Carry On

by StutterRutter

"It takes a Village to raise a child." It's been over 10 years since anyone has heard from Nina Martin. But, after she left Fabian alone with their daughter, no body really cares. They joined forces to raise her, usually, putting their our lives on the back burner. But now, Arabella Rutter is 13 and everything starts to change. And they only have one choice, to Carry On.

45. Here's to the Outcasts!

~Chapter 45~

-Mia-

The day, that for me, consist of.. Saying up til 4 am, sleeping in til 10 am, eating a bowl of cereal, and usually falling asleep into the bowl of cereal. Today, I was interrupted in the middle of falling asleep into my cereal, by the words

"ALFREDO LEWIS, THE MAGNIFICENT, IS HERE!"

Therefore, I jerked my head up and became more miserable than I already was.

"Alfie..." I groaned, tired and unhappy

"Who's ready for adventure?" Alfie asks the five of us that were up, Sibuna, excitedly

"Does that adventure include my bed?" Connor asks

"Shut up." I roll my eyes

"Why are you such an a/ss?" Connor asks

"Oh, I'm the a/sshole? Because, my list of people who are a/ssholes are,

You.

You.

Still you.

Adolf Hitler.

Vladimir Putin.

Oh look, you too! Your still an a/sshole!"

"You shouldn't be saying that!" Ara warned

"Ara, your my best friend and all, but who's gonna stop me?" I ask

"I'm the adult." Alfie reminds

"Well, your not my dad. I don't have one. Plus, I mean, come on, you literally just called yourself Alfredo Lewis, the Magnificent." I tell him "and your really telling me your the adult here."

"Can we just get this done?" Zander questions, rolling his eyes

"I second that." Elliott raises his hand

"Okay, well, I was already explained this whole process over the phone. I say we head to the drama room. Well, the old one, I guess, I mean, didn't they remodel the lounge space didn't they?" Alfie asks

"Our lounge is way nicer now and we have a separate drama stage/drama "lecture" hall. But yeah, your lounge is still there. We use it for some things." Arabella shrugs

"We should probably head there then." Alfie smiles and leads us to the old school lounge

"This is the last time I saw Amber for many years." Alfie says, once we manage to get into the lounge. He walks to the center of the room and prys up a floor board and pulls something out of the floor "ah, here."

"Here's to the outcasts!

The ones who were in, but really weren't.

Always lied to,

Always manipulated,

Never fully aware.

Here's to the outcasts!" Arabella reads pulling the paper from Alfie

"What the hell does that mean?" I ask

"Joy." Alfie says, doubtless "Joy's next."

"Okay, that's not weird at all..." Connor drags on "are you ready to leave?"

"Not quite yet..." Alfie replies "you want to see something amazing?"

I watch as Alfie walks over to the stage bends down, and prys up another floorboard and picks up something out of it, placing it on the stage. It's a cup. A gold one. Painted beatifully.

"What is that?" Zander asks

"The Cup of Ank." Alfie whispers

"Why is it in the floor?" Elliott asks

"Long reasons you wouldn't get." Alfie shrugs the question off "This is what started it all."

Arabella started to walk towards it, she reached out to touch it, but before she did, she hovered her finger above the cup and look at Alfie. "Go ahead, touch it, it's safe. Just don't touch the 'END' button. Last time Nina did that, she let loose an evil Egyptian Queen."

"I'm not even gonna ask..." I shake my head, I was already dealing with voo-doo dolls and living in a possessed house. I didn't need to know about some Eygptian Spirit.

Arabella picked it up and looked at it "it's beatiful." Then her locket started glowing and Arabella looked shocked

"It does that. It won't hurt you. You really are the Chosen One." Alfie smiles "Joy gave it to you, didn't she?"

"Yeah, why?" Arabella asks

"Joy may have been the Mistaken One, but she took the most amazing care of that amulet after we graduated..." Alfie explains

"Cool trip dowm memory lane and all..." Connor interupts "but, it's 12 pm, and technically, it's basically against my morals to be up this early on a Saturday... So, can we leave now?"

"Yes." Alfie nods "Now, can someone show me the way to Trudy's food?"

I laugh "with is why you've always been my favorite!"

A/N, so I haven't updated in a while, and I'm sorry, I've just got a lot going on right now, but I'll try to be better! Anyways, who's excited for Joy? Why do you think her and Alfie were referred to as the 'outcasts'? Why was Ara's locket glowing when she picked the cup? Let me know! ps, I love you all! Kisses, Izzy!