I Know that Life is Strange

by Catboiler

Sequel to my novelisation of Life is Strange, so please read that first. Max has a second chance at saving Chloe, but this time she has no intention of using her powers, and only has her knowledge of the week to help her. Totally AU, but I'm (at least initially) sticking to canon events (ie, things will happen as they are supposed to, characters will behave as they're supposed to.

1. Introduction

Author's Introduction

MAJOR SPOILERS

Two things before you start reading.

First, if you haven't yet played the game and are intending to play it, please don't read this, or the story that comes before this. There are major spoilers for the events of the game in both stories, and I don't want to spoil your first playthrough.

Second, if you haven't read my previous story, please read that first. It's called 'Life is Strange' and it is a full novelisation of the events of the game. This story picks up exactly where that one leaves off, and as such is kind of a sequel, so I would urge you to read that first, otherwise a lot that happens in this story might not make sense.

The story prior to this one, called Life is Strange, was a full novelisation of the events of the game. I didn't stick blindly to the game script, I expanded on dialogue and encounters, and I added in scenes exploring events from other characters' points of view. At the end, Max realises her love for Chloe, and that the depth of her feelings means she has to let her friend go. She travels back, meaning to sacrifice Chloe to save the town, but at the crucial moment can't go through with it, sets off the fire alarm, and starts the whole week off again.

It's at this point that this story picks up. I do not plan to follow canon at all in this story. This will be an exploration of the events of the game, but Max will not use her rewind powers, at least intially. We'll see what happens as the week progresses. She must get through the week, armed only with the foreknowledge of what is to come, and faced with unknown consequences of changing the events that she knows about, in order to effect a better outcome at the end of the week. As I write this introduction, I do not yet know what will happen, one reason I'm writing the story, I suppose.

As always, I'm grateful for any reviews/comments/suggestions that come my way, so please do let me know how I'm getting on. I'll endeavour to answer reviews and questions personally, and as before, I'll reserve any author's notes for the very last chapter.

Catboiler. 1st June 2016.