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

"This is it," Cassy yelled with glee. "This is the house from my dad's picture!"

Vincent trailed behind her. When she looked at him he just nodded and smiled. The other regulars, Z'Gamaru, Quinn, and Belvedere had headed back to Artifact, no doubt to lounge around until Madame Aurora pays them to leave. That was their main source of income. Though most of the regulars wouldn't leave Artifact even if they were paid to, they enjoy treating it like a public library which gets on Madame Aurora's nerves.

"Thank you for everything Vincent," Cassy hugged him. "I want you to meet my dad, he's a big fan of antiques also, so I bet you two will get along."

"Sure Cassy," Vincent replied.

Cassy could see a look of skepticism. She didn't get offended by it, because she learned that Vincent's family wasn't exactly functional either. Still, once she sees her dad she can convince him to return to America. He can get back together with her mom and she can work Vincent into their family also. They can all visit Artifact, she can get to know Vincent's mentor and the other regulars. Once Cassy made her way past the front gate and up to the door, she was about to knock. But that was when she heard a baby cry. Her heart sank and she grunted before heading towards a window to peak inside. She saw her dad and the french woman taking care of a child, that looked like a combination of the both of them. "I can't believe it," she groaned. It also looked like the French woman was beginning a new cycle of pregnancy as well. Tears formed in Cassy's eyes as she ran off past Vincent.

"Cassy," Vincent called out. "Cassy!" Vincent ran after her for a while until she stopped at a bridge to catch her breath. "Cassy, what's wrong? I thought you wanted to see your old man?"

"Yeah well he doesn't want to see me," Cassy argued. "He... he!" She sniffed as tears begun to fall from her eyes again. "He has a new family, mom and I are in the past."

Vincent hugged Cassy as she cried. "That's rough kid," Vincent admitted. "My old man didn't want anything to do with me either. He always treated me like I was some kind of burden."

"But that wasn't the case for my dad," Cassy yelled. "He called me little angle and took me to baseball games. He took me everywhere! But he and my mom got sick of each other, and then that temptress took him away. It's not fair, why couldn't he have just gotten an apartment nearby, why'd he have to leave the country?"

"I'm sorry Cassy," Vincent shook his head. "Understanding the motivations of our elders isn't exactly one of my strong suits. My own parents had gotten sick of each other when I was much younger than you. I don't even remember them together. Madame Aurora usually keeps to herself about her own past and motivations. The kids and young adults at Artifact are at least open books."

"How is any of that supposed to help?", Cassy yelled.

"I was hoping relating to your situation would at least let you know your not alone," Vincent explained. "I'm here for you, if you want to let out your frustration. Even if my advice is terrible."

Cassy looked at Vincent and nodded before hugging him again. She wiped her tears and then stepped away. "Thank you, your the one good thing from this trip. You and learning magic is real anyways."

"Artifact came to me in my time of need," Vincent nodded. "Maybe it can do the same for you. Let's head back to the states, I'll introduce you to everyone."

"I'd like that."

"There's a condition though," Vincent pointed out.

"What is it?"

"You have to patch things up with your mom," Vincent instructed. "She's probably worried sick."

"I... I... your right," Cassy sighed.

Cassy was surprised she was only grounded for two weeks. Her mom was more happy to see her than she was angry. She was sad that Cassy had run away, and explained to Cassy that she was the only family member that was left. Cassy felt extremely guilty after that, she tried to explain that she wanted to bring her dad back so that wasn't the case. But her mom didn't want to hear it. That was when she was grounded.

Once her punishment was finally over, she headed down to the street that Vincent pointed her towards. It was an area by the Docks of Quackington at a crossroad. There she saw a luminescent sign called Artifact glowing before her. She smiled before heading into the shop.

"Hey Cassy's finally here," a red frog carrying a Katana spoke up. He wore beige close with blue clouds printed upon them.

"Z'Gamaru right?", Cassy remembered.

"You remember me, Kaeru," Z'Gamaru blushed. "The other regulars are here as well."

"I can't get rid of them," a red haired duck woman at the counter groaned as she was messing with a Tarot card deck. "Welcome to my shop young Cassandra, I am Madame Aurora mistress of Chaos and mentor and boss of Vincent Tailfeather."

"Nice to meet you," Cassy bowed her head. "Vincent has told me so much about you."

"So polite," Z'Gamaru realized.

"Hey, it's the kid," Quinn pointed out as he and Belvedere the blue jay were walking up towards the front. "Your mirror just gave us a new job," Quinn pointed out to Madame Aurora. "We're going to go take care of it."

"Thank all that is magical," Madame Aurora rolled her eyes.

"S-she really doesn't like you guys," Cassy realized.

"First impressions are everything," Quinn shrugged.

"And we were off to a rough start," Belvedere added.

"So the regulars are two samurai and a sniper?", Cassy figured.

"There's a few more than us," Quinn explained. "Z'Gamaru's the only samurai, I'm just a trained assassin with a Katana. You could say I'm enhanced or enchanted with magic."

"I'm a descendant of the Musketeers," Belvedere nodded. "Not specifically sniping, but I do like my magic rifle. I don't draw from the Path of Order at the same scale as Vincent though, so I have to keep reloading new Mage Crystals."

"We're always happy to help out Vincent whenever we can," Z'Gamaru nodded. "We've been assisting in guiding him and the other kids. My Katana is magic, it revolves around my aura. I'm a Storm Mage, so I have a larger manna pool than Quinn and Bel."

"Right, Vincent's a Destruction Mage also," Cassy remembered.

"Guess you'll be joining that group," Quinn smirked. "First couple lessons. You see a little girl crying randomly at the end of an ally way, turn away. Never fight Mr. Elite, especially not alone. Go for Ronny and Donny's knees, and watch out for my sister Britt. She likes to strike when least expected, so never take your eyes off her."

"I... I got it," Cassy responded.

"Good kid," Quinn smiled.

"Alright, enough fooling around," Belvedere figured. "Let's head out guys."

"I'm going to, Kaeru?", Z'Gamaru realized.

"Yes," they both groaned. "Come on."

The two of them dragged the red frog out of the shop.

"Well have a look around while you wait for Vincent," Madame Aurora instructed. "Let me know if you find anything interesting. Don't touch any lamps and don't rub any mirrors, if their is a box with a lock on it, don't unseal it."

"Understood," Cassy nodded before heading around the shop. A large portion of the shop had mostly paperweights and other nick-knacks for non magic users. Then their was the really expensive stuff that some sorcerer costumers were looking at. Cassy could hear Madame Aurora laugh about curses with those sorcerers. Then she headed upstairs where their was a ton of books. Their were two kids around her age reading some of those books and passing notes back and forth with each other. "Oh hi," she smiled.

The other two were duck children like her, one of witch was an eleven year old girl that was hiding in the books. The other was a thirteen year old duck boy with red feathers.

"Don't mind her," the boy nodded. "She has social anxiety."

"Ah, I see," Cassy replied. "I'm Cassy, what's your names?"

"I... I'm Cynthia Vongustus," the shy girl responded as she avoided eye contact. "I'm a training Ice Mage."

"Albert," the boy shook her had. "Albert Argyris. I require items and enhancements to use powers like the older regular Belvedere."