A/N: Well, we are finally here at the final chapter. Yeah, it definitely feels weird to have a completed story and this being my first one so... yeah
Anyways, that's all I have to say. Hope you enjoy the surprise at the end.
Location: Time Paradox Avoidance Enforcement Squadron HQ
In the surveillance room for potential time paradoxes, a time officer can be seen watching something on a monitor with a satisfied look on his face
The officer fails to notice his senior walking up to him from behind with an annoyed look on his face.
"What the hell are you doing?" the senior asked, causing the officer to jump in place
"Sir!" the officer stammered "I was just, uh watching this girl... ok that came out being creepier than it sounds"
The senior raised a brow at that "Elaborate"
The officer sighed "Ok, so this human girl kinda maybe definitely went back in time and changed the future for her world"
Upon hearing that the senior's eyes widened in shock "What?! And you didn't inform anyone of this potential paradox! " They yelled in anger
The officer raised their hands in surrender before saying "Well to be fair, they didn't really do it on purpose and it wasn't on their own world. Plus, she's mitigating the damage of the butterfly effect she caused on her already. Look"
The officer then gestured for his senior to look at the monitor which showed Luzura stopping a giant demon from destroying bonesborough before destroying said demon
The senior has an unimpressed look on his face "That may be but its still our job to correct things like this"
"Oh come on. Let her have this one. She's not even causing any chaos or anything. I mean have you seen the old timeline of that world? It sucks" The officer begs
The senior looked at the officer and then the monitor. They then looked around for a moment to see if anyone was listening before letting out a reluctant sigh "Alright fine. I'll let this one go but don't tell anyone ok? Time baby may still be regenerating but other officers won't be as understanding"
"Thank you sir!" The officer said gratefully.
The senior then left the room but not before saying "Just so you know its now your responsibility to keep an eye on that timeline and make sure things doesn't...escalate"
"I know sir" the officer said before looking at the monitor again and see Luzura and Amelia standing by a cliff and watching the sunset
In a familiar living room, Luzura can be seen with a drink in hand while reading a good witch Azura book.
Her dragon palisman let out a small growl
"Don't worry buddy. Lilith will be back soon" Luzura said while Flapjack let out a chirp of agreement.
Just then there was a flash of light and Lilith was now back in the living room.
Seeing this, Luzura closed her book "So...how was the trip" she asked with a knowing smile
Lilith who still had a look of shock on her face could only mutter "It was...informative"
Lilith then sat down still trying to comprehend everything she had seen.
"Well!" Luzura said as she got up "I'm just gonna go ahead and leave you to take it all in"
Lilith looked up to Luzura "I still have questions like how are you still alive? Your inner self never told me"
Luzura got a thoughtful look on her face "It is actually quite simple. Magic" she says with a grin causing Lilith to deadpan at her niece "Relax. There's no rush. I'll explain everything at your own pace but you need to be settled down first"
Lilith opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted when the door suddenly opened, a white-haired boy that she recognized, ran inside with excitement.
It was the boy playing with King in the photo.
"Mama!" The boy yelled as he ran into Luzura who caught him in her arms and lifted him up
'Mama?!' Lilith thought incredulous.
"Hey, mijo. What brings you here? Weren't you at your play date with King?" Luzura asks the boy with an amused smile
"I was! But then Tia Eda came and picked him up and I was like no! five more minutes! and then and then-" The boy began to explain quickly about how their play date went. From what she understood it appears that King was still found by Eda in this new timeline.
Lilith was at least relieved to hear that King was still Eda's son in this new timeline even if she did have a daughter.
Though there was still the matter of exactly who the boy was. They didn't look like Luzura so perhaps they're adopted as well?
"Enzo" Luzura interrupted her (son?) ranting "Wasn't Kikimora supposed to be with you? Did you run off without her again?" she said in a chiding tone
Enzo to his part got a sheepish look on his face before as if on cue Kikimora also walked through the door. The small demon was tired and most of all Lilith noticed that there's also something different about. There was a lack of arrogance about them and malice.
Lilith found it really weird due to how used she was to the old Kikimora who was to put it simply...a bitch.
"Hello Kiki" Luzura greeted the demon while Enzo stuck their tongue out at Kiki which Lilith couldn't help but feel amused by it.
"Your majesty! I'm so sorry about this. I tried to tell him you were busy but" Kikimora began to apologize but was cut off when Luzura raised a hand for them to stop
"It's ok Kiki. I can take it from here. Why don't you take the rest of the day off" Luzura said "You could use the time to be with your family"
Kikimora gave a grateful smile before saying "Thank you your majesty". The small demon then gave a bow before leaving
Luzura then turned to her son "So...how was your day, mijo?"
"It was really fun! King and I played tag in the forest!" Enzo said happily "We even met the bat queen and played with her babies!"
It was then that Luzura noticed Lilith's still surprised face "Lilith, you remember my son, Enzo Gabriel" she gave Lilith a face that says 'play along'
As if Enzo hadn't even realized that Lilith was in the room earlier, the boy quickly turned their head and simply said a small "Hi" before going back to their story about their play date with King.
Lilith in return could only give a small wave in return.
Luzura laughed at that "You know since it's getting late we should continue our talk some other time. Besides I need to get this little rascal a bath" she joked
She then turns to her son "Say goodbye to Tia Lilith, Enzo"
"Bye Tia Lilith" Enzo waved
Luzura then snapped her fingers and in a flash of light, the mother son duo was gone leaving Lilith alone to finally take everything in.
She proceeded to sit down but not before noticing a book on the table with a note attached to it. She picked it up and read the content
'Here's a photo album to help settle down and catch up on your life in this new timeline'
-Love, Luzura
P.S. Enzo used his magic to take a few of your books. Sorry about that
Lilith couldn't help but smile before she began to go through the photo album
"I think I'm going to like it here"
Meanwhile
"Come on, Willow we're gonna be late!" Amity said frantically, her cat ears and tails twitching nervously as she and her best friend Willow ran through a short cut in the forest to get to school faster.
Willow who was right behind Amity got an annoyed look on her face "I'm not the one who woke up late just because I got the new good witch Azura volume and stayed up all night reading it" she says sarcastically.
Amity blushed at that "S-Shut up!" she then looked at her watch and saw that they won't make it in time "Wait I got an idea!"
Amity came to a stop before quickly grabbing a stick and began to draw on the ground what appeared to be a glyph combo
Willow seemed to recognize the glyph combo "Is that a teleportation glyph? Where did you learn that?"
"From your boyfriend" Amity smirked while Willow blushed at the mention of boyfriend "Seriously, Hunter really needs to stop staying up all night watching cartoons. His eye bags are getting worse"
"Hypocrite" Willow muttered quietly enough for Amity to not hear.
A few moments later and Amity was finished with the glyph which she quickly activated.
What followed was a flash of light and the two sees that they were now right behind the school
"It worked!" Amity said victorious
"and we got 15 minutes to spare" Willow showed her watch "Come on. Let's got through the front door. Were not late so we don't need to sneak around"
Amity nodded at that before she and Willow made their way towards the entrance and went inside
On the way to class they passed by some students who were practicing their glyphs. She Whistles when she sees a girl with ram horns create a tornado glyph.
"Nice one, Mary!" Willow called out to the witch in question who gave a thumbs up.
"Hey, Park!"
Amity and Willow turned to see that it was Boscha, a student in the beast keeping and potion tracks.
"We have grudgby practice later! Don't be late, got it?!" the triclop said
"I won't!" Willow said with a smile.
Amity waved to a few other student before she and Willow stopped right in front of a statue.
Amity was familiar with this one. After all it was none other than Amelia Blight. Sister to her great great great etc. grandfather.
She looked down at the plaque on the statue
In Honor of Amelia Blight
The Empress' Great Love
Who helped shaped the boiling Isles
Founder of Hexside
"You know I've always wondered. Are you related to her?" Willow gestured to the statue.
"Well...as far as my family and I are aware, Amelia and the Empress never really had any children. We descended from her brother so while technically we are related to the empress through her marriage to Amelia, biologically we have no relations." Amity explained.
"It must be cool having the empress as a relative. I bet she tells you all sorts of cool stories and even shows you some of her ancient relics!" Willow commented "One thing I've always wanted to see is the fabled 'Green Thumb Gauntlet' which she used to subjugate the great serpent king!"
"Well if you want I can ask Great Auntie Luzura to let us see it" Amity said with a grin.
"Really?!" Willow said excitedly
"Of course! You're my best friend. Besides just between the two of us, Auntie Luzura loves to show off her relics" Amity giggled
Just then the bell suddenly rang. Amity and Willow quickly made their way to class, looking forward to learning more about their respective tracks
Lilith stood over a cliff that overlooked Bonesborough. She gave a satisfied smile at the beautiful view as she notices a few witches flying on their palismen.
She looks down on her hands which had the photo album that was given to her by Luzura to help her catch up with what her life was supposed to be like in this new timeline.
"Enjoying the view?" came a familiar voice.
Lilith turns around to see that it was none other than her sister, Edalyn
She looks back at Bonesborough "Everything is so...peaceful"
Edalyn lets out a hum "Is your head ok? You had us really worried when you passed out you know?"
"Im fine. Sorry for making you worry" She says grateful
The Clawthorne sisters then shares a quiet moment as they look at the peaceful view before them
"I know about your...situation. Are you really from a different timeline?" Eda suddenly asked
Lilith's eyes widened at that. She briefly thought about lying but realized there's no point lying to her sister "Yes"
"What was it like?" Eda asked, curious
Lilith hesitated before answering "It was...bad. We were ruled by a cruel dictator who banned wild magic. If I had to choose I would rather pick this new timeline
"That bad, huh?" Eda says to which Lilith nodded "Does this mean you don't have any of your memories from this timeline then?"
"I thought that was the case but ever since my talk with Luzura and going through the photo album, new memories of this timeline has begun to surface in my mind" Lilith explained
She thought about all the new memories such as how she's a master librarian. Attending Eda and Raine's wedding and so much more happier memories. She thinks about how relieved she was that she didn't waste her life in a coven.
"Hopefully you don't remember that prank we pulled on the empress when we were teenagers anytime soon" Eda joked to which Lilith laughed
"Hey Edalyn, do you and your family live somewhere else? You're house wasn't at the same location like in the old timeline. There are still some gaps in me memory" Lilith asked
"Oh! Raine and I actually settled down in Bonesborough since its a lot closer to Hexside. Plus it makes it easier for Harmony to visit her friends" Eda explained "You know, my kid has recently gotten interested in human treasures that she even set up her own stall to sell it in the bazaar"
"Your daughter sells human treasure? Why am I not surprised" Lilith said with a smirk. Some things never change.
"Yeah. And before you say anything we get our treasures from the human realm. We're not scammers" Eda said with a grin
"I have Owlbert gather them for her. Speaking of which he should be coming back right about...now!"
Just then a very familiar portal door appeared in front of them
The portal door open and owlbert immediately hops through but is soon followed by a familiar sight who crashes into Lilith while chasing after Owlbert. He stopped abruptly and the figure tripped, flying ahead of him and crash landing into Eda
Lilith was shocked at the sight before her. It was a young human girl with tanned skin and dark brown hair.
"Woah kid are you ok? What's your name?" Eda asked, helping the girl up.
The girl stood and rubbed her head as she looked around at the two women in front of her
"I'm Luz! Luz Noceda!"
A/N: So there you have it. Now I know there's some stuff that weren't clarified, but honestly, I figured I would just leave some of them ambiguous like Hunter, The collector and a few other stuff like Luzura's immortality. Feel free to flame me for it :P
A quick explanation for Willow and Amity. Other than the obvious they're still friends in the new timeline, they have more inhuman traits as a result of their respective ancestors marrying certain other people. Amity basically have cat ears and a tail while Willow has horns resembling a deer and branches as well as her arms being more wood like and having flowers in her hair.
Was it lazy of me? Yeah. Could I have written them? Maybe.
Well now that I think about since I did leave it open ended I could still come back to this au from time to time to write one shots covering certain events or what not.
Anyways its been a pleasure so now I'm off to work on another project that I've been planning for a while.