(Hey Everyone! MadnessMaker1337 Here! Here is another Chappie! Hope you enjoy as i had to REALLY think on this!)
Life has been amazing for Michael Vendril, ever since he was adopted by his new parents he has been the happiest boy ever.
For starters, they get to live in a large grand mansion thanks to Paragon financing the Mansion, he was given his very own room which had a private bathroom, a large bedroom with the comfiest and softest covers and bedding along with some curtains that don't allow even light through, the windows are even set to open when a command is given as well as special lights that change on the person's mood, however a major surprise made the boy come to tears when Paragon introduced him to his very own personal library of books he took from his work to which Michael jumped and latched onto Paragon crying out the words 'Thank you, Thank You, Thank!' over and over again whilst he pats his head comforting him.
After that small scene Michael occasionally went to the library and read a book or two and it was a surprise to the two Vendrils that the boy had a Photographic Memory along with an Eidetic Memory capable of memorizing anything he wishes to which Paragon mentioned to the two that people in his old world were rare to come across this and said they should be proud to have a boy that can memorize things on a fly.
Then there was the Neighbours, the place Paragon had the mansion built was in a High-Upper class Neighbourhood since it was the only place to build it, he mentioned that the people around there were very kind and friendly, though there is a stuck up couple who believe they own the entire neighbourhood to which Paragon warns them to ignore the couple since even though the Vendrils are a friend of his, which also means they are under the protection of his forces it doesn't mean they can try to harm or blackmail em.
During the 3rd day of their new home Paragon offered to take Michael to a nearby park, which is actually a Simulator Park designed to change every day making their be different climbing frames and trees to which Michael was nervous and scared since in his old life he was never allowed to meet people to which Paragon mentions he won't be going alone as his young charge is coming along.
Once they leave and reach the part Michael see two Marines with a little girl in a white dress with small glass shoes and long vibrant golden hair and two crystal white eyes with pure innocence.
When they get near Paragon introduces Michael to Angelica, the daughter of his boss making her his somewhat young superior given her status, when Michael says "hello" to her she says nothing but she does give him a curious look.
Wondering if he did something to upset her Paragon quickly pushed that thought out saying that Angelica very rarely speaks and if she did it would be as if her Father was here as her voice can calm even the coldest of hearts, not to mention it would be as if one of the Greybeards spoke at full volume.
Happy that he didnt insult her Michael asks if she wishes to play to which she smiles and nods enthusiastically to which the two run off to play together making Paragon smile at that before he frowns when his arm-console lights up.
!ALERT ARMAGEDDON GOD DETECTED! REQUESTING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE!
The alert sent out shows that it is in a Dead Space Universe, one of the few universes that he attempts to purify of the Necromorphs, thanks to advancements in technology and autopsies his scientists were able to develop a device capable of eradicating all traces of Necromorphs but not a Brethren Moon as those would require a full power shot from a Celestial Warship to neutralise or him to come over and destroy it himself, but a God there would botch any operations going on and he has to go stop this rampaging god from ruining this operation.
Looking up he orders the two assigned soldiers to escort both Angelica and Michael back home when it's time to go and if asked where he went to mention work just came up to which the two salute and he teleports away to do his assignment.
Two hours pass before some of the kids decide to head home, some of which have made friends with Michael. When they reach the exit they notice a missing Paragon to which one of the soldiers says that work up for him and he would be gone for a bit depending on how long it is to which Angelica understood but Michael being young didn't understand but just agreed with em.
Once that was done the two soldiers escorted the two to an Armoured APC which Michael knew about when he was curious of Paragon's military and asked a question to his parents and when they showed him pictures making him look in disbelief, by the looks of the pictures when he saw em Paragon could conquer just about any world!
After a 10 minute drive home Michael disembarks and waves goodbye to Angelica and the soldiers who give him a thumbs to which they drive off while Michael turns and runs back to his parents with his mother giving him a loving hug and his father giving him a cheerful pat.
2 Years later
It's been two years since Harry now Michael has been adopted and things went quite well.
For starter's Paragon took Michael to a special Optometrist who after looking at his eyes mentions they were close to deteriorating permanently but offers to have Reconstructive Laser Eye Surgery to fix them to which Paragon agree with Michael and pays 100 Multiverse flicks to get it done and offers 100 more if it pulls through.
The one thing about Reconstructive Laser Eye Surgery is that the machine generates a million tiny microbots that would require a microscope to see, they are programmed to rapidly heal any small wounds or holes in the eyes the person has, it is a very painless operation but it does require the patient to be unconscious as when they are awake the Surgery makes them have random seizures which makes them have a permanent eye loss, once the microbots are in they start at the core of the eye and work their way through healing the eye as they move along, depending on the process it takes 5 to 10 minutes to repair the eyes.
A total of 7 minutes pass before the operation is a success and the Optometrist wraps around a Nanofiber bandage around Michael's eyes and says that after a week the eyes should be useable but suggests that daily exercises be used if he wishes to see, he would feel some discomfort but that's the result of the operation, once this was mentioned Paragon paid him 200 Multiverse Flicks instead for this perfect operation to which the Optometrist thanked him profusely to which Paragon picked up the unconscious boy and went back to their mansion to let the boy rest.
After that and a week Michael was doing the exercises he was told to by Paragon and his parents though they did use a very dark and dim room for him to get used to bright lights and they increased them as he got used to it and for the first time he was able to see very clearly making him break down in tears to which his parents comfort him.
Once his eyes were fixed Paragon mentioned that he has a list of private Tutors the boy can meet with including one special tutor: Grand Magus Deldorian Ignu, a retired Leader of the Multiversal Mages guild and the one that stopped the army of Chaos Demons on the Crack Planet incident, at that Michael merely fainted since he did read up about him.
Deldorian Ignu is widely known through the Forces of Balance and Libra for that incident when a planet was on the verge of breaking in half that he decided to stop it until the evacuation was complete, however mid-way through it an Army of Chaos Demons came out of nowhere and went after the evacuation site to which Deldorian using all his might summoned an army of elementals, rained spells across the field and caused natural disasters all while holding the planet together, the battle lasted for an hour before feeling himself visibly weakened from the strain the last of the refugee's had escaped and before the planet could consume him Paragon arrived in time and rescued him once he fell unconscious.
After that he was in a coma for a Year before he woke up in much pain and the Magus Doctors said it was a miracle he came about but they mentioned his Magus Core was damaged from that to which Deldorian was heart broken from that knowing it was stupid of him to do that, but his hopes came when Paragon seeing that his services saved those evacuees and stopped an army combined with holding a planet had him decide to use the one thing that could restore it: The All-Cure, a ancient ring capable of curing anyone from whatever disease or disability they have, the downside is that it takes a year off the wearer's life and given how Paragon is really old but hasn't aged it wouldn't hurt him in the long run.
After his core was restored he decided to retire from the Mages Guild to live quietly but would rarely come out if he is needed with a nice little home out in the Constellation Forest, a forest that has several constellations on em.
It was a surprise when his Commander appeared suddenly and asked him if he wishes to teach a young boy in the ways of Multiversal Magic to which Paragon explains the boys extensive history which was enough to make the hardened Warlock angry since like Paragon he loathes any form of Child Abuse and happily agreed to his proposal to teach young Michael in the ways of Multiversal Magic.
On the day of Michaels first day with Deldorian he was nervous of him since he is a stranger even though Paragon was in the room to give him some confidence, Deldorian then started to teach Michael the very basic fundamentals so he can firmly grasp it to which he took it like a fish starting out getting the theory and such too, when he got through some of the writing and learning he decided to test the boys core to see how powerful he is, it was a bad move as when he asked Michael to generate a sphere of Magic he used too much to which he lost control and the next thing the orb that happened is that the orb was sent flying to a dozing Paragon who immediately got a bad wake up call from the orb hitting him dead on and leaving him smoking but with no damage, just a soot-covered Paragon blinking confused from that to which Michael started to apologise spastically all the while crying thinking he will be hit for that.
Seeing that Paragon immediately made the soot disappear and started comforting Michael saying it isn't his fault and says that first timers like that always have trouble controlling their magic.
Once he says that he stops crying and hugs him to which he asks Deldorian to fetch his parents to speak with him since he needs to fetch a few things.
What he is fetching is a Focus to control his magic until he can do it without the use of one and on that day is when things got…..Chaotic for Paragon atleast….
Flashback - Focus Selection Day
In the Library of the mansion is 3 Staff's and 3 Wands and 3 Orbs, each of these Paragon has selected to see if one of them would be a perfect fit for Michael, although all of them are made in the same material they are in different grips and sizes for him.
"Alright Michael, I selected you some Focus's, which ever one suits you we will know and will stay with you until your Magic is fully controlled." Paragon says presenting them.
"So, why do i need a Focus again? I mean can't I focus on doing it without a Focus?" He asks.
"Well young one, a Focus is like a Training way, it allows you to meld your magic flawlessly, once you've grown accustomed to it your mind will automatically think your using your hand just like the focus." Deldorian says.
"OK, and what if none of them fit me?" He asks.
"Trust me, one of them will fit you, all the mages had one too." Paragon says.
"Alright, well i'll start with a Wand first." He says as he walks to the wands and picks one of them up.
"Now, concentrate your magic into it and give it a flick." Deldorian says.
"Wait, if something comes out won't it hurt Uncle Paragon?" He asks with a look of worry.
At that Paragon gives a hearty laugh.
"I've been hit with all kinds of spells! You think it would harm me in the slightest?" He asks with a smile.
At that he shrugs before he focuses his Magic into the wand and flicks it magic it glow before something unexpected happens.
Paragon suddenly disappears.
"Huh?" Deldorian asks in shock wondering what happened.
Michael blinks where Paragon was curious of where he went.
White City - Royal Bathhouse of the Angels.
A pop is heard as a confused Paragon is above some water before Gravity works and sends him splashing into the water below him soaking him thoroughly to which he pops his head out spitting out water.
"Great Dimensional Warping, this kids gonna be having trouble." He mutters.
"Oh? I know who is gonna be HAVING some nasty trouble." A sweet and gentle but scary voice says which makes Paragon pale and he turns around to see one annoyed looking angel.
"Oh uh hello Mira, fancy seeing you here uh hehe umm where am i exactly?" Paragon asks nervously.
"The royal Bathhouse." Mira says venomously.
Oh the kid just had to dump him in the royal fucking Bathhouse in the White City.
"Oh umm, well i hope your having a good bath but i think i will be going now…." Paragon says hands up while backing away to while he bumps into something soft to which he turns around to see some of the Royal Guard bathing here too..
At that he looks around and says one word.
"Fuck"
At that the sounds of shouting and crashing is heard all while the sound of Paragon running for his life is heard from an angry horde of pissed off Angels wanting to lynch him.
Vendril Mansion 3 Hours later.
Michael and Deldorian are currently still in the library waiting when all of a sudden the door smashed open and when they both look over their shell-shocked as to what they see.
Standing their is a beaten Paragon with his uniform in tatters and scorch marks from Angel Magic and weapons all the while some blood on him and he is thoroughly soaked.
"Uhhh Paragon where-"
"Royal Angel Bathhouse, Mira was "Happy" to see me and treated me as her own punching bag." He says.
"How di-"
"Wands are out, i don't wanna end up back there again, he also has dimensional Warping effect which made me take a dive there." He says making Deldorian widen his eyes.
"OK, moving on to Staffs uhh Michael could you pick one up?" Deldorian asks while Paragon takes out some nasty arrows while applying healing magic to himself.
"Umm OK…." Michael says picking the staff up and doing the same again to which he swishes and…..nothing happens.
"Hmm, nothing?" Deldorian mutters.
"It ain't a dud if thats what your thinking, i checked myself theirs no way the-"
Suddenly the house rumbles moving Deldorian and Paragon be on guard.
"What was that?" Deldorian asks.
"No clue, Deldorian pro-"
He gets cut off as a tentacle shoots through the window and grabs Paragon and yanks him out.
Curious both Deldorian and Michale lookout and their jaws drop.
What they see is a giant portal with Paragon being yanked into it.
"Get your fucking slimey tentacle off me!" He yells slashing at it, he's in no mood for this.
Suddenly the Tentacle yanks him through the portal to which it closes.
"Uhhh maybe we should call it quits" Michael suggests.
"I think your right young Michael." Deldorian says numly, Multiverse the Commanders going to be royally angry.
Flashback End
And Deldorian was right, a few days after that Paragon had returned covered in purple blood and a multitude of cuts, apparently Michael somehow opened up a portal that connected to one of the Cthulhu realms, lets just say mid through the battle he had to break one of his limitors after slaughtering a majority of them and he was tired from the constant battling and destroying the whole dimension they were situated in, on the bright side Deldorian managed to take away that Dimensional Warping effect off Michael too.
Once Paragon was well and truly rested he decided to say no to the sphere and got him a Gauntlet which is more nimble and easier to use since he has a focus crystal which attuned very well with him and even bound itself to him.
The Purpose of the gauntlet's is that they have a Focus Gem and 6 empty slots which are used to implant Elemental Crystals which consist of Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Light and Darkness, the purpose of these is to attune the user to the elements allowing them a great advantage during the battle, though the Focus Gem is used to convert the users Magic into Elemental Magic which charges the gems and allows the usage of spells.
The best part is that the gauntlet grows as Michael grows older and can never be taken off him (Unless the hand is amputated off.) Once they got him a gauntlet they immediately started him on training his magical core, they started him off by pulsing magic through the gauntlet which took a bit given how its new to him, thankfully there was no explosions or warps.
Once he was attuned to it easily Paragon had introduced him to the rest of his teachers to which they all greeted him with a smile, after that he was given a schedule by Paragon which was flexible for the boy since they all consist in the mansion which Michael was happy with.
However, it was during the 2nd year that their was rapid reports of missing children that Michael got caught up in it.
Flashback - Bastion Hills
It was nearing night and Michael was on a short walk back to his home, he was coming back from doing a small errand for his parents to buy some groceries, the parents were at first worried about letting him go alone but when he mentioned he was taking his Gauntlet they felt a bit relieved but told him sternly to not go with anyone unless it's one of Paragon's men who regularly patrol the Neighbourhood.
Now a 7 Year old Michael (His birthday was 3 days ago) is currently walking up the path under some lights carrying some bags of groceries for his parents, well more like levitating them since when he was taught the levitation spell he accidentally levitated a table and made it smash right into Paragon who was coming into the room with two cups of tea for him and Deldorian, needless to say he did get some tea but not the right way to which Deldorian helped him focus on smaller stuff such as bags and told him to practice on those.
Michael gives a small wave as an armoured APC went by to which it gives off a soft beep by the drivers and the one on the turret gives him a two finger salute with em going past him.
"Your parents must be ignorant if their letting you do the shopping boy." A Silky and smooth voice says behind Michael who turns around a bit startled.
The person he sees is Steinler Vurdin, the husband to Maltrice Vurdin, Steinler is a tall slim map with a suit that shows "I am arrogant and ill buy my way outta jail!" posture while short grey hair on him and sharp eyes.
"I offered to do it for them sir, they were tired from work." Michael says in a polite voice as his eyes darted around, there's no patrolling soldiers about and the last one just passed very recently.
"Hmph, couldn't they even ask a soldier to get it for them? Are they that lazy they'd rather allow their son to do their errands like a little slave?" He sneers looking down at the boy making him shiver slightly.
"Uncle Paragon says the soldier's are to patrol, not to do any errands unless it was important, I am only doing it to help my parents out." Michael says, he really doesn't want to be around this man, he reminds him too much of Vernon.
"Well, i doubt they wouldn't mind if you helped me with something at my home too." Steinler says.
"I should be getting back home, my parents may be worried." Michael says to which he turns and before he can walk away Steinler's hand grips his shoulder.
"Oh come now, that wouldn't be very neighbourly now would it?" Steinler says.
Before Michael could even reply his eyes start to droop while his gauntlet reacts with the focus crystal going green making him realise what has happened.
'Sleep Magic!' He read up about specific individuals being able to put their prey or opponent to sleep with a mere touch, the only individuals he read up on that do this is Vampires or Demons!
"Sleep little one, you will be a wonderful meal for us." Steinler says with a smirk to which Michaels vision becomes black and he knew no more.
2 Hours later - Vurdin Mansion Basement.
A groan is heard as a groggy Michael slowly gets his bearings clutching to a nearby bar as he shakily gets up before a yank is felt making him collapse to the ground which is enough to jostle the grogginess and make him see more clearer.
Although it's hard to see given how dark the room is, Michael can tell he is in some sort dungeon like area, there appears to be small lit torches barely lit in the room, chains appear to cover certain area's such as the ceiling and walls, as he squints he can make sight of a few cages around the area and can see small figures in each of them to which he quickly realises they are children!
Suddenly his mind clicks, so that's where the missing children went! The Vurdin's must've been kidnapping these children for who knows what!
"Well well well, it seems our latest meal has finally awoken my dear." the voice of Steinler says as he walks down a set of stairs at the far end with his wife behind him.
"It appears so dearest, though a bit younger than the others he may taste the same." She says with a smile showing glistering fangs to which the children huddle away scared.
"What are you? Vampires?" Michael asks scared of these beings.
"Hm, close, we are a dying breed known as Vampire Demons, we are the last of the splinter groups ever since Commander Paragon and Demon Lord Fear hunted us down, I must admit it was hard to be here without him knowing." Steinler says as wings come out from his back.
At that Michael pales, Vampire Demons are known to be very powerful and destructive! They were wiped out by both Paragon and Fear due to them throwing the entire multiverse into chaos, they left dead universes void of life and had to be fully revived, he didn't expect them to be here!
"Now then, as a first timer here i will let you pick as to where you wish to be bitten, don't worry we won't drink all your blood!" Mrs Vurdin says as they both walk towards Michael who backs away.
At this point Michael is scared beyond anything, he has small flashbacks of Vernon and his hell he had, as they open the door his life flashes to his parents, to Paragon, those soldiers at the park and that young one known as Angelica, taking a deep breath he yells one sentence to give himself some courage.
"UNCLE PARAGON!"
At that proclamation the two vampire demons give a hearty chuckle.
"Well, you can yell for him all you want, he can't hear you down here, now then don't squirm this won't ta-"
Suddenly the entire area shakes with cracks appearing in the basement which makes the two Vampire Demons step back in confusion.
"What the…."
Suddenly the ceiling explodes and a figure slams down in front of the cage obscuring their vision, once the dust settles what they see makes them seeth in anger and fear for standing right there is Commander Paragon, both of his swords in his hands and glowing with power.
"Someone call me?" He asks a dead serious tone his eyes twinkling with raw power.
"Paragon….." Steinler snarls.
"So, your the one who has been preying on the missing children, I have to admit you hide yourselves well in this community, being a normal couple but with a bad personality, isn't that right Fear?" Paragon asks with a smirk to which the door leading to the basement blows open and loud stomping is heard before a gigantic figure is seen hefting a giant sword on his shoulder.
"Your damn right." Fear says a cruel smirk on his face making both of the Vampire Demons pale and lose their composure.
"What are you doing here you bastard!" Mrs Vurdin snarls.
"Well i was paying the Vendril's and Paragon a visit when he suddenly bolted like mad, me being a curious bastard that I am decided to come over and what do I get? Two kill-on-sight illegals under a nice mansion, to me Christmas came early." He says a vicious smirk his power rising.
"YOU BASTARD!" Mrs Vurdin snarls as her patience wears thin and she lunges towards Fear intending to rip him in half.
At that Fear smirks and faster than anyone can see (Except Paragon) he slashes his sword appearing behind Mrs Vurdin to which a trail of red appears through her before she screams in agony to which she explodes in a ball of fire turning her to pure ashes.
"Heh, was wondering when she was going to pounce. She clearly forgot that my sword instantly turns your race into ashes." Fear says looking at an angry Steinler.
"You…..You filth, i will have your he-"
He gets cut off as he feels a stabbing pain and looks down to see a blue sword sticking out of his chest to which he looks behind and see's Paragon who says two words that seal his doom.
"Purity: Expel"
Once that is said he roars in pain as his body has cracks all over it before a bright light engulfs him shattering his body leaving nothing.
"Tch, stupid idiot let his guard down." Fear mumbles clipping his sword on his back.
"Guess he saw you as a bigger threat, come on we should start freeing these children and get them ho-"
He cuts himself off as a thud is heard making him turn and see a passed out Michael, whether he passed out of happyness or downright fear he couldn't tell.
"Come on, i ain't that scary." Fear says in mock sadness.
Flashback End
After the Vampire-Demon fiasco Paragon got to work returning the kids to their parents though some were victims of repeat blood drainage which required emergency blood transfusions which went perfectly while Fear checked them over incase the Vampire-Demons decided to make one of the kids one of them which he would be able to purge easily since it takes like a month for the infection to fully transform them.
Once it was done Michael was woken up and apart from soiling himself at the look of Fear's sinister smile and the terror of the Vampire-Demons the boy is alright to which Fear asked Paragon to introduce him to which he promptly passed out to which Paragon clonked Fear for releasing his energy, something he has a bad habit of doing.
After he woke up Michael shakily introduced himself but before Fear can speak (and give him nightmares) he was called away to deal with some rogue demons which made him growl as if there was a dragon in the room to which he slashed the air with his sword and entered the portal it made, Paragon did warn Michael that Fear would most likely pop by every now and then to terrify him and watch him wearily since Fear is known to be unpredictable and has one hell of a temper.
Hearing that from Paragon is more terrifying since he has never been in the presence of such malice and he would have to watch out for Fear and not do any demonic pacts with him, hell even his parents nearly fainted when the demon was mentioned.
Eventually Michael was a bit more known now in the neighbourhood for being the one that revealed the kidnappers and many families were thankful for him which made him blush since he was never subjected to praise such as this.
It was after this that Paragon decided to start his lessons early so that this wouldn't happen again.
The first lesson he would be receiving was basic Magic summoning, he was given a demonstration by Paragon summoning a ball of energy which revolved around him before dissipating, Deldorian summoned his magic and made it look like a small figure which was sentient and disappear after a bow, seeing this Michael was told that to draw his energy out by focusing and attempting to connect to his Magical Core, he would need to carefully draw it to the surface otherwise he will suffer from a magical backlash with some nasty burns.
A few minutes later Michael managed to coat his hands in his energy which was a surprise since it usually took an hour for an adept to even manage that yet he did it in a span of a few minutes, at that Paragon deemed Michael to be a potential prodigy.
He is going to have a fulfilling life ahead of him than what he woulda had on his old world.
(Whew! Took me some brain-storming to finish this chapter! So there you have it! The next chapter of the Multiversal wizard, if you wish to know what Demon Lord Fear looks like I'd advise you to look up Sinbadthe3rd's story and the Asura's Wrath crossover Chapter "Demon Vs God!" and you'll see his description, also to the guy who said something about a life debt if he did that then I wouldn't have an interesting story now would i? That's like facing the true antagonist in the game and just offing him already.)