𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓-𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍

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"𝐓𝐇𝐄 Scarlet Witch..." Wong whispered softly.

All gathered around in the common area, Stephen had just brought the news, mainly telling Andrea. She chewed onto her nails at the thought of Wanda going to the bad side, it wasn't the Wanda she knew.

"Wanda's gone. She's got the DarkHold, and the DarkHold gas her." Strange explained.

After thinking it over, Andrea nodded, "Which is why I have to go see her."

Before she could head out the doors, Stephen grabbed onto her wrist making her stop, a slight glare sent his way.

"You can't, it'll only make things worse." He stated.

"So you keep telling me." Andrea growled, tilting her head slightly before shaking his grip off and returning back to the common room.

"The Scarlet Witch is a being of unfathomable magic. She can rewrite reality as she chooses, and is prophesized to either rule or annihilate the cosmos." Wong told.

Even though Andrea knew this was a bad thing, she couldn't help but smile at the fact that her love had discovered her abilities and has control. That she is the most powerful person in the world and it made her proud.

"She took over a whole town using her mind. If she gets America's power, she could enslave the entire Multiverse."

The teenage girl turned to face Strange, "So, the person you went to ask for help..." Then turned to Andrea, "the person who thinks your dead." Then turning back to him, "And told exactly where I am, is the person that's trying to kill me?"

Stephen couldn't believe it but he replied, "yeah." Andrea nodding her head. America scoffed before Wong spoke.

"Suspend teaching at once and arms the students." He ordered, "Karmar- Taj must now become a fortress."

Everyone gathered weapons as the drums were hit and the bells were rang. Andrea wasn't quite sure what to do with herself, she stood by the side letting the sorcerers do whatever while chewing on her thumb nail, worried for what might happen. Stephen had realised how she was acting so he hurriedly walked over to her.

"Andrea, why don't you stay with Wong when Wanda arrives?" He suggested.

She nodded her head in reply, Strange sighed before patting the side of her shoulder and jogging off. More people arrived to help.

Positioning themselves cautiously in Karmar- Taj, Andrea and Wong quickly walked to the centre with Stephen soon joining. Dark clouds appeared in the sky as it grew bigger and darker, causing the lit fire around them to swish around. Faint eerie cries screaming into their ears before red lighting struck, making the sky clear for The Scarlet Witch. Andrea could barley see her in the sky but she knew she was there.

"Choose your words wisely. The fate of the Multiverse may depend on it." Wong said, Andrea lightly scoffed.

"Got it." Strange nodded, "No pressure then?"

"Lots. Lots of pressure." Andrea said, Stephen rolled his eyes before going into the air to meet Wanda. Andrea wanting to do the same but Wong held her back.

Using her super-hearing, she listened in on Wanda's and Stephen's conversation.

"Wanda, you are justifiably angry. You had to make terrible sacrifices." Strange stated.

"I destroyed an infinity stone inside of the woman I loved, killing her. And it meant nothing." Wanda's voice cracked while speaking, her eyes looked like they wanted to drip with tears, "Do not speak to me of sacrifice Stephen Strange." That's when Andrea knew she had to up and speak to her.

Wisps of blue surrounded her hands, letting her fly into the air. Slowly coming closer, Wanda's eyes averted from the man in front of her to the woman coming closer, she told herself it was her mind playing tricks on her, that the person who looked like Andrea was fake but she realised that wasn't true when she spoke.

Andrea floated next to Stephen, they shared a look, his of concern and hers of assurance before Andrea's eye's met the red-head's. Wanda let her glassy barrier of water break, a tear slipping down her cheek as she saw the woman she loved smiling in front of her, alive. Yet she still didn't believe it.

"But of course, Andrea, you'll know all about that." Wanda said, trying not to cry while continuing off of the conversation her and Strange had last.

Andrea's head flooded to Loki, her best friend, then to Natasha, her mother figure. Both of them sacrificing themselves. One of them died in front of her.

"Don't listen to her Andrea, she's just getting to you to see if your real or not." Strange explained.

"Miss me Maximoff?" Andrea spoke, Wanda's heart melted at the sound of her voice. This should've made Wanda stop what she was trying to do, but it only pushed her further. Andrea was kept from her, maybe if she had America Chavez, not only would it give her her children back but it would take something away from Stephen Strange, just like he took Andrea away from her.

Anger had frustrated Wanda's face before a wave of calmness now came and she flew towards the two. Her face inches away from both of them, but only looking at Stephen. Worried that if she looked at Andrea then she'd break down. "If you give me what I want, I'll send you to a world where you can be with Christine." She spoke.

Strange went back a bit, his breath shaking at that proposal. Andrea wanted to do something, she wanted to hold Wanda, hug her, kiss her, but she didn't. She wasn't sure on what to do. She could feel herself sadden at the fact that Wanda had become a type of evil...madness.

"The full might of Karmar- Taj stands against you. Do not dare to enter these Sacred grounds."

Wanda's head tilted slightly with a smirk on her lips as she turned to face Andrea, "And you? Do you stand against me, my love?"

"Wanda last time I checked, you created a reality for you and Vision." Andrea said confidently, trying to push aside any emotion she had flushing through her body, "And this is a kid you will be killing, we were kids with abilities once too. So yeah, I am standing against you."

Another wall of tears formed in her eyes but this time not letting them fall, Wanda wanted to tell her that she tried creating the hex with Andrea and her together, not vision, but somehow it was him that appeared.

Stephen lowered his head, knowing why the fake reality wasn't about Andrea when it was supposed to be. It was because she wasn't dead when Wanda was trying to conjure her, but her old robot lover was.

"You have no idea just how reasonable I have been." The Scarlet Witch mumbled.

"Yeah. Book of the Damned, calling yourself a witch, conjuring creatures to abduct a kid, I don't exactly call that being reasonable." Strange explained.

"Sending those creatures after her instead of myself was mercy. And in spite of your hypocrisies and insults, I have begged you to safely get out of my way. You have exhausted my patience, but I do hope you understand that even now, what's about to happen, this is me being...reasonable." The Witch said in a hushed tone before throwing a source of red hues towards the Sorcerer only for it to be blocked by a shield of Sorcerer's magic.

When they all realised Wanda was getting no where, Stephen flew back to the ground, Andrea soon following after giving a sympathetic look one last time towards Wanda. As she threw more blasts, more people wielding magic held the shield together.

Suddenly, the red-head stayed still, no longer trying to break in. Her head was lifted high as her eyes studied each one of the people on the ground, getting inside of their heads. Finally searching into a young man who didn't have their mind blocked, Wanda spoke to him through her abilities and commanded him to run.

The person's powers flickered off before barging into people and ran away. Other's shields broke as they were distracted, making Wanda formed a straight line of orbs and pushed it down since the shield was down. The ground cracked when it took the big hit, large rocks of rubble were thrown into the air. Andrea flicked her hands out and blue circled around the them as she carefully put the rocks on the floor then making sure no one was hurt.

Cannons were being armed and fired, Andrea could see Wanda get hit by one but it did no damage to her, only making her fly back a little.

Soon enough, the cannons were being floated in the air by The Scarlet Witch and were being sent towards the people firing them. Andrea tried holding the heavy weapon still with her powers but Wanda pushed even further, causing an explosion to hit the ground.

After being ordered by Wong, spears of fire flew towards Wanda but she made them go the opposite way and back down at everyone. Orbs of red shot everywhere. More and more people went down by the second as Karmar- Taj was being destroyed. Andrea formed a large orb of her own and sent it towards Wanda, clearly not wanting to do it but the damage of everything had overcome her. When Wanda had realised what was flying her way, she didn't have enough time to act. Taking the hit, The Scarlet Witch lost contact of her abilities and was falling in the air for only a second before regaining her strength and few towards the destruction she had caused, ignoring that Andrea had tried hurting her.

"Fall back!" Doctor Strange yelled, clutching onto his shoulder as it was hit earlier.

Andrea, Wong and Stephen hurried inside. Wong went off to get America while Strange and the Enchantress hid behind a concrete wall, awaiting for Wanda.

Andrea turned to face where the smoke and fire was coming from, watching as The Scarlet Witch disintegrated a man. A hand flew up to her mouth with a short gasp as her head turned back. This wasn't her Wanda.

Making an appearance, Wanda opened her eyes to find the two people trying to stop her standing in front of her.

"Stay out of my way Andrea, I don't wish to hurt you." Wanda's voice cracked. Wanda hoped her expressions would show the woman that she still loves her.

Before Andrea could reply, Strange stated, "You want the girl, you'll have to go through me."

"Fine."

Stepping forward, Wanda's surroundings changed, the people in front of her going blurry before disappearing. Illusions of herself planted everywhere like mirrors. All of a sudden, shards of glass were pointed at her, mirrors now all around her in the tiny space she had. She sent a wave of power but it ricocheted the glass and nearly hit her. Cracks were lined up as Wanda noticed, spreading her hand towards the broken mirror before it dipped into a water substance.

While The Scarlet Witch was being occupied, Andrea opened the metal door in front of her with her powers and stormed in with Strange and Wong.

"We gotta get you out of here. Now." Stephen demanded, making a circle with his hands to open a portal, only to find red wisps drifting across his fingers, destroying the ring which made the portals.

Each door in the room was slammed shut, loud screams echoed the room yet they belonged to no one. Then, guards were being sucked into the ground, water splashing after them.

"It's the reflections." Andrea said.

"Cover them." Strange ordered.

Everyone grabbed a piece of material and threw it over any mirror or puddle in the room. A loud shriek came from America before falling to the ground after seeing Wanda's eye through a reflection.

As Andrea made her way over to Chavez, an arm stuck out of the wall, the other following after. Wanda's body cracked as she entered the room. Her body snapping back into place once she was standing. Andrea dragged America back before standing in front of the teenage girl and put her arm out in protection. Her eyes widened in fear as she saw what Wanda could do.

"You gave all those lives just to keep me from my family." The Scarlet Witch spoke up, soon noticing the fear in Andrea's eyes.

"You took those lives. You cannot be allowed to cross into the Multiverse." Strange said.

"I'm not a monster, Stephen." Wanda assured, her eyes flickering to Andrea, hoping that she knows that too. "I'm a mother."

"Wanda, you have no children. They don't exist." Stephen said.

"Oh, but they do. In every other universe. I know they do. Because I dream of them, every night." Wanda opened her palms out revealing the the DarkHold before her magic slowly spread, visions of other Multiverse's placed everywhere. Happy yells of the twins echoed the room as we all watched them play joyfully, "Of my boys." Then another vision appeared, Wanda and Andrea laughing together, watching Billy and Tommy being silly, "Of Andrea. Of our life together."

Andrea's dreams were right in front of her.

"Every night, the same dream. And every morning, the same nightmare." Wanda spoke, closing the Book and making it disappear.

"Wanda I am right here, we can still have a life together, but you have to stop this." Andrea told, Wanda's eyes averting to look into her lovers.

"Oh, I know. And we will still have a life together, with Billy and Tommy. But this isn't just about our children anymore, it's also about revenge. Stephen took you away from me, so maybe I'll take America away from him." Wanda explained.

"You have already taken the people from Karmar- Taj, that should be enough." Strange shouted, Wanda only smirked. "What if you reach them? What happens to the other you? The other Andrea? What happens to their mothers?"

When there was no reply, Andrea knew Wanda was trying to get into his head. Her eyes flickered to Stephen's, his face forming into a hiss.

"Stephen don't-." Andrea began but he had already unleashed the the dragons.

Wanda held them with her powers and blew off their heads, but more kept growing back. Growing annoyed, she exploded red around her, killing the creatures before lifting herself into the air. She threw Stephen to the side and began lifting America, red laced around her body trapping her. Wong threw discs from his powers at the Witch but she only threw them back at him. His head smashing onto the ground, making him pass out. Wanda began sucking the powers out of America. Then, it was only Andrea left.

Andrea didn't want to hurt Wanda, it was something she was scared of doing. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and erased any thoughts she had now before entering Wanda's mind.

"Wanda..." She whispered through their heads.

Wanda was taken back by her gentle voice, her head quickly turning to Andrea who now had her eyes open.

"Please, Wanda. I'm alive, I'm here." Andrea spoke as if she was on the verge of tears, which she was.

Wanda planted her feet back onto the ground, slowly walking towards her. Their eyes locked with each other's. When they were barely inches away from each other, Andrea engulfed her arms around Wanda, feeling Wanda's tears staining her top. Wanda's hands dropped to the side, slowly letting go of the power around Chavez, both of them not realising America was still floating in the air and that she had created an entrance to the other Multiverse's. Wanda wrapped her arms around Andrea's, never wanting to let go.

Just as Andrea was about to speak. Stephen had run towards them, grabbing ahold of Andrea's hand and forcing both of them to run to get America away from the portal.

Anger overcame Wanda again at what he had just done, she sent one last blast at Strange. It hit his back which made him trip, taking him and Andrea into the orbits of Multiverse, America soon falling along with them both.

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