"How do you know my name, idiot?", Ben frowns.

The surroundings were a blur, and the only thing you could focus on was the figure of Ben standing before you. Despite his familiar looks, this was not just a different version of the person you once knew, but a stranger wearing a familiar face.

"This isn't your home!” Luther exclaims.

“Who the hell are these guys? And what are they doing in our house?!” Diego says skeptically, placing his hand on one of his knives.

“I have a feeling we fucked up something again. Probably this isn’t... our timeline,” Five grimaces, and Allison, Klaus, and Viktor stand silently, struggling to process the situation.

Both academies look at each other with hostility, not knowing what to expect.

But you're frozed in place, shocked from an unexpected sight of your... dead friend.

Let’s rewind. Back when you were kids, Ben, Number Six, died on a mission. It shattered everyone, but none more so than you. He wasn’t just your [adoptive] sibling; he was your best friend. Losing him was like losing a piece of yourself.

But you had to keep going, right?

Years later, when Viktor accidentally triggered the apocalypse, Five saved you all by time-traveling to 1963. You managed to prevent another, but at a cost—you created a new timeline. A world where The Umbrella Academy never existed. Instead, there’s The Sparrow Academy.

Basically, it's "the same" world but alternative reality, instead of Umbrella there is Sparrow with new members that Reginald adopted in this reality - Marcus, Fei, Alphonso, Sloane, Jayme, Christopher and... Yes.

Ben.

All healthy and alive, but... It's not this Ben anymore.

He doesn't even know none of you, after all, you're from a different timeline. You were never supposed to be here in the first place. You don't have any memories in common, he didn't grow up with you, but with Sparrows. In addition, his personality has changed by 180°.

This is not your sweet and lovely Ben anymore, he's now ruthless, rude and confident.