A/N:
Teller16-djb: Just like I promised, here's the next chapter.
Brenda: In case you lost track, here's a list of who has the Power Stones so far. Star has the Sapphire of Elemental Magic, Nova has the Topaz of Time and Shawn has the Amber of Protection.
Clockwork: The other three Power Stones in this story are going to be revealed soon.
Teller16-djb: For now, silver tongue…ACTIVATE!
Chapter 10: One Up
Star's POV
"Again? I swear I leave you alone for one second and already you cause so many problems. An explosion in the science lab, a food fight in the lunch room…"
Uncle had been going on with this for at least fifteen minutes. Just an endless list of the things we did wrong. It felt mostly directed towards Shawn; almost as if my uncle blamed him for what we did. It didn't seem fair that he had to take on so much responsibility all at once. It's not like he asked to be leader. He may have a plan for many things, but if I know Shawn, he'd much rather let someone else take over leadership so he could go back to being carefree.
Unfortunately, Shawn's the best and only boy for the job.
Uncle has shown me many different timelines, and they all had one thing in common: Shawn wasn't the leader. In a timeline where Natasha is the boss, the gang would've been brainwashed into thinking that Ooaa didn't matter. In a timeline where Finn or Fionna was in charge, we all would've gave our lives and lost when it counted. In a timeline where the Vampires or the Ice Kids were in command, we would've gave up and gone back to Ooaa to be destroyed even as we fought. And sad to say, in a timeline where Nova was the boss, we would've gave up on Earth.
Uncle allowed me to live in two timelines that made me really think. In one timeline I was in charge. It started out with us working tirelessly to find all of the stones, but ended with us taking a non-hero-like rode just to get them. We won, but the question was "what did we win?". Then, I lived in a timeline where no one gave the orders. We never got anything done so the Lich won hands down. In each timeline, Shawn wasn't the boss and bad things came as a result. Meaning, Shawn has to be the leader.
Still, he didn't deserve a lecture for the things we did. At least he stopped a few disasters that would've happened if Finn and Fionna still had the Glasses of Nerdicon. So when my uncle was not even halfway through his rant, I raised my hand.
"Yes Steller?"
"Uncle," I started smiling, "you really should've seen this coming. You are the Spirit of Time."
Uncle crossed his arms and glared at me, making my smile go down.
"You know I have to punish you all," he sighed. "If I don't people could start questioning why. Especially after that. So? Pick you're punishment."
We huddled up to decide what should happen. We couldn't pick something harsh but it couldn't be too easy either. After a minute we cam up with something we thought could work…
"Suspend us from lunch for a few weeks," Shawn asked.
"Fine," Uncle said after a moment of thought. "But you have to eat somewhere."
"How about McDonald's," Finn wondered excitedly. "We could grock it over there and be back before anyone knows."
"A few weeks?"
"A few weeks," I spoke.
"Okay."
"Hello," Shawn waved his arms. "Did the Board of Magical Beings forget that I have to pay for that? And I get my allowance from my parents, who are out of town, remember?"
"I'll handle your lunch fare. Just try to stay out of sight."
So after the rest of the day and the weekend that followed, Monday came, class continued without any accidents, uncle gave Shawn the money, and we went to get lunch. We even had a little extra to get drinks. Before, I never understood why Natasha never had lunch in the cafeteria, but guess who we found at McDonald's?
"Oh great," she dropped her head. "Why'd it have to bee you all?"
"I heard that," I crossed my arms.
"Please tell me you're here for a Power Stone."
"Let's check."
Nova, Shawn and I took out our stones and they began glowing. It was probably since they were in close range of each other. The stones glowed with their blinding colors of blue, yellow and orange. But deep within the sapphire, I saw a flicker of red. It was most likely from the restaurant though.
"That's one heck of a science trick," the cashier from last week told us.
"They're…very special diamonds," I said.
Natasha took the sapphire and put it behind her back. Shawn and Cosmos quickly hid the stones following her lead.
"So what can I get you?"
We told her our order from last time; with the exception of Marshall, Marceline, Jake and Cake. The cashier woman seemed to notice a similarity because she looked at us oddly again.
"You wouldn't happen to know a group of weirdoes that keep flipping around here would you?"
We looked at each other than looked around, laughing a little too suspiciously. The cashier lady didn't look convinced. We stopped laughing seeing as there really wasn't any point in it. We bowed our heads thinking she would rat us out…
"Wow. Nice to see something interesting happen in this boring town."
…but she surprised us.
"Y-you're not gonna t-t-tell any-o-one," Cosmos was confused like the rest of us.
"And ruin you're fun? What else do we have to do around here?"
"You can give us our food," Finn begged. "Lunch is over soon."
She handed Finn our lunch and he ran over to a table and chowed down. He really likes McDonald's apparently. Fionna, Cosmos and the Ice Kids had to practically take it from him. A man about 5"6' with brown hair and a grayish-black walked in. He stared at us like he was looking for something. Just a quick glance at his green eyes gave me an unnerving feeling that I knew him.
"Can I help you sir," the cashier lady asked.
"Can you break a ten," he asked.
He handed her a dollar and she gave him ten singles. He bumped into Natasha on his way out.
"Watch it," she warned him.
"Exactly my advice," he retorted.
When he turned around, I saw the sapphire in his hands. What would someone want with a sapphire other than money? Surely he couldn't have known about the Power Stones. When he left the door Natasha ran after him to get that stone back. Instead, she was ambushed by an Earth attack. The guy used the stone and trapped all but her head in the rising ground.
"He knows," I whistled.
Naturally we rushed out to lend a hand. All but Shawn, Cosmos and I went to fight the man; we tried to get her out. The only thing that seemed to even remotely break the hold was Shawn's grass swords.
"Nova," I said, "throw her in the air. Shawn, dice the rock."
"Are you crazy," Natasha shouted.
"Do you wanna stay there all night?"
I took her sigh as the signal to continue my plan. Nova stretched his hand out and pulled her casing from the ground. I nodded and he tossed her into the air.
"Sha-"
"Say no more Star," he stopped me. "Check out this new trick."
Shawn set loose his swords, except they were slanted to the side. He threw them both in the air, making them cut Natasha loose. Nova caught Natasha and Shawn caught his swords, turning them back into wristbands.
"Beginners luck is amazing," he smiled.
"When'd you learn that," I asked impressed.
"I saw it on TV so I wanted to give it a try. That was a perfect test."
Natasha punched him in the arm and marched over to the thief that was actually a skilled fighter. We couldn't take him down no matter how hard we tried. And to top off his fighting, he knew how to use the Power Stone. He even dished out the hidden ability. When the cyclone disappeared, he was long gone.
"Who was he," Oliver questioned.
"Lich," I growled.
A/N:
Teller16-djb: Good. Now they know.
Brenda: You're evil sometimes, you know that?
Teller16-djb: I'm not evil. I just have a devious mind sometimes.
Clockwork: Which is still something we have to worry about.
Teller16-djb: Well things are going to get a little complicated for the team now that they know what the Lich looks like on Earth.
Brenda: And the next chapter introduces another Power Stone. The hint for which one is hidden in the chapter.
Teller16-djb: Good. Reread the chapter.
Brenda: We need to find you some help.
Clockwork: No one has that kind of time.
Clockwork & Brenda: See ya ar-
Teller16-djb: Wait! Can I tell 'em Clocks? Please? Please? Please? Please? Plea-
Clockwork: If it will shut you up, tell them.
Teller16-djb: Coming soon to a Fanfic near you, the whole Mixed Dimensions trilogy will be available in one giant story! And not only that, we added bonus features for your reading pleasure. Which includes and is limited to: deleted scenes, extended scenes and the bonus short "Behind the Merge of Mixed Dimensions: Starring Finn and Shawn". That one's a favorite because I'll tell you where the idea of it came from…before it got out of control, anyway.
Brenda: You done?
Teller16-djb: REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! Okay I'm done.
Clockwork & Brenda: You're such a child Teller.
Teller16-djb: Good. Now we're on the same page.
Teller16-djb, Clockwork & Brenda: See you around!
