A/N: Again, thanks to everyone who left reviews and followed/favorite this story! And thank you for all the continued support! Just a few notes for this chapter:
'Magi' is pronounced like 'Maggie.' Don't question it. It just is
There is a bit of character POV switching and you actually get to meet the other players in Lizy's Game. You have been warned.
This is the last chapter of the story part. There will be another chapter but it may just be Dave and Lizy's meeting from Dave's POV or some other extra like that. So this is the end but not the end at the same time.
I had a bit of trouble writing the first part of this chapter but the end came more naturally.
Please leave a review to tell me anything I need to work on, what you like, and even what you didn't like. I would love feedback.
Chapter Four: Forget and Move On
The time Lizy was traveling away from soared back to four PM that afternoon, long before Lizy showed up. The day went on as it should, like it was originally. Only at 10 PM Lizy did not show up in the living room and run up the stairs to confront herself and her parents. So, her past parents never met Lizy Strider from the future. Therefore, Dave and Jade from Lizy's time had no recollection of the meeting. The only influence Lizy left on the timeline was very small, yet noticeable.
Jade and Dave were getting back from the grocery store at about 5 PM that day. As the Strider couple exited the car on their respective sides Jade called over to her husband, "I've got Lizy and Eron, can you get the bags out of the back?"
Dave stopped for a moment and looked over Jade. "Did you just call them 'Lizy and Eron'?" It wasn't accusingly, just confused. The names sounded so foreign yet familiar.
Jade stopped unbuckling the male twin from his car seat and said, "Huh, I guess I did. It just felt like those were-"
"-Their names." Dave finished the sentence for her. "I know what you mean. I felt the same thing."
That was the last the couple said on the set of name, but these nicknames slowly took over. Three months later they were refereed to only as Lizy and Eron.
Lizy had just fallen into her time portal and found herself tumbling out into the time she was originally aiming for, just before they entered the game. She pulled herself up off the living room floor (again) and ran to the training room. This house was the home she knew. Unloaded guns were tossed in lazy piles and there were a few broken swords in odd places. A pile of laundry sat in front of the laundry room and she could see her favorite shirt on the top of the pile. Just past the laundry room was the bathroom, then the training room. It was originally part of the garage but her dad had tricked it out years ago. It now had hardwood floors, insolated walls, mirrors, and a punching bag in the corner. It was mainly used for Lizy's dance and sword practice and for Eron to practice his judo and karate but occasionally Lizy and her dad would strife there.
The blonde ran to the back corner of the room and grabbed the katana sitting nicely on a stand. Lizy ripped her shitty display sword off her waist and grabbed her beautiful, sharpened katana off the stand. It had a white sheath decorated with carved dragons. It was a short sword but Lizy liked it a lot more than long katanas. She found she had more control over her weapon this way. The witch had been itching for this sword for the entire duration of The Game. When the five of them were sucked into The Game she only had time to grab the shitty, unsharpened sword sitting on her dresser. After quickly hooking the sword onto her waist she quickly created another void that led to the location she was supposed go to first.
Eron was leaning casually against a pillar, waiting for Lizy to return. His green eyes scanned the area to look at his companions. Ryan, his derpy, raven haired cousin was chatting quietly with Josh, the tan, dirty blonde California boy as they sat against a different pillar. Magi, the short, golden eyed brunette, was leaning against Ryan's shoulder with her eyes closed. Only ten minutes before Lizy left had the five of them finally been united and they were still learning how to enjoy each other's physical company.
It had been a minute and a half since he had last messaged his twin and he was about ready to message their father to go after her when a time vortex opened a few feet away. Out fell Lizy and she tumbled to the floor. Her long, light blonde hair billowed out around her creating a halo around her head. She sat up slowly and mumbled something about 'time travel being a bitch.'
As Lizy was pulling herself to her feet Ryan had run over to her in all his buck-toothed glory in an attempt to help his cousin up. Magi and Josh were close behind, all asking her about her mission and how successful it was. But Eron didn't care about that right not. He walked over to his twin and grabbed her wrists, forcing her to look him. The blonde boy tried to look stern but concern was evident in his emerald eyes.
"What took you so long? What happened?" he asked, staring into her ruby eyes. Lizy looked conflicted for a moment before answering.
"I, uh, had some business to take care of." She mumbled quietly. Eron raised an eyebrow.
"Really? What kind of 'business?' Or did you have a panic attack you aren't telling us about?" he questioned. He knew his sister had a tendancy to cover up her panic attacks. Ever since she had been diagnosed with Clinical Paranoia Eron had started to watch his sister more carefully. The blonde girl was quiet for a moment before saying,
"I had to get this." She said lowly and pointed to her hip. Eron would recognize the sword anywhere. It was Lizy's pride and joy. He could feel anger bubbling up in him.
"Why didn't you tell anyone you were doing that? We can't have our leader running off without telling us what the hell is going on!" Eron was yelling now. Yelling, however, was not the best idea. Lizy took this as a challenge and spat back at him,
"If I told you, you would try and stop me! And I need my sword! Unless you want me to not be able to fight for shit and die!" Lizy let out and exasperated huff and turned away with her arms crossed. There was a brief pause before Eron pulled Lizy into a hug and said,
"Don't ever do that again or I will personally kill you." Lizy only nodded.
Eron had finally released her and Lizy found herself standing a few feet away from him, half listening to Josh ramble on about something. Yes, she hadn't told Eron the whole story about why it took so long to complete her task, but she hadn't lied. She did go to get her katana. It just felt weird to tell him that she had visited them when they were babies, before they were 'Lizy and Eron' and when they were 'Elizabeth and Cameron.' What Lizy didn't know was that her parents wouldn't remember their meeting. She didn't know she would be able to keep this a secret for ever without anyone ever finding out.
"So, what do you think?" Josh asked her, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Huh?" she asked, confused. "I'm sorry, what was that?"
"I just asked you what you thought we should do about these trolls. They won't leave me or Ryan alone."
"Me either!" Magi added, appearing behind the pair. "They are so annoying! Plus, I can barely read what their saying half the time! This one with teal text writes with fours and threes and ones and it hurts my eyes." The brunette pushed her thick glassed up her nose as she spoke.
Hearing her two friends talk about the trolls reminded her of what past Jade had asked her about. Obviously whoever or whatever these trolls were had some importance to The Game, and she was determined to figure it out.
"Nothing." She said, quietly. "We do nothing. I have a feeling we're going to need them. And soon." Magi and Josh looked at her confused but said nothing more.
Now the group only had to wait for whatever was coming.
A/N: Thanks again for reading and I really hope you enjoyed the story! Remember, that even thought the story itself if done, there will be an extra mini chapter coming up. Please review and tell me what you think!
XOXO,
Zy
