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keep the memories (of who I was before)

Summary:

Twenty- one characters are brought together to watch the past and the future in order to save magic and thus, save the future of the world.

Notes:

Characters and their timelines:
Season 1 Act 1 (After the explosion at Jayce’s apartment)
- Vander
- Vi
- Powder
- Ekko
- Mylo
- Claggor
- Benzo
- Jayce
- Viktor
- Mel
- Heimerdinger
- Caitlyn
- Cassandra
- Tobias

Season 1 Act 2 (After Jinx loses it at the ship fighting the firelights)
- Silco
- Sevika

Chapter 1: The bad beginning

Chapter Text

(Season 1 Act 1)
The Last Drop was finally quiet after all the gamblers and the drunks were herded out leaving the lively bar in peace again for the night. Vander busied himself with wiping the bartop clean, mentally contemplating on what to do now.

He wasn't going to give his kids up, that much he made clear. The only solid option he had left was to give himself up in their place. The council needs their pound of flesh after all.

With a sigh, he shut his eyes and placed both hands at the edges of the bartop, his shoulders slumping in both tiredness and defeat. Benzo can take care of them. He trusted his friend well enough to keep the whole place in check.

Then it was decided. He’ll tell Grayson and Benzo tomorrow.

He wasn't sure on how to break the news to Vi and the others, but they’ll understand. They have to.

He wiped his hands on a towel and draped it over his shoulder. He barely made it a few steps before a sudden wave of lightheadedness crashed over him and all went dark.

—

(Season 1 Act 1)
Jayce closed his eyes and outstretched his arms, leaning forward ready to jump and end it all.

He felt the world spin and shift around him, and when he opened his eyes…
—

(Season 1 Act 2)
Silco’s back hit his chair with a thud and a creak down at its rusty hinges. He closed his eyes and let his head rest back and pinched the bridge of his nose, taking a break from all the paperwork scattered on his desk.

He was right, Jinx's whole episode at the blimp would set them back weeks. Don't get him wrong, he loved the girl he saw as his daughter with his whole black heart, but sometimes, she got a little too much.

Never in his life did he expect to be a father, especially one birthed by Felicia and raised by Vander.

Janna, he missed them both. Not that he’ll ever say it out loud, but still, it was nice to admit it.

A sudden wave of nausea overcame him and he looked at the tea he was drinking. Was it poisoned?

“Sevika!” He called out in panic.

Heavy footfalls made themselves heard outside for quick seconds before Sevika threw the door open. She barely made it a step through before she collapsed and fell to the ground. It was the last thing Silco saw before his eyes fell closed and darkness surrounded him.

Chapter 2: Explanations and Introductions

Summary:

The aftermath of the characters getting kidnapped

Notes:

Sorry I'm late guys, but as promised,

I present to you: ✨chapter 2✨

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Astra sighed as she finished bringing everyone to separate rooms in groups.

Explaining all of this would be easier if she did this without them being distracted by the others at first.

Stress gnawed at her at the reminder of what the future has in store for all of them. But it was her job to change it, and this is the easiest way for them to understand. With another sigh and a shake of her head to get herself back into her senses, she entered the first room.

—

“Where the hell are we?” Demanded fifteen-year-old Vi as soon as she entered the door, and despite the act to make herself look tougher, it all fell apart at the sight of little Powder hanging at her arm.

Astra held her hand out to stop her and read from a piece of paper having already written it down since she was going to have to explain this again a few more times.

“My name is Astra; I work for an entity far greater than your minds are capable of processing. I have brought you here today to watch your past and future in order to save your world. However, you are not the only ones who will be here watching, I have brought a total of twenty-one of you here to witness and hopefully change your fates. We are currently in an interdimensional pocket out of space and time where you will watch the events that will lead to impending doom. My job is to guide you through all this and at the end of the watching session you will be brought back to the exact time you were taken from.” She tears her eyes away from the paper and folds it neatly. “I will now be taking questions, make it quick. I have others to attend to before we can begin with this.”

The eight others in the room were silent for a moment before Powder broke the silence asked first.

“How did we get here?”

“Magic, little one. Magic.” She answered. “And yes, it's real. You will be learning more about it soon.”

“You mentioned others.” Vander brought up. “Who?”

Astra sighed. “Alright, I brought four groups here in total. Eight are from Piltover from the exact time you are from, two are from seven years into the future, and four are from even further than that, but will not appear until you have finished watching the first act.”

The eight Zaunites froze in place at the thought of unknown others, especially ones from the future, to be in here with them.

“I’ll leave you all alone for a little while while I go inform the others of what is happening.” Astra said, reaching for the door behind her. “I’ll be back to collect you in a bit.”

And with that she slipped out the door and left them to ponder and talk things out.

—

Jayce Talis laughed, both in wonder and in insanity. “Magic! Time Travel! Do you have any idea how this could impact studies for future projects?”

“Yes but I believe that everyone else here is more worried about the fact that we were kidnapped by what seems to be a madwoman.” Sheriff Grayson said with a rub on her eyes. “What the hell did you give us?”

“It's a simple sleeping powder. The after effects shouldn't last long.” Astra shrugged, “And technically it isn't time travel, but I did pull you from your respective timelines to bring you here.”

“Anyone else feel like throwing up?” Viktor asked and not far from him, Caitlyn raised her hand with a groan.

“I will be back to collect you in a bit, just need to inform two more groups.”

—

“No,” Silco said. “Absolutely not. Get us out of here”

“You’re being dramatic.” Sevika muttered with a groan “Hear her out, she hasn't killed us yet.”

“What, you believe the crazy woman?”

“If she managed to slip by all your guards, slip something in your drink, and manage to knock me out and bring us here, she deserves to at least be heard out for going through all the trouble.”

Silco looked at his second in command incredulously, “And when did you become the voice of reason?”

Sevika snorted, “Well, forgive me for still being out of it, I do believe I was knocked unconscious. But don't worry, I'll be back to my usual savage self in just a moment.”

Silco rolled his one working eye and turned his attention back to the unknown woman. “Who else is here with us? Anyone we should be wary of?”

“I’ll warn everyone not to kill each other later when you are all in the viewing room… Along with further explanations and warnings. But, since you are someone who made morally questionable choices…” Astra uttered with an unsure look, “I should warn you Vander and his clan are here.”

Both Sevika and Silco stopped in their tracks.

“That-That’s impossible. Vander’s dead.” Silco sputtered

Astra shook her head, “Not this Vander. He and others are from the day before you kill him.”

Silco inhaled a sharp breath and ran a hand through his hair. “I’d be seven years older… How bad will it be?”

“You’ll be watching that day too.” She said softly, “I’m sorry that you’ll be relieving this but it is the only way to open everyone’s eyes to the dangers that will befall the world in the near future.”

The man closed his eyes for a moment before flickering open. His bad eye, facing Sevika before asking “Are you up for this?”

The tall woman snorted. “Hell, are you?” I’m not the one who’ll be facing death threats if everything we’ve done spills to them.”

Silco chose to ignore her words and instead took it as affirmation, he turned to astra “Alright then, shall we?”

Astra smiled and led them out the door.

—

Astra pushed two big doors open, revealing a big room. Four walls lined with strips of light, a big tv screen on the front, six slightly curved comfortable looking couches, and a coffee table in front of it filled with snacks and drinks.

Silco and Sevika behind her didn't get the chance to inspect the view for too long, not when their eyes stopped to the group of people standing together on one side like a herd of sheep. But what really pulled their attention, was the biggest and tallest in the group that was Vander himself.

Even though they were already forewarned, both Silco and Sevika couldn't resist the intake of sharp breaths that entered their lungs.

Vander was here. Vander was alive. And Vander was the first to meet Silco’s eye.

Vander’s face twisted into confusion and before he could stop it, lips formed to mouth Silco’s name in question. Silco didn’t move, then Vander’s daughter, the one with the pink hair, Jinx’s sister, moved to ask him what was wrong. That broke both of them out of their stupor and Silco went on to follow Astra further into the room while Vander convinced his daughter that it was nothing.

Astra cleared her throat. “Hello everyone, as I've explained to all of you earlier, you will be watching the past and future of your world. And before we begin, I need everyone to introduce themselves and the year they come from.” she gestured to the group of Pilties, “you can start.”

“Oh, well uhm.” Jayce stumbled on his words, clearly not comfortable at being picked first. “My name is Jayce Talis, year 193”

Then the yordle spoke next. “Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger, from the year one hundred and ninety-three.”

A man shifted on his cane, “Viktor, 193”

“Mel Medarda, same year.”

“Sheriff Grayson, 193”

“Cassandra Kiramman.” A woman introduced before gesturing to the man and the child next to her “this is my husband Tobias, and my daughter Caitlyn.”

The Zaunites, looking uncomfortable with their current situation and surroundings, came next.

Vander spoke for them instead, “My name is Vander, these are my children Vi, Mylo, Claggor, and Powder.” He gestured to each child who gave their own little nod of agreement “This is Benzo and his kid Ekko. We come from the same year.”

And finally came the turn of the unsteady duo.

“Silco, year 200.”

Sevika gave a nod “Sevika, 200.”

The past people gaped at them.

“Actual time travelers.” Jayce muttered “This is insane!”

“Technically we’re not time travelers.” Silco mused “Travelling implies it was voluntary and that you had a choice in going in the first place.”

“That’d be seven years into the future.” Vander said in half confusion. His face flushed, and sorrow marred his features, when the man raised his one good eyebrow at him. Janna, last time he saw Silco was when he tried to kill him, ending years of trust and friendship built from the dust and dirt of the mines.

He wasn't much different from when he last saw him, though his hair now had streaks of gray in his neat black hair. Next to him, standing tall, was Sevika. Now, how those two came together is a mystery.

Astra cleared her throat. “Now that everyone is here and introduced, settle down, any questions before we begin?”

Viktor raised a hand. Astra hummed, “Yes?”

“Excuse me, but I believe earlier you said you brought a total of twenty-one of us here. I only count seventeen.” he said.

“Good question.” Astra hummed, “Four more people will be watching this with you, they are also from the future and due to circumstances, you are not allowed to meet them yet. They’ll be in another room for a while.”

“Oh.”

“Yes,” Astra affirmed before adding, “Oh, and before I forget, fighting will not be tolerated here in the viewing room, there’s food there on the table, and behind those doors are rooms in case any of you need to have a private discussion. Now settle down as we will begin in a moment.”

Everyone took their seats. Vi and her siblings are on a couch in the front, Vander, Benzo, and Ekko on the one behind them, Silco in the far corner, Sevika sharing the couch with him, shielding him from the others. On the other side of the room, The Kirammans shared a couch, in front of them was Jayce, Professor Heimerdinger, and Viktor. Mel enjoyed her own couch next to where Cassandra was sitting, and Sheriff Grayson sat in the middle, providing a barrier between the Pilties and the Zaunites.

“Well then,” said Astra “Shall we begin?”

 

Notes:

Here it is!

I greatly appreciate your comments, they provide motivation!

Chapter 3: IMPORTANT!!!

Notes:

I'll delete this chapter when I update the next one

Chapter Text

Alright people first of all I apologize for the delay and this non-chapter update. 

Honestly I feel like such a disappointment for letting you precious readers down like this but please 🙏 bear with me for a little longer. 

I'm gonna make this quick I have three points to make. 

  • First of all I'm gonna rewrite chapters 1 and 2 a little bit cause I feel like there's so many loopholes and mistakes and it won't fit in well with the actual plot of this book. 
  • Second, the chapter updates will be inconsistent and probably takes a while because I often get writer's block cause I feel like I'm a terrible writer whenever I start to actually write (I'll try my best to get better I promise) also I have a lot of things going on rn
  • Third, another reason why this is taking so long is because of the damn script. I'm writing this thing while pausing each frame of the show to write it down for the characters to react to it.

Next chapter will probably be out soon after I fix the first 2 chapters.

(Sorry for the probably terrible writing btw, English isn't my first language)

Feel free to ask me any questions