Barry looked at me with mild alarm and panic. I can't exactly blame him, there is a woman standing in the middle of a party claiming to be out daughter, and she definitely doesn't look like me. Iris was also looking incredibly alarmed, along with everyone else for that matter.
"My name is Nora Allen, I'm the fastest woman alive. Where I'm from, thirty-years from now, I'm the guardian of Central City. I'm a speedster, just like my dad. People call me XS," Nora said.
"You're saying you're our daughter?" Barry asked looking at me with growing alarm. Esther made a noise of complaint in my arms, so I put her down on the floor next to Henry.
"From the future?" I asked.
"Named Nora?" Barry continued.
"After your mother," Nora said. "Just like Henry."
"Anybody need a refill?" Cisco asked, I wanted one, but did not say so. "No? Just me?"
"Cisco Ramon, always cutting the tension with a joke," Nora said fondly.
"You know our names?" Caitlin asked.
Nora smiled, "of course. I know all of you. You're Caitlin Snow, Ralph Dibny, Papa Joe, Mama Cecile, Aunt Iris. Little Auntie Jenna. She's so cute. It's weird seeing my older siblings as babies though... And Uncle Wally."
"Uh, and your nickname is XS?" Iris asked.
"Clearly not my doing," Cisco muttered.
"No, uh, it's a nickname that you gave me when I was a kid, Aunt Iris," Nora said to Iris. "You said I did everything in excess. Guess I've always been like that. Overdoing things, getting in way over my head."
"That sounds familiar," I muttered giving Barry a look.
"Like, uh, recently," Nora said.
"This mistake that you made?" I asked, concerned.
"Big mistake."
"Which was?" Barry asked.
"Helping you save the city by destroying the STAR Labs satellite last night," Nora said quickly.
"You were the other speedster?" Barry asked.
"I just couldn't stop myself from getting involved," Nora said.
"Also very familiar," I told Barry, who simply glared at me.
"But something happened when I did, because now, I can't seem to go fast enough to open up the Speed Force," Nora said.
"Par pardon me. Are we talking about actual time travel here?" Ralph asked loudly.
"Do you just like, not pay any attention when we have our briefings?" Cisco replied.
"Y'all didn't teach him about the Legends?" Wally asked with annoyance.
"Look, nobody said bubkes about time travel," Ralph said grumpily, loud enough to get Jenna to start crying, and the twins to start repeating 'bubkes' over and over again before erupting in giggles.
"Shh, shh, shh," Caitlin scolded. "Oh! Come on, Ralph. You're scaring the baby."
"Yeah, you're scaring the baby," Cisco echoed.
"No, no, she's not scared," Cecile said. "She just said she's hungry. She said that she's Joe! I heard her! I read her mind! I might not be losing my powers! I might not be losing my powers!"
"Awesome," Joe muttered.
"You're also teaching my kids new words," I said in warning.
"I'm sorry," Ralph said as he backed away from me.
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Short on Time
أدب الهواةBarry Allen was struck by lightning, then woke up nine months later. As he started his work as The Flash, he saved a certain red-haired young women. This is her story. This is a Flash fanfiction, all rights go to those who made it.
