A.N. Sorry about the weird factor to come. This was written for my OCs and I kinda repurposed it for the Hamilton crew. I'm writing this less for the historical figures and more for the musical so descriptions (when added) will be based off that. Am I missing anything? Um... Only that the Schuyler sister's great-grandmother is not gonna be named. I'm too lazy to do research and, hey, it's an AU. And that's about it. Enjoy. (On another note, I have this entire fic written now, so yell at me if I don't update. And I'm sorry about the chapter length. I get bored easily.)
Eliza Schuyler stared up at the imposing house in front of her. It had belonged to her great-grandmother who had recently passed away. Her older sister, Angelica, placed a hand on Eliza's shoulder and her younger sister, Peggy, was just a ball of energy. Eliza smiled at her sister's touch. "Looks like we've got a lot of work to do." Angelica announced, pulling out the key. "We need to get this place cleaned up and who knows what's in there." She stepped forward, placing the key in the lock. Peggy buzzed with excitement as the old double doors creaked slowly open and Angelica led her sisters inside.
The house was dark and seemed almost uninhabitable. Angelica groped around in the darkness before she found a light switch. She turned the lights on and Eliza had to stifle a gasp. They were standing in a grand hallway that branched off into separate rooms. About halfway down, a staircase led up to the second story. The carpeting of the hallway was a bright- yet dark- red and the walls were a golden colour. "All right." Angelica began. "Divide and conquer. Eliza, you take the attic. Peggy, you have the second story. I'll clean up down here." Peggy raced upstairs as Eliza nodded in agreement and followed her.
At the far end of a hallway on the second floor was yet another staircase, this one leading up to the large attic. Peggy had entered one of the rooms towards the front of the house, leaving Eliza to explore the attic on her own. She stepped onto the stairs, carefully avoiding the piles of junk that littered the ground. She'd heard that this relative had been a bit of a pack rat, but she hadn't known what it meant until she saw the mess for herself. She entered the attic at last, groping around in the darkness for the light switch, flipping it on and relishing the light of the electric bulbs. However, her joy was short-lived as she soon remembered why she was there and began to realise just how much stuff the attic contained.
Eliza sat on the floor, surrounded by mountains of SciTeK equipment that did who knows what. Most of the stuff she was afraid to touch. Over the last century, after those men had disappeared, SciTeK was viewed as the laboratory of a mad scientist. No one had seen the organisation's founder in years- not since the disappearances over 100 years ago. Her great-grandmother had apparently worked for the organisation as it had begun to lose all integrity. Eliza finally summoned the courage to touch the piles of boxes and she began to sift through the things.
Eliza was only about halfway through the first pile of boxes when she found them. She lifted aside a marked SciTeK microscope that had been previously used for who knows what. Underneath was a small, unmarked box that almost seemed to be calling to Eliza. She picked it up, placing her fingers on the clasp and gently easing it open. Inside were two clear glass spheres, approximately the size of marbles. She saw a hint of etched glass and turned the spheres in her hand. The exact words had faded with years, but she could clearly make out an uppercase A on one of them, and a lowercase N on the other. She slipped them into the small pouch she wore around her neck and glanced at the clock. Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, she slowly stood up and walked down the stairs.
Eliza stuck her head into the room her sister Angelica was working on. "Ang" she called. "I'm gonna take a break for lunch." Angelica let out a muffled sentence from underneath the huge box she was trying to carry. She set it down with a sigh of relief. "Okay Eliza." she panted. "I'll join you in a few minutes. I just want to go through this box." Angelica smiled at her sister as Eliza grabbed her lunch and nearly ran out of the house.
Eliza raced outside. The sky was blue and the birds were chirping, but she appeared not to notice. Clutching her necklace, she ran to the small dilapidated building outside the mansion. It was thankfully mostly free of junk. Once inside, she pulled out her sandwich and yanked at the drawstring of her pouch. It came open and she withdrew a glass sphere, the one with the A. She turned it in her hand, staring at it before she accidentally dropped it onto the hard stone floor of the hut. It shattered in a blast of blinding white light. As Eliza blinked the spots from her eyes, she noticed that she was no longer alone. A man like no other she had seen sat in the spot where the sphere had broken.
A.N. Two authors notes in one chapter! The mysterious spheres used to have names on them. It shouldn't be too hard to guess who the A is, but who is the n? I kinda want to see who can guess so maybe leave a comment with your guess? I'll try to give a shoutout to the first couple to get it right at the great reveal.