This is going all as planned... hehe

R&R?

When we get back to the base, everyone clobbers us. Including my family. I smile, hugging Aviva back.

"Where were you?" Chris asks.

I smile. "It's a long story. But to make it short, I was at Zach's, something happened, and his wife, Catherine, handed over the leadership to Candice over there!"

Alternate Candice somehow herds all of the people to under the balcony, where we stand behind her- not just the ones from their world, but from our world too. "Hello everyone! As you may know, we have won our war against Zach! Also, our Queen of the Wild has returned!"

Alternate Me smiles and walks up to the microphone. "Yep! I'm back to stay, hopefully. And I also couldn't have done it without Natalia and me! And by me, I mean my other self!"

Me and Alternate Natalia smile, walking up next to Alternate Me. Alternate Candice smiles and takes the mic.

"So, as you know, Leilani has full rights to leadership. Leilani, do you want to?"

Alternate Me smiles. "I totally do! Technically, though, if I become a princess the rest of you become royalty too. So, the Kratt family has become the royal family, with me as princess! Yeah!"

"But then we have two kings and queens," Alternate Martin points out. "Not even counting the Alternates here."

"True..." Alternate Me thinks for a second. "You all just function like a team and we'll get along fine. But after you guys, I become the new queen! Candice, your kid can be second in line."

"Never do that again, okay?" Aviva asks.

"No promises." I smile.

"So, shall we go check out the new world?"

"Of course... your highness." Alternate Me smirks. I sigh.

We walk back to the city, where Alternate Catherine waits. "YOU TRICKED ME!"

Well, isn't that just dandy?

"How?" Alternate Candice asks.

"Zach did not cheat on me! I looked at the security footage. And I killed him for nothing! I gave up everything!" Alternate Catherine exclaims. "You liars!"

"Run?" Alternate Natalia asks.

"We should," I whisper back.

"That was not our fault!" Alternate Me objects. "You chose to believe it, not our fault."

"AGH!" Alternate Catherine screams and storms off.

"Well... okay then?" Catie asks, waving. She's got a lot of people behind her.

"Who's this?" Alternate Candice asks.

"Oh. President- now Queen Candice, I guess." Catie laughs awkwardly. "I'm Catie, President of the West Resistance, from here in the city."

"And friend of mine," I add. "Where's the palace?"

That's the last thing I hear before a gunshot and a scream, followed by some girl in the back passing out. (Pulling an America Singer at the end of The Heir?)

"I will fight to the death of me," Alternate Catherine snaps, "And when you all are gone, I will take the species. One. By. One."

This is bad.

Well, let's use the word was.

Because Alternate Me killed Catherine. The rest of us just awkwardly stand here, like... "What?" I'm not going into any details, because I don't want to repeat the occurrences, but let's go with this: Girl has gun. Girl has enemy. Girl has nothing to lose. Do the math and complete the story.

"Now that's taken care of." Alternate Me twirls the gun on her finger. "Now. Our new castle, where's that gonna be?"

Is she sane?

"And how do we get home?" Aviva askes.

"Well, the city's not all bad. We could probably paint Zach's building green or something and use that?" Alternate Candice asks.

So we all head that way, and find the building completely empty, except for Zach's cabinet members. Turns out the remaining ones are- were- supporters of us. Alternate Candice introduces herself as the new president of the world.

"Let me show you around, your highness." One of them smiled, maybe a little too sweetly. The rest of us find rooms, and the Alternates- us- share with our counterpart. (Unless you're Alternate Chris, and Alternate Aviva's dead, but... THE FEELS!)

But since there's not enough rooms, Alternate Natalia and Catie lodge with me and Alternate Me.

"So, you're our new princess. Your highness," Catie smiles, curtsying.

"No, she is." I jab a finger at Alternate Me.

"Your highness," Alternate Natalia says, laughing.

Well? Alternate Me gives me that look, and I laugh. "Your royal vanity."

"Shut up." Alternate Me rolls her eyes, and leans against the window seat couch.

"Look!" Catie exclaims, pushing against a wall, revealing a secret entry. "This is cool."

"In the layout here, it looks like it leads to the other bedrooms." Alternate Natalia points at a map.

"We could accidentally burst in on-" Alternate Me begins, but Catie runs over and claps a hand over her mouth.

"LEILANI! WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT! ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COULD HEAR!"

We all die laughing.

Alternate Me sighs, still laughing "Sorry. I wanted to see your reaction."

"You are a jerk." Catie rolls her eyes.

"SHH!" Alternate Me hisses. "Listen."

"...and I have something to tell you," Alternate Candice finishes. "All of you."

"What?" one of the Martins asks.

"Well... I'm pregnant." Alternate Candice answers.

"Are you serious?! That's awesome!"

"Congrats, you two," the Martin from my world adds. "Good luck."

"Let's go spy!"

And being the really smart people we are, we spy through the secret passage.

"Congrats!" Aviva exclaims, somehow holding Adeline.

Alternate Chris doesn't look too happy, probably because he wants his own kids. I guess it's awkward when your wife dies but an alternate version of her shows up with an alternate version of YOU she's married to.

Was it just me or did that sentence make absolutely no sense?

" So, what's u- LEILANI!"

"LEILA-"

That's the last thing I hear before they all fade out. And I'm lying on the cold, hard ground.

(OH!)

(OH!)

(TROUBLE, TROUBLE, TROUBLE!)

I honestly don't know what's happening. Or what's real. Where I am. (Did I seriously just die again?) There's only one thing I do know.

I regret running.

oops here comes a round of feels again sorry not sorry