I made and created the art above - this is my OC, Flora, in this AU/story, at age 6. I might color it in later. If you haven't noticed, Flora looks like a younger Della, and that is intentional. She is wearing her normal everyday outfit in the art.

Title might change later on. We'll see as time goes on if I decide to change it.

Setting; Ducktales 2017 Crossover

OC; Flora - OC that has been used in this book before; "Having A Soul But No Heart; Archie Version" and "Having A Soul But No Heart; Boom Version"

Death; Murdered During A Robbery Happening At Her Home/Work

Reincarnated As; As Donald and May's Daughter

Pairings; Donald/May, ?????? (Relationships will be added as new characters come in and are introduced in the story, that way there is no confusion on who someone is. Warnings; a lot of people in here are very different from canon mostly because of the butterfly effect and/or them being a different age in this AU/story.)

This idea was given to me by nightmaster000 - thank you for doing so and helping me out with it! I am using Ducktales and The Legend Of The Three Caballeros mostly, but there are other cartoons used in this story - or, at least, the characters. This AU is a crossover in a way.

Now, obviously, there are huge changes in this AU. Before anyone has a heart attack, while there is an age gape between Donald and May, it is not a huge one. The timeline for this AU is different than canon.

For those who don't know, May is a triplet and Daisy's niece. There names being April, May and June - all three wearing different colors - Yellow, Orange and Purple respectfully. At least, they are wearing these colors in their latest versions of themselves in the Caballeros cartoon. The female triplets are supposed to be the same age as Donald's nephews in canon - in this story, this is not the case.

The rough timeline for this AU - without giving away any of the important plot - is like this; Donald is a young adult in Three Caballeros Cartoon, the Three Caballeros happen, said cartoon does not happen like canon (This will show in the story as it is apart of the plot). Also, Della and Scrooge are still going on adventures while Donald is doing this, no nephews yet, and the female triplets are the same age in the cartoon, meaning that they are older than the male triplets as said males are not even born yet. Things happen, obviously, and time goes on - Daisy and Donald never get back together for reasons. Years Later, Della is gone, Scrooge becomes estranged and Donald has the triplets under his care. May hears about this, and goes to help him raise the ducklings. At this point, she is 18-19 and finished high school. Boys are one year old, they - Donald and May - get together romantically. When the boys are three, Donald and May get married. When the boys are four, Flora is born. Ducktales 2017 officially starts when Flora is six.

Of course, this is only a vague timeline, as many other things happen, but it's the one with the least spoilers to it.

So, yes there is an age gap, but nothing bad is going on. There is no pedo here. When they got together, both were adults, legal age, and could make that choice. But, as it shows in this story, not everyone is fine with said age gap - and for other reasons as well. I just wanted to get this out of the way before anyone starts screaming about how she is too young or anything like that. I have seen people who are twelve years apart get married out of love and are very happy - as long as both are legal and both want to get married/have a relationship, I don't see the issue. I know not everyone agrees with this, and that's fine. If you don't like this story, there are other stories to go read.

If anyone wants to watch The Legend Of The Three Caballeros, you can do so here; https://www.watchcartoononline.com/anime/legend-of-the-three-caballeros

It's a good cartoon, and I will be using characters, ideas, and other elements from this cartoon. I would recommend watching it to get the full idea on what is going on. I will be using scenes from the cartoon in this story, but said scene are not going to go like how they did in the cartoon - canon divergence. It'll be in flashbacks, showing how everything got to be how it is in the present and the butterfly effect from those changes that had happened. You don't have to watch it, but it would give a full picture to the story and would help you know some of the characters I am using better.

You can also find Ducktales - both the 2017 one and older one - and many more cartoons, anime, and even movies in the site too!

Now, with all the warnings and such out of the way, let the story start!

-Chapter Start-

It happened so fast.

-Or was that just wishful thinking on her part?-

She had worked as a florist and small business owner, her store the bottom of her house, the top her actual home.

-Flowers, plants, have been there for her where others weren't. They might die quicker, but they stayed by her side longer than any other. What does that say about the people around her?-

It had been a normal day. Get up, eat, get dressed and clean, water her flowers, sell said flowers. A cycle that had been her life for more than four years.

-It was a better life than what she had growing up, a life she had wanted and worked for. But so much was still missing, things she knew she would never get.-

Then, a robber had came in, gun out and ready - said gun eventually pointing to a innocent child that had been separated from their parents in the panic.

-Desperation is just as strong as determination, she would know. So, she doesn't blame them. How can she when she might have turned out the same if she was given just a few more pushes? How can she when her Father was just the same?-

There wasn't even a choice. No thinking on her part.

-She had lived and had chances. The child hasn't even had the chance to live yet.-

One moment she was standing still, the next she was in front of the child, falling after a loud bang sounds off. Blood pouring out of her, tainting the white calla lilies nearby.

-Lilies are the flower mostly associated with death. Irony at it's finest.-

With one finale smile - because she made it on time - she closed her eyes and let the black take her. The last sound she heard before her heart stopped was of a child crying and screams all around, echoing off one another. the last thing she smelt was the coppery blood pooling around her.

-So many regrets were in her soul. How she died was not one of them. Would never become one of them.-

Then, she woke up to the sound of a baby crying and to the smell of salt mixing in with the smell of blood.

-Blood drowned her. Blood loss killed her. Blood gave her life.-

It actually took her three hours to figure out that the baby who was crying was herself. Her mind was a jumbled, confused mess. Nothing made sense in those three hours.

-She never noticed the yells and cooing, never noticed how gently she was held and moved.-

So, she sobbed, cried, and screamed. Her heart beating wildly in her chest. It was only until her voice started to give out did she stop screaming, but the tears couldn't stop. It was all just so confusing to her.

-Someone, no, more than just one person was taking to her. Trying to calm her. She couldn't hear them, no with how her emotions overtook her. Only when she slowly became numb did she calm as much as she could.-

But, then, something soft held her. Another's heart was beating right by her head, calming her. Opening her eyes, all she could see were blurs of colors. Green. Something or someone green was holding her.

-The color green symbolizes many things, sometimes changing depending on the culture. From comfort, life, renewal, safety, luck to laziness, greed, frankness, jealousy and mucous to name a few, the color green held many meanings and symbolized just as much as any other color. The color is not bad or good, it just is. Yet, she favored it over many other colors.-

Green. It reminded her of her lovely plants. The flowers she had decided to dedicate her whole life to before it was taken from her by death. It made her now beating heart sting at the thought of her flowers being gone, but seeing the color gave her hope that everything would be okay.

-Flowers, like everything else, can symbolize so much. They can also send a message, one that held many meanings depending on the color, type, and what other flowers are with it. Flowers gave her a meaning to her lonely life. Flowers, to her, was life. It's only fitting that she died surrounded by them then, right?-

So, feeling drained and safe for the first time since waking up, she smiled and let darkness take her once more.

- A little bit of her wished she wouldn't wake up again. Yet, another piece of her wished for it to be possible to live once more. When she woke up once more, she didn't know if she should cry again or not. 

Reincarnation never was something she thought would happen to her.-

-Before The Birth-

For the record, Louie Duck was not happy about his Uncle Donald and Aunt May having a duckling.

Huey was beyond excited at the thought of being a big brother to another duckling. Sure, the duckling was technically going to be their little cousin, but with how they were raised all together, the duckling was going to be more like a younger sibling. Huey was already making up ideas and thinking up plans of what they can all do when the duckling is hatched.

Dewy was also excited, wanting to have another playmate. The brother is blue had been sprouting out what games they can play when the duckling is hatched, what adventures they can get into. He was so excited that is was a battle to get him to just be quiet and go to bed every night since they heard the news. It only got worse when the egg was brought home.

Now, even at the age of four, Louie knew that this was a big thing for his Uncle Donald and Aunt May and he loved them more than anything. The two adults were the ones to raise him and his brothers, how couldn't he love them? He can still recall Uncle Donald proposing to Aunt May, and the wedding they had when he was three. He was happy then, beyond happy at the time and even after. But for the life of him, he couldn't be happy about this even if he tried.

Having another duckling around meant he was no longer the youngest. It meant that he'd get less attention, have to share everything, and meant that he'd have to take up responsibilities he doesn't want to. He knew things were going to change the moment the duckling hatched, because so much had already started to change even before the egg was laid and brought to their boat house.

It had started small - so small that Louie didn't notice it at first. The first thing to change was items being bought and brought to the boat house. It was a given, so Louie didn't think about it too hard. But those items - clothing, dippers, toys, clean wipes - started to take up space in their already smallish home. Louie soon started to have to give up his own space to make way for the new duckling, something he in no way wanted to do but was forced to.

The next thing to change was the most annoying in his mind; Everyone wouldn't stop talking about the egg to be and egg to be hatched.

Everyone from his own family to strangers on the docks wouldn't stop talking about the egg. Nothing else! Louie had even tried to get their attention, but had only gotten scolded for his efforts. So what if that plate broke, it was an accident. Yet no matter what he said or did, his family didn't get that the duckling was just going to make everything worse.

When the egg came into the boat house, all Louie could do was glare at it while his brothers and everyone else gushed over it.

Then, the egg started to crack after a long wait.

At first, Louie was worried that his glaring had actually broke the egg. Like laser vision, only not as cool. It had taken Huey explaining it to him, and a sobbing Dewy who was worried that the duckling inside of the egg was going to shatter, that this was normal. The duckling had to come outside the egg, thus the egg needed to break and shatter for that to happen.

So, with a pout, glare and his arms crossed, Louie watched everyone and everything as the egg cracked and a duckling came out.

His Uncle Donald had an official paper as the older duck called it, writing down the time of birth, gender and name when the duckling came out. Dewy and Huey were standing as close to the egg as they were allowed, and his Aunt May was trying to calm and clean the duckling.

Apparently, the duckling was female and her name to be was Flora.

'It's a stupid name.' Louie frowned deeply, as the hours passed and the new baby just wouldn't stop crying. The green clad duckling hadn't moved from his seat on the couch, just glaring and feeling more than a little annoyed. But, eventually, the screams died down to whimpers.

"Louie."

Louie jolted out of his thoughts, head shooting up to see his Aunt May. Her short, fluffy white hair was frazzled, not as neatly done up with her orange ribbon in it as it usually was. In fact, the orange ribbon was gone. Her orange sweater sleeves were rolled up, and her orange skirt had a milk stain on it. The duckling was in her arms, rolled up in a light pink baby blanket. Whimpers came from the bundle.

May smiled down at her nephew-in-law. "Here, why don't you hold her first?" May asked, sitting down next to Louie.

Before Louie could say anything, the new duckling was in his arms, with May putting him in the right position and making sure that his arms are steady. Louie almost dropped the little one in his arms when the tony head leaned onto his chest.

Open his beak to tell his Aunt to take the duckling back, his words died in his throat when the duckling shifted and opened her eyes.

Unfocused black eyes looked up at him. The whimpers stopped as the bright yet unfocused eyes stared at him. Louie didn't know that black eyes could be so bright and colorful, holding something in them.

Then, she smiled at him.

"Well, look at that!" May raised a brow with a laugh as she looked at the two ducklings right by her. "Seems Flora likes you, Louie! Her first smile was just for you, and she opened her eyes for the first time for you too."

'Just...for me.' Louie was in awe. Watching his new cousin, Louie was hit for the first time how small she was. How much bigger than her he was. Watching Flora close her eyes and go to sleep, Louie's heart stuttered.

While the others were giving all their attention to Flora, Flora had given all her attention to him. She was so tiny and small, it would be so easy for something or someone to hurt her. Louie was hit with so many emotions, his eyes started to water.

Louie wanted to protect that smile, those black eyes that were so bright for such a dark color. He wanted Flora to keep smiling at him. He wanted to protect Flora from all the bad things in life. She was his responsibility. Because he was the older one, the stronger one for right now.

'Is this how Huey feels?' Louie sniffed, ignoring the looks he was getting from the rest of his family. 'Is this how a big brother feels?'

Maybe....maybe being a older brother/cousin wasn't too bad. Suddenly the changes and responsibilities that came with Flora didn't seem all that bad. Not when it meant that they were keeping Flora, that Flora was here and real - that Flora would have what she needed.

Cuddling the bundle as close as he could, Louie smiled and looked down at his new baby cousin with loving eyes.

Donald looked at the scene in front of him with soft eyes. His lovely wife sitting next to his youngest nephew, said nephew holding his newly hatched daughter, and his oldest and second oldest nephews were soon crowded up to the couch, trying to get a good look at the new duckling.

"Welcome home, Flora D. Duck." Donald mumbled softly, catching May's eye. Both shared a loving and soft smile.

"Can I hold her next?!" Dewy excitedly yelled, only to get a kick from Louie. Blinking, the duckling in blue looked up only to freeze from the dark aura from his younger brother.

"Now, Louie-" Huey sweated, only to close his beak when Louie glared at him.

"You'll. Wake. Up. Flora." Louie lowly grounded out, clutching the bundle close to him. Both adults sweat dropped at the sudden change. They had noticed that Louie wasn't happy about Flora coming and hoped that would change when she hatched. Well, they got their wish. May just hoped that Louie wouldn't turn out like Donald; Being so overprotective that it isn't funny.

-She already knew that her hopes would be unfounded even after the first week of Flora being out in the world. Hard to keep her hopes up when Louie, her usually lazy nephew, was moving at high speeds to get to his cousin as soon as Flora so much as made a tiny whimper. Beating even Donald in his run to get to her when he does the same thing. The worry in his eyes alone made May realize, that yes, she now has to try and make sure two overprotective ducks don't get too overbearing.

Seems Louie and Donald have more in common than she first thought.-

When his brothers didn't make any more sounds, Louie turned his attention to the baby in his arms with a soft look.

For the record, Louie Duck was beyond happy about his Uncle Donald and Aunt May having a duckling.

-End Chapter-

While Huey, Dewy and Louie are actually Flora's cousins, they are more like brothers because of them being raised together. Each brother is going to be different in how they are with Flora and how they treat her - but all three love her just as they love each other.

If you can't tell, Louie is the overprotective brother. More about the boys and Flora's relationship will show as the story goes on.

Now, I have one OC named "Regina Bushroot" that I usually use in my Ducktales stories - and while Flora and her have similarities - like both loving flowers, they are very different. Regina is more 'logic before emotions', as she is driven by logic and thinking about everything before acting before acting on her own emotions usually - although, there are times to where her emotions do get the best of her. Flora, on the other hand, is the opposite. She is more emotion before logic, acting out on her emotions first before logic. Just look at how she died - that's was her reacting out of her emotions before logic/her own thoughts could get to her. Not to say she doesn't have common sense, I'm just saying she can throw away common sense better than Regina when it comes to acting based off of her emotions.

Emotionally driven vs Logically driven. It makes for an interesting comparison when looking at the two OC's. Regina will not show up in this story, but I just wanted to let everyone know this in case there was worry this story might be like my other Ducktales stories with Regina in them. While there might be similarities, keep in mind these are two different OC's.

Next part will most likely have a time-skip.