The first thing Liam did on a bright July morning was wake the others up.

"Come on, get dressed, hurry!" He whispered hastily, having to jump on Axel's bed just to get him up.

"Jeez, Liam, what's got you so jumpy today?" Axel mutters, rubbing his eyes as he sat on the side of his bed.

"Did you honestly forget, giant green freak?" Liam asks, turning around with a raised eyebrow.

"Ohh! I remember now, I better go get it!" Axel quickly walked over to a chest, digging through it's contents for whatever it was.

"Good." Liam walks out, heading to Petra's room. He found her buried in the covers, and chuckles at her weird position. "Wake up, Sleeping Beauty." He spoke softly, shaking her shoulder. No matter who it was, Petra would always attempt to bite the hand of whoever is trying to wake her. She successfully bit her own boyfriend's hand once, and apologized repeatedly as he healed up.

"Ngghhhhhh." Petra groaned, muttering something about 'five more minutes' and turning away.

"Come on, Peets." Liam rolls his eyes at her, then began to walk to the cauldron in the corner. He took a bucket of water and Petra was up and at 'em when she heard the water going into the bucket.

"I'm up, I'm up, don't-" Petra began, but Liam had already splashed her. "Splash me.." She mutters, wiping the water from her face. Liam let out an almost-silent laugh.

"Sorry, Peets. Had to." Liam kisses her cheek before leaving her be. "I know you still love me!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." He heard Petra grumble before he closed the door behind him.

Liam had let the Ocelots, his mother, and the remainder of the Old Order in earlier so they could begin preparing the area by the lake for a birthday celebration. Jessie, Olivia, Axel, and Petra had joined them not too long ago, and Jack and Lupin were running late. They had gone out to hunt cows for the large group. (Everyone swore never to kill another pig. You should know why.)

"Alright, is everything set?" Liam called out to the group, who were mostly chatting, but now their attention was on Liam.

"Everything's gotta be good. He only turns 20 once, am I right?" Liam asks, to which the majority of the group nod. Jack entered through the gate with Lupin behind him.

"Sorry for being a bit late. Ran into some skeletons while taking the shortcut." The blackette apologized, passing Liam and heading to the chest by the furnaces. He put his stash in there, along with his sword.

"You're fine; Lukas still hasn't woken up yet. He stayed up late working on a potion. I suggested he should take up potionmaking, and he took it pretty seriously, I guess." Liam shrugged, as Ivor took out a clock.

"It's almost noon. Shouldn't you go and wake him up?" He pointed out, stashing away the clock and glancing at Kelly, who approved. Liam nods with a grin.

"Alright, everyone in your spots!" Liam ordered, walking back into the home to search for his brother. The party goes to a hiding place, even Lupin, as Liam closes the door behind him.

The older sibling found Lukas, hunched over his desk with a quill in his hand. He was jotting down notes for a potion he was working on, copying them from another book that previous night. Liam opens the door slowly as not to awaken his brother. The blond smiles, walking up to his brother's hunched figure and shaking his shoulder gently.

"Lukas, come on, buddy, wake up." Liam spoke softly, as Lukas reacted much like Petra. A mutter of 'five more minutes.' "Alright, I guess I'm gonna go find mom and make her show Jessie all the baby pictures of you that she painted-" Liam felt someone tackle him to the ground, and he laughs, knowing it was Lukas trying to stop him.

"Please don't." Lukas pinned Liam in his spot, not wanting to get embarrassed. Liam just laughs. "Oh, that was a shortcut to wake me up, huh?" Liam nods, still laughing at his brother. "Hardee-har-har, you're gonna get it!" Lukas exclaimed, going for Liam's weakness; tickling. Liam kept laughing, trying to pry Lukas off of him.

"N-no, s-st-stop!" He kept laughing, breathing heavily when Lukas finally stood up and off of him. Liam lied on the floor like a dead man, yet he was still breathing, of course. (Flashback to ending of A Wither Against The World.) (I'm so evil.) "So, you ready, birthday boy?" Liam asks, still lying on the floor as his brother walks around the room, putting various items away and getting his Ocelot jacket back on.

"Wait, what?" Lukas froze and looked at his brother, who jumped back onto his feet.

"You don't remember, don't you? It's July 24th! It's your birthday!" Liam exclaims, punching his brother's shoulder as he did so.

"What? It-It's my birthday?"

"Yes, come on!" Liam grabbed his brother's wrist and led him through the halls. The older sibling was more excited than ever. Why, you ask? Because it's Lukas's first birthday since Liam returned to his life.

And making today a perfect day for him meant a lot to Liam. Especially after being gone for so long.

There you have it! The first chapter of the sequel!

Can anyone tell me what they think I might do? (hint hint: let it go)

(And, since I can't exactly reply to your review, AngelicTea, do not worry. I will still pull your idea in at some point. Thank you for the suggestion!)