Lilith grabbed her leather messenger bag off the floor next to the front door. She breathed in the scent of her home, as if it were the last time she would ever smell it. It reminded her of her sisters, and slightly of her brothers, though they didn't wear strong enough scents for it to be obvious. Today was the day, she thought to herself, today was the day everything changed. Lilith turned to step out the door, but paused. She could've sworn those were footsteps coming down the stairs toward her.

"Lilith Luna Barthes Schuyler don't you walk out that door without saying goodbye!" a stubborn feminine voice yelled at her from the stairwell. Lilith chuckled to herself as her three sisters came stampeding down the stairs.

"Now what gave you the notion that I was planning to do just that?" She questioned, hands on her hips. "Besides darling sister, it's Barthec, not Barthes."

The elder of Lilith's younger sisters ran around the corner, sliding ever so slightly on the wood floor. "Well for one, you're about to head out the door with your bag completely packed! Did you ever even give thought to how your dear sisters would miss you so?!" Her voice rose to a higher pitch, showing much emotion.

"Aw. Angelica Schuyler, is that emotion I hear coming from the most independent woman in the 13 colonies?" Lilith questioned teasingly, "Don't start crying on me, Ange, or else I'll start crying, and we all know how Aaron reacts to crying." From beneath her upset face, Lilith could've sworn she saw Angelica give a little smile.

At that, the other two Schuyler sisters ran up behind Angelica. Elizabeth, whom the girls called Eliza, had already been crying and the signs were clear upon her face. With red eyes and tear stained cheeks, no one could deny the amount of love she had for her oldest sister. Peggy, on the other hand, looked absolutely furious. As the youngest sister, it seemed absolutely perfect for her to be called Peggy. However, the girl's real name was actually Margarita. Her older sisters found the name appalling and preposterous and insisted on calling her Peggy. Throughout her childhood, she had been called this, thus it was the only name she had ever responded to. Her parents begrudgingly complied and began to call her Peggy, but only when she had refused to answer to 'Margarita'.

"Why would you suddenly pick up and leave without saying?! Daddy already said goodbye, but we haven't yet!" Peggy huffed, clearly still mad.

Lilith chuckled, earning another furious look from her baby sister, "You've all been crying your eyes out for the last hour and a half, Pegs. I hardly believe that isn't a goodbye."

Angelica rolled her eyes, "Our poor older sister, too intelligent for her own good to see human emotion at so large a scale. It's no wonder her and Aaron are best friends, and why they clearly can't become what each so wishes to be- as a pair, I mean." Peggy and Eliza, despite their awful moods, giggled like schoolgirls as Lilith glared at Angelica.

"Angelica, we've been over this-"

"Yes we are very aware that you have absolutely no feelings of that sort toward a certain Aaron Burr who has been an exceptional family friend because of a certain Schuyler sister-" Angelica glared accusingly at Lilith, "For at least 11 years now, is it not?"

"Almost 11," corrected Eliza, "At the end of the year it will be 11. Lilith met him the night before Daddy's New Years party, remember? They went together."

Angelica smirked at her last comment, "Of course. Thank you, my dearest Eliza." She patted her head playfully, as an older sister is sure to do. Peggy and Eliza burst into laughter.

Lilith huffed, blowing her hair from in front of her face. Her long brown hair was known to cause many problems, including the fact that she had to brush it every morning. It was a common characteristic of the Schuyler girls to have long, dark hair and this wasn't an exception for Lilith, however unrelated she was to the Schuylers. One of her few traits that differed from the Schuylers was her eye color. Most of the Schuyler children had dark eyes, but Lilith had bright blue eyes that Peggy poetically referred to as 'ocean blue'. Lilith preferred the term bright blue, since her eyes were not dark enough a blue to be compared to the ocean, but Peggy would not give on her argument. This confused Lilith, as Peggy hadn't actually seen the ocean before. However, Peggy was not to be argued with, so she dropped the topic altogether.

Peggy and Eliza were still rolling on the ground, figuratively of course, with laughter as their sister blushed a bright red. According to Lilith, Aaron could never love her in that way, but it was clear to her sisters that Aaron felt the exact same way, except maybe stronger. It was up for debate which one like the other more, just about every night, actually.

Peggy and Eliza shared a room in the huge mansion of a house, simply because Peggy was often scared of the dark, even if she would never admit it. Peggy was adamant that Mr. Burr, Sir, as she loved to call him, had a larger liking toward their sister, while Eliza was sure that Lilith cared for him more. Almost every night, the sisters would bring a newfound piece of evidence to their roommate and attempt to prove, once again, that their candidate loved the other more. And each night, they were at a loss to wholly decipher which one truly loved the other more.

Lilith glared at her sisters, "Well if you're done laughing your as-" she started to curse, but stopped as the eldest of her little sisters glared at her, giving a side glance to Peggy, "Butts off at my fascination in men-" There was no use denying it now, anyway. "- I must be going now. I have a long day ahead of me." As expected, her siblings immediately started to groan and gripe, denying her hope of actually leaving. However much she loved her sisters, she loved the idea of her journey and wished to finally embark on it.

Peggy pushed past Angelica and ran toward Lilith, enveloping her sister in the most adorable hug known to mankind. Her arms wrapped around Lilith, just under Lilith's own arms, as she wasn't too much shorter than her sister. Peggy buried her head in Lilith's soft hair that sat on Lilith's shoulders. Peggy had nuzzled her head on Lilith's left shoulder, so that Lilith could still see their other sisters. Lilith, in turn, hugged Peggy back, placing one of her arms on the girl's back and the other on the back of her sister's head, comforting her. Lilith pet Peggy's dark curls and sighed. Peggy began to sob into Lilith's jacket, hugging her tighter. She absolutely hated the idea of her favorite, she won't say anything if you won't, sister leaving for good and now she was being faced with it head on.

Angelica and Eliza (were both at his side when he died)(A/N: sorry not sorry) immediately became miserable, their faces looked dejected and both began to tear up again. Well, for Eliza it was again, but it was the first time that day for Angelica. Lilith gazed at both of them lovingly, silently begging them not to cry. If they continued, she knew her tears would come down eventually and no doubt Aaron would notice when she saw him today. No doubt the others would, too. However, the girls didn't know that Lilith was going to see them today, either.

"H-hey, don't cry, Pegs. Please? I'll be back before you know I'm gone." (A/N: gosh darned last few songs in hamilton references today why) Peggy ignored her and continued to sob, her entire body shaking in synch with her sobs. Eliza was full on crying now, and joined Peggy in hugging Lilith. Angelica, however, hung back, trying to hold back her tears as well. Lilith and Angelica stared at each other in utter silence, knowing that if one broke into tears, the other would join her.

After a seemingly eternal silence, Peggy sniffed, "W-What if we don't see you again, Lily?" She used Lilith's nickname often, but it carried more weight today than usual. "What if we don't see y-you or D-daddy again?"

Lilith's eyes widened. That was it, she thought to herself, Angelica was going to bawl now. Just as Lilith had thought, Angelica burst into tears, burying her head in her hands and running toward the pile of crying Schuyler sisters. Eliza and Peggy stepped to the side to allow Angelica a hug from Lilith, who was now letting tears fall from her face.

"G-Goddamnit, Ange. You've gone and done it." She sniffed, "How am I supposed to go now when I have three little crying sisters to take care of, though that's not much different from every day, huh?." Lilith was practically squeaking now, trying not to sob. She needed to learn to control her emotions if she was going to go through with this.

At this, her sisters broke into more tears. The Schuyler sisters were beginning to split. They all came to realize this, crying over Lilith leaving in the parlor of their home. This was the place they had all grown up together, fought together, played together, cried together, and laughed together. Now that seemed to come to an end. With Lilith leaving, Angelica was sure to follow, then Eliza, and finally Peggy. They would all leave on journeys of their own to their own corners of the world. Who knew how long it would be until they all reunited.

"Don't you be crying, now. I'll be back soon for some ball or other, I suppose. You know how those things are." The girls shared a tearful chuckle.

"But what if-"

"No more 'what if's, Peggy. It's just as well we don't know the future, or else life wouldn't be-well, you know what I mean." Lilith sniffed. Her words got all jumbled when she was upset, as gifted with her words as she was.

"Will you come home for the holidays?"

"I wish to, Eliza, but the war waits for no one, and neither should you. You all enjoy yourselves whilst I'm gone, understand?" The three nodded reluctantly. "Good. And take care of Daddy. While he's still here, okay?" This was followed by more nods, until Lilith continued, "You keep our brothers outta trouble, and don't let 'em push you around. I t-told 'em if they mess with you, they'll have me to mess with me, okay?"

Their brothers loved to play rough, as did Lilith, but she kept their brothers from being too rough with the other girls. Only Lilith could fight with their brothers as she did, and only she could tell them what to do. Not even Philip Schuyler himself could keep his boys under control.

"Even John?" John Bradstreet Schuyler was the eldest brother in the Schuyler clan. Born 1765, long before his younger brothers, he was the oldest Schuyler male born to Philip Schuyler who survived past infancy and childhood. (A/N: this is all true, except idk if he was rough or stubborn or kind of a jerk, but imma make him like that, just a warning) Being the oldest, the now eleven year old was brutal, both verbally and physically toward his sisters, excluding Lilith but mostly toward Peggy. They would wrestle playfully, and he would suddenly become aggressive.

"Yeah, Pegs. Even John. He touches you, you write t-to me okay? I'll murder his ass when I get home." She breathed in, not even bothering to keep her language in check this time, "And you guys write to me all the time, but don't write too much. And write a special letter at least once a month, okay?" She gazed knowingly at Angelica, who nodded and gave her another hug.

"Do you have to go?" Peggy pleaded one last time. (A/N: mwahahahaha)

"I gotta go, Peggy, darling." Lilith chuckled lightly, "I only got a couple hours to get everything done." She stepped back from her sisters, looking them up and down. They were so much older than her mind would like to think. They knew how to take care of themselves.

"Bye, Lilith." The three girls echoed, one after the other. Lilith took to kissing each of their foreheads and giving them one last hug, in which Peggy almost refused to let go of her.

Finally, Lilith said her goodbyes and stepped out the door, breathing in the fresh air of the outdoors. Today was the day, probably her last shot to do what she was hoping to. So many other people of Albany had had their shots, and Lilith would be damned if she was going to throw away hers.

A/N: okay, really cheesy ending with the little throwing away her shot ending blah blah heard it all before. It's pretty cheesy and dopey right now, but as we continue, it's going to be obvious that this story is pretty unique, or at least I hope. I don't plan on changing characters' stories or personalities too much, except love interests…. Shoot i've said too much. Well, hopefully you're enjoying the story and I see you next chapter!