Harry Potter and the Immortal of Azkaban [Book 1]

Creating Opportunities

Notes:

*Okay, this author's note is going to be a little bit longer. But it is important so I need to address some things*

1. First, this chapter is a little bit weird. It fits into the story completely. But the purpose of this chapter is in no relation to the plotline of the story. This story could be great with or without this chapter. But I'm putting this chapter here to create opportunities.

2. The title has two meanings. One it has to do with what the chapter is about. And two it's giving me the opportunity to take this story down another path after I finish it.

What I mean by #2 is that I had an idea while chatting with someone who was commenting on this story, that it would be a fun idea to cross this story with another fandom. As the techno mage concept was unique and you can do a lot of stuff with it.

I was thinking to cross it with the Avengers/MCU. At first, it was just a thought. Because this book is nowhere near done and this series is going to be three parts. So I'm nowhere near done with this book nor the series. And I was telling myself that I should stop saying that I'm going to do things because I might not do them.

However, I had taken some time out a few days ago and thought about this crossover and I wrote it. I wrote the outline for it. I say outline, but I wrote eight pages. The outline that I wrote for this story was 10 pages. So I have a lot to work with and I obviously planned it out so I wanted to write this chapter so that I could have a starting point so that I can transition into the spin-off. That's why I don't name anything conclusively and it's also why it's in America. Because I would like to add all of that specifics in the spin-off I plan to create some time in the future.

Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. I know it's a lot to think about and maybe some of you don't really care. But I thought I should point it out because this chapter is a little bit weird. Although it is a very long chapter. I had a lot to say apparently. It's about 6500 words. Which is very very long for a chapter for me. So I hope you enjoy it and I'll see you at the next one, which won't be for a while but I'll see you when I see you <3

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Merlin woke up the next day feeling satisfied. In his few months living in the present again, he did good. Merlin established himself in the wizarding world again; he learned a lot, he caught up with most things Muggle, and he created something new. All in all, it was fun. He was satisfied again. But he was satisfied so much that boredom set in.

Not that his life was boring, but since he went to the lake to reminisce about his old friends, he got himself into a slump. A slump that made him think is his friends ever really gonna come back? How long will he stay alive for? What happens after these friends die? Is he just cursed forever?

Well, those are the thoughts that Merlin had all morning before he had to go to work, so obviously, when he went to work, he was in a depressed funk. And Merlin thought he was hiding it very well, but he was not.  Everyone noticed that he was not in a good mood. Maybe it was his less chipper attitude or that goofy smile missing from his face, but the mood of the shop was dragged down with Merlin's mood.

Sam wanted to ask; she was pretty curious, a bit nosey, if you will. It's only because Merlin was always happy unless he was stressed, but even then, the goofy smile would appear every now and then. So this was weird. But he was her boss, and she felt asking him to his face was even a bit blunt for her. So she made her rounds to all her other coworkers.

First, she asked Gideon, she talked with him the most, they were similar in age, and they both, surprisingly on Gideon's part, loved to gossip. Gideon always knew a lot about what was going on around the British wizarding world ... a lot of pointless stuff, but a lot nonetheless. But unfortunately for Sam, Gideon had no idea what was up with Merlin. So off to the next coworker. Julius was a waste of time to ask, not that he wasn't brilliant, but he was somewhat less sociable than Remus, and Remus was the least social out of everyone that worked here.