Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Alicia sat and contemplated this question over and over. But still did not seem to understand what Time actually was. She wondered if it actually dictated the life of death of things or if it was just a measurement people used in order to give a number to things. Like seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years. Were they all things that were always there or were they things that were made by humans? "Let's say time was something that was always there. If that is the case, then time would have a factor over certain things. But once something is out of time's focus it would no longer affect it. But how do immortals bypass time? Is it because they are outside of time's focus after they get hit with heavenly lightning? "

The questions never stopped as Alicia tried to figure things out. But she was stumped on what time actually was. She had an understanding of what space was since she could create a rift that opened to another area. But she had no idea how to apply time to it."Wait… In science fiction movies on earth when dealing with going between two points in space, they talked about folding space and time in order to pass between two places instantly. Which means you are not actually placing a rift on the overside. You are just stepping through the void of space and time to the other side as if you were taking one step forward."

Gaining the bit of enlightenment Alicia stood up and looked at the ceiling. She waved her hand creating a small distortion that warped the space above her. Alicia jumped up into the distortion when she landed again she was in a completely different room. This mode of travel was truly strange. She felt as if she had not moved to another room at all. Everything around her instantly changed after she jumped up into the distortion. "Hmm… I am guessing if I did not compensate for the thickness of the floor I would have transported myself inside the wall. This is basically a form of teleportation but normal teleportation only allows one to go to places they can see while this allows me to travel anywhere as long as I am careful. But I do not see the difference between this and the rift I created before, besides the fact that it allowed me to pass through the barrier. Very strange." 

Alicia put her thoughts aside. She had wasted about a month on the first floor. She had promised to be back in two years' time. She needed to hurry with these trials so she can begin her journey home and see her family and the man she loves. She felt strange though. She was nineteen on this world but when she goes back she would be thirteen again. "Time is truly a strange thing."

Looking around the room Alicia found another message inscribed on the wall. "If you have made it to this floor then you have understood how to fold time and space. This was the biggest hurdle for anyone trying to master the law of time and space. To prove that it was not a fluke… Make it to the other side..."

After finishing reading the words the whole room began shaking and the floor of the room except for where she stood began to collapse. Below was a fiery pit made of the law of fire. Alicia looked across the fiery pit to see a small section of the floor with a platform on top of it. "So I need to use the law of time and space to make it over to the other platform." contemporary romance

Alicia waved her hand and stepped into the distortion. She instantly appeared on the platform on the other side of the firey pit. Once her foot touched the platform she saw her surroundings changed once again. She was surprised to see the second test was so easy. But then again it might have been put there to weed out the ones lacking in talent that had accidentally made it to the second floor. 

On the third floor, Alicia found the writing on the wall explaining what to do next. "Now that we have tested your ability to use time and space. You will now be tested on your proficiency in using time and space to attack. Kill the dummies in the allotted time." 

Alicia's face fell. You had to kill the dummies in the allotted time by using the law of time and space!? She did not know if she should laugh or cry! Wasn't this test a bit unfair for those who just learned how to use the law of time and space?

With no other choice but to comply with the stupid test Alicia turned around and wielded her sword. In front of her on the other side of the room, ten wooden dummies appeared. Just to test to see if she could or not, Alicia waved her hand sending a barrage of fireballs at the dummies. Only to watch as the magic was dispersed upon contact with a barrier that surrounded the dummies. "I figured as much but still!"

Alicia felt a bit disappointed. She did not realize she would be forced to figure out how to use space and time to attack right away against live targets. She figured she would learn it by attacking some kind of floating orb with her eyes closed or something. But here she was having to face ten dummies with barriers and each wielding a sword charging right at her. As Alicia was lost in thought, a dummy that was still quite a distance away from Alicia slashed out with its sword. A ray of light shot out but quickly disappeared only to appear right above Alicia's head! 

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