Merlin the magician quaked on his knees in the celestial realm of the magical universe. The Dragon of Time stood before the wizard, he was ancient and young all rolled into one. His body shimmered like the stars as a rainbow of colors flickered with his scales. He was the size of a great heavenly body. The two of them were on the grand plateau in the middle of the universal courts. The pearly glistening floor inlaid with gold and silver was woven in intricate designs of celestial runic magic.
They were not alone, the great aspects of celestial dragons were around them. And the accused wizard had been called back from his disbursed magical resting place, each aspect giving back to him what he had given to them to now stand trial.
The great aspect of Destiny shook her head and looked at Time. "You may begin my beloved."
Time bowed his head to Destiny and then looked down at the quaking wizard before him. "The celestial keepers of magic have brought the accused back from the magical cycle of life and death to lay forth the charges upon the accused: The magical law of time has been broken. Even now rifts are starting to form and the void of nothing will claim hold of the existence of everything. You Myddrin Emrys Ambrose rise and give us account of why you have done this."
Death strode into the courts and then shifted his form from the cloak of darkness into one of the great celestial aspects.
"Late as usual Death." Time said.
"Better late than to never to have shown up." Death told time as he grinned his hideous dragon mouth sparkled with encrusted slime ridden jewels that were his dragon teeth. "I've warned the courts before that wizards are sometimes the most incompetent little fools."
"We've heard this all before Death." Destiny said. "Do take your seat so we may continue."
Merlin finally found the strength to rise, he felt low, lower than low, he felt like he was not worthy of even being here before this magical aspect court, yet here was, all because of curiosity with the future. His scrying had never shown him this, this court of the magical universe. He realized now, scrying the future must be a very imprecise magical art and not one to be trusted, who would have thought that it was so.
"Begin!" Roared Time.
Merlin quaked and shook, he trembled with the raw power from the voice of Time that had been unleashed.
"This all started when I scryed the future with blood and water. I scryed my own and saw three futures, three different destinies. One without the child of time and destiny in the future, one with the child growing up in her time with me and one without the child."
Time turned to Destiny, "He scryed the dragon child."
Destiny nodded. "It is so. But her time was not to be born with him, with this wizard and Silvanus. He has awoken to for his mate to soon because of the dragon child that once she crossed over the great waters on the train four hours away from his lair he stirred."
Death gave a snort, "Destiny that is not playing by the rules, you have kept this child hidden from me."
Destiny chuckled. "Well, I couldn't have you going around and messing things up again now could I. You've done enough messing around and I've let you because it was needed at the time. This one can not be touched because she shouldn't have even been born in the time with Myddrin. The dragon child should not even be born until after the fall of the white and dark wizard. You've meddled as much as this wizard who is accused with time yourself. So don't accuse me of playing not fairly by these rules when you bend them yourself."
Death huffed and sat back on his haunches.
"That was mine and Silvanus's child I saw." Merlin stated.
The Life aspect spoke then. "Yes, you have seen what could have been should she be born with you and Silvanus. The dragon child's destiny has always had three futures. Silvanus did not choose to have this child with his other riders, you could have been the one he chose to have her with, instead who you stole and betrayed him. You stole life and messed with the fabric of time in doing so. You sent her into the future so Silvanus would have to choose to let her live or kill her. Life is a precious thing to him, even more so when it is from his own loins. You have awoken him unnaturally in time."
"The child should be mine. Not with this wizard in the future." Merlin said with jaded love and jealousy.
Death roared with laughter. "I left this one alone, maybe I should go back and fix this one."
Time turned toward Death, "No! If anyone is to go back it will be me and Destiny and Life with this wizard."
Death huffed and sat there, three aspects against one was not a good draw of the cards, he knew better than to argue with Time. "Can I at least come and watch?"
"As long as you behave." Time said. "The Deathly Hallows will be broken, Destiny has already seen this and you will not interfere."
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Silvanus placed the scrolls on the table they had been working on. Severus stood beside him. Silvanus looked down into his lair when he heard the crackle of magic as it sparked and a rift appeared it small and it was above the place he slept while in his dragon form. It shimmered and fluoresced with the stars and colors of time as it slowly started to pull the scrolls in his lair towards it. Severus grabbed his arm and pointed to it.
"What is that?" Severus asked.
"A time rift. She shouldn't be here, my mind and heart was clouded because I have found you at last." Silvanus turned and grabbed Severus shoulders. "You are destined to be my mate. I feel it deep inside me. That child that has your love and heart right now, shouldn't be here. You love her because she is a part of me. It brings me pain and agony seeing this. This has to be fixed Potion Master. You love her, I adore her myself, but we have to set her free and put things back. The rifts will only get worse if we don't. Without a balance in magic there can be nothing. You read what she wrote about life and death. That is my instincts, I was born with them, the child has them because she comes from me."
Silvanus let his arms go and grabbed his head and pulled Severus to him and placed his forehead against his. "I have not awoken under my own powers, you will not remember me when this is fixed. I assure, you are my mate, and when the time is right I will awaken. The seed that is within my loins bring about remarkable things, that is why I have always guarded myself from having children with wizards. While I was asleep this last time I dreamt of a dragon child, my child born with a wizard. That dragon child is with you, not the child asleep in her room right now. Let her go, so we can have the child I dreamt of."