The Ties that Bind Us

Challenge by: Angelic Madness

Dislcaimer: Don't own anything

Rating: PG 13- and slash warning

Words to include: demonic fairy, Genghis Khan, mention of the song 'We're all Going on a Summer Holiday' by Cliff Richards, flag pole and toffee yogurt!

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(Season 4)

He was dead. The pain was too much for them to handle. They all had loved him. Trudy, Amber, and Ebony.

Ebony was slowly changing- Jay was responsible in some ways it was making her a better person but not really that much. She still was the same rude power hungry woman- she just cooperated with the Mallrats more.

Trudy and Amber were still the same but were broken from what happened when they left the city- they lost Bray and were forced to make their way back with two small babies. It was hell.

They got back to the sight that not only that but Ebony was firmly in charge. She had racked up an army greater than Genghis Khan's, but with some Techno guy- who was good looking in his own rights but was actually on their side. This couldn't get much weirder.

Then it happened, Ebony wanted a funeral for Bray when Trudy and Amber told her he was killed- that was truly wild- but what were they going to do- say no? The three along with the rest of the mall gathered to say a final goodbye. He was burial area (despite there being no body) outside the mall underneath the flag pole.

After it was over, Ebony, Amber, and Trudy decided to go the kitchen and drink some of sorrows away for the night. With Salene watching the kids, and Jay back at the hotel- this would be the ideal time- for now. They also grabbed some toffee frozen yogurt and sat down.

"I need a vacation this is too much right now," Trudy replied in between sniffles.

Ebony looked at her with an arched eyebrow, "Oh yea, let's just go to the city. We're all Going on a Summer Holiday', sorry but you're on your own," she announced sarcastically.

"Just a thought," Trudy snapped.

Amber looked at them annoyed, "Can we just knock it off for once? Bray would be upset having us do this on his funeral day," she reminded them biting her own tongue.

She didn't like Ebony either but she refused to cause a mess now.

"Fine, I'll stop if the demonic fairy from hell does too," Trudy answered.

Ebony didn't bother to respond she was too busy digging into the food to notice. They began to rather drunk- insults still flying- and a series of slapping occurred within these hours but then so did the weird.

Ebony and Amber were still at it, after Trudy had passed out from the long afternoon of the war of three. Arguing over anything and everything all in the Bray- just because they could seemly. No one was really sure what happened at the end of the night but as Amber and Ebony headed upstairs they got a little too close.

Perhaps they were both thinking of Bray or too swept up in their own memories to realise they were kissing each other! However, that changed quickly- both their eyes shot open- a loud scream escaped Amber followed by a look of disgust from Ebony as she slapped Amber and stumbled up the stairs. Amber then went after her- and before they knew were having their final fight before they both passed out.

When they both ran into each other in the morning the only words they said was, "Last night never happened".

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Total words: 624 (text only)

You wanted a tone down version- there you go AM