Turns of Time
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Chapter 29
History
Time works on three different planes all at once, namely the past, present and future. Though we don't feel it, they co-exist.
In ancient times, wizened magicians started to study and experiment with the subject. But it wasn't until the end of the 12th century, when a group of wizards under the spanish court made a breakthrough concerning it.
Through the years, the coven continued to tinker with the fine threads of time. Finally creating a place where they concentrated the powers of it.
The more they studied it. The more they realized the power they had in their hands. Fights then broke out. Some moved to destroy it, some said they must use it, after all, what's the use of all the years they spent working on it, if they will not use it. Blackmail, sabotage and plots of murder started to surface.
Finally the coven decided to give up their work to the king; it will raise their position, for the king was conquering new lands, and he will need new gobernador's
The oldest member of the coven began to panic; whatever happens, the king must not lay his hands on it, for he knew that under the wrong hands the damage would be catastrophic. He stole the manuscripts and the key to operate the whole mechanism. To shake of the trace, he staged his death and the destruction of the key and the manuscripts. He then ran straight to a large and powerful clan, seeking for protection. For he knew that the other members of the coven will stop at nothing, just to find the key and manuscripts again.
The clan started to guard the treasure. After some years, stories leaked out, about a powerful piece that could cause everything imaginable, some other clans started to develop interest in them. The clan guarding the treasure tried to bury the secret. But in a most unfortunate event the first born son of a major family in the clan was ambushed and killed during a transfer. The theives couldn't find anything.
The manuscript was later recovered, found soaked in blood inside the first born son. In his last moments he swallowed the manuscripts.
Vengeance was sworn, they studied the manuscript and burned it and started to retaliate. The result wasn't pretty. Wars broke out. People started to kill each other. Whole cities destroyed, and finally whole countries obliterated.
The clan realized to power they were holding in their hands, but unlike the coven, they began to be afraid of it. They ended the warfare, erasing the memory from all the people.
The head of clan finally appointed, one of its own family, to guard it. Making them swear that they will never use it, whatever happens.
They changed their names and turned their surname into Vilgavless.
Intent on keeping the secret intact they separated themselves form people and married into each other.
They are one of the oldest living family.
But it all changed.
The legacy ended at last when a first born son, retaliated, used the power. Killing all the remaining members of the family.
Nathaniel Vilgavless, the last heir. At seventeen, he was supposed to be married to one of his cousins, Amanda Vilgavless. Everyone thought it would go easily, for during the last centuries there was no problem about weddings. The heir would just go on and marry his own cousin, keeping in mind that they needed to protect the family treasure.
At an early age members of the family were already told stories about their roots, how they all started. But only the direct heir would be the one the see the treasure and briefed on the instructions from the manuscripts that had been passed down from mouth to mouth.
By the simple switching and arrangement of the activating spells, the keeper would be able to: completely erase someone from the world, erase their past and future and make them wander the earth for all eternity, doomed, and so on and so forth.
Nathaniel had a little brother, the next in line, in case Nathaniel dies without leaving an heir. His name was Zachary, a pitiful soul that his own brother slaughtered to gain all the powers from the Pool. Even though they had a close relationship, Nathaniel didn't hesitate. A sacrifice of a brother's blood was needed.
He was blinded by rage and love. These two emotions, when mixed inside a person haphazardly may prove to be feral.
During his entire year in Hogwarts, Nathaniel had one close friend. A girl named Kristine Jacobs. Through out the years, what started as frienship turned into something more, Nathaniel fell in love with her and vowed to marry her.
But fate was cruel, he was named the heir, so he had to marry his cousin. Although this obstacle didn't stop him, he devised a plan and figured that he would take Kristine away after graduation and elope, this one surely did. A couple of person couldn't possibly elope if one person wouldn't come with.
The obstacle was this, Kristine was smitten with a boy named, Edward Hay, a bigshot and a player.
Nathaniel then decided to kill Hay and take Kristine away. After all he didn't have the family treasure for nothing. He could erase Hay from history and alter Kristine's past so that she would fall in love with him.
Nathaniel was content, but during one summer night, everything shatered:
His first task was to kill Hay.
It was a bright summer night. The moon hung heavily in the sky.
Shafts of heavy moonlight played on one side of the corridor lining the open courtyard. Stars was frolicking around, chasing each other in the inky darkness of the sky.
It may as well be a night of romance. Lovely and charming.
But a deadly murder's about to take place.
Nathaniel waited in the shadows. The black knights behind him still as statues. They hid behind the shadows.
Two young lovers appeared. Nathaniel watched them passively.
Smooth blond hair hit the moonlight and combined with rich curly brown.
The girl giggled. She leaned against the stone wall, bathed beautifully in the moonlight. She tucked a wild strand of auburn hair behind her ear. Her eyes shining with unsurpassable joy.
Nathaniel moved. The boy was now pinning the girl to the wall. The knight moved silently.
A flick of a finger and One of the knight appeared behind the boy, raising a huge ax. The moonlight hit the blade in a dazzling light.
Nathaniel watched, standing behind the knight.
A flurry of action. Kristine screamed, pushing Hay off her. The ax swung down in a deadly arch. She recieved the full blow, crumpling into a lifeless heap in a matter of seconds. A second shout echoed, this time from Nathaniel. Hay scrambled to his feet and started running.
Bright light shone from the body of the girl. A blue mist appeared. Nathaniel mumbled off a stream of spells the mist shimmered. "Presente." Shafts of whte light appeared from the other two knights hitting Kristine's body.
The mist arched and settled itself inside a small crystal globe in Nathaniel's hand.
Eyes burning with rage. He turned. Pointing his finger at Hay, he uttered a command. The other two knight stepped towards Hay. Moonlight shining down their armors.
"Doomed to wander the earth. You will have neither past nor future. Ante. Futuro."
Two beams of light hit the body.
Days after the incident Nathaniel vanished.
The key was thought to be lost forever.
That is untill now...
Hay held a cracked crystall globe in his hand staring into space.
No past. No future. After one year all this work will turn to dust. Erased once again.
He sighed.
He wanted to live once again, to have things happen to him, to have a future.
He had to find the key. Reverse the process and take revenge. It wasn't fair that he be killed for some toy.
He sighed once again.
Memories flooded his mind. His head felt bloated.
He found himself rushing through his life.
Harry stood by the waters edge. Fingering the Seed inside his pocket.
He was inside a cave. His back towards the entrance. A natural hole on top of the cavern let the light shine through. Casting a golden radience on the rippling surface of the water.
A ghostly figure of Nathaniel appeared beside him. Dripping wet, eyes hollow.
"This is the only way you can get her back. Are you willing?"
Harry stared at the surface.
A/N: oh my goodiness... I'm back!
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