This chapter takes place before the events of chapter two of Legends.

After J'onn got Oliver, Laurel and Sara back to civilization, specifically the coast of China like they'd originally planned, Oliver gave him a list of people in Star City to restore the memories of when they returned. But while he did that, Sara decided that she and Laurel needed to have a talk about all the tension she could sense coming off both her sister and Oliver the entire boat ride back.

"What's up?" Laurel asked after Sara pulled her aside.

"We need to talk about the emotional tension I felt between you and Ollie on the entire trip back to civilization." Sara said.

"What are you talking about?" Laurel asked.

"Please, I could see you two practically undressing each other with your eyes." Sara said.

"Sara, please, do we have to do this now?" Laurel asked.

"Yes, because I do not want to have to deal with that tension on the plane ride back to Star City. Especially since it'll be best if you and Oliver spend that time working it out. Laurel, do you still love him?" Sara asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yeah I do, but he probably doesn't feel the same way. After all, I hear he eventually married Felicity." Laurel said.

"I think that the only reason Ollie did that is because he thought that you didn't want to be with him. He was just trying to respect your wishes." Sara said.

"Maybe. But that doesn't change the fact that I lost him once and since there's a good chance that Oliver is going to ask J'onn to restore Felicity's memories and I don't want to get in the way of her and Oliver." Laurel said.

"Still, I think you need to talk this out with him. The sooner, the better." Sara said.

"I know. I just don't know how to bring it up." Laurel said.

"Laurel, you told him on your deathbed that he was the love of your life, I think that is a pretty good way to start the conversation." Sara said and Laurel sighed, since she knew Sara was right.

About an hour later, Oliver, Laurel and Sara found themselves on the private plane Oliver's mother had hired to bring them home, since she didn't trust a commercial plane to bring them home and while she was eager to see her son, she decided that it would be faster for everyone to just hire a plane that was already in China instead of sending the Queen Family's private jet from America to China and back, not that any of them minded, since honestly, they just wanted to get home. Moira had also wired them enough money to get decent clothes so that they wouldn't be returning wearing rags.

Anyways, Sara was currently taking advantage of shower that was in the bathroom of the plane and Oliver and Laurel had actually let her have first dibs on it, since in this reality, she was probably the one who'd had to go the longest without running water.

Oliver was currently sitting in one of the comfortable seats of the plane, holding a glass of scotch and savoring the taste of it as he sipped it, since he honestly never thought he'd be able to enjoy things like this again.

"That looks good." Laurel said as she sat down across from him.

"You want a glass. You're not an alcoholic on this earth." Oliver reminded her.

"Thanks, but I'll pass. Don't want to push my luck, though I guess I do have better coping skills now than I did before." Laurel said.

"So, is there anything in specific you wanted to talk about?" Oliver asked, though he was pretty sure he knew what it was.

"Yeah. I wanted to talk to you about what I said when I was on my deathbed." Laurel said.

"Oh, you mean how you told me that I was the love of your life?" Oliver asked, since he'd never forgotten those words.

"Yeah, that. I'm honestly wondering if telling you that was a mistake. Especially since now I know that you did get back together with Felicity and you married her." Laurel said as she started to ramble, only to be stopped by Oliver kissing her.

"Okay, not that I'm complaining, but what was that?" Laurel asked when he pulled away.

"That was me telling you that it wasn't a mistake. The only mistake was that I didn't have a chance to tell you that you were wrong when you said that you weren't the love of my life. Laurel, the only reason I moved on is because you told me too. You said we couldn't be together." Oliver said.

"And I was wrong about that. But by the time I'd realized what a huge mistake I had made, you were falling for Felicity." Laurel said.

"You could've told me. Maybe if you had, things would've gone differently." Oliver said.

"Maybe. But Ollie, on this Earth, we have a chance to undo our regrets. I need to know, do you regret loving her?" Laurel asked.

"I don't regret the time I had with her, but at the same time, I do regret that I didn't spend that time with you instead. Even after you died, I was shown signs that you and I were meant to be and I still didn't listen because you were dead. In my mind, that meant there was no point in trying. So I pushed those feelings down." Oliver said.

"And now?" Laurel asked, though she was very happy with what she was hearing.

"I've lost you too many times already. I'm never gonna lose you again." Oliver said and Laurel smiled as they kissed again this time much more passionately, right as Sara exited the bathroom, fully dressed in new clothes and while she smiled at the sight of her sister finally getting the man she'd always loved, she knew she needed to put a stop to what was going on before she saw something she did not want to see. To that end, she cleared her throat, causing them to break apart.

"Sara. I didn't hear you leave the bathroom." Laurel said.

"Yeah, I could tell you were a bit preoccupied." Sara said with a smirk.

"Is there something we can do for you Sara?" Oliver asked, a bit annoyed by her smug look.

"Well, you could not do something right in front of me, but I was just letting you guys know that I was done in the shower and that one of you guys can hop in, though maybe you'd both prefer to just jump in together." Sara said with a smirk as she took a seat on the other side of the aisle from them, put a pair of headphones on and started listening to music.

"You know, that's not a bad idea." Oliver said to Laurel.

"You read my mind. Just promise me you'll be gentle. It's been awhile." Laurel said and Oliver smiled.

"No promises." Oliver said and Laurel squealed in surprise and joy as he swept her into his arms and carried her into the bathroom.

By the time the plane landed in Star City, Oliver, Laurel and Sara had all gotten cleaned up to the point that if people didn't know better, they wouldn't know that they'd ever been shipwrecked. After they got off the plane, they were quickly met by an ambulance to take them to Starling General, since while they appeared to be alright, as far as the world knew, all three of them had been stranded on an island in the North China Sea for the past five years, so they needed to be checked out by doctors and their families would be meeting them there.

After they'd arrived at the hospital, they were each given their own hospital rooms as they were examined by doctors.

Laurel was currently looking out at Star City, thinking about how peaceful the city was when she heard the door open. She turned to see her father standing there and he looked more teary eyed than she'd ever remembered seeing him.

"I didn't want to let myself hope that it was true, because I didn't want to risk the disappointment and despair I'd feel if it wasn't and I lost you again." Quentin said as he walked up and hugged his daughter.

"So, you remember everything?" Laurel asked.

"Yeah, the martian guy restored my memories and not just mine. He also restored the memories of Moira, Thea, John, Felicity, Roy, Tommy and two of Oliver's newer recruits, Rene Ramirez and Dinah Drake." Quentin said.

"Dinah huh. Sounds like Ollie kept his promise to me." Laurel said.

"Yeah, he made sure you weren't the last canary." Quentin said.

"Well now I'm going to be the Black Canary again." Laurel said.

"The only reasons I'm going to act like I'm okay with that is because I know that you'll do it regardless of what I think, but more importantly, now you have the same training as Oliver and your sister, which means that you're a bit more prepared." Quentin said and Laurel nodded.

"Speaking of Ollie, there's something I need to tell you." Laurel said.

"You do know that Sara squealed that you're dating him again right?" Quentin asked with a chuckle.

"Of course she did. Are you okay with that?" Laurel asked.

"I am actually. I know that originally I hated Oliver, but that was before I got to know the man he's become and that man is one that I'd be proud to call my son-in-law should it get to that point." Quentin said and Laurel smiled.

"So, when can I get out of here. Honestly, I've had more than my fair share of hospitals to last a lifetime." Laurel said.

"As soon as Dr. Lamb arrives with your discharge papers since he said that all your tests came back clean, really you now just have a similar case to what Oliver and Sara both had when they came back from the dead." Quentin said and Laurel nodded.

At the same time as Laurel's reunion with her father, Oliver was staring out the window of his hospital room, taking a look at how peaceful Star City was right now. Malcolm's undertaking had been what had started the process that had begun reducing the city to the state it had been and now he was armed with the knowledge he needed to stop it. Star City would not fall again. He would not fail again.

Anyways, he was driven from his thoughts when he heard the door to his room open and he turned to see his mother enter the room.

"Oliver?" Moira Queen asked and Oliver felt a ton of weight be lifted off his shoulders at the sight of her being alive.

"Hi mom." Oliver said with a smile as Moira rushed up and hugged him.

"My beautiful boy. You came back to us. Again." Moira said.

"So J'onn delivered." Oliver said.

"Yes, but honestly Oliver, I would've preferred if you'd left me in the dark, so that way I could sleep at night instead of having to worry about the danger that both of my children seem to want to constantly put themselves in. However, I am happy that I now remember how proud I am of the man you've become. The hero." Moira said.

"I couldn't save you though." Oliver said.

"That was not your fault Oliver. I made a choice to sacrifice myself for you and your sister and it paid off, since it gave you the strength you needed to save the city. Besides, it was the only way I felt I could truly do my penance for the Undertaking, which is not going to happen now. I've already spoken with Ms. Smoak about anonymously releasing everything regarding Malcolm and his undertaking to the public, but I wanted to wait until you returned, since you're the only man who stands a chance at stopping him." Moira said and Oliver nodded in agreement, since he was the only person who'd ever managed to beat Malcolm Merlyn more than once.

"I'm guessing the reason Thea isn't here is because she's setting up a welcome home party for Laurel, Sara and I at the mansion." Oliver said.

"Not just her. All your friends, though I can't help but notice how close she is with that Roy character." Moira said and Oliver chuckled.

"I thought you liked Roy." Oliver said.

"I do, but still." Moira said.

"Mom, Roy is the only man who's actually gained my approval to be with Thea for good reason. He loves her more than anything and the only reason things ever went south between them is because of his commitment to me and the mission. But that's not an issue anymore." Oliver said.

"I have to say, I'm not sure how I feel about Thea joining your world. I at least took some comfort in knowing that only one of my children was putting themselves in life threatening danger." Moira said.

"Look, I wasn't thrilled about it either, but Thea is a hero. She proved herself in the field and while honestly, there are very few people I trust to watch my back as much as I trust her too." Oliver said.

"Well good. It's nice to know that despite all my mistakes, I did something right, since both of my children grew up from spoiled brats into selfless heroes." Moira said with a smile as she hugged her son and Oliver decided that he could wait until tomorrow to confront his mother about her lies regarding William and Emiko. Today, he just wanted to enjoy having his mom back. He just wished that he'd gotten his father back as well, but he supposed that would be too greedy.

"What are you thinking about?" Moira asked.

"While I'm glad I was able to save you, I just wish I'd been able to do the same for dad. I mean it sounds like I was able to change everything else. Your death, Tommy's death, Quentin's death, Laurel's death, but I couldn't save his." Oliver said.

"Oliver, I think I know why you couldn't bring Robert back. You could only change the things that wouldn't change you and if it weren't for what your father did for you, you never would've been able to become the man you are today and I don't think Robert would want you to give that up just to bring him back." Moira said.

"I know, but still." Oliver said.

"Oliver, you can't live for your father. You need to live for yourself." Moira said.

"I know and I think I've finally managed to let go of my guilt for dad's death." Oliver said.

"Good. Because while I do miss your father, I also know that he would not want you to blame yourself for his choice." Moira said.

"So anyways, think we can get out of here soon? I've honestly had my fill of hospitals for a while." Oliver said and Moira smiled.

"I'll see what I can do." Moira said.

After Oliver, Laurel and Sara had been discharged from the hospital, they, along with Moira and Quentin, rode in the limo back to the Queen Mansion and Oliver had to admit it was nice to see how peaceful the city looked right now. Before Malcolm's undertaking had caused the city's slow descent into hell.

"It's refreshing how peaceful the city is right now isn't it." Quentin said.

"Yeah and hopefully it will stay that way, since this time, I'm not going to let the Undertaking of any of the rest of the hell that came to this city happen again." Oliver said as the limo pulled up to the mansion.

"Good. Now, I believe you have some people waiting to see you again that we've put off long enough." Moira said as they all got out of the limo and after getting their things out of the trunk, they headed inside the mansion.

"Welcome home Mr. Oliver, Ms. Laurel and Ms. Sara." Raisa said with a smile as she hugged Oliver before leading him, Laurel, Sara and Quentin into the parlour, where they found that a whole party had been set up, complete with a welcome home banner and Thea, Roy, John, Lyla, Felicity, Tommy, Rene and Dinah were all waiting for them, glasses of champagne in their hands.

"Welcome home." they all shouted in unison and Oliver laughed as Thea ran up and hugged him.

"I told you you'd find a way to cheat death. Again." Thea said.

"No need to gloat Speedy." Oliver said with a laugh as Thea let him go to have a reunion with Laurel while Oliver turned to John.

"John, I already know what you're going to say and don't. What happened was not on you." Oliver said.

"I should've at least been there for you Oliver." John said.

"John, you risked a trip to purgatory to bring me back, I think that makes up for it. Besides, what's important is that I came back and I'm not the only one." Oliver said as he looked over to Laurel before he was interrupted.

"Yeah and I appreciate the second chance man." Tommy Merlyn said with a grin as he hugged his best friend.

"I missed you man." Oliver said with a smile.

"What, life wasn't the same without me?" Tommy asked.

"More like I couldn't bring myself to move past your death and my guilt about it." Oliver said.

"Oliver, it was not your fault. If I had just listened to you, I would've been fine. However, I'm guessing that I should not bother going after Laurel this time around." Tommy said with a smirk.

"What gave it away?" Oliver asked.

"I can tell by the way you look at her. Does she know?" Tommy asked.

"We got back together on the flight back to the states." Oliver said.

"Then I think that you owe someone else a chat." John said, nodding in Felicity's direction, especially since she seemed to be avoiding him.

"Yeah, excuse me." Oliver said as he walked towards her.

"I was really hoping that we could do this later." Felicity told him.

"Felicity, I think we both know that if we did that, we'd put this conversation off until things got to the breaking point." Oliver said.

"Just another sign that we were not meant to be." Felicity said.

"Really." Oliver said.

"Oliver, despite what we told ourselves, our marriage was not like Barry and Iris's. Half the time we weren't even on the same page and even when we were, it felt like we were on different parts of it." Felicity said.

"That is true. But Felicity, what I felt for you, it was real." Oliver said.

"I know and what I felt for you was real too. But at the same time, I think I always knew that no matter how you felt about you, you loved her more and I can't exactly blame you, since Laurel is more your type." Felicity said.

"Meaning?" Oliver asked.

"Badass in leather who knows her way around a weapon." Felicity said and Oliver chuckled.

"You were the exception to that." Oliver said.

"Look Oliver, I don't regret the life we built together and I could try and fight for you, but that wouldn't be fair to either of us, since you'd be in love with someone else and I'd be with someone who didn't want me as your first choice, since honestly, I never was to begin with was I?" Felicity asked and Oliver took a deep breath.

"No, you weren't. You were the safe option. A girl who knew my secret, but also didn't come with a bunch of baggage from the past." Oliver said.

"And honestly, I think I was more attracted to the danger of the idea that came from dating the bad boy vigilante." Felicity said.

"This talk is not as awkward as I thought it would be." Oliver said and Felicity smiled.

"I think that's because we're not involved with each other anymore. I think we both know that while we have loved each other in some way, we worked better as friends." Felicity said and Oliver nodded.

"Friends then." Oliver said, holding out his hand, which Felicity shook.

"Friends it is. Oh and one more thing, I am now the CEO of Queen Consolidated." Felicity said bluntly, taking Oliver for a loop.

"Okay, I did not see that coming." Oliver said.

"See what coming?" Thea asked.

"Felicity being the CEO of Queen Consolidated?" Oliver asked.

"Mom didn't tell you about that?" Thea asked.

"No she did not." Oliver said.

"I wasn't sure how you'd react." Moira said as she joined them.

"I think it's a great idea, since Felicity is the most qualified for the position." Oliver said.

"Something we agree on, considering the fact that Queen Consolidated's profits have tripled since she took over for mom last year." Thea said with a grin.

"Wow, so many things about this world are different." Oliver said and Moira nodded.

"I have a feeling that we've only begun to see the changes. But for now Oliver, let's just enjoy the moment." Moira said and Oliver nodded.

At the same time as Oliver's conversation was going on, John went to talk to Laurel.

"Welcome back Laurel." John said as he hugged her.

"Thanks and Dig, Ollie told me how you reacted after my death and it wasn't your fault." Laurel said.

"Laurel, if I hadn't had trusted Andy, Darhk never would've gotten that piece of his idol back and he might not have been able to kill you." John said.

"John, I don't blame you for what happened. I never did. But if it will help you move on, I forgive you." Laurel said.

"I just wish I could forgive myself." John said.

"What's important now is that I'm alive and now we know better than to trust Andy when shows up." Laurel said and John nodded.

"Andy is my brother in blood only. My real brother's name is Oliver Queen and I trust him with my life." John said.

"We all do." Laurel said as she looked over at her boyfriend, only to be greeted by her ex-boyfriend.

"Hey Laurel." Tommy said.

"Tommy, I'm so sorry for what happened." Laurel said.

"Don't be. I was the one who made the choice to go in to save you and I would make it again in a heartbeat." Tommy said.

"Doesn't make it any easier to live with." Laurel said.

"But you have. And Laurel, just so you know, if you want to be with Ollie, I support that, since honestly, you always loved him more than me." Tommy said.

"But I did love you." Laurel said.

"True, but not as much as you did him." Tommy said and Laurel nodded in acknowledgement of that.

"So, what have you been up to while I was gone. Still partying?" Laurel asked.

"Actually no. I decided to follow in my mom's footsteps on this earth. I'm a doctor now." Tommy said.

"Huh, Dr. Merlyn, sounds like some kind of Grey's Anatomy character." Laurel said and Tommy laughed.

"Maybe, but I was thinking that maybe that could be my contribution to Team Arrow, since I don't have the same combat skills as the rest of you, but from what I hear, you guys never really had a fully trained doctor on the team." Tommy said.

"That's something you'll need to talk to Ollie about." Laurel said and Tommy nodded.

"I'm glad to see you both here." Oliver said to Rene and Dinah.

"I was surprised we got the brain dump, especially since you got your OG squad back." Rene said.

"And especially since you've got the real Black Canary back, since I was never truly worthy of the mantle." Dinah said.

"The only reason everything happened the way it did is because I did not trust you two the way I should have and Diaz took advantage of that. But you two have proven that you deserve the level of trust I should've given you to begin with. And while Dinah, you may not be the Black Canary anymore, since you're right, that mantle is going back to Laurel and honestly, there should only be one Black Canary to avoid causing confusion when we're out in the field, but I do want you two by my side." Oliver said.

"What about Curtis? Why didn't you have J'onn restore his memories?" Rene asked.

"Because honestly, a majority of what Curtis can do is covered by Felicity and he was never really that effective in the field." Oliver said.

"You're not wrong about that." Rene said and Dinah nodded her head in agreement as the party continued.

"I'd like to call a toast." Oliver said towards the end of the party as everyone turned to face him.

"A toast to everyone here, myself included, who has been given a second chance at life." Oliver said as he looked from Laurel, to Tommy, to Moira, to Quentin.

"And to the new future that we will build together. One where our city is not destroyed by the Undertaking or the Siege or anything else. One where Star City remains intact and becomes the shining jewel we all think it could be. To the future that we will do everything in our power to ensure is a bright one." Oliver said as they raised their glasses.

"With speeches like that, you might as well start your mayoral campaign now." Thea said, only half joking.

"Funny, though I am planning on running for mayor again and this time, I'm gonna deal with Ricardo Diaz before he can get me impeached." Oliver said and they all nodded in agreement as they said cheers and took sips from their drinks.

Okay, this is the longest chapter I've ever written and this is the fifth version of the chapter I've written, but the first I've actually liked. I hope you guys think it was worth the wait like I do.