C170 Meeting the In-Law

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As Tom and Druella stepped through the portal, they appeared in Tom's bedroom at Kamar-Taj.

"Where are we?" Druella asks as she looks around curiously.

"This is my bedroom. Welcome to Kamar-Taj!" Tom says excitedly with open arms.

Looking around his room, Druella couldn't help but feel let down. She thought Kamar-Taj would be more grand and Eastern, but Toms room looks like an ordinary western bedroom.

"I thought you said Kamar-Taj was in China?" She asks Tom.

Picking up on her thoughts, Tom pulls her over to the window and opens the curtains.

Outside she could see Chinese-style architecture as far as the eye could see. A few of the courtyards separating the buildings were packed with robed students practicing the types of magic Druella has only ever seen used by Tom before.

An excited smile appears on Druellas face as she feels as though she's witnessing a world hidden from everyone else.

'Is this how muggle-borns feel when they learn of our world?' She asks herself.

"Is the view better than my boring old bedroom?" Tom asks teasingly.

"Yes, It is." Druella answered honestly as she gazed off into the distance.

"Come on. You'll have enough time to take in the view later on. We shouldn't take too long or else we'll be late for the meeting with the all-powerful Ancient One." Tom says jokingly, pulling Druella from the window and out the bedroom door.

"Wait, stop pulling me! You're going to mess up my clothes!" She yanks away from him and fixes her robes.

She would've worn her muggle clothes as Druella knows that Tom likes that, but from what he's told her, his mother wears robes as well. Wanting to dress to impress, Druella went with robes this time.

"Alright, but hurry up. I'm sure you don't want to be late on your first meeting after all." Tom says as he waits for her to make herself presentable once again.

As they walked through the halls of Kamar-Taj together, Druella noticed that every person they passed would treat Tom as if he were royalty, bowing and paying their respects. It happened with anyone, no matter what color robe they wore.

"Why do they keep bowing to you? Are you like a prince here or something?" Druella asks as they walk the halls.

"No, that started happening when everyone found out about the Ancient One adopting me." Tom reveals, as another set of robe-wearing Masters paid their respects. "My Mother is a very well-respected leader. Because she took me as her personal disciple and then adopted me, I have a certain amount of power here. Many also think that I'll be the next Sorcerer Supreme when the Ancient One steps down."

"That's amazing, so you would take your mother's position then?" Druella asks excitedly.

"Yes, but I doubt that is going to happen." Tom shakes his head as he remembers Doctor Strange.

"Why not?" Druella asks, wondering why Tom thinks his mother wouldn't choose him.

"Well, remember when I told you about the infinity stones?" Tom asks.

"Yeah, you have the space..." She replies but Tom covers her mouth.

"Don't talk about that where others could be listening. I don't need someone hearing about it and telling their friends. Sooner or later I'll have wannabe evil sorcerers at my doorstep looking to steal from me." Tom says and Druella nods, so he removes his hand from her mouth.

"Sorry about that..." Druella says genuinely apologetic for her slip-up.

"No problem. As I was saying, my mother has the time stone, which is pretty much an open secret here in Kamar-Taj. She uses it to look into the future and I'm sure she's seen her successor already." Tom explains.

"Why do you not think that person could be you?" Druella asks.

"It's just a feeling I have." Tom says mysteriously as they appear at a large double door. "Are you ready?"

Druella stares into the wooden doors, nervous to be meeting the person behind them. She's not only meeting with Tom's mother but the leader of a secret group of magic users that even the wizarding world knows nothing about.

Taking a deep breath, Druella turns to Tom and nods her head with a determined look on her face.

"Yeah, let's do this!" She says, resolved to make a good impression.

Hearing her answer, Tom smiles at her reassuringly and knocks on the door.

*knock knock*

"Come in!" A muffled voice could be heard from behind the door, inviting them inside.

At the sound of the voice, Druella starts to get visibly tense. Seeing this, Tom takes the lead and grasps her hand.

"You got this. Don't worry so much." Tom says and opens the door with his other hand.

Walking into the room hand in hand, Tom and Druella see a robed bald woman waiting for them with a cup of tea in hand.

"Finally, my son decides to bring his fiancé to meet her mother-in-law? It's not like this should have happened years ago, right?" The Ancient One says sarcastically as she eyes Druella up and down.

This isn't the first time she's seen Druella. Although Tom doesn't know it, she did a quick background check on this girl and her family when she started dating her son.

The Ancient One sent a few of her more subtle sorcerers to gather information, and even went to see the girl herself once. She had to be sure that Druella wasn't using Tom, as the Ancient One has many enemies that would gladly use Tom's wellbeing against her.

Of course, Druella and her family passed the check and aren't involved with Tom for some ulterior motive.

"I'm sorry it took so long. I actually had to use a favor I won in a bet to finally meet you as well." Druella says, trying to break the ice. "I'm Druella Rosier, your son's fiancé. Even if it's so late in our relationship, It's nice to meet finally you."