Independence

by Simple Chaos

One mistake can cost the lives of thousands. Everything rests on the shoulders of girl whose thread was woven from one still alive. And so the Fates are forced to watch the unfolding of a destiny even they can't control. A destiny they created.

1. Three Mistakes

AN: Sorry to the What We Understand fans, but my heart just wasn't in it. Though this was going to be the sequel.

To this day, no one knows who should hold the blame. Did Klotho not spin enough thread? Perhaps Lakhesis did not properly measure the length of it. Was his thread cut prematurely by Atropos? Whatever the cause, Nico Di Angelo was going to die a premature death.

This was the first mistake.

But he was crucial to the existence of so many others. Including themselves. So they did something they had never done before. They had Klotho spin the end of his thread into another's.

This was the second mistake.

They spun the end of his thread with that of hundreds of others. But the result was the same. The thread would stay for a moment, but only for a moment before it frayed and came apart in two separate sections. But the time for fixing would soon be over. And so, with possibly minutes left, they wove a new thread from the last of a dying one, recreating it with enough strength to bind the two life forces. But if they were to work quick enough to save both lives, there was no chance Lakhesis had to decide the life of the old thread. And so, an accidental loose thread was left hanging. Because there was no set life for her, it was up to those around Aly to create her life.

This was the third, and final, mistake.