Chapter 4

As Brooke exited her last class before lunch, she glanced around her at the students that crossed the halls with her. She briefly wondered if they would live longer than she would, or if she would live longer than some. Her eyes softened at the very thought. Life was so unexpected, it could throw you any card it pleases. She sighed and continued on, thinking about her mother and the curse. Could anyone predict someone else's death by a curse? Was it possible? She didn't know. The only one who really knew was her mother. She had to talk to her, she had to! Brooke increased her speed to the cafeteria, she finally got there and looked around in wonder for Danny Fenton or Rosa.

She finally saw them, but how they looked wasn't what she expected. Rosa's head was in Danny's chest and he looked sadly down at the girl he loved and held her closer to him. They weren't having fun, like they usually did, this time, something serious was going on. Brooke carefully walked over to the two. She looked hesitant to talk, so she just stood there, staring at them. Danny noticed her and turned his head to her. He blinked.

"Brooke?" He asked. She nodded.

"Rosa let me eat with you guys this lunch, but if this is a bad time.." Brooke did want to see her mother, but she knew there were other ways to get into the Fenton's lab. She was edging back, that was when Rosa lifted her head off of Danny's chest and looked at Brooke. Brooke instantly froze and her soft brown eyes showed a look of shock and horror.

Rosa's hair was a mess, but it still remained over her right eye, covering the identity that was behind it, but her other eye was red and puffy, and the face was stained with tears. But somehow she managed a small smile and began to wipe the remaining tears away.

"No its alright Brooke, you can join us." Rosa said softly. Brooke gave her innocent smile and sat down near them. Danny refused to loosen his grip on Rosa, as if he was afraid she would disappear into the abyss if he let her go. Rosa didn't seem to mind. She loved being in his arms. It made her feel better about the mess they were in.

"Where are your other friends?" Brooke asked softly, noticing that they were the only two at the table.

Rosa looked down and sadness seemed to emerge from her eye.

Danny answered for her. "Rosa and Star, a friend of ours, got into a fight, they went after Star to calm her down."

Brooke blinked. "During school?"

Both nodded.

"This must be serious then." Brooke whispered, worried.

Again they both nodded. Brooke decided it wouldn't be wise to push this topic any further, so she decided to change it.

"Um, Danny? I've heard your parents are into ghosts.." She started, then she saw both Rosa and Danny go strangely rigid. She raised an eyebrow but kept speaking. "So I was wondering if you could give me a tour of the house, Rosa can too." Brooke smiled softly.

Rosa and Danny looked at each other, both having the same faces, which meant the same concerns. Rosa finally looked at Brooke.

"Why do you want one? You a ghost hunter or something?" She asked.

"You could say that." Brooke flashed another innocent smile. Internally though, Brooke was scared stiff.

Rosa and Danny again glanced at each other. They were frowning and Brooke began to sweat. After a few minutes of silence, Danny turned to her.

"Well, alright." He said with a slight smile. "But no touching anything alright? The stuff is very..tempermental."

"Nice choice of words." Rosa mumbled while rolling her eye.

Brooke smiled widely. "Oh thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me!" She hugged them both. Then the bell rang, almost on cue. As Brooke ran to class she turned and waved to them. "You wont regret this!"

"Somehow, I have a feeling I will.." Danny murmured, waving back.

Morganna waited patiently as Vlad started to create her brother. She smirked as she thought of the poor saps that Vlad would send her and her brother to. The pain they would cause gave Morganna shivers of pleasure. Its what she thrived on, its what they were designed to thrive on. This was their purpose, and they would do it without argument or regret. She pursed her lips together and focused her green eyes ahead of her. She stood proud in her outfit she wore. This Danny Fenton would be eating out of the palm of her hand. Her mouth twisted into a cruel smile as she thought that. This was going to be very fun.

Finally, after a couple hours, Vlad stood away from the door as it opened and smoke poured into the large lab. When it finally cleared, there stood a boy, the almost mirror image of the young girl, only his hair was cut much like Danny's and hung limply over the front of his head. The only difference was the green piercing eyes, white skin and dark attire the boy wore.

"Morganna, meet your brother. Morgan." Vlad smiled wickedly and let the two see each other face to face.

"Hello." Morgan said in his soft and slightly sexy voice.

"Hi." Morganna replied, smirking. "So, you're my brother. Well, happy creation day."

Morgan instantly grinned and looked at his sibling. "Yes. Happy creation day, my sister."

Both looked at each other for a moment longer until Vlad intervened.

"Yes yes, but now children, it is time you learned your true purpose. Here is the plan.." The two walked closed to Vlad and smirked as he whispered to them the plan.

Star flew as fast as she could away from the school, she wouldn't let them see it, but tears were flowing down her face like rivers. She had to keep closing in her eyes in order to see in front of her, but every time she would, they would fill up with tears again and again she would have to close them. She knew either a low flying airplane would hit her or a tree would. So she floated down to the ground in a tree filled park and collapsed near a big willow tree. She put her hands over her face and just let every frustrated and sad emotion out. She cursed Rosa and Danny for being stupid, she cursed herself for being too blunt, she even cursed the world for being as harsh as it was. She lied back on the willow's trunk and tried to calm down, to no avail. She had never felt so hurt since her best friend Arrana had died. How could they do this to her? How could they think only of themselves? Were they really that dense? How could they not see how much in danger they were?! She slammed a fist into the tree trunk behind her in anger, her eyes were red and puffy, but the blinding yellow of her eyes refused to fade. This hurt her more than she could bear. But she and the others had to break up Rosa and Danny. It was their only hope to save the group.

"Star?" A voice whispered. She snapped her head up to see Sam and Aries standing over her.

"What are you two doing here?" She asked, a little harsher than she had intended.

"Are you alright Star?" Aries asked her softly. She sighed and shook her head.

"No, no I'm not. I tried to confront Rosa and Danny about my feelings to their relationship, and all they did was shoot me down." She clenched her fists once again at her side. "They don't understand! They are too darn lovesick to even bother!"

Sam looked down, deep in thought. It was true, Rosa and Danny did spend too much time with each other. Danny hardly talked to her anymore.

Aries closed his eyes and sighed deeply. At first he was glad Rosa and Danny were together, but now, he wasn't so sure. The group was being torn apart from within, and he didn't know how much longer he could hold back his evil side. Evil Aries was still consumed with trying to kill Danny and take Rosa for his own pleasure. He shuddered at the mere thought of him being powerless as he drug Rosa away. The more they stayed in this relationship, the more disastrous things would seem to get. All of them had to warn Rosa and Danny. Before it was too late…

Rosa and Danny themselves were in classroom, thinking about the events that happened. They both looked at each other, different times in the classroom, each in their own minds, thinking.

I hope this is the right thing to do, Danny thought worriedly. He couldn't think of any reason that Star would create to break them both up. He wished he could understand what everyone was so concerned about. He did like Rosa a lot. And was it true that Sam was jealous? If it was, he would need to talk to her ASAP. He didn't want the whole group to break apart. Not now.

Rosa had her own emotions and ideas. She was upset at Star, but she regretted saying that she hated her. She bit her lip in frustration, when she got the chance, she would apologize. She didn't want to lose her good friend forever.

When she heard the news, Ruby cried. She was almost gravely ill and she still could cry. This was awful! The whole family was falling apart! She closed her green eyes and tears flowed rapidly. She then stood up and walked over to a mirror nearby. She stared hard at the short red haired and green-eyed reflection she used to love. Now she hated it. She pulled the sleeve on her right arm all the way back to her elbow, then held out her fist and looked square into the mirror once again, before she slammed her fist into the flat piece of glass. Then everything happened in almost slow motion. The glass shattered and pieces dropped rapidly from the wall onto the floor, along with some small drops of red blood. Cracks splitted from every direction from where her fist made contact. She now looked at the reflection, which was distorted because of the large cracks and huge gaps of no glass. Finally she felt the piercing pain coursing from her knuckles. She pulled her hand out in front of her so she could see it. Pieces of glass were lodged into her skin and blood flowed somewhat freely from one large opening on a finger. She stared at it, almost in shock, then ran to the bathroom and quickly took the pieces of glass out and wrapped it up in a bandage. She sighed, thinking of what she just did. The fog in her mind began to clear and she began to realize that she wouldn't be the only one trying to deal with this. Rosa would have to as well. She sat down on her bed and glanced out her window. She coughed hard a couple times but remained sitting. She would wait for her sister to come home. And then she would tell her the news.