CHAPTER ONE

Introductions, Explanations, History and Clairvoyance.

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"Wait, hang on, Clairvoyance? I don't have that!"

A/N: I know you don't, I thought that title sounded cool.

"Seriously Author?! You lie about me, so the story sounds cool?!"

A/N: Calm down, all in due time.

"So, I get Clairvoyance?"

A/N: No.

"Then why still?!"

A/N: Because I say so.

"... You know what? Screw this. Let's just start the story now."

A/N: Good. And just so the reader knows the format:

Bold text is important terminology.

Italicised text is foreshadowing.

"Double quotes is normal speech."

'Single quotes is thinking.'

'{If telepathy is involved at all, this is how it is shown.}'

[System Messages are shown in this format.]

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My name is Alex. Alex Savage, that is. I was born on Earth, in Fairbanks Alaska, actually. There are tales of people exhibiting the strange ability to be somewhere at an impossibly fast speed, though that doesn't seem so odd these days with supersonic air travel being the norm. Mach Five airspeed isn't such a premium thing these days, you just need a nice cash flow from a somewhat cushy job and you can go across the pond in less than an hour. I should probably also say the year is 2028. Yellowstone went off a while ago, nothing really happened. The Middle East quieted down, nuclear weapons were decommissioned across the globe, heck, even America and Russia got rid of all of theirs. Tectonic plate activity got a lot more frequent but went down in intensity by several magnitudes, tropical storms are so much milder but far more frequent too, almost like the planet is mellowing out and spreading weather and geologic activity over long periods of time. Damages from those kinds of conditions are way down since it's weak enough humanity can handle it easy. But back to the main topic of discussion here.

I am different from almost everyone alive, other than the fact I speak over 20 different languages, excluding computer program languages. I accidentally discovered that I am one of those people you would find in these tall tales. If I focus, I can will myself to be somewhere within my field of vision, and I'm there in a small pillar of purple light and what appear to be floating pixels. Sapped a noticeable amount of my energy, but that went down with practice as the action became natural for me. Being a tinkerer myself, I decided to analyze just what makes my ability tick, so to speak. I figured it had to do with Theoretical Physics, something like a portable Wormhole of sorts, so I researched Wormhole Science and Black-hole/White-hole physics, learning that I effectively phase my body from one place to another along with anything in contact or connected with me somehow that I don't will to leave behind. I default to not taking the air or ground with me, so therefore I Phase with my clothes and equipment from one place to another using a temporary Micro Einstein-Rosen Bridge. Now, if only I could amplify this. I tried to imagine a location out of my field of view, and managed to successfully Phase over there, however I quickly learned that Phasing into a table in my cabin is not fun or a painless experience. See, in the summer time I was wearing shorts, and I tried Phasing from outside my cabin into my living room, and I Phased into the corner of a side-table, replacing the matter that made up one of the table legs. Feeling odd, I looked down and saw my leg attached to the table leg, so I carefully tried pulling away from it, just to find my skin ripping away partially. I screamed from the pain and pulled away quickly, thankfully keeping most of my skin, but I ran to treat it in the bathroom like any smart person would do. Suffice it to say, I built an Amplifier out of necessity to parse the destination spot for obstructions in very short time before each Phase. I also did so to alleviate the strain of what I have taken to calling Viewless Phasing.

Now, being one to believe in the Multiverse Theory, I decided to try out adding the elusive Exotic Matter in Theoretical Physics to my Amplifier to attempt to bend Space-Time and send me to a different Dimension, you know, the Exotic Matter that NASA put into it's Alcubierre Drive prototypes. Too bad, it froze me in time for a week until it ran out of Exotic Matter, and I should probably add I feel weird too, like if I was suddenly spread out everywhere at once for a moment. I just activated it to find out everything around me is dustier, including me, and a week has gone by. Not a thing I want to do. After catching up on the things I missed in that frozen week, I also came up with a way to define the identification, or ID, of a universe. I designated this universe as "World 0 - Earth" so that I can find my way back home again. Locking up my hidden cabin far away from Fairbanks, I set out to gather some supplies, as much as I could carry to a new world with me. I also engineered a lightweight and stylish space suit in case I end up in a place with low oxygen or air pressure, but also worked Kevlar fibre into it so that it would be strong against physical shocks. Arriving home, I stored away my things and took only what I needed, including a stylish black trench coat. I locked the cabin up again, then focused on the Amplifier to take me to a new universe rather than dimension. In a flash, I was gone from my world and in another.

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A sudden flash and I was in a new world. Looking around me I saw strange plants and creatures, as well as floating islands and rivers winding through the sky. My suit told me the air was slightly hyperbaric and rich in oxygen, so I took my helmet off and walked around. I focused on an island on the surface below, a large city in a somewhat spiral pattern with a very tall tower in the center.

Using the helmet as a zoom lens, I saw an empty space to Phase to, and so I did just that. I entered the city and saw all kinds of strange things, street lights with a brightly glowing yellow crystal providing light, fireplaces in houses glowing bright red from a crystal giving off fire, wait a minute... I never investigated a house yet, why do I know about these fireplaces? Wondering this, I focused on the people and noticed I could sense many of them carrying objects designed for a certain task, though some I saw using other tools with no such... what would the word be? An ether around them? It's almost as if many tools people use are giving off some ether or aura around them, like the street lights and fireplaces. I noticed some guards walk by as well and their armor also gives off a slight ether too.

Exploring more in the city, I felt this ether from an alley way, so walking down it I came across a shop selling things with this ether wafting from them. Walking up to the man behind the counter, I asked in the local language, which was thankfully one I know, what all these things are. He explained to me that they are fine magical items that run off Lacrima of different elements. I asked if he could explain what those terms mean, and after giving me a slightly scandalous look, he sighed and explained the whole thing to me.

He explained how Elemental Lacrima is found in the ground and contains magical energy that can be used to do different things, like how Fire Lacrima can be used in either a flame sword or a fireplace, or how a Light Lacrima can be used in either a flashbang or a street lamp. He also explained how magic is banned here in Edolas, the name of the world I presumed, and how the king is hunting down guilds since the world is beginning to run out of magical energy.

Deciding to repay him in knowledge I explained how electricity works to him, which got him fascinated, so I drew diagrams of the electric motor, the dynamo, the internal combustion engine, then hours and hours past as I drew diagrams for him. Throughout the nighttime he then decided to teach me how to write in the local language since it is very uncommon to read in Ancient Edolian, which apparently was German. Who knew? I soon after modified the Amplifier to be able to recharge off Elemental Lacrima of any form. I set out on a journey to gather this Lacrima to recharge the Amplifier completely for my next jump.

Wandering the lands surrounding the city of Oto, known in Edolian as Royal City, I look to the sky to see another kingdom, one upon a floating island. I focused on the place I first visited to look over Royal City upon my arrival to the world and Phase there. I then search for the other island to have it come into view on the other side of the island I'm standing upon. I focus upon an empty space using the helmet lens again and Phase to the kingdom.

Upon my arrival, I see a small farmhouse with what appear to be cat ears on the roof. There is a white cat tending to the field and upon my arrival he stares at me while still tilling the soil in front of him. He appears to grumble to himself, likely about me. I slowly begin walking towards the end of the field where he is likely to finish tilling. I arrive when he finishes, and he gruffly asks me what I want, calling me a stupid human in the process. I was taken aback by his description of me, but I shrugged it off and asked him about this island. It was his turn to be taken aback by my words, but he sighed and answered that the island is the kingdom of Extalia, sovereign ruler over the humans. I tilted my head and asked what kinds of magic there is here, since I could sense some form of magic coming from this cat. Suddenly the cat sprouted wings from his back and began to hover in the air to demonstrate.

He called it Aera magic, only possessed by the Exceeds, the superior race of Edolas. I took that to mean humans do not possess magical potential themselves but Exceeds do. I took note of this magic in my mind for future research. I asked what the political climate is like between the humans and Exceeds, and seeing that one coming, the cat immediately explained to me how Queen Shagotte of the Exceeds is hailed as a god and how she can foresee the death of all living things and decide it as well for both Edolas and another world called Earthland. I then wondered if I would be visiting that other world soon in my Universe Hopping Escapades, a book I swore I would write upon my return to Earth. Spoiler alert, I didn't.

Before leaving, I asked where I could find an abundance of Elemental Lacrima, and the cat told me that there is plenty on the surface of Edolas, and that I just need to dig for it myself unless I want to pay a black-market premium price. Saying farewell, I walked to the edge of the island of Extalia and using my helmet lens I focused on the ground far below and Phased down to an open area where I got started on digging. Thankfully I brought my trusty high-carbon steel spade and pickaxe from home. I removed my spade from its holster on the rear of my left hip and got started on digging, sensing a large quantity of dense Lightning Lacrima under the ground. What luck! I got down to rockier soil so I unholstered the pickaxe from the other side and started swinging to break up the soil, using the spade to clear it all out. After about a day's worth of digging and cookie supplies, did I mention I love cookies? Well, after a day, I managed enough Lightning Lacrima to recharge the Amplifier to travel again across the Universal Boundary Line, what I took to calling the gap between universes in the Multiverse Theory back home. I remembered this world as "World 1 - Edolas" and in a bright flash of light I vanished to yet another world.

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In a bright flash I landed roughly on the ground in a place that a vaguely recognized as Tokyo from back home, however there was a large walled off section that I got the feeling was a city of its own as well. Oh, and the Universe ID, was different. It wasn't ID-0, so it is not the Earth I know. Thinking back to Extalia, I wonder why that white cat talked to me so freely, and back to Royal City I wonder why that shopkeeper also talked so freely. Almost as if a world-hopper kind of person is natural for them. A thought for another time then.

I looked towards the other city within Tokyo and realized after a moment of panic that I learned Japanese back home as a challenge to myself, so I'll be fine. After I took that first step, I froze. I was sensing a very large quantity of magical energy from both the city in front of me, and a different kind of it flowing though the ground towards a point probably a continent over. The signatures were strong enough I could sense them from this far away. What kind of Earth is this?

Once I got my bearings back from the magic sense surge, I began to walk towards the walled city. Disregarding the feeling of being watched by several people at once, I figured I should have an ID made for myself in this world. Taking out an Alaskan driver's license that was issued in 2025 would be strange since the last newscast I saw while walking through the streets of Tokyo said the year was 2020. I walked down to a government building to register myself as a citizen of Tokyo and the process went far smoother than I thought. No competency test, no interrogation, just filling out papers.

That was strange to say the least. I swear, this is almost like a plot device in someone's story out there where their main character is a Mary Sue, and everything goes their way. But this is real life, so come on, but this is still strange, first the shopkeeper, then the cat, now the Japanese government and it's all going my way. Things must go sour at some point. I also set out to get a health card, a passport and a driver's license. Somehow, I got them just fine. And nobody questioned the freaking spade and pickaxe hanging from my belt or the spacesuit, nor did anyone comment on the one remaining, glowing Lightning Lacrima in one of the inner pockets of my trench coat. Oh well, it's all fine right? No blowing up in my face later?

Anyways, with my registration all set up, I headed out to the now named Academy City to enroll since I heard the place is for smart people and people who have talent. Walking through one of the checkpoints, I get scanned for something, I don't know what, and the woman asks me if I am an ESPer, to which I respond no, and she shows me some sort of field reading. She tells me I have an ESPer ability but am not registered in the Bank. Whatever that means, she is basically telling me I have an ability now I didn't have before, unless my Phasing is the ability being read. I enter the city and walk around.

The technology here is far more advanced than elsewhere, new cars and cleaning robots rolling along, holographic media everywhere, blimps I somehow didn't notice before floating above the city giving news and weather reports, a girl chasing after a boy throwing lighting at him, some interesting things... wait... a girl, throwing lighting, chasing a boy. I spun around just in time to see him reach his right hand out and get shocked horribly... nope. The lightning vanished with the sound of shattering glass. Oh well, must be a game, like tag or something. Oh well, so after that normal event happened, I asked around for a place to get my power tested, and I learned where this thing called a System Scan takes place.

So, I went to a school, luckily, they were doing these scans right now, I showed my ID to them, and they took it welcoming me as a new resident here and ran some tests on me. They asked me to bend a spoon with my mind, and so I did exactly that... wait a second... I bent a spoon with my freaking mind? Looking at my examiner surprised, she took my surprise as something meaningful, and noted something down on her clipboard. She then asked me to read what card was on the table from a deck of cards. Well, I failed that one, though I got a few cards in the deck right by a fluke. She then asked me what she was going to do before she did it, and I failed that too. She then asked me to attempt to read her mind, to which I gleaned something related to emotional state, though I do not know why her cheeks were slightly flushed afterwards. The last test was to see if I could send her a message with my mind, and well, you probably didn't guess correctly, since I gave her a headache instead. They then took me to a machine to read something called an AIM Field. They ranked me as a Level 0 since they could barely read the field. Didn't help that my bending the spoon drained me a whole lot.

So, I lived in this crazy city for a little while, a few days just to recharge my Amplifier, and I learned something about this ability I have. I can manipulate objects from a distance. And it seems to be powerful too. I managed to lift a truck up a foot or so in the air from around fifty meters away. I'm pretty sure I was misclassified, probably the drain from crossing the Universal Boundary Line earlier that day. It was at this time, when I was learning to fly with my ability, that I realized I only really slept the last few days while here in Academy City. That's likely why my ESPer power was weak on the first day here. I may have looked just fine and healthy, but a day of digging Lightning Lacrima for my Amplifier would've drained even the strongest minds out there.

Oh well, it's cool that I am incognito powerful, right? Surely this feeling of being watched is normal in this city, right? Never a dull moment. I decided to call this world "World 2 - ESPearth" since, like, there's ESPers and stuff? Yeah? I know you think it's a great name. Anyways, I had a dream that I could reverse my age. Can't possibly be, right? I may look like a high school senior, but, you don't know my age, do you? I'm in my late thirties, I'm of the millennial generation back home, one of the first, too.

Getting back on track with my narration here, I used my computer skills to break into this Bank thing I recalled one of the checkpoint guards mention. My ability was called Telekinesis, which I thought was cool, however the strength I exhibit is more than the description says. Searching the Bank, I found out my real ability is close to the strongest ESPer in the city, named Accelerator after his own ability. The main difference is where he must touch something to manipulate it, I don't, probably a fragment of my Phasing ability from back home where I don't need to see a place to Phase to it. The way I fly is by manipulating the wind around me to lift me up. My ability is based on manipulation of matter, whereas I learned from a deeper search into Accelerator's profile that his ability is based upon manipulation of the very vectors that define particles, hence his ability family, Vector Manipulation. Apparently, he can also fly, so that's cool, right?

I decided one day I had enough of being watched for some inexplicable reason and so I decided to leave the city. I packed all my things to take with me, I waited for nightfall, hacked the cameras and integrated a program I made to conceal me from all of them. I then used my ability to send myself over the wall and into Tokyo. After walking a good distance away from Academy City and into a park clearing in Tokyo, I activated my Amplifier and focused on the jump across the Universal Boundary Line once more. In a flash of light, I was gone again.

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And now, in another flash of light, I landed in another world, although I instantly flopped to the ground holding my head in pain until my magic sense calmed down, and until the spontaneous electric shocks finished wracking my body. Damn this world is magical. It feels like an intense version of Edolas almost. Once my magic sense calmed down, I looked up to find I had wings on my back. Large, white, feathery wings, twinkling just like that white cat had. Wait. Wait just a damn second! I have Exceed wings?! But I'm a human being with an inexplicable Phasing ability, magic sense and ESPer ability... ah. Magic sense. Heh, now it makes some sense. Ha, good pun.

I didn't get it until now though, this magic, what did that cat call it? Aera magic? Aren't Exceeds supposed to be the only ones that have it? And I have it, so that means I can also sense magic. Oh well, I willed the wings to vanish and they did so all's well. I got up to look around, and suddenly wished I had my wings back to fly around. So, I willed the wings back into existence and sloppily flew over a forest, the forest I landed in, until I came across a city. Noting that the language is the same as Edolas, I got the feeling this place might be the Earthland the white Exceed mentioned. I read a sign that called this city Magnolia.

I began a walk around this city of Magnolia after vanishing my wings, and I decided to work a few jobs for some small places in the city after noticing the currency is called Jewel. I asked around for information on this place, and I learned that guilds form to combat problems in the world, and are made up of wizards, hence the term Wizard Guild. I learned that Magnolia has the strongest official guild in the world, named Fairy Tail. Deciding not to go there after hearing of how violent they can get in their guild hall on occasion, I went to the public library to read some books. I found a book on Exceeds and realized something. When I jump the Universal Boundary Line, time doesn't synchronize. According to the book in my hands, the Exceeds were all pulled into Earthland after something called the Anima removed all magic from Edolas. Well, glad I got there when I did. No electricity to power the Amplifier would've meant I'd be stuck until I invented electricity myself.

Reading more in the library, I learned that humans here generate magical energy with something called Etheranos which is everywhere here. Maybe that's why I felt compelled to call it an ether than an aura when I was in Edolas. Hm, intuition perhaps? No, couldn't be, no Clairvoyance was found on my System Scan, and besides, I hadn't visited ESPearth yet at the time so even if there was, it wasn't there yet. I read in a book though that through the consumption of something called an Ether Lacrima, one could manufacture Etheranos themselves using their body sugar. It is also said to increase the potential for storing sugar as energy, as in storing more of it.

I also heard about something called Arc Of Time, an ancient magic said to be able to reverse time, but sadly lost. Now that's funny, it's called a lost magic, yet a map fell out of the book that details a location to obtain it, signed by someone called Ultear Milkovich. Whoever that is, I thank you even now, I kept that map, I stowed it right then and there in my trench coat, and I also ignored the warnings you gave. But don't worry, this thing you call Last Ages, I won't use it. I like my life the way it is, so I won't use it even once.

I decided to stay at a hotel for a while. I looked at my spare Lightning Lacrima and noticed it was no longer glowing yellow, but it turns out it broke upon my landing in three pieces and were glowing a sort of white kind of blue color, one of them seemed to give off a dark white aura, another a sort of gold white aura and the third was giving off a crimson icy blue aura. Why, I do not know. I also do not know what compelled me to try to eat them, until I did and somehow consumed all three. I felt no change right away, either. Suddenly though, I flopped onto my bed out cold for a whole day, I know since when I came to, it felt as if I was fully rested with no time passing, even though I checked the calendar and a day had rolled over. I spent many days training in my magic since I wanted to see what I was capable of, and I found and learned Arc Of Time, too. Turns out my magic supply is very, very large. That's cool. I also modified the Amplifier to accept my own magical energy since vehicles here have something called an SE Plug, which stands for Self Energy. Cool huh?

So, about those Lacrima I ate on a whim. I learned what those are after a few days. The first one was called a Sky Dragonslayer Lacrima. Obscenely rare. Even rarer the second, a Sky Godslayer Lacrima. The third was almost as rare as the second, an Ice Devilslayer Lacrima. I'm sitting here even now wondering how the hell a Lightning Lacrima cracked into those three. Who knows, the original Lacrima was glowing strangely compared to the others I pooled into the Amplifier. Could've been that, considering the shards were rather well rounded and looked like Lacrima to me. I really think now that I'm going on a Mary Sue adventure. Conflict? Hello? Am I perfect? I hope not, damn it. I need some action.

Oh, I also learned some cool stuff about the Slayers. They can eat their element. Your heard me, they can eat their element. So, I can breathe in and get all fired up on air, because of my Sky Slayer magics. That's nice. And Sky magic can be used for healing as well. Maybe I'm a support character. Maybe there's a fourth wall somewhere. I wouldn't know. Maybe that feeling of being watched in ESPearth was some reader or viewer... nah, couldn't be. That sounds stupid and I sound delirious. I need to eat something. Cookies! Those sound delectable right now. So, I grabbed some cookies. From where, don't ask. I paid for them though, I promise.

I learned I can affect myself with Arc Of Time. While digging for some stuff one day I accidentally struck my toe which cut it off, so I reversed time on it by reflex. I read it couldn't be used on sentient things. Am I not sentient, or am I more awesome than that Ultear person? Again, am I named Mary Sue?! No! I'm not! I can hear you snickering, so shut up, okay? Oh, I also found a square glass container of some little red breath mints or something. There was only one left too, so I ate it. Tasted like nothing. What a shame, I expected strawberry flavoring, or Red Dye Number 40 at least with some Ethyl Methylphenylglycidate. You know what? Ignore that last bit there.

Deciding enough was enough, I jumped out of this world after naming it "World 3 - Earthland" and as the story goes by now, which I am repeating the sequence for gags or some reason I feel compelled to, I vanished in a flash of light with all the stuff I wanted to take with me, you can fill in the blanks yada, etcetera and all that.

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You know, I'm bored of this long flashback. You can probably tell it's a kind of flashback already, right? First person, long amounts of me talking only, only mentioning dialogue having happened but not the dialogue itself. Walls of words being spoken. It seems very flashback-y in many ways to me. Yeah, I see you fourth wall, I'll try to stop the hammer that I'm subconsciously whacking you with repeatedly. Oh, yeah, I appeared in a new world in a flash of light.

This time the world looked low quality. Why do I say that? It feels sixteen-bit like if it's all just a game. Ah, if only I could just say inventory and see what I have. Oh, look at that. I said inventory when those thoughts passed through my head back then and fell on my rump in surprise. So, I decided to do the only logical thing once would do in that situation. Scream like a little girl who got scared by Jason the Chainsaw Wielding Murderer? No, I put my bags and stuff into the inventory screen that popped up in front of me and closed it in a daze. I learned not to question the impossible and the stupid. This is both, but it happened.

I began to walk around, and I noticed a tall, black creature that looked vaguely humanoid, and it had glowing purple eyes and a horrific mouth. I looked into its eyes, and it charged at me. So, I did the only logical thing. I shot it with Ice Devilslayer magic. It teleported away from me. Yeah, you heard me, it teleported, well more like warped, away from me. Still charged at me though so I did a Sky God's Bellow on the damn thing. Tore up some landscape, and the creature vanished leaving behind a puff of smoke. I decided it would be cool to see if that stuff is magical, so I breathed it in. It did nothing. So, I grabbed the pearl that sat on the ground it left behind, this pulsating purple pearl that looks dangerous, and I absorbed it once I had the thought of doing that. Feeling strange I focused on a place I could see and bam I suddenly warped there, though my legs hurt now, and I feel like I ran there. Although, I know I didn't Phase since that is noticeable in a different way.

Why, oh why now did I think this place has different dimensions, because I decided then it would be a good idea to retry what I did back home that froze me in time for a week. So, I did just that. I dimension hopped, I didn't freeze myself. I landed in a very hot place with red stone everywhere and magma. I take it I found literal hell. So, I narrowly dodged a fireball that came at me and blasted a flying creature made of burning rods using Ice Devilslayer magic. I did the same thing again with the black creature before, breathed in the smoke, and absorbed the dropped thing, whatever the thing may be. This time it was a red-hot rod that was smoldering. I then got shot by another creature, had to use Arc Of Time by reflex to heal instantly, and I shot it with the Ice Devilslayer magic like the last one. It died, smoke cloud, I flew there with my ESPer ability and caught it before it blew away, breathed it in, and absorbed the drop thing, this time a cloudy white crystal in a teardrop shape.

I decided to dimension hop again. This time I got taken to a nearly empty world made of pale yellow stone with giant pillars of dark purple rock. Those black creepy creatures were everywhere. Learning not to look them in the eyes, I made my way to the center of this island thing. Just my luck, a dragon tried to eat me. So, I blasted my Sky Dragonslayer magic at it, and killed it quickly. Seriously, this universe is too weak for me. I breathed in its smoke stuff, absorbed these green pearls that were rolling towards me, and absorbed this giant egg thing that sat atop this grey stone fountain.

I then noticed a kind of wormhole thing resting within a grey stone capsule in the air, so I had the great idea to warp to it using my new ability. I was taken somewhere far away, but I saw a giant haphazardly built tower with a floating sea vessel in the air beside it. I didn't question why it had sails, it just did. Thinking it be a good idea, I flew up there with my Aera magic, it was first to come to mind, and I looked through the ship. I found at the bow of the ship, on the inside, there hung a set of wings, a glider of sorts. I put that in the inventory thing I learned about first. The inventory was helpful though, it called the set of wings Elytra, whatever that meant. I also noticed it called the map to the Arc Of Time exactly what it is, "Map to the Arc Of Time". Thanks, Captain Obvious.

A thought randomly crossed my mind, one that caused me to call out "skills", to which a window opened in front of me with a short list of skills I have. I'll list them for you, it sorted them in order of when I got them.

[Super Polyglot - Able to speak and write in 20 or more languages.]

[Physicist - Understands and can apply advanced theories of the universe.]

[Super Tinkerer - Can apply advanced theories and ideas into a real-world device or process.]

[Computer Master - Capable of rapid adaptation to computer systems and proficient use.]

[Phase - Ability to phase to a visible location.]

[Viewless Phase - Ability to phase to a memory location.]

[Dimension Phase - Ability to phase through the Dimensional Barrier. Requires Amplifier.]

[Spread Soul - Everywhere you visit, you were probably there.]

[Universal Phase - Ability to phase through the Universal Boundary Line. Requires fully charged Amplifier.]

[Universal Memory - Able to remember, recall, and use UniverseID and DimensionID.]

[Aera Magic - Ability to use the magic of the Exceed race.]

[Magic Sense - Born from Aera, ability to sense and identify magic energy.]

[Ultra Persuasive - Ability to make one feel right at home and open up to you naturally.]

[Cookie Conversion - Ability to somehow convert cookies directly into required energy.]

[Always Prepared - Great foresight enables the tendency to bring just what is needed.]

[ESP Gifted - Ability in science to change reality according to one's Personal Reality.]

[Adaptable - Able to adjust to new situations rapidly.]

[Magically Gifted - Very high natural affinity for all kinds of magic.]

[Magically Adept - Able to use magic with high proficiency in short time.]

[Ether Generator - Able to generate Etheranos using excess body sugars.]

[Sky Dragonslayer - Able to wield Sky Dragonslayer magic of old.]

[Sky Godslayer - Able to wield Sky Godslayer magic of old.]

[Ice Devilslayer - Able to wield Ice Devilslayer magic of old.]

[Arc Of Time - Own body made into a vessel of time, able to make changes to time itself.]

[Competent Cook - Able to cook with some level of proficiency. Specialty - Cookies.]

[X'd Out - Able to use magic in other universes without problems.]

[Portable Black Hole - Able to store objects of any size in a portable universe.]

[Soular Consumption - Able to change form into any absorbed creature.]

[Ender State - Able to warp around from one place to another.]

[Blazing Soul - Able to shoot balls of fire from mouth or palms.]

[Ghastly Being - Able to fire explosive rounds of magma from mouth.]

[Enderium Form - Able to fire corrosive gas or explosive corrosive rounds from mouth.]

[Skill Catalogue - Able to list and describe any skill learned in chronological order.]

Well, that seems helpful. The last just seems redundant, or like a self-descriptor. Oh well, it's cool. So, I decided enough was enough and I recorded this world down as "World 4 - Pandora Earth", "World 4 - Pandora Hell" and "World 4 - Pandora End". I called it Pandora since it seemed like a real Pandora's box of surprises, inventory and skill list among those. So, I powered up the Amplifier once more and vanished in a flash of light.

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And thing brings us close to the present! I was worried since I recalled something called Spread Soul in the skills list. The description is very vague and worries me since it is confusing and ominous. Putting that on the backburner, I walked through this forest I landed in. Seriously? What's with dropping into a new world and landing in some forest in the middle of nowhere?

I got quickly bored of walking, so I decided to fly with my Aera magic high above the forest to see the sights. I saw a city way far off in the distance, down this mountain I found myself on. Resolving to visit that city, I flew as fast as possible over there. Reading the signs on the path to the city after landing in a close clearing with nobody around, I found out I was in the country of Mistral and heading towards the city of Haven. I found a library, funny how those always pop up when you need them, and I read about the history of this land which is called Remnant. Apparently, there are these creatures called Grimm that unceremoniously attack mankind for no reason other than raw aggression.

I left the library in a place called Kuchinashi, which is South of Haven, and along my walk I encountered a large black creature with red marks and bone plating all over it. If I remember from the book I literally just read, this is called a Beowolf. I killed it quickly with my Devilslayer magic. This caused more to charge me, so I took those out too. This caused Beringels to also charge me, so the cycle continued. When those were taken out, some Boarbatusks and Ursai also joined the fight. A Death Stalker also found me, and it was destroyed too. A King Taijitu was attracted by the mass of dead Grimm and was also taken out by me, although it did take a little while. After a Nevermore attempted to pin me to the ground, it was also taken down. All the while I was absorbing the very essence of these Grimm. That was my Soular Consumption skill.

I can probably say that the Grimm abilities merged with my soul for me to use since they do not have souls of their own. Speaking of which, they all have bone masks, maybe they are being controlled by someone? Nah, couldn't be. Anyways, I kept walking after defeating all the Grimm with some modicum of effort. I'm tired at this point. But I kept walking, eating some cookies from my inventory screen, found out I can summon so-called hot-bar objects without even opening the window. So, I walked all the way to Haven. I found an academy there, called Haven Academy, very well named, yes, but I decided to do other things in Haven, like work for the local currency, called Lien, stored on magical cards.

While out one day, I met someone. He had white hair, a nice suit, glasses, and a peculiar scarf around his neck. And a cane, of course. He probably needs one. This is where I am now. This is where my flashback ends, this is where things really begin.

"May I ask you a few questions sir?" the man asks me.

"You may." I reply.

"Who are you?" he asks.

"My name is Alex Savage. Who might you be?"

"My name is Ozpin, just Ozpin. I feel getting to know each other would be mutually beneficial since you seem new here and in need of help." The man, now identified as Ozpin, replies.

"And what's beneficial to you?" I ask skeptically.

"You seem to be a powerful person, yet your Aura is not unlocked yet." Ozpin replies.

"My Aura?" I ask confusedly.

"Yes, you practically radiate power to the more Aura sensitive such as I yet your Aura has not been unlocked. The Aura is the manifestation of one's soul as a protective barrier against harm, and to be used to defend humanity against the creatures of Grimm." Ozpin explains.

"And why is that beneficial to you?" I ask getting back to the original topic.

"I wish to study you more closely while I help get you acquainted here. It could give me insight into unlocking new power beyond Aura." Ozpin states in reply.

"Eh, it wouldn't hurt to do that. I can't tell much myself, but you're free to observe." I lied persuasively.

"That is fine. Do you wish for me to unlock your Aura for you?" Ozpin asks.

"That would be nice, I'd like to know what it does though." I accept.

"Sure." Just then a ringing comes from Ozpin's pocket. It is a strange phone. "Yes James? ... What? ... That many? ... Interesting. I will investigate it myself. Goodbye."

"Who was that James fellow?" I ask.

"General James Ironwood is a good colleague of mine, he works in Atlas whereas we are currently in Mistral. Let us head back to Haven Academy then for a moment to unlock your Aura, then I must be on my way." Ozpin suggests.

"Sure." I reply.

After that, Ozpin and I got into a limousine and arrived at the Academy. We walked through the quiet halls up to his office.

"Okay Alex, stand in front of me, about a foot away." Instructed Ozpin.

"Okay." I got into position. Ozpin put his hands on my temples.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee." Ozpin recited.

As Ozpin said this, I felt as if my soul was being ripped apart and put back together. It probably should've been more seamless but I'm pretty sure my Soular Consumption and that Grimm massacre earlier caused a lot of problems. When he finished, I dropped to a knee and was wheezing from the intense pain in my chest. Ozpin helped me into a chair across from his desk and gently began rubbing my back to soothe the pain.

"It really shouldn't have hurt." Ozpin said frankly.

"Yeah, probably my fault. Don't know why I feel that way though." I managed to wheeze out.

"That took a lot out of me, and my Aura is very large." Ozpin complimented.

"Does that mean I have a strong Aura?" I asked with a voice slowly getting stronger again.

"Yes, one of the strongest I've seen. Now you just need to discover your Semblance." Ozpin informed, sitting down behind his desk.

"Ozpin, I want to travel the world." I said suddenly.

"I don't blame you, travelling is a great way to learn about the world." Ozpin said reluctantly.

"I want to see the other three kingdoms. And I want to kill the various Grimm that roam them." I stated.

"Are you sure?" Ozpin asks.

"Positive. I believe I can handle myself." I reply.

Ozpin looks at me saddened for a moment before his expression shifts to one of respect.

"Alright then. I wish you luck on your travels, Alex." Ozpin replies.

"Thank you, Ozpin." I thank earnestly. At that time, I began to get up out of the chair. "I should probably gather my things before I go."

"Do be careful out there, you never know when you might run into a Grimm too powerful for you." Ozpin reminded me.

"Thanks for the tip Ozpin. See you around!" I said as I left the room.

This was an interesting several weeks since I left home on Earth. And a lot of things happened after my talk with Ozpin. I learned Atlas technology, roamed the deserts of Vacuo, partied in Vale, rested in Haven, found a way to power the Amplifier with Dust. That was important. I also made a weapon of my own, called Deathsong. It is a heavy short sword that can morph its form using my abilities. I can make almost any weapon I want, and it always stays sharp. I also learned how to channel my magical abilities through it so that I can wield my three Slayer magics in battle against Grimm when others are watching, these techniques came from Edolas.

I also went on to invent a new metal alloy and sold the patent to the Atlas military for big money with monthly payments. Using that money and my knowledge from home, I built a large flying vehicle, which is my new home. I found a way to integrate my Arc Of Time into the vehicle to prevent sudden damage by reversing it automatically, and it draws upon my Etheranos directly to fuel itself. With all the magical things running through the vehicle, more like flying fortress now, I decided to christen it the RSC, which stands for Remnant Super Carrier, Edolas II. I had to overhaul the vessel to add magical laser weaponry to it, which is why it is the second of its kind.

Soon afterwards I added a cloaking system to it based upon my ESPer ability, which in turn now bends the light around the vessel enough to conceal its presence to all around it. I now wear an augmented reality retinal projection headset so that I can see the vessel when it is cloaked and so I can see in the darkness without producing a light source, as the device uses hypersonic mapping, or sonar kind of like a bat except higher frequency and much quieter.

During the building of the ship, I had run myself low on magical energy for fuelling the ship core, and a sharp sheet of that new alloy dropped and sliced my arm off without warning. With no Arc Of Time to save me then, I yelled out in pain, but as I looked to my arm, it was reforming on its own, consuming the severed arm in the process. After a half minute of agony, my arm was in one piece. I just had to Arc Of Time my trench coat back together once the core was fuelled up, which I did soon afterwards. I quickly learned after some research that this is my Semblance, Flesh Reformation. I took that to mean I can alter my body as well to look different. My face I found that I can temporarily change if I want to do a mission of sorts, likewise with my vocal chords. With practice I can imitate someone else for a while, though the personality is hard to do.

I soon decided upon attending Haven Academy, and found out Ozpin was no longer headmaster there, but instead a man named Leonardo Lionheart. Now, I know there are other intelligent beings called Faunus, but for all intents and purposes I refer to them as men and women. Yes, it's kind of obvious that Leo is a Lion Faunus. Anyways, I went through Haven Academy hiding Deathsong in my inventory and never using my magic apart from recharging the Edolas II.

I wielded a custom weapon called Remorse, a transforming heavy broadsword that could turn into a grenade launcher powered by Wind Dust cartridges or my Sky Slayer magics shooting a high explosive Fire Dust Crystal round, or an Ice Dust beam laser sniper rifle powered by Ice Dust and Lightning Dust Crystals or my Ice Devilslayer magic. To be fair, that grenade launcher is more of a rocket launcher when I power it up with my Sky magic, and the sniper is more of an ice bomb sniper when using my Ice magic.

Well, I went on to graduate Haven Academy as part of Team AAST, or Team Alabaster, made up of me, Skyler Song, Titus Marigold and Aero Song. We went on a lot of missions together back then. Oh wait, I'm in flashback mode again, aren't I? Well, this was a while ago. Oh, and I was partnered with Skyler after initiation, Titus and Aero as well. Skyler and Aero are twin sisters also, though they act quite differently from each other. Anyways, Team AST, which is still Alabaster but missing me, still goes around protecting Haven on their own, and I join them from time to time, however I journey around Remnant alone for the time being on the Edolas II. I should say I felt like I was being watched at one point by a dark force, but that feeling is gone now. It's almost as if the dark force watching me gave up or something. Ha! Like that'd happen. If they knew my potential they would attempt to, I don't know, brainwash me or something, right? Nah, just being paranoid.

Anyways, flying above Beacon one day since I heard Ozpin was headmaster there, golly news gets around slowly, I found out the Vytal Festival was being held there this year. That's cool, I limited myself many years ago in the Vytal Festivals I competed in to be fair to everyone else, so I never won any. Looking down now in fond remembrance, I stared into the arena from above to watch the proceedings of the tournament. Little did I know this battle between a crimson haired girl decked in Roman styled armor and weaponry and an orange haired girl dressed in a green dress wielding several floating swords would begin a very serious and painful chain of events.

Yeah. What am I going to be doing? Probably being a healer on four fronts. Here is my guess. I am probably going to be using a lot of Arc Of Time, I'm going to use my Devilslayer magic as, what, freezing? My Sky magic will be used to its greatest degree in healing, and I might be using my Semblance of Flesh Reforming too. That's it, I'm calling it, I'll have to use those at some point.

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A/N: Alex, you aren't supposed to foreshadow that much.

"Seriously Author? You say that now?"

A/N: Yes, you aren't supposed to try to ruin the story by giving possible plot devices to the readers.

"So, some of the things I did say are going to come true?"

A/N: I'm not saying that.

"Then what is the point of all this?"

A/N: Nothing. You heard nothing.

"Are you sure Author because I'm pretty sure-"

A/N: [Zaps Alex in the head with Author powers.]

"-you're right. I have no idea why we even started this conversation."

A/N: You have one last job to do, Alex.

"You're right Author! I'll get right to it!"

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Next time on Remnant's Wingman!

"Don't die on me girl! Keep it together for a little longer! Arc Of Time! Milky Way! Imprint. Hang on, Imprint?"

"Please don't wake up over there, Red, you can't see this yet. Arc Of Time! Sky Dragon's Healing! Sky God's Restoration! Milky Way! Imprint. And there it is again, what the hell does Imprint do?"

"I have to freeze this for later. She needs this to fight properly. Ice Devil's Freeze!"

"Okay, this is going to hurt an awful lot. Bite on this if you need to, okay?"

"I'll be fine, don't worry-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Holy crap that hurt! Wait, I'm okay now? How did you do that? And why are you so pale? Hey! Wake up!"

Next time! Chapter Two: Healing, Exhaustion and Teary Unnatural Reunions!

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Author's Notes, for real this time:

I know Alex seems like a Mary Sue character, as he has said in the narration on his own-

"You're damn right on that."

Shut up Alex. -so, I intend on making his life harder in the upcoming chapters. He may be a powerful magic user, but he must hide a lot of that power from Remnant until the end where he faces a real challenge, not one that he must fight while holding back. His magical power though is boosted by glucose, and with the Edolas II around, he has a lot less Mana to use in battle. What-

"Please don't kill me Author"

No promises. -I'm basically saying this will all even out soon. Mary Sue mode will be eliminated.