BlackLynx17: Hey everyone, I've decided to just end this story today and post up the remaining chapters all back to back! Thanks for reading!
Wendy hummed lightly to herself as she walked through the gates, now entering Magnolia. It's been a couple of years since she's been here and now, now she recognized the place. Everything looked familiar again, the people, the buildings, the roads. She hoped no one would recognize her older, but then again it didn't matter really. Everything was about to change in just an hour.
Either way, Wendy pulled her hood on tighter over her head and started making her way through the town to the forest on the side of it. Pretty soon she'd be wondering why she saw a double of herself pull her back, or hopefully just wonder who was it that pulled her back. Seeing an older version of herself would make her younger self freak out, but then again if she knew she grew up into such a woman then maybe she could try and convince Mest that.
Wendy giggled to herself lightly before it slowly fell, a frown appearing on her face. It hurt, it really did. It was so hard living these past eleven years here, away from her friends but at the same time not, away from Charlie, worrying about every little thing having an impact on something in the future. It was going to be nice to be relieved of this burden... there was only one reason why she wouldn't.
Mest.
And if it wasn't for the fact that she still had a chance with him in this world she wouldn't be doing this, not at all. She loved him, she knew without a doubt that he was her soul mate... which was exactly why it didn't hurt so much doing this. If they were soul mates then they were meant to be and if that was true then it would only be a matter of time before they got back together in their world.
… He wouldn't be this Mest though... being in love with the same guy twice, that sounds impossible, but it was what she was going through. She should be happy that she was going to still be with Mest, but it hurt. It hurt so much... but this had to be done. Exactly like she told Mest before, soon she wouldn't be feeling all of this. Soon... soon she'd forget it all... not soon enough it seems.
Even though its been years, eleven full and long years, she remembered every detail of that day. She was walking through the forest like she always did, the same path she took each time she visited Porlyusica. It was warm day, just like now, and pretty soon she'd be seeing her little cottage. Wendy made sure to walk around the root she tripped on, not to fall back again, and slowly circled Porlyusica's cottage. She saw her younger self washing the dishes from the window, Charlie flying in the background holding bags. So close, so close. Tears appeared in her eyes and Wendy went to settle herself a few feet back, behind some bushes so they couldn't see her, but she still had the perfect view of the cottage.
Now she waited. A few more minutes, twenty tops, and she'd hear her younger-self saying goodbye and walking through the trees. She tried not to think of anything, it helped make this decision a little bit easier. Her mind couldn't stray from Mest though, how she left him so suddenly. He would be hurt, not for long though.
"I'm sorry Mest." Wendy whispered hugging herself.
"I don't believe that."
Wendy gasped and turned around, seeing Mest's hand reach out for her. She quickly jumped back and sent a gust of wind his way, knocking him back and away from her.
"Mest?!" She yelled out.
"Ow Wendy, what the hell?!" He yelled right back at her.
"Don't touch me! Don't you lay a finger on me or try and teleport me away!" She growled lightly.
"Wendy, this is a mistake. You're making a mistake right now." He said, taking a step forward.
Wendy's eyes narrowed as she took a step back, "how did you know I was here?"
"Are you serious Wendy? When you took off it was obvious where you were going, back to Magnolia. I saw the signs when we started traveling closer and closer to here. Honestly I got here about three days ago and have been staking out Porlyusica's place ever since waiting for you. Could you have taken any longer?"
"Oh... shut up Mest!" Wendy blushed from embarrassment, "you can't stop me! I need to do this-"
"You don't need to do this Wendy! Don't think about doing this for anyone else other than yourself-"
"Fine then, I want to do this Mest! I want this! I want to go back home!"
Mest froze for a second, his hands dropping and hanging on the side of him, "... you love him more?"
Wendy sighed and shook her head, "it's not about loving who-"
"You do, or else why would you leave me?"
"Mest, it's because of him that I can leave you. If my Mest didn't exist, if I hadn't have known you before I fell Mest I wouldn't be doing this. I love you too much, way too much to live in a world that you don't live in."
"Then why are you about to leave this world now?!"
"Because I don't belong here, I may belong with you Mest, but I don't belong here in this time."
"That's bullshit! Just an excuse Wendy!"
"It's all the excuse I need though to go through with this. We're going to still be together, I may not be me now, and you may not be you now, but we're going to be together again. Our love has told me that we're soul mates. We can't ever not be together."
"That's not fair though! I want you! I want you now! He doesn't Wendy! I don't even know if he cares about you! If he'll treat you right and shower you with love and affection like you deserve! I bet he knows nothing about you other than your name! While I on the other hand know every little thing about you Wendy... every single thing."
"If that was true then you would know why I'm doing this."
"I do know why, but that doesn't mean I accept it."
She wanted to reach out and hold him, kiss him, rub her fingers against his cheek to try and change that sad and desperate look in his eyes. She couldn't though, she couldn't do any of that. She couldn't risk him teleporting heroff to some faraway land and not being able to stop herself.
"Mest, I love you. I will always love you, even if I don't remember." Wendy whispered taking a step back.
"Don't do this Wendy."
Her ears picked up on the sound of a door opening and closing, the light whispers of conversation between her past self and Charlie. She was sure Mest could see them, Wendy couldn't risk turning her back away from him though. She had to catch him off guard, she had to knock him away so she would have enough time to reach herself.
"Mest... I don't want this, I don't," she started crying.
"Don't do it then Wendy, please don't. I'll be here for you, I'll take care of you, we can face the world together, so please don't separate us."
Wendy slowly started nodding her head and took a step forward.
"The consequences-"
"Screw them, whatever comes our way we'll handle, but please Wendy."
She took another step, "Mest, I don't know."
"Trust me. I love you Wendy, from the moment I saw you passed out in front of Fairy Tail I knew I was in love with you. I knew I had to have you, so please, please... take my hand."
Sorry Mest. Wendy reached for his hand, wrapping her other one behind her back with strong wind magic, and when his face looked the most open and off guard she sky clawed him and sent him flying. Mest, I hope you understand what I'm doing is for the good of the world. I'm sorry, but I can't live like this anymore fearing my existing in the world. She thought. She started heading through the trees, spotting her younger self up ahead.
"WENDY!"
It all happened at once. Her younger self, hearing her name being called out, slowly turned around. This Wendy, hearing her name being called out, turned around and saw Mest teleport towards the clearing, knowing he was about to teleport to grab her. With speed and skill she didn't know she even had she was able to grab her younger self's shoulder, flinging her across the path; she banged up hard against a tree and Wendy hoped that didn't scar. Mest was too late as he grabbed and teleported his Wendy away, Charlie not even noticing them.
"WENDY WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Mest yelled as they landed.
"Mest I-"
The world went blank.
