This is my take on what would've happened if Michelle wasn't turned back into a doll. This was made in inspiration from Wattpad's xjstewa's fanfic, "A Sister's Love, Imitatia's Evolution". This chapter is just a rewrite of the ending of the episode, "I Hear the Voice of My Friend".
Infinity Clock Chamber - Infinity Castle - X791
"Warning." Lucy, having lost her consciousness, as she was being fused with the Infinity Clock, announced robotically. "Another seal has been erased. Now only two remain."
"Cobra's been defeated?!" Klodoa exclaimed as Happy cheered. "This is terrible." The staff groaned.
"Aw, yeah!" Natsu cheered. "Now all I've got to do is kick your butts and it's over!"
"How can you be so stubborn and single-minded?" Imitatia asked. "At this point, all you can do is delay the inevitable. It's far too late to change anything."
"I will complete what my father could not. To wipe out all that has form in this world. And to usher in a new age of pure chaos." Smiling, Midnight admitted, "You got int our way seven years ago, but that wouldn't be the case now. I will destroy you." With that, he used his Reflector magic to create a tornado-like whirlwind, throwing him into the wall, near the ceiling. "Natsu!" Coco and Happy shouted in worry.
As Natsu fell to the ground from Midnight's Reflector attack, the dark wizard then revealed something else to everyone. "And just so you understand, the Celestial Wizard whose life you're so desperately trying to save, she's already gone. A lost cause."
A struggling Natsu who was trying to get up looked up at Midnight immediately after hearing that.
"She could survive a century long slumber, but she will actually become one with the clock and lose herself entirely. Her mind and body becoming one with the clock itself. At that point, she will fade from the memories of those who claim to love her so dearly. He entire existence will be completely erased this world." Coco and Happy gasped at the claim, while Imitatia was left shocked and speechless.
"No, what are you saying? Is that true? She can't. She's supposed to stay with me forever." "But you don't understand. That can still happen." Midnight callously continued his explanation to her. "She is simply going to change her form. To one that's more suited to our needs. You can still be with her. In fact, she'd be the perfect companion for someone as empty as you."
"No..." The horrified Imitatia weakly uttered. "No!" Dropping her Rose Sword, Imitatia whimpered, "My deepest wish... my one true prayer... THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED!" Throwing her Flower Shield at the top of the stairs that led to Lucy, Happy and Coco barely dodged it as it nearly stuck them.
"Sister!" Wailing, Imitatia pulled herself up to the elevation using her shield. "What are you doing?" Coco demanded as she and Happy raced toward her. "Stay away!" "Move!" Imitatia ordered as she kicked them out of the way.
"Sister! Please!" Imitatia then proceeded to throw her shield against the golden liquid substance of the Infinity Clock, trying to set Lucy free, much to the shock of the Fairy Tail Wizards and Coco. "Please forgive me! I'm so sorry!" Imitatia begged as she threw her shield repeatedly, with tears in her visible eye as she did so. "Please!"
Lucy, who had regained enough consciousness to hear that, raised her head slightly as Imitatia cried. "Michelle. All of your tears. Your appetite. Your clumsiness."
"You're so cool." Michelle told her when they were in Lucy's apartment. Strangely, Michelle's face wasn't happy. "Living your dream. I'm jealous." Lucy then remembered another thing Michelle had said. "That's just a strategy to avoid feeling guilty. Harden your heart to suffering and you can justify any decision." Lucy kept remembering things about Michelle that she saw during the whole adventure.
"Poor Michelle. You were suffering all along, weren't you?"
Klodoa muttered. "Well, this is an unfortunate turn of events." Rubbing his braided strand of hair, Midnight callously commented, "How pathetic." Raising his hand to Imitatia, he claimed, "Imitatia, you are no longer any use to me. Back to the trash heap."
Just as the dark green blast from Midnight was just about to hit Imitatia, she took notice of it and blocked the attack with her shield, just in time. Then proceeded to throw her Flower Shield at him, which Midnight simply avoided using his Reflector.
"I never should've listened to you! If I knew that it would end up like this, I would've remained as I was when you found me!" "What do you mean by that?" Natsu asked. "Oh? So you would've preferred to remain a forgotten child's toy in a lonely attic?" Midnight asked as Imitatia retrieved her shield.
This caused the other Fairy Tail wizards and Coco to become shocked. Lucy cried tears as she remembered. "Yes. It makes sense now. That's why she wanted things to go back that were before."
Lucy remembered when she had discovered her family portrait in the attic, how torn it was when she took the tarp off. How Michelle smiled when Lucy confirmed her statement. "Really? Do you mean it?" "Yeah."
"She wasn't lying to me. She really believed it." An image of her as a little girl happily hugging a doll that looked like Michelle that was in a blue dress came into her mind. "And at one point, I did too. She was my little sister."
"No matter. You've served your purpose." Midnight blasted Imitatia again as Lucy remembered who she truly was. This time, it hit her shield with so much force that it caused the doll turned human to crash right into the golden liquid that held Lucy, via back of her head. The woman collapsed and fell down the stairs and onto the floor; injured and unconscious.
"Big Sister." Michelle told Lucy in her mind as she fell to the ground. "I'm so sorry. I love you." A single tear glistened in her left eye as she lost conscious.
Midnight grumbled as he rubbed his foot into Imitatia's fallen form's back. "Hmph. Filthy little piece of garbage." "Now, now. You don't want to soil your shoes, do you Master?" Klodoa asked with a laugh.
Natsu was trying to stand, furiously insulting the dark wizard. "You monster." "Natsu, catch!" Romeo tearfully threw purple fire in Natsu's direction, which the Fire Dragon Slayer promptly slurped down, before charging at the dark guild wizard leader with a roar.
"Yes, that's it -!"
Punching Midnight in the face, mid-sentence, Natsu angrily roared in an intimidating fury, "Do you think other people suffering is funny?! Like it's a joke?! Get ready, because things are going to get really funny for you pal!"
