Author's Notes: Hey everyone! Been so long since I last updated my fic. My goodness, I apologize for the long wait. I know it's never fun.
My spring break will be coming up soon so I should be able to get some chapters in! Comment down below any suggestions you may have! :)
This is a little bit of a darker chapter then this fic is used to. Hopefully you all enjoy it.
"I hate you," said Wendy, her little eyes narrowed and full of resentment.
"What?" said Irene, her hurt voice dropping to a soft low tone.
"I hate you!" screamed Wendy, the little girl's body trembling angrily.
Irene dropped to her knees in shock. She clutched her chest.
Five shadowed figures approached Wendy from behind. Stepping into the light, it revealed it was her other children. Erza, Natsu, Gajeel, Sting and Rouge.
Irene felt her chest throb with heartbreak as all five children stared at her with cold, hateful dead eyes.
"How could you!?" roared Erza, raising her sword at her. Ready to strike if Irene moved so much as an inch.
"We trusted you!" spat Natsu, covering his fists with his dragon-slayer fire.
Sting and Rogue grabbed Irene's arms and pinned them behind her back while forcing her to look up.
Gajeel yanked Irene by the base of her hair.
"LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID!" he screamed, forcing Irene to stare ahead.
The woman opened her mouth to cry out but couldn't. Her voice was gone. Tears rolled down her face as she kneeled with her mouth agape.
In front of Irene, her little Wendy lay still in a puddle of blood.
The foul rich odor of iron filled her nostrils, making her sick to her stomach.
"W-Wendy?" whimpered Irene, now able to move as she crawled to her youngest daughter.
Irene's hands shook as she lifted the limp girl's body into her arms.
Irene sobbed as she cradled Wendy's body. She begged the little girl to wake up but to no avail. The mother planted kisses on her daughter's forehead and brushed aside her hair to clear Wendy's face.
But Wendy did nothing. Her little body was pale and icy cold to the touch.
Her other children had vanished leaving only the two of them.
As Irene wept, she heard the sound of heels clacking against the floor, heading towards her. She didn't bother looking up.
In her peripheral vision, Irene could see a woman's legs. Whoever they were stood over her, seemingly staring down at them in silence.
After what seemed like hours, Irene dared to look up and gasped in fear.
The person staring at her was herself?!
Irene came face to face with a fake Irene who had a wide smile and crazed glowing red eyes.
"You finally got your wish!" cackled Shadow Irene.
"This isn't my wish! You're wrong!" shrieked Irene, as she stood up, still holding Wendy's body.
"Of course it is. You killed Wendy so you can take her body."
"NO!" bawled Irene. It wasn't her who killed Wendy. She would never hurt any of her children. This imposter was lying.
"Take the body. Become human once more and end your suffering. Have a fresh start."
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
"Body thief."
"You're a horrible monster."
Shadow Irene walked up to Irene, standing mere inches away from her face before leaning into her ear.
"Weak."
Irene shut her eyes tightly in an attempt to block out the shadow's words.
"A failure of a mother"
"SHUT UP!"
"A coward."
Shadow Irene stepped back and smirked as it looked at the horrified Irene's entire body tremble.
"Say whatever you want but it's the truth," it said.
"But it doesn't matter because, in the end, you're going to hurt everyone you love."
Suddenly, the bodies of her entire family appeared in front of her, forming a ring of blood.
Gajeel, Happy, Wendy, Erza, Natsu, Sting, Rogue, Lector, and Frosch all lay motionless. Their eyes are blank and devoid of life.
They seemed to stare up at her, judging her.
Irene collapsed to the ground. Silently weeping as it grinned down at her.
She was truly alone now. She had killed everyone in her family.
Her ex-husband had been right all those centuries ago.
Irene was a monster.
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