Writing this last chapter made me feel a little sad. But don't worry, there's going to be a sequal soon.

The room was silent for a bit. "Um, hey Double D." Jacob said, trying to break the uncomfortable silence. Double D stepped over the mess and stood in front of Alyssa.

"You guys are leaving?" He asked, looking hard at her. For some reason, she couldn't bring herself to say it to his face. She looked down at the sheets and nodded slightly. "Why?"

"We... don't really know." Mariel said, extremely saddened she has to leave her new friends. Jacob didn't like it anymore than his sisters. Double D clenched his teeth, frustrated that he doesn't know anything. Eddy came into the room.

"Do you guys really have to?" He asked, patting Double D's back lightly.

"Yeah... I think us living here... was only temporary..." Jacob answered. Alyssa didn't speak at all. She stood from the couch and ran into her room. Double D ran up the stairs after her and pressed his ears against the door. He could hear small muffled sobs. His heart felt much heavier hearing it.

He knocked on the door, wanting to talk to her but all her recieved was a "GO AWAY!". He sighed and turned away, walking down the steps. He looked back at the door one more time before leaving, then, his mind sparked an idea. Yes, that's perfect! He thought before running back to his house to prepare some things. Eddy and Ed looked at him, puzzled by his abnormal behavior.

Later that night

Alyssa took out all her pent up frustration on her pillow. "Why... is... the... world... so... UNFAIR?" She screamed as she threw the pillow at the wall. She sat on her bed, looking at the floor gloomily until she heard a tapping at her window. She looked and opened the window to see Double D there, sitting on the tree.

"What are you doing here so late Double D?" She asked. In her hands were the sketchbook and pencil.

"I want to show you something. So you don't have to move away..." He said. She smiled sadly at this. He offered his hand to her, she took it and she climbed out of the window and onto the branch. They slid off the tree together and Double D grabbed her hand. "Come then. I want to show you something." He said, and pulled her towards the forest.

He led her through the thick wood, he had to stifle a chuckle when she jumped at the sound of his foot snapping a twig. They reached a creek, on the side of the river was a blanket. There was a clearing of trees and you could see the stars perfectly from here. "Wow... it's so beautiful out here." She said. They both sat on the blanket. Double D started to talk about some of the constellations.

"See, there's the big dipper and to the waaaay left side, you can see aquarius." He said. Alyssa pulled out her sketchbook and started to draw something. Double d tried to peek over her shoulder but she just put her hand over the picture.

"Ah ah ah. No looking." She said with a smile. Double D smiled too and continued to show her more constellations. "I didn't know you liked astronomy." She said, they were both laying next to each other on the blanket.

"I've read quite a bit about it. And I have a telescope in my room. It's kind of nice to have someone else who's actually interested in the stars." He said.

"Hey, is that Venus?" She asked, pointing at a big star.

"Hmm... I think it is."

"You know, I really enjoyed tonight. I never knew how nice being outside and looking at the stars was."

"Really?"

"Yea, back then, I was never really popular where we used to live. So I never got out much. All I had were a few distant friends and my drawings."

"Then why don't you just stay here if you're more happy?"

"... I wish I could Double D. I really do." She said sadly, then sat up. Then, all of a sudden, something familiar swirled in the sky. The pounding in her head returned. "Agh!" She said, and clutched her head in pain.

"Alyssa? Are you alright?" He asked. The voice returned. Time to say goodbye now...

"NO! I DON'T WANT TO!" She screamed at the voice. The swirling instantly picked up, blowing everything.

"Alyssa? What's going on?" He asked, the wind blowing everything. He gripped a tree, trying to keep himself on the earth.

"It's my way home." She said, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I don't want to go back!" She cried out. The wind started carrying her upwards, she tried to fight it, but it wouldn't let her go. Double D clutched her hands, she could see tears flow down his face. "Please... don't cry." She said, and wiped a tear away from his face, not caring that she was crying as well.

"Why?" He asked, his grip on her hands slipping.

"I don't belong here Double D. It's that simple." She said. His grip finally gave away and she was sucked into the swirling vortex above.

"ALYSSA! NO!" He screamed. The vortex faded away and things started to fall back to earth. The sketchbook fell to earth in front of Double D. He picked it up, wiping away some tears. The wind blew the pages to the last drawing she did. The one she was doing just an hour ago. It was of them, sitting underneath the stars. In small, cursive letters, she wrote, Thank you. Double D's tears began to hit the page, he fell to his knees and hugged the book to his chest. Then, he let the tears fall down his cheeks slowly.

With Alyssa

She woke up on the familiar couch of home. The TV was showing static. What just happened? And why... why does my heart feel so heavy and alone? She thought. Mariel and Jacob groaned and woke up. "Morning Mariel. Morning Alyssa." Jacob said. Mariel just stretched a bit and walked away. Jacob looked at Alyssa with a strange look.

"What?" She asked.

"You look like you've been crying. and there's a big cut on your face." He said. Alyssa rushed into the bathroom and saw. Her eyes were gleaming with tears, some spilled out. There was a long cut on her face. Most likely from something metal. But what? What happened? Something's going on here... She thought, not able to remember a thing. Looks like neither Jacob or Mariel remembered a thing either.

Alyssa walked to her room and looked at her bookshelf for a moment, she felt something hurt inside. Why am I like this? She wondered.

A month later: With Eddward

School began later that day, and Double D was still really upset about Alyssa's leaving. Eddy and Ed had tried everything to get him to snap out of it, but the guy was in full depression. He also took her sketchbook with him where ever he went. He had seen the DVD Eddy took from their house. It was a great stress reliever whenever the Kankers came by and did something.

Double D was acting really moody today, he didn't even seem in the least bit excited about school. He climbed the bus, not caring about Kevin throwing a paper ball at him and sat next to Eddy. "Hey man, you've gotta let this chick go. She had no choice to leave." Eddy said, trying again to console his friend. The day after the girl had vanished along with her siblings, Double D hadn't been working very well on scams, in fact, now he was as just as useful as Ed.

"I can't Eddy." He said.

Once they made it to school, there were rumors going around about a new kid. But wouldn't show his face to anyone. Double D found this new kid next to his locker, shutting the door and walking away. This kid wore a black sweatshirt with the hood over, dark jeans, and black boots. The backpack was blue with a small panda keychain on it. Double D just shrugged and walked to class.

Inside, he sat next to Eddy and behind Ed. Everyone went quiet once the teacher came in with the new student. "Alright miss, hoods aren't allowed to be worn during school hours. So please take it off." The new kid took off her hood to reveal a very familiar head of dark brown hair and equally brown eyes. Her smile wide enough for everyone to see all her teeth. Double D's eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat. He smiled for the first time in weeks.

"Heeelllooo peoples! I'm Alyssa. Nice to be a part of your class." Alyssa said. It feels so great to be back. She thought. Then she waved at Double D. He smiled and waved back.