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When Alec was young he had an imaginary friend… he felt closer to him than anyone... he was amazing; fearless, funny, incredibly smart, and completely unique. He was magical…
Literally…he could do magic.
He even had an unusual name: Magnus
Now those days are long past, Alec is grown; he works as a highly respected detective and hasn't really thought about his imaginary friend in years…
At least he hadn't… until one day he get a VERY unexpected visitor.
What's going on?
Has he lost it? Or was it something more than his imagination all along. For Alec it's been decades since he last saw Magnus…
For Magnus, it's been far longer…
Chapter Complete!***Blanket Note For All Verses 3-9***
Kay, so here's the thing, originally I was planning on starting these kinda in shifts, but I'm impatient and I really want to get this stuff going…
So over the next three weeks I am going to be starting universes
3-9
**(10 won't start till the others are well underway for a very specific reason)**
So some of them may take a bit to update but I will have the 1st half of chapter 1 up for all of them by May 10th (I'm setting me a deadline damnit)
The SEM Verse is still my main focus right now and will still be updated at least once a week…the others updates will be a bit more random depending on which one my mind is running with at that moment
I know it seems like a lot and not gonna lie that's cause it IS but my mind has been running with these for over a year now, I think it'll work out just fine…
All the universes I will most likely just update half a chapter at a time. The 1st stories of them will mainly just be introducing our characters and getting a feel for the world so- with the exception of the 40's with a twist the 1st stories will only be 8 chapters,
Kay onto our regularly scheduled program
Okay here's another one, this was actually one of the 1st Verses I came up with, right after my mind ran away with the whole multiverse thing. This one should be pretty unique, it's not based on a movie or show (At least not one I've ever seen) Just a kinda random idea.
Because it's not based on any show I know I don't really have much as far as source material goes so I'm just kinda letting my mind run with this and seeing where it goes…
My mind runs an insane amount so this may be a bad idea, but if anything I'm pretty sure it'll be entertaining…
So, it's an Imaginary friend verse, Imagination seems to be the theme…how about we see where MY imagination takes us?
Chapter 1:
Just A Little Imagination…
*~********~*~********~* Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec *~********~*~********~*Santa Barbra Ca.
27 Years ago…
"No Mags! Red is jump, the black one is run, you're getting them mixed up again!" Alec instructed, tapping impatiently on Magnus's shoulder, peering over his shoulder at the screen for their usual 'video game lesson'.
Magnus huffed faintly, pouting, glancing over at him,
"Na uh…You said it was the other way round last time! I know it! I think you're just trying to confuse me to make sure I can't beat you at it."
Alec laughed brightly, rolling his eyes,
"Right like I have to do that! You totally suck at video games!"
"I do not! I jus' don't get as much practice as you!"
Alec smirked, nudging him playfully,
"It's not practice, it's skill."
Magnus rolled his eyes
"It's not 'skill' it's just mashing buttons really quickly."
"Not 'really quickly'…just quicker than you…"
Magnus gasped, giving his best challenging six year old glare,
"Oh yeah?"
Alec smirked, quirking his eyebrow
"Yeah."
Magnus smirked right back, golden cat eyes glimmering brilliantly, turning back to the screen. He's hands shimmered with bright violet sparkles, buttons flickering faster than the eye could follow, his character on the screen rushing ahead, practically flying through the level
"HEY! No magic, that's cheating!"
Magnus smirked,
"Is not! There's nothing 'bout it in the book."
"Of course there's not! It's Magic! The people who make it don't know 'bout magic stuff!"
Magnus shook his head animatedly,
"Uh uh, you don't know that- I asked you how they made it and you didn't know- maybe they used magic too…which makes it okay and totally notcheating!"
Alec huffed, shaking his head quickly,
"They did not! It's not magic it's technolothingies, you know; super confusing, complicated stuff really smart people do with computers and processers and all of that kinda thing. It's just like with TV or the stereo or videos or whatever else. I don't know how it works, but just cause I don't it doesn't mean it's magic. It's not 'magic', just real complicated."
Magnus scoffed,
"You don't know that, maybe they're warlocks and just hiding behind fancy, complicated computer mumbo jumbo."
"Yeah I do!"
"Uh uh!"
"Uh huh!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"N-"
"Hey Alec, what'cha doing?" Izzy asked, pulling the door to the blanket fort back, settling next to her brother, glancing at the little TV with the game console hooked up to it,
Alec huffed,
"Me and Mag's were playing videogames but he's cheating by using magic."
"I'm not cheating!"
"Are too"
"A-"
Izzy's eyes went bright, looking around expectantly,
"Ooh! Magnus is here? Hi Magnus!" She said excitedly, animatedly waving, glancing around the fort eagerly,
"Hi Izzy! I'm not cheating!" Magnus chirped, waving back,
Alec nodded to his left.
"He's over here, and he says hi back."
Magnus nudged Alec,
"I said more…"
Alec rolled his eyes,
"He also said he's not cheating but he totally is."
"Am not! It says nothing about not using magic in the book so it's NOT cheating! Ask Izzy! She'll agree with me!"
Alec huffed, rolling his eyes,
"He said using magic is not cheating cause it doesn't say you can't in the rule book, but it totally is, right?" he asked expectantly,
"Hmm…" Izzy tapped her chin, giving the serious contemplation to the issue only a four year old mediating an argument between her brother and his imaginary friend could muster,
Finally she sighed, giving a slightly apologetic shrug,
"Sorry Alec, if it doesn't say it in the rule book than it's not a rule."
Magnus gave a triumphant crow, pointing at him animatedly,
"Ha! Told ya so…Thanks Iz."
Alec huffed, pouting,
"He said thanks…You always take his side!"
Again she shrugged,
"Hey, I can't help it if your imaginary friend is right…whenever you're right I'll side with you…"
Magnus grinned,
"Has to happen sometime, right?"
"Hey!" Alec nudged him, glaring and pouting even more,
Magnus giggled, leaning over, pressing a smacking kiss to his cheek, Alec blushed brightly,
"Sorry Alec…you know we're just playing. You're right plenty of the time, just not about this."
Izzy tilted her head faintly,
"Why are you blushing?"
Alec blushed brighter, shaking his head quickly,
"Nothin'…umm…I'm done with video games, let's do something else…" he mumbled, hitting the save button on the game setting the controller aside.
Izzy nodded brightly,
"Oh! You guys can help me catch the lizards!"
"Lizards?" Alec and Magnus asked excitedly,
Izzy nodded quickly
"Uh huh, that's why I came to find you! I was over by the old stump in the yard and saw a couple little tiny ones run under a rock. I think there may be a bunch more! We have the fish tank in the garage we could put them in! We could make a little terr-tirir-lizard home thingy like they had at the zoo!"
Alec nodded excitedly, beginning to move towards the door of their little fort, Magnus and Izzy following along,
Magnus glanced over curiously at Alec and Izzy,
"What kind of lizards are they?"
Alec shrugged,
"Don't know, I didn't see them. Iz? Magnus wants to know what kind of lizards they are…"
Izzy shrugged,
"I'unno, the little ones with the bright blue belly I think…"
Alec glanced over at Magnus
"Blue bellies…"
Magnus's steps faltered,
"Umm…my fire stopping spells aren't really great yet, shouldn't we have a bucket of water or something handy?"
It was Alec's turn to stumble,
"Umm…what?"
Magnus tilted his head,
"Aren't those the kind of lizards that breath the bright blue flames?"
Alec blinked a few times, shaking his head slowly,
"Uhh…no…blue bellies do not breath fire- bright blue or any other color."
Izzy giggled, shaking her head,
Magnus shrugged,
"Well the last one I brought home ended up almost burning down the entire west tower…I'm having water close by just in case."
Alec gave a bright giggle, shaking his head affectionately, slipping his arm around Magnus's shoulders, squeezing,
"Never change Mags…"
*~********~*~********~* Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec *~********~*~********~*Hmmm…
Alec groaned, rolling over, stretching, blinking away the memory with a slight, almost laugh.
Man, where'd that come from?
He hasn't thought about 'Magnus' in years. Magnus had always seemed so real back then, from the first time he met him all the way up to the last. By now the memories have long sense faded, but they were still some of the happiest times in his childhood.
Looking back he can't believe he had such an active imagination growing up;
An imaginary warlock best friend…
He still had no idea where he'd got that.
Especially given how levelheaded and practical he grew up to be (Izzy'd say boring but he preferred his wording). It'd seemed so very real back then. Him and Mags and Izzy running around, playing games, having adventures…
It had been so boring when Magnus had suddenly stopped showing up.
He sighed, rubbing at his face,
Aaannd…that's why he didn't think back too often. Thinking back to the fun times also reminded him of how upsetting it was when Magnus suddenly stopped coming around. Alec never could figure out what changed, why it happened; Magnus disappeared as quickly as he had appeared.
It took nearly a year for him to totally get over it, move on and accept that it was all just his imagination…
It'd just always seemed so very real.
It probably would have taken much longer, but that was the year his parents had adopted Jace, they'd actually been talking about it for a few weeks before Magnus's disappearance. Having a new little brother helped a lot, though he couldn't help but wonder what it'd of been like getting to spend time with both of them.
It was probably for the best anyways; definitely would have had to happen fairly soon. Eight was already a bit old to have an imaginary friend.
Jace probably would have gotten a real kick out of Magnus though.
He shook his head faintly once more, stretching, climbing out of bed, grabbing his clothes for the day off the chair, making his way in to shower and get ready for work.
Enough reminiscing about bittersweet childhood memories…that was a LONG time ago…
Besides it would have probably been a bit difficult to make it though academy and his detective training if he still had an imaginary friend…Though having an invisible warlock's help probably would've made it a hell of a lot easier…
Psych eveals probably would've been a bit tricky though.
1 hour laterAlec bounded up the steps of the precinct, slowing a bit at an all too familiar sight. He sighed, rolling his eyes faintly, approaching,
"-orry detective, really, it won't happen again, I swear. I'll fix it right now! Promise!" Officer Byrd stammered wide eyed, looking just on the edge of hyperventilating.
Raphael tilted his head, dark eyes flickering, sharply,
"See that it doesn't."
Byrd nodded like a bobble head,
"It won't, it absolutely won't. Again I am so, SO sorry; I really didn't know."
Alec glanced between the two men,
"So…what's going on here guys?"
Byrd swallowed
"I-I accidently parked in Detective Santiago's spot. I'm really sorry! I had absolutely no idea detectives had assigned parking spots. Like I said I'll fix it right away, I'll go move my car right now."
Raphael quirked his eyebrow,
"So why are you still standing here?"
"Oh! Right!" Byrd flailed again, about facing and all but running down the stairs towards the parking structure like hellhounds were on his heels.
Alec rolled not only his eyes, but his whole head, looking sarcastically over at his partner,
"Raphael what are you doing? We don't have assigned parking."
Raphael shrugged, smirking,
"Hey, I parked there twice…and I absolutely would have today. If I didn't just catch a ride with Divya as my cars in the shop. Oh, by the way I need you to drop me by Mack's so I can pick it up at noon."
Alec groaned,
"So you didn't even have a car today and you're hassling the poor, jumpy rookie about stealing your parking spot? Raphael, what have I told you about tormenting the rookies? It's really not professional."
He smirked,
"Kinda fun though."
Alec tilted his head towards the front of the precinct; Raphael waved him off,
"Nah, we're good, all ready to go."
Alec nodded, beginning back down the steps, heading back to the parking structure, Raphael falling into step next to him.
Raphael glanced over, rolling his eyes exasperatedly,
"Lighten up Boyscout; the kid's fine, I didn't scare him THAT bad. Just having a bit of fun. Besides the guy's so high strung and jittery, the bit of a jog will probably help him burn off some of that excess, nervous energy.
That fidgetiness is just flat out unsafe in the field of law enforcement.
Really I'm just looking out for the kid."
Alec outright laughed at that, shaking his head in disbelief,
"Yeah, you're a real altruist."
Raphael smirked, giving a playful wink,
"Exactly."
Alec shook his head once more, glancing over at his partner.
"So what's on the agenda today?"
Raphael shrugged,
"We got a few leads on the Sorenson case, the ballistics came back on the gun…seems it was used in a B and E in Orange County three years ago. Figure we can see if any of our suspects have ties to OC."
Alec nodded,
"That's good, I think I remember seeing Donavan had some family there, might be a good place to start."
Raphael nodded, reaching for the passenger door,
"Maravilloso."
Alec quirked his eyebrow,
"Just remember-"
Raphael huffed, rolling his eyes,
"I know, I know, 'don't scare the suspect', 'don't threaten the suspect', don't make the suspect cry', blah, blah, blah."
Alec pointed,
"Also, don't flirt with the suspect. We really don't need another mess like with Jaden last year…he still sends flowers to the precinct for you.
I have no idea how he's ordering them from the state penitentiary."
Raphael chuckled, shrugging,
"Hey, can't help it if I make a lasting impression."
"Yeah well, try not to make quite so lasting of impression, I don't want to be fielding rights questions from attorneys or lovestruck calls from soon to be defendants."
Again Raphael gave a noncommittal shrug,
"I will do my best."
Alec rolled his eyes once more,
He liked the guy, quite a bit in fact. He's actually the best partner Alec's had…and weirdly enough has become one of his closest friends…
But not gonna lie;
Raphael was a LOT of work.
*~********~*~********~* End Of Chapter Notes *~********~*~********~*Aww… this made me smile…
Kay, so I think this verse we'll use the flashbacks like in Psych it's Magnus, I think it'll fit really well with this- and how adorable is it with little Magnus and Alec palling around?
I know the second part was a bit of a downer at first but I promise it'll all work out…besides all will be explained soon enough.
As you can see I decided to mix it up a bit, just for a bit of variety. I like Alec and Raphael as partners.
Also good news, I have this entire 1st story planned out, so I actually know where were going with this now!
So what do you guys think so far?
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