Worlds Apart (Bucky x Reader)

Chapter 1

"Good job today, y/n! See you Monday!" your coworker says as she walks out the door. You chose to stay late tonight and get some overtime in. You work in a small office in upstate New York. It's not a well-paying job, but you get by. Time passes and you begin to wrap up your work.  

"Okay, time to head home," you mumble to yourself.  Packing up your things, you head toward the door and out onto the sidewalk. The sky was black and wispy clouds blew past the moon. The stars twinkled weakly above, headlights blinded you as cars flew past. You begin to walk toward your apartment, lost in thought. I can't wait to get home... I'm going to binge-watch a few Marvel movies before I go to bed for sure. I gotta be ready for when Thor: Ragnarok comes out!  You crossed the street toward your apartment when suddenly a bright flash came out of nowhere, and you were unconscious. 

You woke up in a dark room with no idea where you were or what happened to you. 

"Where am I?" you asked, not to anyone in particular. "You are in between worlds, mortal," a booming voice spoke. The voice seemed to surround you, trapping you in the words. "Between worlds..?" you questioned. The voice laughed. "You mortals truly are fools! You were struck on the street, your body is no longer. Your spirit is here now, in the world between."

Your head spun. I'm dead?  You thought. "Yes, if that is what you mortals call this," the voice says in response to your thought. You began to panic, this has to be a dream! This isn't possible! I was going home, I'd crossed that street countless times without this happening, why now?  You couldn't think straight, your thoughts continued to go haywire until the voice silenced you.

"I can see you are distraught. Let us make a deal. In exchange for your soul, I will offer you the chance to exist in any universe for a single human lifetime, starting from your current age." The voice explained. You had a lot of questions, a different universe? A lifetime plus my age or a lifetime minus my age?  My soul?! 

"I see you are confused. Allow me to explain. You humans create separate worlds within your own that you deem are from your 'imagination.' This ceases to be the case. Instead, those are real worlds that people from Earth-22985 have seen through rifts in space. Your time on any other Earth of your choosing will be a lifetime in addition to the age you are currently. You will not be reborn but simply transported to the world. And as for your soul, you will be unable to rest in the afterlife. You will become my slave and everything you do will be under my rule."

After the voice's long explanation, you pondered the thought. You had grown up loving Marvel from the very first movie. You were well-read in terms of the comic books, and since Iron Man came out you had gone to see every Marvel movie in theaters. You had been looking forward to the release of Thor: Ragnarok, but if you understood correctly, then you could literally be in the same universe as all your favorite characters! 

The voice spoke again. "Yes, you are understanding this correctly. Are you interested in traveling to Earth-616?" Excitement coursed through you. Everything you ever dreamed of is right in front of you! "I'm in," you told the voice. "Brilliant! Now, is there anything specific you wish to take place while you spend your time on Earth-616?" You thought for a second. You had a huge crush on Captain America since his first movie, but you figured that would be too much to ask and pushed the thought out of your head. 

Finally, you told the voice, "I want to be a part of the Avengers." The voice laughed, "Yes, you would, wouldn't you! All the Avengers are powerful beings, are you sure you'll keep up?" Your face fell as you thought about it. The voice is right, I'm hardly anything special on my own...

"Can you give me powers to use on Earth-616?" You asked hopefully. The voice was silent for a moment. "Hmm... I suppose I could do that. Is there anything you want in particular?" You shook your head no. "Wonderful, I will choose for you then!" 

"Your only two requests are to become part of the Avengers and to have powers.." the voice spoke as if lost in thought. "Here is how this will take place, mortal. I may be powerful, however, I can only get you so far. I can arrange things so you have a chance to join the Avengers. It will be a result of your own decisions whether it happens or not. I wish you good luck."

"Wait!-" you exclaimed as a blinding white light surrounded you, and you were unconscious once again.

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Well, here we are, my friends. It has been a long time since I've written, so go easy on me lol

My Bucky obsession has reached the point of me writing my own fanfic.. so that's probably not good! 

To clear anything up that I may have made unclear, from our real world we died and went to another dimension where we could choose to go to any world we wanted. So say, god forbid, you were a DC fanatic, you could have chosen to go to that world and become part of the Justice League. Or go to a world from any book or movie any of you have read or seen. 

Anyway, I cannot guarantee the completion of this and I have no idea how long it will be. So we'll see how this goes!

-One of Winter's many Children