I've decided to keep writing and hopefully see where this goes. Thank you all for the support :) So you may all hate me at the end of this chapter. And if you do I'm sorry, but this is where I planned on going with it from the beginning. I only hope you can understand the plot twist. Even if it doesn't make a ton of sense yet, it will get clearer and clearer every chapter, so don't give up on me yet! Thank you guys for everything

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor do I own Les Mis, but I am in the musical right now and am close with many of the characters who play them if that counts for anything.

Chapter 23

"Do you think Mama's done resting?" Eponine asked Azelma, "It's been a few hours. I should be getting back to the barricade, but I wanted to talk to her first."

Azelma grabbed the baby, Isabelle, from Eponine, "I'm sure she is, but I don't want you to go back. You might not come back."

"I know. I realized that getting into this."

"But you can't leave us!" Azelma protested, "We need. Gavroche and I couldn't survive without you Eponine! Plus now you have a baby to help raise. I can't do it alone."

Gavroche stood up from sitting on the floor to join the two girls, "I agree with Azelma. I hate to admit it, but we'd be good as dead without you. You could die."

"You will still have Cosette. I've discussed this with her. If I don't come home, she will take care of you. You will also have Monsieur Fauchelevent. And Mama and Father," Eponine explained.

"Yes, because Mama and Father are just so good to us," He said rolling his eyes.

"This is selfish Eponine," Azelma added, "You are only doing this for Enjolras. You couldn't care less about this revolution. You're risking your life, because Enjolras is risking his. You're putting him before us, just like you always have."

Eponine just about slapped Azelma, "How can you dare say I'm being selfish? The only reasons you're giving me for me staying home is for you. You seem to be forgetting that I'm not only doing this for me! My future is at that barricade right now. My future husband, my future children, my future life. My dream. The only dream I've ever dreamed is fighting for its life. And if Enjolras dies, my dream dies with him. Yes, you are a huge part of my life, but not the only part. I have been here for a few hours now. My fiancé could be DEAD and I wouldn't know it! I need to be there to protect him. I need to bring him home. If you can't agree with me, then we will just have to disagree. After I talk to Mama, I'm going back to fight. And if it means going back to face my death then that's what it means. I don't want to leave with you angry with me. I'm sorry but this is what I'm going to do."

"Okay, fine, go," Azelma said, cold at first. But then after laying Isabelle down, she reached up and threw her arms around Eponine, sobbing, "Ep, I love you. I just can't imagine a life without my big sister."

"I love you too Azelma. And you too Gavroche, come here," Gavroche came over hesitantly.

"Fine, Whatever."

After hugging for a few minutes, Eponine pulled away, "I need to go now. I'm going to talk to Mama, then I'm leaving. Even if I do die, we will meet again. I love you both. Stay strong and never stop fighting. We may be little people, but little people know when little people fight. Okay? Behave yourselves, I'll see you soon."

Eponine left the room with tears in her eyes. She crossed over to Enjolras apartment and stuck her head in the door, "Mama you awake?"

She heard her mama say something along the lines of, "I am now"

Eponine went into the apartment, finding her mama still lying in Enjolras's bed, "I'm leaving now. I just wanted to say goodbye. I wasn't sure when I would see you again."

"Where are you going? You were talking to Azelma earlier, the barricade? Are you really wasting away there?" The way her mama said it wasn't exactly caring, but it was about as concerned as she was going to get.

"Yes I am."

"Of course! I bring one child into the world today and another one is going to be taken out of it! I've kept you alive, why are you taking that for granted?"

"This isn't about you Mama!" Eponine sighed angrily.

"I'm just thinking about your safety," Her mama said, still without emotion. As hard as she tried she would never love her children like a regular mother.

"You're thinking about yourself no matter what you're thinking about. You're always been selfish. No matter what comes your way. You were never abusive like father, but you were so unloving in your own way. You sat by and saved yourself when he beat us. When he starved us, you had a full stomach. When he kicked us out, you stood by and watched so that you would have a bed to sleep in that night while we were wandering the streets. You are not concerned about my life; you are concerned about the time and money you put into me going to waste. If you hadn't fed me in my life you wouldn't even blink an eye, you would sit back and watch me die."

"Now that's not true-" her mama defending herself.

"You know it's true, and you had to hear it. I'm going now. Azelma and Gavroche are across the hall with the baby. I'm sure they will be over to see you soon. I will see you around, good luck," And then Eponine left. It wasn't the farewell she was hoping for. She has tried on several occasions to meet her mama on common ground, but this was the last chance she had had, and she had just given it up. It wasn't worth her time to keep trying when it wasn't going to happen.

Eponine found herself closer to the barricade then she originally thought. It was only a block or two away. BANG! The sound of a gunshot rang through the air. BANG! Then another, another. Eponine's heart started racing. It was coming from the barricade. Enjolras! She started to run towards the barricade. She had to get to him. Make sure he stays safe. She had reached the barricade, but she was stuck on the wrong side. She started to climb through it, sneak around it, but she found herself stuck in the crossfire. A bullet had found Eponine's shoulder. Just low enough to do more damage than injure. She paused, shocked, taking in a sharp intake of air. She somehow managed to get through to the otherside of the barricade. Then the fire ceased. Out of the corner of her eye, Eponine caught sight of Marius.

"Marius! Marius!" Eponine shouted," I need Enjolras!"

Marius ran over to Eponine's side. She fell into him, no longer able to stand up, "Enjolras! Eponine's back! And she… is injured. Oh God you're hurt."

"I suppose I am," Eponine smiled, suddenly feeling odd. Enjolras had then appeared taking Marius's spot. Eponine was now lying on the ground.

"What's wrong Marius? My God, the blood. The blood, Eponine what happened?" Enjolras looked horrified.

"Well Mama had the baby and I was coming back and I guess I got injured."

"Injured? You're dying!"

"I know, but it's okay," Eponine smiled.

"Okay? Eponine you can't die! I love you."

"We will all die eventually. Though I didn't think it, and neither did you, today is my time and my place. I'm dying for the thing you loved the most Enjolras!"

"You're the thing I loved the most. And today is not the time or the place. You can't die. We have a wedding to plan. Remember your dream? We're going to have a house, out in the country, with kids, and dogs, Eponine you're going to live to see it."

"You were my dream. Now I have you, I can die in peace. We will be together again soon, someday, I know it. We will be given our chance again."

And just like that she died. And with Enjolras's heart broken, so did everyone else. But Eponine was not wrong. The two would have another chance.

It felt like minutes after Eponine's death, but maybe it was hours, maybe years. She opened her eyes, but she was not in the same place. The walls were all white, and she was lying on a bed. In the corner, sat Azelma and Gavroche. Azelma had a thin device with an apple on the back. Gavroche had some kind of game with two screens. Up in the corner of the room there was a calendar. The month was set on June, but it was not on 1832 as Eponine remembered, but it instead said 2013.

"Azelma, where am I? Who am I? What happened?"

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