A/N: Good news and bad news, guys. The bad news is that exam starts next week. So, I won't be posting anything until exams are done. But the good news is that we're nearing the season finale of The Fog. Only 2 chapters to go utnil the Season Finale. Hooray! *confetti pops out of nowhere* Yeah. Wooooooooohooo! Wait! Aww, dang it! Those were my last confettis. Damn. Oh well, readers, please enjoy while go find some more confetti cannons. *leaves*
Richard slams the door to the basement open as he dragged Amanda, who's unconscious, and Sulley, who's poisoned. The basement is dim and is full of spare supplies. He throws them at a bunch of piled crates as he grab some rope and duct tape. He ties up the two monster and tapes their mouths. He puts the weapons inside a large chest and locks it with a padlock which doesn't have a key. Richard looks around the basement, looking for Caroline. The little dragon monster is hiding behind some boxes on a high shelf, cowering in fear.
"Caroline. Caroline. Where are you, dearie? Don't worry. I'm not gonna hurt you." Richard said creepingly as he continued looking for her and stood on a spot near Caroline's hiding place. She acted fast and threw a paint can at Richard's head.
"Ow! Grrr! You little bitch!" Richard yelled. Suddenly, his walkie-talkie started emitting static. "Not a good time right now." Richard muttered as he answered it and left.
As soon as Richard left the basement, Caroline comes out of her hiding spot and climbed down the shelf. She runs to Amanda and Sulley. She grabs a cutter tool used for opening packages as she uses it to cut their bindings. She ripped off the duct tape from their mouths, causing Amanda to come to.
"Ugghhhh... what happened...?" Amanda groaned as she rubbed the part of her head where Richard hit her.
"A-Amanda..." Caroline said as she held the teenager's hand. "I-I'm scared..."
Amanda suddenly feels something nostalgic about Caroline. She feels like there's deep connection about a certain family member. Whenever Amanda looks at Caroline, it reminds her of...
"Sarah..."
(Flashback)
It was a stormy night in the Vandergeld's residence. This took place during Amanda's junior year in high school. Inside Amanda's little sister's room, Amanda, who's a little younger and wore pink-rimmed glasses and green pajamas, was holding a little orange dragon monster in her arms. It's Amanda's 7 years old little sister, Sarah Vandergeld. She looks exactly like her big sister. Sarah's wearing pink pajamas with white hearts. Sarah was crying because their parents were fighting. They could actually hear it even though their parent's room was 5 rooms away. Amanda covered Sarah's ears, not wanting her to listen to their parent's vulgar argument.
"I can't believe you brought a goddamn whore into our house!"
"Yeah! I did! So, what!? You've been screwing around with my executive, you skanky bitch!"
"Big sis, what are they yelling?" Sarah asked her sister with teary eyes.
"Ssshhhh... Don't listen to them, Sarah." Amanda told her as they waited for their parents to stop arguing.
Suddenly, someone opened the door as a monster entered the room. It was their cousin, Dillan Eclipse. He's a muscular black Night Fury monster with yellow eyes. He's wearing a white tank top and red boxers. He's staying in his uncle's house because he's a college student at Monsters University which is a short drive from here.
"Couldn't sleep?" Amanda asked.
"That. And I wanted to check up on little Sarah." Dillan said as he sat on Sarah's bed and patted his little cousin on the head.
"It's okay, Sarah. Just try to go to sleep, ok?" Amanda said.
"I can't. I'm scared." Sarah said as she started cry.
"Woah. Shh. Shh. Don't cry. Hey, how about Amanda and I will sing you that lullaby you love so much. What do you say?" Dillan asked.
"...Okay." Sarah softly said as Dillan tucked her into bed. Amanda gave Sarah her favorite toy, a handmade yellow dragon plushie. Sarah snuggled in as Dillan started whistling a tune.
"Deep in the meadows... Under the willow..." Amanda sang as Dillan whistled the tune. Sarah closed her eyes.
"A bed of grass... A soft green pillow..." Dillan took turns and sang.
"Lay down your head... And close your eyes..." Amanda and Dillan sang in unison. Sarah was now asleep as the two stopped.
"Good night..." Amanda said as she kissed Sarah on the forehead. The two got up from her bed and left the room.
The next day, Sarah wanted to play with her ball as she approached her father, a scarlet dragon monster with blonde hair, who was speaking to someone on the phone while doing some paperwork.
"Yes... No, I need those documents by tomorrow. And if I don't, tell him that I'll fire his ass out the window and-"
"Daddy, will you play with me?" Sarah asked her father for some time with her.
"Can't you see I'm busy, Sarah!? Go play with someone else." her father said as he continued his work. Disappointed, Sarah left him alone to find someone else to play with her.
She found her mother, a yellow dragon monster with auburn hair, in the kitchen, calculating the budget to pay the bills.
"Uh huh. I already paid the water bills and-... What do you mean by that...? Hey... I paid it on time, ok. I-"
"Mommy, will play with me?" Sarah asked her mother.
"Sorry, I'm busy with the bills. Go play outside." her mother said as she continued arguing with the water company. Saddened, Sarah left to go look for Amanda.
Few minutes later, she found her in her room, doing her homework.
"Ok, the gravitational potential energy is... What, huh? Did I miss something here...? Aarghh... Physics is hard..."
"Amanda, will you play with me?" Sarah asked her big sister.
"I'm sorry. I've got a lot of homework to do. But I promise to play with you when I'm done." Amanda said as she continued figuring out how to solve her equations.
"Where's Dillan?"
"I saw him left this morning with his buddies." Amanda said as Sarah decided to play alone.
Outside, Sarah was playing with her ball all by herself. She felt so lonesome, she threw the ball way to hard as it landed in the middle of the street. Few blocks away, Dillan and his friends were listening to some tunes in his car.
"Just don't give up. I'm workin' it out. Please don't give in. I won't let you down. It messed me up, need a second to breathe. Just keep coming around. Hey, whataya want from me. Whataya want from me. Whataya want from me." Dillan and his friends sang along to the song.
"Man, these tunes are great, dude." one of the monsters said.
"Hey, dude, isn't that your cousin over there." the second monster sitting next to Dillan pointed at Sarah who's trying to get her ball.
Suddenly, a truck drove through the street where Sarah was as she got her ball. "Gotcha." Sarah said as she turned around and saw the truck coming towards her.
"Holy shit!" Dillan took off his seatbelts and ran towards Sarah. She froze in fear as truck was closing in and honked its horns, signaling her to get out of the way. Dillan tried to get her out of the street. But...
"SARAH!"
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
The truck hit Sarah as her body got thrown a few feet from the truck. The hood of the truck and the street were splattered with her blood. Sarah's face and chest took full impact of the truck.
"No. No. Nonononono. Please, God, no!" Dillan, with tears in his eyes, rushed towards Sarah's body. He held her lifeless body in his arms as tears started flooding out.
Amanda and her parents heard the commotion as they ran towards Dillan. Her mother gasped and bursted into tears. Amanda knelt down near Sarah's body and started to cry.
"No! Sarah! My baby girl! No! No! Why!?" her mother cried out as Amanda's father comforted her.
"Sarah! Sarah! No! Don't do this us! Please! SARAH!" Amanda cried out as her tears started dripping to the street. Dillan was in utter shock to say anything as his tears dripped on Sarah's face.
"It's not my fault."
A/N: OMG! What a tragic past for Amanda Cora Vandergeld and her family! And Sarah was just an innocent little girl. Hmm. Turns out Caroline is smart for her age. Amanda had a flashback of her little sister, Sarah Vandergeld. To Sarah, Amanda and Dillan were like a mommy and daddy to her. If only she would've lived longer to tell them that. Dillan, Amanda and the late Sarah's cousin, will soon make an appearance in future seasons. BTW, if some of you don't know what a Night Fury is, then you'd better watch How To Train Your Dragon from Dreamworks. To some who don't know the songs, it's Katniss's Lullaby from The Hunger Games and Whaddya Want From Me by Adam Lambert. I don't own those songs. Read and review, folks. Ok, *pulls out a map* where's the next confetti shop again?
