Older Kyle smirked at the boys' faces. "What's wrong, kids? Cat got your tongue?" He did a quick snap, and kittens landed out of nowhere and batted the boys' tongues gently.
Fanboy immediately cuddled his kitten close to him. Chun-Chum cooed over his, but Kyle gently set his kitten down and began to scrutinize his older self.
Older Kyle had midnight blue highlights in his red hair. He was wearing a red no-sleeve shirt with a black vest, and he had two black bracelets with a studded violet jewel in each one on both arms. He was wearing black jeans with a metal chain hanging from one side of his right pocket to the other side of his right pocket, and black boots. His braces were gone, and he looked more cool and relaxed with his powers than the present Kyle was.
"So…" Fanboy and Chum-Chum stopped playing with their kittens and looked at the older wizard. "…what's up?" "We just got kidnapped by an evil wizard. It was so sick!"
Fanboy laughed, "Mainorex looked so furious when we were disappearing; I wish I had a camera!" Chum-Chum giggled with his best friend while Kyle just rolled his eyes. Older Kyle just shook his head in amusement. There was a wistful smile on his face as he looked at Fanboy.
What's that all about? Kyle looked at his older self suspiciously. "Where's Jamie from your time?"
Older Kyle froze for a few seconds, before continuing, "He's fine. Besides still practicing magic, he has a job making robots. He's actually very smart, Kyle." Both looked up to see Fanboy pretending to be a vampire and Chum-Chum pretending to be the vampire's assistant.
Older Kyle shook his head again, and a very soft chuckle escaped him. Fanboy looked up at them. "What?" "Nothing." Kyle suddenly shook his head, "Oh, I forgot. There are some people I want you to meet."
To everyone's shock, especially Kyle's, two other wizards came out. But that wasn't why Kyle was shocked. What made him shocked was an older version of Sigmund.
"SIGMUND? What's HE doing here?" Kyle saw red, and was about to turn Sigmund into a frog when his older self stopped him. "Kyle, don't. Sigmund grew up to be our best friend. The other one is Lily…my girlfriend."
Kyle looked up when he mentioned 'girlfriend' and looked at Lily silently. Lily had blonde hair with a hot pink strip down the middle. She had green eyes as dark as emeralds and her smile was dazzling. She was wearing an amethyst colored shirt and dark blue jeans. She had a pearl necklace on and amethyst earrings.
She looked very beautiful. Fanboy elbowed his brother's shoulder, "Kyle, you sly dog, you!" Kyle blushed in embarrassment and briefly considered if he should make Fanboy's mouth disappear.
Fanboy looked up at the older version of his brother, and asked pleadingly, "Do I have a girlfriend?" At his brothers' nod, Fanboy jumped in the air and yelled triumphantly.
"YES! YES! YES!" Sigmund laughed in good humor, and said, "Man, I forgot how funny and loud your brother was, Kyle. Shame really, that I almost forgotten. But I guess it's understandable. I mean he-."
"Sigmund." The monotone interruption from the older Kyle quickly got the sorcerer to shut up. Lily gave Sigmund a little slap on the back of his head, and gave her boyfriend a concerned look. Older Kyle looked down for a second, before looking at the three kids, smiling brightly.
"So, Fanboy, how about you show me some magic?" Fanboy gave him a thumbs-up, and walked to the other side of the cave. "Now, I'm kind of new at this, so…stand back." He waited until they were at a safe distance, then took a deep breath.
He opened his left palm quickly, his blue birthmark glowing in the darkness. He closed his eyes, held his palm out. And a blue stream of fire shot out. He moved his arm in an arc, and the stream of fire followed his hand. He closed his palm, and the glow and fire disappeared.
"That's all I got." Older Kyle clapped his hands and walked toward the younger version of his brother. "That's pretty good. Do you want to make fireballs?"
"YEAH!"
"Okay, hold your arms out straight." Fanboy nodded, looking at the older Kyle with uncharacteristic focus and attention. "Now think about fire. Try to focus your energy on that one image."
Fanboy nodded again and closed his eyes. Slowly, flickers of flames began to appear, hovering slightly over Fanboys' clenched fists. Fanboy closed his eyes tighter and took another deep breath. The flames began to grow stronger until they began to cover his hands.
Fanboy opened his eyes, and younger Kyle gasped. Fanboys' green eyes were glowing like green flames. Letting out a scream, Fanboy held out his palms, and two fireballs flew out of his hands.
Older Kyle quickly gripped onto Fanboys' shoulders, steadying him until he was sure he could stand up straight. "May I ask you something?" Older Kyle nodded.
"Has my magic improved in the future?" Older Kyle took a deep breath, trying to find a way to tell him. "…Yes, you have definitely improved."
Chum-Chum raised his hand, "What am I doing?" Sigmund turned to him, "You make comic-books and, surprisingly, I'm helping you do magic part-time." Chum-Chum's brown eyes widened and he raised his fist in the air.
Everyone stopped talking, and an awkward silence filled the air.
Chum was the first to speak. "So…now what?"