(y/n) - your name

(L/n) - last name

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"Where's Luther?" I look up when I hear Vanya and I choke on my margarita when she shows up with a new haircut and outfit, Five patting me on my back gently.

"Who cares? Probably out for... a run." Diegos words falter in surprised and Klaus grins happily as they both see her new appearance.

"Love the haircut!"

"You look amazing!" I gasp out once I stop coughing and set my glass on the table, jumping down from the stool to hug Vanya and she smiles warmly at me. "Are you going to tell them?" I whisper to her and she nods and I move to stand next to her for support.

"So I, uh, talked to Marcus." she breathes out.

"Wait, what? You talked with the enemy? By yourself?" Diego narrows his eyes at her and I do the same to knife boy from his tone.

"Somebody had to do something."

"Who elected you, Vanya?"

I really don't like Diegos attitude towards her.

"It's, uh, Viktor."

OH!

I really don't like Diegos attitude towards him.

"Who's Viktor?" the boys look at him and Viktor looks at me worryingly, moving to grab his hand for support.

"I am. It's who I've always been. Uh, is that an issue for anyone?" I give everyone the stinkeye and they shake their head no.

"I have no problem Viktor. I'm so happy for you!" I squeal as I glomp him for a hug and he laughs happily, hugging me back.

"Thank you (y/n)." he whispers in my ear before setting me back down on my feet.

"Nah, I'm good with it."

"Yeah, me too. Cool." the boys say and I was happy Viktor was accepted. I mean of course, he would be, Klaus is accepted as his gay wacky and cooky self.

"Truly happy for you, Viktor. But last time I checked, you don't speak for this family." Five narrows his eyes at him and I glare at my boyfriend.

"Five." I hiss and he raises his hands, going back to his drink. "At least he made a step to doing something. Maybe we could fix all this." I mumble out.

"Okay, well, it's fine, okay? Marcus totally gets it. He doesn't want a war any more than we do." Viktor explains, not offended by his brother's bluntness as I settle back on my stool next to my sweet assassin as Diego and Viktor argued. The handover was apparently happening today but Five looked like he didn't particularly appreciate that news.

"Hey, we're not going anywhere! This is a perfectly acceptable timeline-" Five looks at me as I cross my arms when I glare at him. "-ok, maybe not all that great but we can still try to resolve everything and stay here peacefully."

"Yeah, why don't you tell that to Allison, who's upstairs grieving her daughter, who doesn't even exist here!" Viktor snaps back and my eyes widen.

"Wait what!?" I exclaim in shock at the news but Diego speaks over me about the Sparrows giving me no time to process.

"News flash, geniuses! It's not about us! Take a look around. If you hadn't noticed, there's no doomsday. There's no apocalypse." Five says and I shake my hands.

"Wait wait wait, Claire doesn't exist!? Well, I guess that makes sense. If Reggie never adopted you guys, your original timeline never existed so Allison would never have become a famous actress and met her husband and have her daughter." I think it through and everyone looks at me before going back to arguing and I roll my eyes.

So much for being part of the family guys...

"Anyway, the sun is shining. Birds are doing whatever the hell birds do. That's all that matters. We're done messing with time. I'm officially retired," Five says his monologue, picking up his drink to salute us. "and I'm gonna spend my retirement with my girl." He presses a kiss to my cheek as he holds my tightly by my waist and I flush, taking in the smell of his aftershave and I had to admit, retirement was really hot on him.

"Who cares if you're retired, Viktor should have never gone to the enemy!" Diego starts fighting with his brother again and I grow furious at how he just ignored Viktors attempts of being part of this family.

"Enough!" I slam my hands on the table and everyone looks at me in shock. "All you do is berate him for doing anything! He tries to be part of this family, tries to contribute to actually help and when he does, you shoot him down!"

"(y/n), sweetheart, try to breathe-" I shake off Five's hands from my shoulders as all I felt was annoyance and fury, my body burning hot from rage.

Something didn't feel right. I shouldn't be this angry, I shouldn't be this heated about an argument. Why do I feel hot?

"I thought everyone would've grown out of outcasting Viktor but no! You never matured from being your fucking daddy's little pests and shunning him like your father did! You did the same to Klaus but you finally accepted him so why can't you fucking do the same for Viktor! You're no better than your dad!" I yell out and I stumble off the stool to walk away, needing to cool down.

Something was very wrong, the world dizzying around me and darkening around the edges. I ran my shaky hands through my hair as I walked through hallways, not remembering how I ended up in a bedroom as my vision darkened even more. It felt like I was on autopilot but I was just so fucking mad and I just needed to break something. I panted heavily, fisting my hands when I couldn't take it anymore, letting out a furious scream.

"(y/n)-shit!" I open my eyes to see Five look at me in shock when the chairs around me were suddenly blasted away by a dark shadow, the wood shattering to pieces against the wall.

"What the fuck!?" I gasp out, my hands shaking as I looked down to see the dark vines moving in my skin again, my arms slowly gradually being swallowed by the darkness. "Five!?" I look at him in fear and he blinks over to me, holding my face.

"Hey! Everything will be alright. Ok, it will be fine." I looked around the room, hoping that She wasn't here as I heard the whispers again, shaking my head to try and get rid of them as I grab my hair and close my eyes. "(y/n), look at me." I try to blink off the darkness circling the corner of my vision when I open my eyes but I focused on Five and the worry on his face. "I'm not letting Her take you." I nod and try to calm down my racing heart as Five held me the entire time, his cologne and his warmth grounding me as I bury my face into his neck. "There you go. They're gone." he holds my hands and I flinch, looking down to see that my arms were back to normal. "You're still here sweetheart." I breathe out shakily as my boyfriend grabs the back of my neck and pulls me up to kiss me so softly and gently, his arm around my waist as my hands clung to his shirt desperately.

"Thank you..." I sigh out against his lips as I lean back, falling down to sit down on the be to just settle myself. "I... I have powers?" I run my fingers through my hair, looking at the broken chairs. "That's... that can't be possible... What is this fanfiction bullshit?"

"Is there something from the journal? Something that might explain all this?" My boyfriend says and I quickly take my phone out to read the journal pages I took pictures of.

"I forgot about the journal for a sec." I look down at the pictures, Five sitting down next to me as I showed him too. "'Number 8, aka (y/n) Hargreeves'. Hargreeves? My Doppel was adopted!? No, I can't be one of the 43 kids!" I slam the phone down on the table, standing back up. "How did my Doppel become one of the super kids!? We're supposed to be the (l/n)'s! Why are we entwined with the story!?"

"Maybe because you became part of the show." Five says and I look at him as he purses his lips. "Maybe not only did you become part of our world but also the show's story."

"This is just weird! Wait, what were my Doppels powers!? If Reginald adopted Her then She obviously has powers!" Five picks my phone back up to continue reading over the notes and I watch as his face pales. "Five?"

"Her powers... its dark magic..." he looks at me and I move away to avoid his stare.

Am I... did I somehow absorb Her powers when I collided into Her? Or when She took over me last night?

Jesus fucking christ... dark powers!?

"I'm a monster..." I mumble out, holding my arms in fear as sharp biting cold shivers ran through me, like raking nails down a chalkboard.

"(y/n), you're not a monster." Five blinks in front of me now as he holds my face to make me look at him. "You will never be a monster." He strokes my cheeks as I lean into his touch. "Technically that's my title alongside psycho maniac and bloodthirsty murderer." he chuckles lightly and I smile at him faintly at his attempt at a joke. He grins warmly when he sees me smile, sitting back next to me as he continued reading the pictures. "Hey, there's an address noted here. Maybe whoever is at this place can try to explain who your Doppel is-"

"-or maybe that's where my parents live..." I gasp, realising that if Reginald adopted my Doppel, he obviously had to pay off the parents! "Five, I could see them again!" I look at him, hope filling me to see my family again after months without them.

"(y/n) they might not be-"

"-look, She is clearly around the same age as me compared to the older Sparrows so she was born in a later year so it could work Five. I could see my family again!" I exclaim and I take my phone back from him, rushing out of the room to find Klaus to drive us.

"Ok, let's say it was your family," Five blinks next to me, taking his hat from my head back to wear it. "We can't just show up unannounced-"

"-sure we can! I'll be no different than my Doppel here! I just need to be careful about what I say!" Five sighs as I push him to go see my family.

"This isn't going to end well..."

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