DON'T OWN CHARACTERS!

Bubbles awoke to the familiar sound of chirping. She got out of the bed she she shared with Boomer and quietly made her way over to the window to see Fredrick, her favorite little bird alarm. How had he found her? She smiled, not really caring, there was another question on her mind. Her thoughts were filled with Bell. It was only the second day since the fight and none of her sisters had awoken. She felt guilty for taking it so lightly and repetitive in her mind but...

What is a banshee?

She sighed and went to take a shower. Her mind had finally synced with Blossom's question. She had taken it so lightly, but now, she couldn't even explain the elaborateness of the four words. The shower water was warm, and Bubbles took her time, the unusual feeling of leisure took her over easily. She couldn't decide whether to accept it or run away. Her breathing was deep and her body was relaxed. The question echoed throughout her skull, why? Why did she care about what it was now when she certainly didn't a few day ago? Something that seemed so insignificant. Bubbles didn't think herself the type to brood. She stepped out of the warm water, the cool air hit her like ice. She went to the mirror and tied her wet hair up in a low bun after drying herself. She slid on a tight, short-sleeved, white, off the shoulder top and light blue skinny jeans. She left her feet bare. She walked out of the bathroom and found that Boomer was still asleep. She tip-toed out of the room and went to go and visit her family. She couldn't go and see Bell and Bunny because they were staying in the boys' rooms, but she spent most of her time checking on her dad and sisters. The three of them rested in the infirmary, a good way down the hall from her room. There were only a few people awake, Mrs. Whilksy, the owner of a small caramel shop, sat by her door. She sat in an old rocking chair she had brought from her home, she was always awake in the morning. The old woman smiled and waved to Bubbles, who returned the favor. A little farther down the hall and she passed Dorothy and her mother, Kelly. Dorothy was being cradled in her mother's arms, her mother trying to lull her back to sleep. Dorothy was only but 7 months old, her mother was young. Bubbles smiled quietly at the two, both nearly asleep. She passed many more rooms that the people of the kingdom were inhabiting until she finally reached her destination. She entered the quiet infirmary. Her family lay exactly as they had been before, their clothes unchanged, completely out cold. Every doctor that had seen them said it was only a matter of days, but Bubbles couldn't wait a matter of days. They estimated that Buttercup would take the longest, her wounds were worse than the other, having been hit so many times. Buttercup was covered in scratched and angry bruises. Dried blood was smeared all over her and some of her bones had been broken. Besides Buttercup the doctors couldn't tell whether her sister or father would wake up first. Blossom had received an awful head wound, but the doctors said that she didn't appear to have any brain damage. Also, Blossom's back had gotten pretty torn up from being hit against the wall. He father had fractured bones, and some bruises and cuts. The only one Bubbles had seen was her father's. She felt useless and it tormented her. She had fainted at the sight of the monster, leaving her sisters to protect her as well as them selves. Bubbles' thoughts were interrupted by the tapping of the window. She opened it and Fredrick flew in and landed on her shoulder. She forgot to feed him. She made her way down to the kitchen. Inside she found Lillian, making food like she always did.

"Good morning Lillian" Bubbles said. She was grateful to Lillian, who had sat down and listened to her worry about her family, and hugged when she cried and beat down on herself. It was Lillian who started getting up earlier as Bubbles did, just to make her breakfast. Lillian turned around

"Good morning!" She said cheerfully before looking at Fredrick, "Who's this?"

"Lillian, meet Fredrick, my alarm clock" Bubbles giggled.

"Nice to meet you" Fredrick chirped back in response.

"Lil, do we have any birdseed?" Bubbles asked, she nodded.

"The gardener like us to always have some in the kitchen." She said before dropping a giant bag in font of the two. Fredrick chirped in happiness and Bubbles giggled. Lillian poured the bird its food and handed Bubbles hers. They continued talking normally, as though nothing had happened.

"So, what's this gardener like?" Bubbles asked and Lillian blushed slightly.

"He doesn't really like to come into the palace," Lillian looked away. "He lives in the garden shed," she said, looking out of the window.

"Are you two friends?" Bubbles asked, Lillian shook her head.

"Even when he does come here, I think he avoids the kitchen." She said, looking down.

"But, you wanna be friends?" She asked. Lillian nodded slightly, her blush becoming slightly more visible. "I think you have a little crush on him." Bubbles said and Lillian's face burned bright red.

"No" She tried denying it. The teasing went on for a good while, it wasn't long until people started waking up and filing their way into the kitchen for food. Lillian slid her hair up into a ponytail and fastened an apron over her lilac dress. Bubbles watched as she served the people, Bubbles stood up and went to her side.

"Room for one more?" She asked, grabbing a serving spoon. Lillian hummed and nodded. They served together, speeding up the process. When they finally finished they slumped back in the chairs. Fredrick had long flown out of the window, leaving his dish empty. Bubbles couldn't help but notice that the boys weren't there. As if reading her mind Lillian spoke up

"They have a meeting" She said, reassuringly. While Lillian had been comforting her the day before, Boomer had been in all of these meetings.

"Why aren't you in school?" Bubbles asked, Lillian was a year older than her, a senior.

"I do go to school, just one closer to the castle."

"And does this gardener happen to go there?" Bubbles asked and Lillian nodded.

"What grade?"

"Senior..." Lillian said, her attempts at hiding her blush failed. Bubbles knew that look. She wanted to start teasing but Lillian stopped her. "So, how's the future mate?" she asked and Bubbles blushed lightly. It was true, because of certain circumstances her father had requested the girls mate early for protection, they didn't have to marry yet. Although, to Bubbles, weren't marriage and mating nearly the same thing? Bubbles had agreed to her father's suggestion.

"He's good, I guess, I haven't seen him much." She shrugged.


It was warm, really warm. She saw it again, in the darkness with the jazz music, those gorgeous eyes. This time she heard his voice, too. Calling for her, begging her to get up. The jazz music got louder and Bunny cracked an eye open. The music cut completely. She slowly sat up. She was in Blitz's bed, the warm had been heated up. She slowly stood up, her body cracking as she put weight on it. She held her tingling hands before her, she found them covered in skin as though she had never lost any at all. She was wearing one of Blitz's shirts. She looked at herself, messy, no make up. She sighed, not really feeling up to doing anything but finding out what was going on. She pulled her hair up into a ponytail. She walked out of the room, finding more strength in every step she took. She heard voices from the living room. She quietly opened the door.

Standing in a crowded room and I can't see your face The voice rand out over the other voices
Put your arms around me, tell me everything's OK
In my mind, I'm running round a cold and empty space
Just put your arms around me, tell me everything's OK

Break my bones but you won't see me fall, oh Bubbles danced around the room, holding the hand of a crying child
The rising tide will rise against them all, oh

Darling, hold my hand She sand out the notes, everyone smiling at her
Oh, won't you hold my hand?
Cause I don't wanna walk on my own anymore
Won't you understand? Cause I don't wanna walk alone
I'm ready for this, there's no denying
I'm ready for this, you stop me falling People started dancing
I'm ready for this, I need you all in
I'm ready for this, so darling, hold my hand

Soul is like a melting pot when you're not next to me She pointed into the crowd
Tell me that you've got me and you're never gonna leave
Tryna find a moment where I can find release Bunny added a note, surprising everyone
Please tell me that you've got me and you're never gonna leave She added another and Bubbles motioned to her

Break my bones but you won't see me fall, oh
The rising tide will rise against them all, oh

Darling, hold my hand
Oh, won't you hold my hand?
Cause I don't wanna walk on my own anymore
Won't you understand? Cause I don't wanna walk alone Bunny dancing slightly through the crowd
I'm ready for this, there's no denying
I'm ready for this, you stop me falling
I'm ready for this, I need you all in
I'm ready for this, so darling, hold my hand

Don't wanna know Bunny joined her in front of the people
That feeling when I'm all alone
So please don't make me wait, cause I don't wanna break
And I don't wanna fall
When you're next to me
Can tell I'm not afraid to be
That you don't make me wait, and never let me break
You never let me fall She let out a big note

Darling, hold my hand They started singing together, Bunny adding notes
Oh, won't you hold my hand?
Cause I don't wanna walk on my own anymore
Won't you understand? Cause I don't wanna walk alone
I'm ready for this, there's no denying They danced around with the people
I'm ready for this, you stop me falling
I'm ready for this, I need you all in
I'm ready for this, so darling, hold my hand They stopped and everyone cheered

Bubbles hugged her. The crowd broke apart and the people went back to their earlier conversations. The small child ran up and hugged them before running back to their parents.

"You're finally awake!" Bubbles said

"Finally?"

"You've been asleep for nearly a week!"

"6 days?" Bubbles nodded and Bunny's stomach growled. Bubbles laughed and took her to the kitchen.

Bubbles and Lillian explained everything to her as she ate.

"And my skin?" She asked

"Banshee skin multiplies at unusual rates when damages, you healed within a day, the rest was fatigue." Lillian spoke

"And you were singing because?"

"We have to keep the people happy" She said and Bunny nodded. "Also," she started, "We need to be mated early, in order to be protected" Bunny finished her food and stared at her sister.

"You're crazy." She stated before she got up and made her way out of the kitchen. Bubbles was right behind her.

"The boys will be back soon." Bubbles started, They entered the living room to see the royals being bombarded with questions. Bunny took a sharp turn and ran out of the room. Bubbles kept running after her,

"What good is committing to something like that?" she asked, out of breath.

"Protection, dad wants us too, he suggested before the attack, when they received the message." Bunny looked slightly shocked, but didn't speak. "And love" Bunny snapped her head to her sister.

"Bubbs, we barely know these guys."

"Yet you can't keep your mind off Blitz" Bubbles said, she looked a little angry. "He loves you, it's so obvious, all of them love us and even though None of us know how we feel, don't you think they deserve something, we'll be with them forever either way, but we'll only make them worried if they aren't connected to us!" The sun was setting, the two of them stood on some unknown floor. Bunny leaned against the wall and sighed, before looking at her sister.

Bunny quietly opened the bedroom door, and closed it just as silently. She tip-toed across the room, she had hoped that Blitz would be here. A strong wind blew in from the balcony, spraying Bunny with the all too familiar cinnamon scent. Her disappointment was gone in an instant. She walked to the balcony doors, seeing him leaning over the rails, still looking for her. She was lucky, the wind blew against her, hiding her smell from him. She watched him drop his head, running his hand through his hair. She quietly walked onto the balcony.

"So, I've been wondering." He flinched as her voice cut through the night air. "Do you think one day that we'll have so many stars we won't be able to tell that the sky is black?" He slowly turned around. "Cause I've been wonderin-mmph" He grabbed her arms and pulled her into a deep kiss. "Mmmph" She tried talking, he just silenced her with his tongue, she tried to pull away for air but he wouldn't let her lips go. She felt her knees get weaker and her picked her up and set her on the railing, his arms around her. He pulled back and glared at her. She nervously scratched the back of her head, her cheeks burned red.

"Hehe" She nervously laughed. The night was cool, Bunny could vaguely see her breath. She tried to focus on it but Blitz grabbed her skin and brought her face to his.

"Don't ever do that again."

"Do what?" She thought, thinking about her hiding from him.

"Get hurt" This time her eyes snapped to his.

"I can't promise that." She said, still blushing. He groaned and put his head on her shoulder.

"Why?"

"I'm a troublemaker, danger is part of the job"

"quit the job"

"Not a chance, I live for it"

"Why don't you ever obey me?"

"Well I'm not some obedient pet for you," She said, successfully pushing him away and hopping off the rail, she walked into the room. "You better get used to it, considering that you'll be stuck with me for a long time." She sat on the bed and he was there in an instant.

"You agreed?" She nodded,

"But I don't know if you could really handle me, I'm crazy, you know?"

"Well, that works out." She raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm crazy too"

"There's no way you're gonna let me go, is there?" She asked, finding that his arms had slithered around her. He smiled and kissed her head.


Silver eyes. Silver. The expression was etched into her mind, she couldn't identify it. He held his hand out to her, her vision was blurry. She reached towards him.

THUMP

"Owwwwwwww" Bell groaned. She flopped back onto the bed. She had jolted forward and hit her head on the end of the bed. She immediately shot back up and looked at her hand. Skin, all her skin was there, did that really happen? The door creaked open and Bell covered herself in the blankets.

"Miss Bell?" Asked a timid female voice. Bell shyly peaked her head over the covers to come face to face with a pair of dazzling hazel eyes. Her hair was a cotton-candy blue and went down to her elbows.

"Y-you're the girl who was making bacon." Bell said, instantly recognizing the blue hair.

"Lillian, mam" she bowed.

"Oh, don't bow, and you don't have to call me mam or anything, just Bell' She said hopping out of bed, suddenly realizing what she was wearing. She looked down and blushed at the big, grey, orange-scented shirt.

"Oh, I changed your clothes, I figured you'd be most comfortable in that." Lillian said, blushing. Bell nodded and blushed.

"Where is Blaine?" She asked, her voice quiet.

"He's meeting with the people." Lillian said, "You've missed a lot in the week you were out."

"Week?" Bell asked, taking a startled step forward, Lillian didn't flinch in fear like she expected. "You aren't afraid?"

"You've missed quite a bit" Lillian said before turning to leave, "get dressed and come on out, you need to catch up on some stuff." With that, Lillian left. Bell was alone, a week? Wow. How much had she missed? She stumbled her way into the closet, she was still weak. She looked through the clothes, she decided to leave the shirt on. She tucked it into high-waisted blue jeans that faded to white at the bottom with a brown belt. She left her feet bare, not finding the energy to attempt putting on shoes. She stumbles to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Her hairband was gone, must have been lost that time. Her right side bangs fell a little over her eye and she tusked her left side behind her ear. She moved all of the products around searching for a headband, nothing. She sighed, she hated her hair in her face. She stood up, the smell of oranges hit her nose, and she lifted the shirt to her nose. She then slammed it back down. WHAT WAS SHE DOING! She ran her hands through her hair as she walked out. She let go of her hair and it fell back, loose. It was then that she was engulfed in a hug. The smell of oranges surrounded her.

"Blaine." She stated. He leaned back and kissed her. He then lifted her up and swung her around, littering kisses all over her face. He then put her down.

"You're really light, you've lost weight, let's go get some food." Her stomach growled at his statement and he chuckled.

"What's going on?"

"I'll explain while you eat." He said, before kissing her cheek and guiding her out of the room with his arm around her waist. They walked out of the room and into the humongous living room. As soon as they entered Blaine let go of her waist as Bunny and Bubbles drowned her in hugs. She grabbed Blaine's wrist for support and he placed a palm on her back to support her. Bubbles wore a big sweater and black shorts, her hair was down and she was barefoot. Bunny wore a big dark purple tee-shirt, a messy ponytail, and she was also barefoot. Her sisters parted and before her was the entire kingdom. They stared at her and she got nervous. They suddenly erupted into cheers. Blaine grabbed her waist and continued guiding her to the kitchen, closely followed by Bunny and Bubbles.

Lillian set the steaming plate before and Bell had never missed food so much. She actually pulled Lillian down into a hug before gulping down the food. She raised her plait.

"More please." Lillian came back and got her more this cycle continued on for a few minutes before Bell was satisfied. She leaned against Blaine. It was weird, but she wanted to talk, it was like something inside her clicked and she had so many things to say. "So, what's going on?" She asked, her voice clear and casual, shocking everyone within a 50 mile radius.

"W-well, we're being credited with saving the school from the moss monster." Bubbles spoke up.

"Why?" Bell asked.

"Well, we did." Said Bunny and Bell nodded in agreement,

"Why is the entire kingdom here?" At this question, the three of them got very fidgety, it was Lillian who answered, having entered the room recently.

"We've been declared war on, the people will all live here as precautionary measures." Lillian spoke up, "And also, to avoid you all being hurt it has been requested that you be mated early. Bubbles and Bunny have agreed to do this." Bell was quiet.

"Who requested this?"

"Dad did." Bunny spoke up.

"Dad? Where's dad?" Bell stood up.

"Don't worry, he hasn't woken up yet, he's being treated with Buttercup and Blossom." Blaine said pulling her back into her chair. Bell sighed, they were okay. Relief washed over her in waves until she remembered another fact.

"Who declared war?"

"It's a dark organization, known as the Plague." Blaine said, "We've been expecting war for a long time now, but they are already sending monsters here, like the moss monster."

"Why do we need to be mated?"

"You'll have a connection like no other, we can have a marriage ceremony when this is all over, but in order to keep each other safe, we need to mate." Blaine said.

"I-I need to think." Bell said standing, hiding the slight blush on her face, she then stumbled her way out of the kitchen.