Author's note: Hola people! Thanks for waiting on me, so sorry that it took so long to update. But here's the next chapter and I hope you all enjoy!
Disclaimer- As I've said a thousand times before, no. I do not own Digimon.
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"I want my daughter found now Menson!" Mr. Orimoto yells angrily slamming his fist on the wooden table. The headmaster quickly stares into Mr.Orimoto's cold dark eyes, if he didn't find this troublesome girl soon, it would surely mean the end of his job!
"Uh...of course sir. It's just that Felicent Magical Preparatory School has so many secret passageways and shortcuts, who knows where she could possibly be!" Menson staggers, immediately he knew this was the dumbest thing he could say.
"Wha...What I meant was that, your daughter could well be lost forever...oh dear," Menson mumbles shrinking in his chair as Mr. Orimoto's eyes fill with rage. He quickly grabs the headmaster by his collar shirt and pulls him out of his chair so that they were now at eye level. Menson cowardly begins to thrash his arms in the air, like an out of control fan set on high.
"Oh...please sir! Spare me, I'm sorry!" Menson pleads wiggling his legs like jell-o, Mr. Orimoto gives him a pitiful look before dropping him on the glowing red carpet with a hollow thud. Menson rapidly begins taking deep breathes.
"Th...thank you sir," Menson breathes, suddenly the ear splitting creak of the double doors opening causes both the men to jerk there heads towards the doors. Takuya stood behind the doors, seeming to be debating whether he should enter the office or just stay where he is.
He didn't have much time to think about it before a girl pushed him to the side to walk in, her blonde hair flying behind her as she does.
"Oh, hey Takuya there's my dad! You were right, he is in here." she smiles grabbing his hand and pushing him into the office. They both walk inside, Takuya walking rather awkwardly as if he'd rather be somewhere other than here.
"Zoe! Honey your alright!" Mr. Orimoto cries seizing his daughter and wrapping her into a rib breaking hug, she winces under his grasp before pushing him away slightly.
"Yeah... dad, I'm fine. Takuya here helped me get here!" she grins pointing towards Takuya. Mr. Orimoto walks towards him and offers him his hand.
"I can't thank you enough for watching out for my little girl," he says in the most serious tone Takuya has ever heard. He restrains himself from laughing before taking his hand.
"No problem, she wound up in the kitchen for some weird reason and told me she was new, so I kinda figured the headmaster was where you two were heading." Takuya explains, Mr. Orimoto couldn't look anymore thrilled than he already was to have his daughter back. Takuya suddenly begins to wonder, what would it be like to have someone worry about you that much?
Mr. Orimoto had walked back towards Zoe before he came back to reality, the headmaster had one of his large hands on Takuya's shoulder and was grinning broadly.
"Good job boy, good job on bringing Izumi back to Mr. Orimoto," he says. Takuya gapes at him.
"Sorry? But isn't Izumi...the name of the governor's daughter?" Takuya blurts out. The headmaster nods and Takuya quickly shoots a look at Zoe and her father. She's Izumi!?
"Actually, Mr. Headmaster sir, I prefer Zoe," she says crossing her arms over her chest.
"Of course my dear, well you had best get to your room soon. Say good-bye to your father and I'll have Takura--"
"---Takuya," Takuya interrupts.
"That's what I meant, Takuya...here will show you to your room. After all it his job," The headmaster grins and Zoe shoots him a disgusted look before turning to her dad. Takuya suddenly thought that he should leave them to there privacy, but he felt glued to his spot so he couldn't help but watch the pair say their good-bye's.
"Well then, Izumi...this is good-bye," Mr. Orimoto smiles, expecting her to burst in to tears. For a moment Takuya thought that she was about too, but...all she did was sneeze and then turn away from him.
"Good-bye then father. Enjoy life at the office," she says coldly much to Takuya and the headmaster's surprises. Mr. Orimoto stares down at his daughter with great regret.
"Zoe...when are you going to sto--"
"Hurry dad, or you'll miss your next command," she says. She seems keen on getting this conversation over with so that her father will just leave. Why on earth she would wanna say good-bye so quickly is beyond Takuya. He would kill to be able to say 'I'll miss you' to his mother and father...too bad he never got the chance too when he actually could, but he barely remembers anything from his past at all. It's all a huge blur, and sometimes he dreams the strangest things.
Mr. Orimoto shakes his head at Zoe before dismissing himself, Takuya stepped sideways so that Mr. Orimoto could walk out the door, but to his surprise, Mr. Orimoto stares straight into the opposite wall of him and he turns an eerie red before a sudden blue hole appears. The way it came out of nowhere caused Takuya to jump backwards and watch as a man slowly walks through the portal, small sparks flying around the two men.
"Governor Orimoto! Nice to hear from you, the office will be glad to have you back," the small man smiles sheepishly. Mr. Orimoto nearly nods before giving his daughter one more loving look.
"Good-bye Izumi...I...I love you sweetie," he whispers, she stares back at him. Her cold stare seemed not to penetrate even under those warm words.
"Right. C'ya dad," she shrugs and he nods again before following the short man into the portal. Takuya watches as the portal swallows them up and slowly disappears. The sudden quiet in the room made a chill run up his spine, even for Takuya who has lived in Felicent for most of his life and been surrounded by all the random magic that goes around, was stunned by the sudden appearance of the portal. But Zoe and the headmaster did not look surprised at all.
"Well then Ms. Orimoto, I believe it is time that we take your stuff and send you to your room. And by we, I mean," his eyes flashed towards Takuya.
"Uh, yeah...I'll do it," Takuya says grabbing her suitcase and leading her out of the room, she follows after him, glaring at the headmaster.
"Takuya gimme my bag, I don't need you to carry it for me," she says grabbing it out of his hands.
"Fine, Fine. Let me take you to your room at least, do you know where it is?" Takuya asks looking around the hallways.
"Oh! Yeah of course I do...hmm, let see...," she takes out a piece of paper from her pocket before taking a look at the number scribbled on it, "Dorm number...one thousand and fifteen?! Takuya! There's no way that there's that many dorms here!" she cries startled, Takuya chuckles.
"It's all magic here Zo--Er, I mean Izumi." he corrects quickly, she quickly grabs his arm and prevents him from going any further.
"Zoe, alright?" she smiles, Takuya nods and leads her towards her dorm. Climbing up the spiral staircases took longer than either of them thought it would, Takuya was already tired by the time they had hit the fifth floor.
"T---kuya, I thought...you said, it was all magic--" she pants hanging onto the railing for support.
"It is magic, we're just not allowed--to---use it---on grounds," he pants, she nods following him up more stairs. The occasional ghost floated above them sending shivers down their backs as they continue, the blinding moon outside seemed to taunt them into going up farther. They're chests were already ready to collapse in pain.
"Am I gonna have to do this everyday!" Zoe complains, Takuya rolls her eyes at her.
"Quit complaining, and no. Once you get your key it'll help you transport around the castle freely, they take away your key if they find you doing anything against the rules, and you'll have to climb up these stairs everywhere around the castle. Not fun, trust me." Takuya says leading her through a rough wooden door, she climbs in after him.
"By the way, I wasn't complaining over there, ya know." she snaps.
"Sure you weren't," he adds sarcastically. The hallways up on the fifteenth floor where a lot more narrower than the one's at the bottom. The only times he ever came up here was to clean the bathrooms or dust around the place a bit, never for anything else. He feels more out of place here than way into his safe and cramped kitchen, which feels so far away from where he stands.
He immediately stops at a red painted door, the brilliantly shinning golden door knob looking slightly sleepy.
"T...Takuya? Is...the door knob...alive!?" Zoe squeals immediately hiding behind Takuya as if the door was about to swallow her down.
"Yup, this here is Benji, he'll be your room guardian, trust me he'll be ready to rip you open if you don't have your key or are up here for a visit. Anything other than that, he'll attack at once," Takuya explains, she nods.
"Pleasure to meet you miss," the door says, a wide mouth suddenly appearing where the keyhole should have been, and above the door knob stood two large tennis ball sized blue eyes.
"Uh, like...wise, Benji," Zoe says apprehensively. The door blinks at her before going back to it's original state of a simple door. It's eyes sinking back into the wood and the key hole forming into it's form once more.
"Hang on Takuya, why didn't he attack your? Your not here for a visit...and don't live here?" she points out.
"Well that's cause--"
"Well darling, I would never attack Takuya," says the door in a hoarse voice, smiling a bit, "He keeps me nice and clean. Best cleaner around if you ask me." Benji says clearly thinking it to be some kind of a compliment. Zoe looks around towards Takuya, seeing the flustered look on his face.
"What' s he talking about Takuya? Cleaner? Aren't you a student here?" she rambles.
"Uh--oh hey look Kari's your new room mate!" Takuya yells as the door opens revealing the tall brunette. She smiles at Takuya and then she looks down towards Zoe.
"Hello Takuya!" Kari smiles grabbing him into a tight hug, Zoe watches them. Feeling slightly out of place and turns away looking at Benji for conversation, but the door was watching Kari and Takuya happily.
"Kari and Takuya have been friends since the day she walked through the door of this school, she's always so happy when he's around, I think she's taken a liking towards him, don't you?" Benji whispers into Zoe ears, she looks up startled by the news and looks back to the embraced Takuya and Kari, Suddenly feeling as if someone had just punched her in the stomach.
"I...guess so," Zoe whispers back as Benji beamed at her.
"Well Zoe, this is your room mate Kari, and she's the best you could have. She's my bud, and Kari, this is Zoe your new room mate," Takuya introduces the girls watching them happily and slightly jealously. He wished he could have his own room mate to meet.
"Hello Zoe! You seem real awesome, can't wait to share my room with you!" Kari smiles sticking out her hand, Zoe was slightly taken back by the kind and sweet smile on her face, she quickly turns towards Takuya who was watching Kari with great amusement...she must be something special.
"Back at 'cha," Zoe finally says grabbing her bags and following Kari into the room, she quickly runs back out towards Takuya.
"Wait a sec! Takuya, will I be seeing you in any of my classes or...I dunno, will you come and visit me?" she asks hopefully, Takuya stares at her startled. She actually wanted him to visit her?
"Uh...yeah, sure," he choke back she beams at him before going back inside the room and shutting the door. He was now face to face with Benji who was grinning broadly at him.
"Well then Takuya, thank you for bringing me a new one to guide, have a nice night." Benji yawns shutting his eyes as Takuya nods and runs all the way back down towards the bottom floor, this was going to be one of the weirdest years of his life.
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Takuya wakes up the next morning, feeling fresh and rejuvenated, yesterday had been one of the weirdest days he's experienced in a good long while. But maybe today would even be weirder, and maybe that thought was the thing that made him jump out of bed, quickly take a shower and change.
"Mornin' Kuya," Dana mumbles looking over some of the recently received mail. Takuya glares at her before grabbing the carton of orange juice from the refrigerator and chugging it down.
"Dana, I told you not to call me that," he growls wiping away the orange juice with the back of his hand.
"Yes, and I told you not to drink out of the carton!" she says smacking him on the head slightly. Jimmy soon walks in through the door looking panicky, Dana and Takuya quickly shut up at the sight of him.
"Dana, Takuya...WHERE THE HELL IS THE BROWN SUGAR?!" he calls searching over there heads, Dana and Takuya exchange glances.
"The Brown Sugar?" Dana repeats.
"What'cha need that for Jim?" Takuya asks gulping down more juice, Dana frowns at him.
"To make cookies of course! The headmaster has an announcement tonight for dinner, and I wanna make cookies and cake for the occasion, maybe even a pie!" Jimmy goes on rambling and walking out of sight. Takuya shrugs and jams the juice back into the fridge.
"Lucky it's Saturday, I don't have to do anything today," Takuya grins, Dana glares at him.
"Yes, lucky for you, I think I'll go and help Jimmy find the sugar, he'll need my help eventually. And, Takuya?" she asks
"What?"
"Do...you think you could leave today? You know you overly stress me and Jimmy out whenever your around during the weekends," she whimpers, Takuya rolls his eyes at her.
"I get it, I get it. I'll go visit Tai and them," he says walking out of the kitchen feeling Dana's eyes glued onto his.
Truth was he didn't really wanna be indoors at all, it was a beautiful day today and he wasn't about to go and waist it indoors. He runs towards the entrance hall and out of the double doors, the cool air rushing through his body and a sense of exhilaration filled him. Even though the castle is on a cloud, there are bewitched grounds to come up around the castle giving the students the sense of being on the ground.
Takuya walks to his right, running towards his favorite tree that overlooked the entire kingdom below, he finally enters it's cool umbrella shade and lays back, enjoying the laughter of the students and the murmuring of the people below.
"Takuya!" calls Zoe's familiar voice, he jerks his head around to face Zoe wearing the school uniform. He laughs as she approaches wearing the navy blue skirt and white blouse with a single navy blue ribbon serving as her head band.
"Don't laugh, it's school requirement," she says sitting next to him under the tree.
"Well sure it is, but...you don't have to wear it on weekends," Takuya smirks, she stares at him horror struck suddenly looking him up and down.
"Are you kidding me!? Damn it! Is that why your not wearing your uniform today?" she asks looking around at the other wandering students in their normal street clothes. Takuya looks away from her, he hasn't told her yet that he doesn't exactly go to this school. He only lives here because he's the kitchen boy, truth be told. He was afraid to tell her, usually when students figure out who Takuya really is, they take care to shun him out of their lives as quickly as possible.
He wasn't at all sure about how Zoe was gonna take it being the governor's daughter.
"Uh, yeah...why not," Takuya mumbles.
"YO TAKUYA!" calls a sudden voice from behind them, Takuya and Zoe quickly turn around to face a large boy, his grin bigger than his head as he plops himself next to Zoe.
"J...P? What are you doing here?" Takuya asks startled by the arrival of his large and loud friend. His light brown hair looking like a wig in the wind.
"'Nuthin really, I just came back from the kitchen, looking for you. Jim said you were probably out here so I came. And here I am now," he says munching on a chocolate bar and suddenly staring at Zoe as if he only now realized she was there.
"And who's this little babe?" J.P. asks staring at Zoe as if she were about to break at any second.
"Uh...I'm Zoe," she says nervously at him, he grins showing of his chocolate covered teeth. Takuya snorted behind her.
"The names J.P. babe, but...your obviously with Takuya now, aren't cha?" J.P. asks glaring at Takuya with the deepest jealousy. Takuya stared at him.
"No she is not with me, she happens to be the gover--" but Zoe had clapped her hand over his mouth.
"I just happen to be going over some stuff," she says quickly, J.P. looks at both of them, confused.
"Are you dating or not?" he asks.
"Nuh-uh," they both reply.
"Whoosh! That's good news," he grins scrambling to his feet, "Well I'm gonna go and sneak some stuff out of the kitchen now, so I'll see 'ya later Takuya. And you Zoe, I will see you in my dreams." he replies smoothly before gliding off back into the castle.
Takuya bursts out laughing while Zoe frowns at him.
"Don't make fun of people! But...then again," she smiles, Takuya quickly stops laughing remembering something.
"Hey Zoe, why didn't you let me tell him you're the governor--" she clapped her hand over his mouth again.
"Please don't tell anyone that! It's bad enough the headmaster treats me like some porcelain doll, I don't need it from anyone else. So please, just keep it between you and me, alright?" she pleads, Takuya nods.
"Alright, I promise," he says getting up, she looks at him disappointed.
"Are you leaving already?" she asks getting up too.
"Yeah, I've gotta check some stuff out," he says.
"Can I come? I need me a bit of fun, please?" she begs grabbing onto his arm.
"Fine, just don't go all girly on me," he smiles as they walk back towards the castle.
"Girly? Excuse me what is that supposed to mean!?" she asks angrily.
"Nothing, nothing. Just some of the girls I know go crazy over a dead spider, I mean...if we run into ghosts and stuff. Don't go screaming your head off and stuff," Takuya smirks.
"I'll make you eat those words Takuya," she adds running to keep up with him.
"Nope, no that hungry, see?" he replies running towards the castle with Zoe at his heels.
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"Takuya, where the hell are we?" Zoe whispers as they walk towards the school dungeons, the strange feeling of alone and fear swelling over them as they pass the icy cellars. Zoe looking anxiously towards the door and back to Takuya.
"You can go if you want, this is what I mean by girly," he says walking faster as his shoes hit the wet stone floor bouncing off the walls and hitting back at them. Blazing blue flames sprouting out of the torches hanging on the walls as their shadows creep behind them.
"Shut up, I'm not going anywhere," she says forcefully following him. He suddenly stops behind a stone pillar footsteps coming from the path ahead.
"Come here!" He hisses grabbing Zoe's wrist and pulling her behind the pillar. They watch in silence as a hooded figure appears from the hallway a clear ghost at it's side. Even for a ghost, she looked dead with fear, her long silvery hair flying eerily behind her along with her dress that contained deeper shades of silver. Evidently blood, the hooded figure in front of her stops abruptly causing her to fly through him, a chill arouse through his body.
"Don't do that!" the man hisses, his voice sounding horse and strangely high at the same time, the ghost trembles with fear.
"So...sorry, won't do it again sir," she squeaks. He laughs at her voice.
"It is a good thing you have yet to forget Lindsey, I am after all the person who caused your death," he says, she nods not daring to look into his eyes.
"N...no sir, I would never forget," she chokes, the man gives another haughty laugh.
"So, your sure that the necklace is here?" the man asks.
"Oh yes sir, most positive," she smiles looking at him but immediately putting her head down at the sight of his anger.
"THEN WHERE IS IT?!" he yells slamming his fist into the wall where blood slowly began to trickle down his wrist.
"S...sir, you are bleeding," she says pointing at his fist.
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious," he says angrily she seemed to be shriveling up with fear, Takuya tried listening closely, which was hard considering how hard Zoe was clutching his arm.
"Zoe..." he whispers glaring at her, she nods and quickly let's go of him. Takuya turns back to look at the man and the ghost, only to find them gone. The hallways now stood in an empty darkness only lit by the blue flames of the torches. Zoe begins looking around too, her eyes going from object to object as a frown crept up her face.
"Where the hell did they go?" she whispers as Takuya takes her hand and leads her out from their hiding spot.
"I...don't know," Takuya says looking around himself. Something wasn't right? Why did those two suddenly disappear like that?
"Takuya, you don't think they knew that we were here. Do you?" she asks anxiously.
"I have no idea, but I need to go deeper into the dungeons...I need to check something," he says suddenly looking down at his and Zoe's hands. She follows his gaze down towards their hands, they suddenly stare at each other and take back their hands, blushing furiously.
"Uh...cold, let's keep going," Takuya mumbles as Zoe nods in agreement. They walk deeper into the hallways, the sounds of rats and wings sometimes turning up around them. They finally reach the end of the hallway, a tall iron black door stood before them a magical green glow flowing around it. The light illuminated the rest of the remaining hallway, everything stopped dead in place at the door. The only sound to Takuya was the strong beating of his own heart, and his uneasy breathing. He cast a look at Zoe, but she had frozen to her spot, her eyes focusing on the door as her hair flew behind her, caught in the air.
Takuya walks towards her with difficulty, something was trying to hold him back. Maybe someone is holding Zoe in her spot!
"Zoe!? Zoe c'mon talk to me!" he panics waving his hand in front of her face. She didn't blink nor stir, she was frozen to her spot.
He quickly turns around staring at the stoned ceiling only to see the moonlight beating down on them through long iron bars, water seemed to be dripping from the bars towards Zoe and Takuya's heads, but they never landed.
Takuya walks closer towards the water, only realizing that it had stopped falling in mid air. Had everything suddenly stopped working? But if so, then why was he, the only thing moving? Takuya quickly turns to face the door, a strong urge of running came to mind as he stares at it.
He angrily forces himself to walk towards the door, searing pain engulfing him in a large blanket as he gets closer towards the door's green glow, invisible daggers seemed to be stabbing at him wherever they could reach. The pain only increasing with a sudden burning sensation that felt like diving into boiling water suddenly erupted, his eyes swelling with pained tears as he walks closer towards the door.
Easy breathes, Easy breathes...
He thinks as he makes a run towards the door suddenly finding himself face to face with the black door, and suddenly the room had turned dark. Everything around him had disappeared and he was floating in mid darkness.
"ZOE!?" He calls his voice trailing back to him at once, with no answer what so ever.
A deep screeching noise suddenly fell around him, he falls to his knees covering his ears with difficulty, screaming along with the painful noise.
"STOP IT! STOP IT!" He cries trembling on his knees, when suddenly the environment had changed. He was standing in the middle of a small forest, a cozy house stood in front of him with the chimney giving out puffs of smoke.
"What the hell?" Takuya wonders walking towards the house, his shoes crunching dead leaves as he walks and the cooling breeze running it's hands through his hair. He approaches the house only to suddenly find it light with a roaring rage.
He falls backwards, stunned by the house's sudden fire. People inside were screaming in pain, a man and a woman from the sounds of it.
"I...I've gotta save them!" Takuya blurts out running towards the house only to be stopped by an invisible barrier than throws him back head first into a tree. He trembles at the foot of the tree, blood trickling down his lips.
"DAMN IT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" he yells angrily trying once again to run towards the house, only to ram himself into the tree once more. The man and the woman were now lying dead on the scrap heap they use to call a home. The woman looking like a lump of ashes but the father seemed intact, maybe he still lives!
Takuya jumps at this thought and tries to run towards the man yelling out to him.
"HEY HEY! I CAN HELP, I CAN CALL SOMEONE TO HELP!" he yells towards him, but the man didn't seem to be listening.
"HEY!" Takuya yells again only to stop dead in his tracks, the man was busy with what looked like a little boy.
"DISLODGE!" came the sudden body less voice. Takuya jerks his head around, looking for the source of the voice. But suddenly feeling himself pulled violently by a rope and landing hard on the cold hard ground.
Lights flashed themselves over his eyes, as he quickly blinked them away. He was back at the dungeons away from the door now. He looks to his right, Zoe was on the ground too, shaking.
He slowly sits up, Zoe doing the same.
"Jimmy? What are you doing here!?" Takuya demands seeing him standing behind them, looking terrified. But the moment these words came out of Takuya's mouth, his lips pursed with anger.
"WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU TWO THINKING COMING DOWN HERE!" he yells grabbing Zoe and Takuya by the collars of their shirts and lifting them from the ground. Zoe swayed in her spot a bit, Takuya quickly runs behind her to avoid her from falling.
"YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! YOU IDIOTS!" he yells, Takuya backs away slightly. Feeling that Jimmy was about to slap him or something. Zoe had finally come to her faces and was frowning at Takuya and Jimmy.
"Look Jimmy, we didn't even need rescuing so I have no idea what the hell you were--"
"DIDN'T NEED RESCUING!?" Jimmy laughs at Takuya's words, suddenly he was feeling a strong surge of anger filling up inside him.
"YEAH! GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT! DAMN IT JIMMY YOUR ALWAYS MEDDLING INTO WHAT I DO! GET A GRIP AND LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE! MAYBE THIS TIME I DIDN'T EVEN NEED YOUR HELP! I NEVER DID JIMMY!" Takuya yells at the top of his lungs, Zoe quickly stares at him, gaping not far from the same expression Jimmy had.
"YOU SPOILED LITTLE BRAT!--" Jimmy began before Takuya gave a forced laugh at his words.
"SPOILED MY ASS! I'M TREATED WITH NO DAMN RESPECT AROUND HERE AND YOU KNOW IT! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT LITTLE WORLD YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN JIMMY BUT NO WHERE ONCE HAS ANYONE EVER BEEN NICE TO ME!" Takuya says all in one breathe, Jimmy glares at him walking away without even looking at him. He quickly looked over at Zoe for support, but she was staring at the opposite wall, her face shinning with disappointment.
"What?" Takuya asks impatiently, she frowns at him punching him hard in the shoulder.
"Not once has anyone been nice to you! Well then what the hell have I been doing this entire time! Damn it Takuya," she says running after Jimmy. Takuya watched her leave, feeling like a complete idiot as he watched the two people that had once been nice to him walk away.
He turns around back towards the door, forgetting about Jimmy and Zoe for a second.
"What happened here? Why...maybe I am right after all," He whispers before running after Zoe.
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Author's note: Oooh! And what exactly is Takuya right about, eh? HAHAH well until later readings will you find out.
P.S.: I'll try hard to get the next update in fast. As you all may have noticed, I'm really bad about updating my stories. So please don't give up on me!Thanks for reading!