Raven tossed and turned in her sleep. It had been 3 days since Holly showed up at the door with Margot in her arms. Margot was still in a coma and Raven was worried that it would take a long time for her to wake up, if she wakes up. Raven couldn't bear to think about it. It would be like losing Ivy all over again. Losing Ivy had taken a piece of her soul and she could never forget that day. She loved taking care of Margot. Her secret recipe healed her ankle and she could finally un-wire her jaw. She slept in the room every night. She almost never left Margot's side and Holly noticed.

Holly saw the way that Raven looked at Margot. Holly would pretend to sleep, but she saw Raven crying at night and looking at pictures of Ivy. She knew that Raven was dreaming about Ivy. She didn't know the full story, but she did know that Raven blamed herself for the incident. Holly couldn't keep watching Raven tear herself apart. She decided to go take a walk while Raven continued tossing and turning.

Raven was 11 when Ivy went missing. She still remembered the day that Ivy was brought home from the hospital. Her full birth name was Ivy Cardi Isley. Raven had picked out her name and thought it would suit her well. She was so excited to be a big sister! She loved helping her parents, Rose and Cardinal Isley, with her baby sister.

The older Raven grew, the more she seemed to despise Ivy. Ivy had taken away all of her parents attention and Raven hated it. Raven wasn't born an ordinary girl, almost no one in their family was born ordinary. Raven could travel inside of lightning. That's right. If a storm came, she could call the lightning and go inside of it. It was her special place. She always had to leave before the storm was over or she would be trapped.

Ivy was getting on 11 year old Raven's nerve a lot the week leading up to the incident. She was so whiny and always wanted to hang out with Raven and her friends. Her parents told her that Ivy looked up to her, but Raven saw her as a nuisance. She went into the lightning one day to escape her family only to be met with a man. He said his name was Carmine and that he would make her a deal.

"Bring me your sister and she will go to a kind loving family while you finally have your parents back." He told her about all the wonderful things she could have, but only if she gave him her sister Ivy. Raven thought about it.

She finally decided that as much as she disliked her sister, she wasn't going to give her away. Her 11 year old brain had a better idea. She decided to play a prank on Ivy and Carmine. She would leave Ivy there to scare her into being nice, but swoop back and get her before Carmine took her. It was a perfect plan.

She waited patiently for the next storm. She was so excited! She couldn't wait to see the look on their faces! The storm finally came a week later and she had lured Ivy into following her with a vegan cupcake. Ivy squealed and giggled when she felt the electricity of the lightning take her away. Raven almost felt bad when she saw how happy Ivy was... almost.

She saw Carmine and brought her over for introductions. "She's perfect. Her new family is going to love her!" Carmine said as he waved at Ivy, Ivy scooted behind Raven's legs. Raven pulled her Ivy off and scooted her towards Carmine. Raven then decided to pull the prank off. She disappeared. She giggled once she was out of the lightning. Ivy was probably bawling her eyes out right about now. Raven waited 5 mins before deciding to enter the lightning and get her baby sister, but to her surprise the storm... ended. Ivy was trapped.

Raven immediately began to panic. Ivy was truly gone. She ran as her feet could take her. She remembered running to her parent's with red eyes and tears, falling to the ground. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Her mother dropped to her knees and sobs racked her frame when she told them what she had done. Her father was never a violent man, but he backhanded Raven so hard that she flew into the wall. Her parents were disgusted with her.

They called the cops, but the case went cold and so did her parent's love. The next 7 years were hell. Her parents could barely look her in the eye and her father never said another word to her. They never came to any of her events at school and spent every night in her sister's bedroom. Her own mother didn't even help her get ready for prom.

Raven became obsessed with Ivy's disappearance. She spent countless hours trying to rectify her mistake. She acted out to get her parents attention, but it never worked. She was a promiscuous teen and became pregnant multiple times. She got an abortion every time. She told herself that she didn't deserve kids if she couldn't get Ivy back. The abortions left her infertile as a side effect. She finally paid back her debt, but it wasn't enough for her.

She moved out when she turned 18 and never looked back. She managed to track down a guy named Carmine Falcone. He recognized her the moment he laid eyes on her. "I've been waiting for the day you would come." He handed her a manila folder and his security escorted her off.

She took the folder back to her apartment. Ivy was sold to a family called the Peppers. The Peppers died and Ivy slipped through the system. Raven cried herself to sleep thinking of the worst possible scenarios. Her sister could be dead or a prostitute. Raven had never felt so guilty. She wondered if Ivy remembered her family and if the Pepper's were good people.

She tried to tell her parents, but they called her a liar and told her that Ivy was dead and that she had most likely given her to a child molester that murdered her. Her mother died before her father, but her father said one thing that stung on his death bed. "It should have been you and not my precious Ivy!" His broken silence broke down every barrier she had built and she never recovered.

Raven woke up with a jolt. She had that same stupid dream again. Her life played constantly over and over. She knew she was a horrible person and didn't need her dreams to confirm it for her.

Raven walked downstairs to see Holly making tea. The kettle was piping hot. She smiled and sat at the black marble counter top. "She's not Ivy." Holly's words snapped Raven out of her daze. It seemed a little harsh.

"Mind your own business. I don't believe she's Ivy." Raven's voice wavered and Holly was no idiot. "Ivy is dead and you treating Margot as such is wrong and creepy." They stared at each other for a while.

Raven backhanded Holly, the same way her father did her. Her hand made a loud smack as it collided with Holly's skin. Holly stumbled backward in shock, tears welling in her eyes. She ran out the back door and Raven swore that Holly looked at her as if she was a monster.

Raven curled up on the couch and cried herself to sleep. She just wanted Ivy back.

Holly took a walk to cool down. Her girlfriend was clearly off of her fucking rocker. She was obsessed with Ivy. It was creepy plus Raven didn't owe some fucking debt. She was a KID. Kids make mistakes. Holly walked around until morning. She walked back in and went to go take a shower without saying a word to Raven. She sat in the shower letting the steamy hot water scald her skin. She packed a bag and grabbed her keys after toweling off.

"I'll be back tonight with more supplies." Raven was wide eyed when she saw Holly's bag. Holly closed the door and took Raven's hope with her.

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