Neb: I do not own Ducktales. I've done flashbacks for each of the family members landing on Dewey, who's flashback was lackluster. This was due to the fact that Vincent had spent his time with the other duck family members and Dewey never actually got a chance to have a one on one conversation with Vincent. Huey visited him in the hospital, Louie invited him to work for McDuck Enterprises, Lena and Webby had several chapters dedicated to speaking with Vincet, and Violet had even been studying Vincent's abilities and his enemies. Now that we've gotten more on our Current Vincent, it's time to look into the other timeline. Cassandra will reveal the story of how she met Vincent and Artifact. I hope you all enjoy.

Cassandra's Flashback

Cassy, Cynthia, Vincent, and Belvedere made their way though the Amazon Rainforest. Vincent was given a mission by Madame Aurora to locate an ancient acolyte temple that was supposedly loaded with Mage Crystals. Wouldn't you believe it, when he was given the job Cassy was the first to run up and ask to join him. Then Belvedere jumped in on it as well followed by Cynthia who was shy about joining, but wanted to help. Madame Aurora had facepalmed at this and said she gives up for whatever reason.

"Why does she hate us?", Cassy wondered.

"She doesn't hate us," Cynthia assured. "She's just protective."

"Protective of Vincent," Belvedere laughed.

"Shut up Bel," Vincent called back as he pressed on ahead of the group.

"But isn't she always the one saying it's better to go in numbers," Cassy pointed out. "We're only following her instructions."

"Look kid, Madame Aurora doesn't hate you," Belvedere explained. "She can get annoyed with Z'Gamaru because he eats everything in sight, and she doesn't like the rest of us because we use her shop as a hang out place. But we're all there so Vincent has people he can rely on."

"But she should be ok with that," Cassy pointed out.

"She is," Vincent explained. "But she wants me to be with people I can ditch the moment things get hard. I would never do that to you guys."

The group smiled at him and they continued on.

Eventually the reached that ancient temple, and what awaited them was more then they ever expected. There was this eerie fog that seeped out of the temple with a mystical aura surrounding it.

"A witches cauldron," Belvedere figured.

"Let's just hope it's not her," Vincent nodded.

"Who?", both Cythia and Cassy wondered.

Vincent and Belvedere looked at each other uneasy. "Should we even risk it?", Vincent wondered.

"We need those crystals," Belvedere shrugged. "Madame Aurora is getting ready to cut us off from how many we use."

Vincent groaned and then nodded. "Fine, but remember the number one rule."

"Any crying little girls, we leave," Belvedere nodded. The two of them paused for a moment. "We really shouldn't have brought these two."

"Hey," Cassy and Cynthia both responded.

"It's nothing personal," Vincent assured. "It's just, a certain witch we know has in fact tricked the both of us, Quinn, Z'Gamaru, and more with that trick."

"Then why'd you help me back at Poseidon's temple?", Cassy wondered.

"Or me against the Frost Wyvern," Cynthia added.

"I didn't really know the disguising herself was a trope for Rosina back when I met Cynthia," Vincent admitted. "And I knew she wasn't dumb enough to get tangled up with Mr. Elite. Not after last time."

"Right she tried to control the bears," Belvedere remembered. "And Mr. Elite torched her for it."

"You mean tortured her."

"Yes and no," Belvedere shook his head. "Look, just stay close and remember, if your mind plays a trick on you don't listen to it."

"How do we fight someone with that power?", Cynthia wondered.

"We don't know," both Vincent and Belvedere stated.

"Only Madame Aurora and Mr. Elite has beaten Rosina before." Vincent continued. "Hopefully it's not her, but if it is. We run."

The group nodded at each other before heading in the temple.


End of Flashback

"So Rosina was a pain in your butt also," Lena realized.

"She keeps hunting me in every timeline," Vincent shook his head. "Why won't she leave me alone?"

"We stopped her," Cassandra explained. "But, That encounter came with a great cost. A lot of encounters did, not just with Rosina. I watched my new family get torn apart one by one.."


Flashback continues.

Cassy ducked down as blasts of energy came flying her direction.

"Oh gods, I'm probably firing at you," Belvedere figured. "I'm sorry whichever one of you is hiding. My body is moving on it's own and all I see are enemies."

"Bel's got stronger," a raven witch pointed out as she sat back against a wall. "Last time I got him, he was a lot more zombie like."

Speaking of zombie like, Cynthia was in a complete daze as she fired blasts of cold magic from her Wyvern's eye medallion at Vincent.

Just like Cassy, Vincent was cornered trying to take cover against his former friend. "Cynthia, you have to fight it," Vincent yelled.

"It's no use Vinney," Rosina Evermore tsked. "I will control your whole party. Then I'll send your friends into a battle against Madame Aurora for fun. But I'll keep you all to myself."

"This lady is gross," Cassy groaned.

"Insolent child," Rosina shouted. "Bel, be a good dear and blast her already!"

Cassy couldn't get near the witch because her new power was short ranged like Quinn's. She was enhanced to draw her bronze short sword through a portal. "Portal," Cassy realized. She created her portal next to herself, but instead of drawing a sword from it, she used it as a wall against Belvedere's onslaught.

"Clever," Rosina admitted. "But you have to close that portal before you can create another, and you are nowhere near another hiding place. It's over." Rosina turned to Vincent who was trying his hardest to take aim at her without hitting Cynthia. "Oh Vinney, just give up already. I'll treat you just fine as my loyal weapon. We'll control my sisters and all will be right with the world."

"Not a chance," Vincent shook his head.

She frowned before pulling out a bag of mage crystals. "Not even for these? There's probably more mage crystals in that bag then you and Bel had ever seen in your lifetimes."

"I... I can't stop," Cynthia whined as she tried to hold herself back.

Vincent took that moment to move in on Cynthia and knock her out. "Sorry Cynthia."

"Was she regaining her senses already?", Rosina wondered. "I'm losing my touch." She looked down at Cassy who was wide open thanks to her focusing on Bel. She grinned before leaping from her position towards the girl. "No matter, I'll make a new puppet!"

"Cassy now," Vincent shouted.

Cassandra pulled her bronze short sword from the portal, turned, and slashed at Rosina as the witch closed in on her.

Rosina hissed as she fell back against the cave wall covering her wound. "Little monster! Bel, she's open!"

Belvedere aimed his gun at Cassy.

"Bel, don't do it," Vincent yelled. He aimed his own pistol at Belvedere.

"I... Vincent, I'm sorry," Belvedere shook his head as his finger tightened. Two blasts could be heard from the cave and Belvedere missed Cassy because Vincent shot him right before he could shoot her.

"N-no," Cassy yelled.

Rosina limped away as her rivals all ran to Belvedere's side. "I'll get them next time."


Cassy was comforting Cynthia back at Artifact who had been crying nonstop. Vincent didn't want to be seen after what had happened so he had disappeared. When they told Madame Aurora of the situation, she put Z'Gamaru in charge of her shop while she went out looking for Vincent. Albert and Quinn were hanging out nearby with not much to say, but they listened in on the situation.

"It's not his fault," Z'Gamaru assured them. "Rosina put him in an impossible situation."

"We know that," Cassy assured. "R-right Cynthia?"

Cynthia continued to cry ignoring Cassy. She didn't have the strength to answer that question.

"Isn't it?", Albert broke the silence. "Perhaps Vincent should have brought more regulars than just the three of you. Maybe he didn't want to divide profits too much."

"We don't even use mage crystals," Quinn pointed out to him.

"I'm talking about more substantial currency," Albert shook his head. "What if their was gold?"

"Vinney's not greedy," Cassy yelled at Albert.

Albert frowned at her and turned away. "We are magic users, we are all greedy. It only seems like Vincent is more generous because he has more than the rest of us. He can spare some loose change for us wondering mages."

"That's enough Albert," Quinn growled at the boy.

Albert glared back at him and then shook his head. "Where are the profits from your last adventure Quinn? How much of it went to Madame Aurora and how much of it filled your pockets? Vincent didn't just recover gold and mage crystals from the journey he had with Cassy, he got various magic artifacts like a Gorgon's Eye and Poseidon's Trident. Did any of you get any magic items?"

"I got paid in money," Quinn shook his head. "That's all I cared about anyways. We are mercenaries Albert, not collectors."

"Madame Aurora was given the trident," Cynthia finally spoke up. "And she used sealing magic to put the Gorgon's Eye within the same medallion as my Wyvern's Eye."

"Why'd she do that Kaeru?", Z'Gamaru wondered.

"I'm the only one in the world who could unlock my medallion in eight hundred years," Cynthia sniffed. "She said it was safer in my medallion than in her shop."

"Safer with you," Albert growled. "You were controlled by Rosina, what if she actually sent you after us!"

"Dude, what's your damage?", Cassy yelled.

"Bel was taken out by our friend," Z'Gamaru reminded her. "We are all more than a little distraught right now."

"Vincent made the right move though," Quinn assured. "Bel would have preferred being defeated by Vincent's hands than that Witch."

"Agreed," Z'Gamaru nodded. "Even more so he would have given his own live over Cynthia's or Cassy's a thousand times over, Kaeru."

"God, why do you always end your sentences with Kaeru," Cassy yelled at Z'Gamaru before turning around and heading out of the shop.

"... I do?", Z'Gamaru responded surprising everyone else.


End of Flashback

"I... I killed someone," Vincent responded. "And you want me to go back to that timeline?"

"W-what? No, I just want you to stop affecting this one," Cassandra assured. "I've learned that there were certain events in this timeline that you've interfered with ever since I changed everything."

"What do you mean you changed everything?", Vincent growled.

"She made a Genie wish," Webby explained. "I get it though, after losing your friend Bel it seemed like everyone was against each other."

"Belvedere was only the start," Cassandra shook her head.


Flashback Continues

When Cassy came back to the shop, Z'Gamaru was getting ready to close down.

"Madame Aurora and Vincent hadn't come back yet?", Cassy questioned.

"Afraid so, Kaeru," Z'Gamaru nodded.

"Z," Cassy sighed. "I'm sorry I yelled at you."

"You are young," Z'Gamaru reminded her. "It is normal for someone your age to become upset when dealing with loss. Though Belvedere was a good friend of mine, he was far from the first friend I've lost in my lifetime. The truth is magic users get hunted quite often. Sometimes by other magic users, but more often by angry mobs."

The two of them heard glass break ending their conversation. They both moved towards the crash to see what had happened.

"A-Albert?", Cassy responded as they stared at the red duck boy.

Albert had broken into a case that contained the trident of Poseidon, as well as a few genie lamps, a mirror, and Belvedere's rifle. "Found it," Albert grinned.

"What are you doing?", Z'Gamaru yelled.

"Showing you all what will happen to our own items when we perish," Albert explained as he grabbed the trident.

Z'Gamaru lunged at the boy to take the trident from him but Albert vanished before their eyes. "Illusion magic? Have you strayed from your current path?"

"Don't have one," Albert responded as he reappeared by the front desk. "Like Belvedere I am not tied down to a single form of magic. I just have a natural talent for controlling magic items."

Z'Gamaru growled before reaching for his Katana. "I've already lost one friend this week Kaeru, don't make me fight you Albert."

"Just tell us why your doing this," Cassy yelled at Albert. "Your a book nerd, not a supervillain."

"Haha, Book nerd," Albert laughed. "Good one Cassandra. No my friend, I didn't read all those books with Cynthia just because I love reading so much. I wanted to learn everything this shop had to offer. So that I could increase my own power."

"You are going to be banished from this shop," Z'Gamaru yelled.

"And the only two who have that ability are just not home right now," Albert reminded them. He pulled a bag of mage crystals out from the front desk and then tossed them aside.

Z'Gamaru inhaled deeply as sparks of lightning and wind began to run across his blade. "I am not just a Samurai, I am a Storm Mage Albert."

"I'm not scared," Albert grinned.

Cassy created a portal and pulled her bronze short sword from it.

Albert disappeared in front of their eyes again and then reappeared next to the case where the other items were.

Z'Gamaru spun around instantly and leaped directly at the boy. "No more warnings!"

Albert grinned as he grabbed onto the mirror and held it up in front of the red frog samurai. Z'Gamaru disappeared next inside of the mirror.

"No, Z!", Cassy cried as she fell to her knees.

The mirror cracked and broke apart after it had trapped Z'Gamaru. "Guess it was a one use item," Albert realized. "Maybe I wasted it on the frog. Sending Vincent to another dimension would have been way more fun."

"Why are you doing this," Cassy cried. "Wasn't one friend enough, why do you hate Vincent! I thought he found all the regulars and helped all of you one way or another."

"He did not help me," Albert yelled. "It took three years trying to find this place! I could have started my research when I was seven, that's how advanced I was. But no, this shop never appeared for me!"

"W-wait, that can't be it," Cassy yelled. "Your jealous of Vincent, that's why you sent Z'Gamaru to another dimension!"

"And who wouldn't be?", Albert chuckled. "I grew up with no parents, Vincent had two. Granted he started with his mother and then moved to live with his dad when she passed. Then when his own old man left him Artifact appeared. Well my Aunt left me also when my own parents disappeared and where was my magic shop? I was abandoned as an egg, and he got to grow up with always someone to rely on."

"Couldn't you have just talked to him about it?", Cassy shook her head. "This is extremely petty Albert!"

"Call it what you will," Albert smiled. "But now that I have Poseidon's Trident and the Mage Crystals to charge it, I'd say I'm ready to fight Vincent."

Cassy charged at him, but was blasted back by a sea serpent made of water.

"This feel natural," Albert grinned as he spun around the trident. He blasted her with water a couple more times causing her to cough repeatedly. "I suppose picking on you is unfair, after all your the newest member." Albert headed for the front door and then paused. "Wait a minute, I forgot something. I left Cynthia tied up with Quinn in the broom closet." He tossed the Wyvern Eye Medallion to Cassy's feet. "Be sure to return this to her. I no longer have use for it."

"W-what? No, Medusa's Left Eye," Cassy realized. "Did you turn her to stone?"

"What no, I'm not a monster," Albert shook his head. "I only wanted to take out the strongest Regular with it. Anyways, I'll see you again." With that Albert left the shop.

Cassy was almost too frightened to move towards the closet, but now that things were quiet she could hear someone struggling inside there. She groaned before heading towards the broom closet and opening in it. Surely enough, Cynthia was tied up and crying, and she was under the feet of a statue of Quinn.


End of Flashback

"I can't tell this story anymore," Cassandra shook her head. "It's like I reliving it."

"Cassandra," Webby spoke up. "I had no idea."

"It sucks, I can't undo my wish without putting myself in a worse situation," Cassandra admitted. "And that means I can never get my Vincent back. I erased him and everyone I knew because, I thought I could just use a wish to make everything better." Everyone remained silent and Cassandra sighed. "We did beat Albert though. Vincent was a stronger mage through and through. Then we fought Rosina again and defeated her and her sisters. Then we took another couple rounds against Mr. Elite and eventually defeated him as well. Cynthia halfway between all of that stopped showing up to the shop. My mother got involved when we were fighting Rosina. Then she wanted to move away from town with me. I couldn't leave Vincent behind, I found one of Madame Aurora's genie lamps and I made two wishes. However, the Genie had rules and I couldn't revive anyone and I couldn't bring Z'Gamaru back from where he was trapped without having knowledge of where he was trapped. So instead my first wish was that my Parents never split up. I woke up in a new timeline where Artifact wasn't around the corner anymore. I couldn't find it anywhere, but I still had my other wish. So I wished that Vincent would find his sister."

"Then he found Webby," Lena facepalmed. "That Genie was against you huh."

"Genies often are," Vincent nodded. "Well accept for Gene, but he was a rare case."

"I should have been more specific," Cassandra nodded.

"So where's all your friends?", Dewey wondered. "Did the wish at least get them all back?"

"Quinn wasn't a statue anymore," Cassandra nodded. "But the Genie couldn't bring back Belvedere or Z'Gamaru. I found Quinn and Cynthia working with the Enforcers of Order though, a long with a few other sorcerers that use to regularly visit Artifact. So I joined the Enforcers of Order."

"What about Albert?", Vincent wondered.

"Never saw him again," Cassandra admitted. "To be honest, I'm never going to go looking for him. He can stay in whatever Orphanage he grew up in."

"So when we defeated him we didn't destroy him," Vincent confirmed.

"We would never stoop to his level," Cassandra nodded. "You even told him that to add salt to his wound."

"What makes you think he won't cause problems for us again in this timeline?", Vincent questioned.

Cassandra couldn't tell Vincent that Artifact and Madame Aurora were currently being held prisoner by the Enforcers of Order. But that was the main reason Albert would never rise to power in this timeline. There was no magic items to steal. "You tell me, he never showed up at your shop right."

"I hadn't seen Artifact in a while," Vincent pointed out. "You think he might have something to do with it.?"

"I doubt it," Cassandra assured. "Madame Aurora would never be defeated by a powerless thirteen year old."

Vincent glared at her and then nodded. "Good point."