Everyone was gathered at the cafeteria for breakfast. It was rare that they all woke up early enough to take it together but this wasn't a coincidence. The leader called them here to update them about the situation. Once everyone had their attention on her, she explained everything.
"As I said last time, I know one of my other selves who is well-versed in time travel. It seem to only work in her world but she agreed to help us if we help them with a favor."
"That's great news!" Said Neige "When should we go?"
"I think you should go with Silva and Sepide today, there's something... Strange that happened. Apparently, they have a member of the Kronos with them. Have you searched about it like I asked you to Emely?"
Emely stood up, ready to announce her result.
"I've searched and I can confirm that no one ever entered that world. This person is probably not one of us."
"Thanks, Emely. It seems like this person claims the opposite. You'll have to help my other self's group with their problem and understand who is this person, understood?"
The three members that were tasked with this mission nodded. Once their breakfast was finished, they hurried to prepare themselves and leave for this world that could be the key to the anomaly's problem.
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Silva, Sepide, and Neige all arrived in this new world. Unlike the other times, they were greeted by a group that was waiting for their arrival. There were five persons, including Polyetta's other self. They all had green and white uniforms, except a girl who wore a black and orange dress with strips, ribbons, and a top hat. Their leader's other self took Neige's hand and shook it firmly.
"You must be Neige, Polyetta told me so much about you! My name is Adya, I'm the leader of the Atlas. We travel through time to fix our world's inconsistencies."
The man next to Adya approached and examined Neige. He looked exactly like Kairo, bringing bad memories to Neige.
"You really look like our Neige, I never would have imagined that there we had other selves. Does that mean I have one too?"
"Yes... Multiple. I was friends with one too."
"Was? Did... Something happen?"
Neige stayed silent, not sure how to answer. Seeing the sadness on his face, the leader changed the topic.
"Let me introduce everyone! The three here are our main group, Neige, Kairos, and Silvy."
"Incredible, we have our own knock-off now." Sarcastically said Silva.
"You have a Silvy too." Said the other Neige "Is she shy and cute like ours?"
Neige looked at Silva for a moment before answering.
"More pervert and cute."
"P-Pervert?" Silva's other self blushed, surprised by the answer "Are all our other selves like that?"
"Honestly, I can't recall anyone else than Silva being like that."
"What can I say? I'm one of a kind." Answered Silva with pride "And who's the silent member? They don't have a name?"
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Everyone turned toward the girl with the cute black and orange dress. Adya was about to explain but saw there was no need when the girl stepped forward.
"I am a member of the Kronos, twenty-four years in the future. I can't say my name but you can call me Snowflake."
"Twenty-four years, huh?" Sighed Neige "So it's still not over."
"I can't say anything about that, it could change the future. I actually heard from my mother that you would come to this world, and it's the only way I could time travel to see you."
"Did something bad happen?" Asked Sepide "It must be important if you traveled through time for that."
"Not really..." Snowflake blushed a bit and looked away, clearly embarrassed "I'm here out of selfish desire, I wanted to meet you three. I will help you in your mission, I... Just want to spend time with you."
"What the heck happened in the future?" Asked Silva, a bit taken aback "Do we all die?"
"What? No, of course not. Oh, I mean..." The girl grumbled a bit, visibly frustrated "Maybe you were right, that wasn't a good idea to go to the past..."
"Me?" Silva pointed her finger at her, making the girl nod her head.
"Yeah, your future self at least. It feels so weird to see you so young, you're in your forties in my time."
"I can't imagine Silva being old." Said Neige "I feel like she'll always be this brat."
"She for sure didn't change." Said Snowflake with a smile, irritating Silva.
"I hope my future self kicked your ass!"
"Let's not talk about it... Anyway, the members of the Atlas were kind enough to let me meet you."
"Indeed." Said their leader "We judged it safe. Also, she insisted a lot... Anyway, we'll show you how to time travel and explain your mission." The woman gave Neige a phone and quickly explained how it worked "You need to open the map in the phone, then, you need to place the time you want to travel to instead of the address."
"A map? To travel through time?" Silva smirked at the irony but quickly stopped when she remembered how they traveled through space.
"Yes, you need to travel fifty years ago. A man named Adolf was rejected from art school, this led to the Second World War, we need to prevent it."
"Adolf?" Silva thought for a moment "I had a painter named like that in my world, he was a famous one too."
"He's not that here. I was a bit hesitant to let you handle this but Polyetta convinced me to let you since someone you apparently know is involved. A certain Silv, she's the one that rejected Adolf from art school."
"Silv!?" Snowflake reacted with surprise to the name, surprising everyone "It's been ages since I've heard that name, but she wasn't even born fifty years ago, right?"
"So you know Silv." Noticed Neige.
"I'm giving away too much information, right?" Snowflake said with an apologetic face.
"But you're right, Silv didn't exist fifty years ago." Said the leader "She managed to use time travel. We need to stop her before she creates more inconsistencies."
"She can travel in time, great... We should hurry then."
Everyone agreed with Neige and went next to him. Adya looked at them with concern, feeling a bit guilty about leaving them alone.
"I know Polyetta said you'd manage but don't hesitate to call us if you need to, your phone can contact us."
Neige nodded and used the phone to travel fifty years in the past, ready to stop Silv's plan.
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The group arrived on a busy street. Before anyone could say anything, their new member took her phone and recorded her voice.
"I have arrived in the world 01012000 and successfully traveled into the past. The weather and the people make this street cold. They seem to be dealing with poverty, their clothes barely holding on, just like their will. I shall successfully prevent Silv from changing the timeline of this world. I shall name this world, The Land Where Time Crosses Itself."
After finishing her report, Snowflake looked at the others with curiosity.
"Don't you report what you're doing?"
"I used to." Said Sepide "But I'm not good with names and the leader never listened to them so I stopped."
"Your leader doesn't? Mine praises me so much every time I do!"
"I guess Polyetta stepped down as a leader." Neige said to himself "A lot can happen in twenty years so I'm not surprised..."
"But do we have to wait twenty-four years to get her in the team?" Asked Silva "The land where time crosses itself is way better than the names we have."
"Come on Silva, stop complaining, we need to find Silv and stop her. I suppose she's at an art school, we should start searching for that."
The group nodded in agreement and followed Neige in this decrepit city. Once they finished here, they would find a way to prevent the anomaly's past and save the universe from all the current problems. Despite the situation looking bright, Neige couldn't stop thinking about their new member, was she really here just to meet them? He couldn't shake the feeling that she was here for another reason but had no proof of that. All he could do was do his mission and hope to understand the motivation of the girl.