Final three chapters! Though there is an epilogue. These are the biggest chapters, it's pretty much drama drama drama. Then again, that's only how my outline of these chapters look, my outline also had these chapters all longer, yet most of them are hardly 800 words. But whatever, time for the final trio of chapters, here is the first of them!

~ I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more. ~
~ Chief Joseph ~

Chapter Twenty-One

Nina's alarm went off for the third, triggering her to spring up. She gazed around for a second, and slowly got up, heading to Lilia's room. She had school today, and Nina had already put her alarm on snooze twice. Lilia had to get a move on.

"Lilia, wake up…" Nina whispered, stepping into her sister's room. She nearly screamed when she saw that her sister wasn't there, and only a note, seeming to be written in blood, was left on the bed. Tears began to flood her eyes as she raced to Lilia's bed, and grabbed the note.

I know what you're doing. If you continue, your little sister won't wake up to see the sun. But if you stop this nonsense, she will be returned to her soft bed, where she can wake up to your 'beautiful' face.

It's your decision.

Was that Lilia's blood? Who would do this? And what was she going to do, if she stopped looking, Amber, Delaney, and all those students would die! But if she kept searching, Lilia would be killed! Nina began to sob, kneeling down by Lilia's bed, and putting her back against it. She pulled her knees up, and hugged them.

Nina decides it's best to call Fabian, and takes out her phone. Her sobs hadn't stopped, but she needed to tell him now. She had to get her sister back! But she needed Delaney back too! And she wouldn't let those teachers win!

She dialed his number, her hands shaking, and held the phone to her ear. Within a few seconds, Fabian was on the other end, not bothering to say hello when he hears her crying.

"Nina? Nina what's wrong?" Fabian asked worriedly.

"L-Lilia… T-They took her!" Nina stammered, sobbing harder after she told him. She let this happen, this was all her fault!

"What? Who took her Nina? You need to calm down so I can understand you…" Fabian whispered comfortingly, trying to calm her himself. It was hard to manage though, he wasn't there. But he was already on his way out, heading towards her house.

"I-I don't know! All they left w-was a letter, no name!" She stuttered.

"Nina, I'm going to be at your house in a few minutes. I'll look at the letter, and we'll find out what's going on, alright?" Fabian questioned her.

"O-Okay."

Fabian hung up his phone, and within about fifteen minutes, he was knocking at her door. Nina instantly opened the door, and Fabian pulled her into a hug. She began to sob again, her tears had stopping a bit after she had stopped talking to him.

"Shh Nina, it's all going to be okay… We will figure everything out…" Fabian whispered softly, rubbing her back. She didn't respond, everyone was disappearing in front of her eyes. Why was this happening to her? And why was it happening to them?

Fabian let go after she calmed down slightly, and she rubbed her eyes. She moved away from the door so he could step in, and closed it behind him. She led him to Lilia's room, where the note laid on her bed. She looked away, not wanting to see the letter again.

Fabian went over and took it, automatically grimacing when he sees it written in blood. He reads it over quickly, and looked over at her, setting the letter back down.

"I-I don't know what to do, Fabian." Nina sniffling, turning to face him. "It's like… I have to choose between Delaney and Lilia… I-I can't do that…"

"You won't have to, Nina. The 'special' day is tomorrow, we will have to intervene. We will save both Delaney and Lilia as well… And they might not be telling the truth, they could easily be bluffing." Fabian answered. "We need to tell Amber."

Nina nodded, and took out her phone, dialing Amber's number. She put the call on speaker, so they could both talk to her. She sniffled again, before Amber picked up.

"Hey Neens!" Amber chirped, expecting to her Nina's voice. But instead, Fabian spoke up.

"Amber, we have a lot more to tell you." Fabian responded, Amber sighing loudly from her end.

"How much is there to this thing? And isn't the 'special' day tomorrow or something?" Amber said in a dull tone, sounding completely annoyed.

She was the one that wanted to join…

"Amber, my sister, Lilia, is gone." Nina stated, cutting Fabian off before he could speak.

"Your younger sister that Fabian told me about?! Isn't she only like… Ten?"

"Nine." Nina answered quietly. Fabian glanced at her for a second, frowning, and turned back to the phone.

"And yes, the 'special' day is tomorrow. We have to make a plan for tomorrow, during the 'Chosen Hour', which I didn't tell you guys about. But it's the only time the cup can be made that day… So that's when we stop the cup's formation, and get Delaney and Lilia back." Fabian explained.

"Okay, what's the plan?"

"What we are going to do is…"

I can't tell you their plan, haha! xD And aww, come on, this was nearly 1000 words! It's like, 90 words off or something! Crap xD Oh well, hope you are enjoying the story :D 3

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