Hi guys!

I'm finally back! Yass! 

I hated not uploading the story, I was dying to do it but I had my exams and I tell you it was bad. I never though Masters could be soooo tough!

A word of advice, please choose what you want to study wisely. I had no idea what I would have to study here. Damn, my brain hurts!

Anyways, back to the story..

Enjoy!

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"I'm so excited to meet Asher!" Amaya squealed and TJ looked at her with an amused expression.

Today Asher was coming back to the school, and Amaya was too excited to meet him, more than TJ was. Throughout the week Amaya had been asking TJ questions about Asher and her, which TJ was happy to share. Anything to keep Amaya's head off Dean.

Rafael looked at his sister, and sighed, "Chill will you? You're acting like a fangirl," He pointed out.

"But I am a fangirl! I want his autograph!" Amaya said sarcastically, and fake squealed.

"Whose autograph do you want?" Dean asked, entering Calista's study.

Dean looked exceptionally good today. He wore a navy blue shirt and formal pants, his hair were styled sideways which showed his full gorgeous face.

"Not yours," Amaya rolled her eyes at Dean who gave Amaya an unimpressed look.

"Your loss then. Everyone wants me," Dean said arrogantly.

"Puhlease, take your ugly ass face away from me. I don't want ruin my day watching it," Amaya said with an innocent look, and her sweet voice and TJ laughed.

"Savage!" TJ exclaimed, and Amaya raised her hand for a high five which TJ returned as a fuming Dean glared at them both.

"You have no idea what you are missing," Dean's voice was arrogant.

"Actually, I know what I am not missing...You," Amaya said rolling her eyes.

For a moment TJ swore she saw hurt in Dean's eyes before they were back to their arrogant self.

"Okay, guys! I don't want to hear it. We get it you know, Dean is trying to impress Amy, but she doesn't like him because she has a crush on TJ's boyfriend. Yeah, yeah," Rafael said, and TJ roared with laughter. Dean looked at Rafael with wide eyes, and Amaya was shooting daggers her brother, who didn't look a bit affected.

"Fuck! I love you, Raf," TJ said in between laughs, and Rafael grinned.

"But you are still going to kiss your boyfriend," Rafael said in a sing-song voice and TJ nodded with a laugh.

"I do not have a crush on Asher, just excited to meet him. I feel like I know him already," Amaya huffed crossing her arms against her chest and sitting down beside TJ.

"And I am not trying to impress anyone," Dean defended himself, sitting on the chair beside Rafael.

"Uhuh," Rafael snorted, "I believe you. Tell me why are you so dressed up then? Going to milk a cow?" Rafael's voice was dripping with sarcasm, and TJ was proud of him. She taught him well.

"What cow? I have a seminar to attend in a couple of hours, idiot," Dean said, and Rafael just scoffed, and looked away.

TJ's phone beeped with a text on Facebook from Asher, and she beamed. He told her he was ready, and she could make a portal. He messaged again saying he was at the airport in a secluded corner. TJ smirked, same old Asher.

"Okay guys, I'm gonna go, and get my boyfriend," TJ said as she stood up, and went in the middle of the room as her fingers sparkled black, and a doorway appeared, and Asher stood in front of it.

TJ held the portal and went through it to a grinning Asher. She wrapped her arms around him as Asher held her by her waist, and bent down to kiss her lips.

"I missed you," Asher said softly against her lips, and TJ smiled shyly. Asher always made her like this.

"I missed you too," She said pecking his lips before pulling herself away as Asher grinned a boyish grin at her. "Come on, everyone is waiting," TJ said, and Asher nodded.

He picked up his camper bag, carrying it on his shoulder, and picked up his duffel bag as TJ grabbed his suitcase.

Asher passed through the portal, TJ behind him. TJ closed the portal as both of them dropped Asher's bags on the floor as their friends surrounded them. Amaya was squealing, Rafael looked happy while Dean...he looked uninterested.

"Guy's, Asher. Asher, everyone," TJ introduced them and Asher raised his eyebrows at her.

"Really, Annie? Everyone? Introduce me properly," Asher said in a flat voice, and TJ rolled her eyes at her boyfriend.

"Bossy bitch," TJ muttered under her breath,

"I heard that!" Asher said.

"Aww," TJ batted her eyelashes at him and smiled a sickly sweet smile at Asher, "Asher, this is Rafael Le Doux, my friend, he's a technopath," TJ said in a high pitch voice gesturing Rafael who was chuckling her antics but extended his hand to handshake with Asher.

"This is Amaya Le Doux, my roommate, and Rafael's elder twin by 5 minutes, she manipulates emotions," TJ continued in her high pitched, and Amaya shook her head, and giggled, but shook her hands with Asher.

"And this handsome man over here is Dean Moriarty, he's our assistant mentor and a very good friend, and he is a telekinetic," TJ introduced Dean who gave TJ an amused smirk as he and Asher shook hands.

TJ looked back at Asher who was looking away, suppressing a laugh, and TJ hit him on his shoulder.

"Ow. Fuck, Annie. Stop hitting me like a man!" Asher winced and TJ gave a self-satisfied smirk.

"Amy, you can fangirl now," TJ said looking at Amaya who grinned at her friend, and stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Asher whose eyes widened at the gesture.

"'It's so good to finally see you, Asher!" She said and Asher patted her back with a smile, and Amaya pulled away.

"It's finally good to talk to you. I'm so happy to finally able to meet you guys when you can see me," Asher grinned.

"I hope you were not going all creepy stalker on us," Dean said as Amaya stepped aside and Dean stepped forward, as he and Asher gave each other a man hug.

"No of course not. I don't stalk people until they are Annie," Asher said and winked at TJ who gave him a look of horror, and Asher laughed, "I didn't stalk you, Annie. Remember, I could appear when you wanted me to?" Asher said and TJ bit her lip and looked down.

"Stopping hogging him! It's my chance!" Rafael said as Asher grinned and gave each other a bro hug like Dean. "I have heard SO MUCH about your video gaming skills, dude. Care for a match?" Rafael asked, and Asher smirked.

"You bet your ass I do. I'm your guy, literally," Asher was always excited about playing video games. He was always happy while playing video games. Even when TJ beat him at Mario Kart.

"Hell yeah!" Rafael cheered.

"Seems like you both would be happy when I tell you that you are rooming up," Calista's voice came, and everyone looked at the door as a smiling Calista entered her study.

"Really, Ms. Thorton?" Asher asked and Calista nodded.

"Rafael is the only boy who doesn't have a roommate since his older one graduated. So we are giving you that one," Calista told him, and the boys high fived. "But that doesn't mean that you are allowed to play your games after 10 at night," Calista told them, and they nodded like kids. "Good, TJ, Rafael, help Asher with his stuff. Amaya, I need you in my office. Dean the committee needs your help," Calista allotted everyone their duties and walked away with Amaya following her.

"What does she want from Amy?" Rafael wondered aloud and TJ and Asher shrugged.

TJ made a portal to Rafael's room as Rafael and Asher picked up his luggage.

"Ugh, we need a lot of cleaning up to do," TJ said as they entered the room.

The room wasn't messy but it was filled with gadgets, wires, hardware, and unfinished stuff.

"Sorry about the room. I had no idea I would get a roomie," Rafael apologized, and Asher shrugged.

"Chill! We can find a place for these things later, for now, I just need the bed," Asher told him frankly.

"No, don't worry about it. I have a thing, I made it a while ago, let's use it," Rafael said, his face lighting up with the thought as he bent on his knees, looking under his bed. "Found it!" He exclaimed, getting up.

He came with a box which looked like a normal metal box from outside.

"What's this?" TJ asked.

"It's a mini black hole," Rafael told her.

"A what?" TJ asked her friend.

"I'll tell you a story," Rafael said and TJ and Asher sat down on Rafael's bed, and Rafael sat in front of them. "It was during the vacations, and we had gone home. It was the phase where I was either programming software or making stuff so my room was always messed up with wires and tools etc. My mother is a cleanliness freak, like really, she sees a speck of dust on the floor and she freaks out. So one day she entered my room, and she fainted, like really fainted. When she woke up she told me to clean the room if I want to live in the house. So I thought why not make something which I can carry everywhere, and has all my stuff so my mother stops worrying and fainting.

I researched a lot, and I found out that there is a thing called a black hole, I thought of it as a never-ending storage space. So I made a program and made this with it. I thought I won't need it after my roommate left, but I think we could use this. Now watch," Rafael said as he put the box on the floor and opened it.

The box was glittering inside. There was coding inscribed inside the box which was gleaming green in color like Rafael did when he used his powers.

"Woah," Asher muttered in awe.

Rafael smirked at his friend's expressions as he picked up the materials on the other bed, and started putting them inside the small box. To their amazement, TJ and Asher saw the stuff disappear as Rafael added more. Soon the whole bed and Asher's closet were empty, and TJ and Asher were still in awe and utterly confused.

"Wow, it looks like a portal, just this is different" TJ mused and Rafael nodded.

"Yeah, it's kind of a portal but not exactly. Everything is in the box, it has 1 yottabyte of space. I programmed it in a way that it stores all things in binary, it keeps a track of everything I've ever stored. Even the deleted stuff, I mean the stuff I took out. Now watch this," Rafael explained.

He pressed the button on the side on the box, and a screen with a keypad appeared. Rafael typed something, and a torch-like gadget appeared.

"What the actual fuck! This is crazy cool!" TJ clapped her hands in awe, and Rafael gave her a proud smile. "This, my mate, is amazing work!" TJ told Rafael, still looking at the box.

"Thanks" Rafael grinned. "You can set your stuff now," Rafael told Asher who nodded.

TJ helped Asher setting up his stuff while Rafael threw everything in his black hole.

"Hey! I just remembered!" Asher exclaimed as he placed the empty bags in the wardrobe.

"What?" TJ asked him.

"You told Alastair that you would take me to him when I'm back. Well, I am back. Let's go meet him?" Asher suggested, and TJ nodded, remembering she promised Grandpa Alastair a visit with Asher.

"You want to join us, Raf?" TJ asked Rafael who shrugged. TJ opened the doorway to the inn, this time at the entrance of the inn so she wouldn't scare Grandpa.

Alastair was sitting on the desk, and he smiled as he saw TJ's portal opening. He had no doubts how, and why she had those powers. He had figured it out the day she came to him for help. But the girl still wasn't ready, he wondered when would she be.

TJ appeared, and Alastair saw two boys behind her. One was Rafael, the techno guy. He usually remembered everyone, but he couldn't place who the other boy was. As they came closer, Alastair saw TJ and the boy holding hands, and he knew this was the boy Little Tiffany went to risk her life for.

"Ah, Little Tiffany. How are you?" Alastair asked as she reached the desk.

"I'm good, how have you been?" She asked, and Alastair smiled.

No one in these years was so concerned about him except this girl. He didn't blame them, 400 years was a long time to learn to take care of oneself.

"I've been good. I see you brought visitors with you. Rafael Le Doux?" Alastair asked, and the blonde boy nodded, and held his hand for Alastair to shake it. He took it.

"Yes, sir. Nice to see you again," The boy smiled and Alastair returned it, turning to the black haired, black clothed boy.

"You must be the lover boy, Asher. Right?" Alastair asked, and Asher grinned and nodded.

"I am, it's so nice to talk to you finally," Asher said as he held out his hand and Alastair took it.

A wave passed through Alastair and his brows furrowed.

"Tell me, boy, do you have any powers?" Alastair asked Asher who widened his eyes at his question, but shook his head.

"Nothing that I know of," Asher said looking at TJ who was looking at Alastair with confusion.

"I think you do. I sense one in you, work on it, and you'll know what I am talking about," Alastair said cryptically, not wanting to tell the boy immediately.

He felt the same when he shook hands with Little Tiffany. Although it was much weaker than her, but Alastair could sense they were connected. Maybe that was so, maybe they were connected for so long that the bond remained.

"Grandpa, what are you talking about?" Tiffany asked him.

"Little Tiffany, your lover here has powers. He's not an Enchanter, but he does. I can feel it. Parallel Plane must have done it to him. You have to help him just like he helped you, and you will find out what you are looking for," Alastair told her.

"Asher has powers too? This means that you are officially a perfect student for Aldcoast!" Rafael added, and Alastair nodded.

"The techno boy says the truth. You belong here, even though it's not in your blood, but miracles happen in Iiliria all the time, my boy," Alastair told a confused Asher.

"You think simulation room will help me?" Asher asked him.

"No, I don't think so. I think you have to find other ways. Simulation room helped Little Tiffany because she had hereditary powers. Not exactly from her parents, but it's in her genes. But you my boy, you have powers you acquired, and it might not be like Tiffany or Rafael. But what I can tell you is that the powers you have mean something strong," Alastair told Asher.

"How can you say that, Grandpa?" Tiffany asked.

"Because Little Tiffany, I could sense it from touching him. Everyone on this Earth, either human or Enchanter or any species has powers. Powers that can be known and developed. These are recessive in the case of humans while we who live in Iiliria have them in much more than an average human. Asher too had powers which were recessive like other humans, but his stay in the Parallel Plane has made those powers strong. It's like an Enchanter power, Asher. I hope you find out soon," Alastair told Asher as he looked at him.

Asher's blue eyes showed a conflict. It was obvious, he was taken by surprise.

Alastair felt that Little Tiffany and Asher were connected at a different level, but he couldn't disclose it. They must find out on their own. Self-discovery is the best way to find answers.

"We should go and tell this to Ms. Thorton," Rafael suggested, and Alastair nodded.

"You should, she's the only one who can help you right now," Alastair told them.

"Then we should go immediately," Tiffany said, and Alastair nodded.

He looked at Asher who was looking at the ground, his eyebrows knitted together in concentration, and Alastair smiled. He was a part, a major part of the show. So were they all.

"Let's go," Tiffany said as she opened a portal and Asher and Rafael went inside as TJ came, and hugged Alastair. "Thank you, Grandpa," She said and kissed his cheek making him smile.

"It's all you, my child. All you," He said and Tiffany grinned, backing away and ran towards the portal, closing it behind her.

Alastair sighed, he hoped that the path he showed the kids lead them to their destiny. The Universe had its way of playing. These kids were the future. They have a lot to do.

Especially, Little Tiffany, she had a lot of debts to pay.

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Oooohhh... Debts! 

I can't think of anything, all I think when I see debts are debtors and assets and accounts. I am so done with this...there is 1 and half year full of this stuff. HELP!

Random question: What if you had a mini black hole like Rafael has? What would you do with it?

I would stuff all my art supplies in it. It covers half of my house tbh!

4 chapters left

Until next time....