"Daniella! My dear sweetheart! What in the world are you doing here?" exclaims a joyful voice.

An increasingly confused Daniella turns around. Her mouth is instantly agape by the sight that immediately greets her: Luke and Luca standing side by side.

"Oh what happened to your bangs?" asks Luke.

"My bangs?"

"The blue bangs?"

"I'm sorry? I don't think we've met before... You must be confusing me with someone else..."

"I'm Luke? That's Luca?"

Daniella looks at them blankly with her eyebrows furrowed, as she tries to take in the scene that is unfolding before her very eyes.

"Dude, it's us." continues Luke.

It just clicks in Daniella's head that she might have been sent to the wrong reality... specifically the one in which Danielle Spencer is the only one who is supposed to be around.

"I'm sorry don't...." starts Daniella, but she has an awkward time finishing the sentence so it ends up floating in the air like a sad castaway on driftwood.

"Wow! Wait a minute! Luke, babe, She looks like her but it's not her." deduces Luca who has been staring at her for what seems like a century.

Daniella blinks rapidly.

"You even have the same facial expressions as her!" points out Luke.

"That is amazing!" observes Luca as he watches Daniella's face. "What's your name?"

Daniella uses the few nanoseconds she has to decide if she's going to lie or tell the truth... so she goes for the middle ground, responding to the question with "Danielle Spencer..."

"OMG! You're practically Daniella's sister!"

Daniella is once again forced to go along with the nonsense that she is in.

"That's hilarious! How do you know her?"

Luke smiles and responds with "She's the reason why we're married silly! She introduced us!"

Daniella tries her best to control her blinking. "LUKE AND LUCA ARE MARRIED?!" she exclaims in her mind.

"Congratulations!" Daniella says out loud.

"Thank you! We're actually returning from our honeymoon!" replies Luca.

If Daniella's face could emit unnatural colors, it would be a bright neon green. A sharp aggressive violent feeling grows within her chest and travels up her throat and into her head and it stays there and continues to simmer. She disguises her newly founded sensations with a smile.

"That. Is. Amazing!!!" says Daniella. "How... how did you two meet... if you don't mind me asking?"

"We were on a blind date and well... here we are!" explains Luke.

Before Daniella could say another word, Lexi's intercom announcement beats her to it:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign. If you haven't already done so, please stow your carry-on luggage underneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead bin. Please take your seat and fasten your seat belt. And also make sure your seat back and folding trays are in their full upright position..."

The announcement prompts Luke to quickly wave goodbye.

"It was great to meet you." says Luke.

"Likewise." responds Daniella.

She watches Luke return back to his seat with Luca, which brings an instant sadness to her soul. As Daniella tries to turn her attention to the safety instructions and the view outside, she can't help but think about the happy couple.

"Something seriously not does not feel right. Remind me to kill Destiny the next time I see her... and Danielle too." she says to herself on repeat.

After arriving at the airport, a slouching Daniella Spencer gathers her belongings and prepares to exit for the terminal. Her wallowing movements throughout the airport are interrupted by an announcement:

"Could Daniella Spencer arriving from flight 77X come to the information counter please? Could Daniella Spencer arriving from flight 77X come to the information counter please? Thank you."

Daniella shrugs and approaches the information counter. She cites the announcement and is handed an envelope addressed to her. Sitting on the nearest bench, she opens up the envelope and finds that her car keys immediately fall out, followed by a note:

From me to you. 

Love, your doppelganger.

Daniella sighs and hisses at the sight of the keys. "I will murder this woman, but also I will take her keys for now." she concludes as she places them into her purse, heads for the parking lot, and takes the usual road she does back to her house.

As she arrives at her house, Danielle discovers that there is a car parked in front of her house.

"That's my f**king space. Let me see who that is, so that I can just flat out kill him or her in broad daylight right then and there" she remarks as she parks a few spots behind.

Daniella sees Luca get out of the driver's seat. She raises an eyebrow in confusion. When she sees him open the door for Luke, her heart instantly drops.

"What in the world are they doing here?" she remarks, but is instantly silenced by the two kissing. For Daniella, it's not the fact that it's two men kissing that bothers her. She is completely chill with that part. It's the fact that she was forced to see her husband from one reality be married to her boyfriend from yet another reality that really gutted her as they enter what is supposed to be Daniella's house.

"THAT'S MY HOUSE!!!! THAT'S MY HOUSE!!! WHAT THE F**K?! WHAT THE F**K IS GOING ON?!" shouts Daniella as she helplessly watches the happily married couple enter the house.

Wiping off her tears and pacing her breath, Daniella takes a breather.

"F**k it, I'm getting ice cream. After that, I'm gonna find my new place. Also, I should go before the lovebirds find me." concludes Daniella as she reluctantly starts the ignition and drives off.

She parks in front of the ice cream parlor she typically frequents. Looking into the parlor, Daniella notices that the servers get extremely excited and scramble amongst themselves in a frenzy. Once she enters, the cutest looking teenage girl greets her with the biggest brace-laden smile Daniella has ever seen on a minor.

"Miss Spencer! Here's your special on us!" says the teenaged server as she hands her two scoops of peanut butter ice cream with chocolate rainbow sprinkles. "We even decided to call it 'THE RESET' in your honor!"

Daniella, doing her best to hide your confusion, takes the ice cream, and thanks the server.

Sitting down in her usual booth seat, pulls out her phone and types: "Daniella Spencer Reset"

The number of search results on herself is immaculate. In fact, she even has her own Wikipedia Page. To quote a young Daniella Spencer "You know you've made it when you have your own Wikipedia page."

"I have a Wikipedia page?!" she asks herself as she clicks on the link. She skims through the page. Not only does all of the basic information ring true, but she discovers something huge:

"HOLY SH*T, I OWN RESET? LIKE I INVENTED RESET? I FOUNDED IT? I THOUGHT IT WAS LUKE?"

Daniella's thoughts are interrupted by her phone ringing. She looks at her phone, and sees that the caller ID is registered on her phone under the name "Jenna". Assuming that "Jenna" is probably tied to RESET, she decides to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" answers Daniella.

"Daniella! Where are you?" says Jenna.

"I'm.... eating ice cream.... why?"

"We were looking for you all over the airport! Are you at that ice cream bar there?"

"There's an ice cream bar at the airport?" excitedly asks Daniella. "I ought to check that out next time I catch a flight."

"Ahhh... you're at the parlor in town."

"Yep. Look, I didn't quite realize that you guys were picking me up. I had my keys and took off..."

"No worries. Stay exactly where you are. See you in a bit."

"Cool. See you soon!"

Jenna hangs up.

As she finishes her ice cream, Daniella sees a sleek, sexy, black, Bentley Flying Spur parallel park in front of the parlor. She can't help but just stare at it. Two chauffeurs in identical suits come out of the car and enter the parlor.

"Miss Spencer?" asks one of the chauffeurs.

Realizing that they are addressing her, she gets rid of the cup, spoon, and napkin, and straightens herself.

"Yes?"

"I can get the other car. John will drive you back to headquarters."

"Cool." responds Daniella as she hands her keys to the first chauffeur, waves the servers goodbye, leaves the parlor, and enters the Bentley... her Bentley.

Once in the car, Jenna, a woman who is slightly younger than Daniella, briefs her on what appears to be important information regarding app updates and an acquisition of another app named "Destiny". In an effort to appear as though she understands everything that Jenna is referring to, Daniella consistently nods and says "Mmm-hmmm." in between Jenna's sentences.

As Daniella's Bentley pulls into the main building, she sees Destiny, now back to being a little girl, standing with Ostara. They both stare dead straight at Daniella.

A few minutes later, Daniella, Destiny, and Ostara sit in one of the many conference rooms within the RESET Headquarters Campus. Destiny indulges in the cold water from the water jug. Ostara clears her throat.

"So, Daniella, how was your flight? Anything interesting took place?" asks Ostara.

"I don't know. Your daughter should know." responds Daniella as she gives Destiny a death glare. Destiny in return gives the women a shrug.

"Why don't you explain to us, in your own words, what you know... and then we'll perhaps share what we know?"

Daniella takes a pouty breath and laments about her encounter with Luke and Luca on the plane. As Daniella relates her story, Danielle Spencer, yes, Daniella's doppelgänger with the blue bangs, tries to discreetly enter the room, but the other women give her a death glare.

"Danielle, what the f**k were you thinking?" Destiny, who has now shifted to her Mary body, shouts at Danielle, who shrugs. "I thought I was trying to do the right thing. I was trying to make it easier for both myself and Daniella."

"You did not! In fact, allow me to explain what happened." begins Ostara. "Daniella with the blue bangs, also known to us as Danielle Spencer and known to the two men as Daniella Spencer, decided that she wanted to try committing to being with both men, as supposed to one, so she set up a polyamorous blind date. All three of them hit it off graciously at first, but then an unplanned total solar eclipse accompanied by an outpouring of rain washed over the occasion and created a fracture in the fabric of time itself. It's a rare phenomenon, but it happens once in a millenia when someone takes it upon themselves to do something they are not aligned to do. By the time the date was over, the two men fell out of love with Danielle, and in love with each other. The rest, as Daniella knows, is history. Oh, did I mention that Danielle jumped Happenings in order to trigger all of these events? There's a reason why you, Daniella, have a ton of money, and you, Danielle, have been taking advantage of the coincidence..."

A rigid silence sweeps the atmosphere of the room as Daniella's simmering rage begins to make its way into the surface and whistle through her pours. In literal terms, she was seeing nothing but red, specifically crimson, as she surveyed the entire room and locked eyes with Danielle Spencer.

"YOUR RUINED EVERYTHING!!!!" screams Daniella as she pounces on Danielle. "You! Stole! My! Choice!" Daniella continues to scream at her doppelgänger as she tries to wrap her head around Danielle's neck. Destiny, still as Mary, attempts to pull her back, but she fails. Daniella keeps trying to strangle Danielle, but the latter keeps inhabiting the former's abilities to potentially kill her. Ostara manages to successfully drag Daniella off of Danielle, who gets up and is coughing for air.

"FIX THIS, DESTINY!" demands Daniella.

Destiny, back in child form, and Ostara look at each other in confusion.

"I mean... I tried to do it for you, but-" begins Danielle in a wimpy tone.

"-THAT WAS NOT YOUR CHOICE TO MAKE! IT WAS MINE!" Daniella screams at Danielle.

"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE A CHOICE?" demands Ostara. "This is exactly what happens when you don't make a choice. Something.... or someone makes it for you and you are merely forced to become a spectator of your own life. Why are you so comfortable being at someone's mercy rather than your own?!"

"BECAUSE I'M STUCK IN THIS F**KING LOOP AND I CAN'T TELL WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S FAKE ANYMORE!" replies a teary-eyed Daniella whose voice is cracking substantially as she begins to hyperventilate and pace around.

Unbeknownst to Daniella in the midst of her madness, Ostara Primavera is genuinely offended by the poor mortal's words.

"Real? You don't know what is... REAL? Everything you have seen is real! Each and every reality my daughter has shown you is real! It is not my fault that your inability to make a simple choice has filtered your inability to grasp the vast field of possibilities that is constantly being presented to you, but you refuse to take it! You could not make a choice because your sense of reality.... No, you CHOOSE not to commit to a decision because you are GREEDY! That's all you have ever been, Daniella Spencer! And as long as you continue down this miserable path of yours, you will always be WEAK and GREEDY!!!"

Seeming completely frazzled by the flame and fury emitting from Ostara, Daniella climbs into the corner and rocks herself while Danielle lies absolutely still and dissociates.

"Oh no. They're both having nervous breakdowns, aren't they? Did I break them?"

"One more word out of you, and I will isolate you to another universe WITHOUT hesitation. I will handle them from here."

"What about m-"

"You, Mary Christmax Claus, are grounded until I decide to change my mind.

Daniella, whose mind has now finally snapped from sheer rage and quite frankly, exhaustion, abruptly leaves the conference room. Destiny tries to follow, but Ostara halts her. "Let her go. I've got a feeling that she's going to do something smart."

Daniella, after help from Jenna, makes her way back into her personal office. After taking in the pristine wealth, success, and power that she currently has, Daniella props off her shoes, sits at her beautiful desk, and opens up her app, RESET, and starts a meditation.

"I love this exact success that I have and I want to keep this. But I also want him. I allow myself to have both. I can have both. I'm going to have both." Daniella says to herself like a mantra before she vanishes from her office.

To be continued...

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