Loki felt himself being divided almost instantly.
He felt his soul fragmenting as his spirit body turned into millions of microscopic worms of time almost as if they were each alive on their own and trying to become separate entities.
Loki tried to control himself using cogitation however none of it worked.
The worms kept multiplying and exploding from his body, becoming entities of their own as if a million people had each possessed him and were separating him into a piece of their own.
The world felt maddening and the pain was even more confusing.
'Did the ritual not work?'
'Was my divination interfere-'
'Ah! Obviously!'
Loki instantly teleported out of the Sefirah Castle along with the pieces of himself that had already separated from him into a well known part of Britain, the Big Ben.
Not that the Big Ben was a special place because it was his mythical creature form, but because the Big Ben was a highlight of the Britain culture and a place near where the Ministry of Magic was buried.
Loki stood there for a second, pain capturing his mind and heart as he grasped at straws and felt the spirit world equivalent of Big Ben from its most popular spot.
And the effect was immediate.
Loki felt a barrage of information hit his-self about the current chaos in London.
In a random house somewhere in Britain a young lady screamed in fright as this day's special Hogwarts Honest Mill was delivered to her by an owl and opened.
Her fingers graced the moving pictures of Voldemort delivering his speech before his voice filled her mind and she panicked!
It was only a whole minute later when she realised that nothing had happened to her that she spent the time to look at Voldemort in the paper once again only to hear his entire plan of killing Harry Potter and taking over the world.
Another young man in his home opened the special edition of the Hogwarts Honest Mill and shrieked!
In a random office at the Ministry, several owls tore open the spirit world at once before entering the office room as they all held a card with the same simple question, "Is You-Know-Who really back!?"
Professor McGonagall, known for her ever calm distinction, felt her heart trembling when she read the newspaper today and heard Voldemort speak!
She then immediately got up from her chair and rushed towards the Hospital Wing where Harry Potter was to make sure he was alright and safe from harm as he recovered from the plague fully.
'Where is the Headmaster when you need him the most!?'
Hemione stood frozen as she read the new issue of Hogwarts Honest Mill that Daphne had gotten her.
Her mind a whirl of colours and emotions as she heard Voldemort's plan but more than anything, it stood by on the single line below the moving pictures enchanted to credit the reporter of the news.
"Reported by Loki Black."
Her heart trembled at the sentence as her mind shattered into disbelief.
She had only recently gotten back his memories which everyone else also seemed to have gotten back at once, and now this?
Was Loki involved in something so dangerous that all traces of him had to be erased so suddenly and cautiously?
Who even did all this? Was it using the help of the True God of their pathway? The Darkness Pathway?
'Is Loki alright?'
That question had been ringing in her mind since last night, but right now it was at its peak after seeing what he had done in the span of time he had remained hidden!
"Is Loki alright!?" Hermione asked Daphne who was standing there waiting for her friend to break out of her shock.
"I think so…" Daphne nodded.
Loki meanwhile, after experiencing the absolute chaos spreading across Britain calmed down. His body splitting itself into a million worms started to stitch itself back together into the structural web of support that formed the Big Ben itself.
The pieces of him that had split off from him slowly began to merge back together as his divinity also suddenly shot up and he learnt the basic knowledge about the Sequence he was currently in.
"Sequence 3 : Mentor of Deceit."
Loki aimed his wrist at the True God stuck in the Sefirah Castle and performed a simple theft.
Loki stole the Hanged Man's symbolism of Sin-Bearing!
He then threw a stone at a random person before performing the act of Sin Bearing.
Almost instantly, the rock that was flying at a random muggle at mach speeds changed its direction and flew towards him instead!
However the rock lost its momentum as Loki performed another flick of his wrist.
Loki had deceived the rock's momentum into thinking it didn't exist!
The rock which could've damaged him earlier now turned into a harmless pebble tossed into a pond.
Loki then flicked his wrist and caused a small beyonder Characteristic to split off from his finger and collided with a bacteria present in the air.
The bacteria then transformed and turned into another Loki, becoming an Avatar that he could now create and have control over anytime he desired.
The Avatar turned to look at Loki in confusion before Loki spoke elegantly, as if his voice were silk and his tone were butter, words rolled off his tongue like honey as they sank into the mind of the Avatar he had just created.
"You are not an Avatar. You are the main body."
The Avatar's eyes glazed over as Loki used his enhanced charm and deceiving nature to test out his ability to deceive.
Suddenly the Avatar put on a proud expression as it ordered Loki with a pointed finger, "Merge with me! Now you filthy commoner! I created you so return to me!"
Loki laughed at having deceived a part of himself before twisting his wrist and returning the avatar to its Beyonder Characteristics state and merging it back with himself.
'I can create about three hundred avatars before I start feeling weak…' Loki estimated.
However the gifts did not stop there.
Loki closed his eyes and opened them wide as he realised that he had fully digested the potion already.
"What?!"
"How did I fully digest the potion so easily!?"
'...ah… was it because I deceived so many True Gods and Outer gods into believing that I time travelled?'
'Then can I advance to Trojan Horse of Destiny immediately?'
'What's the advancement ritual again?'
Loki closed his eyes and remembered the ritual from fake Mr. Error's Memories.
"To assume another person's identity through disguise and deception and other methods that don't involve Beyonder Powers, then earn their social circle's trust until the identity dies naturally.
The higher tier the target the shorter the ritual duration with a minimum of six months that does not need to be maintained until the identity dies naturally."
"Does holding Mr. Error's identity count towards the ritual?"
"After all, I've held it for longer than six months already, right? And my past self who was the true Mr. Error is a King of King of Angels…"
"The ritual should already be completed, should it not?"
Loki quickly teleported to the Sefirah Castle where he extracted the sequence 2 Trojan Horse of Destiny Beyonder Characteristics from where the fake Mr. Error had stored it.
Loki then quickly created a new potion station, clearing out the previous beaker he was using and replacing it entirely with a new beaker to prevent any contamination or interference.
Loki placed the Sequence 2 Beyonder Characteristics into it before turning on the burner underneath it. Then as the Beyonder Characteristic started to turn semisolid Loki placed in several supplementary ingredients into the beaker causing a bubbling hot potion to appear.
As the potion was forming in his beaker, Loki performed a simple divination.
"It is alright to advance to Sequence 2 right now since I have fully digested the potion and completed the advancement ritual."
Loki repeated the statement seven times before opening his eyes to look at the pendulum that was spinning clockwise on his wrist.
'Alright…' Loki finally looked back at the potion that had finished forming.
The potion was mercury coloured with many looping symbols that formed worm like shadows in it.
The silver potion was then contained by Loki and placed into a small flask which he grabbed calmly before looking at it and observing it closely.
"I can have this and advance to Sequence 2 right? Nothing strange like some random will will awaken within me right?"
"..no, that plot point is already done… if they do it again they're probably running out of ideas at this point…"
Loki slowly grabbed the flask and brought it closer to his lips.
With a single gulp, Loki stuffed down the entire potion into his stomach.
Only an explosion of taste occurred in his mouth as the potion merely grazed his tongue.
There were so many intangible tastes that it felt ethereal in nature, and left him unable to comprehend it all.
Tastes like what it felt like to eat extreme sadness, to what it felt like to be in love and simultaneously what it felt like to be involved in a disastrous accident that has caused one's limbs to be twisted in all the wrong ways existed at once.
It was a fusion of multiple different fates all thrust into Loki's sensory perception at once. As if he were drowning in the River of Fate.
At the same time Loki's mind deeply held onto the identity that he had formed after coming to this world.
The identity of Mr. Error that he had taken over from the old Loki. The identity that he had used to fool not just the members of the Tarot Club, but also True gods and Outer gods alike.
Each word he spoke after that as Mr. Error replayed in his mind. His simple worded responses. His habit of wrapping the edge of the table with his fingers. His careless habit to reveal high sequence information without regard for corruption. It all came rushing towards him, reforming him as the potion merged with the cells of his body.
It changed him on a fundamental level as each cell in his body took on the Mythical Creature Form of the Big Ben, a huge ancient stone clock whose hands are Worms of time split off from Loki's own body.
Loki breathed heavily as the final transformations finished right before he heard a bell ring in the distance of his hearing range, a bell that rang from his Mythical Creature Form to signify his successful advancement.
Loki opened his eyes that had gained a deep black colour signifying his stepping into the range of an Angel instead of a mere Demigod or a Saint.
Loki looked up at his spirit body threads and observed the deep threaded fate that awaited him in the future rather easily.
Coming up to the level of an angel, he felt several minor authorities become added to him as his Mythical Creature form took shape fully and solidified the foundation of his divinity.
Each Authority of Destiny and Theft turned into in-depth explorations of his power with the Authority of Destiny giving him the ability to manipulate Destiny that belonged to him and others without facing any strict backlash.
His authority of Theft too strengthened by leaps and bounds, allowing him to steal six abilities from each target at once while also allowing him to directly steal Beyonder Characteristics from other beyonders below his level.
He gained the ability of Fate Siphoning allowing him to swap the fate of two creatures in a short time.
Overall it was a great boost to all his abilities till now.
However, those were not the only things that Loki found irresistible about this Sequence.
Firstly Loki had gained a deep sense of involvement with the Sefirah Castle in this sequence, giving him the ability to act as a Sequence 1 within it.
This meant that inside the Sefirah Castle Loki could show the authority of a Sequence 1 Worm of Time!
Meaning that inside the Sefirah Castle Loki had authority over Time! He could steal the time of various people inside it and return it to them to age and deage them! He could instantly steal Uniquenesses from various True Gods without harming them using several Avatars at once!
Inside the Castle, Loki could also display abilities of a Sequence 2 Planeswalker and a Sequence 2 Miracle Invoker along with all the adjacent Sequences below sequence 2.
But above all else!
Loki found that he had fully digested the Sequence 2 Trojan Horse of Destiny potion as well!
'Was this because I am already a Trojan Horse of Destiny planted by my past self to subvert something inevitable?'
'...'
With no direct answers to his questions Loki could only divine about it and his pendulum was moving clockwise so he believed it without hesitation.
'Now all that's left is for me to advance four more times…'
'Two times to reach True God Status, and Two more to reach Original Creator Status…'
With that Loki opened a door in the Sefirah Castle and stepped out of it to reach the Hogwarts Castle grounds.
'I still can't open a door directly in Hogwarts? Why?' Loki wondered as he stepped out into the castle grounds near the Black Lake.
'I should bring the Chaos Sea and merge it with the Black Lake soon…that way the greatest mystery of the world, Magic will be hidden right under everyone's noses and no one will be able to see it.'
'Also what happened to Arrodes?'
Loki only thought about the mirror and much to his surprise found that the fake Mr. Error had tried breaking it once before!
"Why did the faker attempt to break it? Before sealing it away!?"
"Well… I better check up on it later to make sure it's alright…"
"And to find out why it hasn't met me, it's master yet."
Loki took in a deep breath for a second, rejoicing the fresh air of Hogwarts that he had so long been separated from before looking at the castle and beginning his journey towards it.
Only on his way towards the castle he found a Unicorn rushing towards him from the Forbidden Forest.
It tackled him to the floor and began to sniff him all over for any signs of hurt or wounds before it gave a pride filled snort as if to say, "Of course my friend wouldn't be hurt so easily."
"Damn… your memories got stolen too?" Loki asked the young unicorn that he had helped way back in his first year.
Loki pet the horse for a while before leaving it to let it go back to its home in the forbidden forest before walking towards the Castle once again.
This time Loki was interrupted by Hagrid who looked at him with worry and the gentleness of a giant.
"Loki! Ye're alright!? I saw the newspaper clipping today! Hermione showed it to me, did ye really do that!? Did ye record you-know-who!? Did he really say that he was going to kill 'arry!?"
Loki was about to respond but before he could Hagrid's hut's door flew open and out ran from it a very bushy headed girl who looked like she'd seen better days.
Had it not been for the public setting Hermione felt like she would've used a door just to get closer to Loki, however she kept a handle on herself, only running towards him at full speed as she tackled him into a wide hug.
"You're alright!" Hermione mumbled, "I was so worried about you, you know! I nearly thought something happened to you in the time we all regained memories regarding you and until I saw the newspaper today! What happened? How did all that happen? Were you alone? Did you need our help? Did we fail to help you? Are you alright now?"
Loki smiled warmly at Hermione before petting her bushy hair.
He gave her a warm hug in return before speaking softly, "I'm alright. Although a few things happened in the time I was tailing Voldemort to get the news clipping I eventually managed to keep it all under control. Aren't I here right now?"
But Hermione wasn't convinced. "What about inside the Abyss? When we were all fighting against 'Her'? You stayed back then even though we escaped with the help of the Flamels."
"I had help from the True God of the Darkness pathway then with the help of an item from the Black Family… that was why I had to do a task for him in exchange and-"
"Tailling you-know-who for information happened to be that task?"
Loki nodded, lying through his teeth but he didn't want to go around explaining to her that he had died and only resurrected recently. That would surely only make her go even more crazy on him.
Loki's gaze then left Hermione and travelled up to the hut's door where he saw Daphne standing silently and smiling.
Something felt off about her to Loki but since he couldn't put a finger on it for now, he left it alone.
She walked up to Loki and gave him a warm hug as well.
"How are you feeling?" Daphne asked softly, Loki looked at her and found her eyes to be twinkling softly with a certain confidence he couldn't place but he nodded, "I'm alright now. It was really stuffy at Voldemort's place… but I should be fine now."
"What if you-know-who decides to take revenge on you now Loki?" Hermione asked softly, still clinging on to him like a baby kola as if he would disappear the second she left him alone.
Loki looked at her and thought for a bit before explaining, "I thought that too, but since I was supported by a True God he should know that I was just a medium not the one that planned the entire thing, so he shouldn't do anything to hurt me, yet… or if he does he'll only seem weak. And now that his ritual has been exposed, he needs to find a way to still advance… so he probably has larger things to worry about than some random frog in a well."
"Makes sense…" Hermione nodded, not realising that Loki had just used his charm to make her simply believe his nonsense.
"Good job in exposing the evil Loki. I always knew ye had it in ye." Hagrid said giving Loki a rough pat on his back but Loki was finally able to withstand it now that he was a bonafide Angel.
Loki talked to Hagrid for a while longer, asking him about the Unicorns and the Centaurs before he broke off and finally entered the castle along with Hermione and Daphne.
And it just so happened that the first person Loki ran into after coming into Hogwarts was-
"Malfoy…" Loki mumbled looking at the young boy walking with a great aura of depression with slight annoyance. "I was having a great day… you just had to step into it to ruin it…"
Malfoy suddenly shivered.
This was the person he had forgotten everything about!
And then regained memories all without anyone doing anything to him!
Only for him to learn that he had filmed Voldemort's grand ambitions in secret.
Could such a person be a normal wizard at all? Malfoy did not know.
But he did know that Loki wasn't normal by any sense or measure of the word.
After all, the newspaper had also released a list of names of Death Eaters present at the time the recording was taken, in which the name of his father was also present!
It was why he was currently rushing home so that he could ask his father what he was supposed to do!!
Loki ofcourse read these thoughts on the top of Draco's mind and laughed softly, giving Draco a chuckle that sounded both condescending and mindnumbing at the same time.
"I remember seeing your father Draco… but I wonder if I saw you too… did I?" Loki asked a question that spooked Draco.
Draco didn't know much about the world outside Hogwarts, but he did know what it meant to be branded a Death Eater, the Ministry would throw you into Azkaban! And now the one person who could get him and his family thrown into Azkaban was Loki!
So Draco did the only thing he knew how to do best!
He instantly hugged Loki's thigh, surprising not just him but even Daphne, and Hermione who were watching the reunion with interest.
"I'll pay you anything Loki! Just keep my father's name out of it! I promise we aren't real Death Eaters…!!"
But Loki wasn't ready to give in just yet, he taunted Malfoy.
"And the times you told us all that your dad was always a Death Eater in secret, planning for Voldemort's resurrection? And that he would kill Harry Potter as soon as he was back?"
Draco paled, his face turning ashen as he looked at Loki with wide eyes.
Loki laughed softly before petting Draco's head as he spoke calmly, "Go talk to Grandma Walburga, I'm sure she'll have a way out for you…"
Loki wanted to get the word out there that Walburga was the one to deal with in this scenario. After all, she was the one that handled all the Black family finances, and it was her idea to take over the business of the Death Eater families during this time.
Only, just as Loki was about to say more to get Draco out of the way, a phoenix appeared through the tall open doors of the castle that they were at the entrance off.
"Fawkes?" Loki asked, puzzled as he looked at the bird that he recognised was Dumbledore's familiar.
Loki grabbed the letter form the bird before thanking it and brushing its feathers softly as it preened itself on his shoulder.
Loki then looked at Malfoy and spoke again, "As you can see, I'm busy right now. It's better for you to talk to Grandma Walburga, it'll save us both time and energy."
Draco nodded fearfully before stepping away from Loki and then breaking out into a run towards the end of the castle.
Loki meanwhile looked at the letter he had just received and opened it up to read it.
In it were the simple words.
"Mr. Loki Black,
I would like it if you paid this old Headmaster a visit as soon as you enter the castle since things have gotten a little out of hand recently after the truth of your disappearance has been revealed."
Loki looked back at the girls flanking him and explained the situation to them.
"I'm sorry it seems our time here will have to be cut short… I have to go visit the Headmaster you see…"
Daphne nodded but Hermione frowned.
"Why's he calling you so soon? Can't he wait a little bit so that we can talk about all the things that happened during the time you were absent?!"
Loki chuckled at Hermione's insistence and chopped her head softly before interrupting her to speak, "I'll see you again every day after today, so you don't need to worry too much about us not being able to catch up, alright?"
"...Hmpf… fine…" Hermione nodded softly before separating from Loki and standing by Daphne's side, watching as Loki left them to get to the Headmaster's tower.
Loki walked over to the large ugly stone gargoyle which stood just as silent as it had been all the other times Loki had come to it.
Loki looked at Fawkes for the password only for the gargoyle to move aside on its own and reveal the circular staircase behind it.
'Did Merlin return to take over Dumbledore? Or is it just the fake Error's parasite acting up and trying something now that he's gone?'
Loki didn't know but marched on ahead since there were very few things in this world that could get him at this point.
And neither of those qualities were present in either Dumbledore or Merlin. And they definitely weren't present in the parasite.
'I still have to get that Fool pathway Blasphemy Card from Rowena… I'll do that after I'm done with this.'
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