(Reader's P.O.V.)

As I'm following the two-tailed fox, he makes a sudden left then stops at the end of the alleyway. "It seems you like sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, (Y/N)." How did he know my name? "I know lots of things, (Y/N). I see the timelines and I know every possible outcome. Our meeting was not by chance but by fate. I am the timekeeper. Do you choose to believe it?" "No, because if you were then you wouldn't be aiming to destroy the world." Venom pours from my words. "Then you're not as stupid as you look. The ancients made the foolish mistake of confusing me with the real timekeeper. By becoming the false keeper was the only thing that wasn't in fate's design. It was chance. And so by name, I am Chance. The one thing that throws fate off course. Being in the wrong place, at the right time." He smirks as he gives a mock bow. "Why do you want to destroy the world?" "Because it's fate. You and he were not supposed to meet. You meeting him made his desire to destroy time fade away. I simply want to enact fate as it was meant to be. Solaris will be reborn and time will cease as it was supposed to." His eyes have an eerie crimson glow as he speaks of his intentions. To destroy time because it's fate... I refuse to believe in that fate. "I refuse to believe in such a fate." a deep familiar voice speaks from behind me. As I turn to the owner of the voice, my blood runs cold. "Shadow?!"

(Mephiles' P.O.V.)

Something's wrong. Something is very wrong. I don't see (Y/N) anywhere. I close my eyes and look at the inklings of the past hour. With my power, I can travel through time but I can also observe it as well. I follow the path she took only to hear the words, "Because it's fate. You and he were not supposed to meet. You meeting him made his desire to destroy time fade away. I simply want to enact fate as it was meant to be. Solaris will be reborn and time will cease as it was supposed to." I catch a glimpse of the past. Shadow and that fox. They were fighting each other and he left Shadow for dead. So he doesn't know if Shadow lived? Well then, let's mess with that faker's head a little. I turn my quills black and red. "I refuse to believe in such a fate." I imitate his voice perfectly. Almost too perfect as poor (Y/N) looks at me with small tears pricking her eyes. "Shadow?!" Ah, forgive me for being cruel to you again, my love.