A/N: Fair warning this is posted raw, if there are errors... they will be fixed at my own time because there is no one that wants to beta my work and I've tried for years. If you would like to beta, I will be more than happy to have you look at my work and help me out.

To say that being impaled and cooked alive by the supercharged heat was nothing like anything Erik had ever felt before. It was painful yes but it didn't last long because his nerve endings were fried instantaneously and there was nothing left of them. It was beyond anything he had ever been through and when Erik took a breath he felt minor pain spike throughout his chest before he felt pressure and someone's voice in his ear. His vision was clouded by darkness before it cleared and he was staring at Jaina who looked at him with concern along with the others as they stood nearby.

Looking down, Erik saw that his chest was unmarred by the massive gap that he had seen but moments before. The dagger that he had been hit with first was somehow back in his chest and his heart. There was something wrong with this picture, and the mutants that he was with were alive and not dead like they had been not moments before. Looking to Jaina, he opened his mind and allowed the woman in to see what he had seen. Once she had witnessed all that she needed to she pulled out from his mind and turned to say something but Bishop had shaken his head and glanced around before pulling Kitty aside to talk to her. The mutants looked on and when the two that had walked away came back they talked amongst themselves and glanced at Erik and Jaina.

There was quiet talk amongst themselves, when they turned the group came over and Erik was all but grabbed along with Jaina and shoved into a portal crashing into the ground in a heap. Erik had barely gotten to his knees before he felt something crash into his back and he crashed into the ground driving the dagger further into his chest and cracking two of his ribs almost like he had before only this time it wasn't a warehouse but a stone room.

Most of what happened next was almost an exact repeat except for the change of scenery and the inclusion of actually meeting Bobby Drake. After going through the healing process for a second time Erik sat up to see Jaina sitting on the edge of the stone slab he was laying on running a hand through his sweat soaked hair.

"Erik?"

"What the hell did that girl do?" He whispered, Jaina cocked her head to the side and looked at the woman in question, it seemed that both of the Aspects had two sets of memories of what happened. Looking back down to Erik, Jaina shook her head.

"I don't know, the last thing I remember is pressing up against the shield you threw up, then nothing. It all went black and I guess for a lack of a better term I woke up to standing by you and the horse with that dagger in your chest."

Erik grunted pulling the blanket off his chest and shifting so that he could sit up, Kitty came into the main chamber holding out a shirt and a vest, it looked like they were similar to the ones that Erik had been wearing before. Taking them from her hands Erik pulled the shirt on and buttoned it up and pulled the vest that had been made of harder material on. Sitting on the edge of the stone bed Erik gazed to the side as the other mutants came up saying they had guests, pushing himself to a stand Erik and Jaina followed Kitty outside of the stone building and Erik took in that they were a coven or monastery of some sort. The stone structure was built into the side of the mountain and had a couple of large overhangs to shield against weather. The design of the structure was Oriental Asian leading Erik to think they were in China, the mountain location made him think the Himalaya's. Hearing footfalls coming for them Erik watched as four people walked from what seemed to be a jet. All four were mutants from Erik's observation, one had almost snow white hair against her darker complexion, the man with the sideburns and stogie in mouth looked dangerous. What caught Erik's interest was the older gentleman sitting and hovering in a chair followed by equally as old man with grey hair and a cloak hanging off his shoulders. Erik saw Jaina turning to her own gaze to the new four mutants who seemed to know the group that they had travelled with, watching the interactions both Aspects watched with interest as Warpath and Blink tried to start something with the older grey haired man, the knives that they were carrying were suddenly floating around him as if they were held in place. The knives were manipulated with a glance as the returned to their owners and the man in the 'hover chair' spoke calming everyone down.

After Bobby Drake made himself known that he was in a relationship Kitty, the look that came across the man in the chair made Erik wonder what exactly was going on. After the reunion of the mutants, Kitty left Bobby's side and went up the stone steps grabbing at Erik's and Jaina's hands pulling them towards the entirety of the group. The man with the sideburns sniffed the air and growled low clenching his hands into fists with claws extending out from between his knuckles. Erik looked down at the man's hands and looked to the older man with the cloak, those two seemed to be the most threatening.

"Logan, stop. These two mean no harm."

"Really Charles, cause he smells like death." Erik took a step forwards as his eyes flared before they became blue flames. He stepped up to the man named Logan and leaned his face in locking eyes with the almost feral man.

"That would because I'm already dead…" Stepping back Erik walked around the man hearing the crackling of electricity Erik turned and saw the woman with the white hair, her eyes had turned white as she radiated power, she was someone that should have been underestimated.

"Storm, Logan enough. This man is anything but dangerous to us."

"Professor…" The man in the hover chair was a professor, as he floated his way over to Erik he was followed by the man with grey hair. It was as if the two were one and from the way the man with grey hair followed closely to the man in the hover chair, his protector of sorts.

"I am Charles Xavier, the three with me are Logan, Storm and Erik Lensherr." Xavier was clearly the leader despite being in the chair, there was an air of power as well as having the ability to look beyond pettiness. Clear headed and level Xavier glared at Logan as he stepped back sheathing his claws back into his body. Storm quieted down and the electrical charge in the air dissipated.

"I am Jaina Proudmoore, and he is Erik Destler, we are not mutants or humans, but we are of this world." Erik went and stood beside Jaina nodding his head in greeting. The two Erik's stared at each other sizing the other while trying to see what to do about each other, they shared the same first name but neither was willing to back down from what would be something that could change the outcome of whatever was to happen.

"I gathered that from your compatriot's mind, he graciously allowed me and I have seen what the two of you are." Xavier looked over his shoulder and seemed to commune with the man before the two of them gazed at the two Aspects.

"Professor Xavier, my understanding from what you have shared with me, I would not do it here. The mountains while it appears safe is not a strategic defensible point, I would not want to be here should the Sentinels show up. Jaina and I could take you somewhere else that is off the beaten path for the most part. We could protect you there as opposed to sitting here, and there is only so much that I could do here to defend you all." Jaina's eyes brightened and she nodded knowing that Erik wanted to take the mutants and survivors back to camp, that was original mission after all.

"We have a safe haven set up, it's far enough away that the Sentinel's won't come across us, but close enough we could possibly get anywhere else in the world. However, I am told that it is the most inhospitable place in the world. So if I were you, I wouldn't wander too far off from me and Jaina once we arrive."

The man looked like he was mentally conversing with everyone and from the looks on their faces as they gazed at each other was enough of a tell-tale that Jaina took the initiative to begin preparations to get the people to the location. Erik shifted slightly as Xavier's mind entered his.

"We will come, however the jet and we would like to bring it with us."

"That's fine, I'll bring it with me once I know that all of you are through. It will be interesting to say the least."

Erik looked to the jet the mutants had come in on, it was a complex machine and large. He didn't know if Severus had the space for it, but he didn't want to run the risk of shrinking it via magic.

"Jaina… you know that their jet is going to have to come with us. We can't leave it here for the Sentinels and if they do, it could be a bad scenario of us."

Jaina saw the jet as well and frowned turning she looked to Erik seeing that he was not going through with them in the portal that she preparing to make, but then again he would be the only one to make the trip. Nodding Erik walked towards the jet to have a look at its size and any other small details he could take in.

"Why is he looking at the jet?" Kitty asked as she watched the Aspect, Jaina smiled looked to the others before answering.

"Just watch…"

Stepping away from the jet Erik looked to the balcony, he turned his head to wink at the others before he ran for it and jumped off the side of the mountain, the others ran for the edges yelling and screaming. What they did not expect to see what a ball of red flames that expanded as if exploding before revealing a massive dragon. The mighty roar from the beast echoed throughout the mountains before the dragon turned and landed on the side of the mountain with its claws digging into the stone.

"A dragon!?"

"We are both dragons, it is what separates us and makes us Aspects. Erik was the first of the new Aspects after his ancestor and Dragon Queen was looking to pass down her power through lineage. Erik was and is the only true direct descendant to Alexstrazsa, mother of the Red Dragon Flight and Queen of the Dragons. Come, Erik will take your jet to our location, I will take you via portal to our new 'home'. Oh Erik asks if there is a way for the wings to retract on the jet." The head of the Dragon peered over the railing, its head was massive and its breath warming as its maw was open, its body was red, scarred from battles of the past. Its body was adorned with sharp points and spikes that sprouted from areas of its body. To Kitty, Erik looked exactly like a dragon she had seen on a poster a long time ago and she walked over seeing Erik lower his head so that she could touch his snout. Running her hand over the tip of the snout Kitty took in the feel and texture, the scales were interesting as they were soft yet hard, smooth but sharp.

Nudging Kitty towards Jaina, Erik crawled further up the mountain side and looked to the jet as the man with grey hair held up a hand to the jet. The plane lifted off the ground and the wings smoothly retracted making the jet more streamlined. The wheels folded up into the wheel wells and it floated over to Erik who lifted a claw up and gently look the machine under its belly holding it up as it was nothing. Both Eriks' looked at each other before the mutants huddled around Jaina waiting for her to do her bit.

Stretching his wings, Erik looked down watching the proceedings before he snapped his head to look behind him. The Sentinels had found them and the energy that Jaina was using, with a roar Erik held the mutants' jet a little tighter before letting out a massive roar. He had scared everyone but Jaina knew that the roar meant trouble as she worked to make sure the portal was stable before shepherding people through. Just as the Jaina was the last one through, she locked eyes with Erik one last time and left destroying the portal behind her. Erik let go of the side of the mountain and spread his wings as he held the X-Jet close to his body, flapping his wings, he descended zigging and zagging between the mountain passes and over the remains of the old Asian temples that littered the mountains. The Sentinels had flowing overhead as Erik disappeared into the darkness in a flutter of leather.

It would be a day at the most for travel and it left him to his own mental devices as he cut across the European war torn landscapes. As the Aspect of Life and Death, he was charged to protect the people of the world. However he wondered if he should have stepped in to prevent this, mortals did this to themselves, he watched through the years as war after war ripped the people apart. Segregation was just as bad as Erik saw it with the Worgen's, saw it with the plagued, the coloured. Part of him told him not to interfere with the dealings of the mortals, but the human part of him wanted nothing more than to help the mortals and show them a different path. Snorting out smoke through his snout, Erik sighed as he flew across France into Britain and over the Atlantic avoiding the Sentinels on patrolling the grounds. It was sad because mortals were the ones that programed the machines to kill only the mutants and the machines changed, adapted and started attacking anyone that could have mutant children or those that helped the Mutants. Soon the adaptation went to include the Old Lines and the Wizards of the world because they were classified 'enemies' by the machines.

Maybe it should have been then that Erik should have done something, but again something was holding him back and he was sure it was the words of wisdom from Alexstrasza that she had given him prior to handing over her title and her power to him.

'As much as it seems like the mortals will wipe themselves out and you want to step in and fix their problems, remember that there are always the small things that will turn the tide. You can help the mortals, but you can never fix their problems for them, that is for them to do themselves.'

Following the Atlantic down across the equator, Erik leisurely flew taking in the moon and the water, out here away from all of the destruction there was still peace, there was still beauty in the world. Gliding on the bend of the jet stream Erik flapped his wings and felt the temperature drop as he headed further south still. To his east Erik watched a sight that never ceased to the amaze him, the sun was rising and it if he could have smiled he would have, the hues of orange and red breaking over the 'edge' of the world were impressive to behold.

Once the sun was up to the noon time position Erik had crossed into the cold of the Antarctic Oceans and he had to work to fly as there were no thermals for him to fly from. Severus clearly found a good spot, had he been alive he would have sworn a blue streak with how cold it was. It was almost as if Severus purposely found the Northrend and Icecrown of the Earth, but then again the cold was more than enough to freeze almost anything if it wasn't bundled up or sitting around a fire or made of freeze-proof liquid or material.

As Erik traveled across the Antarctic he felt someone's mind connect with his and it was the mutant telepath Xavier. He acted a beacon and Erik followed it in to a certain spot, once he arrived the dragond flapped so that he stayed stationary as the ground below him opened up revealing an underground hanger with landing pad. Hovering Erik looked to his claws and saw the wheel wells of the jet open and wheels unfold, placing the jet on the pad Erik landed and changed his form in a ball of fire and smoke as his human form took place. Once he was back to his human form he stepped onto the landing pad and saw Erik Lensherr standing under the jet all bundled up in thick winter gear.

"So you are a god?" The man asked as the platform started to descend and the hanger doors closed.

"No quite, the Aspects are different. We control different areas of say the 'world', Jaina has rein over magic and the arcane, I am the aspect of Life and Death. You once treaded the line of being a 'god' didn't you?" The older looking man looked to the floor of the platform as the landing pad descended to wherever it was taking them. As they got lower, the temperature got warmer and the man shed his hood and face mask.

"I was young, foolish, and..."

"Alone. I know what that is like, you wanted the special around you after you lost my parents. You lost so much during World War Two, humans took away from you your childhood. Shaw took away your innocence and made you into a very angry man, a very dark man. Not too different from me at one point of time in my life." The older man turned his gaze and frowned at the 'younger' looking man, Erik raised an eyebrow it was clear that the older man didn't believe what he was told but then it was hard to look past the looks to see the age behind someone.

"I know that look, the skepticism. I may not look it, but I am a lot older than you Erik Lensherr, I've been through things that no man should ever have to, and I've been in the exact same spot feeling like a monster. Granted I wasn't turned at a young age as you were, but I had to watch a lot of people die at my hand because I was turned against my will into something that I was not. I was turned into a weapon, a creature with no conscious, and no soul. The only difference between me and you, was that you were in control mostly about what you did. What I did… I had no control." The two men locked gazes and Erik pushed into Lensherr's mind showing him this time as Artha's Death Knight, the brutality he was capable of. He showed the man what happened after and the fear people had of him despite that he wanted to help others and the time it took to earn people's trust and respect. Pulling from the man's mind both looked to the ground as they continued to travel into the earth. When the other Erik spoke he could see traces of fear, but the respect that he had for the Aspect.

"I had no idea… I wanted a better place for us mutants. I had wanted us to be the dominate species, I did not realize until I was much older that… the ideal was not worth the losses. It wasn't worth it after what happened in San Francisco, and it really was not worth the loss of my greatest friend." The hurt look on the older man's face so poignant that the only thing that Erik could do was rest a hand on the man's shoulder. The other Erik was strong, so strong that he saw himself alone in his struggle not realizing that he had someone at his side and always would. Smiling Erik pulled his hand off the man's shoulder as Erik's mental point was proved as Charles Xavier sat at the bottom with a couple of fleece blankets and a thick jacket sitting on his lap as he sat there waiting patiently for the platform to finish its descent.

"Even if we feel like we are alone Erik, we always have someone that's always there for you. That man will always see the best in everyone. It is what I had help me accept that no matter the evil and destruction I had wrought, there was always someone there with the hope. Make sure that he knows it Erik Lensherr, you don't often get second chances like this." Once the platform had stopped moving Erik left the older man on the platform and walked towards the telepath who held up a jacket to Erik and a blanket, the Aspect shook his head and smiled leaving the blanket with the man. The telepath turned his gaze to his friend who was still standing on the platform, the Aspect had walked away and headed off as Xavier floated over to his friend with his head cocked slightly.

"Erik?"

"All those years wasted fighting Charles… to have a precious few of them back…" Erik Lensherr once known as Magneto slowly dropped to his aging knees in front of Xavier. The man in the chair looked at his friend and gently probed his mind and saw what the Aspect Erik had shown his friend and shared with him. Smiling sadly Xavier leaned as far forwards in his chair as he could taking the blanket he had for his friend and draped it around Erik's shoulders and pulling him in for a hug.

"I always had faith in you Erik, no matter what you did, no matter how far apart our ideals. I always held hope for you because I know exactly what you are capable of. Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, doesn't mean they are lost forever." Erik had brought his arms around his friend and held him tightly as he finally let go and embraced what his friend saw in him, both would be right and both would be wrong. It was the faith and hope for the future that shone brightly now even in the desolation of the world as it was now.

"Come on, let's get you out of those heavy things and warmed up properly." Xavier let go of his friend and sat back in his seat as he mentally tugged Erik to his feet. The two headed off with the Aspect Erik standing in the shadows of the base-home smiling at what he saw, he kept his eyes on the men as they headed off talking quietly amongst themselves as a pair of soft footsteps came up behind him. Turning Erik saw his 'brother' Severus come up with two mugs of tea handing one to Erik.

"I see that you played the guardian again Erik." Severus rose an eyebrow as Erik chuckled, a light brightened the darkness and Erik watched as his sister walked together with Jaina to the two men who each sipped at their tea.

"Erik Lensherr, a man very similar to myself at one point. I didn't want him to continue to regret not making amends or clearing the air with the Professor. Everyone no matter what deserves to have someone there for them and to believe in them. Just I like believe in you Sev." Lily came up to her brother and wrapped her arms around her brother and held him tightly for a few moments before letting him go.

"We all needed that, and the belief and hope in each other." Lily said softly looking to her husband and consort. Erik nodded at his sister's statement, she knew just like Erik Lensherr the dangers of believing in one that it leads to an event that could change it all. In Lily's case it was her blind belief that James Potter was the good guy when all along it was Severus Snape that had been there for her through everything. It was only after her 'death' and when she had passed through the veil that she realized that James Potter was just using her as a trophy. When Erik and Severus had come through the veil and made themselves known all those years ago at the Golden Keg Inn along with her son, it was dangerous and it then that she realized just how deep the hatred was between James Potter and Severus Snape.

Severus had certainly changed through the years, he had modernized as time went on. The only difference was that he still wore all black and kept his hair just long enough to pull it back if he needed to. Taking in Severus' look Erik noted that his outfit was similar to his old medieval battle robes only the color of the clothing was black for the pants and leather vest, the shirt was a deep forest green with his wand holster sitting on his left wrist.

While clothing usually didn't make a difference, it told of the personality and character of a man or woman. Erik had originally come from the mortal world before crossing the veil and transporting back in time, his appearance was more modern and very much militaristic in nature because he was a warrior. Severus had spent a great deal of time as an instructor and Death Eater for Voldemort that his previous attire was flowing black robes overtop his teaching robes. Now he had looked decidedly old lined with the black soft leather pants, his shirt was a soft yet rough looking tunic that was tied into a knot at his waist because of the tunic's length. Over top the tunic was a hardened leather vest and on his left arm was his age old wand holster that had served him faithfully since his days as a student at Hogwarts.

Lily had gone back to her muggle and human attire of pants and sweaters, she wasn't out as a fighter and as such she stayed with Severus acting as a healer and medic for the injured people that Erik and Jaina would send back.

"I know you haven't been here before Erik, so let's do the tour and we can leave you and Jaina to clean up before meal time… Oh and McGonagall wants to have a word with you Erik when you get the chance to see her." Severus stepped away from the group sipping from his mug before he lead Erik and the group on the tour of the location they would be staying at.

After getting a tour of the entirety of the location Erik learned that it was a underground cave system that was part of the mountains under all the ice in Antartica, from what Severus had explained to him. The area prior the ice age was a thriving temperate climate and what they were in was a natural cave system. Severus ended up strengthening the cave system over the years that he spent away from civilization for periods of time. He added technology, magic and the like to what he now called the Den making it a castle built into the mountain, the time displaced wizards had avoided their younger counter-parts by remaining in the Antarctic castle until the late 90's.

Now that the survivors and those that were part of the dragon flights lived in the mountain castle while trying to figure out what to do about the Sentinels and the human mortals that maintained that Mutants were a problem. The caverns wall windows were charmed to replicate the outside appearance including the weather so that the occupants would not fee claustrophobic at being underground. While magic and its appearance was bounced back and forth between being hidden and not, this was one of those times that mortals, wizards, and mages would know of its use and abilities without fearing its power and abilities.

Passing by a blacksmith and his forge Erik stopped for a moment and looked on watching the man crafting modern looking armor with the help of a few mutants. Looking away Erik and the others continued on as they came to an underground water system were there a number of people moving about.

"This is where we are keeping fish as a food stock, Filus was about to partition off areas so that we could pen the fish we good from various areas. We have had to modulate the water and temperatures so the fish would survive, we have had a few years of to get breeding down for this. What has been difficult is the growing of plants, herbs and vegetables so we are balanced, this is not like ice crown were we could hunt for animals. We've lost a number of stocks because we haven't til now been able create an artificial farm, some of the mortals we've rescued and brought back here have been helpful and they have been able to rig very large section of the den into an artificial forest and breeding ground. UV lights, setting up trees inside here, bringing fresh air from the surface, turf, plants and artificial environments have been useful getting this last years' worth of raised animals. You were lucky to save some of the engineers Erik, without them we wouldn't have been able to build that lift and set up new areas here." Erik stared at Severus and looked on as people walked by going about their duties, he didn't realize that had saved so many and when he had sent them to Severus that they would be thriving as well as they have been.

"How many are here besides the surviving flights?" Erik asked as a young child ran by him with pointed ears and a doll in hand, moments later there was another child running by his legs with a doll in hand as well making childish sounds as well.

"There are at least three-hundred mortals and mutants here and that includes the wizarding population you managed to save and convince to come here. " Sighing, Erik knew that even with the surviving new lines and dragon flights they did not break the five-hundred people population. There would need to be something to change and the Sentinels needed to be destroyed soon or there would be no one left, all these people would need the protection that Erik and his flight would provide in the coming days.

Erik Destler, could I have a word with you and Jaina?

Sure Professor Xavier.

Glancing to Jaina, the two excused themselves from Severus and Lily after saying that they were needed. The two waved off Erik and Jaina to go on with their own way, being mentally led to Xavier and the mutants that Erik had sent off with Jaina they sat at a long wooden table with drinks in hand.

"Please, have a seat." Erik sat down on the edge table ignoring the chair which Jaina had taken close to the head where Xavier was sitting. Erik Lensherr was standing behind Xavier looking a bit more relaxed.

"Now that we are all here, Erik Destler you brought us here to protect us even save us from the Sentinels. We thank you for that, now we ask that you allow us to save us all." Erik looked down to Jaina as she looked at her husband and they both looked to the mutants with interest.

"The Sentinel Program was originally conceived by Doctor Bolivar Trask. In the early seventies he was one of the world's leading weapons designers, but covert he had begun experimenting on mutants using their gifts to fuel is own research.

There was one mutant who had discovered what he was doing…"

At this juncture, Erik Lensherr had spoken up taking up his friend's narrative.

"The mutant with the ability to transform herself into anyone." He had looked to the two Aspects more specifically Erik who frowned a bit. Colossus had spoken up giving up small information to the two someone confused Aspects.

"Mystique…"

"I knew her as Raven, we met as children, grew up together. She was like a sister to me. I tried to help her, but only succeeded in driving her away. She hunted down Trask across the world and the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 after the Vietnam War, she found Trask. And killed him. It was the first time she killed. It was the first time she killed."

"It wasn't the last." The man with the side burns Logan, spoke up blowing out a puff of smoke giving in his two cents worth. Xavier gave him a somewhat dirty look but didn't deny what he had said, he just picked up his narrative again.

"But killing Trask did not have the outcome she expected, it only persuaded the government for the need of his program. They captured her that day, tortured her, experimented on her. In her DNA they discovered the secrets to her powers of transformation. It gave them the key they needed to create weapons that could adapt to any mutate power. And the next fifty years the machines that would destroy so many of our kind were created. But it all started that day in 1973. The day she first killed, the day she truly became Mystique."

"You want to go back there, you want to time travel… but there is no way. Even the wizarding world has no way of going back. The time turners were destroyed during the fall of the British Ministry and the subsequent attacks on the other Ministries. Even the old lines can no longer go back, we lost the Aspect of time early on fighting Deathwing… so unless you have a mutant with the power to physically go back in time I don't see how you would be able to change the past." Erik and Jaina watched Xavier as his gazed turned from them and it turned to Kitty who looked at her teacher, "her?"

"I can send a person's mind at the most a month, I have been trying to tell the professor that there would be no way for me to send him back without ripping his mind apart." Erik's mind worked to process what exactly he had just heard. There could be a possible way to fix the present they were in, but at what cost and what if the current time line didn't change because they did go back and was what led to their situation now?

"What's to say that if you did go back, what if by going back the events still come to pass? The Sentinels still get created? It would be a trip for nothing and we are where we are now."

"Erik is right, playing with a time stream such as this and going back that far would have far reaching consequences. You could be hastening our destruction or prolonging it for however long and the events still happen. I commend you and your desire to change the past, but it's just too much of a risk to do at the moment." Jaina said looking to each and every one of the mutants, they all looked crestfallen and they understood were the Aspect was coming from.

"Changing a few days is good because in the long run those events don't change the outcome of the now, but decades back is asking for something to go wrong and we wouldn't know where it would come from if it did go sideways." Erik said crossing his arms, his eyes glazed over as he thought about anything that they could possibly do in this situation.

"Erik what are you thinking about?"

"There is something we could do using this scenario…" Erik looked to Jaina before looking to the mutants with a slight smile on his face, "I may be able to prevent a few more deaths and have the Den in better condition than it is now. Changing the events that lead to this future… that I won't change… however… I may be able save some lives."

"You want to go back?"

The mutants and Jaina were shocked, the Aspect of Life and Death going back in time to not change the time lines but to saves lives.

"I go back, I change the lives of key people that could help here and now in this time line. Think about it Jaina. We can get Thrall back, we can save some of the mutants that clearly these people need or want back. We save them, we essentially bring them to this timeline without any of the major events changing, and we have the power and strength behind us. We bring one of the most important Aspects back and when we take out the Sentinels here and now we can help reshape the world and help the mortals and flights thrive once more."

Seeing what Erik was talking about Jaina couldn't help but agree, changing the past that far back and retrieving Thrall would not upset the timeline because he was never a major player, neither of the flights, the wizards, or the new lines were ever important. It was the mutants and humans that had done this to themselves.

"But sending you back 20-30 years would kill you…"

"No it wouldn't… because I'm already dead Kitty, I am also an immortal and cannot age. I stopped aging the day that I first died." Erik said looking to Jaina who looked away from Erik with a sad look on her face, Erik looked to the mutants seeing that while they were clearly upset with not being able to change the past, it didn't mean that they couldn't be ready for it to come when it hit.

"How much preparation do you need before you can send someone back?" Jaina asked quietly as she put a hand on Erik' knee.

"I could do it now if you wanted to... but know that when I do this even though I send him back, time doesn't stand still it continues on until he wakes up on his own or I wake him. I will be like his backseat driver, always in the back of his mind." Kitty explained while Erik nodded, he looked to the two elder mutants who were in a private discussion before Erik Lensherr came around his friend and walked over to the Aspect.

"I need a favor, I need you to do something for me so that I am at Charles' side. I don't want him have to fight me on separate fronts, I want to be by his side and I want to be there while I'm still..." Erik looked to the telepath seeing him blink back tears before calming his face.

"I'll see what I can do to avoid changing the past… but for you and him… I'll do what I can. This will be easier if I have something to show your younger self. Look into my eyes and think about anything and everything you want to him to see… good…" Erik looked into the man's eyes and entered it via Legilimency, focusing on memorizing the memories and storing them into an area of his mind the two Erik's shared memories before the mutant pulled away and the Aspect let him go closing his eyes and compartmentalizing what he had just seen from the man.

When his eyes opened he watched the mutant turned back and head to his friend looking down at the two. They were so close and yet they had the air and history of difference, maybe Erik could bring them together when they were younger and yet maintain the same history. That would be an exceptional play on his part if he was to do that. Looking down to Jaina, Erik took her hands and brought them up to his lips and kissed her knuckles.

"I love you Jaina…"

"I love you Erik, now do what you need to. I'll use the spell that I used to help empower Kitty and talk with Severus in case there is any fall out and the Sentinels somehow manage to get here."

"Smart girl… You know… I have a theory as to how we remembered what happened. It was your spell or mine and we were both touching it when we 'woke' back up. I wonder if it is not just because we are Aspects, but because your magic and mine someone how did something to Kitty's powers, test it… get the mutants to lean against the shield or touch it. I'll interact with Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr first before I go to Britain and deal with the situation there, if they start experiencing new memories they should have two separate sets…" Erik whispered the last sentence to Jaina before he pulled back and gazed around the table the mutants were in deep discussion leaving the two Aspects to observe.

A silvery doe presented itself and Severus' voice had come out of it informing him that McGonagall wanted to see him right away. The mutants had turned away from their conversation and watched with amazement at what they were witnessing.

"I'll let you know when I am ready to do this, we can take our time now and I would rather that everyone be rested for this than looking half dead and starved. Go and get some food I'll be around a little later." Erik stood from his perch on the table and headed off leaving the mutants with Jaina as the questions began as to what they just witnessed.

As Erik walked through the Den he had come across several members of the community before he walked into what was an office of sorts. Seeing his own teacher looking over some papers she leaned against the frame of the open door.

"You rang Minerva?"

"Erik, thank Merlin you are here."

"What do you mean thank Merlin?" The Aspect moved over to the teacher he had turned into one of his dragons. The woman while younger looking had her weary older battle hardened eyes, she gazed up at Erik and pushed a piece of paper forwards and Erik took it and read what was there.

"Where did you get this information?"

"One of the mutants had come to me a few months back with burned hands but a messenger bag of information. Apparently it through the help of a teleporter they were able to somehow get in and get out. The teleporter didn't survive and he died from a serious injury getting the mutant out, a German if I'm not mistaken. Erik if this information is true… it is not the human's in control of the Sentinels and we cannot force them to shut it down."

"A master Sentinel controlling the Sentinel's and giving the illusion of being controlled by the humans… the Sentinels' Acolytes are serving someone called Master Mold. This is insane, we have crazy fanatics, mutants, gods, humans, wizards, New Lines, Dragon Flights… and we all live in this world." Erik put the paper down an rubbed his eyes viciously with a hand and sat down in the seat in front of the desk the woman was working out of, "See the problem with this is what if the that thing has made backup copies and bodies?"

The woman took a cookie from a tin at her side and nibbling at it, she put her pen down and leaned back in her seat unwilling to say what was going to be said.

"We are looking at Voldemort in machine form all over again…" Erik said with a sigh. This would be harder now because this was now an inanimate object and AI that could be anywhere and everywhere at any time if it had multiple bodies all over the world minus were they were at.

"Minerva, I need you to take note of everyone in the Den. Names, powers if they have any… we'll need to figure out how strike at the Master Mold and pray that we take it all out do that while I'm out of commission for a while, and have Severus help you with that." McGonagall looked at Erik with a frown while he gave her a smile as he leaned back in his seat.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean this Den is going to be a bit large and more prepared… I'll explain later…" Erik stood and went around the desk and leaning over to give his former teacher a hug before he stole one of her cookie form her tin and shoving it into his mouth before she could try and get it back.

"Erik!" Quickly chewing and swallowing his snack he kissed the top of her head and ran out of the office just as he felt a sting of the Stinging Hex at the back of his leg, it was worth the pain as he howled in laughter, that woman would always be protective of her tin of cookies.

After making his way to where his room was, he stopped off at the kitchen seeing several of the Mutants, Humans and slightly other worldly folk working together to do something as simple as cooking food. It was a wondrous sight and not one that he had seen since the fall of the Old World as it turned into what was now considered 'Earth'. A mutant had come up to him as he was contemplating the past holding out a plate of food already made up.

"Here, this is for you and a thank you for saving me and my sisters." The man before him had silver hair for someone that looked not that much older than him. Looking over the mutant's shoulder Erik saw the two woman in question and gave them a nod and smile.

"I'm Peter, Peter Maximoff. My sisters are Wanda and Lorna we are extremely grateful to you Lord Daemon."

"Where did you hear that name?" Erik was surprised, it had been a very long time since he had last heard his title. Footsteps behind him had him turn around to see one of remaining Black Dragon Flight with a pseudo-smirk on the orc looking face.

"I told them, I told them to respect you or else." Erik growled and his eyes flared causing the dragon in disguise to back up. The low growl emanating from Erik was enough to have the occupants of the kitchen stop and observe the situation at hand.

"I stopped using that name because the world had change Garith, you of all people knew that the world had changed and we had to change with it. We are no more gods amongst the people and that is why your Flight is leaderless. Get out of my sight before I decided to put you in your place." The Dragon snarled and backed away leaving the kitchen while Erik turned and gazed around, his blue fire in his eyes died down leaving the mutants impressed and scared at the same time. Sighing Erik looked for a clear spot for him to stand and eat the food that he had been given, a moment later there was a bar stool sitting behind him alongside the young man that had given him the food.

"Don't worry, I don't believe anything that the man has said, so don't worry about it. It's your actions that make all the difference and not who you were at any point." Sitting down, the speedster moved away and headed back to doing the load of dishes that were sitting piled up as the two sisters went about cutting vegetables and putting them into containers.

After finishing dinner, Erik washed his plate and utensils and left them for Peter to dry before he headed out leaving the people in the kitchen's alone to do their duties. There was a voice in his head as Erik headed to his room to change his clothing,

Erik, we have found a location for the procedure to take place, so whenever you would like to start. Jaina will come and find you and take you to the location.

Thank you Professor.

You can call me Charles.

Alright… Charles.

When Erik entered his room he saw Jaina sitting on the edge of the bed leaning back on her hands. Stepping up and looking down Jaina grabbed at his jacket and pulled him over her as she laid down on the king sized bed, she gave him a conspiring smile as she moved a hand to grip the back of his head.

"For the road?"

"Sure, why not…"

The next day after they dealt with the minor details, Erik entered the room that Severus had set up and noted that there were runes engraved into the wall. Severus was standing in a corner watching the proceedings with the mutants and made a motion to Erik and watched the man put his hand to the wall and it glowed as if charged with a spell. It was then that Erik knew he could charge the wall with his own shielding spell, as he walked past the walls to where a cot was laying in the centre of the room and laid a hand on the wall and then the wall glowed green before it returned to the stone appearance. Going to the narrow cot that was going to act as the place that he was to begin his journey Erik sat on the edge of the bed and looked around the room to the six mutants and Jaina that had seats and minor comforts for however long this was would take.

"I'm going to do a test run and bring back one of our guys before we go back future. This man will be extremely important for when we end this war, after that I will be going back further into time and saving as many lives as I can. Severus will fill you in on the new situation that we have in hand while I'm out of action."

Laying down Erik looked to the ceiling as Kitty explained to him exactly what would happened and explained that his mind needed to be calm and relaxed, it would better than if it got rocky it would hard to hold him in the past. Nodding Erik closed his mind and relaxed on the bed as he felt the air shift and Kitty sitting at his head playing her hands on either side of his head.

"This might sting a little…" Erik wasn't sure what to make of it till the power ran through him and he did all that he could to not roar in pain before everything black and he heard breathing at his side.

And there is chapter to, read and review. Tell me what you think of the story, what you think of the mix.

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