Summary: The speedster introduces herself to the team, and receiving some mixed reactions.
Barry got ready for a fight, but when the lightning faded, a teenager stood in front of them. Clearly, she was around 16 years old. What stopped Barry in his tracks was that he felt like he had seen the girl before.
She had long hair, a shade of light brown that he recognized. It was pulled back in a messy ponytail, with two strands of hair outside the ponytail and in front of her face. The odd thing was that those strands were silver-colored.
Her suit was interesting. It was clearly made of the same materials as his own, but the design was completely different. Most of the suit was a very pale shade of blue, almost white. Her gloves and boots were silver, the same color as the lightning symbol on her chest. Her shoulder pads were a deeper shade of blue with silver snowflakes spread across them. The final touch was the red lining on her suit, the same color as Barry's suit.
Her skin was a light shade of pale, which Barry easily recognized, and her eyes were a familiar green that seemed to gaze into Barry's soul. At that moment, Barry realized her eyes were bloodshot with tears still leaking from them. Her breath was heavy, and she looked disoriented.
She shook herself and began to look around. Once her eyes landed on Barry, they widened, and she screamed, "Mama! Dad!"
Before Barry could even think, the girl sped forward and hugged both Barry and Frost (When did she take over?) as tightly as she could. She looked like she was afraid they might disappear at any moment.
Frost gave Barry a raised eyebrow for a moment, then looked at the teen, who wasn't letting them go, and said softly, "Sorry, little runner, but I think you made a mistake there."
But the girl just buried her face deeper into Frost and shook her head.
Finally, Joe decided to take charge and asked as gently as he could, "Excuse me, miss. We really need to know who you are."
The girl took another moment in their embrace before pulling away and turning toward Joe with a small, sad smile. "Sorry, Gramps. It's all new to me, not used to introducing myself to my family."
Joe looked shocked but still happy beyond words to be called a grandpa. Harry took the reins and, with his usual blank mask and emotionless tone, asked, "We are your family?"
The girl gave him a familiar lopsided smile and shot back cheekily, "As much as we annoy you, Grankle Harry, you'll never deny that much."
Harry's lips twitched slightly upwards, and he didn't retort. Jessie looked excited and asked in her cheerful voice, "You called Dad 'Grankle.' Does that mean...?"
Before she could finish, the girl chuckled and replied back, a little more cheerfully but still sounding forced to Barry, "Of course it does, Auntie Jess, as well as Uncle Wally." The two seemed to catch on to the hidden meaning and blushed deeply.
Cisco raised a finger and exclaimed, "You're from the future!"
Harry rolled his eyes and snarked, "A brilliant deduction, Ramon."
The future speedster let out a little wet giggle at the exchange. Then Caitlin asked, "You called us Mama and Dad, so I'm assuming you're ours?"
The teen turned to them again with watery eyes and said, "Of course, Mom. There's no one else who could create something like me."
Cisco raised an eyebrow at her. "You look cool and all, but no offense, you're saying it like you have something special under your belt. Other than being a speedster, I mean, because those are getting to be far less rare these days."
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Frozen Flashpoint
FanfictionTelling the story of how the events of the series would have changed if Caitlin Snow had been the one to talk to Barry after the defeat of Zoom, preventing him from creating Flashpoint and foiling the plans of a certain someone who isn't too happy a...
