A Charmed Future

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Sending her younger cousin and herself back to their own timeline took a lot out of her. Especially now that the great hero of heroes was talking to her again, in his human form this time. 

His hair brown sleeved back with a beard along with his usual green eyes. He wore his black and white striped tight shirt with green cargo pants and calf-high boots. The Omnitrix strapped to his left hand stretched towards his elbow. The hero of heroes was talking to their grandfather, who was now eighty years old and yet won't quit helping out. 

"Listen, Grandpa I really am-" Maxwell placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and gave the man a hug. Ben hugged the man back and smiled again. 

Guess it helped thays he brought them here. He was now a bit happier albeit still paranoid and whatnot. 

Gwendolyn coughed, grabbing the attention of the two, "Not gonna thank me for bringing them here and getting you out of that," She referred to the lone wolf act and helping out with Vilgax. Even if ten year old Ben didn't have the aliens his future self has, he still helped. 

Ben let go of his Grandpa and moved over to his magic cousin. Without saying a word he hugged the redhead. She hugged back and smiled into his shoulder.

"Good to have you back, doofus." Gwen giggled and Ben laughed at the nickname he hadn't heard since he built this city, "Thanks Dweeb." 

After that it was a lot of apologizing as well as making it up to his parents as well. Gwendolyn hadn't seen her cousin so happy in forever and now he was back to his old self, more or less. They celebrated Max's 80th birthday with the rest of the family, distant cousins and outer living relatives. It was nice and this time no alien wanted to prove themselves to Ben as he stayed there the entire time. His parents were even worried that he didn't go out transforming into XLR8 and ran across the world. 

In the middle of the commotion Gwendolyn bid her parents and Grandpa farewell while Ben was talking to Lucy and Clyde, wanting to catch up with them, she left Tennyson Tower and made her way to her apartment in Omnitrix City.

Sure she could stay at the tower with Ben but that wouldn't suit here considering that she wanted her own space. Being a full time hero plus a college professor teaching magic can take a toll on a person. She walked up to her door and pulled out her keys, even though it was an advanced city keys can still be used. Not everything needs to be a futuristic setting. 

Besides, nobody knows she lives here aside from her family. 

Opening the door and switching the lights on by the panel near the door. She stopped in her tracks as she spotted a silver haired woman with purple highlights at the end, dark purple colored eyes wearing gothic makeup along with a bra and her some white long pants sitting on her couch wearing 

The silver haired sorcerer and the redheaded sorcerer looked at each other momentarily as the former looked on like a deer caught in headlights while the ladder's emerald eyes scanned her body and saw it… scars all over her back, some burned while others were slash marks. The rest seems to go lower and there were more on the front but the witch covered herself up. 

"Hey didn't think you would come home, figured you would stay at Tennyson Tower for your Grandfather's birthday," She non- chalantly said and grabbed some alcohol ointment along with a cloth. 

Snapping out of her daze, Gwendolyn walked over to her, her eyes not leaving the silver haired witch. She sat down next to her on the couch as Charmcaster didn't pay her any mind and continued treating her wounds. 

"I slipped out while everyone was busy talking," She replied, "What happened?" She quickly shot looking over her scarred body. 

"Nothing, just some stragglers thinking they can get one over me," She grunted as she applied the cloth to her wound to her side.