Here is the next chapter I hope you like it. Thank you to those who reviewed loved to hear what you thought about the previous chapter. Some questions will be answered during this chapter and some will not. Once again I hope you like it.

On The Rise

Chapter 12

Third Person

Rachel has been out of the hospital for about three days now and she was totally ready to go back to school. Rachel was currently sitting in her living room watching TV while waiting for Shelby to take her to school. The past three days have been relaxing although Rachel has been getting a feeling that something just isn't right. Rachel has been trying to push back these thoughts and move forward.

Rachel was currently flipping through channels looking for something to watch, when something caught her eye. On the news was a picture of a young girl, about two years old, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The girl kind of reminded Rachel a lot like Brittany, but that couldn't be possible, Brittany didn't have a kid.

"Missing girl, two years old, taken from Bowling Green, Ohio. If you see anyone with this child please contact the local police right away. The devastated parents just want their little girl, so please help reunite this small family."

"You ready to go, Rachel," Shelby called to her daughter while caring her other daughter in her arms.

"Yeah," Rachel called to her mom, while getting up and grabbing her book bag. Rachel looked back at the TV and the picture of the girl before grabbing the remote and turning off the TV.

Rachel followed her mother all the while thinking about the little girl on the TV. She couldn't help but think that her father had something to do with this, but why would he. What connection did this little girl have with her and the people around her?

As Shelby drove Rachel to school she couldn't help but think back to the young girl from the news. Every time she tried to think of something else, there was always something that would bring her mind back to the little girl. Then thinking of the little girl would make her think about Brittany and how she was doing.

Rachel knew that the past view days had been hard on Brittany because everyone knew what had happened with her family. People used that to make fun of her and even though Santana was there to protect her, but Rachel wanted to protect her too.

Upon entering the school parking lot Rachel began to get very nervous about what would happen. Rachel knew that she could protect Brittany because she was so used to it but could she stand up for herself if she needed to. Rachel always had trouble sticking up for herself but she could stick up for Brittany and lately Santana without even thinking about it or considering the consequences. Rachel knew that to get through this she would have to learn how to stick up for herself.

Rachel took a deep breath as she opened the doors that led to the hallways of McKinley High School. Everyone froze upon seeing her in the door, but only for a second and then the whispers began. Rachel could hear every rumor and every suspicion and every degrading name.

"I heard her parents abused her because they realized they could never love a freak like her," Rachel heard one girl say.

"I heard they never wanted her in the first place, but felt sorry for her," she heard a jock say and then the others of his group laugh.

Just as quickly as they began, they stopped as Brittany entered the hallways. Brittany saw Rachel and a smile quickly took place on her face. Brittany had been waiting to see Rachel since she got out of the hospital. After Rachel had been hurt and Brittany started living with the Lopez's, Brittany had taken a few days off and was still trying to catch up on homework so she hasn't been able to see Rachel much.

Brittany looked around the hallway and saw most of the jocks and cheerios and some few who were just there staring at both her and Rachel. Brittany braced herself for the hateful words that had been said about her the past few days begin once again. When they did not Brittany was utterly shocked.

Brittany discovered why no one said anything when she heard a voice from behind her. "What are you freaks staring at? Don't you have something better to do than bother Rachel and Brittany?" the voice snapped. Brittany turned around to see Santana standing in the doorway.

Rachel watched from the middle of the hallway as Santana made her way toward Brittany grabbing her hand as she did so and made their way over to where Rachel was standing. Rachel smiled at her hero and waited for them to real her.

"How are you Rachel?" Santana asked the brunette girl. Santana knew that Rachel had been struggling with everything that has been happy the past couple weeks.

"I'm okay," Rachel responded back to her friend. "I'm adjusting to life at Shelby's, but I'm doing okay."

Santana knew that Rachel didn't want to talk about it anymore and grabbed her hand, "Let's go to class." Santana pulled the two girls along hoping that they could get through the day without any problems.

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Around the corner from Brittany, Santana, and Rachel, looked on a teenager. The person watched as the three girls walked down the hallway to their first period class. He was given a job to watch Rachel even though he hated the freak. He didn't want to be anywhere near the girl and now she had to watch her every move while she was in school. It made him sick to his stomach. He hated that this freak was all of a sudden popular. Rachel Berry was nothing, she was worthless and she would soon be put in her place.

Soon Rachel Berry would be out of his life. Not only did he have to follow Rachel Berry around he was also stuck working with Quinn Fabray. Quinn Fabray was a stuck up snob, but she was too afraid of her father to ever stand against him.

He knew that Quinn Fabrary would eventually turn on him once she learns about their plans set for Brittany. She may not like Rachel, but if someone tried to ever hurt Brittany, Quinn would set in and protect her. Quinn Fabrary would soon get his way, and when that time came he would deal with her.

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Quinn may be a bitch as school, but she would never hurt anyone. Sure she may not like Rachel, but she would never hurt her. Yeah, Quinn liked to make her life miserable, but to physically harm her to a point that she could die that was not Quinn. She watched Brittany, Santana, and Rachel walk away and became sad when she realized she may just lose everyone who was ever important to her.

Sorry for the short chapter and the long wait for an update, but school started and I have been super busy planning my classes for my major and just added a minor and have double the work load so thank you to everyone who has been patient with the updates and I'll try to update more and more. Once again sorry for the short chapter and review and tell me what you think I would love to know.