Years past, still no sign of ever being able to return to the surface any time soon. The girls were older now, Charlotte was 17, and Kate 15, neither had found anyone who cared for them as much as their new family did.

But time was running out for Charlotte.

At age 18 all girls had to be married, who to, was mainly chosen by their father, rarely chosen by them. After time they did grow to love the man chosen for them, they had to, there was no way out of the marriage other than the death of either one of them.

The boys were older too, Garrett was now 22, and Peter was 18, they both had full time jobs to help support the family. They both cared for the younger girls, but never saw them as sisters. Peter was always closer to Charlotte, and Garrett to Kate.

Times of change were coming.

Kate had fallen asleep in her chair at the back of the classroom, no one woke her up when the last bell went and so the classroom was empty and silent, then Garrett walked in.

'Kate?' He gently shook her trying to wake her

'Huuuhh...' She replied sleepily, slowly opening her eyes

'I managed to get the afternoon off' Garrett smiled at her, 'We could go do something together if you want'

She sat up suddenly when she realised he was there, smiling she replied 'I'd love that'

'Great, c'mon then' He pulled her out of her seat and lead her outside, if it could be called outside, with the artificial hills and grass and only lit by the bright lights up in the ceiling.

Peter was still at work, as a medical apprentice, he loved this work, finding out ways of creating cures for illnesses, and even ways of creating poisons that worked without anyone noticing, he especially loved doing the latter of the two.

Charlotte was waiting at home patiently for him, doing her homework just to pass the time.

Soon 7 o'clock came and everyone went home, it was curfew, at 7:30 without fail the lights dimmed and went one every day.

Peter came home in a good mood, he had done well that day and had been rewarded with some expensive medicine that he needed himself, he had multiple personality disorder, and without the tablets to suppress it, things could get very messy very quickly.

Kate and Garrett came home side by side after spending the rest of the day sat on what they called 'Their hill', which was simply a hill that overlooked the street of where her and Charlotte used to live.

Dinner was ready for them, Charlotte had helped make it, nothing special, a simple beef stew, but they brought out some pumpkin bread to celebrate Peter's success.

They talked as they ate, about their day, and how it had been, it was all very cheerful around the table, until Garrett's father said something that ruined the mood completely

'So Charlotte' He said, 'I've found someone I'd like you to meet'