The Art of Time and War

Prologue

Why was I created?

Why am I alive?

Why was I even born?

What is my purpose?

These thoughts raced in the little boy's mind as he opened his eyes. He looked to be around 3-4 years in age, however, he was merely only a few minutes old. As he opened his eyes, he could see 16 figures, all looking down at him with impassive and unmoving faces.

For many children, such a view would've been a terrible fright, and they would most likely would've broken down crying. However, for this one, he just held the same impassive look and he eventually chose to focus on two central figures: Light and Darkness, the creators of time and all dimensions as well knew them.

"I ask you, why were you created?" the woman to the right of Darkness asked.

"I don't know," the little boy responded with the same impassive tone, similar to his facial features.

"You were created to be the newest member of the Masters of Time, with your specialization to be that of warfare and fighting. Now, it is time to begin your training, Tiberius."

The boy, now named Tiberius, nodded his head, and was enveloped by a beam of light, sending him to the Village of Time, now a metropolis. The little boy looked around him, at the bustling city, with eyes of wonder and shock. Automobiles, people, advertisements galore. The 16 grandmasters all looked on with faces full of worry.

"Do you think he is worthy enough?" asked one.

"I do believe so," answered Darkness in a deep, smooth voice.

Tiberius roamed the streets of the city, headed for the academy, when he noticed a girl around the same age as him. As he approached her, she turned and greeted him with a very enthusiastic "Hello!"

"Hi," Tiberius greeted back.

"So you must be the new time master everyone's been talking about! I'm Aurora, a time master that specializes in arson!" She introduced herself with a smile.

"I'm Tiberius, and I specialize in Warfare and fighting," he introduced himself with that same monotone voice.

The girl named Aurora's face suddenly turned into one of shock, as if she didn't believe him. Tiberius looked at her with a face of full confusion.

"The last Time Master of War was dead, and after that, because of the destruction caused by him, there was a decree that there would be no more Time Masters of War." She answered.

"Well, I asked the lady and she told me that I was," replied Tiberius.

Soon enough, an announcement appeared on the PA system from the academy: THERE IS A NEW MASTER OF TIME COMING TO THE ACADEMY. HIS NAME IS TIBERIUS, AND HE SPECIALIZES IN WARFARE AND FIGHTING.

The children at the academy immediately went up in an uproar, with people looking around to see who it was. Suddenly, all eyes fell on Tiberius and Aurora. They looked between them and focused on Tiberius.

"SILENCE!" a boom echoed throughout the campus.

Everyone turned to look as Darkness, the Lord of Time himself, entered the campus. He explained to everyone that Tiberius was indeed on their side and completely sane. After that fiasco, they went into the academy, whispers of Tiberius on everyone's tongue.

                                                                         1 Admission Office Later...

Tiberius was now in a classroom. The so-called "Classroom", was more like a sparring arena, full of swords, sports equipment, armor, and weapons.

The teacher yelled and drilled them for a good 40 minutes, before handing them all a sword, which she told them to keep for their lives.

"THIS SWORD IS YOUR LIFELINE. IT APPEARS AS IF IT IS A TRAINING SWORD, BUT SOON ENOUGH, IT WILL BECOME YOUR LIFESAVER." she boomed.

Tiberius got a sword just like everyone else's and when they went to spar, he got paired with a boy that looked like he was at least 12.

"Hey shortstack," the boy called out tauntingly

"The fuck you want?" Tiberius shot back.

"Prepare to get your ass handed to you," the boy retorted.

"We'll see," Tiberius replied, narrowing his eyes.

The boy charged at him, and with immense speed, almost cut Tiberius' skull in half. Luckily, he was able to avoid the attack. The boy spun around and threw his sword at Tiberius, who parried and hit it away. The boy ran to get his sword. Upon getting his weapon back, he lunged at Tiberius, who countered with a strike. They exchanged blows, when Tiberius suddenly felt a surge of power run up his arms, which he used to cut the boy's sword in half. His eyes glowed black as night.

The room fell silent. The boy's face was of utter shock, as Tiberius lowered his weapon.

"Wha-wha", the boy spluttered, obviously still recovering.

The teacher came over, and mended the boy's sword and told him that he was lucky his sword broke when in it's training form, as it was easily repairable.

She swung her sights on Tiberius, and she gave him what appeared to be a small smile.

                                                                                 20000 years later

Tiberius swings his sword, hitting his opponent, who is, ironically, Aurora. They had bonded over the 20000 years that they were friends. However, in this case, they were opponents, fighting for who would advance into the real world. The battle was called the final selection test, determining who would advance and who would stay back.

Tiberius finishes the battle with one swift move, hitting the sword out of her hand, disarming her and cornering her, putting his sword up to her neck.

"TIBERIUS GETS TO PROGRESS!" shouted the teacher.

"Wait!" Tiberius shouted back.

"Have her move on. I'll stay here," he said, not wanting to ruin his friend's dream of moving onto the actual world.

"It's ok, both of you can go," a new voice boomed.

It was Darkness.

They both eventually went onto the new world. With Tiberius being born on the desert planet of Tatooine and Aurora being born on Coruscant. They eventually met up, going on lots of adventures. However, on both of their 568th birthdays, disaster struck. An assassin killed Aurora, ending her first life. However, there was still hope, as she eventually came back around 2 years later. On Tiberius' 1000th birthday, he went to Teyvat, asking them for the position of the God of Time.

Whilst most of the archons agreed, some disagreed. The Pyro Archon, Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, and The Anemo archon all disagreed. They told Tiberius to challenge all 7 of them to a battle.

This battle turned out to be a disaster for the archons, as all of the archons were defeated by him. Tiberius demonstrated remarkable and strong control of all the elements, shocking all of them. However, Tiberius was honorable, not boasting about his victory and even making friends with most archons.

It felt that Tiberius had everything under his belt.