A/N: Welcome to another chapter of Island of Change. It's now time for them to return to Star City. I don't own CW or DC comics.
"Oliver Queen is alive! The Star City resident has been found alive in the North China Sea by some fishermen along with another Star City resident Sara Lance. Oliver Queen, Robert Queen, and Sara Lance were on the Queen's Gambit when a storm sank the boat 5 years ago. We assumed that everyone had died when no one was found near the wreckage. We at Star City news hope Mr. Queen and Ms. Lance have a quick recovery." The news broadcaster said as Sara and Oliver stood at the window waiting for their parents. They knew that things would be different than their first chance. As they stood staring they heard their parents talking to the doctor.
Moira Queen and Quentin Lance stood outside the door to Sara and Oliver's hospital room. The doctor had pulled them aside before they could enter the room. "Your children aren't the same as when they left. They both have a bunch of scaring that doesn't look self inflicted. Oliver has about 25% of his body covered in scars while Sara has 20%. They also have broken bones that didn't heal correctly. I'd be careful with them. They don't seem to be fond of people they don't trust." Moira and Quentin looked at each other in concern before heading into the room. As they entered the room Oliver and Sara turned to greet their parents. Oliver was hugged by Moira while Sara was hugged by Quentin. The parents pulled away as Quentin looked at Oliver. Oliver was concerned at how this Quentin would react to him. Quentin surprised him by hugging Oliver.
"Thank you for keeping my daughter alive. I don't blame you for the sinking and am glad both of you survived." Quentin said when he pulled back. Moira decided to speak up about how the next few days will go.
"Oliver. Sara." she started as the two looked at her, "both of us will take you home. I've invited your father and sister for dinner tomorrow night Sara. You're welcome to stay with us to get used to being back." Quentin nodded his head as Sara looked at him for confirmation of what Moira said.
"I would like to stay with Oliver for tonight. Oliver and I aren't with each other, I just want to stay with him because we survived for so long alone with only two others for company." Sara said as Moira and Quentin were surprised.
"Who and where are the other two?" Moira asked, wondering if she needed to worry about them.
"They are a pair of sisters that were stranded on the island about a year after us. They had been on the island for about 3 months before we ran into each other. The four of us eventually became really close to each other. They went to their father once we were rescued. They will show up in a couple of months after they spend some time with their father." Sara said. Quentin narrowed his eyes when he read Sara's body language about the sisters. He decided that now wasn't the time to question her and decided to do it once they get home tomorrow.
As the limo stopped in front of the Queen mansion, Oliver and Moira stepped out of the car. Oliver went around the back to grab the case that he brought back from the island. Moira had no idea what was in it but let him take it anyway. Oliver then followed his mother into the house and was met by Raisa at the door. He put the case down by the door and gave the maid a hug. He exchanged pleasantries with Raisa before having his attention drawn to a tall, black man standing in the foyer. Oliver frowned remembering what happened to Walter in the other universe. He promised himself that Walter would not suffer the same fate. "It's good to see you alive Oliver. Moira and Thea really missed you and Robert." He said sticking his hand out to Oliver. Oliver shook his hand and spoke up.
"It's good to see you, Walter. You better have taken care of my mother well Walter. I will find out if you haven't." Walter and Moira were surprised that Oliver knew they were married. "I saw your rings were the same. I expected that you would move on." Oliver said as he gave his mother a hug.
At the same time as Oliver arriving at his home. Sara and Quentin arrived at Quentin's apartment within the city. "You can stay with me for awhile to get used to the city again." Quentin said as he stopped the car. Sara nodded before getting out of the car and walking into the building. Quentin led her into his apartment and Sara was jumped by Laurel. "I missed you so much Sara. I'm sorry you were brought into Oliver and I's argument. It was a mistake to do that to you. I hope you can forgive me." Laurel said while hugging Sara.
"I forgave you a long time ago, but you should've asked me before you accused Oliver of cheating on you with me. The thought of us doing that repulses me. I consider Oliver the brother we never got." Sara said, making Laurel sigh.
"I know I should've done that, but I had no idea you thought of each other that way. Do you know if he will forgive me for yelling at him and breaking up." She asked Sara. Quentin was happy that his two daughters were reconciling with each other.
"Oliver does forgive you, but he doesn't love you anymore. We found a pair of sisters that we fell in love with on the island. They are with their father right now, but they will come to Star City in a couple of months." Sara said, shocking Laurel. She had no idea that her sister was a lesbian. Quentin wasn't as surprised as Laurel due to Sara already revealing that they had others on the island. Laurel was sad that Oliver didn't love her anymore. Sara saw the look on Laurel's face and moved to comfort her. "Hey, don't be too sad Laurel. You can still be friends. You can talk to him tonight." Sara said as she hugged Laurel.
"I don't want to interrupt your reunion, but Sara needs some new clothes. Why don't you two go shopping for a few hours before we head over to the Queens and have dinner there. We've been invited by Moira to a welcome home dinner tonight." Quentin said, interrupting the two of them. Sara and Laurel smiled at the suggestion before agreeing to it. They left the house to spend some time together and get Sara some essentials for living.
It was a few hours later when Oliver was walking down the stairs and saw Tommy waiting in the foyer for him. "What'd I tell you? Yachts suck." Tommy said, giving his best friend a hug. Oliver just laughed before being distracted by Sara, Laurel, and Quentin were welcomed in by Raisa. Oliver broke the hug and went over to give Sara a hug. Tommy went over and started talking to Laurel. Once Oliver broke the hug with Sara, Laurel went over and gave Oliver a hug before apologizing over and over again.
"It's ok Laurel. You didn't force me on that boat. I forgave you a long time ago." Oliver said while trying to soothe Laurel.
"I missed you so much Oliver." Laurel said, wanting to tell Oliver how much she missed him. Oliver pulled away and they went to the table to eat dinner.
"So what did you guys miss. Laurel got her job at CNRI, we have a black president now, and Lost finally ended with one of the most confusing endings ever." Tommy said trying to get Sara and Oliver caught up with the main events of the past five years or what he thought was important. Moira, Walter, and Quentin were amused by Tommy's commentary. Quentin decided to interrupt Tommy to ask about the two others that were with Sara and Oliver.
"So who were the two that were with you Sara and Oliver?" Quentin asked them. Sara and Oliver looked at each other before Oliver decided to answer.
"The two people that were with us were a pair of sisters. Their names were Nyssa and Talia Raatko. Even though we had already been surviving on our own for about a year. Those two helped make survival easier even if we had more people. They taught us how to hunt, how to forge, and other things that I had no idea I would ever learn if we hadn't met them. I don't even know if we would've survived the entire time without them." Oliver said. The other six at the dinner table were silent at the revelation. They then wished to meet the two sisters to thank them for helping Sara and Oliver.
"Sara told me and Laurel you two fell in love with them. Can you explain why?" Quentin asked, wondering how they fell in love. Moira, however, was curious for a different reason. She wanted to see if the two would make any problems for her plans for her son.
"Well I fell in love with Talia, while Sara and Nyssa got together." Oliver started as Tommy looked at Sara.
"Wait, you're a lesbian Sara? I thought you were straight." Tommy said, as Sara started laughing.
"I'm Bi Tommy. I just like women more than men. Nyssa fits everything I like in a person. She was strong, smart, and beautiful. Once she started teaching me how to fight and Talia taught Oliver, We started getting to know each other and we eventually started dating." Sara said, as Quentin was surprised that Sara was taught how to fight.
"Just how good of fighters are they Sara. I know you were pretty good in the self defense classes that I had you and Laurel take." Quentin said, wanting to know how much she learned.
Sara and Oliver started laughing before Oliver answered, "Both of them could put you on your ass in a blink of the eye even if you had a gun at their face. They taught us how to fight because outside of basic hunting and gathering, we had nothing else to do. It turned out that the island we were on was used as a base by the japanese in world war 2. We found various weapons that they taught us to use." Oliver said, as everyone was intrigued to see how well they could fight. "If you guys are done interrogating us, I would like to show Sara where we are staying the night tonight." Oliver told the others.
"Of course you guys can." Moira said, as the two got up to walk to Oliver's room.
"Hey before you guys go. I want to take you two into the city tomorrow and show you what's changed." Tommy told them before they could leave.
"Sure thing Tommy. Sara and I will see you tomorrow." Oliver said as they walked out.
A/N: So this chapter ended up being a lot longer than I thought it would be. Anyways, this was a difficult chapter for me to write because I wanted the interactions between characters to be really good. I hope I did them justice. I appreciate any support you guys give and any suggestions on improving my writing will be taken into consideration in future chapters.