Blues: Well Life is Strange. My name is Blues and I am the owner of this here FF account as the previous owner gave it to me. Now, a few years ago, Rain posed a fanfic called Life is Strange: Edge of Time and I loved that fic but it was taken off FF, which crushed me. With his permission, I am bringing it back with my own little flair so enjoy Life is Strange: Edge of Time ReMix!
Title: Life is Strange: Edge of time
Summary: There was a lot of things that Max was not expecting when she woke up this morning. Seeing a girl get shot in the bathroom and gaining the ability to alter the time flow being two of them. But the biggest was seeing an unconscious version of herself in her dorm room. What the hell was going on?!
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance.
Pairings: Max/Chloe/Victoria/Kate (A four-way square!)
Disclaimer (Chloe Price): If Rain didn't own Life is Strange, what makes you think Blues does?! Now, it's time to start the show. Get it? Because time is…Nevermind…
Life is Strange: Edge of Time ReMix!
Chapter One: Seeing Double
'Ok...Ok...Chillax Max, there has to be some reason for this,' I thought to myself as I paced in my dorm room like a mad woman, unable to comprehend what was going on in my life today.
When I woke up, everything was legit normal. I woke up, brushed my teeth, hopped into the shower to get the stank off of me, ignored the stare from the mean girl clique known as Victoria, Taylor and Courtney but got a wave from Dana, which is nice.
Stopped by to see Kate only to see the most heinous stuff known to man (And several known to monkey) on the white board by her table. I know I erased it and wrote something on it that I hope cheers her up.
Went to Mr. Jefferson's class and absorbed every little detail about it. I mean, he is the biggest reason I came to this place so why wouldn't I pay attention to him...Well...It was like that during the first half of the class.
The second half is a bit where things start to get weird.
I don't remember how it happened but there was a dream I had about this huge tornado wrecking everything's shit before I woke up. Had to deal with Victoria and Taylor being a giganto bitch to Kate.
Then Victoria, being the major try hard that she was, answered the question that Mr. Jefferson asked me when I really out of my mind-zone. Tried to see if the sad cinnamon roll known as Kate wanted some tea but no dice.
Mr. Jefferson gave me a rousing speech about my skills that left me a little weak in the stomach before I left the classroom.
Then that's when things got a bit timey whimey.
I remember going to the bathroom and ripping up my dumb picture and then taking a picture of that blue butterfly as well as admiring the wonderful artwork. Including the very tasteful "Kate twerks for God" picture when I heard the door bust open.
I remember darting back into an empty part of the bathroom and watched as Nathan Prescott and some girl arguing and then he shot her!
The last thing I saw was these beautiful blue eyes before all of a sudden, I was back in Jefferson's classroom.
I didn't believe what was going on until I broke my camera. I then did a rewind and my camera was back on my desk!
Everything was a blur after that.
All I thought about was saving that girl.
I don't know how or why but I now I had a chance to save her but Mr. Jefferson was being a dink in not letting me leave so I "borrowed" some knowledge that Victoria had to speed up the end of class.
I had to rewind like two more times to shorten our convo before I managed to get to the bathroom and after retracing my steps and finding the damn hammer and breaking the alarm, the girl got away!
I did it!
After being harassed by Rent-a-cop Madsen and talking to the principal, I was finally free. I swiftly and immediately bolted back to my dorm.
Well...I tried to but Victoria's bony ass was all up in my grill, not allowing me to get into my dorm as well as insulting me with "Go fuck your selfie" so after a few quick rewinding hijinks of water and paint got Victoria out of my way, but not without apologizing to Victoria.
Sure, she should have lantern ring of pettiness/bitchiness but doesn't mean that I should stoop to her level...Besides, I may have not taken a picture of her in paint but I'll always have the memory of it.
But the moment I got into my dorm room I saw a body lying on the ground near my bed with what looked like blood pooling around her body.
There was so much blood that I wasn't sure that the person was alive. I quickly bolted to the body and turned the body around but when I did...I felt like was going to have a nervous breakdown.
This person was me.
Sure, her hair was shorter, like a pixie style haircut and a strand of hair was blue, the same blue as that girl that I saved, but it was me...I looked down at her body and noticed that all she wore was a white tank top and a pair of black pajama pants but the left side of her side...there was blood seeping from it and there was also a knife plunged into it.
I had to get help fast or she (I?) was going to die!
I have no idea where to start or anything!
What in the world do I do?
I wrung my hands out nervously as I knelt down to my unconscious doppelganger and quickly grabbed a shirt that was hanging lazily on the railing of my futon and for a moment I paused.
I looked at the knife that was plunged into her side and slowly pulled it out from her before I lifted up her shirt. 'Wowsers, she (I?) have some abs!' I thought to myself as I gazed down at her stomach.
Despite the blood, there was some serious abs forming on her (my?) stomach, which told me she was putting in some serious time at the gym. I shook my head and murmured "So not the time to start feeling myself." I took my shirt and wrapped it around her wound to try to stifle the blood from her wound. As I bound the wound as best as I could, I could hear her mumble "Humanity...Must save...Can't allow storm to..."
Her words gave me some pause.
Storm...The minute I heard that word, I could hear the rumble of the storm I saw in my dream echo in my head before I shook it violently, forcefully removing it from my thoughts.
Grrr. Head in the game Max!
After I finished wrapping the wound with my shirt, I began to lift her up off the ground and said to her unconscious form "I need to get you some help before you die," but as I put her left arm around my shoulders, she groaned out in pain, which made me panic and nearly drop her.
"Oh geez, don't do that!" I shouted at her before I sighed out loud. She's not going to hear my while she's unconscious like this. It's not like she knows what's going on either...Right?
I laid her back down and positioned myself to the right side of her body and slung her right arm around my shoulders and lifted her up off the ground, thankfully, there was no groan on her end to startle me again.
I opened the door to my room and carried her out into the hallway and noticed Juliet banging on the door down the hall, yelling at someone inside of the room. Of course, she was the only one in the hallway.
I heard a faint moan of pain from my current injured self and said "Its ok, I'll get us some help," before I started the long trek down the hallway with every other step I took causing me to stumble. I was so not used to all of this physical activity so to go from doing nothing to carrying the full weight of an actual real life person in the world is not a great thing.
I was halfway down the hall when I stumble ultra hard, which caused me to fall onto face with a loud thud and that was when I heard "Oh my god!" come from Juliet, who thankfully saw my bony ass struggling carrying this body.
I heard her footsteps get closer until I looked up and saw the concerned look on her face as she asked "What the hell is going on? Why is this person bleeding?"
I thought about saying something super witty like "Well I was in the neighborhood and I found this body" or "Just practicing saving a life by putting one in danger" before I remember the seriousness of the situation and said "I found this person unconscious in my dorm and I need help getting them to a hospital."
Juliet gave me a look before she asked "Why didn't you just call an ambulance?"
Oh...
Huh, I never really thought of that truth be told. Juliet must have saw the look on my face and shook her head with a laugh and said "I guess you're too deep into your selfie love to do anything else. No worries, I shall help you. Be grateful for this once in a lifetime opportunity."
Juliet got on the left of me to help lift her up and together, the two of us lifted her up but when she looked at the person, I saw her do a triple take to me and her before she said "I didn't know you had a twin."
"I...wasn't aware either until she showed up," I said, deciding right then and there that that excuse would be my go to.
She looked a little unsure of my answer but shrugged and said, "We'll need to get her to my room since you are way too far for us to go back to yours." I nodded and together, the two of us walked down the hallway to her room where she quickly knocked on the door and said "Dana, open up! It's an emergency!"
'You have to knock for your own room?' I thought to myself as I watched Juliet bang on the door only to receive silence in return.
Juliet took a deep breath that oozed annoyance before she said "Dana, someone is bleeding to death out here and I need to get in there. I promise I will totally not kill you if you let us in now."
The hallway was silent for about one whole awkward minute but then the door slowly opened and we saw a rather upset looking Dana standing in the door way. Dana had her mouth open as if she was going to say something but she instead gasped when she saw the doppelganger hanging on Juliet and my shoulders.
"Get in here and make it snappy!" Dana said as she opened the door wide open, allowing the two of us to enter. Dana ushered us to her futon as she said "Lay her down here. What happened out there?"
"Apparently Selfi-Max found her twin bleeding out in her room and didn't think of calling the police," Juliet stated as we both laid my doppelganger on the futon.
"Well yeah, I panicked. It's not every day you find your twin bleeding out," I countered with a hint of exhaustion in my voice.
I really just wanted to grab some rest and let this strange day end.
"Goodness, I'm so sorry Max," Dana said with a kind tone in her voice but Juliet scoffed in anger at the kindness, which caused Dana to frown slightly.
What was going on with these two?
"I'm going to call an ambulance, I'll be right back," Dana said as she grabbed her cellphone from her desk and ran out of the room, all while Juliet's angered eyes followed her movements.
I could totally feel the awkwardness flowing around me like a fog as I sat in the room with Juliet and it was slowly choking me. I needed to know what was going on between them to mend their friendship back to normal but would it be rude to just pry into their business like that?
After a few moments of thinking about it, I nodded to myself that I must do it. Not only because I didn't want a friendship, even for those that dislike me, to end.
Not to mention, Juliet did go out of her way to help her carry my doppelganger when she didn't have to so that just added to me wanting to help her.
"Hey Juliet," I began, an unsure tone in my voice. "When I was carrying my twin out of my room, I noticed that you were shouting and banging on this door...Not to mention the rather harsh looks towards Dana when she was in here...Are you gu-?"
Juliet gave me a rather hostile look and said "Look, before you go any further. I know that I went out of my way to help you out but that doesn't mean we're friends or anything. You don't owe me anything for helping you so you don't have to fake your concern for my friendship with Dana."
I stared at her for a moment, truly feeling insulted that she thought that I was faking my concern. "Look, you did help me out and I do appreciate that but even if I didn't need your help, I would still want to help," I told her sternly with a frown.
Juliet looked at me in amusement and said "Oh yeah? Then what's my last name?"
I blinked.
What?
"You say you care about my friendship with Dana and I doubt you do since all you do is make out with your camera so if you care so much, what is my last name?" She asked.
This...Was a weird one.
So in order for me to actually show that I wanted to help, I needed to know her last name? What was that supposed to prove? Regardless, I don't need time powers to know that her last name is...
"Juliet Watson," I answered with a small frown on my face, inwardly happy at the surprised look on her face.
"W-Well, color me surprised," Juliet stated. "I just thought that with your head in the camera all the time, you wouldn't know anything about me. Well...You don't still but knowing my last name does bump you up a few notches on my list."
"Thank you...I do try to please," I responded before I asked "So what is going on?"
Juliet then sighed and said "Well...Victoria told me about Dana sexting my boyfriend Zack behind my back. If she came out and at least admitted it, I could work towards saving our friendship but the mere fact that she keeps lying is angering me."
I crossed my arms and said "Then how about this, I'll investigate this and see if she really did it or not."
"W-What?" Juliet stammered with a surprised look on her face.
"Anytime Victoria's name is brought up with some heinous crime, it naturally makes me suspicious. I'll look into it for you," I told her with a smile on my face.
"Wow...You'd really do that for me?" Juliet asked.
I gave her a look that said "No duh" before I stood up and said "Just leave it to me. The Ace Detective is on the case." I have her a crisp salute and quickly ran out of the room, leaving her with my doppelganger.
Finding Victoria's room was very easy, but going through the room to find proof was very troublesome but after three minutes of searching, I found the proof I needed. Seems it was Victoria who was sexting Juliet's boyfriend and framed Dana for it.
Oh Victoria...Anytime I think you're a decent person underneath that bitchy exterior, you pull out some straight up scumbag tactics. I printed out the cold, dirty truth and even managed to find out why Victoria had done it before I took it back to Dana's dorm to where Juliet.
"So..." I began as I handed Juliet the print-out. "It seems that Dana was framed by a certain leader of the Vortex due to your recent scoop."
Juliet looked at the paper, her eyes getting watery as I watched her read through it and once she was done, tears were streaming down her eyes. When Dana came back into the room, Juliet launched herself at the girl and embraced while saying "I'm so sorry" repeatedly.
Dana shot me a confused look but I merely smiled and shook my head but that was when all three of us heard "Where am I?"
The three of us looked to see my doppelganger leaning up on the futon, her skin clammy and pale, her eyes looking from me to Juliet and Dana.
"You're at the Prescott Dorms," I said softly as I took a step towards her.
"At Blackwell..." She murmured weakly, her eyes weakening. "But t-that's impossible...Blackwell was d-destroyed...t-two years...ago..." she whispered as she held the wounded side of her body.
"How can it be destroyed if we are standing in it?" Dana asked with a tilt of her hand.
"This has to be a t-trick," she muttered softly as her eyes weakened further. She managed to get out "It h-has to be nightmare...I-It has to be..." before she fell back into the warm bosom of unconsciousness.
I could practically feel the eyes of the two girls on me as I stared at my doppelganger's unconscious form.
Blackwell was destroyed?
Two years ago?
What in the world is going on?
"Hey Caufield..." Dana said softly. "Did she say Blackwell was destroyed two years ago?"
I couldn't respond to her because I myself didn't know how to respond myself.
"Something strange is afoot at Blackwell," I said softly as I turned to both Dana and Juliet before I said "She must have been hallucinating or something..."
"Or something..." Juliet questioned as she leaned against Dana's chest.
I shook my head and looked to Dana and asked "Where is the Ambulance?"
"They said they should be here very soon. Are we just going to ignore what your twin said?" Dana asked me with a look to my direction.
Truth be told, I didn't know what to think or say.
All I knew was that I was completely lost and I needed answers.
And the only one who knew these answers was unconscious...
The Ambulance took forever (Well really five more minutes) but it finally arrived and my Doppelgänger was finally taken to the hospital. I asked to go with her but I was rejected hard so I have to find my own way.
Dana and Juliet decided to join me as well down near the entrance of our dorm to make sure she got on the ambulance safely which was strange but I was thankful for them.
But man, this is so cereal.
She said that Blackwell was destroyed two years ago and she seemed super spooked about seeing Dana and Juliet as well as myself. Not to mention she was stabbed in the side by someone.
Just what in the hell was going on in this place?
"Well, it seems that all is well now," Juliet said, which prompted me to turn around to face her. "Well, until she wakes up then I'm sure some weird stuff is going to go down."
"I certainly hope not," I responded with a blank face.
Time powers was enough. Having someone that looked exactly like me was enough. What else could happen?
"Well when she wakes up, call me. I want to get to the bottom of what she said," Juliet started before she handed me a torn piece of paper with her number on it. "Also, if you ever need any help at all, call me and I'll come running. Its the least I could do for helping me get the truth of what Victoria did..."
I smiled gratefully at her but to my surprise, Dana gave me a torn piece of paper as well and said "If you call her, you have to call me. You saved my friendship with my best friend. We'll help you with whatever you need."
"And even if you want to hang out, just call us or stop by our room," Juliet added on with a smile.
I was touched.
"Thanks guys..." I said gently, showing my appreciation by giving them a wide smile.
"Yo Max-a-Million!" Warren shouted, causing me to jump from the yell.
Warren...What can I say about the guy?
He's one of the most badical geeks around and he's one of the true friends I have here at Blackwell. He makes me smile, whether by being a goofy guy or genuine great guy that he is, especially when I'm feeling down about shit.
In another lifetime, I could easily see myself being with him but in this one, he's only my dear friend and nothing more.
I just wish he could see that...
"Here comes Warren, the one-man fan club of yours Max," Dana said as she slipped her hands into her pockets.
I scratched the back of my head with a bashful laugh and said "I don't know what it is about me that attracts him so...I just wish he'd take the hint that I just want to remain friends."
"He should also take the hint that Brooke is totally into him," Juliet stated just before Warren ran up in front of me, panting slightly.
"Whew...I wasn't expecting to do gym stuff today," Warren said before he straightened up and said "So what was up with the Ambulance that just left. I saw you talking to the folks on it."
"Her twin sister was found in her dorm bleeding," Juliet told him, with me silently thankful that she did because I truly did not want to rehash the story. "We were making sure she got the help she needed."
Warren seemed shocked by this, which is very understandable considering I didn't have a twin and he knew this due to our many talks. "Whoa," he breathed out. "I thought you were an only child Max."
"I told you that because my twin and I don't get along at all..." I told him, mentally praying that my tone of voice had enough reluctance in it so he could believe me.
Thankfully, he nodded in understanding and replied "Yeah...It's how I feel about my cousin in Canada. It's weird, we like the same stuff but he's all about his image and messing with his new stepsister named Casey. It's all he talks about."
He then gave a wide grin and said "Oh, I'm getting off topic. I wanted to know if you wanted to go ape with me at the movies. They are showing all of the Planet of the Apes movies. It'll be great."
"I do love my ape movies," I responded slowly but then I sighed and said "But I do need to make sure my twin is ok...So I'll have to be a damned dirty human and say no can do friend-o."
"Ah darn," Warren said, momentarily looking down before he perked up and said "Ah well, maybe we can go next time!"
I smiled. "Next time then," I told him.
I heard Dana hum in thought from behind me before she suggested "Hey Warren, why don't you ask Brooke to go?"
"Yeah, she's been talking about that ape marathon for ages and won't stop talking about it," Juliet added with a hint of mock annoyance in her voice. "If you ask her, she might finally shut up about it."
"She has?" Warren asked her in surprise. "She never mentioned it to me...I had no idea she loved those movies...Yeah! I'll go ask her!" Warren said excitedly.
"Yeah. Who knows...You may get a awesome date out of it," I suggested with a sly smile and a poke to his side with my elbow.
Warren laughed and said "Well why not? What do I have to lose? Besides, we can always catch a movie later." Warren then quickly gave his thanks to us before he ran off, hopefully to find Brooke.
After a few moments, I turned around and opened my mouth but Dana gave a sly grin and said "You're welcome. Besides, we weren't lying. She was going on and on about it but she was too shy to ask Warren out to see it."
"Well, I think we're even then," I said after a moment of thought but Juliet shook her had.
"Far from it Max," Juliet said before the muffled sounds of "Rock me Tonight" by Billy Squier reached our ears. Juliet blushed slightly at Dana's amused face and said "Shut up though, its a super good song," before she pulled her phone off and said "Damn it. The Vortex meeting...We totally forgot about it."
Dana groaned in annoyance and said "Victoria is going to fucking explode on us for being late. Hey Max, we gotta jet but call us as soon as you get word about your twin."
I nodded and replied "I have you both on speed dial so shoo!" while motioning for the two to go. The two grinned at me before they turned away and ran off.
Did I just make two new friends?
Heh, that was pretty easy.
But now onto serious matters and that was getting to the hospital! So onward, Pirate of Blackwell!
I walked past the many colorful students of Blackwell, I found myself walking past the park where Alyssa was sitting on a bench, fiddling with her phone.
Without warning, a jocky-jock slammed his football on the ground and it bounced off the ground and nailed Alyssa in the back of the head.
Is it bad that I nearly giggled at this?
Well, judging from the guilt I felt immediately, It was so with a lift of my hand, I quickly rewound time and shouted "Alyssa! Move to the side!"
Alyssa's head snapped up at me before she moved to the side and watched as the football sailed past her head and smashed into a window.
I smiled and quickly walked away while giving a wave to the girl, who's faced was formed in an expression of amazement.
It was a good look and truth be told, I would have loved to take a picture of it but I was in a slight rush but as I reached the gate to the main area of the campus, I saw poor Kate being harassed by rent-a-cop Madsen.
"So don't think I'm blind! I see everything here at Blackwell! Do you understand what I'm saying?" Madsen asked poor Kat, who kept backing up away from him, fear etched on her face.
"N-No and please, l-leave me alone," Kate pleaded with the man, her hands clasped together in front of her chest.
I could practically hear the tears streaming down her face as Madsen continued to threaten and bother her and I couldn't take it anymore. I ran past the gate and shouted "Leave her alone!"
I ran to Kate's side and asked her "Are you ok?"
Kate was stunned by my presence and merely nodded but Madsen scowled and said "Excuse us but this is official campus business."
"Well excuse me, but I didn't think bullying a defenseless girl was "Official Campus business" jerk," I responded sternly while narrowing my eyes at the older, rather imposing gentleman.
"Whoa, whoa. I'm not bulling anyone. I'm doing my job," Madsen stated with a frown on his face but that only annoyed me more.
"Doing your job? Is that what you call this now?" I asked sarcastically. "Well why don't you do your job and investigate how someone could bring a gun into the school. Or is messing with Kate part of the investigation?"
We were in a fierce stare down and while normally, I would never allow myself to talk back to adults, this one was messing with someone who has been through a lot and I refuse to allow her to be bullied by anyone.
After what seemed like an eternity, Madsen snorted and said "I will remember this conversation missy."
"Remember it, write it down, take a picture," I told him. "I really don't care but you will leave Kate alone."
Madsen gave one last look to Kate before he walked away, leaving Kate and I alone.
"W-Wow..." Kate murmured softly. "You were amazing..." She told me gently.
I turned around and gave her a warm smile in return and said "There was no way I was going to allow him to talk to you like that. You're my friend after all."
"Friend..." Kate repeated softly, her chocolate brown eyes staring into my own. "I don't deserve a friend like you...Not after what happened to me..."
I opened my mouth to ask her to explain this but she quickly said "I have to go...But thank you. I will never forget this!" before she ran off, leaving me alone.
But I will say, having Officer Dickhead Madsen coming after me is a little worrying but I meant what I said. I absolutely refuse to allow anyone to talk or treat Kate like that.
Ever.
After that stare down, I finally found myself at the main part of the campus. Once I got past the parking lot, I can get to the bus stop and get to the hospital. I walked down the stairs and walked down to the parking lot and noticed Warren talking to Brooke in front of this old blue car.
And from the looks of it, he told her something funny because she covered her mouth with her eyes squinted in amusement. I was happy that he followed through with Juliet's and Dana's advice.
"Hey Cockfield!"
My eyes widened at the insulting name and only lowered my head in annoyance. There was only one asshole in this place that calls me that and it wasn't Victoria.
I quickly turned around, just to see Nathan stomping towards me with anger in his eyes and a scowl fixed on his lips.
'Ah, if it isn't Dickbag the Asshole,' I thought to myself as he got closer.
I should be petrified that this maniac is walking around with a gun on his person but for some strange reason, I didn't fear him at all. "How may I help you today Mr. Prescott?" I asked him calmly.
Nathan got up in my grill and said "Listen Cockfield, I know that as one of Jefferson's groupies, you like to take pictures. Especially when you're hiding out in the bathroom so I'm only gonna ask this once because I have shit to do. Did you spy on me in the girl's bathroom today?"
Admittedly, his eyes were a lovely shade of blue but I pity these eyes because they are attached to such an asshole murderer.
"What in the world are you talking about? I remember going to the bathroom to use it but I was alone before and after I left. What is this about?" I explained calmly, wanting to keep him from snapping and popping a cap in my ass.
Nathan stared into my eyes long and hard before he took a step back and fumbled in his back pocket before tossing a picture that was torn in half. It didn't take a genius to know that it was mine.
"Are you fucking with me?" Nathan hissed out, his mouth annoyingly close to mine. "A good source of mine told me you talked to the principal and that wannabe cop Madsen. You'd best tell me what you told them. Now."
I took a step back and said "Personal space. I'm sure you've heard it of it first off. Second off, Madsen has been on my ass because of me sticking up for Kate and in extension, the principal and lastly, I mean it. I didn't spy on you at all."
He scoffed and mumbled "Hipster bitch doesn't know her place," before he tossed the torn picture at my face and said in a slightly calmed tone "Keep your torn garbage out of the bathroom next time Cockfield. Wouldn't want anyone to trip and bust their ass on your shitty selfies."
But as he turned around and walked away, Unable to stop my big fat mouth, I said "Well maybe you shouldn't be in the girl's room. Y'know, the room that is for girl's only?"
Nathan stopped and for a moment, I thought he was going to round off and start round two but instead, he stomped away.
Whew, that was close.
I was very worried he was going to come around and beat the breaks off of me. 'Seems lucky-max strikes,' I thought to myself before I quickly made me way away from the campus and to the bus stop where I sat down on the bench and stretched out.
At least nothing else can happen now.
Just then, I opened my eyes and found a man standing in front of me. It was like he just stepped out from the Matrix. a black suit tinted green, pitch black glasses, trim cut brown hair and this scowl on his face.
"Maxine Caufield?" The man asked me, wanting to confirm my identity.
"That is me," I responded as klaxons began to blare in my head.
The man nodded and reached into his coat and pulled out a silver pistol and pointed it straight at my head.
Blues: And that is where it ends for now. Want to see more? Well I sure hope so. Until the next chapter guys!