Chapter 1- Magical Multiverse
Summary:
While investigating some rather strange occurrences at a Scifi convention Magnus and the others stumble onto a mystery that is unlike anything they have ever encountered, that is truly out of there world-
So, how will a fake psychic detective deal with a case involving real Magic?
Crossover with The Librarians…
Notes:
Okay, so truth be told I've been waiting for this one for, like 2 stories…I'm really excited about this one.
Just fair warning; this will probably go kinda out there and may not seem totally in our universe...
But I think I have a fix for that (there's a hint there, by the way).
The Librarians is one of my favorite Shows, for those of you who don't watch it…Go watch it now…
Kidding,
Though you should; it is totally unique and really entertaining, lots of fun, lots of craziness, and genuinely likable characters.
This is one of the only shows I've ever watched where I actually liked ALL the characters, usually there's at least one I want them to kill off (Usually there the only one almost guaranteed to survive everything)
Anyways, the premise of the show is that Magic is real and wild magic can generally wreak havoc on the world…
People Called 'Librarians' are tasked with corralling magical artifacts and protecting the general public from its effects.
They are protected by their guardian, Eve Baird, former NATO counter-terrorism agent- she is awesome and totally kickass, (have I mentioned I love this show?) and helped by Jenkins, an immortal caretaker of The Library…
Usually there is only ever one librarian; however we actually have a TEAM:
Flynn Carson is the original Librarian, he is kind of off the wall and scattered but also brilliant and slightly insane,
he is romantically involved with Eve…he also has a tendency to disappear a lot of time (That's what he's going to do for this story as well)
Ezekiel Jones: is one of the best thieves in the world…he's also kind of a prankster, and has a really cute Australian accent…
He's kind of reckless, super confident, and sarcastic and he is basically the Magnus Bane of this world
(I did not see this until I decided to throw them all together)
He's pretty sly and very intuitive, but really is a good person- even if he will try to deny it.
Jacob (Jake) Stone: is a Cowboy from Oklahoma, used to work for his father drilling oil.
In actuality a genius who has majors in art and history, knows and speaks many languages, published many books and articles under a pseudonym,
And has a heart of gold.
He is somewhat serious but has a somewhat dry, sarcastic wit that is really great.
Jake/Ezekiel is my OTP for this series…
Cassandra (Cassie) Killian: is brilliant and Magical…literally.
She has a tendency to find ways to mix Math and Magic and calls it Mathmagics,- which is adorable and if I thought I'd be able to write her type of Mathmatical babble I'd totally drag her along on the case too…
She is a genius especially in Mathematics and seems particularly in tune with the Magic they encounter.
For much of the series she had a tumor in her head that caused her to have synthesia (where your senses get mixed up and entangled) she worried about having it removed, because she thought it would take away her abilities with Magic and Math…
It didn't,
Her abilities actually magnified after the surgery and she also has a slight bit of telepathy
(It's kind of confusing, because she is probably my favorite character, but she is not part of my OTP for this show, though she was kind of seeing this really cool vampire girl for a while and I'm pretty sure she's actually had more luck with women than both the guys on the team put together…on one episode she was literally 'prince charming')
She probably won't play a huge roll in this story, but I couldn't NOT mention her…she's just too awesome.
So,
Are we all caught up?
Yes?
Good…
Onto the actual Story
_Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus_
Flash Back:
Santa Barbra 2004
"I summon a Fiery Hellhound" Magnus proclaimed, slamming the card down on the counter
"Cast a Shock spell" Raphael countered raising an eyebrow
"Spell of growth, it cancels the hit"
"Giant Spider"
"Alabaster Mage"
"Mind Control spell"
"Gladecover scout "
"Auramancer"
"Revoke Existence"
"Ah, Man!" Raphael groaned, tossing down his remaining cards
"Ha! Yes, I win again!" Magnus enthused
"Are you guys playing that crazy card game again?" Henry asked, entering the room
"Yeah, see, Raph almost had me with the mind control spell, but Gladecover Scouts are immune to spells, but the Auramancer does affect it, luckily I had the Revoke existence!"
Henry raised his eyebrow shaking his head slightly
"that's, uh, great…I think. So, are you guys ready to head over to the station?"
"Sure, we'll play again later"
"Not if you cheat" Raphael muttered
"I'm not cheating!"
"Then how'd you end up with so many blocking spells?"
"I don't know! It's a game of Magic, maybe that's why, maybe it's Magic"
"Or maybe you're cheating…"
"I'm not! I'm just really good at it, that's all!"
"Oh, yeah right! Y-"
"Okay, that's enough…If you guys are going to keep arguing I'm taking the cards away." Henry warned
"NO!" They both exclaimed
"Magnus? Where you cheating?"
"No I wa…Well, not exactly, I mean, I may have just kind of memorized the cards in the deck and I may be able to tell which ones he has…by a few of the details on the back…
Technically that's not cheating, it's just counting, and being observant" Magnus said sheepishly
"I knew it!"
"Magnus, that is cheating…"
"I…yeah, sorry Raph…I didn't mean to, it just kinda happened"
"Yeah, I know, it's okay I know you wouldn't actually, purposely cheat…maybe, just with this, you can try to be slightly less observant?"
Magnus nodded
"Okay, I will…
Hey, you know? We wouldn't have this issue if we got another pack or two of the cards…
If we mix those in it'll kind of cancel out the counting" Magnus said hopefully
Henry chuckled, shaking his head
"Magnus, are you actually trying to trick me into buying you more of those cards?"
Magnus gave an overly innocent look
"What…no, I wouldn't do that. I just wanted to find a way to make it fairer, that's all.
I mean, I can't help noticing all the details, you know that."
"Of course not…" Henry said, still laughing slightly
"I don't know why you guys want to play that crazy game anyways.
"Wouldn't you rather play detectives or something more down to earth?"
Magnus rolled his eyes
"Dad, I'll have all my life to be a detective;
Besides this has Magic, spells and creatures and all kinds of other crazy, fantastical things, it's awesome;
How cool would it be if all that where real?"
"But you know it's not? Right?"
"Yes, dad, I know, I know" Magnus said rolling his eyes
"So, can we please get some more? This way it'll be more even? Please?" Magnus asked hopefully
Henry sighed, faintly
"Fine…we can get a few more…" He relented
"Yes!"
"Come on, let's head out" Henry said, turning, heading for the door
"Kay, we're coming" Magnus called,
Raphael laughed, faintly, shaking his head
"I can't believe that worked" He whispered excitedly
Magnus grinned, throwing his arm around Raphael, and laughing quietly
"See, I told you, I only have good ideas"
"Yeah, yeah…"
_Other-Other-Other-Other-Other_
"Whoa!" Ezekiel exclaimed eyes wide, leaping out of the way as the clippings book shook and shuttered, before flinging itself across the room erratically
"What the hell!? It's never done that before!"
Jake and Cassie rushed into the room…
"Hey what's- Woah! Heads up" Jake shouted, grabbing Cassie and pulling her out of the way of the book's path
"Well…that's not a good sign…" Jenkins sighed, slowly coming down the stairs
"It's heading back your way! Get it!" he warned as it seemed to double back, darting about the room like a trapped bat.
"Think fast!" Ezekiel shouted, quickly grabbing an intricate looking walking stick on Flynn's desks swinging it around and catching the book, sending it back towards Jake and Cassie
Cassie quickly grabbed it, wrapping both arms around it, trying to keep it in place
"Be careful! You don't want to hurt it!" she admonished, looking over the book for any damage
"Well it started it! I just finished it!"
"Congratulations, Jones, you took out a book"
Jake rolled his eyes slightly
"A magical book" Ezekiel snitted back, still somewhat wearily eyeing said book
"Jenkins, what could possibly cause that?" Cassie asked concerned, ignoring the other two librarians bickering, they did it so often, it was basically just background noise at this point…
"Nothing good, that's for sure. Open it, what does it say?"
She carried it over to Eve's desk, laying it down cautiously, in case it seemed ready to take flight again.
It seemed to have stilled now
Ezekiel, Jake and Jenkins approached, peering around her at the book.
Cassie opened it perusing the scattering of articles
"Hmm…It seems that there have been some strange events happening at a Scifi convention in Santa Barbra-"
"Wouldn't it be weirder if something strange wasn't happening at a Scifi convention?"
Jake shrugged, nodding slightly,
"You kinda have a point there, Jones"
"Not this strange: It seems quite a few of the patrons are seemingly unable to tell reality from the various shows being showcased there"
"Once again, I fail to see the strange part…
Have you ever really sat and talked to some Scifi fans?"
Jake gave a slight laugh
"Uh, I'm kinda with him on this one… "
"Well, this is way worse than the standard overly obsessed fan, they legitimately believe they ARE characters from these shows…
Also as of yet at least a few people connected to it have disappeared completely"
"So, an artifact that can affect people's memories and perception of reality…
Something that can make people forget who they are.
Any idea what it could be?" Cassie asks, glancing over at Jenkins
He shrugged slightly
"Hmm…Well, there are any number of things …It could be Houdini's cuff links, they have the ability to make anyone highly suggestible, making them believe anything they're told.
Mata Hari's ruby necklace has a similar effect.
Apate's dagger allows anyone holding it to control the minds of anyone around them… and that's just the ones off the top of my head. There are plenty of other possibilities …"
Ezekiel tilted his head slightly
"But what's the big deal?"
Jake rolled his eyes , folding his arms and shaking his head slightly
"What do you mean? Someone is using an artif-"
"To control others, to wipe memories, to basically trap people in weirdly specific delusions, yadda yadda, I know…
What I mean is; that isn't really much different from any other case we've had.
The way the clipping book reacted was totally different from anything else we've ever seen.
I would think that that means that the case would be as well, don't you?" he asks raising his eyebrow
"Hmm…" Jenkins murmured, leaning closer to examine the book better. "I do believe you are correct, Mr. Jones…"
"Well, of course, I'm always right" he boasted
Jake snorted
Ezekiel ignored him
Jenkins ignored both of them, continuing…
"There has to be something unique to this case…"
"Hey, why is the ink purple, anyways?" Cassie asks, rather randomly
"What do you mean?" Jake asks, glancing over
"Well, I mean, I know it's kind of an odd thing to focus on, but I've never seen a newspaper printed with purple ink"
Now the other three were really staring at her
"Uh…Cass? It's not" Ezekiel said, somewhat concerned…
"Yeah it is…I mean, it's not like, really bright or anything, but it is definitely purple…"
They continued staring
"C-come on, Zeke, stop messing with me, this really isn't the time"
"Cassie, he's not; it just looks like plain black ink to me" Jake said gently
Now she was starting to get worried
"Jenkins, y-you see it, don't you?" She asks somewhat desperately
"No, Ms. Killian; I really don't…"
He trailed off, leaning closer, rather interested
"I just don-
…Oh, oh this really isn't good…
I know why the clipping book was acting so odd"
Jenkins interrupted his own sentence, suddenly looking much more concerned
"What is it?" Cassie asked anxiously
"It's because these articles aren't from here…
they're not from this universe. Cassandra, that is why you see it differently;
because of how your mind works you are uniquely in tune with this universe…specifically the magical elements; which are absolutely ingrained into most every element of our world.
The reason it looks different to you is without that aspect, your mind is registering the differences, even if you don't actually perceive what it is,
It recognizes them as something otherworldly that does not belong here "
"What do you mean it's from a different universe? There's a different universe?!" Jake asked, alarmed
"Well, actually there are hundreds of them…
There are countless ways in which –"
"Oh my god! It's the Multiverse theory! That's real?" Cassie exclaimed, excitedly
"Like… the comic book thing?" Ezekiel asked confused
"No! Well, yes, kind of anyways…
The multiverse is a theoretical framework in modern cosmology which presents the idea that there exist vast arrays
of potential universes which are actually manifested in some way.
So, there are endless arrays of possibilities that exist form nearly every event that has ever happened…
It postulates that somewhere, every one of those things DID happen and it took the world in a totally different direction."
"Exactly, thank you Ms. Killian; quite concise"
"So, why are we getting articles from another universe? That doesn't seem like it should be possible" Jake asked
Jenkins nodded "It shouldn't; crossing between universes is extremely dangerous.
It could cause irreparable harm to both…
The only way this would happen is if something was taken from our universe into another"
"So, someone stole an artifact and traveled to another universe?"
"Yes, exactly…and, from what you are picking up, Cassandra, this other universe is totally devoid of magic…
Meaning there is no one there that could even begin to get a handle on it.
Wild Magic is dangerous in general;
But unleashed on a world with no real experience with it, no counters to it?
It is quite possible that this could completely upend their universe…
And should one collapse, it could cause a chain reaction, causing the collapse of others as well… perhaps even ours"
"How could someone even manage this?" Jake asked, concerned
"I do not know how they did it… the only artifact I have ever been aware of capable of it is the Janus compass"
"The what?"
"Janus is the Greek god of transition and portals…
His compass is the only object, that I am aware of, that can allow people to travel between universes… and it's here at the Library"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, it's one of the more powerful objects in, well, any universe…"
"So, we can use it to go there and bring the Artifact, as well as whoever stole it, back here, as well as whatever it is they are using to travel between worlds?" Cassie asked, hopefully
"Well…in theory, but it can only transport two people at a time,
Also, with Flynn being unreachable as of yet and Eve laid up from the thing last week with the Minotaur,
I really don't know if we CAN handle this right now.
Furthermore; the last time it was used the travelers had trouble getting back to our universe… and it had a slight, ill effect"
"What 'I'll affect'?" Ezekiel asked, perplexed
"Atlantis sank…"
"Oh, is that all?" he snipped sarcastically
"Well, we have to do something, this could, literally destroy the universe, a few of them…
We need to find out who did this,
Find out how they did it…
And get it back to keep it from happening again" Cassie said, determined
"I quite agree, this really is a matter that cannot wait for Eve or Flynn.
Though, I couldn't travel to this other universe…Magic may not work the same there as here…
I have been alive here for over a thousand years…
It is possible that, should I cross universes, those years may catch up to me…it could, quite possibly prove fatal."
He turned to Cassie
"And, Ms. Killian, as in tune as you are with our universe I really do not think you should try it either;
I do not know what effects it would have, and I don't think we should risk it"
Jake looks over at Ezekiel and sighs
Ezekiel grins cheekily at him before turning back to the others
"Okay, so it's decided;
Me and Jake just hop on over,
Cause as little harm as possible, catch the thief, nab the artifact,
And keep the world from collapsing…
or sinking any random cities upon our return…
Simple enough, we got it" Ezekiel finished, throwing his arm casually around Jakes shoulders
Jake rolled his eyes
This was going to be a very long trip…
_End Of Chapter/Notes_
Okay, so, like I said this one may go out there kinda, but I think using the multiverse thing it would be a good way for me to get to play with all the crazy librarian stuff and still not mess up my detective universe…
Like I said I've been looking forward to this story for a while, the only thing I was hesitant about was worrying that this will negatively affect my detective universe:
I think I can make it work out really well.
Also, it is, once again, after 1:30am, and as I have been up since 4am I'm gonna tell you now there may be some errors that I haven't caught yet, and it may not make as much sense as I think in my current state
I'll review once I get some sleep, but I had to post.
What do you guys think so far?