am Dis Lexic, a Watcher in the Multiverse and this lovely place is my Watchtower. You four are here to serve as entertainment for an omnipotent and all powerful being, along with who knows how many geeks with way too much time on their hands.

Izuka frowned.

"What does that mean?" he asked, "And what did you do to Bakugou?"

Said explosive Hero was currently clucking like a chicken as his eyes bulged and blazed with fury.

"Oh him?" asked Dis dismissively, "I just turned his voice box into that of a chicken so he wouldn't shout. If he promises to keep it down, I'll turn it back."

He gave Bakugou a meaningful look. He glared for a moment, before he grudgingly nodded. Dis flicked his fingers and Bakugou let out an explosive gasp.

"You'll pay for that," he growled.

"Would you like me to turn you into a guinea pig?" asked Dis blandly.

Bakugou scoffed.

"Like you cou...SQUEAK!"

Izuka, Tenya and Ochako stared wide eyed at the small, fluffy creature that had been their classmate a moment ago.

"I believe I've made my point," said Dis, turning Bakugou back to human form, "Now shut up or I'll stick you in a cage."

The now pale Hero nodded, keeping his mouth firmly shut.

"How did you do that?" asked Tenya, "The amount of power required for a Quirk like that…"

Dis scoffed.

"That wasn't a Quirk," he said, "I am a Watcher, an Extra-dimensional being with powers well beyond your understanding. Turning people into rodents is childs play for me. Care for a demonstration?"

Tenya snapped his mouth shut and shook his head rapidly.

"Good, now, we're just waiting on one more group and we can get started," said Dis.

"Another group?" asked Ochako, before a bright flash of light appeared from the corner of the room.

"Speak of the Devils," said Dis.

"Not this again," groaned a voice in english as the newcomers slowly got to their feet.

"Oh shut up Ron, if we're back here, that means that we get to find out how the story goes on!" said a female voice.

The would-be Heroes watched as three teens, two boys and a girl, who looked a little younger than them slowly got to their feet.

"What are they saying?" asked Ochako, looking confused.

"Why is she speaking gibberish?" asked the redheaded one, earning a slap from his female friend.

"Honestly Ronald, shes speaking Japanese," she said.

"Oh bugger, I forgot about that," said Dis, "One sec…"

He waved his hand and there was a quiet shattering sound.

"There, I've removed the language barrier, you should be able to understand each other now," said Dis.

"Really?" asked the girl, looking curious, before she turned to the Japanese Heroes, "Can you understand me?"

"Yes," said Ochako, "Can you understand me?"

"I can," said the girl, looking surprised, "This is amazing!"

"You do know there are spells that can do that, right?" asked Dis.

The girl looked really interested now and opened her mouth to ask a question.

"Questions later, I want to get this started," said Dis, "First off, introduce yourselves."

"Oh, right," said the girl, blushing slightly as she turned back to the Heroes, "I'm Hermione Granger and my friends are Ronald Weasley…"

"Call me Ron," said the Red-head with a friendly smile, although his eyes were locked on Ochako's figure.

Hey, he was a red blooded male and the Hogwarts robes hid all the fun bits.

"...And Harry Potter," said Hermione, indicating to her other companion.

"Nice to meet you all," said Harry, looking relieved about something.

"Nice to meet you all," said Ochako with a grin, "I'm Ochako Uraraka and these are my friends…"

"I'm Izuka Midoriya, but you can call me Deku," said Izuka.

He'd long gained enough confidence to use the old taunt as a proper nickname. Sure it was also his hero name, but he got the feeling that it wouldn't matter if these people knew that.

"My name is Tenya Iida, I please treat me well," said Tenya with a polite bow.

"Katsuki Bakugou," growled Bakugou.

"Exelent, now we all know each other, you kids take a seat and I'll grab us some refreshments," said Dis, clapping his hands.

The kids blinked as they suddenly found themselves on the seats. The Magicals were on one sofa, Tenya, Ochako and Izuka on the other, while Bakugou was on a second armchair that had appeared out of nowhere. A teaset appeared on the table while Dis rummaged through the cupboard.

"Now, where did I put that pudding…" he muttered as he opened another cupboard.

"PUDDING!"

"GAH!"

The teens jumped and spun to face the Watcher at the unexpected voice, only to freeze at the sight of a small, blond figure in blue and black robes seemingly clinging to Dis's face as the Watcher stumbled around, trying to dislodge his unexpected passenger.

"What the...Luna?" gasped Harry as he recognised the pale blond hair of the girl.

"Oh, hello not-my-Harry," said Luna Lovegood as she rode Dis to the ground, "How are you?"

"GET OFF YOU LITTLE FACEHUGGER!" roared Dis as he wrenched the small girl off his face, "How in the world did you get in here?!"

"Oh, that would be because of my Quirk," said Luna as she hung in Dis's grip like a kitten in the mouth of its mother.

Dis eye twitched.

"Oh fuck, I'd forgotten about that," he muttered.

Luna winked and stuck her tongue out cutely as the world momentarily turned dark blue as it zoomed in on her and the words:

Luna Lovegood

Quirk: DEAPOOL! Allows her to ignore the Fourth Wall and break reality. Not even a Watcher or God can fully control the user of this Quirk. PUDDING! See? Oh, and she also has a Magic sactual.

"What the fuck?" demanded Bakugou.

Dis groaned and facepalmed.

"We're stuck with you, aren't we?" he groaned.

"Yep, the Authors having way too much fun writing me," said Luna.

There was the sound of something shattering in the distance.

"Whats a magic sactual?" asked Ron.

"Its an animation technique often used for comic affect," said Hermione, "But its use as an actual thing is preposterous."

"Oh really?" asked Luna, reaching behind her.

"BWARUUM!"

Everyone in the room jumped when the tiny girl somehow pulled a full sized African elephant out from behind her. While Dis was still holding her.

"I hate you," growled the Watcher.

Luna just smiled innocently as the pachyderm vanished.

"Fine, sit here and keep quiet," said Dis as he dropped her into a seat that appeared out of nowhere and handed her a pot of pudding and a spoon.

"I make no promises," said Luna, "Besides, its not up to me. Its up to Marcus. Oh, and before I forget, referencing an awesome web-show, DING!"

She rang a bell.

"Make that two. DING!"

She rang it again.

Dis ignored the blatant shattering of the fourth wall as he turned to the now very confused teens he had gathered.

"Now we're all here and up to date, this is what we're here to do," he said, holding up a book.

"A book?" asked Tenya.

"Yep," said Dis, "The Big Man…"

"Marcus!" chirped Luna.

"...The Big Man wants you all to read this," said Dis, ignoring Luna completely.

"Why would we do that?" growled Bakugou.

"Because if you do that you'll be stuck here forever," said Dis.

"We've already been through this and there's no way out," said Harry before Bakugou could explode.

"It'll be worth it though," said Hermione

The Heroes all looked at each other.

"But what about our families, our lives back home," said Tenya.

"Time in your own dimensions will be frozen until you return," said Dis, "So, who wants to start?"

"Ohh, I will!" piped up Hermione.

Dis handed her the book, which she opened and took a deep breath.

"Sorry folks, but we'll have to cut off here!" said Luna, "The Authors tired and wants a break."

"What?" asked Ochako in confusion.

"Five pages of intro," said Luna, dinging a bell she'd pulled out of thin air.

And there we go, done. So, what did you think of my first chapter of this reading story? Remember this will be taking second place to SSH, so the updates for this will likely be a bit slower.

Sooo, what do you think of this Luna? Shes the same Luna that will be appearing later in the actual story, so a minor spoiler there. I have to say, shes a ton of fun to write and I really can't wait to get to her debut. With her around, expect wackiness and four wall breakages by the bucketload. Should be fun. So long as I can keep her in the story and not have her tunnel her way under the Fourth Wall...We are sure these things can't come to life, right?

All joking aside, please let me know what you think! Until next time, please leave a review!