Ch. 22

(A/N: This is an I'm sorry chapter for the confusion this morning.)

--Zach POV--

After I've been out It feels like I've been in a void for a long time. Just floating there with nothing but my thoughts to keep me company. As I was floating there pretending to do a backward stroke like I was swimming. Hecate appeared out of nowhere and just stared at me in utter disbelief. She then pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes tightly.

Hecate: "How can someone so stupid have created the new form of enchanting?"

Zach: "Hey! This is a hurry up and wait situation. Why the heck are you putting me down?"

Hecate: "This is the perfect chance to create your mindscape! Think of it as a form of occlumency from Harry Potter."

Zach: "HA! I knew it, you're a Potter Head!"

She just glared at me with that.

Hecate: "So what? It is a great fiction! But quit getting me off-topic! Occlumency would help out in this world against genjutsu. Once perfected you'd only have to worry about the top users of genjutsu."

Zach: "Sounds good! So, how do I get started on it?"

She just sighed, I'm starting to feel self-conscious with all these gods looking at me like I'm stupid. But hey, I'm just a mortal I shouldn't compare myself to them!

Hecate: "You really are an idiot. I should just stay out of your mind and hopefully, I won't contract it."

Zach: "HEY!"

Hecate: "Stop, just stop it. First off, think of a wide-open space as the foundation for your mindscape and will it into existence. Remember this place is yours, it will conform to your intent!"

Still a little exasperated with the situation I complied with her instructions. Thinking of the plain that I was in while training with Hephaestus I willed it into existence. Staring at the sight in amazement I felt my floating body suddenly fall and hit the ground. Groaning, I got up and brushed my clothes off awaiting further instructions.

Hecate: "Really? Out of everything you could have created. All you did was make a green field, and with shit textures too. I swear it looks like all you did was open up MS Paint and clicked green and filled the whole area."

Okay, I'm starting to get tired of this. I know I'm not the smartest by why does this big tittied goth have to go this far. She hardly gave me any information and she's expecting me to ace it on the first go? Well, I'll show her. I started to think about the scenery of Hogwarts from the Harry Potter movies. The giant castle, the quidditch field, the forbidden forest, and the lake that every first-year rode across. It all started to take shape in my mindscape and formed into great detail.

I could see Hecate's eyes start sparkling as she saw Hagrid's hut appear in front of us.

Hecate: "It's so awesome! I didn't expect you could do this so quickly! Maybe you aren't an idiot!"

Just you wait, Hecate. I thought of fire, a lot of fire. All over the Hogwarts compound, burning it down to the ground. Her horror-filled face, while all this happened, was classic. I wish I had a camera to save this and laugh at it late.

After everything was just cinders and ash Hecate turned to me. With a defeated sigh she just popped out of existence. Well, there goes my instructor, it was worth it though. After my half-assed occlumency training, I started to get my mindscape in order. I thought of the dream home I've had ever since I was little. A nice ranch house in the middle of a plain, one side of the house had a plain that was growing hay. While the other was a pasture where I'd keep the livestock and a big red barn on it. In the background, snowy mountains were surrounding the property making it look like it was in a valley.

I was done getting the broad strokes of my mindscape. I had started to float around and started to add the detailing to everything. Feeling like I've been here for years I was just completing the final touches on the last mountain I felt myself waking up.

Opening my eyes I saw Hephaestus smirking at me and Hecate still glaring. Stiffly getting up to my feet I felt like I had been laying there for years.

Hephaestus: "It's only been 6 months. Good job with burning down Hogwarts, I took a picture or her face. Along with the school burning down in the background. I think I'll frame it and put it by the doorway to my workshop."

Hecate just punched Hephaestus in his shoulder. It was so strong it sounded like thunder. He didn't even flinch, just laughing at the situation. This is my deity, I will pray to you forever!

Hecate: "You two are too similar to my liking. So, the speed and strength are on your appendages. Instead of endurance on just your chest, I ran the enchant to all parts of your body. It will be stronger on your torso and weaker the farther it goes. Without it, your punches and kicks would just break the bones and you'd be screwed, a true glass cannon. Speed enchantments have been put on and around your eyes and on your head. Speeding up your sight, and comprehension so that you can keep up with extreme speed. With all that done let's get down to the nitty-gritty. You will only be able to power everything for an hour tops, after that it will deplete your divine pool and be a sitting duck. You don't have to power them all at once and can power each one separately. Even though I shouldn't, I have expanded on your enchanting style and have shared my findings. I put a library in your house with everything I have made so far. With that I'm out of here, I need me a lot of butterbeer after dealing with you two."

She just disappeared, that was a little melodramatic.

Hephaestus: "Don't worry, she's going back to The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade. She actually runs the bar there."

Ah, that made sense. No wonder she got so pissed at me burning down Hogwarts. Oh well, Harry Potter has an even worse old man than Hiruzen and Danzo combined, damn mind raping old man.

Hephaestus: "Exactly, but now onto better things."

Nodding my head I looked to Hephaestus in anticipation. I need to get stronger, and the help he's given me is invaluable. Maybe I should name my firstborn son after him, gotta run that by Tsunade before anything is set in stone though.

Hephaestus just laughed at my thought process.

Hephaestus: "I'd be honored! Now for the next couple of days, I'm going to be showing you all the different types of materials in the universes that you can handle. After that, there will be a nice surprise!"

With that I had stars in my eyes, getting a chance to work with mythical metals was always a dream of mine. I'm so going to make Wolverine claws out of Adamantium. Or maybe a Gundam out of Gundamium. Oh man, how cool would it be when all the summons are out and about to fight. Then I'd summon Wing Zero Custom with its angel wings. Yeah, I started to drool at that thought.

Hephaestus: "Mecha is truly a man's romance."