The Life Of A Time Mage 9 It's Only A Melody If There's A Harmony

"Can't believe you two didn't get it," laughed Baldwin. His laughs died down as he looked around. Nova and Z looked at each other as smiles found their own way to the Headmaster's and High Queen's faces.

"I don't think I'm quite catching up, say what now?" asked Nova.

"What was she named after?" asked Ysabeau, smiling brightly.

"The thing that destroyed the planet of Valokia, so what?" asked Nova, perplexed.

"How do stars die?" asked Baldwin.

"By collapsing onto itself and..." Realization hit as Z figured the piece of the puzzle.

"Come on, Snow Cap. It's not rocket science, it's just Timey stuff," said Baldwin, rubbing his head.

"How am I supposed to know?! I'm not the one who named the brat," argued Z, having a showdown with Baldwin.

"But still, it can't be. No, that would be too coincidental. I mean, it's a very common name," said Z, looking at the rest with widened eyes.

"Becoming a supernova?" asked Nova, not knowing what she had said.

"But her name's Avon," complained Mavislin, still trying to keep up.

"What's Raiyen's last name?" asked Z, flicking the couple's foreheads.

"Oh my stars," said Mavislin, looking at Nova.

"I'm a lump of stupid! It's only a melody if there is harmony. Gillian, I swear, you and your confusing language," continued the mother.

"She's our child?!" asked Raiyen.

"I'm their kid?!" yelled Nova.

"How slow can you two be? Yes, you guys are related," complained Baldwin as Mavislin jumped for joy.

"If that's true, why was her name changed?" Raiyen made a good point; if she was their kid, why would her name be changed?

"How am I supposed to know? Do I look like I was the one who planned all this?" asked Baldwin, shocked at why he was being questioned that statement.

"Don't think it was a bit strange if Nova had powers but her 'parents' did not? Recall, Nova. Did you ever question why you had powers?" asked Gillian, scanning the Princess, top to bottom.

"I wanted to ask about it, but I had seen what would happen if any person was found to practice Magecraft. Thus, I kept quiet," explained Nova, scratching her hair.

"Then why did you not convey to your parents, the only ones you would ever trust the moment you find that you've got the Magecrafties?" asked Z. She opened her mouth to reply, but no sound came out. It was simple; if a child does not trust her own parents, there's a possibility that those parents aren't the actual ones. A bit of a huge jump, but if the parents knew that their child was going to have powers, wouldn't the parents react accordingly as well? Not fair if the child was born with powers and the parents were not enchanted or possess any form of Magecraft in the first place.

"But you've just mentioned that we can't alter Time, or something bad would happen. Aren't we doing that right now?" asked Nova.

"Just because we can't alter Time directly means that there isn't another way of getting 'round the issue," said Z, patting the child on her head.

"Time said that you had to be separated from you parents. But it doesn't mean that you guys can't see each other again. They will never get to see their baby girl ever again, but they would know that their child would grow into a fantastic, young woman. A princess." Nova looked at Mavislin, scooting closer her mother with trepidation.

"A child should be never be afraid to go into their mother's arms." As the two embraced, Raiyen joined in. However, there was still something amist.

"Why was I captured?" asked Nova, eyes on both of her parents.

"Not sure, but it could be because of your powers. Memory Elements are quite difficult to come by. Not to mention you are the child of a Time Mage and a Valkyrie, the only race in the universe capable of Amalgation of Elements. Combined those two together and you would probably get a very strong child," explained Gillian. Normally, each and every Mage gets their powers from the ir parents. They don't exactly inherit the Element from their parents directly, but a mixture of it. Nova may look similar to her mother, but her Elemental Aura was closer to her father's. Since Mavislin was known to have almost all Elements, deciding a power for the child would be difficult as there would be no main Element to give the kid. Raiyen was a different case, the Time Element is whole lot more simpler, yet complex. Time gives off a whole array of other Elements. The manipulation of other's 'Time' in their heads was one of them.

"This is all sweet and all, but don't forget the rules of Time," said Raiyen, upset that he would have to cut the reunion short.

"Why?"

"You are meeting us when you aren't supposed to. It's not gonna hurt anyone, but once you go back, you'd probably forget about this whole journey we had," explained Raiyen. Her eyes changed from happy to pure devastation.