[Third person pov, in the Marvel verse]
A hum was heard, vibrations were felt, a light was seen and a void was noticed in the multiverse, a new force that defied the understanding of what comprised reality and what it was not has been born.
A universe was isolated from the rest without an apparent reason, as if it was a bubble that covered it and put it apart from the rest, something that was instantly noticed by multiple beings because of their powers, importance in the cosmic balance or just as a coincidence.
Odin, Ancient One, Death, Eternity, Infinity, Oblivion, Galactus, Celestials, Observers, Dimensional Gods (Dormammu, Cytorak, etc), The Living Tribunal, The Beyonder, even one of The Brothers (physical representations of Marvel and DC Multiverse, in this case being Marvel who took notice) and The One Above together with The One Below All directed their gaze to said universe.
'This isn't like the Zombie verse where one of the other observers isolated and made a closed loop between them' thought Uatu, an Observer.
'I feel one of my avatars was isolated from me, although I can still feel that it exists but now as an independent being' thought, coincidentally, Eternity, Infinity, Galactus and Death at the same time.
'A new force has appeared, but it doesn't affect the cosmic balance in a negative way, almost as if it was how it always was meant to be' were the thoughts of one of the Celestials, Arishem.
'Now this is interesting, just as I come back from outside this multiverse to gaze and reminiscence the old times, this happens' thought the Beyonder just as it came back from outside of the multiverse (Defenders Beyond plot).
'A new force has been born, a universe was plucked apart, a name has spread and the cosmos reflects it' thought the Living Tribunal.
'This force feels like one that the other has, but also completely different in effect' thought the physical embodiment of the Marvel Multiverse.
'Let's see what is this new force all about' a golden being with humanoid form, The One Above All, thought as he analyzed. 'It's closely related to the will to do something, a characteristic and trait of a being' while he gazed at a certain newborn baby.
Just as all of these beings tried to analyze the force at hand, only a word and a concept were what they learned.
{DETERMINATION}
'This universe can now not be destroyed by conventional means, only existential erasure to this human can make this force cease' intrigued, The One Above All sent some energy to this universe, pulling apart the gap between that universe and the others even more.
"Maybe with a little bit of time, this force will prove to be good for the cosmic balance and the multiverse as a whole" spoke for the first time The One Above All.
[In Earth, Kamar-Taj, the time Adrian is born]
The Ancient One felt its connection to the dimensional energies be affected, and although she could access them as always, it was as if they had less influence in her being.
Suddenly, she felt vibrations in the Eye of Agamotto. Surprised by this, Yao pulled out the Time Stone from the artifact and was suddenly blinded by its green light, only to almost instantly start to feel its light dim, now the stone being of a darker shade of green than before.
"Something is wrong! The cosmic law of time is altered!"
The Ancient One drew circles in the air with mystical energies, surrounding the Time Stone with them and putting all of her strength in it. Almost in the same instant, visions were starting to pour into her mind as she spoke.
"The timelines of the universe... have merged into only three main branches, however, only one is currently moving... the others are in a sort of pause, hidden beneath this one as if they don't exist... not only that, but now I can't control time in the same way as before. I can't stop it, I can't reverse it, only slow it and make it go forward faster... it's like someone now has total control of the timeline as a whole..."
Multiple hypotheses were being formed in the Ancient One's mind. Some kind of being had suddenly taken control of time in the entire universe. This was worrying, as someone with that kind of power could pose a threat to reality.
"I have to know what exactly this is. What or who controls the timeline"
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[Earth, October 9 of 1996, Adrian's house]
"Come on sweetie, look at me and smile for the camera!" said Laura, Adrian's mother, who is a Latin American woman born in Colombia and currently living in the land of freedom, USA, currently holding a camera while pointing at a baby sitting in a chair made specifically for babies.
"Mama!" said Adrian as he looked at the camera and tried to smile. As a baby, although he now had control of his vocal cords and was capable of simple talking—because the cords are technically muscles—this meant that his voice was in a really high pitch. And because of his mentality, it was kind of difficult to act like a baby.
FLASH
"Aaaayyyy, my baby is so cute! Happy birthday!" the mother let out a shriek of happiness while she celebrated. Meanwhile, a man entered the room with a smile on his face and a knife in his hand, and then started to cut the cake that was situated in front of the baby, putting a very small slice with a plastic spoon on the very small table that came with the baby chair.
"Enjoy it lil Adrian, this is the only piece you can eat for now" spoke the man while he ate his own piece of cake. The mother started to do the same.
"Thanks papa" said Adrian while he clumsily used his hand to eat the piece of cake.
'Thankfully I didn't act like a full baby. Showing a little bit more intelligence than someone of my age made it so that they don't just spoon-feed me all the time'
Knowing that acting like a baby at all times would be an impossible task, he decided to show intelligence that would equal that of a 4-year-old kid. While his parents were certainly surprised and didn't know how to react to their seemingly genius baby, in the end they decided to treat him like one would treat someone of 3 years old, although always watching him in case something bad happened. After all, he is a 1-year-old.
'Not like it even matters, if I were to compare, my strength would be that of a 15-year-old'
Thinking back to a certain memory, Adrian remembered when one day a week ago, while testing what his body was capable of, he lifted a dumbbell that his father owned—40 kilograms—with little effort.
'Which is kinda obvious, considering that the first fallen human survived a fall that was probably more than 50 meters without flowers to break their fall, although kinda injured, so even a baby should be stupidly strong. And now, it's time to save again'
Then, Adrian pulled the save menu inside his mind, saving in the first file.
{Having your first birthday in this new reality with your parents present fills you with Determination}
{File saved}
{Adrian, 1 year}
{Home, Earth}
{Save, Load, Reset, Erase}
Then Adrian proceeded to think.
'I won't use the other ones until I feel like this timeline can't give me anymore. After all, as an Undertale and Deltarune fan, how could I not do different routes? Although thinking about killing someone...'
Putting away the save menu, this time he pulled the stat menu (he only has the save and stat menu; he doesn't have inventory), which displayed only two things:
{Adrian, LV 2}
'I haven't killed anybody, as there isn't an Execution Points stat, but my LOVE is two, which means that it's probably one of these two hypotheses, maybe both:
1. Because I died and had my experience outside the egg, I feel more distanced from life and less averse to killing.
2. Because of this being a fictional reality I made in the egg, I probably have a god complex and am more distanced from life, being able to bring myself to hurt others more, or even kill someone—as they are fictional beings and I'm technically their creator.'
Thinking all of this while he was celebrating his birthday made it kind of a headache. At least time passed fast, and eventually it was nighttime. Tired from thinking and acting all this time in front of his parents, he slowly drifted to sleep in his crib.
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Author Note: This chapters will be kinda slow, as i'm using them as a build up for the start of the plot however by chapter 3 or 4 there will be some time skips, in chapter 4 the plot will officially start so there is that.
IT WAS ME BARRY.