One Last Time

by The Moon Also Rises

*Prologue Up* What if going back in time to save Arcadia Bay didn't necessarily mean letting Chloe die? What if Max's powers came from a very unexpected source? Will contain a partial rewrite of Life is Strange from the bathroom scene. Pricefield, Rated M for inclusion of themes present in the game as well as additional mature content, possibly including lemon(s) in later chapters.

A/N: Hello everyone. I like many others was unsatisfied with the canon ending of Life is Strange, and thought, I can write a better, more fulfilling, ending to this story. This is my attempt to do so. I will say that while I have an idea for where I would like the story to go, I will be taking review feedback into significantly more consideration than normal, particularly relating to ideas for explanations of the hows and whys behind Max's powers.

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"This is my storm. I caused this... I caused all of this. I changed fate and destiny so much that... I actually did alter the course of everything. And all I really created was death and destruction!" Max said, slowly coming to the realization that rewinding time to save Chloe set off the chain of events that seemed to inevitably lead to the destruction of Arcadia Bay and everyone in it.

"Fuck all of that, okay?" Chloe grabbed Max's shoulder and forced her to look into her eyes. "You were given a power. You didn't ask for it... and you saved me. Which had to happen, all of this did... except for what happened to Rachel." Chloe's eyes widened as the realization hit her, and she drew the butterfly photo taken in the bathroom from her jacket and handed it to Max. "Max, this is the only way."

Unfortunately, Max understood what she meant. The only way to prevent the storm from wiping out Arcadia Bay was to go back to before she ever used the power, and never fuck around with time, which meant letting Chloe die...

"Actually," a voice from behind Max said, "Most of that isn't true at all." Normally, hearing a strange voice from behind her would have made Max turn around, but the look of disbelief and shock on Chloe's face made her pause for a split second before finally doing so. When she did, she was met by the strange sight of the form of the spectral doe that she had seen repeatedly over the past week shifting forms, taking on a more humanoid shape, and finally one she unmistakably recognized as the girl she had seen every day staring back at her from a missing person poster. Rachel Amber.