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Author's Note: Sorry it took so long for the update. I've been really busy lately. I've got the plot worked out, and I've been writing till 2am. All that's left to do is type. And thanks to all the readers and reviewers!

Sabine had failed me. She even confessed everything to the police. Nonetheless, I would be free soon, and I would be going to some other school now. I wish I could go to Easton again. I missed Noelle and the girls. Definitely not Reed, though. Brennan is probably off getting some other guy into some murderous trouble. I've been replaced by Reed. According to Noelle, it's over between me and her. We haven't talked since she hit me with her lacrosse stick and went to juvenile rehabilitation.

I am still wondering how I can get even with Reed. That pest. I'd just gone to see my therapist. I'm free in a week. I'll be starting school again soon. Perfect.

I packed my belongings.

One week later…

"Mom! So good to see you again!" I said, as we enveloped in a tight embrace. I wore a smile upon my face, but I secretly wonder how Sabine is. But I didn't ask about her.

"Where do you want to go for school?" my dad asked.

"Easton." I answer. I missed Easton. I missed school It had been two long years.

"I don't think your friends will be very amused," he protested.

"I can handle things," I assured him. He sighed, a sign that he was giving in.

We went home, a normal family at last. Not even Reed can break us apart.

Later that month, I finally came up with a new look. I went to the hairdressers', and dyed my hair a raven black. I bought a wide selection of contact lenses. Black, dark brown, chocolate brown, hazel brown, light brown, dark green, emerald green, light green, dark blue, midnight blue, sky blue, light blue, pale blue, to name some. I even bought a couple of red ones.

Then came the hard part. I spent some time tanning as well. And I went home, with my new look. My parents seemed a little appalled at first, that I should go this far, but in the end they agreed to keep it all a secret.

I worry that I might have to kill them to shut up about this, but I don't have the heart to kill them. Not after all they've done. Especially how after they accepted me, a murderer, back into their home.

I brought everything I would need to stalk Reed. That same perfume as Cheyenne's,

Reed's own ring and Cheyenne's necklace Sabine swiped for me and of course, how could I not remember to bring a little something to remind Reed of my precious sister? I chose the watch Sabine said she wore the whole time at Easton.

I had to pick a name. Then I had the most wonderful idea. I went to my friend Kassandra's house. I asked her a favour, then bribed her parents into playing along. Wonderful, a legacy AND an identity at Easton. Oops… I forgot I fired Cromwell. Ignore the new policy, I'll just blackmail or bribe the new principal.

But when I finally reached Easton, a rude shock was awaiting me. I got to see Billings being torn down. Noelle yelling through the phone, the idiot Reed watching helplessly. How could Reed allow her, our, MY home to be destroyed like this? How dare she? What has she done?

Of course, Ivy seemed pretty amused. Damn her. I approached Reed.

"They tore Billings down?"

"What would you know about Billings?" Noelle snapped after having slammed her iPhone and thrusting it onto one of Easton's many ivy-covered walls. It shattered to bits. What a perfect waste.

"I'm a legacy. Of course I know about Billings," I answered simply. Didn't bother to add that the legacy of the Cole family was longer than Cheyenne's.

"You remind me a lot of someone," Noelle said. Ariana? Was it Ariana? I have black hair, brown eyes and a tan now, Noelle, you shouldn't be able to notice!

"Ex-Residents of Billings, you will be placed in your specific new houses by this afternoon," came a voice. It was the new principal. Damn him.

So most of us got into Bradwell. So again, I am in the same house as that cheap slut.

"Um… haven't got the chance to introduce myself yet," Reed said. "I'm Reed Brennan,"

"Kassandra Cole," I said. I noticed Reed was eyeing my… uh… Sabine's watch. After that I went to my room, and I saw my roommate. A girl about Sabine's age, brown hair, most angelic-looking face. Her name? Alana Ryle.

I unpacked my belongings. Slipped on my (Reed's) ring and went to mingle with the other ex-Billings girls. After al, nothing wrong with torturing Reed before I kill her, right? I even bought a 'sacrificial' dagger. Its hilt was covered in ornate designs.

The next day, we were all awoken by Reed's screaming. She was literally screaming her head off, the demented witch that she is. In seconds, everyone was in their room. Noelle yelled at them to get the hell out. Being the fierce person Noelle is, she managed to get them all to leave. Even I left. For a while. When everyone left for classes, I listened.