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''=The guy at centre stage/ protagonist

""=Other characters

Chapter 3

The man in the suit stands there looking at the audience with a smile on his face 'well were back sorry for the delay had to deal with a few things'. The man is then interrupted by a monstrous creature walking into the frame and swipes at the man but before it connects he disappears in a flash of blue flame before appearing behind the creature grabbing it and slamming it headfirst into the ground until only its legs are visible. 'Now as I was saying before I was RUDLY INTERRUPTED' "sorry" 'any way as I tried to say earlier this chapter has an important time in every guardian's life getting there what most guardians call there pantheon but I don't call it that myself for a whole bunch of reasons'. 'Anyway ENJOY THE SHOW FOLKS'.

The screen opens on merlin the centuries old guardian of humanity (who when looking at the world wars and the cold war is arguably terrible at his job) and our hero who is clearly not happy about the situation in which he has been placed. 'Ok I have several questions which I want you to answer in this order what was that creature? Who are you? What am I wearing? And finally Why have you kidnapped me Think you can do that' he asks clearly close to a breakdown. Merlin looks at the boy for a second before responding "first that creature was a method set up by a previous guardian to test initiates for the role of guardian by killing it" 'that's a bit harsh on it don't you think' "hardly it reforms after ten or twenty years". Ignoring the look of confusion the boy was giving him he continued "With regards to your next answer I have had many names over the centuries but these past few years I have settled on the name Merlin". "With regards to your clothing, they are the robes of an potential for the role of Guardian" they initiate simply looks at merlin 'they look like Jedi robes from star wars and what is this Guardian your on about'? "That links in with your final question and there is a simple answer to that is this" the old man takes a breath and claps his hand and there are explosions of light in the air and a banner unfurls from the ceiling with the words congratulations written on it. Merlin then seemingly grow to the size of a giant before stating in a loud voice "I HAVE SUMMONED YOU HERE YOUNG BOY FOR HUMANITY NEEDS A REPLACEMENT GUARDIAN DUE TO EVENTS BEYOND MY CONTROL AND THE ONLY PERSON I HAVE FOUND WORTHY OF THE ROLE IS YOU".

After shrinking back down to his normal height and informing the young hero of the events that led to his summoning and testing merlin asked the hero to walk with him. After brief walk through to the fortress they entered another ceremonial room known of the room of the six masters after their heroic sacrifice to start this line and due to this the granting of a guardians pantheon occurred here. It was here that merlin sprung another surprise on our hero who looked a merlin for minute before losing his temper 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN ACCESS THESE SUPPOSED GODS POWERS, YOU KNOW WHAT IT PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THESE SUPPOSED GODS DON'T EXIST, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY IM LISTENING TO THIS RUBBISH IM A CHRISTIAN NOT SOME WICCAN'. Merlin simply let the boy get his frustration out before explaining "the reason why you can access these gods' powers is because they were sealed away with magic, we couldn't trust them not to go mad with power and turn against humanity". The boy looks him confused 'but without these 'pantheons' which by the way I still don't believe in how can I become the new guardian'. Merlin face turns grave "I had an idea which upon some researching between summoning people I believe is accurate" with a look of interest the boys says two words that could be argued changed everything 'okay explain'. "I believe that using the sealed away magic in the realm I have named the realm of magic to grant you the power of various fictional beings that have enough supporters or as we shall call them worshippers". This only served to confuse the young hero who simply responded with 'that's it, that all the explanation behind this never before done procedure'. Merlin looked at the boy "what not there's more to it I just didn't bring it up since you need to have a large amount of knowledge of magic to understand it unfortunately however for this to work I'll have to do something else sorry about this".

Before the hero could ask what he meant merlin hit him with a blast of light and our hero began to experience various parts of his life. He sees himself as a child watching dc cartoons and his attempt to get into the DC comics new 52 with the new 52 superman, shazam and earth 2. He sees the childhood wonder on being read the harry potter when they came out by his parents and the wonder of seeing the films. He sees the show gravity falls that had been recommended by a friend and the emotional rollercoaster that was the transcendence au. He sees the beloved childhood game of Pokémon and its more modern counterparts and his favourite Pokémon due to its design Zekrom. His remembers as a child watching avatar the last air bender and later on its sequel legend of kora and being interested by the story and the world that it was set in. And he remembers the recent anime of Fairy Tail he has gotten into due to its funny plots and characters.

Then as soon as the visions came they were gone and he was back in the chamber flat on his back his a severe migraine before turning to the wizard 'WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT'. Merlin simply looks at him "I needed to see which fictional beings you resonate with the most and I found them, as well as given me an idea". "You see I worry if magic somehow returns even with you as guardian then those who can use it will be prosecuted like a modern day Salem witches trial'. "However the concepts of superheroes is something that if fairly common in the culture of the modern day so if we alter you powers so that they work like a heroes this prosecution can be prevented". "Thankfully this is doable as each Guardian has his or her powers expressed differently I remember reading of a guardian who had to channel his power through his fingers alone". "As such I took that SHAZAM hero powers idea and tweaked it to fit your situation" the hero seems about to ask something before Merlin cuts him off "and before you ask you have to want to use you powers to say your word of power in order to channel your powers so yes you can use it in conversation" which seemed to reassure the boy. He then asks 'so if were doing the whole shazam idea which powers do I get and don't make It all weird people since I'm still 50/50 on this being a dream and this might push me over the edge'. Merlin looks at the boy with almost a look of nostalgia "I remember when I was in your shoes I acted very much the same way you did but rest assured this isn't a dream". "Anyway back to your powers you'll gain them from fairly powerful fictional beings as a precaution in case the seal breaks as the more powerful the beings I give you the powers off the more of the sealed away magic I burn off so it's a win-win really".

Merlin then proceeds to blast the hero with light again which chanting in an ancient language and after several minutes returns to English and bellows "NEW GUARDIAN OF HUMANITY I GRANT THEE THESE POWERS TO DEFEND US". "THE VAST POWERS OF SUPERMAN, THE MAGICAL POWER OF THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER, THE PHENOMINAL COSMIC POWERS OF ALCOR THE DREAMBENDER, THE VAST POWERS OF THE LIGHTNING DRAGON LEGENDARY ZEKROM AS WELL AS THE TRANSFORMATION LIGHTNING NECESSARY TO CHANNEL YOUR POWERS". "AND I GRANT THEE THE POWER OF THE AVATAR CYCLE AND THE FINALLY THE PHENOMINAL MAGICAL POWER OF MAVIS VERMILION". "IF EVER YOU NEED TO CHANNEL THESE POWERS SIMPLY CRY SHAZAM WITH A DESIRE TO USE THEM AND A DESIRE TO RETURN TO NORMAL TO CEASE CHANELLING THEM". And as quickly as this ceremony had begun it ended just as quickly leaving our hero collapsed in the floor in a daze.

Slowly he began to rise 'is that it do I have my powers now?' Merlin didn't say anything but simply nodded 'is that it or is there anything else'? Merlin looked at this boy, his replacement and stated 'not yet there is one more thing that needs to be done it's a kind of transitional ceremony for ascending to the role of guardian where you have to sit in a throne come this way and we can WAIT WHATS HAPPENING'? Merlin's surprise was caused by the fact that our protagonist was glowing, this surprise turned to worry however when this glow turned into a blinding light that expanded outwards into the shape of a dome almost as a reverse of his summoning to this realm and the dome fades to reveal the champion is gone. This only served to worry Merlin further "why did that happen no matter what I should still have enough control over magic to keep him anchored to this realm what could have" however he was interrupted as he fell to the floor "WHATS HAPPENING TO ME". Merlin clutched his chest in pain before lifting up the shirt of his robes to see his visible heart turning black and that darkness spreading from his heart through his veins until it was visible all over his body. During all of this he tried to reassure himself in his decisions "I'm sure the sitting on the throne to gain the title is just ceremonial and not actually needed, and by that logic I've done my duty and can finally rest". And with that he dead however soon after this magic began to be pulled together near his corpse and more and more until it began to form a blurry shape which became clearer and clearer until it was easily identifiable as the deceased Guardian merlin who looked at his corpse "so I'm dead now, but on the plus side nothing seems to have happened so all in all I did good". Unfortunately merlin's corpse at that point started to glow before the light shot from his body high into the sky until it was no longer visible and the only indicator of its existence being the semi tangible ghost of Merlin looking up into the sky "this could be a problem".

The screen cuts to black and the man in the suit is once again at the centre stage 'Well it looks like things have become problematic, as without merlin alive or our hero rising to the rank of guardian the seal will fade and it looks like magic will return'. 'Well until next time I guess I'm done' and with that a huge bolt of lightning strikes the man obscuring him from view and when the lightning stops the man is gone.