Neb: I do not own Ducktales. Not sure what to say here. Vincent is lost and broken thanks to Rosina, again. Webby fought an intruder from the Enforcers of Order and defeated her which is great. She interrogated the Enforcer of Order into explaining what her connection to Vincent was, and the girl stated that she was Vincent's sister. I hope you all enjoy the fanfic.
"What?", Webby responded. "His sister? He said he was an only child." Webby suddenly flashed back to the Harp of Mervana.
"What do you want me to say?", Mrs. Beakley yelled at the ancient artifact. "That people often lie? That you shouldn't trust anyone, especially a pack of mermurdermaids? That I lie to my granddaughter?"
"N-no," Webby shook her head. "Not him to, why do people keep lying to me!"
The girl stared at Webby for a moment as Webby fumed. She could use this moment to attack, but she already knew she was beat in terms of fighting power. "Look, the girl stated. If it's any consolation, Vincent wasn't lying to you. I've only ever known him to lie once."
"Then why did you show up?", Webby teared up. "Are you the one lying then? Does it matter, because this whole world is just filled with liars?"
"Relax there," the girl raised her arms in defense. "I..." The girl sighed for a moment. "It's hard to explain, just know that I wouldn't do anything to hurt Vincent. I'm protecting him from my colleagues, by making sure your family forgets him."
"How does that protect him?", Webby growled. "You want him to be alone? Artifact, the shop he worked at, hasn't returned in months, and he abandoned the Shadow Syndicate to protect me."
"That's the problem," the girl yelled back. "It wasn't supposed to be you he protected from them, it was supposed to be me."
Webby remained silent after that and then moved away from the girl and pointed towards the couch, telling her to sit.
The girl did as instructed and sighed once more.
"Who are you?", Webby asked again. "Really?"
"My name is Cassandra Migrant, and I've live your life... kind of." She took a breath before starting from the beginning. "Quinn's job wasn't to destroy mages who stray from their path of magic, that was just his chosen path. One that he took very seriously. His job was protecting the timeline, just like mine is. In another timeline Vincent lived pretty much the same life. His mother dying, his gambling addict father, and then Artifact and the Shadow Syndicate. At least until he went to the Temple of Poseidon to find Mage Crystals."
"Poseidon? Not Helios?"
"That was where everything split," the Cassandra stated. "I lived in a small town called Quackington. My parents were divorced in the original timeline, my dad moved to Europe and I wanted nothing more than to see him. I ran away from my mother, as stupid as that was. All she ever did was look out for me. Then I went to a shipyard hoping to find a boat that was heading to Europe. I didn't look for details like which country, I figured I could just look my dad up when I got there. I overhead two bears talking about the Temple of Poseidon, and I connected that to Greek Mythology. So I figured the temple was in Europe, so their boat was in the right direction. I stowed away on it and waited forever. But the Temple wasn't located directly in Europe, it was on an island. I was trapped with a group of Mercenaries. Then they spotted me, Mr. Elite, the deer man was getting ready to dispose of me."
"Then Vincent happened," Webby realized.
"He lied to his mercenary buddies that I was his sister, and I must have stowed away on their ship following him. I didn't argue, that was my only way out. I stayed silent and hid next to Vincent. The Shadow Syndicate shrugged it off and continued with their expedition. Eventually Mr. Elite and Vincent started fighting each other towards the end when a God Level artifact presented itself, the Trident of Poseidon. The temple collapsed with all the damages the two bears, Vincent's explosions, and Mr. Elite's gun was causing. But we managed to escape with out lives."
"So then your story really is similar to mine," Webby realized. "How did the timelines split?"
"Well, I got to know the people at Artifact. There were more people then just Vincent and Madame Aurora. Quinn was actually one of them, always fighting with his sister. An older man who's now my boss in the Enforcers of Order, and another girl who's well read like you, but timid. We were all one big family. At least until I finally found my dad. He had moved on and built a new family without me."
"I'm sorry to hear that," Webby admitted. "But that still doesn't explain."
"I'm getting there," Cassandra chuckled. "I found one of Madame Aurora's genie lamps. It only had two wishes left in it and I wanted to keep the new family I had built while repairing my old one. But that's not how time works, because if my parents never spit, I never would have found Artifact."
"So the timeline split because of two genie wishes?"
"My first wish was for my parents to get back together," Cassandra nodded. "I wanted my second wish to combine my two families together, but the stupid Genie said he couldn't do that. That my parents world and Artifact's world were meant to stay separate. That even if he manage to find a point in time where my parents even met the people from Artifact that he couldn't influence their relationship enough to get the two families to merge. I knew that there was only one person that if I ran into him again, he would bring me back to Artifact, even in the new timeline."
"Vincent," Webby figured.
"I wished that he would find his sister," Cassandra smiled. "But I wasn't specific enough, because you took my place. Because I was the wish maker, I maintained my memories. So, I found the Enforcers of Order where the largest chunk of my former mage family was already working for and decided to join them myself."
"I understand now," Webby nodded. "I understand that you lied before also!"
"What? When?"
"You said you weren't controlling like Rosina, but you actually put a target on Vincent's back because of your actions!"
"I know, I'm trying to set things right," Cassandra assured. "I just need to remove all the damages that Vincent's caused. She pulled out Donald's Family Photo from when they were trapped in another wish. "You see this? Vincent wasn't supposed to be fighting next to you. He wasn't supposed to be fighting Moon Invaders Or his own Shadow. That's all stuff from your timeline." She saw Webby still wasn't convinced. "Scrooge, Lena, and Violet weren't supposed to have run ins with Rosina or Mr. Elite either. That was supposed to be Madame Aurora, me, Quinn, and the others. The guy I worked for was the one standing in Vincent's dad's way, not your Granny."
"None of this makes any sense," Webby grunted as she grabbed her head. "What was supposed to happen in my timeline, without Vincent?"
"Well... not much has actually changed. Aside from photos and your family tree."
"If that's it, then give my my stupid photo back," Webby yelled as she grabbed Vincent's picture. "And put Donald's family portrait back, he worked hard for that."
"I'm sorry," Cassandra shook her head. "Vincent should be with his sister."
"He is," Webby humphed.
