Arcane Avengers
Chapter 1 - Prologue
Disclaimer - I do not own or make any profit from Harry Potter or the Avengers and related characters, all credit goes to J.K. Rowling and Marvel.
A/n: Hey guys and gals, this is my rewrite of Arcane Avenger.
The Veil of Death has always been one of Wizard kinds greatest mysteries. For millennia researchers have pondered its composition, inner workings and it's actual purpose. Not a single person has ever made any significant progress in its study, regardless of the changes and improvements in magically theory throughout the centuries. But that is not to say that no one has ever known.
You see, since the beginning of time and the creation of life, there has existed Death and with it a Master. Many believe Death to be an omnipotent being or a conscious entity, but the truth of the matter is that Death is an idea to all but one individual. That individual is the Master of Death, one who has proven themselves worthy of taking on the mantle of Master and all it entails. Being the Master grants one three things - immunity to natural death, the ability to move on into the next life without passing on, and a measure of control over true Death. But most importantly is the Master's ability to extend those traits to his, or her, significant other.
To the Master, Death is everything about souls that have already passed though the veil. The good and the bad, the strengths and the weaknesses, the likes and dislikes. Everything that made a person who they were before their death.
Throughout history there have only been five Masters, each one reaching great heights before their eventual fall. Most became corrupt over time, the power going to their head. They posed themselves as gods to the nations they resided in. They included the Egyptian Anubis, the Greek Hades, the Japanese Izanami, the Roman Mors, and most recently the European Grim Reaper. They exhibited great power over other because of the uniqueness of their existence, unfortunately none of them could exist for more than a few centuries due to a lack of guidance and proper purpose.
But your probably wondering why any of this really matters where the Veil is concerned. The simplest way to put it is that the Veil is the literally just that, a Veil between this world and the next. It is the gateway between the known world and the next, all deceased souls pass through it and any living being that goes through is killed painlessly to go through the same cycle all the other souls do. The only people who have ever know this are the Master and his spouse. The Veil is also the pathway the Master can take to move into the next world while retaining his/her body, knowledge and ability. That is the reason the Veil is so difficult to understand, it is only meant to be understood by Death and it's Master.
Again your probably wondering why any of this knowledge has any bearing on the world at large. Well, to be honest it doesn't have much of a meaning for any except the two individuals who stood before the Veil, preparing themselves to leap through. One the Master, and the other his eternal companion in both life and death. Two people who had lived their lives in this world to the fullest and were prepared to move onto the next and whatever it brought them.
As the pair readied themselves to take a leap of faith, the silently looked into the others eyes. Not even needing to speak words to convey their thought, they nodded at each other and with one last final breath stepped into the unknown.
A/n: I know it's short but it's only the prologue, chapters from here on will be much longer. Hopefully they will be between 6000 and 10000 words. Thanks for reading everyone, all constructive or encouraging feedback is appreciated and certainly accepted, encouraged in fact. Thanks again.