Lizzie plopped herself in a chair at the breakfast table as her mother made her toast. The aroma of the toaster floating around her nostrils. It was the beginning of her 3rd day after winter break. But it really wasn't so ordinary, her brother, Gregor was coming home, but not alone. His "girlfriend" was coming too. But she lived MILES name was Luxa. " morning sweet-heart," her mother said to her, placing a hard boiled egg and a buttered piece if toast in front of her,

"Morning mom," she replied, aching to ask about Gregor.

"Well in case you wanted to know, Gregor should be here when you get home," Her mother said, placing down her phone. Lizzie sighed, finishing up her egg, she grabbed her bag and ran to the bus. It was waiting, sighing like it had just ran a marathon. She sat in an empty two-seater and put on her headphones, nothin' like Sam Cooke to make your day go fast.

Gregor and the Red Scar Society

Part 1

Chasing illusion

Gregor sat in Mrs. Cormaci's new-ish car as it rolled along the Brooklyn Bridge. From there to

I-95 then about six hours- oh the fun. Luxa laid her head on Gregor's shoulder and shifted her sunglasses. She had to look semi normal. She had spent enough time outside to get rid of the visible veins. She still looked very pale though. Her hair had lost a lot of its silvery flare though it also still looked pretty familiar. Gregor pulled out his earbuds and stuck one in his ear and one in the other, he then put on a song By Sam Cooke, nothin like him to make a car ride go fast.

2:47 P.M.

With a satisfying click of her seatbelt, Luxa got out of the car, and laid her eyes upon the rather large house. It was something completely new to her. Suddenly, a cute, big, and excited animal ran up to her with the remains of a toy monkey in its mouth. It was Robbie, Gregor's German Shepard. He sat in front of Luxa ten dropped the "toy"in front of her. But before she made up her mind about this animal, Gregor started furiously scratching him and he seemed to love it. Gregor picked up the demented toy and threw it into the field next to the driveway. Robbie immediately dashed after it. Gregor then checked his phone. It was about an hour before Lizzie got home. Boots was definitely home from pre-school and his mom was home and dad at school teaching, he'd be back by 3:00. As Gregor opened the door, his mom grabbed him and gave him a bone crushing hug. "Hey - mom!" He said between gasps of air .

"Oh sweetie! I was so worried!" She blurted.

" I can…tell," he said using the only air left in his lungs. He felt tears run down his back.

When she let go she hugged Luxa and asked her something. Gregor didn't hear. And then his mom showed Luxa around the house

Two weeks later

12:16 P.M.

Gregor had only 14 minutes until he could leave school. He had a half day. That men't he could see Luxa two-and-a-half-hours-earlier. That girl got into trouble even up here sometimes. The bell finally wrung. He was free. He dashed to the bus and sat down nearest to the front. That way no one would bother him. He hummed a song Luxa had taught him in the Underland. "Let's hope it's not another prophecy," Gregor had said to her when she taught him. It was a joke but inside they both hoped it wasn't. REALLY hoped. As the stinky old bus clopped it's way out of the school's property, Gregor noticed Liam waving him from bike. Gregor wearily waved back. Nobody knew why he rode his bike in 12 degree weather. He was moved with his dad to Asia four years ago and came back two. His dad was in a war and when Liam went to visit him at the base, he was shot. Poor kid still is made fun of. If people were decent.

Gregor's bus rolled around a corner and stopped in front of the house. Gregor hopped of with a loud noise that sounded like the disruption of gravel. He raced up the drivers and into the garage. He used the entrance inside it, shut the door and popped himself inside. His Mom was making cookies, obviously the smell gave it away. It wandered into his nose and twisted his tastebuds mad!

"Mom, why are you making these?" He asked her,

"You've been happy. I want to make you happier," she went from smiling to sort of frowning. Gregor knew what she was thinking, she knew he was going to have to go back, and she hated it. The very thought twisted her insides and rolled them up, without forgetting to shoot them out of a cannon. It didn't feel good. At all. Gregor asked,

"Where's Luxa?"

"Outside with the dog again," she replied, "she really likes him, I thought there'd be atleast a few dogs in the Underland,"

Gregor fixed his eyes on Luxa out the rather large window in the kitchen. Throwing his "monkey" across the field, Robbie going after it. He just shook his head. He then proceeded to the back door. He shut it silently. And then sprinted after Luxa. She couldn't hear of course, he was being real quite. He then scooped her up in his arms and she screamed in surprise.

"GREGOR! You SCARED me!" She yelled,

"Hello to you to," he said sarcastically,

"How were your classes," she said then cuddled into his chest,

"Fine, is this all you've been doing?"

"No, I have helped your mother greatly, I learned how to dust!" She said that last part in excitement. Robbie tilted his head in confusion. Gregor swung her up onto his shoulders and something fell out of his back pack. Luxa eyed it and swore she saw the two words, permission and dance.

A dance? She thought, I shall retrieve it later. Gregor opened the back door and dropped her on the ground, then they walked in to see a platter of steaming cookies. Gregor snagged two, he stuck one into his mouth, and handed the other to Luxa. When she stuck it into her mouth, her eyes lit up as if the rainbow of all sugars danced along her tongue. She loved the overland so far. And then the flurries started to fall.

April fools! This was my April fools for today. I shortened this chapter to make the others longer. I wanted everyone to get a chapter. There won't be one for a little while. But this is just to begin. Farewell,

-Jm12800