𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 | part one
summary: after absorbing america’s multiversal power, wanda sets out to find you and the twins, but what she finds isn’t what she expected.
warnings: violence, swearing, kidnapping
word count: 1473 (yeah, i got carried away)
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Finally, Wanda felt peaceful.
As she stepped through the star-shaped portal, peace filled her for the first time in a long time.
She was finally going to get what she fought so hard for.
You, Billy and Tommy hadn’t left Wanda’s mind since she lost you. You three were a constant motivation running through her mind and she was determined not to let you go.
When you first appeared in her dreams, Wanda was starstruck that you were real in another universe but full of envy for her alternate self. She was envious of how close you were with 838 Wanda, how you looked at her and she envied how 838 Wanda had you but she didn’t.
But that was all about to change.
Soon she was hit with the cold night air of the new reality and she made her way towards the familiar house.
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You knew something was wrong with Wanda.
Even though it had been weeks since Wanda had mysteriously disappeared only to reappear hours later with blood splattered on her face, You couldn’t help but notice how out of it she seemed. She had assured you that nothing was wrong and that the reason behind her disoriented appearance was that she simply had fallen off of her bike while coming back home from a “late night cruise around the neighborhood”, you still didn’t believe her story. However, for the past few weeks, she seemed more stressed than usual, so you decided to leave it alone, at least for now.
It was around 9PM and Wanda had come down from putting the boys to sleep. After taking notice of how distressed Wanda was, you decided to surprise her with dinner when she came home from picking up the boys from school. She was surprised, to say the least, as she had forgotten that she gave you a house key but that fear was quickly replaced with heartfelt gratitude and adoration once she saw you.
“Tired?” You asked, although you already knew the answer.
She flopped onto the couch with a smIle. “Tired is an understatement”
You grin. "Well, at least," You grab two wine glasses from off the counter. "Today is over." You stroll over to the sofa and hand one of the glasses to her and sit down next to her.
Once you’re both comfortably cuddled up on the couch, she turns to you.
“I, uhm,” She starts, seemingly nervous. “I never got to thank you for dinner”
“It was no problem Wands,” She smiles at the nickname. “That’s what friends are for.”
Of course it is. Friends help each other. But Wanda didn’t feel like the platonic word fit your relationship. Ever since you helped her out of her grief all those years ago, she couldn’t help but feel drawn to you. You were there for her whenever she needed you and that didn’t go unnoticed. Plus you had voluntarily become such a prominent figure in her boys’ lives so it was impossible for her not to feel the way she did towards you.
However, she had no idea if you reciprocated those feelings. But unbeknownst to her, you do.
Wanda was there for you after your parents died, just as you were for her after her husband died. And she is just as much of a comfort to you as you are to her. But she was still grieving her husband and you were afraid that it was still too soon.
“Yeah,” Wanda looked down at the wine glass that was now a quarter full. “Friends.”
You furrowed your eyebrows as you concentrated on her dropped facial expression. “I mean that’s what we are, right? Friends?”
“Yeah, Yeah,” She answered quickly before looking back up at you. “Of course.”
You slowly nodded, as if you were trying to convince yourself of her words.
If you were just friends, why are your faces getting so close?
Before you knew it, the wine glasses in your hands were on the coffee table in front of you and all you could focus on was the woman sitting beside you, your noses millimeters apart. Despite the pleasantness of the moment, you couldn’t help but feel a strange darkness loom over the atmosphere, but you were adorned with Wanda to pay attention.
However before either of you could make a move, screams were heard from upstairs.
You and Wanda sprung from your seats almost immediately, running upstairs while yelling the boys' names. When you got upstairs, Wanda opened the door to Billy and Tommy’s bedroom, only to find two empty beds.
Fear spread onto your face at the realization that the twins weren’t in their rooms and quickly rushed out the door, Wanda following right behind you.
As you got closer and closer downstairs, however, you noticed something abnormal.
There was a portal of some sort and a woman with flowing red hair dressed in a red costume.
This made you stop abruptly, almost causing Wanda to run into you. However she didn’t have time to ask you what was wrong as she saw it.
When the woman looked up the two of you, you recognized her immediately. It was Wanda…only it wasn’t your Wanda.
“No…..” Your Wanda muttered, as if she too recognized the woman but for a completely different reason.
Billy and Tommy were trapped on the other side of the portal, calling out to you and their mother. But the woman or the Wanda standing in front of the glowing star portal had no intent on letting you save them.
“Let them go.” You demanded, without realizing you had stepped in front of your Wanda. The witchy woman in front of you appeared to notice how you instinctively protected the other Wanda and glared between the two of you for it.
“I’m sorry, Y/N,” She says, her voice was different, it was darker and tired. “But I can’t.”
Before you can question anything (and you have a lot of questions), your Wanda steps up. “Yes, you can. Let my children go and we can talk about this.”
You knew your Wanda wasn’t calm, even though she appeared to be. But you were confused as to why she wasn’t trying to hurt the woman that was holding her children hostage and it seems as though she was holding you back from doing so as well. There was definitely something going on that you’re missing.
“No,” The other Wanda said, darkly. “I don’t think we can.”
Before you could comprehend what was happening, the witchy Wanda conjured up red energy from her hands and pushed it towards the two of you. You both jump out of the way quick enough so that it didn’t hit you and you see your Wanda counter the witchy Wanda’s attack with her own, conjuring up her own red energy and throwing towards her.
You, however, were immensely shocked. Since when could Wanda do that?!
Your Wanda eyed you for a second, seeing your shocked expression. She didn’t want you to find out like that, but there was nothing she could do about it now.
The portal had closed behind the witchy Wanda as she fully focused on fighting you two. Although your Wanda had the same power (or so it seems) as the witchy Wanda, you could tell that the witchy Wanda was more skilled (as well as more powerful) with her abilities. This gave your Wanda a major disadvantage when the fighting became more physical.
Knowing that you had to act fast, you grabbed a nearby floor lamp and charged at the witchy Wanda with it. The strike caused her to get a little unbalanced but was able to keep herself steady, surprisingly.
She looked toward you, her dark glare softening. She could’ve killed you by now but she didn’t, it was like she didn’t want to hurt you. She did, however, send a major blast of energy towards your Wanda, flinging her to the wall, immediately knocking her out.
You cried out to her but she couldn’t hear you.
“Don’t worry about her love, it’s just you and me now” The witchy Wanda spoke, possessively. You try to run to your Wanda but you realize that the other Wanda had already tied your hands together using her energy.
“Let go of me you bitch!” You yelled when Wanda opened the portal, trying to pull you through.
She stared at you for a moment, complete shock washing over her features. You had never spoken like that to her in her universe.
You watched in terror as the shock on her face is replaced with violent anger. She then grabs your shoulder and forcibly pushes you through the portal, not even giving her alternate self's house a second glance before walking through the portal and shutting it.
