Okay, it feels like forever since I last uploaded, even though I know it hasn't been all that long. I'm sorry if this story seems to be going too fast, but no worries, this is just the prequel to a series of stories. Which is followed by another series of stories.

I don't own JCA.

Now, on with the story.

When they got back to San Fran they realized a little problem. Jackie wasn't back yet, neither was Tohru or Uncle. So Jade and Seymour had nowhere to stay. Charlie told them that his place was too small; it was barely big enough for him and his big brother.

"I guess we could check if you guys could stay at my place." Frank says slowly, although he seems doubtful. They go with him to ask his parents. He is about to get permission when one of Frank's little sisters, a little seven year old, asks him a question

"Is your leg feeling okay?"

Both Frank and his dad freeze at that question, but Frank recovers quickly and responds

"Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?" Then he runs upstairs before anyone can react to what he said. Charlie follows and looks at Frank strangely.

"That was a really random question." Jade says.

"No, actually it's a pretty normal question in this house." Frank says, then he leaves the room to get some food or something. Once he leaves Seymour turns to Charlie

"Why are you looking at Frank like he's a demon?" Jade snickers at the question and Charlie sighs.

"Because I've never seen him respond to that question like that before, and he never talks that way to his dad, he doesn't want to do anything to make his dad hate him even more then he already does."

"What? His dad hates him?" Jade cries out.

"Well, not hate, I guess, but they don't get along. Not since…"
"Not since the accident" Frank interrupted, having come back upstairs.

"What accident?" Seymour asks. Frank smirks and says

"The car accident that hurt my leg and killed my mom." Charlie's jaw dropped.

"Frank, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I'm just saying that humans really are pathetic, weak creatures."

Seymour looked at Charlie, and he looked very confused about the way that Frank was acting. Seymour heard Charlie whisper.

"What's gotten into him?"

Spring break is now over and the kids start going back to school. But at the end of their first day back Charlie gets called down to the office. The others go with him and wait out in the hall while he goes and talks to whoever.

Outside the office they could hear a lot of what they were saying.

"Charlie, this has gotten out of hand. You're grades have dropped and you don't pay attention in class because of this distraction.

"I'm sorry, alright, just give me my sketchbook back."

"I can't, not until you're grades improve."

Frank had heard enough, he stands up and storms into the room, snatching the sketchbook from the councilor and hands it back to Charlie. Frank then turns and says

"Why do you think you can do that?"

"I'm sorry?"

"That book, you can't just snatch it away from him." Frank says, irritated with the councilor.

"I'm just doing my job, Frank."

"Oh? So I guess you're job is to know all of the personal thoughts of the students, right? Because that sketchbook has all of his thoughts in there, kinda like a journal, and I don't see you taking kid's journals away. Find another way to do you job."

Frank then grabs Charlie's arm and runs out of the room, Seymour and Jade follow and they run until they're a good distance from the school.

"So, Charlie, did you really just get in trouble for drawing in school?" Jade asks when she gets her breath back.

"Yeah, it's gotten kinda out of hand. But Frank, you know that you're in huge trouble for that, right?" Charlie says, looking at Frank who was looking really frustrated.

"I know, I have no clue what came over me. I've just been feeling so, weird these past few days, and I have no clue why."

Seymour knew that he had to say something. Things were getting worse by the minute.

"I do, I know why you've been kinda hot headed lately, and I think I know a way to fix it. Come with me." And he started running, with the others at his heels.

"Uh, Demon, where are we going?" Jade asked as they ran.

"The dump."

Ugh, that Chapter sucked. Sorry. I only just planned out how I would be doing that. I have everything else planned out, just not that. I promise that it will be better in the next chapter, which will probably be the last of this story.