Alright, industrial sized vacuum cleaner, coming through! Excuse me, just trying to clean up all the cobwebs.

Holy crap you guys, it took me exactly 6 freaking months to update this, what is wrong with me! D:

But hi, I'm alive...ish.

I didn't want to think of it, but you guys should know that, well, apart from the fact I was busy with classes and all, it took me a really long time to write this. Seriously a very long time.

I'm not sure if I've just gone through a partial writer's block, or if I'm...losing interest in this fandom, I seriously hope that's not the case, but no matter. If push comes to shove, I'll just summarize what was supposed to happen, or give it away so someone else can finish it. It depends.

I'll also now be doing review replies by PM, so yeah, much shorter ANs! :D

As always, I hope you enjoy this, and don't forget to review.

And because it's been a while, just to recap: So, we know Cassie was really Bridge the entire time, due to a bracelet. The Long Family and relatives found out the truth, as has Bridge's friends. James Avezon however, wasn't yet told, because of his relationship with his dad. Bridge decided to screw the rules and tries to tell James, but Haley stops her, and Bridge runs away again! Plus we've got a side storyline which we had glimpses of, but now it'll be explained.

Sorry this chapter's semi short, only 940 something words.

Rose came rushing into the living room after the door slammed. She looked wildly around the room, and finding only Haley, her heart sunk. "Haley, where's Bridge?"

The dragoness turned Huntsclan member cleared her throat awkwardly. "She left. She got angry at me, and left again...I'm not sure-"

"I need to find her!" Rose pulled her jacket on hurriedly, not really caring whose jacket it was. "I won't lose her again."

Rose quickly ran out of the apartment, and as the door slammed shut once again, the rest of the occupants came out of the kitchen, looking puzzled.

"Rose went to find Bridge. She ran away again."

==Outside

Bridge didn't know where she was going, or even if she wanted to go somewhere, she just didn't know.

She came across a park, she always seemed to veer off to parks, but she felt at home there. She arrived at a clearing, and collapsed there, lying on the grass, staring at the sky. She then closed her eyes, taking deep breaths.

Through the earth she felt vibrations approach her, and when her eyes opened, she saw her mother standing above her, head tilted inquisitively to the side. "Honey?"

Bridge sighed, not daring to keep eye contact for long. She closed her eyes again, "Why do I have to keep doing this? I mean, I just want to go back to how it was before, before I was taken away, before I had to lie to people about who I really am. Before I was being treated like some sort of doll-"

Bridge stopped as Rose sat down above her, and raised her head up a bit, slipping her crossed legs underneath, cushioning her head, and started to calmly comb her hair. "I know honey, but please just trust us. We only want to help you, you know that, Bridge, so let us help you, I'll talk to Haley, so that she's not as draconian, but you need to cooperate with us. Once Avezon is out of the way, we can go back to how it was, sound good?"

Bridge nodded meekly, not trusting herself to say anything.

Rose noted Bridge's silence and, pulling her daughter up, engulfed her in a hug. "I promise you, Bridge, we'll get through this, and it'll definitely not take as long."

Bridge let herself be pulled into the hug, and smiled despite herself. They just wanted the best for her, she shouldn't get angry at them for caring and worrying about her.

"Now come on." Rose patted her daughter's shoulder. "Let's get back before the entire family goes into a frenzy thinking you disappeared again."

Bridge chuckled as she broke away from the hug and stood up, and once Rose mimicked her moves, they started walking back home.

==Central Park

James didn't want to be here, patrolling New York. Really, he was just doing this in order to get out and think for a bit. He was tired and his "dad," if he could actually call him that, hadn't helped his nerves. It had been months since he had lost his wife, and he naively hoped his father was actually feeling remorse, and would travel back in time and prevent all of this from ever happening.

His ears perked up when he heard some whimpers, and carefully made his way to the source, gripping his staff tightly in case there was danger nearby.

He crossed the bushes, and found an elf in the small clearing. It was lying down in the grass, looking as if in pain. He quickly approached the magical creature, kneeling down near his head, trying to locate the origin of the pain. Near his left arm blood was seeping through the cloth of his sleeve.

James searched his pouches for his first aid kit, but at that precise instant, the elf opened his eyes, and upon seeing the Huntsclad man, he yelped and scrambled back immediately, ignoring the pain shooting through him.

James looked up and noted that his uniform was scaring the magical creature. He took off his mask and smiled softly. "Hey, come on, I won't hurt you. The Huntsclan's not evil-Agh!"

James got the air knocked out of him, and he fell to the ground, face down. As he turned and looked up, he recognized the dragon towering over him. They might've been bathed in shadow, eyes glowing menacingly, but he knew. "Bridge?"

She huffed. "What do you want?"

"Look, can we just talk?" James held up his hands defensively.

"Why would I want to talk with a murderer?" She growled, bringing her snout closer to him, eyes flaring, and snout steaming.

"I didn't kill him!" He pleaded.

"Right, who'd believe that!"

The sharp and stinging reply left James dazed. But he had to continue trying. "Come on, you can't seriously think that after everything, I'd be capable of that?"

She picked him up by the scruff of his neck, talons digging deep into the front of his shirt, fabric tearing. "I don't even know who you are anymore."

James didn't let his resolve waver. He looked her straight in the eyes and replied, "James Avezon, your husband, and father to our daughter. Bridgette, please, you've got to believe me."

She looked away, and James could see the tears pooling in her eyes. But before he had a chance to reach out, her head snapped back, and she threw him across the clearing, screeching, "Murderer!"

James could only stare in surprise as she spread her wings and pushed off the ground leaving James alone. He knew the elf would be long gone, and he had more pressing matters to attend to. Like getting his family back.

Yep! We've been getting a glimpse of the future! Now, unless anyone's super confused, this'll be the last we hear about this time, and the continuation of this will be the opening to HL: Huntsclan.

So yeah! Not much more to say, got some nice Rose & Bridge mother/ daughter moments, and not much more on the bracelet, I hope I'm not forgetting anything! :D

As for next chapter, I have no idea what I'm doing XD I need to go back to my previous chapters and remember what I said.

I'm hoping it doesn't take me as long to update this, I feel super bad that it took me so long, especially since I have it in a sticky note on my computer to update this at the very latest, on January 31st.

Clearly noted I'm a teensy bit late. But I hoped you enjoyed this nonetheless, and also! I'm so so so so very sorry that I haven't been reading/ reviewing things. I'm trying to get to everything.

Just bear with me, alright?

Don't forget to leave a review, and being 15 past 2am, I'm going to sleep now.

Hezpeller