It's been three days since Lucy lost her most beloved possession; things got hard for her since she hasn't have anything to express her thoughts and emotions, and that affected her mood. She's been silent the last days; even more silent than usual, and even when she didn't spoken a lot, now she didn't make any sound at all. Almost all her siblings didn't seem to notice this, but it was not like they cared anyways; as long as they see Lucy in the house, it was okay for them. Something they didn't notice neither was that she spent her time in the house crying; she had the habit of hide in the vents to write in her poetry book, but since it was gone, all she could do now was cry until she run out of tears. However, there was one sister who knew Lucy better that anyone in the house, and she was the one who shared room with Lucy.
Lynn, unlike all her other sisters, felt that something was wrong; in her and Lucy's room she could feel as if the air was heavy and the room was cold. She also noticed how her sister was acting strange, even for herself; in the last few days, Lynn hasn't seen her writing in her poetry book. In fact, she hasn't seen her anywhere in the house lately, just as if she were not in the house. The jock knew but she couldn't tell what it was.
Presently, Lynn was walking down the street; she always spent her evenings running in the park to improve her condition or just for fun, and when she was done she went home to rest. However, her mind was just thinking in Lucy; she couldn't stop thinking about what could possibly be bothering her, or even what would be the reason she's been so rare these days. Hundreds of possibilities passed through her mind in that moment; what if Lucy was being picked on in school? Or what if she felt sick but was too shy to admit it? She even though in the possibility that Lucy had a crush on a boy…?
…Or a girl…?
Damn… Lynn realized that she didn't know her little sister as much as she thought, and that really bothered her. How can someone not know a person who lives with her? Especially when that person sleeps in the same room with her? Lynn didn't know, and she really felt bad about it. She decided that the first thing she would do once she arrive to the house would be to ask Lucy what was happening.
When she snapped out of her thoughts and looked at where she was, she realized that she were so out of her mind for so much time that she ended in Flip's Food n' Fuel; Lynn tried to remember the path she walked to come here, and why she took that path, but then she felt how her stomach growled, asking for food. Well, there was her answer.
Her trip to the store was short; she just grabbed an energy bar and a Gatorade. She went outside, and when she was about to leave the place, she met with her older sister Lori.
"Hey Lynn." Lori said.
"What's up Lori?" Lynn said taking a sip from her drink.
"I'm here to buy some snacks; I'll go visit Bobby tonight, and we'll need something to eat."
"You're going on a date or something? Lynn asked.
"Kind of; I'll go to see a movie in his house." Lori responded. Lynn thought about all the things she saw in the internet, when a girl goes to her boyfriend's house to see a movie but actually she goes to his house to have…
Lynn's cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and Lori noticed this.
"Lynn, are you okay?" She asked.
"Uh?... Oh yeah. Lynn responded. "I'm okay."
"Okay then, see you later." Lori said and went to the door of the store.
"Alright." Lynn said before turn around and walk. She came to a halt when she remembered what she was thinking moments ago; then she turned again and stopped Lori from entering the store.
"Lori wait!" Lynn said trying to catch Lori's attention.
"What?" Lori asked.
"Lori, I want to ask you something. Haven't you noticed that Lucy has been acting a little… weird lately?" Lynn said.
"Well…" Lori said, lifting her index finger to her chin trying to remember the last time she saw Lucy. "I honestly don't know, but whatever it is I'm sure that's just a phase; she'll get over it."
"I don't know… I feel like something's bothering her; I haven't seen her writing in her poetry book. And tell me, when was the last time she scared you or any of our siblings?" Lynn said almost yelling; the fact that Lori wasn't worried about their little sister really bothered her.
"I don't know, but as I told you she'll get over it soon. Now if you excuse me, I have snacks to buy." Lori said while entering the store. Lynn tried to stop her, but since the blonde didn't want to do something, she would have to do it for herself.
In the house, Lucy was lying in her bed trying to distract her mind from all her problems in school; this day, those little bastards used her as their target to practice their aim with the slingshot. They used rocks, nuts or whatever they found to shoot at her, leaving painful marks all over her body. And that was just in the morning, because in the sports class her class played dodgeball, and guess who get all the balls.
She tried to distract her mind from her problems in school, but those thoughts refused to leave her head. It was just as if her mind was trying to make her feel miserable, because that was how she felt; she felt miserable for not be able to do something to defend herself, and she felt miserable because she knew that they would be waiting for her tomorrow at school. She sat in her bed, grabbing her head and closing her eyes tight in an effort to banish those thoughts away, and then she got up to head towards the bathroom.
Why this had to happen to her? What did she do? She wasn't a bad person; she loved her siblings, her parents, her friends, and then why life had to be such a bitch with her? She wondered this in her way to the bathroom, walking slow, dragging her feet and not caring about the things surrounding her; in Luna and Luan's room she could hear how they were arguing about something Luan found in Luna's nightstand and Luna saying "That's none of your business!", but she didn't care.
She reached the bathroom door and turned the knob. The first thing she saw was Lola in front of the mirror looking at herself; it wouldn't be a problem since Lola is well known for that habit, but this time it was different because she took off her gloves to look at her arms, where she had some well noticeable bruises. As soon as the blonde realized that there was someone else in the bathroom she turned and hid her arms behind her.
"Nobody taught you to knock the door?!" Lola yelled with anger. Lucy just closed the door and got close to the little princess who, was trying to look angry, but the truth was that she and Lucy knew she was nervous.
"Show me your arms." Lucy said in a calm tone.
"W-why do you want to…" Lola tried to say, but Lucy didn't let her finish.
"I said, show me your arms." This time Lucy spoke more assertive. Lola gave up and obeyed her big sister; Lucy saw that it wasn't just some bruises, but she had some scratches too.
"I-it's nothing, I just was playing at school and then I accidentally fell. There's nothing to worry about." Lola said, smiling in an effort to look calm and not to make Lucy suspect.
"Tell me the truth." Lucy said.
"What? That's the truth, I-"
"Tell me the truth!" this time Lucy yelled at her and stomped her foot in the floor, causing Lola to flinch and cover in terror.
"Please don't hit me!" Lola said, falling and lifting her arms to protect herself. Lucy just realized what she was doing; she was acting just like the abusive kids in school that teased her every day, and now it was worse because her little sister was being a victim too.
And she was the bully.
Lucy looked down in shame, which was noticed by the little blonde who let her guard down; the goth girl walked towards her, causing Lola to back up in fear. When she had no more path to walk she just covered again and waited for the worst to come, but instead she felt how her big sister embraced her in a big warm hug. Lola was taken aback by that, not knowing how to react; this was not common in her elder sister who didn't like to show her emotions just like that. But yet, she felt something within her; she felt the need to lift her arms to embrace her sister, burying her face in her sister's chest and starting to sob, but after some moments she began to cry.
They were like that for some minutes until Lucy broke the hug to face her little sister; she had her mascara running down her cheeks and her eyes were covered in tears. Lucy's eyes weren't noticeable, but Lola knew she was crying as well.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you like that, I didn't mean to scare you" Lucy said running her hand through Lola's hair.
"Don't worry. I should have told you that I was being picked on in school." Lola said while using her hand to clean the mascara of her face. Lucy walked to the cabinet, grabbed the same tube she used to heal her body, and then she rubbed the medicine in Lola's bruises.
"Please promise me you will tell your teachers about this; I don't want you to get hurt." Lucy said while cleaning the excess of cream from Lola's arms.
"I tried to tell on those meanies, I really did; but those guys are rich and it doesn't matter what they do, the teachers will not do anything to them." Lola said. When Lucy heard that, a shiver ran down her spine.
"Lola, are those boys from third grade?" Lucy asked with concern.
"I… think so; I just know they are from a superior grade since they are bigger than me. Why?" Lola responded.
"Because… No, nevermind." Lucy said while putting back the tube into the cabinet. "You can go now.
"Thanks Lucy." Lola said, giving a quick hug to her big sister before going to the door.
"Lola." Lucy called her before she even could get out of the bathroom.
"What? Lola asked.
"Please promise me that you will tell the teachers or mom and dad if those idiots continue picking on you." Lucy said.
"Alright, I promise Luce." Lola said before leaving.
Lucy stood there, looking at her reflection in the mirror; she felt not anger, but wrath knowing those assholes not only were picking on her, but now they were teasing her little sisters, and that made her blood boil. She got out of the bathroom and headed to her room. She passed through Lori and Leni's room, where Leni was in the doorframe calling her to ask her if she could model for some of her designs.
"Hey Luce, could you like…" Leni said trying to catch the little goth's attention, but apparently she failed since Lucy walked past her. "Luce? Are you okay?" The blonde asked to her little sister, but she didn't even turn her head to see her. Lucy just went to her room and closed the door behind her.
Lucy took her diary from the nightstand and the key from Edwin's bust; she opened the book and took her pen before start writing.
July 19, 2018
If those idiots want to mess with me is one thing, but messing with my little sisters is another very different.
They think that messing with people is funny.
But they will know what they have unleashed.
I will have my revenge for everything they have done to me.
I will make them suffer for everything they have done to my little sister.
They will regret the day when they decided to mess with my family.
And all those kids they tease as well.
And it doesn't matter how much money their parents have.
They will finally what they deserve.
They will pay.
Lucy closed her diary and left it in its place, then she went to the hall and opened the door to the attic; she went inside the dark and dusty place, and spotted a big wooden chest in the farthest corner. She blew the dust out of the top, and used a special key she that had to open it. Inside the chest there were a lot of things that seemed to be old; a well conserved dress that seemed to be from the XIX century, some amulets with strange forms and more small boxes. But what she was looking for was at the bottom, which was a big book with a cover of leather; it was as old as everything inside the chest, but it seemed to be intact, as if the years that book passed in the box did nothing to the book, with the pages yellow but strong and the ink as dark as if it were written recently. Lucy put aside some of the stuff to take the book, then put the stuff back in the chest and closed it. Taking the book, she went to her room again, and locked the door behind her.
"I promised not to use this, but I have no option now." She said before starting to read the book.
Hello guys
First of all, I want to thank all of you who took the time to read this story, and thanks to all who followed, favorited and reviewed the story; it means a lot for me that you all are interested in my fic, and it gives me motivation to keep writing.
EDIT: Something I forgor to add is that in this chapter I wanted to make Lola act like a real 6 years old girl, which means that, as a little girl who can't deffend from a bunch of boys bigger than her, all she can do to stop the bullies from hurting her is tell on them. This means that this story might be an AU. Besides, I wanted to make a Lola-Lucy bonding moment, but since Lola and Lucy are the oposite of each other it was kinda hard, and the bullies picking on Lola was the perfect excuse. Thanks to Dolpher for remindme that.
*Red the Pokemon Master: It was a mistake, but now it is fixed.
*Hatoralo: Thanks, and damn sure they will get what they deserve, but maybe won't be Lynn the one who will make them pay.
*Malcolm7281: They will get what they deserve, and they will regret everything they have done.
