The booming voice brought the great beast to a halt. The creature turned its head towards the voice. Loud music started playing from the direction of the voice filling the valley with the sound of drum beats and guitar riffs. Jack also followed the beast’s gaze to the top of the hill and saw a small figure with a wooden staff jump atop a large protruding rock.

“Haha, I the Magnificent Witch will return you to dust!” screamed the figure and raised its staff. A strange light gathered around the staff.

“I sense a large accumulation of thermal and kinetic energy proceeding from that individual's staff.”

“Are you telling me there are actual witches in this universe?” asked Jack.

“Naturally, the universe is pretty big it’s not that unlikely,” said Lyra, “also, I think we found who we were looking for.”

“The might of my magic shall rip you apart, I shall conquer every valley, every place for I am the illustrious, the incredible, Matt!” The future emperor screamed from on top of the hill and pointed the staff at the monster. The next moment a bright beam of light blasted through the air leaving a wild static as it passed and struck the monster crumbling it into dust right where it stood. “That will teach you not to mess with me,” Matt said and jumped down the steep hill sliding his way towards the group. A purple cape billowed in the wind behind him as he came to a halt before us. “Who might you be? I am the amazing Matt, you can begin thanking me whenever you feel it is appropriate” The child placed his hands at the side of his hips.

They introduced themselves and spoke of their mission.

“Oh, is that so, the Emperor himself sent you,” Matt said, “it is strange to see anyone coming this far to visit,” Matt took off his hat, revealing blue hair down to his shoulders and a rather feminine face, “anyway, I am sure that just seeing me was worth your journey.”

“I thought you were a man,” said Ted.

“I am!, what makes you think I am not?” said Matt tilting his head to the side.

“The fact that you are a girl,” Ted said bluntly.

“Oh, you mean this,” Matt pointed at his entire body, “that just comes with being a witch, I can use magic every second odd hour of the day. So, at 1 am, 5 am, 9 am and so on. And since there is only a witch’s school on this planet I joined it.”

“Yes, but that doesn’t explain why you turned into a girl,” said Jack.

“Well, let me ask you something. Have you ever heard of a male witch? No. You have heard of Warlocks, Sorcerers, and Wizards, but I am none of those, I am a Witch, therefore, I must be a woman and you should consider yourselves lucky that you caught me at a good time. You, robot, what time is it?”

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“It is currently 5:55 pm, Master Matt.”

“Mmh I see, I will turn back very soon then, also I like this whole Master thing, why don’t the rest of you do that as well, but if you could add something to it, that would be brilliant. Maybe something like the amazingly awesome master.”

“Very well, amazingly awesome master, it is good to meet you, I am unit G25L4E, you may call me Glen if you like.”

“You don’t have to do everything he says, Glen,” said Ted.

“Why wouldn’t the robot do what I say? I am amazing after all did you see that blast I shot at the monster.”

“Truly magnificent, how did you manage such a feat?” asked Jack, who was curious as to how magic worked.

“Well, there are certain species around here which can convert the energy that some planets emit, as this one does. This allows us to use magic if you will. This power is similar to a lamp, the further you get from the lamp the less light you receive and the less magic I have the further away I am from a source planet. I am naturally still amazing anyway.”

“That makes sense, I guess, don’t really get how this is done but neither do I understand most of what is happening around here.”

“So, what are you all doing here anyway? What did the Emperor send you here for?”

“We are supposed to watch over you and see what you are doing,” answered Lyra.

“Oh, is that so, even the Emperor worries about me, I am great so it is understandable, but why?”

“You are to be the second Emperor according to the timeline.”

“I always knew I would be Emperor! It was only a matter of time for me. You do know that just because some me in the future is emperor it won’t make me emperor, there might be some other me around somewhere. Time-space is weird you know, not even I understand it properly and that is saying something.”

“Wait a moment, you mean that the future me I saw does not show my definite future?” asked Jack.

“Of course not, I mean it is very likely but not guaranteed. Nothing is guaranteed except for my greatness,” answered Matt, “you robot, how many Jack’s are there?”

“Accessing database, I estimate around 57 different Jack’s in current time-space.”

“You see, 57 different you’s with different personalities and all. You don’t really meet many of them unless you travel through time and space a lot though.”

“Okay… so now I am ever more lost than before.”

“Don’t worry too much about it just go with the flow,” said Matt, “also wait a moment.”

Seconds later a small smokescreen appeared out of Matt, as the smoke lifted he returned to the form of a 12-year-old boy

“Back to normal!” said Matt stretching his arms, “Always an interesting experience, this magic business.”

“Anyway, where were we? Oh yes, me being Emperor, as your leader I demand to know what you want so that I shall impress you even more!”

“What do I want? Well, I guess--” Jack said before getting cut off.

“Shhhhh, shhh, shhh, let me guess. You want to know what you are doing in the universe, you are just confused about what you are actually doing here. Am I right?” Jack gave a small nod.

“And you,” he pointed at Ted, “you just want to relax and have some fun again, you should really learn to take it easy,” now he turned to Lyra, “You are a Varyxian, so I guess you want to improve your reputation by working for the Empire.” lastly he went to Yillan, “A Lorak in space can only mean someone trying to regain his honour! So am I right? Am I right?” Matt said hopping up and down.

There was a moment of silence, “Well, I guess we will get to talks like these eventually, let’s go back to my house for now!”

Matt jumped away not even paying attention if they were following. The group watched him for a moment before following him in silence.