Timelines

*Twitch* A finger twitches. Eyelashes flickered. Jayce slowly opens his eyes.

"Where...?" Jayce muttered as he looked at the surroundings, finding himself in a white world. Like seriously, everywhere he looks, there's only white colour background, like the one time he got imprisoned.

"Am I dead, again?"

He didn't get to think about the situation much, when suddenly a voice came out of nowhere, jolting him awake.

"You're up, boy?"

He looked up and saw a silhouette of a figure, with a long beard and hair, staring down at him.

"Jesus, is that you!?"

"Jesus, huh. You could call me that, I've had people giving me nicknames throughout the millenniums." Followed by a chuckle.

"But most people call me Zilean" The silhouette spoke out as he revealed his figure for Jayce to see, and lord behold was he shocked.

'No shot...' His jaw dropped.

'ZILEAN! The Chronokeeper!? The guy who has mastery over Time itself!' He, who had played League in his past life, knows very well the character before him. I mean, even in games, he's too overpowered, much less real life!

'What is a bigshot like him doing over here. I'm not even that famous!' He quickly calmed down, trying to analyze the situation. He's neither strong nor famous enough to catch the attention of such a figure, who's potentially to be the most powerful guy in the world, according to the "lore." There must be a catch!

"Sir Zilean, pardon me for being impolite, but where are we?"

"Hmm, a curious boy huh?" Another voice suddenly came out of nowhere once more. Catching him off-guard, sweat started to flow down his back. Not once, but two times that he wasn't able to sense any presence! If these guys were ambushing him, wouldn't he be dead 10 times over? Fortunately, there are no malicious intents from these guys.

"Sigh, stop it, Lulu." Zilean helplessly sighs, they were supposed to take the job seriously, but look at her...

"Hehe, sorry sorry." A short figure suddenly appeared beside Zilean, a small "girl" with a witch hat as she holds her staff. Her face scrunched as she curiously gazes at Jayce.

"The name is Lulu, pleased to meet you."

'Another Legendary character!' The Fae sorceress, Lulu! An entity that reigns over illusion, rumours even had it that she can control and shape reality on a whim, wrapping the fabric of the world!

'According to Riot, they exaggerated her character and abilities, I wonder if this is true...' but he soon put that in the back of his mind as the predicament he's in is more important!

There is much be something fishy about this, but what...?

"Can you tell me, what's going on?"

"Well, I'll make this short"-Zil

*Snap* Zilean snaps his finger, then the surroundings started to change.

"What..the...fuck..." Jayce widens his eyes in horror as he found himself floating above the amusement park, overlooking the scenes below.

Fire, smoke, scream, agony, blood...etc. The previous harmonious scene where people were happily walking along the street turned into a nightmare. The sky turned gloomy grey, buildings are on fire, people are killing, robbing, raping, it's just pure chaos!

"What's..happening...?" His previous strong font collapsed; he could no longer keep calm. Memories that he had forgotten rushed to him; the date, fireworks, necklace, kiss,..etc.

'CAITLYN!'

"WHERE'S CAITLYN!?" He fiercely roared out as he looked toward the two culprits. Once more, his emotions got the best out of him, taking over his mind and body.

In front of Jayce's accusing glare, Lulu and Zilean just calmly stared at him.

"Dead." They both spoke out.

The scene changed again. This time, they find themselves amidst the burning fire within the park; more specifically, at the spot, the previous Ferris wheel used to be. Dead bodies were everywhere, pieces of the Ferris littered the surrounding.

"No no no no no NO!" Jayce yelled out hysterically as he knelt before a body, a charred body. There is no way he could mistake Caitlyn for anyone else. He reached out his hands, trying to take hold of her, but his hands just phased through the body, like a phantom.

*snap* Something seem to have snapped within him, like a switch that had long been waiting to be turned on.

"NO!"

*RUMBLE* His aura surged wildly, black and white lightning flickering around his body as they soon spread outward.

"NO!"

'DING! -

'DING! -

Multiple notifications rang in his head, but he's in no mind to pay attention to them, he's in no mind to control his emotions!

"WUAAAAAAAAAAH!" A low, beastly roar came out of his throat as his body flickered. Black and White Lightning danced wildly as the space around them started to crack.

*CRACK*

Zilean and Lulu, both continued to calmly observe the changes within Jayce; neither of them panicked, as if they have everything under control.

"So, fierce!" Lulu muttered; a purple light emerged from her body, the light, as if having consciousness, flies around Lulu in a docile manner.

"Hehe, hi Pix! Can you do me a favor and fix this?" Lulu cutely points around the surrounding, which is filled with cracks.

*Pew pew* It spoke out in an unknown language,

"Fine, fine, I'll play with you later, now deal with this first!"

*Pew Pew Pew* As if agreed, Pix's aura surged, purple clouds of dust magically appeared as they spread out, fixing the cracks in the dimension.

"As expected, he could even damage the dimension, even S ranks creatures would have a tough time cracking it..." Lulu muttered softly. You heard the man, meaning Jayce's aura alone could match that of an S rank creature!

Xilean on the other hand just shook his head. His expression is complicated as he gazes at the ever-changing Jayce.

'Master's prediction was correct. The future will be blurry indeed, history has changed from its course.' He couldn't help but marvel at the greatness of his master.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR" Talking about the devil...

Jayce's skin darkened at an alarming rate as he soon turned pitch black, like the void itself. His pupils disappeared, leaving only the sclera. [AN: Search up Alien-X from Ben10]

Like a mindless beast, he roughly breathes out hot breaths as two people enter his peripheral. His killing intents surged.

'KILL!' That was his only thought. With a speed faster than light, he instantly appeared before the two as he swung his right fist. The air compressed, space cracked, time seems to have slowed down, the punch looks like it could shatter space and time!

Facing the incoming, terrifying fist, Zilean just stood there calmly, there is not even a slight panic on his face. He calmly raised his right hand.

*whoosh* An invisible breeze swept through the surrounding.

The monstrous Jayce with his fist propelled froze midair.

'Time wrap.' A giant clock with magic circles imbued within appeared behind Zilean as he silently chants an incantation. If one uses Arcane's vision, they would be able to see countless invisible chains that consisted of complex Arcane incarnations, as they wrapped themselves around Jayce's body, successfully sealing the time around him.

"Okay, our job is done. Let's head out, troubles are not too far away from us, what has needed to prepare had already been done, now we play the waiting game." -Zil

"Did you think this was the best way, *sigh*" Lulu sighed as she softly gaze at Jayce's figure.

"Erase his memories and let's go..." Zilean ignores her question as he turns around, leaving.

"Hmmph! Stubborn old man." Lulu pouts, nonetheless, she couldn't obey his order, otherwise master would punish her!

"PIXY!" The purple Pix appeared before her, but it seemed angry.

*Pew PEW PEW PEW! PEW PEW!* An angry squeak came from Pixy as it turned its body around, throwing a tantrum.

"HEY! Don't give me that attitude, young lady!"

"How about this..." Lulu whispered into Pix's ear with some sweet, honey words.

*PEW PEW! * And it worked! Pix summons some more magical purple dust as they flew toward Jayce. [AN: Erase memory. Sound familiar? 🤔]

"Now, it's my turn!" Her aura surfaced, numerous magical particles connecting together, forming a magic circle on the tip of her staff.

"Whimsy!" A magical beam flew out, hitting Jayce right in the middle of his forehead.

His stance was still frozen in time, but his pitch-dark skin started to recede as his normal, human skin surfaced, his eyes turned back to normal.

"Phew! It's done, OLD MAN ZIL, WAIT FOR ME!" after finishing the job, she ran after Zilean, as they both disappeared from the world.

*CRACK* Once she turned her back, the white world started to shatter as fragments crumbled down to nothingness.

Jayce's body suddenly turned blurry, he soon also disappeared from the spot.

….

Within the alternate reality,

Lulu and Zilean appeared before a massive door, they were once again, back to the floating castle.

"Hey old man."-Lulu

… *silence*

"Oi, old man!" -Lulu

… *Silence*

Veins started to pop out from her temple. Raising her staff, she slammed it on the back of his head

*BONK*

"Huh? Is it morning already?" ZIlean with a bubble-blowing out of his nose, popped. He woke up with a stir, using his right hand to rub the bump on his head.

"Morning my foot! Hey, explain to me, how were you able to show Jayce his future? I thought you said that you couldn't control the future timelines." Lulu asked, according to her memory, a couple of hundred years ago, the old man told her that he can't influence future timelines as they were complex entities.

'But how was he able to show Jayce's future then...?' She's confused.

That's right, Caitlyn wasn't actually "dead" yet. Before the explosion took place, they froze the timeline as she dragged Jayce's consciousness into her dreamland. The explosion didn't happen, and she knows that Zilean can neither use illusions nor has the ability to affect the future. Then how?

"hmm" When Zilean heard her question, his previous playful expression turned solemn; he is debating whether to tell her the truth or not.

Suddenly,

"It's fine. Tell her." An authoritative voice rang through the surroundings.

Hearing the familiar voice, they both knelt on the spot, resolutely spoke out.

"Greeting master! The mission was successful!"

Unbelievable! The two of them could be considered bigshot within Runeterra, and have worshippers throughout the world. Here they are, regarded their identity as they just knelt with no hesitation to an unknown voice of an unknown entity.

"Mhm, I saw. Job well done. Now, go back to your post. This is just the calm before the storm."

"As you requested, master!"- Lu, Zil.

Feeling the pressure lessen, both of them weakly got up.

"Master is on another level" They both sighed, just his subconscious aura alone made them feel incredibly weak; if they were to fight.... *shiver*.

Zilean dusted his rope as both he and Lulu made eye contact.

"You are right... I can't and will never be able to influence future timelines. There are infinite possible futures for each living being in the multiverse. It is an impossible task to pinpoint the timelines that they will end up to." Zilean calmly explains her question. Maybe his unfathomable master could do it, but given his abilities, influencing the future is just a joke,

"But...but then how were you able to show Jayce his future?" She remembered the part where Caitlyn's charred corpse could be seen, there were riots, blood, chaos everywhere. If the time was halted, how did he show the future then?

Zilean didn't answer after a while, he just looks at the surrounding void as his thoughts are unknown.

"Because that wasn't the future..."

"That was a past."