On March 18, 2029, the first ten of the source mage children were twelve years
old. Valda Ramsey was meant to be the oldest, but because of her mother’s time
jump before she was born, she was only seven years old. They were starting to
feel like it was time for them to take over Springfield and Splitsville. They
were each developing powers beyond just being able to repel time monsters, and
they figured they were old enough to lead the people of Durus. The problem
was, even though everyone loved and respected them, they were still being
treated as children. They could protect Springfield, but they were not thought
to be fit to make any decisions, and that just wasn’t good enough for them. By
then, a catalog of the time monsters was written up. They knew the differences
between rothkillers and roiders, bygoners and speedstrikers. Each type had its
own special power, and one of them in particular would be useful to them. The
verters were the most intelligent monster—or perhaps, really, the only
intelligent ones. They could alter the age of a target, in appearance, and to
some degree, level of maturity. The children tried to get people to take them
seriously for a few weeks, months, but no one was biting, so the verters were
their only hope. There was no difference between a proverter and a
retroverter. It all depended on which alteration they were using on a subject
at any given time. An old person, of course, would only be interested in being
young again, and that was the most common desire, so they were generally
called retroverters. That was not what the source mage children wanted, or
needed. The mages would one day welcome the gift of youth, but for now, it was
only holding them back. If they were just a little bit older, they believed
people would follow them into a new era. This was what was best for their
people, whether they knew it or not. And so, shortly after Valda turned eight
in November, most of the children set off to find the proverters in the thicket, to strike a
deal with them. Orabela Vinci stayed behind. She did not want her age or
appearance to change. She was perfectly happy as she was, and was patient
enough to wait for her own natural development. The proverters were glad to
give them what they wanted, but warned it would come at a cost. Aging someone
took time; up to three weeks, in fact. While they were gone, they would be
well taken care of, but Springfield would not be. One of the other kids, who
was a few years older than them, had gone with to make sure they all stayed
safe. Once the deal was set, they sent Ecrin back to Springfield, so she could
warn everyone else to be on alert for monsters for the next three weeks. They
were gone a month, and by the time they returned, they found their absence had
caused some problems, and people were not happy. They were fully prepared to
accept their new leadership, but if they were going to do that, these leaders
would be expected to step up, and fix what they had broken. They might have
overestimated how easy it would be to be the rulers.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
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