Chapter 2: Beginnings
The next day
7:00 AM
Faith and Sly's room
Faith opened her eyes and smiled at Sly who was holding her close. When she looked at the clock, she screamed. Sly was startled.
"Crap! I'm going to be late for my first day of school!" She quickly got out of bed, got dressed and bolted out of her room and down the stairs. She entered the kitchen to find Ned reading his paper and drinking his morning coffee and poured herself some Frosted Flakes into a bowl.
"Good morning Faith," said Ned. "You're up early. Doesn't school start at 8:00?"
"Can't talk Ned," mumbled Faith as she scarfed down her breakfast at the table. "I'm going to be late for my first day at PCU." A very round Alexis trotted in the kitchen. Sly followed
"Morning everyone. How did you all sleep?" Sly asked. "I wouldn't know. I was too busy holding Faith."
"Sly," Faith warned. "Don't you start too!" She glanced at the clock and nearly choked on her cereal. "Great, now I'm going to be late!"
"Here honey," said Alexis, "take my car." She handed a set of keys with the car key in her hand.
"Thanks Mom! You're the best!" Faith cried as she took the keys, kissed her mom and Ned both on the cheek, passionately kissed Sly, and left the house. Ned and Alexis looked at each other and laughed.
* * *
Port Charles University
1:00 PM
Lucky and Liz walked towards the Fine Arts building when Faith accidentally bumped into them.
"Whoops, my bad," said Liz as they collided.
"No, no, it's mine. I was in a hurry," said Faith.
"We've never seen you around campus before. Are you new?" asked Lucky.
"Yeah, today's my first day," she replied.
"I'm Liz and this is my husband Lucky."
"You're married?" They nodded. "That's pretty young. I'm sorry, I'm being rude. I forgot to introduce myself. Name's Faith, Faith Davis." Liz coughed.
"As in Alexis Davis?" she asked.
"Alexis is my mom. It's a long story. How do you two know her?"
"A long story. She's a friend of the family," said Lucky.
"Well, I got to get to my class. I'm taking music education."
"We're headed to that way. We'll walk you there." The three of them headed for the Fine Arts building, not knowing that someone was watching them. The woman stepped out from the shadows.
"So, my darling granddaughters, you've met for the first time since you were born. How sweet. Your lives are about to change drastically." She laughed and rubbed her hands together. All of a sudden, someone grabbed her from behind and slit her throat. Helena bled to her death...
* * *
PCU
Exterior Fine Arts building
2:00 PM
Liz, Lucky and Faith walked out of their building just in time to see Nik and Em, Sly (who had reunited with Laura and Luke), the Spencers, Alexis, Ned, and a bunch of police officers and some paramedics. They rushed over to their respected families along with a bunch of other students.
"Mom," said Lucky, "what happened?"
"Helena was murdered," Laura replied. Faith and Liz gasped.
"She's gone?" Faith cried. "That witch is gone?" She grinned at Alexis and they starting singing "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead."
"Natasha, who is this?" asked Luke.
"Everyone, with the exception of Sly, Ned," she began, but was interrupted by Faith.
"Liz and Lucky too," said Faith. "They're in some of my classes."
"Them too then I guess. Everyone, this is my daughter, Faith," finished Alexis.
"DAUGHTER?" the others cried. Faith nodded.
"Stefan is my father," said Faith.
"I miss him. I wish he were still here," said Nik.
"Me too," said Faith.
Meanwhile, the dean at PCU came rushing over after getting out of a security car.
"What happened here?" she asked.
"My grandmother was murdered," said Faith. The dean gasped.
"Who did it?" the dean replied.
"We're not sure, but the coroner said someone slit her throat," said Nikolas, as he ran his fingers through his hair. Alexis rubbed her eyes with her hand and Ned rubbed her shoulder. The memories of her real mother Kristen Bergman having her throat in front of her when she was 5 just gave her the heebie-jeebies.
"I think it's best if you all take some time to recover from this. Why don't the five of you stay home for awhile," said the Dean to Lucky, Liz, Nik, Em, and Faith. They all nodded. A phone started ringing. Just about everyone was checking theirs.
"It's mine," said Alexis. "Excuse me." She stepped out of the way to answer her phone. She answered it. "Alexis Ashton." She paused to listen. "May I ask who you represent? Yeah...Okay, we'll be right there. Bye." She joined the group again. "Guys, we have to go downtown to see Helena's lawyer. Something about her will or something like that."
"Sounds fine with me since the dean gave us the rest of the day off," said Lucky.
"I'd better call Betty and tell that we'll be late picking Luke up," said Liz.
"Luke? Isn't that..?" began Faith.
"Luke's our son's name," said Liz. "We named him after Lucky. Sort of like a Lucky Jr."
"Oh. Well, let's head down to the office then," said Faith. Everyone said good-bye to the dean and left, not knowing that a familiar face was lurking in the shadows...
* * *
Downtown Port Charles
Brown and Davidson Law Firm
3:00 P.M.
The Spencers, Alexis, Ned, Faith, Sly, Nik and Em all walked into the attorney's office and took a seat. Helena's attorney walked into the room.
"Hello everyone. I'm George Brown, Mrs. Cassidine's lawyer. If you would all take a seat, we can begin."
"Hiya, George," said Luke. "Look, can we get this over with? We all have a lot to do today."
"I understand that sir, so I'll cut to the chase. You've all been called to hear the reading of Mrs. Cassidine's will. I was instructed to hand these out to Nikolas Cassidine, Faith Davis, Elizabeth Spencer, and Alexis Ashton. She said you will find all of the documents legal." He handed a manila envelope to each of the ladies and Faith immediately opened hers.
"I wonder what the old bat has up her sleeve now," said Faith. Faith pulled out numerous documents. She gasped. "What?"
"What is it Faith?" asked Sly.
"I have a sister...a twin sister. And it's Liz," she said as she as Liz looked at each other. Liz pulled out her real birth certificate.
"Elisha Elizabeth Stefanovich Cassidine, born November 12th, 1982. Adopted November 12th as Elizabeth Imogene Webber by Jeff and Cynthia Webber." Faith pulled out her birth certificate.
"Katya Faith Stefanovich Davidovich-Cassidine, born November 12th, 1982. Sent to St. Catherine's Boarding School in California in 1992 for 11 years, and released as an adult on November 12th 2003...Why did they lie about my age?"
"To keep you safe from Helena," said Alexis with tears in her eyes.
"Sisters?" asked Liz and Faith, both with tears in their eyes.
"How?" asked Alexis. "I thought I only had one." Realization hit Alexis. " She paid them...Helena paid the doctors to take Liz away from me."
"Don't cry Mama. At least you have both of us now..." said Faith as she and Liz hugged Alexis.
"I have both of you now...if only your father were here then would I even be happier knowing that my two girls have their real family."
"Don't be sad Mama," said Faith. "I miss Stefan too."
"Holy cats, Em!" cried Nik as he pulled out his papers.
"What Hon?" asked Em with concern as she looked at her husband.
"Stefan is my father......." he said. Laura put a hand to her mouth.
"What Nikolas?" asked Laura.
"He's my father, Mother," said Nik. "Stefan really is my father..."
* * *
Later at Kelly's
The six teens sat at a table at Kelly's celebrating Helena's death with a dinner. Lucky and Liz ran Kelly's ever since Luke and Bobbie couldn't run it anymore.
"Hey guys, who wants dessert?" asked Liz as she pulled a pan from another table. She uncovered it revealing...
"BROWNIES!" cried Nik and Em.
"Brownies?" asked Sly and Faith in confusion.
"It started when we had our first dinner right before Lucky was kidnapped. The four of us made a pact to be together."
"Oh," said Faith. "Well, Sly and I should join the pact."
"Great!" said Em. She rubbed her round belly. "I still can't believe the baby's coming next month Nik."
"I can't wait," Nik replied as he kissed her gently on the lips.
"I love you," said Em.
"I love you too," said Nik.
Faith slugged Nik on the shoulder.
"Excuse me brother dear, but their are other people in this room!" she said.
"Still, you didn't have to hit me so hard!"
"Guys," said Lucky, "I'd like to make a toast." He held his brownie high. "To new friends, old friends, new found siblings, and expectant mothers. Friends forever!"
"FRIENDS FOREVER!" everyone cried.
The next day
7:00 AM
Faith and Sly's room
Faith opened her eyes and smiled at Sly who was holding her close. When she looked at the clock, she screamed. Sly was startled.
"Crap! I'm going to be late for my first day of school!" She quickly got out of bed, got dressed and bolted out of her room and down the stairs. She entered the kitchen to find Ned reading his paper and drinking his morning coffee and poured herself some Frosted Flakes into a bowl.
"Good morning Faith," said Ned. "You're up early. Doesn't school start at 8:00?"
"Can't talk Ned," mumbled Faith as she scarfed down her breakfast at the table. "I'm going to be late for my first day at PCU." A very round Alexis trotted in the kitchen. Sly followed
"Morning everyone. How did you all sleep?" Sly asked. "I wouldn't know. I was too busy holding Faith."
"Sly," Faith warned. "Don't you start too!" She glanced at the clock and nearly choked on her cereal. "Great, now I'm going to be late!"
"Here honey," said Alexis, "take my car." She handed a set of keys with the car key in her hand.
"Thanks Mom! You're the best!" Faith cried as she took the keys, kissed her mom and Ned both on the cheek, passionately kissed Sly, and left the house. Ned and Alexis looked at each other and laughed.
* * *
Port Charles University
1:00 PM
Lucky and Liz walked towards the Fine Arts building when Faith accidentally bumped into them.
"Whoops, my bad," said Liz as they collided.
"No, no, it's mine. I was in a hurry," said Faith.
"We've never seen you around campus before. Are you new?" asked Lucky.
"Yeah, today's my first day," she replied.
"I'm Liz and this is my husband Lucky."
"You're married?" They nodded. "That's pretty young. I'm sorry, I'm being rude. I forgot to introduce myself. Name's Faith, Faith Davis." Liz coughed.
"As in Alexis Davis?" she asked.
"Alexis is my mom. It's a long story. How do you two know her?"
"A long story. She's a friend of the family," said Lucky.
"Well, I got to get to my class. I'm taking music education."
"We're headed to that way. We'll walk you there." The three of them headed for the Fine Arts building, not knowing that someone was watching them. The woman stepped out from the shadows.
"So, my darling granddaughters, you've met for the first time since you were born. How sweet. Your lives are about to change drastically." She laughed and rubbed her hands together. All of a sudden, someone grabbed her from behind and slit her throat. Helena bled to her death...
* * *
PCU
Exterior Fine Arts building
2:00 PM
Liz, Lucky and Faith walked out of their building just in time to see Nik and Em, Sly (who had reunited with Laura and Luke), the Spencers, Alexis, Ned, and a bunch of police officers and some paramedics. They rushed over to their respected families along with a bunch of other students.
"Mom," said Lucky, "what happened?"
"Helena was murdered," Laura replied. Faith and Liz gasped.
"She's gone?" Faith cried. "That witch is gone?" She grinned at Alexis and they starting singing "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead."
"Natasha, who is this?" asked Luke.
"Everyone, with the exception of Sly, Ned," she began, but was interrupted by Faith.
"Liz and Lucky too," said Faith. "They're in some of my classes."
"Them too then I guess. Everyone, this is my daughter, Faith," finished Alexis.
"DAUGHTER?" the others cried. Faith nodded.
"Stefan is my father," said Faith.
"I miss him. I wish he were still here," said Nik.
"Me too," said Faith.
Meanwhile, the dean at PCU came rushing over after getting out of a security car.
"What happened here?" she asked.
"My grandmother was murdered," said Faith. The dean gasped.
"Who did it?" the dean replied.
"We're not sure, but the coroner said someone slit her throat," said Nikolas, as he ran his fingers through his hair. Alexis rubbed her eyes with her hand and Ned rubbed her shoulder. The memories of her real mother Kristen Bergman having her throat in front of her when she was 5 just gave her the heebie-jeebies.
"I think it's best if you all take some time to recover from this. Why don't the five of you stay home for awhile," said the Dean to Lucky, Liz, Nik, Em, and Faith. They all nodded. A phone started ringing. Just about everyone was checking theirs.
"It's mine," said Alexis. "Excuse me." She stepped out of the way to answer her phone. She answered it. "Alexis Ashton." She paused to listen. "May I ask who you represent? Yeah...Okay, we'll be right there. Bye." She joined the group again. "Guys, we have to go downtown to see Helena's lawyer. Something about her will or something like that."
"Sounds fine with me since the dean gave us the rest of the day off," said Lucky.
"I'd better call Betty and tell that we'll be late picking Luke up," said Liz.
"Luke? Isn't that..?" began Faith.
"Luke's our son's name," said Liz. "We named him after Lucky. Sort of like a Lucky Jr."
"Oh. Well, let's head down to the office then," said Faith. Everyone said good-bye to the dean and left, not knowing that a familiar face was lurking in the shadows...
* * *
Downtown Port Charles
Brown and Davidson Law Firm
3:00 P.M.
The Spencers, Alexis, Ned, Faith, Sly, Nik and Em all walked into the attorney's office and took a seat. Helena's attorney walked into the room.
"Hello everyone. I'm George Brown, Mrs. Cassidine's lawyer. If you would all take a seat, we can begin."
"Hiya, George," said Luke. "Look, can we get this over with? We all have a lot to do today."
"I understand that sir, so I'll cut to the chase. You've all been called to hear the reading of Mrs. Cassidine's will. I was instructed to hand these out to Nikolas Cassidine, Faith Davis, Elizabeth Spencer, and Alexis Ashton. She said you will find all of the documents legal." He handed a manila envelope to each of the ladies and Faith immediately opened hers.
"I wonder what the old bat has up her sleeve now," said Faith. Faith pulled out numerous documents. She gasped. "What?"
"What is it Faith?" asked Sly.
"I have a sister...a twin sister. And it's Liz," she said as she as Liz looked at each other. Liz pulled out her real birth certificate.
"Elisha Elizabeth Stefanovich Cassidine, born November 12th, 1982. Adopted November 12th as Elizabeth Imogene Webber by Jeff and Cynthia Webber." Faith pulled out her birth certificate.
"Katya Faith Stefanovich Davidovich-Cassidine, born November 12th, 1982. Sent to St. Catherine's Boarding School in California in 1992 for 11 years, and released as an adult on November 12th 2003...Why did they lie about my age?"
"To keep you safe from Helena," said Alexis with tears in her eyes.
"Sisters?" asked Liz and Faith, both with tears in their eyes.
"How?" asked Alexis. "I thought I only had one." Realization hit Alexis. " She paid them...Helena paid the doctors to take Liz away from me."
"Don't cry Mama. At least you have both of us now..." said Faith as she and Liz hugged Alexis.
"I have both of you now...if only your father were here then would I even be happier knowing that my two girls have their real family."
"Don't be sad Mama," said Faith. "I miss Stefan too."
"Holy cats, Em!" cried Nik as he pulled out his papers.
"What Hon?" asked Em with concern as she looked at her husband.
"Stefan is my father......." he said. Laura put a hand to her mouth.
"What Nikolas?" asked Laura.
"He's my father, Mother," said Nik. "Stefan really is my father..."
* * *
Later at Kelly's
The six teens sat at a table at Kelly's celebrating Helena's death with a dinner. Lucky and Liz ran Kelly's ever since Luke and Bobbie couldn't run it anymore.
"Hey guys, who wants dessert?" asked Liz as she pulled a pan from another table. She uncovered it revealing...
"BROWNIES!" cried Nik and Em.
"Brownies?" asked Sly and Faith in confusion.
"It started when we had our first dinner right before Lucky was kidnapped. The four of us made a pact to be together."
"Oh," said Faith. "Well, Sly and I should join the pact."
"Great!" said Em. She rubbed her round belly. "I still can't believe the baby's coming next month Nik."
"I can't wait," Nik replied as he kissed her gently on the lips.
"I love you," said Em.
"I love you too," said Nik.
Faith slugged Nik on the shoulder.
"Excuse me brother dear, but their are other people in this room!" she said.
"Still, you didn't have to hit me so hard!"
"Guys," said Lucky, "I'd like to make a toast." He held his brownie high. "To new friends, old friends, new found siblings, and expectant mothers. Friends forever!"
"FRIENDS FOREVER!" everyone cried.