To Prevent World Peace (Magical Mayhem Book 1) by Emily Martha Sorensen

Author:Emily Martha Sorensen [Sorensen, Emily Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-24T23:00:00+00:00

Did I go too far? Chronos wondered, unsure of herself. She never knew how to talk to people. She hadn’t meant to make anyone cry.

On the other hand . . . wasn’t that a good thing? If this conversation made a strong impression, maybe it would stop that future. Maybe it would end it permanently. Chronos had no way to know; she couldn’t see any futures that she herself was in, and right now, this girl’s future was clearly dependent on their conversation.

Clearly, because it was in flux, and almost all of the girl’s futures were now invisible to her.

What can I do? Chronos wondered. What should I do?

She knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to just walk away. She’d gotten here by teleporter, a magical device her uncle had made, so it would take no time at all to get right back home and resume ignoring the problem, like she’d wanted to do in the first place.

But . . .

But what if she’s not convinced? Chronos wondered. What if I only made things worse? What if I made her more determined, and it makes everything happen sooner?

That was a risk she didn’t want to take. She wanted the future resolved. She wanted the nightmares over. She wanted to go home and know that she’d never have to return again. She had to make sure that future was gone now.

“The thing about evil magical girls,” Chronos said, “is that most times corruption is a gradual process. The magic system’s too merciful. Magical girls don’t lose their powers when they start going corrupt — they lose their powers when they finish. Which is why evil magical girls are possi—”

“MAGICAL GIRLS DON’T TURN EVIL!!” Kendra screamed, leaping to her feet.

Chronos was about to snap back, but then realized that the girl was teetering on her feet, her eyes wild, looking unstable.

“Except for the rare cases that do,” Chronos said gently.

Kendra burst into tears again and collapsed back on the ground.

Is that . . . it? Chronos wondered, unsettled. Can I go now?

She felt guilty to have caused such devastation, but she didn’t know how to fix it. She didn’t know if comfort would help the future or hurt it. Besides, she didn’t know what comfort would even be possible. She wasn’t going to lie to be reassuring.

Maybe she should go now. Yes, that was the best thing she could do. Chronos pulled the teleporting watch her uncle had given her out of her pocket —

She stopped.

Maybe the problem was that Kendra felt trapped. Trapped in a future she couldn’t escape. Trapped without hope or possibilities.

Chronos knew how it felt to be trapped.

That was why her uncle had given her this watch.

“Teleportation represents freedom,” he’d said. “You can go anywhere, do anything, and get away with it. Nobody can tell you what to do, and nobody can stop you.”

As a child, that had meant a lot to her. It had meant hiding from her older sister. It had meant avoiding the head of the family.

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