Neb: Last chapter Webby and Vincent tried to bring Lena back from the shadow realm, but the tethering spell had backfired. Vincent had an emotional breakdown afterwards and Webby did her best to cheer him up. I don't know what day this is since the view count stopped working, but I hope people are still reading. That being said, I was told to continue, so continue I shall. I do not own Ducktales.
It was the fifth time Vincent headed down the streets looking for Artifact since it had disappeared. Like always, the shop was gone. Vincent for the past week had been staying at the McDuck manor, and it felt wrong. Like he didn't earn being there. Maybe that's just the mindset his own guardians had imprinted on him, but he couldn't help but feel that way. He sighed deeply as he stared at the corner the shop use to be.
"It's you," a girl spoke up behind Vincent.
Vincent turned around quickly startled for a moment and then looked down at the hummingbird girl who was at Artifact before the Shadow War begun.
"I Knew you'd come back eventually," the girl spoke up. "I am Violet Sabrewing and I have a lot of questions."
"I... I don't know you," Vincent lied as he turned around. "You got the wrong person."
"Please, do you think I'd be so gullible," she responded with little emotion.
Vincent stared down at her and then chuckled. "I guess not. Your the skeptical kid right?"
"I admit I may have been very dismissive," Violet admitted. "But I assure you, after the events of the Shadow War I am a believer now. Now for my questions, are you a sorcerer of some kind?"
"I just worked in a magic shop," Vincent lied again.
"Testing me I see," Violet assessed. "Your first lie about you being the wrong person revealed to me that you turn your head to look away. You can't even look someone in the eyes when lying."
Vincent glared at her and she glared back with a smirk. "Dang brat. Fine, I'm not a sorcerer though, that implies I was born gifted and became all powerful. I'm a mage, born with an element and I only follow one path."
"And what path is that?", Violet continued to question.
"Order," Vincent shrugged. "There are only two paths that my mentor taught me, order and chaos. I am bound by my destiny to serve one single path."
"Order sounds like an acceptable one," Violet nodded as she pulled out a pen and paper.
"Don't record this," Vincent grunted.
"Why? Is this all a secret? Are you hiding from someone?"
"Too many questions," Vincent decided as he turned around. "Go home kid, forget about magic."
"I can't," Violet spoke up. She watched Vincent stop and turn back. "Forget about magic that is, I'm quite comfortable in my living space."
"You get two more questions," Vincent sighed. "Then I move on."
"Who started the Shadow War?", Violet continued.
"Magica DeSpell, an actual Sorceress," Vincent explained. "I didn't know much about her until the Shadow War either. My mentor kept me in the dark about the DeSpells."
"So there's more than one," Violet figured. "That wasn't a question by the way, that's just an assessment."
"Go ahead and ask your last question," Vincent waved it away.
"There's so many and you restrict me to only one left," Violet sighed. "I'll save that question for another time then. I'll answer as many questions as I can myself, and if there's one that stumps me, I'll find you."
"Smart I suppose," Vincent admitted. "I'll give you this information free. Magic is dangerous, if not handled properly it will hurt people."
"I gathered that on my own, but thanks," Violet nodded.
"Then why pursue it?", Vincent wondered.
"Knowledge," Violet answered. "There's a whole field I don't understand, I want to learn everything I can. Plus, it's exciting."
"You remind me of me three years ago," Vincent smiled. "Alright Violet, I'll swing by here again another time. When your ready to ask your question let me know."
"Oh uh, this isn't the question that I want to ask," Violet began. "But could you by chance pick up or set off to the side some of those old books that were for sale at Artifact if that shop ever reappears? Again, I misjudged when I chose not to get them the last time."
"I... I'll see what I can do," Vincent agreed. "Don't worry, I won't count that as your question." Violet waved goodbye before heading off. "Kids today are curious," Vincent figured. "She turned from a skeptic into a believer after the Shadow War. Yet, magic doesn't terrify her, it intrigues her. I suppose I was the same way when I was thirteen." Vincent shook his head as he realized he was just talking to himself aloud and then headed off.