Thread:AzlieTheDragon/@comment-37000721-20180927125738/@comment-37000721-20180927130114

~Time~

The boy had choppy black hair and gray/black eyes. He wore a blue long coat and a dirty golden pocket watch. His right arm was coal-black, with runes carved onto it.

“Hello.” The boy said. “I’m Time.” He stuck out his hand, the one that was black.

“I’m Chronos.” She said, shaking his hand. Then her eyes widened. “Time!” she repeated. “You’re my twin brother!”

“I had a feeling,” Time said slowly, “that you were going to say that.” He said. “And you’re right.” He gave Chronos a sideways smile, much like her own. “I’ll take you to my clocktower. You can stay there the night.” He said.

~Time’s Clocktower~

Chronos nearly fell over so she could look up at the clocktower. It was hidden in the trees, despite its height.

“It’s huge!” she breathed. Time nodded. He led her inside and up to a room. Books and scrolls were everywhere, on bookshelves, desks, and some of them were even floating in the air. The room was lit by an unknown light source. “Magic?” she asked, cocking her head towards the floating objects. Time nodded.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“And the light. That’s magic, too.” He said. He turned his head to look at her. “Did you touch a blue flower when you fell?” he asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Uhhh, yeah?” Chronos said. “Wait, you SAW that?!” Time nodded.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“And you touched a flower.” He repeated. “Chronos, you’re a goddess.” He announced. “The Goddess of Time and Magic.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">~The Goddess of Time and Magic~

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Goddess?!” Chronos repeated. Time nodded.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“You’re the goddess of the same things I am: Time and Magic.” He said. “I mean, it only makes sense. We ARE twins.” He said, giving her the sideways grin, which apparently was a trait that seemed to run in the family. “Is your hair naturally like that?” he asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“What part?” Chronos asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“The fact that it’s evenly divided, and that the right half is blue while the left half is black.” Time said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Yeah.” Chronos said. “I think its pretty cool.” She said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“It does.” Time said. “It suits you.” He said. “It especially goes with the outfit.” He added. Chronos grinned at him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">~Time Learns From Chronos~

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“So what can I do, now that I’m the Goddess of Time and Magic?” Chronos asked Time the next morning.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“I’m guessing you can do everything I can do.” He said. “Could you only do that magic clock-thing after you fell?” he asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Yeah.” Chronos said. “I could do that kind of attack before, just not with the clock part. And that fact that the numbers made the columns of fire. Usually, fire just shoots from nowhere at that spot with the circle.” She said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Attack me.” Time said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Excuse me?” Chronos asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Attack me.” Time repeated. “I want to see what you can do.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“You’re asking for it.” Chronos said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">She flipped her umbrella into the air, and she flashed her hands in runes, creating the same attack she had with the bear. She caught her umbrella and unsheathed it (that’s what she decided to call it when she pressed the button that made the needle-point-thingy come out the top of the umbrella). Time easily blocked it, but Chronos was ready. She made a ring of smaller clocks around Time, encircling him in fire. Then she front-flipped through the fire and tackled Time down, her umbrella pointed at him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Good job.” He said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“I’m good at using magic.” Chronos said airily. “I was second-best spellcaster, until you and our family disappeared.” Then her light-heartedness left her voice. “What happened to them?” she asked. Time took a deep breath, then began to tell his story.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">~Recollection~

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">My parents—our parents—were thugs. They stole to get rich. When I realized what they were doing, I ran away. They chased after me, and they tried to kill me, because they didn’t want me to tell anybody else about their secret. They caught up to me, and then we all started fighting. In the end, I’d killed all of them. I had lost my right arm, and I was dying. I found a blue ambrosia flower, so I picked it and became a god. I got this arm because of that flower, too. I built this tower, and I live here. I do all kinds of things. This wolf here is Cuthwolf, and I have an apprentice named Grifflet. He’s probably still sleeping. But I’m here now because of the terrible choice my parents made to get money. I can’t bring myself to think about it without getting angry at my family.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">~Chronos Understands~

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Oh.” Chronos said quietly. “That’s…horrible. I’m half glad I was adopted and they threw me out.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“What about the other half?” Time asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“But I’m also half sad, because I could could’ve been there with you.” Chronos said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“You would’ve helped me?” he asked, surprised. Chronos nodded. She wrinkled her nose.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“If I found out my parents were evil people, I’d have run away, too.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Well, you did.” Time pointed out. “They were your parents, too.” He said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Yes and no.” Chronos admitted. “The family I have is the family who adopted me, and my twin bro.” She said, her blue eyes twinkling. She gave Time a hug, which he hesitatingly returned.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">~One Year Later~

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Chronos did a backflip, dodging Time’s sword. She leaned against her umbrella, then she jumped into the air, sailing over Time and landing nimbly on her feet. Time swung around and found Chronos’s blade gently pressed on his chest.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“You’re dead.” She said, grinning.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Oh, ha-ha, very funny.” Time said, but he was grinning, too.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Life in the clocktower had changed dramatically ever since Chronos moved in. Time had used magic to expand his clocktower and make another bedroom. Cuthwolf had become surprisingly attached to Chronos. Grifflet had taken to liking to Chronos as well. Chronos was also learning from all three how things around the clocktower worked. She could easily put out fires that might occur during an experiment or something, she could also help with experiments; she was surprisingly knowledgeable in that field.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">She could also cook. Really well. Everyone was surprised at how good the food tasted, and they didn’t complain, so Chronos had taken it upon herself to do meals. (She could even make Time’s favorite desert.)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Time had been helping Chronos learn to use her newfound powers, and already she was almost as good as he was.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“IS IT LUNCHTIME YET?!” Cuthwolf asked, bounding over. Stella, Chronos’s new pet, who was a winged wolf, followed. Chronos laughed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“It’s always lunchtime for you.” She said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“What? I’m hungry!” Cuthwolf said. Chronos scratched the wolf’s ears, then Stella’s.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“It’s over in your bowl.” She told him. Cuthwolf bounded off again, evidently to eat his lunch. “Yours too.” Chronos added to Stella, who happily raced after Cuthwolf.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“I’m glad you’re here.” Time said truthfully. “Everything’s been better. Especially the food.” He said, his black eyes twinkling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Oh, is that why I’m here?” Chronos teased. “So I can cook you food while you get fat and lazy?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Yes.” Time said, laughing. Chronos sheathed her umbrella.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“I’m glad I’m here, too.” She said. “I’m glad I found you, too.” She added.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Me too.” Time agreed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">THE END

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">TI-I-ME, WILL YOU TELL YOUR STORY?! (HAMILTON LYRICS REFERENCE!!! :D)

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