[Lhklan]

Well, this is my first foray into the Nanoha fandom in a long time, so please so easy on me.

Spoiler for BGM: Yume no Owari:

"Hey, do you mind... if I rest a bit?

"It's fine. You must be tired."

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Hayate Yagami opened her eyes. Strange, when did she lie down? The last thing she remembers was talking to an old friend.

As the former Commander sat up to take note of her surroundings, she notices two things out of the ordinary.

The first was the location around her. It was a beautiful hill, covered in green. But ... there was supposed to be more than just green grass. She distinctly recalls at least several tombstones here.

The second was herself. She was much much younger than she remembered, around only 20 or so when in reality, she should be approaching a hundred by now.

Pinching herself to make sure that this wasn't a dream, Hayate winced at the pain. Nope, this was real. Nursing the bruise on her cheeks, the brunette stand up and stretched, heading toward the city in the distance.

She immediately recognized it as Uminari. But... this was the Uminari of time long past, not the Uminari that she was living in. There were no spaceships the sky, no flying cars passing by on the street. Everything was just like when she was but a young girl. She was sure that she even passed by the old Midori-ya.

Hayate decided to check to see if her house was there. It wasn't different than how she remembered, but ... something about if feels off.

She was surprised to find somebody home. And judging by the number of shoes and the sound coming from the living room, it was quite a crowd. Cautiously, Hayate entered.

She froze.

Zafira was curled in his wolf form, sleeping peacefully. Vita, Rein Zwei and Agito were shouting gleefully, their eyes never leaving the massacre on the TV. Their shout turn into curse as their respective characters were killed. Signum and Shamal were quietly sipping tea on the couch, smiling at the trio's antics. But most important of all, was the silver haired woman scolding the three gamers of their foul mouth. A woman that she haven't seen ever since she was nine.

"...Reinforce...?" It was barely a whisper, but the others caught it.

Before Hayate knows it, Vita, Rein and Agito had tackled her to the ground. Signum, Shamal and Zafira - who has changed back into his human form - managed to pry the three off of Hayate. As Hayate tries to get up, she looks up and saw Reinforce Eins offering a hand to her, a gentle smile on her face.

"Welcome home, Master"

"... I'm home everyone."

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"... Sleep well, Hayate. I hope you find peace in the other side."