Chapter 14

POV Millard

Breakfast went slow, I was waiting for Lori to tell what had happened. When she was done with eating, and I was done as well, we walked outside and sat in the shade. "Will you tell me now?" I asked. She shook her head and smiled," If you tell me how old you are." I hesitated, wanting to know what happened and yet not wanting to reveal my age. "Fifteen." I awnsered. Her eyes grew wide and she looked at me differently. "I thought you were like thirteen or fourteen, not fifteen." She giggled and I asked again, "Tell me what happened." She shrugged and out of nowhere, Echo and Cindy appeared.

"Yes please tell." Cindy said. "...tell." Echo repeated. "Okay. May I just ask what makes you both peculiar?" Lori asked. Cindy smiled and responded. " I can manipulate air and teleport. And have you wondered why my sister never speaks? She echoes, which was a great coincidence since her name is Echo." Lori nodded, impressed.

"...Echo!" Echo said brightly. I was getting bored, Lori was about to tell us when Horace shows up. "You're late." I said, my eyes on Lori. "Okay. So alot happened, and it's my story to tell, so stop interrupting and let me speak." She said annoyed.

If you want to, you can skip until you see the next line since Lori will be retelling what happened in previous chapters...

" So it started with the night I left, which wasn't really long ago. I remember I left you a note Millard. I just hope you forgive me for not taking you along. But as it said, it was a personal thing. A family thing. And so I was about to leave when Emma stopped me. She asked where I was going and I told her I had to find my sister. She understood and let me go. So I walked to the dock, there were no boats except for a man with big glasses. He let me ride in his boat to the mainland, but what I didn't relize then was that he was a wight. It was the early morning when we reached the mainland. I asked people for directions but they ran away from me, it must've been my hair and eyes that made 'em run.

I walked on and kept asking until I ran into Mark. He was really surprised to see me, because of my blue hair and purple eyes. I asked him if he could take me to the train station. He agreed and we walked on. We talked and when I saw Charlotte I ditched Mark. I ran and almost got stopped by soldiers. It was really scary, so I jumped on the train. It was a stupid thing to do really. And I kind of regret it now if you ask me. So I tried to hide but I was eventually found by a girl, Victoria. She was very helpful, and she had a brother, his name was Victorian. He was annoying as hell. And he hated me too, so no hard feelings on him.

Victoria did my hair and we talked. Then, the train got stopped by soldiers. I was scared as hell, I had a feeling that they were trying to get me. So I asked Victoria for something that could cover my hair, so that if there was a chance the soldiers didn't recognize me. They soldiers went through the whole train car, interrogating us. Then they left and we were able to breath again. Victorian was really mad at me. He said really horrible things.

Victoria told him off though. And a few hours later we made it to London. I tried to fjnd my sister, but I was put into a cab that drove to Victoria's manor. And as soon as the cab pulled out, I saw my sister. I was a little furious, to have my sister so close and yet not able to reach her. I asked to be driven back but it never happened. So the cab got there and a lot of stuff happened.

So I had made a plan to sneak out of their manor, make it to the train staion and search for Charlotte, may she rest in peace. I walked onto the stairs, almost made it to them to be exact, and got pulled away. I was hurt a couple times, blood all over me. The people who had captufed me were wights. Then Victorian helped me escape and a lot of stuff later, the wights were chasing Victorian, Victoria, and myself. I drove a car and ran over multiple things, I found my sister on the road, she was bleeding. I cried, but she was a bit alive. Almost, if it weren't for me she could still be a bit alive. I guess I wasn't paying attention, but I crashed the car into a tree I think. A fire started, I only dragged two bkdies from the wreck, my sister and I don't know who. It was awful and... and.." She stood frim where she had been seated and ran, tears in her eyes.

"That poor girl." I said as I ran after her. She didn't stop running until she climbed up a few trees near the bog."Come down from there!" I yelled. She wouldn't awnser, only sobbed. "Lori get down." I said a little more sternly. " She shook her head and I sighed. "If you won't climb down, I'll climb up." And I did, grabbing the branches. I took one in my hand and it snapped and I fell to the ground. I heard a small giggle from above and saw Lori looking down. "Will you climb down?" I asked. She frowned and shook her head. "I'm afraid of heights, can't climb down." I sighed and climbed up again. I reached a few branches away from Lori and asked her, calmly, to grab the hand I had extended for her.

"I am a bit scared." She whispered. "It's okay, I got you." She took my hand and I slowly made my way down the tree. On the last available branch I jumped off with Lori in my arms. She looked calm, alart from the tears still staining her cheecks. "Thanks." She whispered and bowed. "Any time." I smiled. "Should we make our way back?" She nodded, I grabbed for her hand but she pulled away. "The horror's not yet, Mill. " She rubbed at her cheecks but not before one more made its way down her pale skin.

We walked back to the house, Lori keeping queit. "Are you okay?" I asked. She smiled up to me and nkdded. "Sure?" I asked. She nodded and kept her eyes on the trees. When we got to the house, she broke free of the hand I had kept close to her's and walked up the stairs to her room. I followed her to her room, Olive was there. "You mad it!" She squealed. Lori nodded, Olive must have not seen her at breakfast. "But where is your sister?" Olive asked. Lori sighed and sat at her bed, I saw next to her as well. "She's in heaven, now." Lori whispered. Olive looked confused at first and then seemed to relise what she meant.

"It's okay, really." Olive went to hug her. Lori hugged her back, her breathing uneven. "Are you sure you're okay?" I asked. She shook her head and whispered things, she did this strange thing with her hand. She stood up to the small desk and sat in the chair. She set her arm flat on it, and with her other hand, held it a few inches away while circling over it. It seemed to relax her, and her hand seemed to go from tensed to relaxed. I was worried for her, afraid she had gone a little bit mad. How could she not? Her sister had died and she couldn't do anything to help her.

"Lori, are you going to be okay? Do you want us to, maybe, leave you be in this room." She nodded and I took Olive outside the door. I looked and her and nodded, closing the door. "She dosen't quite look okay. Is she really alright?" Olive asked me. "She says she is but I don't believe her." Olive shrugged and we waited outside the door. After a few minutes she opened the door and declared that she felt better. "What will we do for your birthday?" Olive asked her. Lori shook her head and said," I don't celebrate it. It brings back...memories."She smiled sweetly while I asked," When is your birthday?" She looked at her shkes and said," December twenty-fourth." I nodded and Lori said," Just please don't mention it. Not anybody, you have to pinky swear it." We nodded and did swear on it with our pinkies, mine hard to find thouhh. But behind my back I was crossing my fingers.

Lori thanked us by nodding, she told us she needed rest and closed the door. Olive asked " Millard, can we do something for her birthday?" I nodded and whispered things so no one else could hear.

A/N: Okay Guys, So I Guess I Should Make This Quick. I Don't Want To Disappoint Anyone, But I have Decided What My Next Story Will Be. It Is Called Sane. "Sane" Is About A Girl Named Ridley(To Those Of You Who love Lori, She Has A Connection To Her So Need Not To Worry About Tiger Lillies. BTW This Is In The Percy Jackson Fandom But Don't Worry, It contains Elements From MPHFPC ) Cortez. I Have Posted A Preview Of Three Chapters On That Story, It Is Currently On Hold But If You All Love It So Much I Will Post One More Chapter. The Release Date Of The Rest Of That Story Will Be The Day After I Post The Epilogue For This Story. Please Do Me The Favoe Of Reviewing On That Story. It Will Mean A Lot To Me And You Will Earn A Shout-out From Me. I Will Post It On The Next Chapter.

I Also Want To Start, Question Of The Week. I Am So Excited About This I Don't Know Why Though. Anyways, I Have A Question. What Do You Think Of Lori? I Want Your Honest Opinion On This Please. I Won't Chew You Out Or Anything Like That. It's Just A Simple Question. I Have Many Surprises In Store So Read On, Review, And Make Sure To Click The Follow/Favorite Button. Oh, And One More Question. What Did You Think Of Chatlotte's Death? Anyways I Love All Of You And I Hope To See You All Soon. I Am Sorry To Say This But, Only A Few More Chapters To The End Of This Story! I Love You All!