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Below is the description of Ann and Larie's **29th meeting** (EARTH 5) from the Ed, Edd n Eddy fanfiction series, Until I See You Again.

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*Make sure you've read up on the 28th meeting, of which the story below is a direct continuation.*

## Story

>    Larie is forced to relive his life with the knowledge his beloved Ann will stay out of his reach for millions of years to come.
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> When the fairy race is again spawned into existence on the developing Earth, Larie wishes to eradicate the species before they can target his, but can't convince his fellow funera that the dainty creatures will become a threat to them in the far future. They don't care to form an army, so Larie decides to haunt them himself.
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> It only speeds up the funera's grim fate, though, as the fairies quickly recognize them as notorious enemies that need to be disposed of. In order to preserve their own existence, the fairies spread out and go into hiding, buying them enough time to do research and find a way to stop the demon(s) of death stalking them. Like last time, fairy children are raised to be emotionless and sent out to hunt whatever looks like their mortal enemy. The other funera don't understand the sudden attack, but finally start to assemble, though it again proves too late at this point.
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> Larie has to accept he's changed nothing and there's nothing he can do, except adapt his human form for as long the fairy warriors are out hunting his kind. When the funera are believed to have gone extinct, Larie has to once again witness how the fairies are celebrated for it. More years crawl by, until human civilization finally makes its start.
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> The fairy tale creatures of the world aren't fond of them, as they look to be a self-concerned race that is quick to fear the unknown, unprovoked. While letting them develop themselves and their communities, the mass destruction of Earth's environment and the mistreatment of other creatures are consistent occurrences, and when humankind has modernized and their eternal demand for space becomes unacceptable, a revolt is started. Cities and towns are destroyed and humans enter an age of fear and suppression.
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> Larie is now targeted for appearing human, but decides not to do anything different from last time and stays in this form out of permanent precaution for the fairies.
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> Eventually, the stars align themselves with the moment Larie last met Ann. The many years and absence of memorabilia make it impossible for him to remember her face or the details of their meeting, yet he happens to sit at the same bar when a group of pompous fairies enter. While he's been graced without seeing any for a long time, he seethes with renewed anger upon their arrival and initiates an attack.
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> The group falls dead, yet one woman has lived an unusually humble life for a fairy and her memories demotivate Larie to kill her. She is released from her trance and panics upon seeing the entire room dead. Nevertheless, she hastes herself to who she thinks is a regular human survivor to escort him out.
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> Larie snarls not to want to be touched by a fairy, but she insists they need to leave, as the bar is obviously being targeted.
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> Outside, the shivering fairy tries to seem brave and asks approaching customers not to enter the bar, as it's become a crime scene. The creatures wish to help out, but she says to recognize the carnage; and the perpetrator is too strong for any of them to take on. As a fairy, she believes to be responsible and has to protect everybody.
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> The visitors obey and turn around, unlike Larie. She asks him to hurry on home, but then figures he might be scared to go back by himself, and offers to request the leaving visitors to take him with. Larie continues to silently scowl at her. She gives him an awkward smile, feeling rather on edge around the obviously hostile human, but tries to stay polite. She urges him not to be afraid of her, as she's a friendly mythological creature. Not picking up on his disinterest for the consolation, she continues to guarantee his safety, as her celebrated fairy status will make anyone listen to her.
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> Larie scoffs loudly, making her flinch. He comments to have let her live out of mercy and was willing to see what she was all about, but found she's like any stereotypical fairy who expects to be catered to.
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> She pauses in bewilderment for the judgement of character, then the rest of his sentence is realized and she jumps backwards. She asks if he's the one that killed everyone, to which he just smiles. Believing it to be impossible, she takes his smile as a jab and scolds him the situation to too serious to joke about.
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> Larie proves it by ripping himself out of his human body. The jump scare makes her shriek, but he immediately disappears again, whereafter she finds herself in the same dark void as last time. Without warning, a long spike is launched into her, whereafter Larie appears in his human form as to give the undeniable confirmation he's the killer. The fairy is paralyzed with pain and fear for him, and unable to get herself off the spike. More spikes are summoned, but stop inches away from her head.
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> With great effort, she reveals to know what kind of creature he is and that nothing in this realm is really happening; seemingly trying to convince herself of that and break loose from the torture. Larie replies to know she knows, since the memories he browsed through showed him she's a studious critter. He grins and states to be flattered by her fear for funera as well, since it never happens that he finds himself to be someone's greatest fear, thanks to his species having been erased from history.
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> Ann says not to be afraid and calls his style of fighting cowardice. She insists on wanting a fair battle that involves raw strength, making him laugh, but also applaud her courage.
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> Seeing no issues with fist-fighting a scrawny fairy, he releases her.
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> The environment returns and she hastily creates distance between him and herself. She clumsily raises her fists at him and announces to be ready with trembling knees. Larie mimics the pose, but then teasingly concludes that a fair fight would entail no transformations either, and aggressively rips out of his skin again. The approaching shadow demon makes the fairy's knees weak like wet toilet paper, and when his long finger points at her, she instantly faints.
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> The beast utters sounds close to laughter and picks the floppy woman up with the intention to break her neck. But when he sees her lying in his claws, the image looks eerily familiar. Though he can't properly recollect or connect any dots, the motivation to kill her is again lost. He drops her and turns around.
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> The short fall helps the fairy regain some consciousness, and she calls after her departing opponent. Larie does not respond and disappears around the corner of the bar. She takes a careful breath of relief, but upon getting re-exposed to the many victims he's made, can't comfortably end the chapter this way. She runs through the bar's saloon doors to grab the bow and arrow of one of her smitten colleagues and quickly meets up with Larie. She points an arrow at him and gives him a warning, to which he remarks she should've just shot him, instead of announcing it.
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> She gives him an intense stare, but her fingers won't let go. Larie turns around and slowly walks towards her with confidence. He tells her to shoot multiple times, but she can't, even as her hands start to visibly shiver the closer he gets. He gives her a fake-out; pretending to turn back into a monster again, which only causes the arrow to fall down in a pitiful arch.
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> She scrambles to get it back and points it at him again, this time in the safety of the air.
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> Larie looks up and says it won't protect her from his powers, whereafter she asks him why he spared her life. He replies nerds are for shoving into lockers, but there's no pride or fun in killing one. She scowls, but says nothing. Larie has little else to say as well, so asks how long she's going to need. The fairy knows she can't comfortably take anyone's life, but argues to him he needs to go on trial first. Larie chuckles with disbelief and says that fairy court will definitely give him the death penality. She answers that not to be a given, though they both know better.
> With no more patience left and having better things to do, Larie announces his leave, but states she's welcome to shoot him down. With that, he walks off.
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> The fairy keeps her aim on him, demanding him to stop, but in the end, has to lower her weapon and accept her failure and weaknesses.
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> Some time passes, and Larie is out looking for a new bar to crash in. He finds one in a village with mythical creatures, but the fact he presents himself as human earns him some harassment. At the entrance, the same fairy from last time is spotted, though she needs a few seconds to recall his face. While ignorant creatures are pushing him around, she hurriedly steps in, though chooses not to reveal Larie's nature and instead argues to be his bodyguard. Since fairies are a respected class, the bullies abort. Larie gives her a casual thanks, but she grumbles to have only helped out to avoid another massacre. She wants to know why he's in the village and reminds him of the trial waiting for him, but he doesn't care to answer and heads inside the bar for a drink.
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> The many guests respond displeased, forcing the fairy to follow his footsteps and again announce herself as his bodyguard. She pleads with the bartender to cater to her thirsty human, then turns back to him with urgency to accept punishment for his crimes. Larie sits down and asks why she's so set on capturing him in a world where humans are constantly under attack, doubting her genuineness as a crime fighter. She states it's a fairy's job to enforce peace, but admits she can't be everywhere at once and only deal with things she's a witness of. He huffs that fairies earned a title they don't deserve, and the world is too childishly naive to see they've never lived up to it. He adds it's easy for them to only deal with what they can see, since they hardly leave their kingdom and purposely stay blind for the troubles outside their walls.
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> She regretfully agrees her kind is not doing their best, which is why she's trying. He comments she's not any better, since she's a weakling who let a criminal walk off. She promises he'll receive his punishment, but he doubts she's even given a description of him to the other fairies, as he's not been sought after. Ann excuses her silence by arguing he's a shapeshifter, making it pointless.
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> She goes on to bargain with him, promising to do her best to have the judge grant him jail time instead, but Larie thinks it'll be an impossible sentence for a mortal enemy of her kind, who'll surely want him dead. He argues the severity of jail time is dependant on the longevity of the prisoner as well; as senile criminals gets less time for the same crime a fresh adult commits. Since he doesn't need food to stay alive and is immortal, he expects the most generous sentence for him is getting stuffed inside a chest for millions of years.
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> Unable to convince him to come with her, she sticks around to keep an eye on him. She is gifted free tea and appetizers from the bar's owner, but she can't get comfortable as long she's focussed on her self-appointed task. As the hours go by, she becomes less alert and seemingly more bored. Larie is annoyed by the lingering company, yet can't stop giving her stares. Though she looks unfamiliar to him, whenever she turns her head, the back reminds him of someone he's lost.
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> Eventually she leaves her bar stool and walks over to express needing to go back home. Larie grins he'll kill every single person if she walks out the door, but she treats it as a loose threat and promises not to be done with him.
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> The very next day, she finds him at the same bar, eating lunch. She greets him with the question if he's stayed clean during her absence, but he wants to be left alone to eat and asks if the stalking is going to be a habit. The crackers on his plate grab her attention and she asks if he can eat those. Larie says he'll likely throw up later, but he likes the crunch.
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> The fairy sits herself down next to him, earning her a snarl from him, but she ignores the demand to get away from him and lists a few alternative, "unofficial" punishments for him, which she'll implement and supervise him on. Tired of the fairy's self-righteousness, he counter-suggests going to the fairy kingdom and killing everyone there. She jumps up in shock and urges him not to overreact over her attempt to find some justice for the lives lost. Larie repeats there are human lives being lost, while she's wasting her time on a target she can't even apprehend.
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## See also

* Until I See You Again
* Funera
* An, Ann n Anny
* Ed, Edd n Eddy Working