Frame Shifter: Chronicles of the Time Weaver

Chapter 1: The Chrono Frame

The classic scenery of the bustling streets of the ancient metropolitan city, Calypsus, is filled with ancient skyscrapers interlaced with advanced technologies. In a local Institute which studies everything related with time, there existed a woman who is currently in class. She is pondering about what to do next with her project. She is an unassuming archivist known as Genesia Gardevus. She was working on a project given by her professor which is restoring an old relic. She traveled all around the world in search of components in order to rebuild an ancient relic that is lost in time. As she pondered, her professor asked her questions about the topic that they are currently studying; she failed to answer and the professor decided to punish her. The professor ordered her to clean the boxes in the archive of relics. Today, after a long time of searching the components, Genesia found out that one of the components is hidden inside a box located in the archives of the institute. The box radiated a pulsing beam that which attracted her attention. When she was trying to reach the box, she tripped and fell into a pile of boxes.

Then she cleaned up the place and discovered some kind of a hourglass. She was always interested in hourglasses and always dreamt of owning one. So she decided to take it home. At home she prepared herself to finish her project as the next day is already the deadline. She opened her bag and took all the parts of the ancient relic. She decided to use the hourglass she found earlier to tell the time she has to work between each breaks. As she flips the hourglass to start the timer, it glowed with a pulsating beam of light. It shocked her. She got curious and got closer to touch it; instead, it pulled her back in time and spawned her back to the classroom in her institute. All her friends were looking at her as she was acting strange all of a sudden. One of the asked what happened and she responded with "nothing". She was even more shocked when she found out that she wasn't even holding the hourglass anymore. Her professor looked at her with a raised eyebrow and asked her the same question she asked her this morning. She quickly answered it and did not get punished this time.

Professor: "Genesia Gardevus, what are you doing? Let me ask you a quick question about the current topic, does gravity influence time?

Genesia: *panicking* " Gravity does affect time!"

Professor: "And? Be specific please!"

Genesia: *panicking even more* There is a phenomenon known as gravitational time dilation! And the flow of time slows down in areas with dense gravity? *in a questioning tone*

Professor: *Raises an eyebrow* *Moves closer to her while looking at her face up and down* "Hmmm... It is surprising that you are paying attention in my class.

All her friends laughed at the situation and Genesia's face reddens. She quickly asks permission to go to the bathroom. She went out of the class and saw her face in the mirror. She slaps her own face.

Genesia: "D-Di-Did I just change the outcome?!? That hourglass, I need to find it again!" S

she quickly ran out of the bathroom and searched the archives. She also cleaned it anyways as it is too messy. She found the component for her project and the hourglass again.

Genesia: "Hm... The hourglass returned back to its place... Anyways did I just travel back in time?!? Ohhh.... I am already as cool as Stanton from my favorite drama!"

Her face reddened as she remembers the time she had a crush on a theatre actor on her local theatre. She grabbed the project component and hourglass and headed back to class. In class, she could not stop thinking about the hourglass. After a long boring session of physics class the bell finally rang and it is time for her to go home. She packed her bags and left the institute. She sat on the trolley station and waited for a ride home. As she sat down a tall mailman rushed through the crowd of people and tripped in front of her. As he fell Genesia instantly reached for him to prevent him from falling, but unfortunately the hourglass inside her bag flipped upside down as she touched the man. It brought both of them back in time. The hourglass took them back to the time when Calypsus served a role as the frontline of the war between Aurelion and Orion. They spawned in the gun storage room inside a soldier barrack. The mailman tripped and crashed into a pile of helmets.

???: Ouch! Damn that hurt like he- W-wait.... Where the hell am I?!? I this a dream?

The mailman looked up to see that he is in a gun storage room with an innocent looking girl.

???: Huh?!? Who the hell are you? Where the hell am I? I need to deliver my mails soon or I will get my weekly reduced....

Genesia: Wait I can explain... This is... Uh... I can't... *while scratching the back of her head and nervously laughing*

???: This is?

Genesia: Well... Uh... This may be time travel? *questioning tone*

???: Hu-Huh?!?

Genesia: W-well... I found this some kind of relic...

???: Relic? And that badge you are wearing... Wait- Are you from Gallery degli Eterni?!?

Genesia: You know Gallery degli Eterni?!?

???: I have been wanting to study at Gallery degli Eterni! How is it? Time is interesting isn't it? Oh is the archives as interesting as people say? How about the classroom? *continues to ask tons of questions*

The mailman got too excited and got closer to Genesia while holding her hand.

Genesia: (He's too close!) *her face reddens* Uhhh.... Anyways.. Are we currently in a some kind of weapon storage room?

Mailman: Oh sorry! I- *his face reddens* *clears throat* Uhm... Perhaps yeah.

Genesia stood up and approached the blinds. She peeked over and saw and empty barrack. There was a uniform left on top on of the beds. She recognizes it and was shocked.

Mailman: Did you see anything?

Genesia: Bad news... We apparently travelled back far in time that we are currently in the frontlines of the The Great Calypsus Seige...

Mailman: The Calypsus Seige... I DON'T WANNA DIE!!! AAAAA!!!

An enemy soldier walked in the barrack searching for extra ammo. He slowly walked towards the room where they are at with full caution. Genesia signaled the Mailman to be quiet and thought of a plan. Her father was once a renowned knight for his combat skills. Her father used to force her to train in a daily basis. She always got jealous when girls around her neighborhood played around and do feminine stuff. She was always a topic for people's gossips. People say she was too young to do all that stuff, and besides she is a female. She was always an introvert as her father always kept her from socializing with other girls to keep her training at home.

Genesia: Father... In this situation... I could finally appreciate what you have taught me.

Mailman: What are you planning- Uhh... What is your name?

Genesia: My name is Genesia, Genesia Gardevus.

Genesia headed out of the room and several gunshots were heard. The mailman was worried and decided to check on her. Behind the blinds was a bloody Genesia with a bloody corpse beside her. Her eyes gleamed green and her hair got messy.

-END OF CHAPTER 1-