"Oh my goodness, we did it!" Lizzy said in shock, looking at the new potion. "I can't believe it." After the color came out, she put the new concoction in its own bottle and showed it to everyone.

"Yay!" Keiza exclaimed, clapping.

"Woohoo!" Ryan said. "That means you can use your magic again."

"Yup!" Lizzy grinned. "It also means something else: it means the antidote has been made."

"WHAT?!" everyone, except for William, shouted.

"What antidote?" little Crow asked.

"It's a potion to reverse the effects of another potion," Ian explained.

"Does that mean we're going back to normal?"

"I think so! Is that what it means, Lizzy?" The girl nodded happily and said to the three kids,

"Now you have the ability to be older whenever you feel ready to."

"Can I not grow up?" little Crow asked.

"I don't think you can avoid it, my friend," Dylan chuckled. "Even if you don't drink the antidote, you're still gonna grow up. It'll just take more time."

"Aww!" The group laughed with a smile. James looked around him and felt content. Finding his friends happy was enough for him to be happy. He cleared his throat and said,

"Let's go to sleep for the night, everyone. It's already late." They agreed and decided to go upstairs to their rooms. But before everyone went up, the door struck with long banging. James quickly answered the door and Akiza was on the other side, panting heavily.

"Hey, is something wrong?" he asked her. "You look pretty pale."

"He came back!" Akiza exclaimed in between deep breaths. "The man we met at the mall..he came back."

"How?!"

"I don't know but he's trying to get in the warehouse. Luna and Leo are distracting him while I was coming here. We have to hurry!"

"Right!" James ran up the staircase and yelled, "We got trouble at the warehouse! We have to go there now!" Everyone else immediately changed up, because they were getting ready for bed, and ran down the stairs.

"How bad is it?" William asked James, getting his shoes on.

"That guy from the mall is back and is at the warehouse," James elaborated quickly.

"What, he's back for more?!"

"Yup!"

"I hate that guy!" Ryan shouted. "Let's go make him pay!"

"Are we coming too?" little Jack asked.

"Yes," James answered. "We don't want to leave you, Crow, and Yusei by yourselves since everyone is going."

"Let's hit the road, guys," Lizzy announced. "We don't want to keep Luna and Leo waiting. They may be running out of ideas." Everyone agreed and headed out on runners or other vehicles that they had.

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"Um, any other ideas?" Luna asked, quivering.

"I can't think of any!" Leo admitted. "But we have to keep him occupied!"

"So that your little friends can save you?" the evil man cackled. "Nice try! They will never arrive in time. I will bring destruction to this......what is this place?"

"It's a warehouse, creep!" Leo yelled.

"Whatever it is," the man said. "I will get inside there!"

"No you won't! You'll never get in!" The man growled and saw a few runners out in the distance. The runners halted near the warehouse and the riders got off and ran to Leo and Luna's side.

"Why must you be pests to me?" the man asked loudly, putting his hand on his face. "Practically thorns at my side!"

"Well, you keep messing with our friends!" Aaliyah retorted. "Why do you do this anyway?!"

"I have already told you! I will rewrite the present and future by taking away your little friends!"

"Why would anyone want to do that?!"

"So that the world can finally see the consequences of forgetting their people."

"Eh?" everyone else said. The evil man never mentioned about this, so it was new information to them.

"Fine!" the man growled in frustration. "Since you have no recollection of what I'm talking about, perhaps I must make a formal introduction."

"We don't need an intro!" Ryan said. "We just want to know why you're doing this."

"Ugh.....does the name Wasure sound familiar to you?"

"Wasure?" James repeated. "I think I've heard of it before."

"Wasure used to be a small seaside town that had people go back and forth from the sea. Does that ring a bell to any of you?"

"Now it does!" Keiza gasped. "It's the place seafarers lived before moving to Yuina!"

"That's right!" the man exclaimed. "And I, Zargan, am the last of the town. The townsfolk thought that after discovering Yuina that the seafarers would come back to Wasure. But they never came back.....and the people eventually went inland, never to return to the sea again! And so I decided to set out for Yuina myself, wanting revenge, until I came across here. This city is one of the hidden ports that lets to Yuina."

"So why not go there instead of messing with time here?" Lizzy asked.

"I want your people to come here and then it will be my moment to destroy Yuina!" Zargan cackled. "If they see that the flow of time is disrupted, they will have to come and fix it."

"So you're using this city as bait to get to another city?!" James shouted. "That's messed up!"

"Oh, I'm aware of that. I don't care what happens to New Domino City. All I care about is getting my revenge on your people." William furrowed his eyebrows, wondering if that man was saying the truth or not. He thought that it couldn't be the only reason why he would do something like this but shrugged off the thought.

"Okay, that's enough!" Lizzy yelled in anger, clenching her fists. "I see what you're trying to do and we're not gonna let that happen, you got it?"

"Yeah, we'll beat you up!" Ryan said in agreement, pounding his knuckles together. Zargan laughed evilly and said,

"If that's the case, then I guess we will have to battle since our beliefs conflict. What do you say?"

"Bring it on, dude!" William said. "I'm totally ready to beat you again."

"Do you really think I want to go against you again after the humiliation I received last time?! I'm not stupid, boy. However, there is one person that I would love to fight." He looked at Lizzy, pointing her out from the small crowd. Lizzy sighed and said,

"You want me, don't you?"

"I find you interesting, kid," Zargan admitted. "And the fact that you're a magician makes it more interesting. But if you are as weak as you were last time, there won't be much entertainment for me!"

"What kind of bad guy are you?" Leo asked. "Are you just trying to lure her in?"

"I'm in the mood for fighting, little boy. It lets me take out my anger, especially since your friends are from the very island I hate! After dealing with you, I will rip your little city apart!"

"Let's do it then!" Lizzy said with a small smile. "I'm ready this time."

Hello again! Glad you've been reading up to this point.

Hope to see you next chapter! :)