A/N So... here's the next chapter! But first, reviews:

To TEAM SOPHIE: Thanks for noticing! I probably should have made that a little clearer. Since Sophie is in Level Six, she filled out her matchmaker's scroll a year ago, meaning she should be able to request her scroll right around that time. I don't have Lodestar right now (my friend is borrowing it), but I'm pretty sure after you fill out your packet and wait a year, you can request your scroll whenever you want. Once I get my book back, I can check and see if I'm wrong. Thank you!

To TheAnonymousAuthor03: Aaaah! Thank you!

"Here we are..." Sophie said, looking up at a giant building at the center of Atlantis. The building was made of blue, purple, and pink swirled crystal, and was surrounded by a series of leaping fountains. The castle seemed to glow, light from above the water refracting off of the castle and the fountains. Most of the group stared at the magnificent building with awe, but Sophie noticed that two of them didn't seem so happy.

Tam's eyes widened. "This- this is the place where Linh..."

"This is the place where I flooded Atlantis," Linh said solemnly. "The fountains... and the water above... I just... I caved. This is where it all came crashing down."

Linh lowered her head, breathing heavily while tears threatened to stream down her face. "I don't think I can go in there."

Fitz put his hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. If you don't want to go in there, you don't have to. But we're all here. I can stay with you while everyone else goes inside."

"No," Tam said fiercely. "If she doesn't go in, then I don't go in."

"Relax," Linh said, starting to calm down. "I- I'm going in there. Just- don't be surprised if I need to leave."

Biana wrinkled her brow. "Wait. How come you were at the matchmaker's office?"

"Our parents were asking for a divorce," Tam said.

"What?" Sophie asked.

"Our mother was a little more kind when it came to us," Linh said. "She had been trying to have a child for a long time, so when she had us, she was more welcome than my father. Of course, she was humiliated that she had twins, but we were her children. Our father's ways were too harsh for her, so... they tried to divorce."

"My father decided it was our fault that their marriage had gone astray," Tam said darkly. "So as punishment..."

"He made us come. He made us watch the whole thing," Linh continued. "I was already so overwhelmed-"

"And Atlantis was already hard to be in for her," Tam said. "The fountains..."

"They took me over the edge," Linh said. "They broke me. After the whole ordeal, the matchmakers wouldn't let my parents divorce. The flood was humiliating, and my parents are stuck together. That's when our mother truly started hating us."

"That's why we got sent to Exillium," Tam said.

"And that's why..." Linh said. "That's why I was so afraid of water."

The group stayed silent, staring at the building that had caused so much pain for the twins. Tears were now streaming down Linh's cheeks, and Tam's face held a stone cold expression, eyes full of anger.

"I'm so sorry," Dex whispered.

"You didn't deserve that," Sophie told them. "Nobody deserves that."

"Thanks for not freaking out," Linh said.

"Why would we?" Fitz asked. "We're your friends."

Linh sighed. "I mean... all this drama surrounding us..."

"After we told people we were twins, most of our friends abandoned us," Tam explained.

"I'm still a bit scarred," Linh said.

Keefe frowned. "We wouldn't abandon you guys like that. I may not have liked Bangs Boy very much in the past, but you're our friends. We don't care what kind of stupid, twisted stuff your parents subjected you to. We don't care if you're twins. We care that you're good people. We care that you stood by us. We care about you."

"Not what your parents did to you," Sophie said.

"Thanks," Linh sniffed.

"Now, you ready to go in?" Biana said.

"Yeah," Linh said. "I guess I am."

They walked inside.