Hi! I'm back! Hospital update! Blech. I was feeling better when I was writing my 5th chapter but right now my IV on my arm is hurting and I hate breathing cause it hurts and it's hard to, and I really want to stop breathing , which obviously isn't an option if I want to live XD. So, anyway, I'm just gonna think of stuff as I go, I have a couple of ideas… But yeah I'm not in the bubbliest moods right now so if my story is on the sadder end and not a lot of humor that's probably why. Thank you for reading!

"Ok, almost done… Isabelle?"

"Here!"

"Serah?"

"Here!"

"Vanille? … Vanille?"

"What? Oh, present!"

"Snow?"

"Yeah."

"Lightning? No? How about Camille?"

"I'm here!"

"Hope? Oh, not here… Does anyone know where they are? They were in all their other classes before break…" the teacher looked down to set up a couple of things and then moved her head back up to see a group of students sinking in their seats.

The same students who were in the bushes at break.

"Why do you guys look so scared? Wait… do you know where Lightning and Hope are?" Serah and Snow looked curiously over at the students, one of the girl's eyes watering. They obviously weren't going to answer.

After a long hour of the last class of the day, Serah pulled out her cellphone and began dialing in the dorm number for Light and Hope.

Hope didn't know how long he lied on his side of the floor, his eyes staring at the carpet beside him. Suddenly a phone ringer exploded in his ears. He saw that it was Serah and ignored it, letting the tears unconsciously flow down his face.

Lightning was gone. And he may never be able to see her again. She was the only family he had at this point and it was almost impossible to think that he could lose another one.

Hope heard the phone ring again. He ignored it.

It wouldn't happen Lightning is too powerful, they wouldn't just let her die. No one would do that… would they?

Hope heard his cell phone start ringing. He ignored that one, too.

She didn't even say goodbye. Yeah, she said she loved him, but that wasn't enough. It wasn't enough to make him feel like he was ready to leave her.

He heard his text message go off, and he ignored that, too.

Everything would be ok. Hope was a l'Cie a long time ago when he was 5 years old. He barely remembers it, but his focus was easy and he turned to crystal, and within two weeks he was awake and his brand was completely gone. So obviously it probably wasn't too big of a deal. One of the biggest problems was the killings. He wouldn't let his family be killed by some murderer.

"…she'll call back then. Or maybe Hope will call back when he sees the messages. I think everything's fine, maybe they just went out. "

"Serah, it's the day of a big test. They wouldn't miss that on purpose. And did you see those other guys' faces when the teacher asked? That is NOT ok."

Hope heard the echoes of Serah and Snow's voice through the door as he continued to stay in the same spot in the middle of the room. After he heard their door close, he finally sat up, his head punding from all the crying, and threw some things into a suitcase. He walked into Lightnig's room and noticed all her stuff was gone. She really did leave. All she left was her cell phone, sitting on her bed. Great. Now he couldn't even call her to say goodbye. Hope whimpered his last teas out and looked in the mirror. He probably hasn't looked so crappy in all his life. His hair was shaken up, tears were dried up all over his face, his uniform wrinkled and baggy, and his eyes puffier than red hot air balloons. Not really caring about his appearance at the moment, he dragged himself out the door and stepped over to Serah's dorm, ringing the doorbell.

"Oh! Someone's here, Serah. I'll get it. It may be Light or Hope." Snow opened the door.

"Hope! Where – oh my god, what happened to you. You look like a zombie." Hope didn't smile to this, he just stared at the floor, another tear somehow managing to drip off his chin. Serah ran up and looked at Hope, her expression exasperated. They stared at him for a couple of seconds, expecting his to say something. Hope wanted to crawl back on the floor like he did a couple hours ago. Feeling two tired and sad to move on, he dropped to his knees and again and took in a shaky breath, forcing himself not to cry again. He couldn't be a baby anymore. Trying to conceal his tears, Hope let out a whimper is Serah picked him up. She knew that Hope didn't like being treated like a baby, but it was too hard not to at the moment. He sat down on the couch and waited for Hope to calm down. Snow sat down and waited.

After what felt like forever, Hope took in a breath and said briefly what happened to Lightning. Serah looked worried, but at the same time, relatively calm.

"Hope, Lightning will make it out of there just fine. I'm sure of it. Why are you so sad about this?"

"Because," Hope continued to sob slightly, "she's one of the only family members I have left."Serah hugged him tighter than stood up.

"Are you still okay with sleeping on the couch?" Hope nodded, realizing she was trying to change the ' family ' subjects as soon as possible.

A couple of days passed and Hope was never so happy that it was a 3 day weekend. It was pretty convenient knowing that he didn't want to go to school today anyway. Besides, this Monday was extremely eerie anyway. The sky was grey and the world seemed to have a slightly blue undertone to it. Every once in a while a little bit of thunder and Lightning would strike, which would make Hope a little upset again. Suddenly, as Hope looked out the window, he felt a strange shaking under his knees.

"HOPE! Get over here if you can! I think it's an earthquake!" Hope sprinted over to Snow, who flung his arm around his head, making sure nothing would fall on him. He looked over at Serah, who was safe under the strong wooden table a couple of feet from them. A couple seconds after the earthquake subsided, everyone was relieved that it was small and barely affected anything. Just a couple of broken dishes. Serah began to talk about how she remembered when she experienced an earthquake when she was little. Hope began to listen, until he heard something echo in his ears…

"Pitiful l'Cie… you may become one, Hope Estheim…"

Hope shot his hands up to cover his ears, then heard Snow calling his name over the sound of the whispers. Hope felt his legs shaking and his eyes going fuzzy… his heart slowing and suddenly a horrendous pain exploding in his head…. Until feeling a thump on the ground.

HI everyone. I was going to write a long chapter but now I regret trying to write this in the first place. It's really late, a bit after midnight, and I really do feel exhausted. It's super hard to breathe and it's frustrating me, along with how hard it is to keep typing. :( So I'm just gonna upload this real quick and go to sleep i'll update in a couple hours or tomorrow i love you for reading this and I hope you continue to bye lots of love