Magic High: Utility Belt

Chapter One:Time Magician

In my time , that is the more distant future , every human is indeed born with really amazing super human abilities. It doesn't really show like immediately you are born but like when you turn 13, there is this unusual mystifying atmosphere that surrounds you when you reach your thirteenth year. In my case, I discovered it by accident and, believe me it was a pretty horrifying experience.

               I realized rather early that I was gifted with the amazing ability to control time. Of course, I wasn't able to control time from everyone's point of view, but I could literally do a lot of things with Time Bending powers.

On the day I turned thirteen, you would think that the menu for me was super speed or some random misplaced power such as mind control. I had feared that I would become a neuter, that is, an unevolved human with no special skills.
           
         Using my time travel skills, I was able to discover that a thousand years before I was born, there was a time when not having any special skills was considered normal, humans had to rely on strange tools for simple tasks like movement, food production.
     Well I don't see how the past was any better than the present but that day, when my time powers didn't show up immediately. I had a deep fear of becoming a loser neuter.
          
             I was born Damian Wayze Ryzen. My twin brother was named Scott Wayze and my parents liked to go by Vectriz and Sharon Wayze. The introductory part can come later but first I'd like to discuss in detail how I discovered that I was indeed the only time control being in existence.
        
        "Now everyone", my mom said as she giggled in excitement. "This is the moment I've been waiting for my entire life", she said, obviously overcome by nervous energy.
       "Our two most precious lads will now seek to discover the skills they were endowed with since birth. A skill that distinguishes all beings, utilized for, developed with the responsibility they will carry on for the rest of their lives." She concluded
Everyone applauded

            I was standing by the right side of the living room table. The fact that there were about a dozen people in the room and coupled with that, my deep fears were becoming reality, made my head spin. I stared down at my cake. It was covered in plain icing and had rich white layers of fruit flavoring and milky texture. It looked very appetizing but I knew very well that its ingredients included dinosaur pee juice, bullfrog guts and fried elephant poo. Sounds weird right, but my world has always been this weird, compared to....yours.
   
      My brother Scott had been lucky, he had been endowed with Climate based powers. I stood away from him, green with envy, as he instantly transformed the room into a snow stormed chamber. In a quick snap of his fingers though, a wild wind started to blow, even though all the windows had been closed. That meant his powers were legit and everyone cheered at his presentation.
           
        Soon, he quit and then I knew everyone would be focused on me. Not to worry though because I knew what to do if this sort of situation arose.
I could pretend to be a mind reader

       "Um hey everyone, I just recently found out that I might have the ability to interpret thoughts." I blurted out.
"Hmm...okay then, read my thoughts. What am I thinking about right now?" Mr. Sirius, one of my neighbors asked.

       "Just hold on...." I said as I produced a sheet of paper I formulated last night on mind tricks.
"D-O-G"
"Uh what?" he asked, confused
"Easy, you probably just thought of a four legged animal with brown spots and a snout" I concluded.
        
         Well that may have sounded lame but it was a good attempt.

           "Uh excuse me, that isn't a super skill. It's a dumb mind game used by toddlers learning how to use the dictionary." Scott piped up
Now I and Scott have been at war for years, typical twin rivalry. But now looking at the situation, I could tell that my cover was about to be blown to bits.

      I laughed nervously. "Of course it's a super power. I call it 'The Magic of Words' and I....have it" I lectured.

        They did not buy it at all

      Infact, they started to murmur among themselves. I was already sweating heavily; Scott perched on that seat smiling at me with his evil grin. This was indeed what it felt like to be born with no powers, to be born as a nobody, a neuter, a destined loser.

           "Umm... well I guess that wraps it up for today everyone. Be sure to stop by later to give them a word of encouragement and many more exciting years to you all", my mom concluded

        As the guests left, I'm pretty sure I heard words like 'Unlucky kid' and stuff like 'I sure am glad I'm not Ryzen right about now'. Scott had finally gained an edge over me; he had power while I didn't.
 
        Later that noon, my best friend Fred Xavier came by to wish me a happy birthday... and of course to find out what sort of power I was going to use and show off. Oddly, when he came to my house, he looked really excited, as if the guests hadn't spread the news already.
 
         "I don't have a skill yet Fred. And now everyone thinks I'm a...a" I said, trying not to lose my emotions

         "Oh, cheer up buddy. After all, neuters are like 1% of the population. All your family members and your ancestry all had special skills from the year 2080, when the mystery meteor crashed to Earth...."
        
         "And united the human race through the gift of special abilities... Yeah yeah, I know all that stuff already." I finished

       "So quit all this neuter stuff, you probably have some rare talent you can't seem to find yet, some out of this world ability." Fred consoled me

 
      "Now, once you get knowledge about what you can do... you and I are gonna take this a step further by going to some skill set Academy for the gifted, in order to really master our powers." He informed me.

      "Well...I guess, but not until then, and not until I've made up my mind about this. Got it?" I asked
He simply shrugged "It's your call Damian"

         That was nearly two years ago. Later that night, I was about to sleep off in my bedroom when I got sprayed by sand from a miniature sand storm, courtesy of Scott.

         I swore I'd find a way to pay him back, but it's not very easy getting your revenge without superpowers. It took me about two years when this incredible event happened to me that changed my life and my views on it forever....

         It was another normal night. After I said goodnight to my parents, I set about entering the room cautiously, a thundercloud or mini twister that Scott had manufactured might be waiting in store for me upon my entry into the room. I padded gently on stocking feet hoping to at least dodge the Scott based contraption....
        

       I gave up and quietly accepted what was coming to me.
Well at least I got away with merely a bad cold. I sunk deeper into sleep and that's when I came face to face with an old man.
      

      He looked really old, his beard was long and really messy, and he looked like some old scholar or professor. He had on a long science lab coat and a pair of size-10 wingtips. In the vision I had, he was apparently floating on air and he addressed me thus:

        "Young master, I come to you bearing the best of good news. Many years ago, a group of power possessed overlords met together to devise a scheme that would give them total control of world domination.
        The plan was horrific, it's goal deadly. They were the first to begin extensive study on what exactly happened in the year 2080, when a mysterious object visited our world and endowed us with amazing abilities. With the new knowledge gained, they invented a variation, an element that would allow them to go back to the same moment that the meteor struck, in order to claim all this power to themselves, making them more powerful than any other being on Earth.
  
         The plan did not work and in the chaos that ensued, the orb that they modified to carry out this time travel experiment, actually time travelled itself. I see it has come to you, for you are the only one it chose." He narrated
I was amazed. So I had a skill...no a special skill, and one of a kind too. I decided to ask further questions;
"So, you mean I have the ability to time travel?"

"You can control time itself. But only in your own perspective, to make sure you don't misuse it." He told me.
"This is new... and super cool. How come I didn't find out until now?" I asked in sheer amazement.

"You'll find out in good time. Master this skill; it is a great asset to you. Never again will anyone call you a no skilled being. Now go and proclaim to the world what you have heard and possess...."
That was all I heard before I once again fell into an empty dark void.