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Alternative choices for the previous challenge (Susan/Mariam doesn't necessarily have to die in these):
Option 1) Will is a female Belphegor. (She could still be called Belphegor or Belia.)
If I have my facts right, Belphegor has been with the Varia since age 8, and I don't want to change that.
Her mother knows about Bel's involvement with the mafia but pretends she doesn't, because of Vindice. (Let's just say that Heatherfield is in Italy (even though they don't live there yet…)) It's not like she'd miss the fact that her eight-year-old daughter joined a mafia Famiglia. As an assassin no less.
Pairing: Bel x Yamamoto (preferable)
Option 2) Will is Mukuro Rokudo. (She is disguised as a male with the help of Mist Flames.)
She could have been abducted by the Estraneo as a young child or just after having given up the Heart of Candrakar… Actually the former would be better for both of the timelines; though the W.I.T.C.H. timeline would have to be moved by a year because Mukuro is 15 and the events of W.I.T.C.H. happened when she would have been 14 so… Or not. Season 1 could happen just before Mukuro & Co get imprisoned in Vendicare for the first time. And if her mother dies in this version too, just after Mukuro got to know her… I imagine it would traumatize her and she got sloppy, which is why they got caught.
Ken and Chikusa are protective of Mukuro, because they too liked Mariam (from now on she's referred to as Mariam for simplicity) and both know her death was hard on Mukuro.
Pairing: Mukuro x Hibari is one option (though how would Hibari stomach the thought that he lost to a girl younger than him… especially when said girl is an illusionist…)
Mukuro x Gokudera is also an option.
Option 3) Will is Skull, Mammon, Reborn or Verde (that one was pretty much a last minute addition).
If Skull: I'm not too sure how to go about this one so… All the freedom for the author.
If Mammon: As a funny twist, she could also be Dino's mother. But for that to be possible, she'd have to somehow end up in the past. It could be an accident in trying to make a difficult potion where something went wrong; possibly involving Mr. Huggles, a jar of ingredients that weren't part of the potion and a Time Turner. End result, a big boom (that goes unnoticed by mundane people) and no traces of Will. Or something else.
If Reborn: Same thing as above could apply for this one too. The ending up in the past part at least.
If Verde: Well, canonically Will's favorite subjects are sciences so it wouldn't be that far of a stretch… But then again Verde has a lack of morals. So how would that have come about?
Option 4) Will is Levi (from Shingeki no Kyojin).
In this one I thought up a twist; Will has always felt more like a boy than a girl and hated being called one. She'd sometimes get into fights with older children when she insisted on being called a boy. Mariam is supportive (because she's a Supermom) and started calling her daughter a son and asked what she wanted her male name to be.
By the time they moved to Heatherfield Will was known as Levi by most people. Everyone thought he actually was a boy, the only ones to know the truth were his mother, himself, Yan-Lin and later the other Guardians. When they learned he was also attracted by the Star of Threbe along with Elyon, it made Yan-Lin tell them about the wife of Phobos and their child, who apparently was Levi. Levi was the only one not amused, because it made him a Princess. (This also means that in thisoption, Mariam doesn't die.) Irma especially took every available opportunity to tease their leader about his royal status, going so far as to call him Rapunzel (making fun of his hair).
As to how Levi got to the Titans' era (or it's a different world altogether)… well… he was practising teletransportation that went wrong (the opposite of Beginner's Luck…). First he ended up in Jusenkyo, China (another Ranma ½ mention) right on top of the Spring of Drowned Man (good for him). He asked the Guide if there was a way to make it permanent. The poor Guide… being subjected to a very happy Levi.
After getting the location of the Amazon Village, Levi tried his luck with teletransportation again but this time he managed to get it even more wrong. He briefly despairs over the fact that he can't make his "curse" permanent when he learns he isn't even in his own time (or world (whichever)).
Pairing: Levi x Eren (male or female, but preferably female)
Another twist I thought of: soulmate marks. But not the first, or last, words they say to each other, but those that are most significant to their developing relationship. For example, Levi could have the words: "If I get out of control, I want Heichou to be the one who kills me, "or "Heichou is such a pervert," on his back. Additionally Eren could have the words: "Those words had my Mother in hysterics," somewhere on her person.
Option 5) Will is Buffy. (A more experienced Buffy, since hey, she used to be a Guardian of the Veil. Being a Slayer isn't that big of a surprise by then.)
Her full name is Wilhelmina Elizabeth Black-Escanor, nicknames Will and Buffy (the latter could be Hank's or her uncle's nickname for her).
And because I don't want to get rid of Joyce, I had this thought that she could be Mariam's cousin and that made me think of Dudley… What if Joyce is Dudley? Either gender bent or transgender. If it's the latter, well, she'd be nicer than canon Dudley, because everyone knows how the elder Dursleys are. The transgender thing could also be the reason for the divorce… Or part of it anyway. (The idea came to me when I was driving.)
This Buffy isn't a cheerleader but a swimmer. And when she learns that Sunnydale doesn't have a team for girls… The whole school can hear the wail of despair.
I think Giles might have an easier time training Will than he did Canon!Buffy.
Pairing: Buffy x Angel. (That relationship might work better with a more down-to-earth Buffy, don't you think?)
And even Xander might be more accepting, especially if Jesse is saved in time so he doesn't need to die. Much less by Xander's hands, however accidental it was.
Option 6) Will is Valtor/Baltor.
Similarly cursed like with the original option (Squalo), but this time she just gives up and stays male. And really, Valtor (let's just go with that version right now…) spent a long time in the Omega Dimension and who knows if he was actually conscious during that time, so Will had plenty of time to get used to her male form. But sure must have been awkward at first.
Pairing: Valtor x Bloom.
Because why not? I mean, yeah, he helped in destroying Domino/Sparks (whatever you want to call it), but the way I see it he didn't exactly have much choice in the matter.
Other pairings are pretty much canon.
Option 7) Will is female Lavi (who is or isn't Bookman Jr. in this one…).
Time travel (accidental of course) was involved and maybe de-aging if Lavi is a Bookman-in-training. The "no emotions" thing wouldn't really work with her though, because of her empathy.
Optional: Komui treats Lavi as another sister. Poor Lavi. ^^
Pairings: Lavi x Tyki.
Because I want him to call her Bunny (and Lovely too but mostly Bunny), it is just so darn cute. And I really love Tyki-pon. (Only Allen and Kanda know about the relationship.)
Fem!Allen x Kanda. (Because those two are so hilarious. Love. Them! ^^)
(Option 8) Will is female Obi-Wan.
At first I toyed with the idea that Obi-Wan could have been the son of Lavi and Tyki (see above) who Lavi had to give to the Jedi so he'd be safer from the Noah (though it can still be done… if someone wants to).
- She has amnesia. (Similarly to Shirou in Fate/Stay Night, but not quite that severe.) While she doesn't remember her full name, Will remembers some letters of it and makes a new one from them.
- She's found unconscious in front of the Jedi Temple. Will/Obi-Wan is Force-sensitive and because of her near complete amnesia, she doesn't have attachments so the Council makes a very rare exception and she is trained.
- When the Council refuses to let Anakin be trained she is baffled because they let her be trained and she was even older than he is.
- When she is training Anakin, Obi-Wan gets sudden bits of memories, pop culture references and other random things more often than not, and flashbacks. She does get most of her memory back in time.
Pairing: Obi-Wan x Anakin (I do ship Anakin and Padme but ObiAni is a sort-of recent find so...)
Option 9) Will is William T. Spears. (Full name: Wilhelmina Temperance Black-Escanor). (I almost forgot to mention that she's a ventriloquist.)
(New addition: She has a younger brother, named Damon (*) who looks like a mini-Phobos. So she knew who their father was when she first saw him (even if she only consciously connected the dots after she was back on Earth.)
Their (distant) cousin Scorpius is transgender so Will is not surprised when Grell calls herself a woman, not that she lets her know, and only calls her Sutcliffe (and Thing that one time) and nothing else. Nobody catches on.)
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The timelines are a bit tricky. Especially since canonically Kuroshitsuji happened in the Victorian era. I have two choices, the other keeps the Kuroshitsuji timeline as it is, and the other moves it to the modern era:
1) Will wound up in 17th century, was identified as a Black, she met Sebastian, who more or less seduced her (she let him). Nobody knew about the affair they had, or even suspected, until after Sebastian had disappeared without a word and Will started showing signs of being pregnant. Now, Sebastian is Will's first love and she grew bitter when she realized he wouldn't be returning any time soon. The thought that he could be a demon never crossed her mind. So she didn't know why he left in the first place. Will didn't find out until after she died after giving birth to her and Sebastian's son. Who was named Claude (some people have already done that but I don't think they've done it like this. Whether or not he was raised as a Black when he is illegitimate is up to you).
So, Will became a Grim Reaper when she died and took up the name William T. Spears, swearing to never again fall to the "trap of a smooth-talking man." Will also learned what Sebastian was and started to almost irrationally hate both him and herself for falling in love with a demon. She didn't know she'd meet him again two centuries later. Sebastian doesn't recognize her, which makes her even angrier at him then she already was, even though to him Wilhelmina and William were two different people, especially in terms of personality, similar though they are.
Somewhere along the way they somewhat reconcile and get married, though she always loses her temper with him.
2) Will wound up in the 19th Century, most of the previous option happen, until they meet again, which this time would be in the modern era. Though a few differences should be made. Like, Claude wasn't raised as a Black, so he has no idea who his parents are (because by then the Black Family is all about appearances, so to them Claude is a disgrace for being an illegitimate son of their Heiress (even though she is from the future, I figure the Blacks could somehow tell she is the Heiress in her original time) and a (supposedly muggle) butler).
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Will has a sense of humor. Most people just don't know about it. She used to prank her brother and vice versa. On that note: either Undertaker (who could be their ancestor Ignatius Peverell) or Damon gave her cat ears and tail as a prank after they'd watched Loveless.
"You do know, that the only people in that anime with cat ears and tail were virgins!?"
"Yes. Why?"
"The problem is… I'M NOT A VIRGIN!"
"You're not?"
"No!"
"But… You're my sister!"
"And!?"
Will's reaction to being pranked like that. So with my logic: she can't get rid of the extra appendages because she's already lost her virginity centuries ago. Sebastian is bound to just love it.
Additional pairings: Claude x Alois, Grell x Ronald, Ciel x Elizabeth **, Damon x Irma **, Cornelia x Caleb. The rest is for the author to decide.
(* = Reference to Phobos and Deimos in Greek Mythology)
(** = the pairing is changeable)
Option 10) Will is female Shirou (without severe amnesia, like, she remembers at least some things)
Will's Japanese name is Shirayuki Emiya, niece of Kiritsugu Emiya. Mariam and Kiritsugu are third cousins. Mariam died in the Fuyuki Fire (why they were in Fuyuki is your decision) but she asked Kiritsugu to look after Will.
Will wasn't too injured when Kiritsugu found them, so there was no need to give Avalon to Will.
Because Will doesn't have Avalon, she doesn't summon Arturia as Saber (Rin does) but Gilgamesh instead; they both have royal blood, even if Will/Shirayuki is ignorant of hers. Over the course of the Grail War, both Shirayuki and Gilgamesh become fond of each other, Shirayuki even going so far as to call him "My King", semi-jokingly.
Shirayuki's origin is still Sword, and Gilgamesh calls her Queen of Fakers.
As for season 1 of W.I.T.C.H. Well… it could be moved by a few years so it happens after the Grail War, so everyone is older and slightly more mature.
Pairings: Will/Shirayuki x Gilgamesh (obviously), Rin x Saber, Sakura x Rider?
Option 11) Will is Han Solo.
Oh, I could have so much fun with this. With just the whole Princess/Guardian of Candracar turned smuggler thing. But ya know… they're pretty similar in some ways so it's not like the important things (personality wise) change all that much.
(Canon facts (from my perspective at least):
Both are loyal to their friends and will help a friend in need (though Han acts like a smartass about it).
Both have some issues with jealousy.
They are sometimes a little awkward with feelings.
Neither likes tyrants (Phobos and the Emperor respectively).
You can trust them to have your back.)
In this option there is again a mention of Ranma ½. But because there is a completely different galaxy involved, the curse doesn't work properly where Will accidentally ends up. As a boy. So of course, first s/he freaks out and then comes up with a new name on the fly; Wilhelmina Sol Black – Escanor = Han Solo. She just pretty much randomly picked letters from her name and put them together.
Whether or not Will/Han is paired with Leia like in Canon is up to you. (I myself can't seem to be able to decide...)
AN: This took me a long time to get together. I mean, the ideas were there in my head but I kept having a hard time putting black on white. And sometimes I just either changed my mind or my imagination dried up... And I keep having the feeling that I forgot something. Well... if I did, I'll just post it later. And update this one if I need to change something...
PM me if you're interested. And please review too. I'd love to know what others think about these challenges/ideas.