Great escape. Great rescue.

Chapter 1

When the first invite came Grian panicked. He shut off his communicator and hid it for a week. Certain, at that point, that he had been caught. He walked on eggshells around the Watchers every second they spent with him afterwards, using nervous excuses of feeling tired to hide his anxiety. Thankfully it seemed they hadn't caught on. Either that or they were looking the other way; he wasn't sure which one he was more afraid of.

When he finally got the courage to turn the device back on he was treated to a barrage of worried messages which he quickly responded to with an awkward apology. Xisuma had been a good friend to him for a while and leaving him in the dark like that made him feel awfully guilty.

Grian first started talking to Xisuma a few months after joining the Watchers.

Leaving Evo had made him incredibly sad but it was the only way to make sure that his friends would be safe and for the world to keep moving forward. If he stayed he would only be hindering their progress. He was happy for them even if he didn't get to say goodbye and the watchers allowed him to see them from time to time when their powers weren't being used for more essential activities.

Still the loneliness was hard to ignore. Grian had always been a very sociable person. Always thinking about how to spend time around others when he wasn't already glued to their side. It didn't mean that he didn't enjoy spending time alone, he could happily work on his own with no problems, but going from seeing at least someone once a day to going days on end with no one to talk to crushed him a little.

The Watchers wouldn't allow him to build anywhere yet either, they told him he was too young and that it would take a long time for his powers to manifest safely. As it was, he would only endanger the people living in the worlds below if he were to try and make a structure. They saw how his face fell at this and gently told him that they would do their best to help him master his new abilities whenever they had a free moment. In theory a thoughtful promise, however the Watchers were always busy and never had free moments. So Grian took it upon himself to learn.

One good thing about the Watchers was their thirst for knowledge. At the height of their powers, the capabilities of their memories was immense and omnivident. Yet they still saw the luxury and the importance of storing their knowledge in books. As such the Watchers's library could span across an infinite world. It was here that Grian began his study.

He started simple. Or as simple as he could find anyway. Levitation was apparently capable with only a little bit of concentration but after a good 40 minutes the only thing Grian managed to do was give himself a migraine. Still he wouldn't give up that easily!

He tried telepathy by trying to read the Watcher's thoughts but only succeeded in knocking himself unconscious. Apparently he took the world's greatest nap for an hour and a half before reawakening. Watcher 1, or Olive as Grian had been calling them, hadn't stopped laughing at him for hours.

Next he tried super strength and instead gave himself super back ache when he tried to lift an Enderchest without shrinking it first.

He tried making portals, and watching mirrors. He tried making himself invisible, and changing his form. He tried bending water and fire. He even tried useless things like making plants grow slightly faster or changing their colours. Nothing seemed to work.

Grian was on his last book when Olive finally came to help.

"What are you reading little one?" They asked gently looking over his shoulder.

"A spell." Grian replied with a sigh, he pushed the book from under his arms so that the Elder Watcher could see.

"Flight huh? That's a hard one." Grian groaned at this.