The Strange Apprentice- Book One

Chapter 4

-Wait,wait, wait! Hold your horses Doctor. You might be my... sensei or something now ,but i have questions, a lot of them actually. Truth is i don't trust you, not even for one bit, if this is going to work i have to know what i'm dealing with.

He sighed, rolled his eyes, looked at me for about three seconds and replied:

-Fare enough, what do you want to know?

- You said this is the New York Sanctum Santorum. What is that? Are there others?

- Sanctum Santorum translates to " holy of hollies" in latin. It's like a portal of refuge for all the sorcerers in the world. It is also a portal to the most important place when it comes to sorcery in the world.

-Which is?

-Kammar-Taj, Nepal. There are three different Sanctums, one in London, one in Hong Kong and this one. They have to be guarded because they can be targets of some of our enemies, which you had the unfortunate to meet, so they are under a number of spells that make this place invisible for most people.

-Hmm... And how exactly does this place links to Nepal?

-Come with me and i will show you.

-Wait i still have questions... Why does your cape seems to move by itself?

Then red cloak got out of his shoulders by itself and just stood there, floating in the air. Rounded around me and went back to his shoulders again. As you would expect, i freaked out completely:

-That.Was. Unexpected.

-Don't worry she means no harm.

-Hmm... glad to hear it i guess... where did you get that thing?- i said, becoming even more curious about that strange object.

-I didn't get it... she chose me. It's a relic, like the ones you see all around the sanctum.The Cloak of Levitation i one of them.Relics choose their master.

- The cloak chose you? Ok that's not weird at all...

- You asked me how does this place have to do with Nepal. Follow me.

I did what he said. We reached a place in the house with 3 doors. 2 of them had the same symbol as the Sanctum and the other was wider and taller and it had a different symbol from the rest. He opened the door for me, and when i walked in i saw a library, an old one, but besides that it seemed pretty normal. A man was sitting in a desk reading a book and listening to music ( beyonce maybe !?).He was dressed more less the same as Doctor Strange and he was asian. Doctor Strange called him, he walked toward us. When he saw me, he gave a suspicious look and addressed to Mr.Strange:

- Is she the one?

-Yes it is, meet Casey Kinmont, the last known Healer in the planet.

-She doesn't look so powerful to me, i hope you are right about this.

Okay, that was rude. I revived a rat with my bare hands, who is he to judge my powers. He would see. I would show him.

- Trust me she is more than what meets the eye.

We continued our path through the library until we reached the exit door. I couldn't believe in what i was seeing. The Sanctum Santorum was LITERALLY a portal to Nepal. We reached a patio where, i imagine, other sorcerers where training and i could see the Nepalese mountains from a distance. We where in a Nepalese monastery. I stopped and was left behind by Mr. Strange and Wong. So much discipline and perfection.It was snowing, the whole environment was beautifully mysterious, i was almost hypnotized by all of that:

-Come on- Mr. Strange called- There is still a lot to see.

I followed them again to a room where women dressed with kimonos were serving tea. They offered me a cup which i accepted politely. In that room Mr. Strange, Wong and other sorcerers where starring at me like, studying me, like i was some kind of lab rat: