Your name is Maite Hirsch and you are panicking.

This probably has something to do with the fact that you're currently about an arms length away from Arnim God Damn Zola, a man whose most flattering description would be "mad scientist". With a large emphasis on mad. You are in dire need of assistance.

Fortunately, magic is now a thing.

Which is why you're invisible and Bucky definitely thinks you're a hallucination.

Equally fortunate- your Amulet just transported you somewhere else.

You appear to be back at Kamar-Taj... But something's off. The other initiates are all huddled together and whispering uneasily. You spot the uniforms of the Sanctum apprentices amongst them as well. That's... odd.

Wait a moment.

Suspicion heavy in your stomach, you take off towards the Sanctum Gates.

London is cracked in half, New York appears to be fractured and Hong Kong-

You know exactly when you are. You throw your body through the gate to the Hong Kong Sanctum before it crumbles to dust.

It's pure pandemonium on the other side of the Gate and you do your best to dodge both sides of the battle until you reach the street and dash for the spot where you know Stephen and Mordo will appear.

Fortunately, even with your frantic dodging of actual battles, you look remarkably grimy and at some point you gained a cut on your temple you can feel bleeding sluggishly.

You can see Kaecilius and his sycophants in the distance and ready your shields just in case.

Behind you, the Sanctum explodes to make way for the Dark Dimension. In front of you, Stephen and Mordo stumble out of the former's portal and you allow yourself to sag in relief.

Oh thank the Vishanti, reinforcements, you sigh. You try to explain the situation quickly before letting your eyes catch on the Eye of Agamotto.

You...wouldn't happen to know how to use that, would you, you ask, letting hope bleed into your tone blatantly.

Stephen looks down at the Eye. He quips he remembers everything he ever read- including the Book of Cagliostro. Mordo looks disapproving.

You tell them you'll hold off Kaecilius long enough for him to get the spell running before sprinting forward.

"HEY DEMON-EYES!"

Your shout draws the cultists up short.

"DORMAMMU IS A GREEDY ASSHOLE AND WE HAVE BIGGER ISSUES FRANKLY!"

With that ominous and slightly insulting sentence, you flicker invisible and run towards them, weaving around several incensed spear throws to trip Kaecilius into the ground.

You then proceed to suddenly be inside the time reversal, with Stephen, Mordo and Wong right next to you.

He tells you he can't decide wether you're stupid or suicidal. Jury's out, you shrug.

Wong inclines his head and asks who you are- he's never seen you before. The Amulet suddenly hums sharply against your collarbone.

Leaving, you fumble the Amulet out from under your apprentice robes. I'm pretty sure my past self is gonna arrive soon after this, though.

You vanish from Hong Kong. Where are you-

Wait... You recognise this...battlefield...

No. No no nononono-

In a burst of orange you barely notice because your mind is currently otherwise occupied, you're flying across the battlefield (but the enemy forces are disintegrating as you fly by, you need to hurry up, goddamnit-) barely paying any mind to the other people present, all of which are gaping.

"TONY-!"

It takes you a moment to notice the loud shriek of desperation came from you.

Not that that matters, because you found him.

"Oh god, Tony, nononono, hell no, you are not just leaving us like this-"

That was... probably you, again, but as previously mentioned, your mind is kind of somewhere else.

Namely, preventing Tony from dying, oh god, nononono-

You almost bodily collapse onto Tony, eliciting a half-conscious groan.

Fuck no.

You gather every drop of magic you can spare and push it into Tony.

Instantly, you're exactly aware of everything. Like, for example, the six differently-textured tethers of magic absorbing Tony's soul.

Stop!

Hm?

Please- please, don't... Don't kill him- heal him, please.

Such desperation...

Oh my. And what a pure soul...

Very well, we'll do it.

But the consequences... You might not like them.

Do it.

And the world erupts into white.

Your name is Maite Hirsch and the last thing you feel before falling unconscious is the ground underneath you abruptly shifting.


A/N: And here the canon divergence truly begins!If you can't tell, Maite just made a "bargain" with the Infinity Stones. They're sentient.Originally, the scene in Hong Kong wasn't included, but I only recently actually watched Dr. Strange and couldn't resist actually including a scene playing there.Not that we've seen the last of the Sorcerer community, but Maite's gonna be a bit preoccupied with other things before we return there, I'm afraid.