//Book 3// ~ What If You Could Go Back?

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3rd Person POV

"Okay, I'm sorry, I'm confused." Alex says, her and Kara are at the open door to the apartment and staring at a man who had introduced himself as Mr Mxyzptlk. "This is your all-powerful Fifth Dimensional stalker?"

"No." Kara answers, confused. "I don't know who this is."

"I am Mr. Mxyzptlk." Mr Mxyzptlk responds. "ust as I'm sure that you, Kara Danvers, are Su–" And before the identity of Supergirl could be revealed, Alex and Kara pull Mr Mxyzptlk into the apartment. "Thank you so much." He says as Alex slams the door and Kara begins interrogating

"Tell me who you are and what you want, now." Kara demands

Mr Mxyzptlk snaps his fingers and the TV plays a clip from Kara's life. "I'm your one true love, your soulmate, your one true 'pairing' as the kids say." Mr Mxyzptlk says on the TV. "My name is Mxyzptlk, and I love you, Kara Zor-El."

"Okay." Kara breathes. "If you...If you are Mxy, then why do you look like this?"

"Okay, I only took on that other form and sophisticated accent to impress you." Mr Mxyzptlk says. "But it worked. You caught me." And he snaps his fingers again and the TV starts playing

"Tricked me." Mr Mxyzptlk says on the TV

"No, I followed the rules." Kara says on the TV. "You say your name backwards, you go back to the Fifth Dimension, no questions asked." And the TV turns off

"Ah, I miss that hair. I really, really do." Mr Mxyzptlk says. "But now, I can't use any of my powers, except to help those whom I have wronged."

"Oh, how sad for you." Alex mocks

"Yes." Mr Mxyzptlk says. "A tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, I agree. But great news. You're the last one." He tells Kara

"What could I possibly need your help for?" Kara questions with a scoff

"Well, I am hashtag Team SuperGreene so I'm here to help with your Willow Greene moral dilemma." Mr Mxyzptlk says, bowing dramatically. He looks at Kara and Alex from his bow. "Come on, that deserves some applause."

Kara and Alex cross their arms. "What's your point?" Alex asks

"My point for my Lady Super is... I am offering you a do-over." Mr Mxyzptlk says, putting his hand out towards Kara dramatically. Kara and Alex share a look. "I could send you back in time. I could bring Willow Greene here right now. We could look at what would happen if...if you controlled the narrative. I'm talking free reign over the timeline! Correcting what keeps you and Willow apart!" He exclaims. "Haven't you hurt enough? Look, I get it. You don't trust me. Okay, but how's this? Ready?" He holds up a recording device. "Now, by Fifth Dimensional law, I am required to give you this recording of me saying my name backwards, in case you ever need to banish me to my Fifth Dimension, which I know that you–"

Kara presses play on the device and Mr Mxyzptlk is said backwards. Mr Mxyzptlk disappears in a flash of blue. Kara looks at Alex with tears in her eyes

J'onn walks in with pizza. "Hey, girls." He greets. "What's going on?"

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"You're not seriously thinking of doing this, are you?" J'onn asks

"What if I could change things?" Kara asks. "I don't even know where I would start but...but we could brainstorm, right?"

"I don't like this idea already." J'onn says

"You don't like it because it's about Willow Greene." Kara says

"No." J'onn says. "I don't like it because you can't meddle with the timeline to fix a relationship." He says

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