Well this took much longer the finish then I would have liked. There is no set time and It's not like I only do this. I have a job and a social life but I really do think about stories all the time.
I'm always working on new ones or the one's I have already. It just takes time to write them down but even when I do that it's never how I imaged in my head.
This is going to be a sloe story, I'll tell you that right now but I'm going to make sure it's the best I can produce right now. Don't give up on me cause I'm always getting better.
The two children were still stuck in a time when I arrived around the corner and quick as I could I snatch the bracelet from the polar bear's pew. Before he could take it back I flew to a height he couldn't reach. "Here give this to your mother." I tossed the bracelet to Ornn who who almost missed the toss.
"Thank you grandpa." He said racing off the bear starting to give chase but some of my magic kept him in place.
"Who are you!" He snapped flailing helplessly in place lightning crackling off his fur. "I'll remember you old man! You'll know my wrath one day."
"Stop taking things from your brother they're not yours. You have to treat your family kinder or one day he may never speak to you again." I said firmly but when he ignored me and started yelling inappropriate words. I flicked him nose causing him to yelp and grab hold of it in pain. "I said enough." Using a little bit more of magic I was able to make my voice more intimidating with bass.
The cub had tears his black eyes. He cried like a banshee flailing harder against his binds and yelling like a spoil brat. I released my bindings when my business was done and I left him before his crying could attract any more unwanted attention.
Returning back to the time with adult Ornn reappearing back in the same spot I left before. I was here in the past. The smiting god was still at his anvil to him maybe a few seconds had passed.
"Go away." He said.
"You promised to make anything I asked for. I didn't take you for a lier but a man of your word." I said leaving him confused. I could see the wonder in his eyes. Searching for me in his memories Ornn is a prideful god and is known for his word.
"I don't remember making any promises to you. Who are you?" He continued back with his work ignoring Zilean. "No mortal could live that long anyway." He whispered back to himself.
"Instead of thinking about it why not check and see if I'm lying." Walking over to the massive forge in the center of the room peeking inside at the liquid metal.
He grunted about to ask just how would he do that and like reading his thoughts.
"The Trial of Fire of course." The answer was to the question and Ornn stopped his work. Very few knew about his magic, if Zilean did than he knew something. Ornn walked over towering over the younger man like before.
"I hope you know what you are doing mortal because if you have not accomplish the task you will burn to death. No amount of power or strength can save you." He added "and if you have just wasted my time and limited magic I'll just kill you myself."
An explosion of heat burst from Ornn surrounding the two. The flames rose to 10 feet and the forge bloomed to life. The heat and fire was like before but a little more bearable this time around. Zilian did have time to counter with magic before he went up in flames. The fire burn a deep red hot before turning a cooler blue dying soon after. Ornn nodded in respect
"As promised, I'll make anything you ask for."
"Anything I ask for? No matter how big or small?" Zilean asked testing his patience.
"Isn't that what I just said." Ornn's anger was quick. "Be quick about it, I as working on something else you should know. Before you showed."
"Well what I have in mind is going to take a while to finish." With a snap of my fingers stacks and stacks of paper filled one of Ornn's tables.
Both headed to the now filled table and pick one of the papers up, examining the content. Gears each with deadly accuracy on sizes and shapes. Drawn on each page was a step by step instructions on just how each one needed to be made and assembled.
"You can't be serious? Reviewing the amount of work he was just asked to do. Looking over page after page, one after the other. "This is too easy." He said aloud. Here most would ask for some weapon of mass destruction. Making small gears was almost too easy, looking at the instruction each are apart of a greater machine. "Do you take me for a mechanic? Building pieces of a machine." Ornn huffed in disappointment, "But a deal's a deal and I'll have it all finished within two moons cycles. Now let's discuss the metal to use.
"It's fine to use the metal I've brought with me." Zilean pointing to the stack of ingots I brought as well. "You can use what you can and if any is left it's yours, but if you do mess up and run out you can use one of your own. I head you still had star metal?"
"Out! Before I build you a coffin you can never escape from."
Institution of War
"I'll see you soon then." Bowing in respect before vanishing to pick something up.
"Hello there, it's good to see you again." Appearing behind Ekko right on time like always.
The boy yelled falling forward with the skeleton robot hitting the. looking at it I knew that was the exact one I needed. Shown to me in a dream and guided through time once before. "I'm sorry my boy." I said laughing at his antics. "I didn't mean to scare you."
"Zilean it was amazing going back this time after your modifications. It's much longer than previously and also I feel much better afterwards."
"I'm sorry child I truly didn't mean for you to get hurt. At least you saved someone important. I was able to see all of that every time you went and travel through time. Much clearer than before I and thank you for grabbing this." The skeleton floated up with the help of Zilean's magic.
"I'm just glad I can help. So what's the machine all about? Has to be something important." Ekko and Zilean started heading down the hallway. Passing summoners in the halls heading to classes or to watch the rift in action.
"Troubles coming." Ekko listened, Zilean sounded worried and his eyes hanged low. "We can't stop it either. The only thing I know is that this machine can."
"It's fine Zilean. I'm here to help, the more the merrier right?" Ekko's smile was reassuring to the old man. The future looks dark, this is the only thing that could work.
Few weeks later.
Zilean leaving Ornn's mountain home, taking the finished pieces of 54,264,592 to the next person, or thing to help. Assemble this many pieces in designs as complicated as the ones needed was something no person could do. Thanks to the League now Zilean knew many strange type of people and creatures who could help.
She is the only one who could possibly have the complete understanding of the puzzle of this creation. Zilean has known of her before when she was a machine and joined. He had helped her father in few of the designs that replaced her organs. Something she has never known, many times Zilean has placed things into motion that other will not know about.
Leaving the inter-city of Zaun she now resides in the outer city of Piltover, living in an abandoned clock tower where she keeps it clean and working. She isolated herself, like most other champions in the League.
Now here he was, in an instant from one place to the next. Just right outside said clock tower a moon lit night made everything clear. A single cobblestone path in a forest heading to the dark tower. A rusted fence to keep out intruders with the entrance closed off with a chain and lock.
Grabbing the lock it slowly began to rust to blackness before falling apart disintegrating into the air. Controlling the time of object isn't a new power nor is him levitating or what many would call teleportation.
Entering the clock tower it had no lights or candles nothing to light the dark castle of a clock tower. Many would believe it to be abandoned but if anyone looked closer in the mess of wood and trinkets. Many where scattered and seemed to not have been touched in years. But not a single object, pillar, or floor board had dust on it.
He knew we was at the right place but getting to her seemed a little out of his way. The stairs where mostly destroyed. Probably not her doing but her elegance in moment would greatly help her navigate her way up. Zilean had his own too.
Hovering upward towards the top of the grand clock a faint tick grow louder and louder. Not too loud but a ticking that's more noticeable louder than before. Steering clear of the large gears and wooden beams all used to keep the large clock moving.
The moonlight helped illuminate the area, a small walkway with a railing connecting to the stairs. Two doors one close to the stairs and the other at the far end.
Zilean could hear faint noises pass the door at the far end of the walkway, something a normal person couldn't pick up on. Light taps on the wooden boards underneath. He know what she was doing, the only thing for her to pass the time.
Pushing open the door revealed the glass of the grand clock. The chimes of the clock finally hitting midnight, with grand bells sounding off higher up in the dark tower. The figure in the center of the room stood still facing outward an arm outstretched with on open palm. Her leg was leveled held back, even and unmoving, parallel with the other arm stretched to the back.
"I hope I'm not interruption anything." Zilean said after the chiming of the clock finished. "Your dancing is truly beautiful I'm sure the anyone would love to see it."
"I just finished." She relaxed from her stance but still standing straight. "I wasn't expecting a guest or I would have cleaned up." Zilean look around the room looked like it is cleaned daily washed, dusted, and wiped clean. Small trinkets and wind-up toys were on tables to the side. Catching his attention she continued to speak. "And I wish to dance in isolation."
"If you're worried about how you look then rest assured, it's beautiful. Blitz would love to see it since you two are friends. Sona could add music and even Jhin loves a good ballet. Your true feelings could resurface and help you with those around you."
Oriana didn't seem to react to what Zilean said. Zilean though could see a twitch, something no one else could have noticed.
Not the rat either.
"Did you come in hopes to convince me of this play, if so then you have fallen on deaf ears not that I have any." The lady of clockwork said steeling herself against Zilean.
"I'm sorry to hear that but I actually came because I need help in assembling a large clock, I believe you're the only one who could understand the design."
She tilted her head to the side to show wonder. "If this a joke?" She was incapable of understanding one if she heard one. Zilean chuckle at her response.
"It is a complicated clock, with more gears then the clock we currently reside in. I was hoping that you could help piece it all together." Zilean summoned a stack of papers on an empty table. Taking a few to show Oriana the design. She took a moment to check over the papers each holding a complex design. She immediately took notice on the purpose of each part, piecing the function together.
"It's a body." She said not as a question but a statement.
"I knew you would be able to understand it." He clapped once in delight. With a flex of magic the papers came to life floating in air leaving the stack one at a time. Circling around her each wanting to show off what is written down on it. Even the trinkets and wind-up toys coming alive too. Helping another down from tables and dancing around her as well. She saw all, parts of a leg and lungs. Limbs and movements all draw on each interesting her. When the dancing stopped each flowing back to the table the one in Oriana's hands pulled to be let go. She released and flow back like the rest. The trinkets too bowed after their dance and returned to their spots on the tables.
"You really do have a beautiful smile." Zilean said surprising her from her gaze. She was smiling and when he brought it up her smile dropped like it never happened.
"Why a person?" She asked ignoring his response.
He looked to have been in deep thought. "I'm not really good with why. Why things happen I can't say. Things just are, no matter how much you fight it. Many reason past, present, and future determine a why. I just follow the rules of time so all I really know is when."
Zilean spoke with a hint of sadness in his voice, remembering his reason of becoming a chronomage. "I'll help you Zilean and maybe with its creation we can learn why. I'll need more help thought so if you could please." Arm outstretched to the previously animated toys. She seemed almost shy, something maybe no one else could pick up besides him.
"Thank you and I'll do just that." Like before Zilean's magic flexed to life bringing each toy moving again. As well as make the gears appear laid out on the floor spaced out for her to see. More where hovering in the air close by or occupying the now empty tables. "And I'll talk with the head summoners about your performance. So you better practice."
Before he left he watched her look through a few of the papers, folded a few, and holding them together before placing them in a new stack next to the larger pile. Walking over to each gear she held nine in both hands between each finger and one held by her palm. With a slow movement and three twist in different directions the pieces rolled together. She held a piece of the whole puzzle.
Blinking away to leave her alone, a few days is how long it will take her to finish. He'll return then.
Kumugu Jungle
A little ball of sunshine that skip through the multitude of flowers, she was barely over the height of all the chrysanthemum. Picking a yellow one and taking a huge whiff of one she just picked. She frolicking around, skipping and romping everywhere. Smiling at each and every flower she passed.
"Hello mister Flowey, It's a pleasure to meet you." She extended her hand and shook one of it's leafs. "You too miss Flowey." She grabbed the hem of her dress and bowed.
Running down a path, creating her own in the field. She skipped again and again enjoying the new environment she is in, Bandle City forest or fields couldn't compare to the beauty and wildlife in in this jungle. Never before has she been this far out from home and every color, sounds, and smells she was trying to experience.
Jumping into a bush and exploding out raining petals all around her, crashing onto the ground making a small angel in the fallen foliage. She laid there looking up at the sky. "Wow, a fish. Fishy fish, fish swimming in the sky." She laughed a the thought. "I should ask what flying fish think. I wonder if they fell the water or if they think they're floating."
Visually satisfied she got up looking around brushing off the petals from her dress. "Oh, that squirrel looks familiar." She squinted at the purple animal. "That's what I'm looking for!" She squealed in delight running off with the animal. Chasing the tiny creature deeper into the woods.
Leaping after the small animal catching it mid air cuddling it close to her body. She landed and the ground around her rose violently. Closing around her with sharp teeth on what looked like leaves. She landed in some sap too, keeping her in place. The small fairy tugged as hard as it could but before it could encase around her, she throw the fairy and creature out of harm's way.
"What did I tell you about this jungle!" An angry feline voice said now holding the little girl. One hand holding a large dagger that cut the plant open before he told her out. The large white cat held her with one arm, the other now held the two friends she saved herself.
"Rengy!" She said in delight hugging him as hard a she could muster. "I found the friend I was asked to get. He has this deep gold to him." She showed the wood line creature, looking rather terrified in front of the Pridestalker. A whimsey? Very rare in these parts.
"Lulu, Kumungu is a dangerous place, a sea of leaves and trees. Dangerous beasts and monsters live out here. Just look at the plant that tries to eat small magic creatures like yourself. The Rafflesia Mediocris is the fairy eater, the sweet nectar in the center traps and drains magic from who or whatever is caught." Rengar placed the small fea on his shoulder as he hiked out of the jungle.
Lulu, the Fae Sorceress stayed where she was placed, playing with the creature who had given up on escaping, now rested on her lap. Thinking back of the strange request of Zilean, Lulu got lost in the clouds.
Past
Floating into the garden he saw what he was looking for. The small yordal that was a friend for everyone. "Excuse me. Can I get a bit of your time please." Zilean said, she jumped in surprise.
"Zilly Willy!" She said jumping up to hung him. Which he returned with a smile.
"What are you doing out here child?" Zilean asked a little curious why she is so dirty.
"Well you see. I heard from Veigar that the things from the void only like to eat. So I went to ask Ezzy who studies them and he told me that not everyone there likes to eat. When I asked Mama Reksy she said that most of them do, but not all of them. Lux and Jazy got into an argument over who could eat the most and Yi didn't ever answer me. Too into meditating and all. So now I'm making Cho a mud pie to see if he'll actual eat it."
"Well I'm sure he'll love it." Lulu loved to make nicknames for most of the people she meets. She even remembers the name even after a long period of time. Following the trail of events was a little difficult but Zilean kind of knows what she's talking about.
"Lulu I'm sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could find me a new friend in the forest. Something this big and not too mean." He gestured with his hands the size that he wanted.
"Sure." She always wanted to help when people ask. She's considered the friendlies in the League at the moment. Especial when it's finding a new friend. "I'll head to the jungle right away and find one that's just like you."
"The jungle? Why look there?" Zilean was worried, sure Lulu is an accomplished mage but even than the jungle is one of the more dangerous places to go. SHe ignored the question and continued walking back to the mud.
"Please wait Lulu let me find someone to go with you. The more the merrier right?"
"Sure, Zilly Willy and I'll see if he'll actually eat this." She picked up the mud pie and ran off leaving a trail of mud."
Activating his time warp to race down the hallway we was literally looking at the many turns that could happen. A sharp turn he bumped into the large vastaya. The cat like hunter without equal, Rengar, the Pridestalker. "I'm sorry for bumping into you Rengar but you're right on time."
"Watch it human. Next time and I'll take that hand that hits me." Rengar began to walk away strong and tall like always.
"Before you do I would like to hire you. To protect someone." Zilean followed behind floating right behind him.
"Do I look like a bodyguard?" He scuffed back at him.
"I mean you do have the build and I can't think of many who would want to fight you. Let alone win." Still following the large beast. "And if you do this I can give you Kha'Zix."
Rengar stopped suddenly, Zilean bumping into him again. Quickly tucking both his hands behind his back. Rengar attention was gained, turning slowly when his missing eye ached. His grip tightened around his dagger. "What was that human."
"I have a time and place that I'm willing to sell. If you can protect them from the Jungle of Kumunga till she finds what she's looking for."
"If it's a hunt then I shall go alone." Rengar was calming down by the second, focusing at the current task. "What needs to be hunted? I have killed everything in that jungle at less once."
"Rengar you're not the one that has to find it. Just protect her please, I've seen what that jungle can do and I wouldn't trust anyone else to this but you."
"Deal little mage but know that if you lie to me I'll hunt you instead. Now what weak creature needs protecting?"
Present
Rengar signed, the little one none stop chatter and noise making. The time mage better give me the information after this. "I'll never do this again."
This is the end with not much to say but I will try to explain how I did things. I didn't make a part when Zilean goes and grabs the gears from Ornn because that would be a little boring. He also had a pretty big story part and back story to add.
Also some little details will be very important later, just so everyone knows.
The plant that almost kills Lulu "Rafflesia Mediocris" I made up. What helped me make the name is another plant called the corpse flower. Look it up.
Tell me what you people think and how I can improve.