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Chapter 16 - Chapter 1: Tempus

Tempus sat in a stretch limo looking out at the streetlights as they passed. Sighing briefly he instead chose to land his gaze on the driver. "So uhh how long have you been doing this?" Tempus asked the driver. "Oh for about forty years now my good sir." Tempus nodded and blinked his vivid dark purple eyes before looking out the window once more. Soon the limo arrived at the gates of a large mansion, after they opened the limo drove up to the door and Tempus got out. Fixing his all black suit with a purple tie he took a deep breath before knocking on the door. A younger looking man with salt and peppery hair opened the door. The man had light green eyes and a handsome face with a tall lean body. "Hey John you haven't aged since I've seen you." Tempus said to which John smiled.

" well Tempus magic does wonders , and you! You're growing up I mean last time I saw you I believe you were five. " John said hugging his nephew. "Yeah it's been a while." Tempus said as he hugged his uncle back and walked inside the mansion. " Since I known you like the upper floors I have you the tippy top room. " John said in a teasing voice to which Tempus rolled his eyes and walked up the stairs to find his room. After climbing to the mansions third floor Tempus found the door to his room and walked in. The room while nice obviously hadn't been used in a while , the walls were gray and stained the carpet crunchy and the closet as well as the dresser looked as if they were from the eighteenth century.

'Probably are' Tempus thought at he looked at the bed which was the only new thing in the room. It was a comfy looking mattress on top of a metal bedframe. Flopping on top of the bed Tempus sighed and loosened his tie as he looked at the cieling. 'Uncle is exactly the same , it's kinda funny' he thought then snorted and got up. Taking off the suits jacket and the Tempus rolled up his sleeves before walking out of his room and back down onto the first floor. On his way down he bumped into a dude that was in his early twenties from appearance. 'Who knows with the supernatural , I once met a werewolf who was from the civil war' Tempus thought as the guy turned around. He had brown hair and pale red eyes , his face was all angles and he looked perpetually pissed off. "Watch where you're going Tempus " the man said to which Tempus focused on his features.

"Oh hey Ignis , I heard you got your ass kicked" Tempus said sarcastically. "Says the one who hasn't even figured out their magic." Ignis sneered walking up to Tempus " So? Lets go outside and I'll still beat you. " Tempus said before both broke out into a grin. "It's been too long Tempus" Ingis said with a chuckle as he shook the younger boys hand. "Yeah I missed everyone the academy was fun but still no luck in manifesting my magic." Tempus said we they walked down the stairs to the ground floor. " Don't worry it will show eventually. " Ignis said reassuringly before a door opened which caught both of their attention. Tempus was speechless , a beautiful girl with pitch black hair and pink eyes walked into the room. "Who's that?" He asked Ignis when he regained his voice " hmm? oh that's Sasha. " Ignis said as she walked past them.

"Woow I don't remember seeing her here." Tempus said as Ignis and him walked outside . "That's cause she's new Tempy old pal." Ignis said as they faced eachother. "Now let's see what you learned." Ignis said with a smile and shot a bolt of fire at Tempus. Dodging easily Tempus went to close the distance before a bolt of fire was hitting his chest. Suddenly his eyes started glowing and time seemed to stop. Then everything went in reverse till the point that Tempus was running at Ignis. "The fuck?" Tempus said but dodged the bolt of fire and kicked Ignis in the chest.

"What the fuck!? I thought I hit you!" Ignis said surprised as John came out of the mansion with a smile. "Tempus my boy I think you just unlocked your magic." He said giddily. A light shone in Tempus's eyes and he smiled " finally! What type is it uncle? " he asked eagerly John smiled even more and answered " time my boy time. ".