Hello everyone and welcome back to HellFall!

I don't really have anything to report until the end of the chapter. You'll notice that this chapter is super short, unfortunately. I've recently taken to making each chapter as long as I feel it needs to be, and this one is, sadly, no exception. However, making them as long as I want means that most of them are pretty long. I just wrote a super long one, actually. I'll tell you about it afterwards (no spoilers, don't worry).

Well then, let's get on with it!

I sat on my bed, entirely alone in my house. Sighing, I fell back onto the blankets and wrapped myself in them, providing some physical comfort. As much as I tried, it was hard to keep from sobbing even a little. And with no one around, I felt no reason to be embarrassed.

I didn't cry long. I'd gotten used to it by now. This was the life of a huntress. I had to be prepared to lose everything.

The kitchen was empty when I went downstairs. The television was turned off, and no one was knitting off to the side. I tried to envision everyone in their usual places, and it wasn't difficult. I barely had to try. In fact, I'd already been seeing them, wandering about the house.

"Good afternoon Azure" Nello said from the kitchen.

"Oh, hello Nello." I replied, "How's lunch going?"

He smiled, shaking his head, "Why, you hungry?" He asked.

He seemed different now, and although I wasn't willing to admit it, I knew that it wasn't him.

"Starving" I replied with a smile. In fact, I wasn't hungry in the slightest. But I'd do anything to taste his food again.

"It'll be just a few more minutes" He said, turning around and facing the stove. Nothing cooked there, so I imagined that something was. It smelled delicious.

While I waited for the meal I decided to sit down on the couch with Octavia. She'd fallen asleep, so I shook her awake.

"Wha-?" She asked, looking around with groggy eyes.

"Lunch is in a few minutes" I said.

"Is it ready?" She asked, craning her neck to look into the kitchen.

"Not yet, I said." I replied, "Soon, though"

"Then why'd you wake me up?"

"Just to make sure you weren't totally asleep when the food came"

"Oh, okay." She turned her attention to the television, "Who turned off the TV?" She asked.

No one said anything.

"I think I may have." I admitted, taking the remote control and flipping it back on, "Here you go. Choose the channel"

I handed the remote to her, but when she tried to take it it fell to the couch.

"Butter fingers" I joked, picking it up and changing the channel for her.

"Lunch's ready." Nello announced, bringing steaming plates into the living room. He set three on the table. "Xeyrus?" He asked, "You hungry?"

"Sure" he said, setting his knitting aside and taking the fourth plate from Nello.

And for the first time in recent memory, we all sat together and ate lunch.

So there you have it. No need for a chapter summary, like I said last week. Right?

Anyways, about what I just wrote. I wrote about 10-15 pages over the course of the last few days, all of which are part of the climax. I'm just finishing up, actually. I'm hoping to finish Part 2 entirely by the end of the week.

HellFall is finally getting exciting, and I'm having a blast writing it. I'm finally doing all the stuff I planned out when I first had the idea for HellFall. The fights, the weapons, the characters, all that, and it's awesome! I love it! I hope ya'll are pumped too. There've been a handful of unplanned twists and turns throughout, but for the most part it's gone according the plan.

Anyways, I don't want to say too much. I'll let the actual story do the talking next week, or whenever stuff starts going down. I don't actually remember, I went the whole summer without writing, if you recall.

So as usual, favorite, follow, review, tell your friends, tell your enemies, or don't if you don't want to, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!