So normally I would work on another request long after I got the one I was working on done but this one is really calling to me right now. Kalikodoctor2, if you are reading this, I want you to know that I am honored to be doing this fanfiction for you. I am humbled by the fact that you enjoy my stories. So for you, I will do this one.

Just a fair warning to others that my review policy is still in effect. I maintain my strict review policy for a reason. I want everyone to have a good time.

So some small disclaimers. This story contains content like:

Homosexuality

Drugs/Alcoholic references

Blood

And some gore

Also some abusive themes that may be disturbing to some viewers.

There may be a bit of sexual content in the story as well. If you feel offended by what you are about to read in this story please do not read it. Do not read if you suffer from things like hemophobia. You have been warned once and will not be warn again.

Rating currently is T

Chapter One: for some heroes there are no happy endings

It was a rather foggy morning in Newtown. The fog settled just above the main streets and level with the trees. An SUV rode down the main roadway. A black-haired female looked into the rearview mirror of her car. She touched the scar that she had on her cheek. She let out a sigh. She then looked at the bouquet of flowers she had laying across the top of her dashboard. She was on her way to Newtown Cemetery. She pulled up outside of the gate to the cemetery. She carefully took the flowers off the dashboard before exiting the vehicle. The fog barely covered the graveyard. The female walked down a narrow path which lead to a hilltop. There was a single tree at the top of the hill with a gravestone under it. The female stopped once she reached the top of the hill. "Hey mom." She whispered. "I figured I would come by to see you before I got busy again this week." She placed the floors down on the gravestone. "you'll be happy to know that this will be the last week of training I have in Newtown. I'm doing really well in my class so far." The female let her hands hang down in front of her. A steady breeze came through. "I miss hearing your voice. I miss hearing the words of advice you would give me. Most importantly, I miss having you with me." Tears streamed down her face. She quickly wiped them away. "I love you mom." The female sniffed. "I have to get going now. I'll see you one more time before I go home. I promise." She felt the wind pick up again. The female walked back to her car getting in it. She looked at herself in the rearview mirror again. It's been 4 years since she passed. It's hard to believe she's gone. She thought sadly. You must be strong now, Ellie. You can't let her death be in vain. Her death is the reason why you wanted to be a firefighter. Come on. Let's go impress Boyce. She started up her SUV and pulled away from the cemetery.

Newtown Academy was located a few miles away from the city of Newtown itself. It took up a good 5 acres of land. There was a training grounds that sat in the back of the building were practice drills took place. The building itself was three stories tall. It housed the classrooms were the firefighters being taught. There was a total of three entrances to the grounds itself. The main entrance was marked by three individual flag poles. The wales flag flew highest above the other two flags which were blue with the Fire Brigade logo. Ellie parked her SUV closest to the main entrance. She got out of her car grabbing her bag out of the back. She closed the trunk with one brisk movement. "it's about time you showed up." Came a voice. Ellie turned around to see her colleague, Arnold McKinley standing behind her. He had been waiting for her to arrive that morning. "you didn't need to wait up." She muttered. "I figured since we're training together we might as well attend class together." Countered Arnold. Ellie just rolled her eyes. "besides we can't keep Susan waiting forever. She told us that she would meet us out by the track field. She said she had something to tell us." Ellie nodded. Ellie and Arnold entered the building. In the center of the academy sat the main stairwell. There was an elevator that sat off to the side so office staff could use it. Just off to the right of the stairwell, was the registrar's office and waiting room. The left side of the stairwell had a hallway that lead up to it which had some of the first-floor classrooms. Ellie and Arnold just continued straight through the main lobby to another set of double doors. The doors let out to the back field of the academy. The track field sat just across the back field. There were only two set of bleachers. Susan was standing underneath one of these sets. She leaned against the metal bar waiting for her friends to arrive. She had a rather grave look on her face. "hey Susan." Greeted Ellie. She gave her friend a tight hug. "hey guys." Susan looked back down at her feet. "Arnold, can you give me and Ellie some space? I need to talk to her about something." Arnold shrugged. "alright. You'll have to tell me what you need to say later." Susan shook her head. "no, this is just between me and Ellie. Sorry I called you out here, Arnold." Arnold sighed. He held up his hand dismissively. "fine. I'll see you guys in class." He walked away waving to them. Susan waited until Arnold was a safe distance away before turning to Ellie. "so, remember when your father attacked us last week?" Ellie cringed. She had tried hard to repress the memories of what happened but they all came flooding back. She nodded sadly. "well I told some of my family back home about it and they said that it's best if I left the academy. They don't think it's safe here for me anymore." Ellie gasped. "what? You can't leave! We're so close to graduating!" Susan held her arm and looked down again. "I know. It's not my choice. They're doing this to protect me." Ellie looked down. She felt bad. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean- "Susan hugged her friend. "it's not your fault. Don't you blame yourself for it." She whispered. She pulled away. "there's something else. Some family business that I have to take care of." Ellie nodded. "I'll miss you." Susan hugged her friend again. "I'll miss you too. Good luck. I have to go by the apartment later and clear out my things."

"what? Your leaving?" asked Arnold once Ellie and Susan returned to the campus. Arnold had been waiting out in the hall for them. He leaned against the door frame. Susan gave a nod of her head. "bummer. I actually enjoyed having your company." He offered Susan his hand. "I'm not the one for hugs." Susan gave his hand a small shake. "yeah some family things came up. They've called me out of the academy. I have to head home with Ellie later to get the rest of my things." Arnold nodded. He let out a sad sigh. "well let's make our last day together memorial then." The rest of the day went by slowly. The three of them had to take their finals. "I think I did okay." Murmured Ellie once her and Susan left the class. "I don't know why they would want us to take our final the same week of the evaluation though." Susan shrugged. "maybe to try and see if we actually learned anything?" The two girls sat down on a bench right outside of the classroom. Ellie looked up at the clock in the hallway. "Arnold is sure taking his sweet ass time though." Susan giggled quietly. "you know him. He's the perfectionist out of the group." Arnold finished with his final about fifteen minutes later. He slung his bag over his shoulder. "testing anxiety picked the worse time to kick in." Ellie rolled her eyes. "this coming from the guy who literally quotes Wikipedia articles." Arnold shot her a look. Susan giggled again. She was going to miss this once she left. The next test that they had to take was a simple fitness test. The only person who had to take their final fitness exam was Susan. The test consisted of them doing an obstacle course in two minutes or less. The only one out of the trio who had problems navigating the obstacle course was Arnold. He got his foot caught in the net. The instructor had to get him down. The rest of the day went by like normal. Arnold tossed his bag into the back of his truck. "how about we have dinner together?" he suggested. Ellie looked at Susan who nodded. "I don't have to leave until tomorrow morning anyway." Arnold smiled. "great. There's a nice restaurant down by the lake. I'll see you guys there." Arnold climbed up into his truck. He drove away from the academy. Ellie turned back to Susan. "do you want me to drive you back to the apartment real quick?" she asked. Susan nodded. "we should at least take a shower before we head over there." She added grinning.

Ellie drove Susan back to her apartment. "I never got a chance to ask you this but how have you been doing since your mom passed away?" asked Susan. Ellie sighed. "so-so. I could be better. I'm just having issues with missing her. Speaking of which, I'll have to go by her gave again tonight. I want to get one more visit in before I get busy this week." Susan nodded. Ellie parked outside of the apartment. "alright I'll meet you downstairs once I've showered." Ellie nodded. She unlocked her apartment door pushing it open. She heard a soft meow coming from behind the blinds. She smiled seeing her Maine Coon, Magic hop down from the window. Magic had black and white fur with dark green eyes. He meowed again rubbing up against her legs. "hello Magic. I can't stay for long. I'm going out for dinner." She checked his bowls to find them empty. She quickly filled them with food and water before retreating down the hall to get ready. Magic sat outside of her bedroom door. He purred quietly to himself waiting for her. Ellie quickly took a shower. She slipped into a nice set of clothes before exiting the room. Magic meowed at her again. He walked in a small circle. "bye Magic. I'll see you when I come home. Be a good kitty!" she called over her shoulder as she rushed out of her apartment. Magic hopped back up into the window watching her. Ellie waited for Susan to finish getting ready. She felt her phone buzz in her pocket.

Arnold: hey. Just calling to let you know that I managed to land us a table. The tables near the lake were filling up fast.

Ellie: Awesome. I'm just waiting for Susan to finish up.

Arnold: alright. Give me a call once you guys get here. The table is going to be under, McKinley.

Ellie put her phone back into her pocket. She sighed crossing her arms.

Susan soon met up with Ellie downstairs. "I'm ready." Ellie nodded. She cracked a small smile. "you look nice." Susan blushed. "thank you." She got into the car with Ellie. Ellie drove them both down to the lake. Ellie walked up to the host at the restaurant. "we have a reservation." The host looked down at her POS. "McKinley?" she asked. Ellie nodded. The host motioned for the girls to follow her. Arnold was already sitting at the table with a menu in his hands. He smiled seeing the two of them walk up to him. He quickly got up. He held out the chairs for them. "thank you, Arnold." Murmured Susan. Arnold bowed. He then went to sit back down in his chair. Ellie glanced over the menu trying to find something to order. One of the servers walked over to the table. "good evening my name is Noah I will be your server for the night. Can I start you guys off with something to drink?" he asked. Arnold nodded. "tea all around please." Noah wrote their drink order down on his notepad. "while I'm here would you guys like to order an appetizer." Ellie looked down at the menu. " could we get some fried pickles please?" Noah smiled kindly. "sure. I'll have that right out for you guys." He wrote their appetizer order down before walking away. Susan put her menu down. She felt the warm breeze coming from the lake. "you picked a good spot, Arnold." Observed Susan. Arnold smiled. "thank you. I figured we could eat close to the lake without actually being near the lake." Susan looked down. "I'm going to miss this." She whispered. Ellie rubbed her back. "I really don't want to go." Arnold took her hand. " don't worry too much, Susan. Think of it this way. It's never goodbye it's see you soon. I'm sure you'll be able to stay in contact with the both of us." Susan nodded. Noah soon came back with their food. He sat the appetizer down in front of them. He pulled out his notebook. "have you guys decided on anything yet?" Arnold looked at his menu. "let's go with the traditional fish and chips for me." Noah wrote Arnold's order down before turning to Susan. "what about you?" Susan glanced down at her menu. "uh let's go with the breaded shrimp basket." Noah wrote Susan's order down before looking at Ellie. "I'll have what she's having." Noah nodded. He took the menus from all three of them.

Susan looked out over the water. The surface of the water was lit up in a bright orange glow. It looked like the surface of the water was on fire. One side of her face had that nice orange glow to it. Ellie glanced up at her. She smiled taking in her friend's beauty. Noah came by with their entrees. "enjoy guys." He said. He left the three of them to eat in peace. Arnold took a bite of his fish. The three of them talked while they had their dinner. Arnold paid for their meals. Arnold followed Ellie and Susan back to their apartments. Susan had all of her things loaded into the back of her van. She turned to her best friends. "well, this is it." She whispered. Arnold shook hands with her. "take care Susan. I hope I'll be able to see you soon." She smiled kindly at him. She noticed that Ellie was rather quiet. "Ellie." Ellie looked up at her. "thanks for being a good friend. I promise that I'll write to you as often as once a week." She hugged Ellie tightly. "you were my rock when no one else was." Ellie hugged her just as tight. She had silent tears welling up in her eyes. She didn't want to say goodbye to her friend. Susan pulled away. "we'll see each other again soon. Best of luck to the both of you." Arnold waved at Susan. "good bye Susan." Ellie gulped back her tears. "good bye." She uttered. Susan got into her van and drove off.

I hope you guys have enjoyed what you have read thus far. Make sure to read and review and I will see you guys in the next chapter

Adieu

Melonsworth