As the flash of light faded and their vision returned, the pair realized that they were no longer standing in the rock of eternity. They were now standing in Tall Timbers Park by its pond.
"How did we get all the way out here?" asked Lincoln
"I don't know, but I think we should…. Bah….bah….bah….bah….." Stuttered Ronnie Anne.
Thanks to the moonlight Ronnie Anne now had a better view of Lincoln's new form, and to her, he was hot. Ronnie Anne always thought Lincoln was cute, but now he was hot plus a hunk, considering how well he filled out that costume.
'wow, I haven't felt like this since Sid showed me twelve is midnight, and I first saw Yoon Kwan.' Thought Ronnie Anne.
"uh, Ronnie, are you okay?"
"uh, yeah, but I was just thinking, maybe we were sent here for a reason…. The question now is what is the reason." She said.
"I don't know but check it out; we can make our staffs disappear and reappear at will." Said Lincoln, making his staff disappear.
"Okay, that's useful but still doesn't help us figure out what we're doing here." Said Ronnie Anne making her staff disappear too.
"wait, didn't the Wizard say something about looking to our reflections for guidance." Said Lincoln. "Maybe that's why we're here by the pond."
"It can't hurt to try?"
As the two moved to the pond, staring at their own reflections, though nothing seemed to be happening, it did give them a chance to look themselves over. Ronnie Anne noticed how much she looked like her mom. Still, her figure was similar to her cousin Carlota's; she noticed her now large breasts, something she found embarrassing. This only became worse when Ronnie Anne looked over her shoulder and pulled aside her cape to see her large round buttocks. Though she wasn't as big as Carlota's, she was just as round.
Despite feeling that her new figure might be trouble for her skater career, Ronnie Anne found herself warming up to her new body quickly. Wiggling her new booty before swaying her new chest, moving back and forward between the two, unaware that Lincoln was watching her blushing hard.
'Bah….bah….bah….bah…..' he thought.
Snapping out of his trance, he checked himself, noticing how he looked like ace savvy, his favorite superhero.
"cool, hey, my overbite is gone, and so are my broken teeth." He said, noticing that he had straight white teeth.
"really?" Said Ronnie Anne checking herself realizing that her buckteeth were gone too.
The two continued to look over themselves until they noticed their reflections had disappeared. Confused, the pair then saw the reflection of a woman appear in the pond.
"Hello, children."
Startled, both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne lept away but found themselves going straight up in the air, leaving them hovering over the lake.
"whoa, super leaps, that's a pretty cool power." Said Ronnie Anne.
"I don't think that was just a leap, Ronnie, I think we're," said Lincoln noticing that they weren't coming down.
"flying!" they both said.
"that would be the speed of Mercury. Please come back down, children; there is much to discuss." Called the woman.
Lowering themselves back to the ground, the two began conversing with the woman in the pond's reflection.
"I apologize for scaring you." Said the woman.
"Who are you?" asked Ronnie Anne.
"I suppose the Wizard didn't have time to explain before his demise."
"no, he didn't."
"then allow me to properly introduce myself. I am a mirror spirit. I have the power to appear on any reflective surface; you may call me Mary."
Both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne thought for a moment on the mirror spirit's name, which made them think.
"hey, any relation to bloody-?" asked Lincoln
"Please do not mention that annoying folktale to me, ever!"
"sorry." Said Lincoln sheepishly.
"I swear, you accidentally scare one person, and the next thing you know, you've been labeled a vengeful spirit that'll kill you if you say her name 3 times in a mirror."
"that's rough." Said Ronnie Anne.
"let's get back on topic."
"Okay."
"I have been tasked with teaching you how to wield the power of Shazam."
"There is still a lot that we don't know." Said Lincoln.
"then allow me to begin with a brief history lesson on your power source. Shazam is the title given to the champion. It is an acronym of the six pillars whose powers you now wield, Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, Mercury. These six created the rock of eternity and were its original guardians. Blessing it with their most significant attributes. Solomon's Wisdom, Hercules's Strength, Atlas's Stamina, Zeus's Power, Achilles' Courage, and Mercury's Speed. This is what makes the Power of Shazam and what you now draw power from."
Both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne followed along though they both felt like they shouldn't be able to.
"Okay, you have us so far, but we still don't know what we can do." Said Ronnie Anne.
Mary thought for a moment, wondering the best way to explain their powers, then she had an idea on how to explain.
"I'm sure you've heard of wikis, right?"
"yes." They responded.
"then this will help."
Mary then transformed into a list giving a rundown of each letter and the power that goes with it.
Solomon's Wisdom: Due to Solomon's blessings, Shazam has instant access to a vast level of scholarly knowledge.
Clairvoyance: The wisdom of Solomon gives The champion clairvoyance and provides him with counsel and advice in times of need.
Divine Grace: The champion has the wisdom of Solomon, which allows finesse in actions and dealings with others.
Eidetic Memory: Through Solomon's wisdom, The champion can memorize anything he sees.
Tactics of War: The champion is an accomplished tactician through Solomon's blessings.
Mathematics: Through Solomon's blessings, The champion is an accomplished mathematician.
Multilingualism: Solomon's wisdom allows the champion to speak any language when transformed.
"wow, so I think we might be on par with Lisa." Said Lincoln.
"onto the next Letter."
Hercules's Strength: Hercules's blessings significantly increase the champion's strength. They can crack concrete, bend steel, and fight toe-to-toe with beings of equal or greater power.
Super-Leaping: With Hercules's blessing, the champion can use their strong leg muscles to leap far distances in a single bound.
Atlas's Stamina: With the blessings of Atlas, The champion can endure great physical exertion without tiring while in his empowered form.
Self-Sustenance: due to Atlas's blessings, Shazam can survive without food, water, or sustenance while in his empowered form.
Zeus's Power: Zeus' Power, besides fueling the magic thunderbolt that transforms the champion, also enhances his other physical abilities. This power will enable Shazam to manipulate and control the "living lightning. And allows for inter-dimensional travel and casting various mystical spells.
Healing: He displayed the ability to use the transformative lightning to heal others or himself instantly from wounds inflicted on his mortal form.
Dimensional Travel: Shazam can access the Rock of Eternity whenever he wants.
Electrokinesis: Shazam can generate and manipulate the "living lightning the magical lightning that transforms the wielders into Shazam. The champion can project the energy from their fingertips and even use the lightning bolt as a weapon by dodging it and allowing it to strike an opponent or other target.
Electro-Blast: Shazam can discharge powerful blasts and arcs of electricity from hands or entire body and attack foes with it.
Magic: As the wielder of Shazam's power, the champion can cast magic spells for various purposes.
"wait, we can cast spells?" said Lincoln eagerly.
"yes, but those lessons will have to wait till later, but your staffs will serve as tools to aid you until you can cast spells without them, plus they make useful melee weapons when used properly."
Achilles' Courage: This aspect is physical and partly psychological and gives The champion superhuman amounts of inner strength to draw off from while also making them indestructible to harm.
Indomitable Will: Because of Achilles' blessing, Shazam is very strong-willed in his actions.
Immortality: As long as the champion remains in their empowered form, he doesn't age.
Mercury's Speed: With the blessings of Mercury, the champion can run as fast as a bolt of lightning.
Flight: With Mercury's blessing, the champion can hover or outright fly at high speeds.
Superhuman Reflexes: Shazam's reflexes are heightened to superhuman levels.
Now that Lincoln and Ronnie Anne had a better understanding of their powers, they seemed even more excited and were ready to learn more. Still, Mary instructed them to return home to rest before training.
"wait, we can't go home now; how am I supposed to explain these to my brother? " asked Ronnie Anne, pointing to her boobs.
"Relax, child, to return to your mortal forms, you need only repeat the word with a desire to change back."
Mary was gone as clouds rolled in, blocking the moon, and thunder could be heard.
"looks like a storm is coming; we better get back to my house."
The two flew back into the sky and made their way back to the loud house; in a matter of moments, they were flying over Flip's Food & Fuel. Suddenly both stopped in the air hovering over the store.
"Ronnie Anne, did you just get a weird feeling."
"Yeah, hey, since when does Flip stay open this late?"
"he doesn't."
Deciding to investigate, they lowered themselves down to the ground to look. To their surprise, Flip was being robbed. There were at least two men and one woman; one was emptying the register. Another had a gun on Flip, who was tied up by the Flippee machine. The woman was helping herself to unlimited Flippees.
"We gotta do something." Said Lincoln.
"do we? Considering it's Flip, these are probably guys getting their money back cause he screwed them."
"true, but he's one of the few adults to believe me about the photo, so I owe it to him," said Lincoln pulling up his hood.
"fair enough." Said Ronnie Anne pulling up her hood too.
The two walked inside, alerting the robbers, who took out all their guns as Lincoln and Ronnie Anne stood in the door, trying to appear intimidating.
"we're only gonna say this once!" Said Lincoln.
"give up!" threatened Ronnie Anne
The three took one look then started to laugh hard at Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's costumes.
"lovely costumes, what are you two supposed to be a couple of cosplayers pretending to be superheroes?" said the male robber.
"maybe this is some kind of fetish which would explain the stupid masks." Said the other male.
"I think the guy is pretty cute; hey, handsome, how about you stop playing hero, and we playhouse together." Flirted the female robber.
"hard pass." Said a disgusted Lincoln.
The woman opened fire on Lincoln, angered, shooting him in the chest and eye. To their surprise and lincoln's, he was unharmed as the bullets bounced off him dropping to the floor.
"right super durability, Courage of Achilles." Said Lincoln.
"what the!?" the robber behind the counter as he fired two more shots, this time aiming for Ronnie Anne hitting her in the chest, but he got the same results.
"Really, dude, in the boobs." Said Ronnie Anne.
"hey, I was going for the shoulder, not my fault they're in the way!" he defended.
"you're dead." They both said.
Suddenly all three robbers were sent flying through the window, landing outside knocked out. While Lincoln went outside to finish them off, Ronnie Anne went to free Flip.
"you okay, Flip?"
"I'm fine, chief, but who's gonna pay for my window." Complain, Flip.
"you're welcome for saving your life."
The two then headed outside to see Lincoln had tied the robbers to the payphone with a pipe he found.
"well, that should hold them; we can add super strength to the list. Flip, call the police." Said Lincoln
"Okay, but seriously who's gonna pay for my window." Said, Flip.
Slowly Lincoln and Ronnie Anne started floating in the air as they took to the sky, shocking Flip, who quickly took a picture before calling out.
"Who are you guys?"
"Call me, Shazam." Said Lincoln.
The two flew off and, in seconds, made it back to the house as they landed on the lawn in front.
"Okay, you ready, Ronnie Anne."
"on three, 1. 2. 3."
Shazam!
Suddenly two bolts of lightning came down, striking the pair; as the dust cleared, they saw that they were back to normal.
"It worked." Said Ronnie Anne checking herself over.
The two slipped back in to see Bobby was still asleep, so Ronnie Anne climbed back on the couch to sleep though she knew it would be hard since she was still excited about what had happened. Lincoln made his way back to his room; seeing the light on in Lori and Leni's room meant a sibling meeting which he didn't care about. Going to his room, he noticed Lily was still asleep in his bed as he climbed in and laid down next to her.
'goodnight Lily; you know I think things are finally gonna take a turn.' He thought before closing his eyes.
Elsewhere
Deep within Scotland, in a town called Loch Loud, the town outcast Morag was finished with her task as both the caretake and groundskeeper. Following her attempt to drive away everyone from the two due to her obsessive need for peace and quiet, becoming the duchess. She was defeated by the Loud Family, and her former co-worker Angus was appointed the new duke by Lincoln. While she was forced to continue her work and now perform Angus's former duties. Under the supervision of both the dragon Lela and the Loud Ancestors' spirits.
"damn those Louds, damn them all to hell!" roared Morag as she walked past the dragon's nest." "I had it all, the title, the power, and the peace and quiet, but that brat took it all away…. If I ever get the chance!"
Suddenly a light began shining down on her; Morag stood there frozen, not out of fear but a feeling of familiarity.
"I felt this before."
Slowly a glowing eye descended in front of her sparking a memory she had forgotten, in which this very eye offered her power. Still, before she could take it, an old man stopped her striking her with lightning before she woke up in bed.
"I thought you were a dream."
"We are no dream." Said a voice.
"The Wizard cannot stop us now." Said another.
"Take the power."
"be our champion."
Without a single bit of hesitation, Morag accepted, and the eye flew into her left socket. Seconds later, Angus appeared taking a walk when he noticed Morag just standing.
"Morag, are you alright, las?"
"for the first time in a long time, I'm better than alright." She said, turning around, showing she was seemingly normal.
Angus gave a happy nod before he left, leaving Morag alone. Once he was gone, her eye began glowing with power.
"now I can get my revenge on the Louds."
"patience Morag."
"the wizard has found his champion."
"you must master new power before he masters his."
"or your vengeance will never be realized."
"Very well, Let's begin."
End Of Ch' 3
Author's notes
Sorry if the chapter was shorter and wordier and not enough action, but I wanted to get the exposition out of the way.
Yes, I did use parts from the DC wiki to explain Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's power to them; I just needed to get that out of the way,
The character Mary is an OC that I made based on bloody Mary's tale and the woman in the mirror from Shazam's New 52 origin comic.
Yes. I'm sure everyone figured it out from the beginning, but. Morag was the woman from the prologue.
The Sins believe that there is only one champion right now since the power of Shazam was supposed to only to Lincoln before it chose Ronnie Anne too. So she's a wild card.
I didn't talk about this in the story. Still, the things embedded in Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's belts are keys. That allows them open portals to the rock of eternity underground like black Adam from Shazam's New 52 origin comic.
Their primary means of access to the rock are their bedroom doors.
I didn't bring this up in the story. Still, Lincoln & Ronnie Anne will be able to call on the powers of Shazam individually, like how Mary does it in Young Justice. The trade-off is they can only call on one power at a time & it's only 1/3 of its full power.
Unlike in the movie, the costumes are removable.