Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadows of Legends. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Ducktales, Disney and Jymn Magon do.
(Duckberg.)
Webby had visited the local park with Ms. Beakley before.
"Marvin said he'd be, here, where is he?" Webby asked. She was interrupted by a few leaves rustling.
"You know, I'm surprised you forgot my mom's number, Webs… Then again, 6 years is a long time." She looked up to see her longtime friend reclining on a tree branch. He slipped his phone into his coat and leaned off the tree.
Marvin fell and landed in a crouch before slowly standing up. He smiled and crossed his arms.
"Hey Webs. It's been a while," Marvin said. Webby rushed over to her friend and bear hugged them which almost bowled the teen to the ground.
"I thought you went back to Ireland to train." Ms. Beakley crossed her arms while Marvin patted his best friend's back.
"Webby sent me a letter and I asked them if I could come to Duckberg and stay with my aunt and uncle for a while. She said it was fine. I can't come and see the same girl I helped swipe cookies under your nose from?" Marvin asked. He gently pried Webby off him and put his hands in his pockets.
"Duckberg looks a lot different since I left. I guess I shouldn't have expected the city to stay the same for 6 years. You're going to have to excuse me, I'm still a little jet lagged… Webs? I don't mean to sound rude, but why the sudden invite?" He rubbed at his arms.
Webby was still as strong as he remembered, he cracked his back and straightened. He was taller than Webby and it showed as he had to tilt his head to look at his best friend.
For a split second. He thought he saw something in Webby's shadow, a shape. A shade? He'd ask about it later.
"Well, a lot of stuff happened and you always used to love crazy adventures. I figured you'd want to hear about it. You heard about Scrooge coming back as an adventurer and uh… You know who?" Webby asked. Marvin nodded and pulled out Webby's letter.
"Magica. I know, Scrooge's worst enemy and one of the biggest bad guys on Earth. I think that's the first time I've actually sat down to watch the news. I should thank you for that." Marvin kicked at the dust and brushed off his coat.
"So, I'd love to climb trees and such, but you know… teenager. You said you wanted to show me around? I just got back a little while ago and the city changed a lot since we were young." Marvin muttered. He pushed his arm up to show off the crossbolts.
"Are those the crossbows that I gave you for your birthday?" marvin hummed.
"Yeah, that was a VERY weird birthday. I modified them a little before I started use them. It's kind of awkard to hold mini crossbows instead of having them strapped to your arms, Webs. They aren't very good when it comes to aiming, making sure your arms are good, they aren't very conspicuous." Marvin clenched his fist as the crossbow slowly began to cycle through the types of ammo on them.
"Explosive, armor destroyer, combustion, sniper mode, triple shot." The computer within the tool stated as a blue holographic hud ran through the types of bolts stored within the weapon.
"You always have to try and fix everything, don't you?" Webby crossed her arms while Marvin rolled his eyes and looked at her shadow.
"Webby? Your shadow just moved without you moving, you been dabbling with some abra cadabra stuff?" He asked. Webby blinked and turned only for her shadow to quickly change back to normal.
Marvin saw her bracelet glow a bit and hummed as he mentally cataloged the information for later.
"I've been around some magic people, maybe it could be a side effect of being blasted by Magica." Webby blinked. Marvin didn't like magic or believe much in it.
He was always inventing and trying to figure out the next best thing he could invent.
"Yeah, maybe… You mentioned some new friends? Wheres Lena and them? Any friend of yours is a friend of the Canvasback Clan, you know what my mom said." Marvin stated before turning to the side.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Webby frown. Her eyes narrowed, her fists clenched. She was angry, and annoyed, she had all the telltale signs of grief.
"Did… Someone die when you guys fought Magica?" Ms. Beakley sighed.
"Her friend Lena didn't make it through Magica's attack." Marvin's shoulders slooped. His eyes widened with shock.
"I'm sorry, geez. I knew Magica was bad news, but I didn't know what happened. I don't know what to say." Marvin saw Webby's shadow move again.
"I'm uh… Going to go talk to Mr. Mcduck. Its been a while since Scrooge has seen me, he's probably forgotten I exist." Marvin turned and walked away.
He had a feeling something was off, and he was eager to find out what.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that this story isn't going to be updated regularly and wont entirely be following the story. Next chapter will be in a few weeks or so and will show Marvin researching magic and meeting the others. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!