Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek, but I'm putting it on my Christmas list this year.
Lizzie took in the sight that surrounded her. The sun was high in the sky and she was surrounded by trees and grass. She was definitely back in the park. She was home.
She had made it. The time portal had worked and now everything had gone, all of it left in the future. Starfleet, the Enterprise, Pavel. All gone. She closed her eyes in sad realisation causing a tear to stream down her face, over her chin and onto the collar of the uniform she was still wearing.
Gone.
She was brought back to reality at the sight of a crowd of people and flashing lights. She slowly and cautiously walked over to the gathering to see what was going on. She pushed her way to the front of the crowd and was met with police tape, which was cautioning off an area of the park. There were police officers and cars surrounding the area.
"What's going on?" she asked a woman who was closest to her.
"They found a body here this morning. A young man I think."
Her brother.
Lizzie just walked back out of the crowd, numb, tears running down her face as her feet automatically made the short journey home. She knocked on the front door not realising she had reached it and was met by her mother.
"Lizzie!" she screamed, suddenly embracing her daughter as tight as possible.
Lizzie wrapped her arms around the woman's shoulders and hugged her back, crying along with her. She was led into the house before sitting down and letting her mother explain the situation.
"He was found this morning" she said between sobs. "We didn't know where you were Lizzie. He went to pick you up last night and neither of you came home."
Last night? She had only been gone for a night. Time must have passed differently between the two realities.
"Where were you?" her mother asked. Lizzie was quick on her feet with her answer.
"I erm…passed out. Woke up on a bench. My head was killing."
"Oh darling" her mother said, quickly embracing Lizzie again.
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The funeral took place a few days later. It was small but meaningful. A few friends and family.
Lizzie found out soon after she had come home that the man who had shot Luke was hired by someone who knew their father. It was a bad business agreement gone wrong. Once they knew Lizzie's father would not comply with the agreement, his punishment was taken out on his children. The hit man had only half succeeded.
Lizzie stood there with her mom as the coffin was lowered into the ground.
She had loved her brother so very much. Before Pavel, he was the most important person in her life and she would miss him so much. All of this because of her good for nothing father. She squeezed her mother's hand as tears spilt over her eyes as she said her final farewell to her brother. The other hand was wrapped around the star shaped pendant on her necklace.
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"Good night mom" Lizzie said, kissing her mother on the cheek before making her way to her room.
"Good night darling. I love you" she shouted back to her daughter.
Lizzie entered her room, shutting the door behind her, closing her curtains and turning on her bedside lamp. She let out a deep breath. The funeral had worn her out and now all she wanted to do was rest, so she got ready for bed. She put on a pair of blue pyjama bottoms before looking under her pillow for the top she wanted to sleep in. She pulled it out and looked at it. Long sleeved and yellow with the Starfleet symbol on the top left half of the chest. She put it on and took in a deep breath. It still smelt of him.
She turned her lamp off and got into bed, wrapping herself in her blanket and the yellow jumper. She rested her head on the pillow and grasped her necklace in her hand whispering "I love you" to the piece of jewellery. She slowly sank into a deep sleep and dreamt of her adventures on the Enterprise, her brother but most of all, Pavel Chekov.
A/N: DON'T PANIC!!!! This is NOT the end. 'Time can change it all' is merely part one of Lizzie and Chekov's story. The sequel will be coming in the next few weeks. This is not the end! Believe me, I would hate myself forever if I left it like this! They need their happily ever after!
But this is the end of part one. I have loved writing this story. Its been so fun and I can't wait to start writing the sequel. Thank you sooooo much to everyone who has read, reviewed, favourited, alerted and acknowledged my story. I love you all. You have all been so inspiring and you have encouraged me to continue writing this story. You guys make my day and I seriously mean that.
Now, onto part two…