#Nana Bianca Girls

[jeridandridge]

Only Girl

You go on a Schemmenti family vacation and have a very important question for Melissa.

As soon as the plane touches down in Italy your anxiety sky rockets. In a jewelry shop 45 minutes away from the hotel you’re staying in, the engagement ring you bought for Melissa sits. Thanks to her cousin Joey you were able to find the most perfect ring and order it so you could propose early on the vacation.

You can’t help but lean over kissing your girlfriends cheek. “You’re so cute.” You giggle looking at her beaming smile.

“I’m so happy.” She squeezes your hand.

In the airport everyone grabs their luggage and Joey gives you a discreet thumbs up after checking his phone.

It takes two cars to get everyone to the hotel, you with Joey, his kids, and Annette in one car while Melissa, her nana, Uncle Tommy, his sons, and Kristen riding in another.

“Take a load off, y/n.” Joey laughs. “We’re not even at the hotel yet.”

“I know I know.” You nod. “I figure if I freak out now while in a separate car I’ll be fine the rest of the day.” You laugh nervously.

“Wait what’s going on?” Joeys son Anthony chimes in.

You twist in your seat looking back at the kid. You’d grown close to Melissa’s family over the past two years, especially Anthony. “I’m asking Mel to marry me.” You smile.

“No way!” Bianca, joeys daughter smiles from the back.

“Way.” You laugh. “So I need you guys to keep it quiet until dinner tomorrow night.”

In the other car as you all get closer to the hotel, Melissa’s nanna, Maria, sits grilling her granddaughter.

“Cara, when are you going to ask that girl to marry you?”

“Nanna!”

“What? It’s a good question!” She defends with a shrug.

“Nanna, we’ve talked about it but we’re in no rush. She knows how I feel about it.”

“You should bag her before she runs off.” Kristen grumbles. Maria reaches over to smack her other granddaughter.

“Careful, Kristen don’t make me knock those fake nails off a ya.” Melissa glares.

Family vacation is off to a great start.

At the hotel everyone gathers their things and files into the gorgeous lobby. You couldn’t stop looking around, the curved architecture of the ceiling holding you in a trance.

“Tesoro,” Melissa laughs reaching for your hand, “Ready to see our room?”

“Yeah, this place is beautiful. It’s not like the tourist traps I thought I’d see.” You smile following her to the elevators.

“They built it in the ‘60s, it was a hot spot for artists.” Melissa informs you with bright eyes. You can’t help but smile at the redhead as she goes into the history of the hotel.

You look at the cage style doors pushing them open when you reach the floor. “We’re in 1201.” Melissa reads off the card.

You feel a giddy excitement as you walk down the hall, your hand finding the small of Melissa’s back when she opens the door. “I think it’s time for wine on the balcony.” You grin kissing her shoulder.

“You read my mind.”

Unpacking your bags for the almost two week stay you pull out an evening dress for the balcony and dinner later that night.

When Melissa changes you let out a whistle when you see her red dress. The sight of your girlfriend smirking at you in a gorgeous room over looking the water with the sound of the waves crashing have you in a euphoric state. it couldn’t get much better than this. “Now I’m really in Heaven.”

“Sweet talker.” Melissa comes over wrapping her arms around you resting her head on your shoulder as you get out of your jeans and tshirt. Turning your head you meet her lips in a soft kiss, getting lost in her hold on you.

“If we start something now we’ll never make it to dinner tonight.” You smile resting your head against hers.

“I’d skip a meal just for you.”

You let out a giggle resting your hand on top of hers before moving to step into your floral dress. “We can’t do that, I don’t wanna piss your nanna off.”

“I hate when you’re right.” She teases letting go of you. “I’ll get the wine.”

Slipping into your dress you adjust your hair and opt to go barefoot up the one step to the private balcony that overlooks the sand and water. Melissa hands you a glass before pulling you onto her lap in one of the chairs. Smiling like an idiot you wrap your arm around her neck pulling her into searing kiss with a hum.

Breaking away you rest your forehead against hers. “There’s no where else I’d rather be than right here.” You whisper.

Melissa beams, warmth radiating through her chest. You were so special to her and she was so happy to share this family trip with you. She strokes your cheek with her thumb meeting your eyes.

“I love you, angel.”

In that moment you realize that your decision to propose on this trip was the best idea you’ve ever had.

“I love you.” You grin clinking your wine glass against hers.

You two sit in comfortable silence together, sipping your wine and stealing kisses as you watch the sun dip into the waves below. When the bottle of wine is polished off your phone chimes, a text from Joey letting you know that he made it back from the jewelry shop.

“What’s Joey sayin?”

Your eyes go wide and immediately turn the phone off. “He said the car is almost here.” You smile recovering easily.

In a few minutes you and Melissa get to the lobby where Maria is talking to the concierge and everyone else is hanging around. You squeeze Melissa’s hand jogging over to where Joey and Anthony are waiting.

“Hey, y/n! I got it right here.” Joey says quietly.

“Perfect! Perfect, I think I’m gonna do it tonight. After dinner. I can’t wait anymore.” You beam.

Anthony jumps up squeezing your arm. “Do it!”

“Okay, okay,” you laugh, “keep it chill remember?” You say quietly, discreetly taking the ring box from Joey.

“Pockets!” You beam turning in your dress heading over to Melissa and Kristen.

“There’s the only person on the planet that can stand my sister.”

You smile wrapping your arm around Melissa’s waist. “You know Kristen, I’m having such a good time even your D - attitude isn’t gonna bother me.”

“Ha! Alright, Melissa. I like this one.” She points at you before going to Maria.

“Wow, it only took two years.” You roll your eyes when Melissa starts to laugh.

“Cmon, hon. You don’t have to sit by the wicked witch of the east coast.”

Not long later you’re seated with everyone on a gorgeous patio with wine in hand. Everyone’s laughing and having a good time and you couldn’t be happier sitting across from your love. Giving her a wink as you sip your wine you pay attention to uncle Tommy sitting next to you.

“Hey, Joey and Annette let me in on your plan. I’m really excited for you two.” He smiles.

“Thank you, Tommy.” You give him a grateful nod. “I just need to ask Maria for her permission and I’ll be set.”

Tommy looks at you with a smile of approval patting your shoulder. “Going for the head of the family, I like it. I’ll get Melissa out on the dance floor with the kids after dinner that way you can talk to Ma.”

“You’re the best, Tommy.” You smile patting his arm.

“No no, Melissa cut the hair off my doll first THEN I drew on her face in permanent marker.” Kristen explains through a laugh.

“You girls made my blood pressure go up.” Maria laughs along with the table.

You catch Melissa’s eyes across the table giving her a warm smile just before Anthony and Bianca come up to her. “Mel, come dance with us!” They drag her out to the stone walkway where a few others are dancing to the classic Italian guitar.

While Melissa goes off to dance with the kids you make your way over to the other side of the table, your hand over the tin box in your pocket.

“Maria, can I speak to you for a sec?” You beam.

“Of course, cara ragazza. Are you having a good time?”

“Absolutely! It’s beautiful and I’m so happy to be here with all of you.”

Kristen rolls her eyes downing her wine. “Out with it, pipsqueak.”

You shoot her a glare you reserve just for her, almost a frenemy type situation between you two since you started dating Melissa.

Maria takes your hands ignoring her other granddaughter.

“Maria, I love Melissa and your family and I would really like to have your blessing so I can ask her to marry me.”

The older woman’s eyes well up as she squeezes your hands pulling you into a bone crushing hug. For such a small woman you felt like she could break you.

“My dear girl, yes you have my blessing.” She smiles holding onto your shoulders when she pulls back. “I’ve never seen my grand baby so happy. Not since she was a cosa giovane. I see how you look at her and how you treat her. She’s deserved someone like you for a long time.” She all but weeps wiping her eyes.

Listening to Nannas words you look out to the dance floor seeing Melissa laugh and spin with her young cousins, the fairy lights from the patio making everything look like a dream.

“I’m lucky to have her. Thank you, Nanna.” You smile hugging the woman again.

“I’m too old for that!” Melissa laughs coming back to the table. “Nanna, are you okay?” She asks, smile immediately falling.

The older redhead waves her off drying her eyes. “I was having a nice heart to heart with y/n is all. Nothing to worry about.

You smile at the redhead, Maria winking at you.

You’re extremely excited now, still nervous but grateful to have the blessing from the most important person in Melissa’s family. For the rest of the evening you relax enjoying everyone’s company.

“Baby, let’s go down by the water for a bit.” You suggest wrapping your arm with Mel as you two get out of the car.

“Yeah? Wanna walk in the sand like a mushy couple?” She beams at you.

“Exactly.” You grin. Looking over your shoulder Joey gives you a thumbs up before you two break away from the group heading out the back to the beach.

Full from dinner and more wine, you hold Melissa’s hand as you two walk barefoot in the sand down to the glistening shoreline.

“God look at that moon.” You beam wrapping your arm around her waist. The ring box in your pocket sits against your thigh as you two walk across the cool sand, practically burning a hole in the fabric.

“It’s the perfect night.”

You hum pulling her closer. “I think it could be even better.”

She gives you a curious look and before she can say anything else you’re kneeling in front of her pulling the ring out of your pocket. Melissa looks at you with a gasp, her eyes going to the gold band that holds a green sapphire surrounded by other diamonds. It was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen, and it was now hers.

“Mel, I want the movie nights, family dinners, parties, the vacations, and the opportunity to introduce you as my wife. I wanna spend the rest of my life with you.” You smile with tears in your eyes. “Marry me?”

Melissa beams through her own happy tears pulling you up and wrapping her arms around your neck.

“Yes! A million times yes, Tesoro.” She laughs holding you tight. You keep your hand on her lower back and the other holds the ring box as she cries into your hair. For a moment, time freezes and it’s just you two and the water.

“Hell yeah!!” You hear whoops and hollers from up the beach causing you and Melissa to separate just enough to look over to see your entire group, and most importantly Maria crying tears of joy. Even Kristen gives a thumbs up your way.

You can’t help but laugh seeing Tommy and Joey smoking cigars in celebration.

“You think they’re happy?” You tease your fiancé keeping your arm around her.

“I think so.” She laughs holding her hand up for you. “Do I gotta put it on myself?”

Biting your lip you take the ring out and shove the box back in your pocket before sliding the band onto her finger.

“Beautiful. It matches your eyes.” You beam bringing the back of her hand to your lips. Bringing both of her hands to your cheeks she pulls you in close.

“I love you, Tesoro.” She whispers pulling you into the most loving kiss you’ve ever experienced.

“Did she say yes?!” Anthony yells making you laugh against Melissa’s lips before she pulls away with the biggest smile you’ve ever seen.

“Yeah I did, kid!

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Melissa’s ring

[arcadekitten]

Ok I know this is weird, but can you list all of your characters with siblings? Sorry if that's weird

Oooh this might be a toughie but I will try!!

From characters that have appeared in my games:

Reginald Tetra and Mitzi Tetra are siblings. They are very close in age.

Theodore has an older brother and a younger sister (have not appeared anywhere)

Ryo and Ingram are brothers (found family)

Yoyo views Pogo Gogo as his big sister. Pogo doesn't know this (found family)

Nana, Darwin, and Vis are triplets

I think Clyde has a younger sister but that isn't finalized

Something something Ollie don't worry about it

Vasilis has two "sisters" being Headmistress Aesirel and a girl named Echo, but they aren't biologically related nor is it an adopted or found family thing. It's a cultural thing!

Jaxter has a sister named Bianca. Bianca is older and as adults, already has a toddler.

I hope I didn't forget anyone!!

[zekes-original-character-rambles]

Characters Organized By Universe

The Atlas Foundation

Carnival “Val”

Echo

Dungeons & Dragons

Anatomy “Ana”

Bianca

Black Brew

Butterfly

Cryptid

Dash Bloodwing

Edie Von Zarovich

Hex

Kane

Kirigu

Rags

Random

Robo

Saturn

Snail Rose

Wither

Hatchetfield

Amelia Brown

Amnesia Torres

Aster Hart

Arcadia “Arcade” Star

Bunny O’Riley

Cade King

Christopher “Chris” Otho

Chrysalis The Fae King

Crow Dunn

Cyan Jones

Emily Brooks

Evelyn Ward

Featharchism “Feathery”

Ghost Edwards

Green Hart

Hayley Gray

Honey Vespidae

Leona Murray

Mallory Hart

Melanie Brooks

Millipede “Millie” Danger

Nana Watcher

Niko Watcher

Onyx Smith

Persephone Smith

Poppy Jackson

Scout Brown

Sugar Bailey

Theodosia “Thunder” MacNamara

Tox Matthews

The Magnus Archives

Abigail “Arachne” Spinner

Avery Fitzgerald

Bones Dumont

Charlie Lantern

Emmett Ward

Everything “Eve”

Jacquline “Jack/Jackie” Lantern

Kit Crimson

Laika Roberts

Marionette “Mari” Graves

Mausoleum “Lee” Terminus

Michael “Mikey” Hallow

Mold Infested Automaton “M.I.A”

Monster

Salem Green

Viola Kelly

My Little Pony

Candle Shine

Comet

Romantic Horror Comedy

Ace

Jane Doe

Leela

Lizard “Lizzie”

Nicky

Mistophelees

School For Rouge Magical Girls

Bubbles Pierrot

Chance Angel

Mordred Banneret

Morgan Asphodel

Saskia Blight

Transgender Queerplatonic Vampire Polycule

Damien Hart

Michael

Valentine Carmine

Miscellaneous

Amethyst

Eio Carla Shara

Frigid

Galadriel

Ginger “Gingi” Kindheart

Hexadecimal

Leon

Natalie/Nathan Skye

Sabrine

Shapeshifter

Tempest

Violet

Zanthe Brighton Shara

[criticallyacclaimedstranger]

I'm thinking wayyy too far ahead, but Jay and Frankie as grandparents 🥹 what do you think they'd be like?

Thank you for the ask! That is far ahead, I've barely thought about them as parents to kids older than ten, haha! But I don't mind.

I actually think that Alma grows up not really caring for kids that much, and she only has children when she meets a partner who has children from before. (I actually think the partner is a woman because Alma is bisexual.) And Jay and Frankie obviously embrace the child(ren) as their own. Bianca probably has children of her own, I don't know how many, but she does.

Jay and Frankie are on the older side when they become parents (by that I mean closer to/over 40 rather than 20) but they keep themselves in shape, so they become very physical grandparents. They still live in their big house in the country with lots of space for visiting family (they bought and restored it with the drug lord money they went back for, but that's another story), and they are always happy to have children and grandchildren (as well as siblings and their kids and grandkids) over. They take the grandkids out in the garden, show them how to sow seeds, care for and harvest crops. They play with them, build treehouses, teach them practical stuff (Jay has a complete gym in the barn so she shows them how to work out, boxing, self defense). They're definitely the fun grandparents, the hands-on ones, but they also take care not to meddle in how their girls want to raise their kids.

Summer holidays at Nana Jay and Papa Frankie's farm become a beloved memory for their grandkids; one of those things that you remember for the rest of your life. Happy times, simpler times, filled with love and laughter, nana and papa giving you little responsibilities (like watering the carrots), and good food, and that feeling of summer days lasting forever.

[densesindealer]

My Full Muse List, Updated

I decided to go through and update my entire muse list, adding and removing characters, and I decided to make a post with the list that I intend to give easy to find tags on my blog, or to pin it later on.

All male muses can be used for gender transformation asks, and any males from their series can be used for gender transformation asks so long as they follow the other rules of my blog. This applies even if a male character from the series isn't normally on my muse list as their male counterpart. I.E. Byakuya from Danganronpa as a woman with Makoto, or Bakugou from My Hero Academia as a woman with Midoriya.

Danganronpa

Makoto Naegi

Junko Enoshima

Mukuro Ikusaba

Celestia Ludenberg

Aoi Asahina

Sayaka Maizono

Kyoko Kirigiri

Sakura Oogami

Toko Fukawa

Chiaki Nanami

Mikan Tsumiki

Hiyoko Saionji

Akane Owari

Peko Pekoyama

Ibuki Mioda

Mahiru Koizumi

Sonia Nevermind

Komaru Naegi

Kanon Nakajima

Hiroko Hagakure

Kotoko Utsugi

Monaca Towa

Chisa Yukizome

Miaya Gekkogahara

Seiko Kimura

Aiko Umesawa

Ando Ruruka

Kirumi Tojo

Tsumugi Shirogane

Angie Yonaga

Tenko Chabashira

Maki Harukawa

Miu Iruma

Kaede Akamatsu

Himiko Yumeno

Spy x Family

Yor Forger

Anya Forger

League Of Legends

Ahri

Akali

Senna

Miss Fortune

Lux

Jinx

Vex

Xayah

Vi

Annie

Ashe

Caitlyn

Irelia

Seraphine

Morgana

Neeko

My Hero Academia

Izuku Midoriya

Momo Yaoyorozu

Ochako Uraraka

Mina Ashido

Tsuyu Asui

Toru Hagakure

Kyouka Jirou

Mei Hatsume

Melissa Shield

Nejire Hado

Nemuri Kayama/Midnight

Rumi Usagiyama/Mirko

Kaoruko Awata/Bubble Girl

Emi Fukukado/Ms. Joke

Ryuku Tatsuma/ Ryukyu

Yu Takeyama/Mt. Lady

Shino Sosaki/Mandalay

Ryuko Tsuchikawa/Pixie-Bob

Tomoko Shiretoki/Ragdoll

Inko Midoriya

Mitsuki Bakugou

Kinoko Komori

Tokage Setsuna

Yui Kodai

Ibara Shiozaki

Pony Tsunotori

Itsuka Kendo

Reiko Yanagi

Himiko Toga

Manami Aiba/La Brava

Nana Shimura

Camie Utsushimi

Chitose Kizuki/Curious

Fuyumi Todoroki

Rei Todoroki

Kaina Tsutsumi/Lady Nagant

Merlin (BBC Series)

Merlin Ambrosius

Morgana Le Fay

High Priestess Nimueh

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Cho Chang

Luna Lovegood

Fleur DeLacour

Gabrielle DeLacour

Hermione Granger

Katie Bell

Alicia Spinnet

Angelina Johnson

Lavender Brown

Susan Bones

Hannah Abbott

Daphne Greengrass

Astoria Greengrass

Bellatrix Lestrange

Narcissa Malfoy

Pansy Parkinson

Nymphadora Tonks

Andromeda Tonks

Aurora Sinistra

Septima Vector

Tracey Davis

Rowena Ravenclaw

Helena Ravenclaw

Penelope Clearwater

Amelia Bones

Lily-Evans Potter

Rose Weasley

Lily Luna Potter

Sue Li

Romilda Vane

Padma Patil

Parvati Patil

Mirabel Garlick

AI The Somnium Files

Kaname Date

Aiba

Shizure Kuranushi/Boss

Mizuki Okiura

Iris Sagan

Amame Doi

Phoenix Wright

Phoenix Wright

Mia Fey

Maya Fey

Pearl Fey

Trucy Wright

Ema Skye

Franziska von Karma

Athena Cykes

Lana Skye

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Ryunosuke Naruhodo

Susato Mikotoba

Iris Wilson

Nikolina Pavlova

Gina Lestrade

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson

Hazel Levesque

Piper McLean

Annabeth Chase

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano

Thalia Grace

Zoe Nightshade

Clarisse La Rue

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Silena Beauregard

Sally Jackson

Bianca di Angelo

Calypso

Athena

Artemis

Aphrodite

Hera

Demeter

Hestia

Hecate

Persephone

Scooby-Doo

Norville ‘Shaggy’ Rogers

Daphne Blake

Velma Dinkley

Thorn

Luna

Dusk

Tanis The Mummy

Sibella Dracula

Phantasma

RWBY

Jaune Arc

Ruby Rose

Weiss Schnee

Blake Belladonna

Yang Xiao-Long

Pyrrha Nikos

Nora Valkyrie

Coco Adel

Velvet Scarlatina

Glynda Goodwitch

Cinder Fall

Neopolitan

Emerald Sustrai

Ilia Amitola

Winter Schnee

Willow Schnee

Kali Belladonna

Summer Rose

Raven Branwen

Salem

Penny Polendina

Neon Katt

Saphron Cotta-Arc

Terra Cotta-Arc

Street Fighter

Chun-Li

Cammy White

Rainbow Mika

Mortal Kombat

Johnny Cage

Cassie Cage

Kitana

Mileena

Tanya

Jade

Sindel

Skarlet

Jacqui Briggs

Li Mei

Cetrion

Sareena

Fairy Tale

Erza Scarlet

Lucy Heartfilia

Brandish U

Konosuba

Wiz

Aqua

Megumin

Darkness

Yunyun

Avatar The Last Airbender

Katara

Toph Beifong

Azula

Ty Lee

Danny Phantom

Ember Mclain

Dani Phantom

Sam Manson

Jazz Fenton

Madeline Fenton

Desiree

Johnny Test

Johnny Test

Susan Test

Mary Test

Sissy Blakely

Lila Test

DC Comics

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn

Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy

Thalia al Ghul

Zatanna Zatara/Zatanna

Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

Teen Titans

Richard ‘Dick’ Grayson/Robin/Nightwing

Rachel Roth/Raven

Komand’r/Blackfire

Tara Strong/Terra

Jynx

Arrowverse

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow

Barry Allen/The Flash

Nyssa al Ghul

Sara Lance/White Canary

Laurel Lance/Black Canary

Thea Queen/Speedy

Shado Fei

Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost

Kara Zor-El/Supergirl

Marvel Comics/MCU

Peter Quill/Star-Lord

Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Leopold ‘Leo’ Fitz

Steve Rogers/Captain America

Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow

Jean Grey

Emma Frost

Mary Jane Watson

Gwen Stacy

Gamora

Mantis

Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch

Elektra

Kamala Khan/Mrs. Marvel

Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel

Felicia Hardy

Kitty Pryde

X-23

Mystique

Ava Ayala/White Tiger

Lady Sif

Daisy Johnson/Quake

Jemma Simmons

Melinda May

Genshin Impact

Aether

Lumine

Amber

Kamisato Ayaka

Barbara

Jean

Beidou

Ningguang

Collei

Diona

Klee

Qiqi

Paimon

Eula

Rosaria

Fischl

Mona

Ganyu

Keqing

Yoimiya

Raiden Shogun

Kujou Sara

Yae Miko

Hu Tao

Sangonomiya Kokomi

La Signora

Lisa

Noelle

Shenhe

Sucrose

Xiangling

Yelan

Code Geass

Lelouch Lamperouge/Lelouch vi Britannia

C.C.

Cornelia li Britannia

Euphemia li Britannia

Nunnally vi Britannia

Kallen Kouzuki

Villetta Nu

Kaguya Sumeragi

Shirley Fenette

Milly Ashford

Nina Einstein

Cecile Croomy

Infinite Stratos

Ichika Orimura

Chifuyu Orimura

Madoka Orimura

Cecilia Alcott

Laura Bodewig

Lingyin Huang/Rin

Charlotte Dunois

Houki Shinonono

Tabane Shinonono

Tatenashi Sarashiki

Kanzashi Sarashiki

Maya Yamada

Guilty Crown

Shu Ouma

Inori Yuzuriha

Hare Menjou

Haruka Ouma

Mana Ouma

Tsugumi

Ayase Shinomiya

Durarara!!

Mikado Ryuugamine

Celty Sturluson

Anri Sonohara

Super Mario Bros/Super Crown

Luigi

Bowsette

Booette

Rosalina

Princess Peach

Princess Daisy

Shy Gal

Undertale

Frisk

Chara

Toriel

Undyne

Muffet

Temmie

Five Nights At Freddy’s

Toy Chica

Roxanne Wolf

Glamrock Chica

Vanessa

Vanny

Every Male Animatronic As A Female

Kingdom Hearts/Disney

Sora

Kairi

Aqua

Xion

Larxene

Namine

Mulan

Elsa

Go Go Tomago

Belle

Cinderella

Alice

Snow White

Rapunzel

Helen Parr/Elastigirl

Violet Parr

Mirage

Judy Hopps

Your Turn To Die

Sara Chidoun

Maple

Tia Safalin

Reko Yabusame

Kanna Kizuchi

Huniepop

Tiffany Maye

Audrey Belrose

Kyu Sugardust

Kyanna Delrio

Celeste Luvendass

Nekopara

Chocola

Vanilla

Coconut

Azuki

Maple

Cinnamon

Spartacus

Spartacus

Ilithyia

Mira

Persona Series

Yu Narukami

Akira Kurusu/Joker

Chie Satonaka

Yukiko Amagi

Naoto Shirogane

Rise Kujikawa

Margaret

Marie

Ann Takamaki

Shiho Suzui

Makoto Niijima

Haru Okumura

Futaba Sakura

Kasumi Yoshizawa

Sae Niijima

Tae Takemi

Sadayo Kawakami

Pixie

Angel

Succubus

Silky

Apsaras

Cybele

Yaksini

Ishtar

Leanan Sidhe

Clotho

Lachesis

Atropos

Hua Po

Lilim

Maria

Pokemon Series

Hypno

Rosa

Elesa

Hilda

May

Dawn

Jessie

Lillie

Lusamine

Bea

Serena

Misty

Officer Jenny

Nurse Joy

Nessa

Cynthia

Flannery

Marnie

Lorelai

Mallow

Serena

Sonia

Akari

Mai

Arezu

Irida

Palina

Magma Admin Courtney

Nemona

Iono

Tulip

Professor Sada

Professor Juniper

Rika

Dendra

Carmine

Doki Doki Literature Club

Monika

Yuri

Sayori

Natsuki

Overwatch

Hana Song/D.VA

Amelie Lecroux/Widowmaker

Ana Amari/Ana

Angela Ziegler/Mercy

Lena Oxton/Tracer

Olivia Colomar/Sombra

Fareeha Amari/Pharah

Elizabeth Caledonia Ashe/Ashe

Brigitte Lindholm/Brigitte

Echo

Mei-Ling Zhou/Mei

Kiriko Komori/Kiriko

Illari Quispe Ruiz/Illari

Zero Escape

Sigma Klim

Phi

Alice

Clover Field

Mira

Luna

Hazuki Kashiwabara/Lotus

Akane Kurashiki

Resident Evil

Ethan Winters

Leon Scott Kennedy

Mia Winters

Claire Redfield

Jill Valentine

Sherry Birkin

Ada Wong

Rebecca Chambers

Sheeva Alomar

Bela Dimitrescu

Ashley Graham

Eveline

Dragon Ball Z

Broly

Android 18

Android 21

Cheelai

Bulma

Chi-Chi

Towa

Vados

Kusu

Marcarita

Bioshock Infinite

Booker Dewitt

Elizabeth Comstock

Helltaker

Modeus

Lucifer

Cerberus

Judgement

Azazel

Malina

Pandemonica

Justice

Beelzebub

Zdrada

Kim Possible

Ron Stoppable

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Kim Possible

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Jodi

Caroline

Animal Crossing

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Infamous Second Son

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Saints Row

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Ruby

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Jo Harvelle

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Noah Foster

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Brooke Maddox

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Dishonoured

Corvo Attano

Emily Kaldwin

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Xander Harris

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Dawn Summers

Willow Rosenberg

Cordelia Chase

Jenny Calendar

Amy Madison

Drusilla

Faith Lehane

Tara Maclay

Darla

Until Dawn

Chris Hartley

Matt Taylor

Emily Davis

Jessica Riley

Samantha Griddings

Hannah Washington

Beth Washington

Corpse Party

Ayumi Shinozaki

Seiko Shinohara

Naomi Nakashima

Yui Shishido

Date A Live

Kurumi Tokisaki

Tohka Yatogami

Yoshino Himekawa

Gravity Falls

Dipper Pines

Pacifica Northwest

Tambry

Wendy Corduroy

Total Drama Island

Gwen

Lindsay

Heather

Bridgette

Courtney

Chuck

Charles ‘Chuck’ Bartowski

Ellie Bartowski

Sarah Walker

Carina Miller

Lou Palone

Anna Wu

Alex McHugh

Skyrim

Serana

Lydia

Aela

Beautiful Creatures

Ethan Wate

Lena Duchannes

Ridley Duchannes

Olivia ‘Liv’ Durand

Jurassic Park

Alan Grant

Zach Mitchell

Owen Grady

Ellie Sattler

Lex Murphy

Claire Dearing

Zara Young

Telltale’s The Walking Dead

Lee Everett

Javier Garcia

Clementine

Carley

Lily

Violet

Eleanor

Kate

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Freddie Benson

Carly Shay

Sam Puckett

Jade West

Tori Vega

Trina Vega

Cat Valentine

Alice In Borderland

Ryouhei Arisu

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Rizuna An

Yuzuha Usagi

Asahi Kujō

Saori Shibuki

Elden Ring/Souls Series

Melina

Ranni

Sellen

The Fire Keeper

Lies Of P

Pinocchio

Sophia

Eugenie

Laxasia 

Belle

Red Fox

Youngest Of The Black Rabbit Brotherhood

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Lola Bunny (Looney Tunes)

Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Chika Fujiwara (Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War)

Hinata Hyuga (Naruto)

Akeno Himejima (High School DxD)

Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night)

Hestia (Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon)

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)

Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)

Samus Aran (Metroid)

Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)

Juliet Starling (Lollipop Chainsaw)

Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)

Kitty Katswell (Tuff Puppy)

Palutena (Kid Icarus)

Faith Seed (Far Cry 5)

Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)

Lois Griffin (Family Guy)

Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (Phineas & Ferb)

Ciri (The Witcher)

Quiet (Metal Gear Solid)

Loona (Helluva Boss)

Tigress (Kung Fu Panda)

Frankie Foster (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends)

Super Sonico (Nitroplus)

Faith Connors (Mirror’s Edge)

Mavis Dracula (Hotel Transylvania)

2B (Nier Automata)

Alice Angel (Bendy And The Ink Machine)

Piper Wright (Fallout 4)

Saeko Busujima (Highschool Of The Dead)

Komi Shouko (Komi Can’t Communicate)

Rem (Re:Zero)

Raphtalia (Rising Of The Shield Hero)

Velvet Crowe (Tales Of Berseria)

Smurfette (The Smurfs)

Lady Love Dies (Paradise Killer)

Tatsumaki (One Punch Man)

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New Dawn: New Horizons Chapter 9 - Rush the Coal Mines

Warnings: Language, violence 

Word Count: 2.6k

Summary: The kids help out the Security Captain with finding Thomas Rush. A friendship between Cristina and Lucifer blossoms. 

Guest OCs: just the usuals 

Guest Characters: Security Captain, Carmina Rye, Kim Rye, Nana. 

Note: Security Captain is gender neutral. They/Their/Them pronouns. This is a Supernatural and Far Cry: New Dawn crossover. This chapter was mostly written by @athenalillystar and lil bit myself. Hope ya'll enjoy!! 😁❤💞

Taglist: @rabbitsoldier @wargames94 @mrsladydiana @vicki-the-sinner @maybeitslizzy

Kim Rye was able to get the whereabouts of Thomas Rush. He's being kept hostage at an underground lair at the coal mines North of Prosperity. Captain with the help of Cristina, and Bianca travel to the mines to rescue Thomas. They all go in stealth mode, Bianca manages to cut off the alarms to the outpost. Captain, and Cristina take out the HWM while the youngest triplet does her thing. Taking out as many of them as possible. 

“Hey Anca, did you cut off the wiring to the alarms?” Cristina asks her younger sister via radio.

“Yep, we’re all good to go” she responds. 

The 3 of them move forward taking out the rest of the GMX wearing douchebags. 

They hear grunting, and the sound of something, or someone getting beaten. 

“What the fuck is that?!” Cris asks. 

“That might be Thomas. Stay here” Cap tells them. 

They climb up a ladder leading up to a hatch in the ceiling, as they push the door open they immediately see Thomas wounded, but alive and well. Beating a HWM with a metal pipe. He looks over at them, as he beats the shirtless Highway-douche. 

“Thomas!?” they mutter. 

“Oh my god. Jesus, I thought you were dead” he tells them. Thomas proceeds to choke out the dude with his bare hands. “I should’ve known you’d come through” he tells them. As he chokes the life out of the man, killing him, “You came back for me. You crazy son of a bitch you came back for me!”. 

Cap cut off the cuffs around Thomas’ wrists freeing him from them. He looks around the room, wipes the blood and sweat off of his forehead. 

“We need to go. Now!” he tells them. They escape the underground lair, and immediately meet up with the kids. 

“Cap!” Cristina exclaims, “You found Thomas!”.

“Who are you? he asks the two girls. 

“Cristina. Bianca” she tells him, pointing to herself and her sister.   

He looks over at Captain “You brought teenagers with you?!”.

“Not your average teenagers” Bianca claps back. 

Cap rolls their eyes, “C’mon let’s go!”. They rush to the garage, and steal one of the HWM vehicles. The kids run back to their vehicle while Thomas and Cap drive a turret out of the mines.  

“Cap! man the turret, and I’ll drive us out of here” he tells them. Cap gets into the vehicle, firing the machine gun. Killing all Highwaymen in process. 

After a very lengthy, and explosive drive. They all head back to Prosperity. Captain and Rush switch positions with Cap driving and Thomas firing the gun due to his wounded leg. The kids driving behind them in their car as a form of escort. Cap and Rush catch up on what’s been happening in Hope County. 

“Didn’t think I would get out of there alive. Thanks for risking your neck for me Cap” he thanks them. 

“Hey no problem Tom, I had to save your ass” they tell him. 

“You’re not gonna believe what I saw” he tells them. 

“What was it?!?” Cap asks. 

“One night the mine was attacked by people who looked like they were out of the stone age” he tells them, “They were fighting against shotguns, using only bows and arrows. They took shots and they kept on coming”. 

“What?!? For real?!” they exclaim. 

“Listen I don’t believe in wizards, or magic, but I know what I saw. Those people had something. Something that I can’t explain. If we could find out what their secret is, maybe we’d have a chance against the Twins”. 

“I’ll look into it” Cap tells him, “But first we need to get you all patched up and rested”. 

“I’m fucking exhausted. I gotta catch my breath” he mutters. They pull up in front of the safe house, Cap and Cristina help Thomas into the gates. 

Carmina sees them and calls out for her mom. “Mom!!”. Thomas struggles to walk with his wounded leg. Grunting and groaning with every step. 

“Whoa, oh slow down, slow down” she tells Rush, slowing him down “Jesus, Rush they really did a number on you”. 

“It’s nothing. Day or two and I’ll be fine” he tells her. 

They move towards the house as Kim steps out. “Did I hear right? You Thomas Rush?”.

“You must be Mrs. Rye. Carmina’s told me a lot about you. Your daughter’s as tough as they come” he tells Kim. 

“Preaching to the choir” she tells him. They help Thomas sit down to treat his wound. 

“Kids go get the first aid kit” Kim tells Carmina, Cristina and Bianca. 

They go inside the house to get the medical supplies. They patch up Rush, letting him get some rest from all the shit the HWM did to him. 

*****

Later that day, Cristina is sitting by the water near the Meatfort. Skipping rocks at the water. Thinking she's by herself, with her thoughts. 

"Not bad for a noob" she hears a voice tell her. She turns around and sees the blonde locks of Lucifer. 

"What are you doing here?!?" she asks, trying not to get scared. 

"Needed some fresh air. Away from the humans" he tells her. Stretching his arms out. 

"Well you're near a human now" she sasses him. 

He chuckles, "You act just like your mother". 

"Well yeah, I'm a splitting image of her and her personality" she tells him. 

Noticing she's keeping a distance away from him. "Relax, I'm not gonna kill nor hurt you" he tells her. 

"How can I trust you?" she asks, suspicious of this man.

He scoffs, "You're just gon-" he stops when he hears the Highwaymen's music playing in the distance. "What in my dad's name is that?!?" he asks with a disgusted look on his face.

“That is trash music” she answers, crossing her arm. 

He chuckles, “Yeah no shit”. 

He looks towards where the music is coming, “That!” he points, and looks over at her. 

“That is not music. Okay, Zeppelin and Sabbath is music” he tells her. She laughs, and agrees, “Well we at least agree with some things”. He leaves, and walks towards the music. 

“Lucifer?! Where are you going?!” she asks, following closely behind him. He sees where the music is coming from, and sees 5 dudes dressed in BMX gear. Some Highwaymen.

“Oh great these humans again” he groans in annoyance, rolling his eyes, and walks down the small hill towards them.

“Lucifer, not a good idea!!” Cristina informs him. 

He approaches them, and shuts off their music. They look over at him all at once. “Hey what the fuck man?!?” one of them says to him, aiming their weapons at him.

“Lucifer, not a good idea!!” she whispers to him. 

“I got this” he tells her, before turning back to the HWM, “Guys, guys listen. No need to aim your guns like the big bad macho men you are” he mocks them. 

“Who the fuck are you?!?” another one asks. 

“The one who’s gonna tell you to listen to some real music” he tells them, “I mean what is that techy, mumbling crap?!?”. 

They all laugh at him, “You better get your ass outta here old man. Before we put a bullet in yo old ass”. 

Lucifer chuckles at them, “Old man? Huh?”. 

“You too Scavenger!” another threatens Cristina, pointing his bat at the eldest Winchester kid.

“Hey, hey, hey. Leave her out of this” he tells them, “Listen you’re all just a bunch of dumbass humans who have nothing better to do, than to steal from other humans and kill them”. 

They all laugh at him again, clearly trying to anger and annoy him “Who the fuck do you think you are?!?” one of them yells. 

“I’m Lucifer!” he shouts at them, and they all burst into laughter again. One of them holding a bat approaches him, the eldest Winchester taking a few steps back. 

“You better get your wrinkling ass out of here before we beat it” he threatens the Archangel, unbeknownst to him.

He scrunches his face, scratching his beard, “Mmm, nah” he tells them, seemingly wanting to piss them off.

The same HWM swings his bat at Lucifer, and he immediately blocks the hit. Grabbing the bat, and snatching it out of his hands. 

They all look at each other in confusion and mutter to one another. The same guy punches him, but Lucifer doesn’t react to it. Looking at the dude like he slapped him with a feather. The man holds his hand, holding back the pain of punching the powerful Archangel. Feeling like he punched a piece of metal because Angel's can't feel the pain of a human assaulting them. 

“What the fuck?!?” they mutter. Fear in the voices. 

He looks at them with his devil eyes, “You shouldn't have done that”. His eyes turn red, flashing from blue to red, and they all take several steps back. 

Cristina takes another few steps back, fearing and guessing what he’s gonna do to these guys, with the snap of his finger, he snaps his neck. Killing him without even laying a finger on the guy. The rest all panic, and run to their vehicles before they could start them up. Lucifer kills them all. Snapping their necks, and making them explode in a bloody, gruesome mess. Cristina looks at him in horror, frozen in fear.

He turns around to face her, acting like nothing happened, “So!” he says to her with a huge smile, “You wanna show me around?”. 

She stares at him, eyes wide, jaw dropped open. Feeling like she's gonna piss herself out of fear, or faint or maybe pike her guts out.

"I'll take that as a yes!" he says, guides her back up the hill. 

After a few minutes she finally speaks up. "Hold on!" she exclaims, making him stop and face her, "Wh-what was that?!?!". 

He shrugs, "What did it look like?!" he asks, "I killed them. 5 less humans to worry about". 

She looks at him with wide eyes, and utter confusion and fear. "H-how did you do that?!?" she exclaims. 

He shrugs, looking at her like she has no idea who and what he is, "Hello I'm the Devil!!" he points to himself. She rolls her eyes, “Duh! I know that, but how did you do all that?!?? With the exploding bodies?!? Neck snapping?!?”.

He groans, exaggeratedly, “I swear you humans have a short attention span. I. Am. The. Devil!!!”. 

She rolls her eyes again, and groans, “I swear you celestials are thick headed. I meant how did you do that?, like how did you make them explode? What did you do to make them die very violently? Other than snapping your fingers!”. 

Finally understanding her question, “I just look at them, tell myself that I want them dead, and I killed them without touching them”. 

She turns around and walks away, trying to forget about the bloody, horror show. They both walk down the dirt, grassy road. Unsure where they’re going. They stumble upon a shooting range with mannequins everywhere.  

“Umm what is this?!?” he asks, taking the head off one of the mannequins. Juggling it in his hands. 

“It looks like a shooting range” she answers. Looking around the property, and nearly has her head taken off her body. The bullet hitting the bark of a tree nearby. 

She ducks behind a car that is sticking out of the ground, “Oh fuck!!”. 

Followed by the hollering of some old lady. “You damn Highwaymen!!. Piss off you damn masked whippersnappers!”.

Lucifer laughs to himself, covering his mouth “You almost got your head taken off by granny”. She glares up at him, giving him her family trademark bitch face. 

“I’m not with the Highwaymen!!!” Cristina responds to the old lady, “I’m with Prosperity and the W-S compound!”. 

They hear the old lady mumble something, unclear to what it was, she peeks behind from the car, and puts her hands up. Showing she’s not a threat. 

“I’m not a Highwayman!” she tells the lady again, “I’m Cristina Winchester-Smith. I’m with the Scavengers”.

“What about him?!” the lady asks, pointing to the blonde man. 

“He’s with me, he is also with the Scavengers” she answers. 

The old hag lowers her rifle, “Father, daughter bonding. Huh? That takes me back” she tells them. 

Before Cris could correct her, Lucifer interrupts her, “Yep! just some father, daughter bonding time. Showing the little one how to kill some masked douchebags”. He chuckles, messing up her hair. 

She glares up at him, eyes narrowed with a “What the fuck are you doing?!” look on her face. 

She sees the sniper on her back, “I see you have a hunting rifle on ya missy. Show me how good you are with it. I’ll set up the targets”. 

The elderly lady goes to set up the targets which are helmets with flashing red lights. 

“What do we call you?!” she asks, trying to sound polite. 

“You can call me Nana” she answers her, as she sets up the targets, “Okay missy. Shoot the helmets, and show how good ya are with it”. 

Cristina stands behind a table with ammo and bullet shells.

“Make me proud, Cri” Lucifer tells her with a huge smile on his face. She narrows her eyes at him.

“I will dad” she says sarcastically. She takes position, takes a deep breath, aims her rifle and shoots 5 of the 10 helmets. 

“Not bad for someone your age” Nana praises the 17 year old huntress. 

She takes another deep breath, and shoots the other 5. Breaking the helmets in half into 2 pieces. 

“You’re a natural!” Nana tells Cris, “Now let's change things up a bit”. 

Lucifer standing near the silo, watching the eldest Winchester show this old lady how she can handle a sniper. She goes through the same exact test, but this time the helmets are moving up and down. Following their movements she’s able to get every single one of them. Letting a soft gasp for holding in her breath. 

“Well I’ll be damn!. You’re a natural wirth your rifle. Not that many youngins’ can handle that sort of power”. 

“Thanks” she thanks the elderly lady, “I come from a family of hunters. Was taught how to shoot at 6 years old”.

“Well you were taught well” she tells the 15 year old, “Now, moving, loud, rude, hyper-violent, disrespectful hooligans. Those are targets!. You? You’re sharp, quick-witted and a lighting-shot. Quite the combination to have in a respectful young person. I don’t see it too often these dusty old days”. 

“Thank you” she says with a smile. 

“Everyone needs someone looking out for them out here” she continues, “Even me, once in a blue moon. You consider me a part of your family. “I’ll look after you kiddo”. 

They both smile at the elderly lady, “Thanks, I’ll be sure to tell the others” she tells her. 

Lucifer looks around awkwardly, trying not to get all sentimental with this old bat and human teenager.

“Maybe I’ll collect some more Highwaymen skin for the quilt I’m making!. You’ll never know if I’m kidding” she tells them, laughing. The Archangel lets out a short laugh, and whispers to Cristina “I like this lady already”. 

They both leave back to the compound.“Looks like you’re gonna have to trust me” he tells her. She turns around to face him, “What?!”. 

He stuffs his hands in his jacket pockets, and says “You’re gonna have to trust me now. Since I saved you from those 5 dudes and from sniper grandma”. 

She narrows her eyes at him, “You never saved me from Nana!”. He laughs softly, scratching his beard. “I told you you were gonna get sniped” he tells her. 

“No, you didn't” she tells him. He looks around in confusion, “I guess that was all in my head” he tells her  and shrugs it off. She rolls her eyes at him, and continues to make her way into the compound. 

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Why me?

Part 32- They can’t leave us.

Riley is forced out of Cordonia unknowingly to her friends, and moves back to New York.

She is later faced with her past from Cordonia and is hiding a few new secrets. With the help from her New York friends and friends from Cordonia will she escape her current situation and find her happy ever after?

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This part contains POV’s.... the next two chapters are worth the wait- I promise. Enjoy 😊

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“You look happier my friend. I assume, Lady Riley has text you back?”

“I need to go Li. I’m not leaving my family alone any second longer.”

“I’ll make sure that Bastien arranges an SUV to take you, because you’ve had a drink.”

“Thanks Li. Thanks for everything you’ve done for me, for us. But it’s time to move on from Cordonia.”

“What?! What do you mean?”

“Me and Riley. I think we are going to move to the US. I don’t know where? Texas, New York or Florida. We need a new start.”

*****

Liam’s POV

I couldn’t believe that my oldest friend had just dropped the bombshell, that he and Riley were considering leaving. I slowly swallowed the brown liquid- I was in shock. They didn’t need to leave- why did they think they had to leave? I would protect my friends- they aren’t in danger anymore. This is my country- their home. They have people who care for them here. My mind was racing with ideas to persuade them to stay- I’m not controlling but I want my friends to be happy here- with us all. I know Riley deep down didn’t want to be a duchess- personally I don’t blame her. Have I pushed them away with my feelings towards her? Why would Drake want to desert us for a woman who abandoned him and Savannah? Am I being selfish? Why would they consider New York? Riley has friends there, but also bad memories. Her gran, in Florida.... If she misses her gran, I would fly the royal jet there so she could visit whenever. Or fly her gran here- she could stay in the palace with us all. That is how much they both mean to me. I needed some support to help our friends stay in Cordonia.

“Max? Can you come to the palace please with Bertrand as soon as possible? Drake is on his way to your estate but I need to speak to you both...”

“Of course your majesty, what’s up?”

If anyone could talk some sense into them it would be the Beaumont’s and Savannah. I will miss them terribly if they were to flee the country. I can accept that friendships drift apart but I will miss my closest childhood friend, Drake Walker.

*****

Maxwell’s POV

My sister means the world to me, it was heartbreaking overhearing her conversation with her gran. If I’d have known, we could have visited her together- I love rides! And fun! I’m sure I’d have loved Disneyworld too. I’m disappointed she didn’t invite me. We could have made her gran an honorary Beaumont too? That wonderful woman provided us with our Riley. We’d be lost without her. We all would be. It was fate that night that Drake suggested going to the dive bar- now they are engaged and are having twins, my nephews/nieces- I can’t wait to meet them. They will grow up with Bartie- we’d be one big happy family. I was knocked out of my trance when I saw Walker arrive- knowing full well that he had come for his girl. About time, I thought.

“Oh hi Drake, she’s in her room. We will see you later.”

Myself and Bertrand got in the car and drove up to the palace. Entering King Liam’s study- the strong aroma of whiskey and scotch entered our lungs.

****

“Great you’re both here! They... they are leaving... leaving Cordonia!”

Liam gasping for breath, explained to the Beaumont’s. He had been drinking scotch ever since Drake left, to try and cover the hurt of him losing the two special people in his life.

“What do you mean, your majesty?”

Bertrand looked at the King puzzled. He thought Liam was too drunk and had misunderstood the conversation he had just had with Drake.

“Drake... Riley... the twins... they are moving back to the USA. We can’t lose them...”

“Nah, she wouldn’t leave again Li! By the sounds of it, she speaks to her gran all the time. I overheard the last conversation. She does miss her, but her gran is thrilled for her and her future here.”

“Why would Drake mention moving to one of the three places that have a meaning to them? Texas- for Bianca. New York- Riley’s city where Daniel, Leo, Lola and Beth are.. Florida for her gran... “

“Your majesty, they may just be visiting? Whilst Lady Riley can fly? Before the twins are born?”

“No! He said they were moving there. Do you really want to miss out on seeing your nephews/nieces grow up? Miss your sister? Hana and Olivia missing their only friend they gained during my disastrous social season. Savannah losing her brother.. we will all be affected.”

The brothers shared the same expression as they stared at each other- the scrunched up eyebrows and pet lips. They knew they had to do something- anything to keep their family together.

“So what do you propose we do your Majesty?They are adults, they can chose what they want to do with their lives. We can’t prevent them from making their own decisions.”

“I know I’m classed as the dopey not ‘giving a shit’ noble. But, how about one of us wed them before they leave. But invite Bi and Mrs Smith? Riley is loaded by the way! Her gran asked if Drake had started building the cabin with her parents inheritance? If we can find land- we could persuade him to build it and they would have there to live?”

Maxwell Beaumont- you absolute legend if I do say myself. Maybe I do have a brain- maybe people underestimate me.

“Valtoria has land. Lots of it, even if they don’t want to own the duchy, I can give them the opportunity to purchase part of the land.”

The three men looked at each other grinning. They were going to keep their friends all together one way or another.

****

Bastien’s POV

It has been years since I have spoken to Bianca Jackson. I could hate her for what she did to her children. But she made me feel welcome when I was training under her husband- offering me to join them for dinner and for days out when myself and Jackson was off duty. I truly felt like part of the Walker family. I miss Jackson and Bianca. Those ‘family’ moments were some of the best memories I have in my life. Drake reminds me so much of Jackson- I know he will protect Lady Riley over and over again, like his father did with his family. I suppose that’s why I felt it was my responsibility to look out for Drake and Savannah. Now under my King’s orders, I have to communicate with this woman again- after all these years, this is going to be awkward conversation.

“Hello?”

“Hello, Bianca.”

“BAST! Oh my god! Are you okay? Is everything okay? Are Drake and Savannah okay?”

“Yes. Everything is fine. It hasn’t been though. But it is now. I promise, don’t worry. Have you spoken to Drake recently?”

“No, why? Is he okay? Please tell me he’s alright Bast?”

“He’s better than he has been Bi. King Liam has requested that you to return to Cordonia to attend Drake’s upcoming nuptials.”

“Nuptials? He’s getting married? What the hell have I missed?”

Oh Bianca. If you only knew all the heartache your children have been through. I wish I could have helped her when Jackson had passed away- helping her support her children.

“Mrs Walker don’t take this the wrong way, but you have missed a lot of moments in those kids lives.”

“And that’s why he didn’t want to tell me.... Thank you for telling me Bast- I appreciate it. I’m sorry. I’ll be there as soon possible.”

I felt awful saying that, but she needed to know. I think deep down she regrets leaving her children- maybe now she is due to be a Nana to three beautiful grandchildren, she may stay?

“Bi, there’s some other news. You’re going to be a Nana again. Drake and his fiancée Riley are expecting twins.”

“I’m hanging up Bastien! I’m going to the airport now!”

I am pleased that Bianca Walker will be coming back. She was a dear friend to me, but I sure hoped she wouldn’t ditch her children so abruptly again- especially now her family was increasing in size. She would be proud of the man Drake has become, as I am. I went to inform King Liam that she was returning. I hope Drake and Savannah aren’t furious with us all for interfering.

*****

Maxwell’s POV

Myself and my brother returned to our estate. We needed to find information regarding on how we would contact Riley’s gran. I was good with making distractions. It was my time to shine! Drake, Riley, Savannah and Bartie were sat in our lounge. Riley was sat on Drake’s lap with her arms around him- her face looked like she was on cloud nine, Drake’s arms were wrapped around her protectively. I couldn’t believe, that we tried to push her onto Liam during the social season. What I was witnessing was true love- even with all their petty arguments, they both were drawn back to each other immediately. I performed a dance with our nephew Bartie, the three of them laughing at my antics- Bartie wasn’t laughing though. He was looking at me gone out- I’m the fun uncle- he and the twins will understand that one day. I kept thinking how this atmosphere would feel without them all here- my family. I saw Bertrand wink towards me- that was the signal. I excused myself from my family- hiding upstairs to make that important phone call.

“Hello?”

“Hi, is that Mrs Smith?”

“Yes dear, who are you?”

“I’m Maxwell, you won’t know who I am but Riley...”

“I know you, Maxwell! Even if it is only by name. How are you dear?”

“I’m very good thank you ma’am. I hope you are well too. So Riley’s mentioned me to you?”

“Yes dear, all of you. Thank you for looking after my baby girl.”

“She is like a sister to me Mrs Smith. We all love her as our own. We was wondering if you would like to visit our country- the King will come and collect you personally in his royal jet.”

“HELL YES!”

Well that was easy! Oh gosh she sounds just like Riley. This gran is going to be a super fun gran.

“So that’s a yes then? I’ll inform his majesty and we will be in touch. Don’t tell Riley. We want your visit to be a surprise.”

“I won’t darling. I’m looking forward to meeting you all...”

“Mrs Smith.... You are welcome to stay at our house. I don’t mean for a visit. I mean for life. To be close to Riley. We have plenty of room. That is if you want to.”

****

Bertrand’s POV

I’ve never really liked Drake, I was utterly horrified when I realised a member of my house was in love him. He’s my soon to be brother- in- law, so I suppose I must make the effort with him at some point. I never thought I’d see the day that Drake Walker would be this content. He truly did love our sister.

“Drake, Riley. King Liam has informed us that you are thinking about leaving Cordonia. Is this true?”

I saw them both look into each other’s eyes, before gazing-with sorrow staring right back at me. I knew then, that they was considering moving. I felt hurt. I felt like reality had hit- we are all losing them. Liam was unfortunately correct.

“Bertrand, we are thinking about it. Drake suggested going in five days after the king father’s funeral. We haven’t really spoken about it further than that.”

“You are both welcome to stay here. This is your home. We are all family.”

“Bertrand thank you, but I think me and Brooks need to stand on our own two feet and start a fresh.”

I’m not good with persuading people, I know I’m going to be losing this battle. I gazed over to Savannah, I could tell her heart was breaking as much as everybody else’s. Maxwell had returned downstairs, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.

“Hey, you could get your own place. And stay? Why don’t you build a cabin somewhere?”

Yes. That’s my brother. Can’t do anything discreetly- we wasn’t supposed to know about that. Oh Maxwell!

“Max, I assume you overheard my conversation with my gran and that’s why you’ve brought that up? Yes I now have my inheritance- and I offered it to my fiancé. But right now, that isn’t the issue. Liam offered me a duchy right before telling me he loved me still. We never said we was definitely going forever.”

“Riley please, we love you both and those babies. Please reconsider.” Savannah wept.

Now my darling Savannah had tried to talk sense into them- It was three people against two. And that was before they heard what Liam and the others would think. We all love them, but I will be happy for them whatever they decide.

“Well if you are going for sure... can we do a little ceremony for you both? Like a pre- wedding? Where all your friends will be able to celebrate with you. And it can be a goodbye to the best friends ever!”

“If it will shut you all up, Max. Then yes.”

At that moment, I saw Drake thinking. I hoped he wasn’t going to be stubborn and reject the idea, now we had all gone to the effort to invite Bianca Jackson and Riley’s gran.

“Why does it have to be a pre- wedding? If this is our last time in Cordonia, why not make it our real wedding Ri? Leo can officiate it?”

“You want that? Are we really going to do this?”

“Yes, Brooks! Let’s leave Cordonia on a high, as Mr and Mrs Walker.”

“Then.. why not?”

I have to admit it, my brother has no filter. But he has the ‘balls’ to get the point of what we needed to say and do. This little ceremony and it’s surprise guests could change the future of Riley Brooks and Drake Walker.

[nanabianca]

Digitale al femminile: Antonella D’Alessio inaugura l’Ottobre Rosa di Nana Bianca.

Personalità e impegno, una mente smart e la passione per il proprio lavoro. A tu per tu con Antonella D’Alessio, tra le 150 imprenditrici e top manager italiane da tenere d’occhio nel settore tech secondo StartupItalia. 

La testardaggine come cifra distintiva del suo carattere. Un pregio certo, ma anche un difetto – sono parole sue. A parlare è Antonella D’Alessio, a capo del comparto sales di Instal, azienda gravitante nell’universo Nana Bianca. La determinazione l’ha portata lontano – anzi in alto – su questo non c’è dubbio:  Antonella oggi è una tra le giovani donne più promettenti del settore tech in Italia.

Il suo ingresso nell’orbita di Nana Bianca risale al 2013, nel ruolo di Account Manager in una discovery app – Freapp – attiva nell’advertising mobile dal 2009. Complici le opportunità offerte dal settore in espansione e il mercato favorevole, da Freapp si è sviluppata Instal, in cui Antonella ha continuato il proprio percorso lavorativo in ambito commerciale, crescendo insieme al team.

Oggi ricopre il ruolo di VP of Business Operations, gestendo i flussi e le procedure relative all’area accounting.

Nonostante le responsabilità e la mole di lavoro che la sua posizione comporta – di tempo libero per me ne rimane pochissimo, ammette – le soddisfazioni professionali ripagano ogni sforzo e la passione per il tech non manca mai.

Ma non c’è solo – solo è un eufemismo – la carriera nella vita di Antonella: è anche una moglie, madre di un bimbo di due anni e mezzo, con un secondo in arrivo. Se è vero che le donne sono multitasking, lei ne è un esempio perfetto! Come si riesce a coniugare lavoro e famiglia? È faticoso: si devono fare delle scelte, la giornata sembra volgere velocemente a sera quando è ricca di impegni. Tuttavia quando si ama qualcosa la fatica di portare a termine tutto nel migliore dei modi si sente meno…

Il prezioso tempo libero lo divide tra la famiglia e i suoi libri preferiti di sempre. Non si tratta di romanzi, ma di filosofia. Una passione che sembra in controtendenza con il mondo tech, così concreto e legato alla nostra vita quotidiana. E’ probabilmente questo il segreto della serenità e della grinta irradiate da questa ragazza, minuta ma solare e sicura di sé.

Insieme alla determinazione, infatti, la chiarezza e la trasparenza nell’approccio l’hanno accompagnata nella sua carriera, contribuendo al taglio dei traguardi più importanti. Quando varca la soglia di Nana Bianca, lo fa con un accessorio immancabile: il sorriso. Tiene proprio a sottolinearlo: quello che conta è entrare in ufficio con il sorriso, consapevoli che lavoriamo in un ambiente che ci offre mille opportunità di conoscenza al secondo. Come darle torto?

Un mondo ricco di stimoli e possibilità di crescita il Mobile Marketing, ma è un settore sufficientemente “rosa”? Abbastanza, secondo Antonella: all’estero è frequente trovare colleghe donne, in Italia meno.

Antonella D’Alessio appare come una professionista sicura di sé – a ragione vista la posizione ricoperta alla sua giovane età. E di una cosa si dice certa: le donne fanno la differenza in campo lavorativo perché hanno un “intuito umano” più sviluppato e una maggiore sensibilità. Questo consente di anticipare eventuali problemi e di creare all’interno dei team un clima empatico e rilassato.

Parola di VP of Business Operations.

Digitale al femminile: Antonella D’Alessio inaugura l’Ottobre Rosa di Nana Bianca. was originally published on Nana Bianca

[frostskader]

BDRP Resolutions 2019

So I still have mine from the last year so I thought I’d do a comparison as well.

Write your RPer Resolutions for 2019! (What are some goals for yourself as a writer? Improve descriptions? Plot with more members? Etc.)

2018:

I really want to try getting more involved with events and the discord part of it. I always tend to shy away from it because of how fast it moves and how overwhelming it feels to get something started but I wanna try. I also want to try being more descriptive in my writing a lot of the time I just can’t wait to reply so I reply quickly I want to savor the replies make them worth reading.

 2019:

Well I can at least say my goal last year was accomplished. I think I did pretty well trying to get involved in the discord threads which was a lot of fun.

I still think I want to improve on my descriptions I've been able to beat the gotta rush to reply but still taking that moment to add in the little details.

My new resolution for the year is focusing on my characters plots. Little things happened throughout the year to mine but I want to tackle some big plots for them and stick to them.

Write at least one resolution, or “goal,” that you have as an RPer for your character(s)

Peri:

2018

I think I wanna play out more of her depression and how that effects her and maybe get her into therapy. Def want someone one day to realize it and maybe just suggest it to her.

2019

Well I got to play it out a bit and get her into therapy so that was great. She still has a lot to go especially considering having both pixies and sunburst. So a goal for her this year is getting her to realize she doesn't need to rely on things and people as crutches. Moana:

2018

I want her to stop being so wishy washy. I think it’s the main reason she’s yet to really dig into something. She just doesn’t know what she wants.

Ha. Moana still is super wishy washy. This year she got to go back home so that was really good for her. I'm going to try getting her involved with the board whether she chooses to run or not this year or I've got to really figure out where she wants to go.

Anyone wanna go travelling with this girl? Expand horizons and shit. Panic:

2018

I want people to know whether it’s him or Percy. Give them both some Plots. Get to a point both of them have friends and don’t care.

2019

So I kind of accomplished this. Panic and Percy both have different people they interact with but I'd love to have more of either or especially as they go further into looking demon magic and what not.

So I guess that continues to be the goal for them. Make some friends. Get into some trouble. Maybe even figure out if he wants to stay a line cook.

Ollie:

2018

I want him to expand from the gang. They are his back bone and he needs to learn to fight and how strong he really is./ find out who his fam is cause he’s almost 18.

2019

Well he got into a fight...didn't really win but he's learning how to legit fight now and met his family. Got a couple friends… kinda… his gf doesn't really count.

So this year my focus will be on letting him forgive and move on. Holding onto the anger isn't really helping him and while he doesn't have to forgive he can move on. Gotta let him enjoy being a kid too. Make some more stupid decisions.

Marzel

I want him to make friends, I want him to have both mundus and magick friends. I want him to protect people and love people

Sarina

I want her to get into some trouble. Make a name for herself and make a legacy.

Melody

She’s doing well for friends, I want her to get very comforable around someone. Get a best friend, someone she can run to.

Lena

I want her to figure out her school shit. A lot like Ollie last year she doesn’t know what she wants. I also have a bigger goal but thats a secret.

O’Malley

I def want to approach the parent side of him, have him deal with the fact he’s a dad and there’s responsibility on that.

Write at least one resolution IN CHARACTER for your characters. What do THEY want to accomplish or change in the New Year?

Peri:

2018

I’m going to make at least two new friends. People I’m not scared of bothering. Someone I can go to when I feel sad and I’m having trouble. Maybe not say why but I want to have friends.

 2019

I did make two friends! One left but I ended up getting a roommate plus an awesome kitten named Nova. And there's a really cool wolf in Enchantra that might be my friend. This year my main goal is to keep Pixies running and up to the standards my sister had if not improving if I can.

Moana

2018

I want to try and go back to Hana and visit my family. Show them I’m fine and I can handle myself and stand up for the fact I’m going to stay with my Nana.

2019

So I visited, kind of on my own accord kind of because Maui and Nana wanted to go back and what better way than just to jump in.

I'm going to take another year though and take another minor. Might be a lot but I want to get a well-rounded view.

Panic

2018

 I want to get stronger with my shapeshifting. If I need to fight I don’t need to leave Percy with a weak human body he’ll fucking kill us both.

2019

Well, my shapeshifting is a lot better compared to when that bitch shot at us. Not perfect but I can hold a shift longer then just half an hour. I'm going to get more powerful that I can keep a form as long as needed.

I'm also going to get over Tina. I can't keep going back to someone that doesn't want what I am.

Ollie 2018

I want to buy something anything that’s solely mine that no one can take away and just from my arcade gig. I just want to somewhat take care of myself.

2019

Well, I have my own stuff now bought with either the money from my job or the trust fund. Though maybe that last one shouldn't count.

I think I want to try living on my own for a little if not fully.

Marzel

I want to go home by the end of the year. Preferably before summer.

Sarina

I'm going to cash in one of merlin objects by the end of the year.

Melody

I want to help create and run a fundraiser through InterPride this year.

Lena

Resolutions aren't my thing but sure I'll figure out what I'm doing for school or something.

List one or more characters you have never interacted with that you would like to do so

Bambi! And I’ll have interacted with all of MK’s Characters. (I wrote this prior to Kala so Kala too)

Any of Andy’s I don’t think I’ve had a thread with her?? Have we??

Bianca! Hit me up with RAS stuff and Sarina being a case file

Gregory - off text

Simon! How haven’t I met all of Sam’s charries

Plotting Exercise! Pick one of the resolutions/goals in #2 and plan a rough guideline to how you could accomplish it.

SARINA

1. Find someone to get more information on Merlin’s Objects ???

2. Need people for research MIKE, VARIAN, 

3. Pull off a job(failure or success) DES, Any others

4. End up with Merlin’s object with consequences or not SELF PARA 

[maskedblackfox]

Cloud’s list of Bi headcanons 2018 edition

It’s Bi Visibility Day!

Warning; It’s long

Dangan Ronpa

Mondo Oowada (Preference for guys)

Genocider Syo

Hajime Hinata

Sonia Nevermind

Peko Pekoyama

Yuta Asahina

Chiyoko Fujisaki/Chihiro’s mom

Masaru Daimon

Suiichi Saihara

Tenko Chabashira (Preference for girls)

Angie Yogana

Sato

Pokemon

Blue/Green/Gary Oak

Sabrina

Janine

Lance

Silver

Morty

Jasmine

Ariana

Archie

Shelly

Aster

Cynthia

Maylene

Candice

Mars

Saturn

Aurea Juniper

Cheren

Bianca

Cilan

Lenora

Elesa

Roxie

Anthea

Augustine Sycamore

Viola

Valerie

Malva

Bryony

Aliana

Kukui

Ilima

Lana

Kahili

Guzma

James

Meowth (You know which one)

Ash’s Pikachu

Cassidy

Delia Ketchum

Aldith

Miette

Steven Universe

Skinny Jasper

Aquamarine

Sharky Amethyst

Sugilite

Sadie Miller

Vidalia

Warrior Cats

Bluestar

Greystripe

Longtail

Rosetail

Dappletail

Leafpool

Cindeheart

Bumblestripe

Daisy

Sweetpaw

Blackstar

Tawnypelt

Rowanstar

Ceaderheart

Ratscar

Dawnpelt

Leopardstar

Mistystar

Feathertail

Lakeshine

Brightsky

Shellheart

Reedshine (MV)

Willowshine

Mudfur

Onestar

Nightcloud

Kestrelflight

Lightningpelt

Daisytail

Leafstar

Harveymoon

Ebonyclaw

Skywatcher

Jake

Violet

Slash

Sol

My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic

Twilight Sparkle

Rarity

Shining Armour

Sunburst

Maud Pie

Capper Dapperpaws

Prince Thorax

Discord

Autumn Blaze

Sonata Dusk

Disney

Jack Kelly

Tiana

Li Shang

Fa Mulan

Nala

Kiara

Shenzi

Judy Hopps

Han Solo

Finn

Sora

Riku

Madge the honey badger

Cinderella

Duchess

Tramp

Animal Crossing

Digby

Mabel

Leilani

Kicks

Celeste

Gracie

Cyrus

Booker

Rover

Drago

Anabella

Pinky

Midge

Angus

Bob

Kiki

Rosie

Becky

Ken

Patty

Bluebear

Stitches

Beau

Diana

Cherry

Portia

Miranda

Amelia

Pierce

Big Top

Margie

Tucker

Lily

Chevre

Kidd

Pashmina

Boone

Hamlet

Biff

Colton

Julian

Carrie

Melba

Leopold

Nana

Bella

Marina

Flora

Gladys

Cube

Gwen

Agnes

Carmen

O’Hare

Patricia

Eunice

Blaire

Sylvana

Bangle

Rolf

Chief

Vivian

Misc.

Lup (The Adventure Zone)

Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone)

Magnus Burnsides (The Adventure Zone)

Megamind (Megamind)

Korra (Legend of Korra) (Canon)

Asami Sato (Legend of Korra)

Angela Ziegler/Mercy

Olivia Comomar/Sombra (Canon)

Alphys (Undertale)

Mad Mew Mew (Undertale)

Reno (Final Fantasy VII)

Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)

Ryou Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Lust (FullMetal Alchemist)

Veronica Sawyer (Heathers)

Robert Small (Dream Daddy)

Brian Harding (Dream Daddy)

Joseph Christiansen (Dream Daddy)

Kamui Gakupo (Vocaloid)

IA (UTAUloid)

Yokune Ruko (UTAUloid)

Gloria (Happy Feet)

Ms. Viola (Happy Feet)

Joaquin Mondragon (Book of Life)

Clarice (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (How to Train Your Dragon)

Cloudjumper (How to Train Your Dragon)

Unnamed Light Fury/Nubless/Luna (How to Train Your Dragon)

[askmissthunder]

Happy (Belated) Halloween, everybody!

I've always been honest with you all during my posts and this one will be no exception. When Cassie (Red Rabbit) asked if I wanted to go to the Halloween party on campus this year, I... wanted to say "No."

I know that sounds very odd considering how much I love Halloween but...I really didn't want to have to be in the same room with my main tormentors, Samantha Crestfield and her little toadies, Bianca Haywood and Nicki Beltran. As you can probably guess, they're the other flutists in my class and they love to point out how fat I am, about how lazy and stupid I am, about...

*sigh*

Anyway, I deal with them enough everyday at school and when I told Cassie I didn't want to go during one of our lunch breaks, she put on those big sad puppy-dog eyes and frowned.

"But why?", Cassie pouted, "We had a lot of fun last year! You ended up going anyway so why not be there from the start?"

"Yes but...that was kind of an accident. Eli and I never intended to go to the party. You guys moved it to the park because there was no more room here, remember?"

Cassie crossed her arms over her chest, "Well, why don't you want to go?"

I twiddled my fingers nervously, lowering my gaze. "....You know why."

She gave me an irritated look. "No, I don't. What's the matter? Don't say you can't find a costume because you had that cute witch costume last year!"

I only gave a half-hearted mumble.

"Pardon?"

Clearing my throat, I spoke in a louder voice. "....She's going to be there."

Cassie shrugged, "Who's 'she'?"

I could feel my eyes well up.  "Y'know.....Samantha..."

Cassie's face softened as she let out a sad sigh. "Oh, Penny."

I could feel myself breathing in quick gasps as my heart started racing. Whatever annoyance I had towards Cassie and the situation in general just spilled out of me. I could envision in my mind Samantha's angry, spiteful eyes, glaring at me. The way her friends laugh in that mocking way. Just that Godawful feeling of having to be trapped in class with them every day and there was nothing I could do about it.

"I don't want to be there with her, all right?! I don't want to hear her stupid voice and her stupid little put downs all night long! I can't...I don't want to, Cass. Bad enough I have to put up with her in school....I can't...."

She walked towards me and wrapped her arms around me as best as she could. "Hey, hey, hey, Penn. Just settle down for a moment, all right?"

I tried my best to calm myself but it was rather hard considering how much effort I was trying not to start sobbing in public.

She took a seat close to my wheelchair and held my hand. "Look, I'm sorry that girl gives you such a hard time. She shouldn't be doing that and I know it really really sucks but.... you can't let her win like this."

I wiped my eyes, a bit confused, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, look at what she's making you do: She's made it where you don't want to go out with us because of her. What was it that you said she told you last week? That 'you don't belong here' ?"

I gave a curt nod but hearing that come out of Cassie's mouth felt like a punch to the gut.

"Well, Penny....I'd hate to say this but....you're kinda proving her right. You not coming to the party, where literally EVERYBODY in school is invited. To me, that's basically telling her, 'You're right, I don't belong there.' "

I kept my head down where she couldn't see the stray tear come down my cheek.

Cassie continued, her voice rising in tone as if she were getting outraged for me.

"And I know you don't like being with a ton of people, with big crowds. I'm not asking you to be the belle of the ball, Penny, but....maybe coming out with us can show Samantha that you do belong out there. That she doesn't get to have any say about what you do. She doesn't get to say jack shit about how you want to have fun on your time and dime! And if you just so happen to bump into each other and she starts giving you some bullshit about being in her space? Fuck her! You get in her face and tell her to fuck right off! I mean, what's she gonna do? Slap you? I've seen you take shotgun blasts point blank to the face. Some little asshole trying to throw her weight around shouldn't even phase you!"

I didn't say anything but I knew that Cassie was right but it was hard to explain to her why I haven't come down harder on Samantha. Honestly? It was mainly fear. Not because of what Samantha could do to me but rather, what I could do to her if I lost my temper to the point that I just snap and....

Well, I don't like to think about it.

But not only that, it was also what I've been been taught by my classmates throughout all my school years: that I deserved to be made fun of. I'm fat, I'm a nerd, I like classical music too much. Why shouldn't I be picked on? I'm different, they're not. It's just the Law of the School Jungle, right?

I assume Cassie could probably sense the negative feelings radiating off of me as she lowered her voice again. "Look, just come with us and I'll promise you, Samantha and her little jerk squad won't give you a hard time. If they do, you got me, Eli, Talon and my whole dance team there to chase them off. We'll make sure you have the best time ever, okay?"

I wiped my eyes with my napkin as I looked up at her with a smile. How can I say no to hanging out with such an entourage?

"Okay."

......................................................................................

Now we come to a new dilemma: I had no costume for this year.

Oh, I was lucky last year that I happened to have one of my Nan's black dresses laying around but the rest of her wardrobe she loaned me seemed rather...like something an old lady would wear. (No offense, Nana!) I did have some of her Circus Fat Lady costumes (I use them as pajamas sometimes) but they showed quite a bit more skin that I was comfortable with, especially in public.

And I'm pretty sure that I don't have to tell you that they don't exactly make, well, anything for a girl my size. I couldn't just go to the costume store and pick something off the shelf.  

I was in bit of a mental pickle as Cassie and I lounged around on the carpet of her flat a week and a half before Halloween, doing some homework. Eli was also hanging out with us, having just gotten out of training and skimming through one of my X-Factor comics while lounging against my right hip.

As we wrapped up one last algebra problem, Cassie chirped up, "So, any ideas for a costume yet?"

I plopped my head on the floor and groaned.

She giggled, "I take it that's a 'no' then."

I looked back towards Eli as best as I could, "Sweetie, what do you want to be for Halloween?"

"Hmm? Me?", he asked, a surprised tone to his voice.

He tapped his chin, "Well, I'd like to be something where I could let my tail out in public again. Maybe we can be puppy dogs?"

I couldn't help but chuckle at the idea of the two of us dressed up in fuzzy pajamas with our noses painted, yipping at passersby.  "I'm not sure about that, E. Cute idea, though."

He bounced the back of his head against my fat as he pondered. "Hmm...What was that movie we watched the other day? 'Bride of Frankanstan'? Maybe we can go as those two monsters."

Cassie let out a loud gasp, grinning like she won the lottery. "That's it! You two should go as a couple!"

Eli tilted his head at her, "We already are going as a couple. Going as a random boyfriend and girlfriend seems kind of against the whole point of wearing a spooky costume."

"No, no, no! I mean going as a costume couple like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein or Bonnie and Clyde or Romeo and Juliet!"

I could feel Eli's tail wag against me as he sat up. "Oh! Like if Penny and me went dressed up like Robin Hood and Marian?"

Cassie nodded excitedly, "Yes! Exactly that!"

The thought of dressing up as a couple did seem pretty neat. It brought up one idea to mind as I spoke up, "There is one couple I kinda wanted to dress up as..."

"Who?", Eli and Cassie both asked in unison.

"...Beauty and the Beast."

Cassie let out an even sharper gasp as she clasped her hands over her mouth. "Oh my God! That would be so, so CUTE! I love it!"

I blushed and lowered my gaze, 'Well, I don't know. It was just an idea. I'm pretty sure I'd look like a giant banana in a yellow gown."

"Are you kidding?! You'd look gorgeous! I can see it in my mind right now! You as Belle in the sparkling gown, Eli, looking dashing in a blue coat and fake horns on his head! Oh, you two would look so adorable!"

"I'd like to be the Beast!", Eli chimed in with a smile, "He looked pretty cool how he fought off those wolves and Gaston!"

I sighed, knowing that there was no backing out now. "That'd be lovely and all but where am I gonna get a dress like that in my size?"

With a grin like a Cheshire Cat, Cassie replied, "Oh, you leave that to me! I've got somebody in mind."

True to her word, the next day, Cassie brought Joanie, one of her dance mates and aspiring fashion designer, to my flat.  When we showed her the dress we wanted to make for me, I was afraid that she might balk at the idea of making a costume for someone my size. Instead, she rubbed her hands and chuckled, "Ooh! You know how I love a challenge, Cass!"

As we talked about the design of Belle's dress, I was getting a bit nervous as I knew that Joanie would have to take my measurements. I've tried to avoid knowing exactly just how large I've become since getting my powers but there would be no getting around this.

"Okay, Penny", Joanie stated, pulling out several measuring tapes from her purse, "Let me get your numbers so I can see how much fabric I'm gonna be working with."

I let her and Cassie "help" me up to my feet. Despite seeing just how enormous I was in front of her, Joanie barely batted an eye as she dutifully went about her business, orbiting around me like a moon to a planet. Thankfully, she didn't say the numbers aloud, instead writing them down on a small notepad.  After she was done, morbid curiosity got the better of me as I couldn't help but sneak a peek at what she wrote down while Cassie had her distracted with dancing to a new song on the radio.  I could literally feel the blood drain from my face as I gazed at the numbers. I won't repeat them here but my bust-waist-hips measurements were all in the triple digits.

It wouldn't be until a few days before the party before Cassie and I saw Joanie again as she practically spent day and night working on the dress.  She arrived at my door, looked rather haggard with her hair unbrushed and circles under her eyes but she had the biggest grin on her face as she hauled in a large box nearly too big for my doorway.

"It's done!", she said almost manically as she pushed the box to the center of my living room, "At long last, it's done!"

Cassie gave a bit of a nervous laugh, "You okay, Joan?"

"Never better! I've been running on nothing but coffee and jelly beans for the last 24 hours!", she yelled, her eye twitching wildly. "Excuse me for a moment!"

She then fell face down on my couch with a loud thud.  Cassie and I grew concerned as she was completely still but we each breathed a sigh of relief as we heard her start to snore loudly.

"Well, let's take it out!", Cassie exclaimed as she pried the lid of the box which was stuffed to the gills with bright, glittery yellow fabric, poofing out like a package of Jiffy Pop.

I pulled it out gently, unfurling it in all its splendor. It must've been the size of a circus tent to wee Cassie but it looked to be just about my size as I held it up against my body.

Cassie let out a small gasp. "Oh, Penny! That's lovely! Just look at that!"

I carried the dress to my full-length mirror and saw that Joanie had really outdone herself as it looked like a true copy of the dress onscreen. Every ruffle, every stitch looked exact albeit tailored to accommodate my mega-sized curves.

I asked Cassie to help me try it on. Thankfully, Joanie was fast asleep as Cassie's one of the few people I trust to see me in my knickers. I'll admit not even Eli has that privilege. Not yet, at least.

After a lot of tucking and squeezing and shimmying, we managed to get the dress on. It was a little snug around the belly when I sat down but otherwise, it was a near-perfect fit! Even the yellow opera gloves fit me like, well, a glove!

I pulled my hair back as I trotted to my mirror, hoping to get an idea of what the finished costume would look like.  I hesitated for a moment before stepping in front of the reflection, taking a few deep breaths to calm myself before I took the plunge.

As I stepped lightly in front of the mirror, a startled gasp escaped from my mouth. I was too used to seeing mousy, average Penny staring back at that reflection. Instead, I saw a girl not ready for a Halloween party but for an elegant ball, ready to wow everybody in attendance. I saw a girl who knew just what to say at parties, who could charm a potential suitor or entertain a group with delightful stories.

In my wonderment, I clasped my hands over my mouth as a steady stream of tears fell down my cheeks. Cassie must've clearly saw this as she quickly rushed over and placed a gentle hand on my side.

"Penny, what's wrong?", she asked, her voice strong with concern.

I could only stammer out, nearly to the point of weeping, "Cass....look.  I...I...I look...like a princess...."

Cassie let out a short relieved laugh as she hugged me tight. We stood in silence, both basking in the aura I felt I was giving off.

My gasp must've roused Joanie as she stirred on the couch, picking her head up slightly. "Oh, wow!", she uttered sleepily, smiling as if in a daze.  Not caring about keeping my identity a secret at that moment, I quickly moved towards her and held her hand.

"Thank you. Thank you so much..."

She must've been too tired to notice how fast I had just moved as she only grinned up at me, her eyes unfocused.  "Happy to be of service, your Highness."

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The night of the party, we had all agreed to meet up at the campus dance studio to put the final touches on our costumes, mainly because of the giant mirrors. I was delighted to see that the girls in Cassie's dance team were inspired by my costume and decided to all go as Disney characters!

There was:

Amanda as Cinderella

Stacey as Snow White

Karen as Alice

Tamika as Aurora

Deb as Cruella De Ville

Lailani as Malificent

Joanie as Ariel ("No offense, Penny, but I needed something simple to dress up as after all that work")

Cassie, always the performer, showed off her Tinkerbell costume in a spectacular way, doing a quick series of gymnastic cartwheels before landing on a mat on one knee.

"Ehh, I'd give it a 7", Stacey joked, "A bit wobbily on that landing."

"Bullshit!" Cassie pouted, "That was at least an 8.5! The wings threw me off!"

Cassie had certainly picked out the perfect costume as it showed off her body: petite, toned and lean from years of dancing and super-speed running.

As Karen helped put the finishing touches on my makeup, we heard a knock at the studio door. In walked Eli, who was covering his eyes with his hands.

"Is...is everybody decent?", he asked timidly.

"No, we're all in our bras and panties having a big pillow fight!", Deb teased.

Eli gasped and was about to run out before we all called for him to come back.  He looked very flustered as he stepped in the room, straightening his coat.

While Joanie was busy with my dress, Tamika and Karen had worked together to make Eli's Beast costume. It was the formal attire the Beast wore during the big ballroom scene in the movie with a blue coat with gold trim, a gold vest with white dress shirt and black pants.

To complete the the more beastly aspects, Eli had asked one of the makeup artists from his work to paint his face. Whoever they were, they went above and beyond just painting his eyes and nose, like I assumed. Instead, his entire face was painted the same colors as the Beast with a set of fake fangs poking out of his mouth to complete the look.

He wore a headband with two dark horns attached along with a long brown wig complete with a blue bow for the ponytail. A pair of fake furry paws were slipped over his shoes and, of course, his (normally black-furred but I guessed they either painted or dyed it a light brown) tail poked out of a hole in the back of his pants.

"Oh my!", I said, perhaps gushing a bit as I lightly fanned myself. What can I say? I'm used to seeing Eli wearing just a t-shirt and blue jeans so seeing him in such fancy duds got my heart pumping a bit.

Eli, on the other hand, froze on the spot when he saw me. I was in my wheelchair, still wearing my glasses but also wearing my sparkling yellow gown with my hair up exactly like Belle's, not to mention wearing makeup for once so I perhaps looked a bit more presentable than usual.

"Penny!", he exclaimed as headed in my direction, "You...you look amazing! You look just like Belle!"

I could hear all the girls in the room go "Awwww!" as Eli held my hands, smiling as if he's seeing me for the first time.

"Aw, thank you, luv.", I say, pulling him in for a well-deserved kiss on the cheek. "I thought about losing the glasses but, y'know..........secret identity."

With our costumes juuuuuuust right, we made our way towards the party's outdoor entrance.

We knew the party was gonna be big but we hadn't expected to see such a vast stream of people entering the room. The fog machines must've been working overtime as a a nearly solid wall of mist obscured the doorway. It looked spooky as the partiers seemed to vanish before our very eyes.

Before we got too close, a sudden mental alert popped in my mind. "Oi! Cass!", I yelled over the din of the crowd, "Isn't Talon supposed to be with us?"

Cassie groaned, "I knew it! I knew I forgot something! Oh, she's gonna be pissed at us!"

"You did tell her we were meeting up at the studio, right?", Amanda asked, straightening her gloves.

"Nooooo....", Cassie admitted sheepishly, "I kinda told her we were meeting at the entrance last week. Meeting at the studio was sort of last-second..."

"Well, there's a payphone down by the cafeteria", Lailani suggested, "Maybe you can call to see if she went back home."

"Here's hoping...", Cassie sighed. She stopped in her tracks as a tall silhouette lumbered from the shadows.  It being a Halloween party, a few scary costumes are to be expected but Cassie was a bit startled to see Jason Voorhees, hockey mask, machete and all, making a slow beeline towards her.

"Who's that?", she asked, a bit of fear in her voice.

Jason stopped in front of her, pulled up his mask to reveal Talon with a rare Mona Lisa-esque smile on her lips. "Hey."

Cassie laughed, more out of relief than anything, "Oh, jeez, T! You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"Sorry, I'm late. I had some...'business' to attend to.  Some guy in an alley trying to take advantage of a girl with too much to drink."

"Wow!", Deb exclaimed, "Great costume! The fake blood on that machete looks so real!"

"Yeah....'fake'....", Talon mumbled.

Karen did a happy twirl, "Great! Everybody's here now! Are you ready to party?!"

We all cheered in response, except Talon who only did a half-hearted fist pump, as we headed towards the entrance and disappeared into the foggy veil.

The entire ballroom was massive, lit with both Jack O' Lanterns of all shapes and sizes, and swirling, blinking, flashing disco lights everywhere. Sparkling bats and spiders hung from the ceiling, glistening from the lights.  Ghosts made of sheets and fabric dangled off the walls, and in the dim lighting, it gave the illusion they were passing through like Shadowcat. A DJ dressed as a skeleton was spinning tracks up on a stage while partiers wearing all sorts of costumes boogied on the dance floor while others chatted and mingled, drinking punch and soda and munching on finger foods.

"Oh man!", Cassie yelled over the music, "This place is bumpin'! Come on, girls! Let's get some snacks before we tear up that dance floor!"

As we all grabbed some plates, Eli and I marveled at the specially made treats laid out in front of us: Deviled eggs shaped like eyeballs, cocktail weenies wrapped in crescent rolls to look like mummies, ghosts made out of white chocolate-covered strawberries.

"Ooh hoo!", Eli exclaimed with child-like glee, "Look at all the creepy food!"

Before I could even dig in, an all-too familiar voice emerged over the music.

"Aw, shit. Everybody better get some food now before a certain little piggy eats it all!"

I could feel my pulse speed up as I slowly turned to see Samantha, dressed as Marilyn Monroe, standing behind me with a contemptuous smirk. As always, Bianca and Nicki were by her side, dressed up as Cleopatra and a witch.

Samantha looked me up and down in mild disgust. "Heh. What are you supposed to be, Piggy? A giant tub of butter?"

"Nah!", Bianca chimed in, "She has to be a taxi cab! She's about the size of one. anyway!"

"No, no! I got it! Piggy's dressing up as the Blob! Hell, it doesn't even have to be Halloween for her to dress up as that!", Nicki giggled, puffing up her cheeks to make herself look fatter.

I could hear Eli start to growl at them, lowering his gaze and bearing his teeth. I started to mentally panic, not only at being taunted by these three yet again but there was a good chance Eli would just straight up murder them by accident if pushed too far. There was a bit of me that wanted that but knew it in my heart that it was the wrong thing to do.

Thankfully, Cassie quickly came between us. "Eli! How about you you take Penny to get some punch? It's really good!"

Begrudgingly, Eli did as he was told, glaring at the trio the entire time as he pushed my wheel chair towards the punch bowl. While we were away from Samantha, I could still faintly hear the conversation between her and Cassie.

"Is there a problem?', Cassie said in a calm voice.

Samantha shook her head, "No, no problem. Except the giant fat-ass about to inhale all the food."

"Yeah, we wouldn't want Piggy to ruin the party although she did manage to roll her sweaty blubber all the way over here.", Bianca stated nonchalantly, gazing at her nails.

Cassie crossed her arms, "There's plenty of snacks for everybody. And her name is Penny. Something you three would know if you actually tried to treat her like a human being."

Nicki scoffed. "A human being?! Look at her! She's a freak! She barely fits anywhere during band practice because she's so fucking fat! She can't even walk! She's literally like a giant pile of pudding stuffed in a bag!"

I could see Cassie clench her fists but she remained still.  Her dance friends must've heard the confrontation as they quickly came to her side.

"Something going on here?", Karen asked, her tone much more serious than her usual perky voice.

"Well, I thought I was talking to some ladies from Penny's music class. Turns out I was talking to three assholes instead!", Cassie growled.

Samantha stepped in front of Cassie, their faces nearly touching. "What'd you say, you flat-chested slut?"

Stacey stood by Cassie's side, "You heard her, you little snot! What the fuck is your problem?! Why do you have to act like a bunch of little shits to Penny?!"

"I don't have to justify myself to you, bitch! I'm just doing everybody in class a favor in telling her off! She comes in late all the time because of her stupid 'condition', she has the audacity to be in MY flute section and she makes our orchestra look like a joke with her disgusting flabby body filling up so much space!"

"Pssh! Is that all?", Tamika interrupted, "I though it was maybe because she stole your boyfriend or something. Lord knows he wouldn't want to hang around you all day!"

"Nobody's talking to you, ho!", Bianca yelled, "So why don't you zip your little hood mouth? Grown folks are talking!"

Amanda raised her fist in her friend's defense, about to rush the trio before being held back by Deb and Joanie.

Perhaps sensing that my friends were not going to take their insults lightly and that the dance team outnumbered the flutes by 8 to 3, Samantha started to walk away.

"Come on, girls! I don't want to hang around these losers any longer than I have to! Besides, it wouldn't look good for us to be seen with a dance team that only got second place in competition, would it?"

A volley of middle fingers fired out between the two groups of girls as the flutists strutted away.  As the dancers made sure there was enough distance between us, they all immediately flocked to my side.

"Are you alright, Penny?", Lailani asked, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm fine...", I mumbled, embarrassed that the girls had to be on the receiving end of Samantha's venomous disdain.

"Jesus Christ, Penny!", Joanie cried out, "You really have to be with those three everyday? I don't know how you do it!"

"If I knew, you'd be the first to know...", I thought glumly.

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Cassie spun around and saw Talon at the snack bar, filling up two plates full of food.  "Tal!", she yelled out.

"Hmm?", Talon replied, not taking her eyes off her plates.

"What are you doing?!", Cassie hissed out, "We could've used your help earlier!"

The tall girl bit into a small ham sandwich. "I'm eating.  I didn't have lunch today."

She piled on a few more sandwiches on her plate. "Do you think they'll complain if I take this to go?"

"Did you not see Penny getting picked on by her bullies?!"

Talon nodded, "I saw.  She shouldn't let them talk to her like that. That's why they act so bad. Because Penny never speaks up, they'll figure they can get away with it every time."

"I know that but-"

"I'm sure Penny appreciates you girls coming to her rescue and all but you can't fight all her battles for her. She needs to learn how to stand on her own two feet. Relatively speaking, that is."

Cassie sighed wearily, "You're right but I don't know how to help her with that."

Talon shrugged, "I wouldn't worry too much. Penny's a big girl. She'll figure it out eventually."

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Despite the festivities and lively music playing all around me, I sat in my wheelchair, stewing in my thoughts.  Days and weeks and months of insults and ugly glares were all that came to mind.

Hell, it was only a couple days ago that I accidentally bumped into Nikki while taking my spot during rehearsal. "Oops! Sorry about that!", I said a bit sheepishly.

Of course, she couldn't just let it go. She had to knock my sheet music out of my stand, glaring at me the entire time.  "Oops. Sorry about that. Fucking lard-ass."

"Aw, did poor little Piggy drop her notes?", I heard Bianca speak from the other side of me. As she bent down to pick them up, I foolishly presumed that there was some part of her that didn't despise me. Then she spat on them as she handed them back.

"Aren't you gonna tell Bianca 'thank you' for picking up your music, Piggy?", Samantha asked, as she took her seat. "I mean, she took the time to spit-shine them clean for you."

I could feel that all-too familiar sensation of panic and dread overtake me, silencing my voice for me as I wiped my notes with the sleeve of my shirt. I saw that everyone around us could clearly see or hear what had just happened and yet, they did nothing. As usual.

Samantha scoffed, "Ungrateful bitch."

It was only when I heard the faint tone of Cassie's voice that I snapped out of memory lane.

"Huh?", I said, remembering that I was still at the party.

"I said, we're all gonna hit the dance floor! You wanna come with?"

I looked at Eli next to me, who seemed excited to show off his "moves" again, nearly hopping up and down in place.

I sigh with a smile, "How can I say no to that face? Let's go."

Both Eli and Cassie hopped on the back of my chair as I rolled towards the dance floor.

Dancing seemed to be just what the doctor ordered as it definitely lifted my spirits.  I'm sure everyone else at the party were weirded out or in stunned awe by the gigantically fat girl dressed as Belle rolling around on the dance floor in a wheelchair nearly the size of a golf cart. But if they were, I hardly even noticed it as Cassie, Eli and the dance team were always in my line of sight, blocking any ugly glares or finger pointing.

Eli certainly danced like no one was watching as he twirled and shimmied through the dance floor, clearly having the time of his life.  Even though they were dressed as Disney ladies, I nearly forgot that Cassie's friends were a dance team as they all moved with such precision and grace, looking like a group of nymphs and dryads, mesmerizing all who witnessed their sacred dances.

And then there was me.

Being stuck in a wheelchair to keep everybody from knowing Miss Thunder was a student here, there wasn't a whole lot I could do other than but jerk my wheelchair's controls, making me bounce and wobble to the beat. Sometimes I spiced things up by spinning in a circle. But the girls must've noticed that my dance moves were severely limited as Cassie and Joanie locked hands with me to do a "pop and lock".

Eli came and took my hands, guiding me in a similar dance from last year, "spinning" me around and doing a type of square dance as we moved back and forth in a line.  It wasn't long before the girls joined us in our dance, making us look like some type of Disney Dance Squad.

Talon, meanwhile, only watched us from afar with a bemused expression on her face.  While I've always felt uneasy around crowds due to my size, Talon looked especially uncomfortable being around so many people. Cassie and Lailani went up to her during a transition between songs, all smiles and giggles.

"Come on, Talon! Dance with us!", Cassie laughed, beckoning her to follow them.

"No.", Talon said sternly.

"Please, Talon? We just want you to have a good time!", Lailani pleaded.

"I am having a good time. I have free food.", the tall girl replied, popping a grape in her mouth for emphasis. "Besides, I don't dance."

Suddenly, a loud "OH HO HO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO" blasted from the speakers, signalling the beginning of the song "Kung Fu Fighting".

"Well, then.", Cassie said with an idea brewing in her mind, "If you don't dance, can you fight?"

"...Pardon?"

"If you don't want to dance, maybe you can show us some of your katas?", Cassie asked, striking a karate pose.

Talon was silent for moment before trudging towards the rest of the group, sighing out of exasperation.  Eli and I smiled at one another in excitement, eager to see what Talon might do. Cassie fluttered around us, telling us to give her space with a gleeful grin.

The Native girl did a respectful martial art bow before launching into a series of quick strikes and kicks. The crowd started to take notice as the moves become more and more complex with the punches became powerful uppercuts and the kicks turning into spinning roundhouses. She went further with her techniques, adding both front and back flips. I couldn't help but notice that some of her moves looked....rather painful with some of her strikes having gouging, twisting and tearing motions.

By now, the crowd was cheering at the spectacle of a tall, beefy Native American girl dressed as Jason Voorhees doing advanced martial arts in the middle of the dance floor. One poor drunken frat boy made the foolish attempt to "fight" with her only to accidentally run face first into her boot as she did a high kick, knocking him flat on his back.   Talon only glared at him as Amanda and Stacey dragged him away from the danger zone. This only made the crowd cheer louder, ecstatic to see some action.

As the song ended, Talon immediately stopped, pulled down her mask, did a quick bow and swiftly dropped a smoke bomb onto the floor. Those nearby all coughed and waved the smoke away, only to see that Talon had disappeared.

"Where'd she go?", Eli asked, trying to sniff her out.

I waved him down, "Leave her be.  I think she's had enough social interaction for one night."

I knew how she might've felt.  I can only handle being out and about as Penny for so long before wanting to retreat back to the isolation of my flat.

We continued dancing for what felt like hours, boogieing the night away but eventually, I started to feel a bit sweaty coming from a combination of dancing and wearing a big poofy dress. I tugged on Cassie's fake wings to grab her attention.

"I'm gonna head outside for a bit and get some fresh air."

Cassie smiled back, "All right, babe! We're gonna get some more food and we'll meet up with you!"

As Eli accompanied the girls to the snack bar, I rolled myself outside onto a nearby grassy knoll, breathing in that crisp night air. I looked up to see that a nearly full moon shining brightly above the Ocean City skyline.  Even though it must've been past midnight, I could still hear the laughter of children and families engaging in Halloween festivities throughout the nearby neighborhoods.

"All in all", I mused to myself, "It wasn't that bad a night."

I might have well as thought "What could possibly go wrong?" with such a fate-tempting line.

"Awww, did your friends leave their little pet whale outside?", Bianca said from behind, followed by a chorus of harsh cackling.

The trio staggered out in front of me, holding each other up with half-lidded eyes.

"Yeah, what's the matter? Did they get tired of lugging you around?" Nicki snarked, taking a swig from her red party cup.

"H...hey, girls...", I stammered, trying my best not to give away how much I wanted to bolt. Even if I did, my wheelchair wouldn't have moved fast enough to outrun them, tipsy as they might be.

Samantha leaned towards me, placing a hand on my shoulder, perhaps to keep herself up. "Piggy, Piggy, Piggy. What are we going to do about you?"

Bianca picked up the bottom of my gown and grabbed a hold of my foot. "Heh! All I know is this little Piggy should go 'Wee Wee Wee!' all the way home. We don't want her scaring all the kids."

"I think I saw a mudhole by the baseball field! Why don't we give Piggy an escort home?", Nicki sneered as she oinked mockingly at me.

The girls howled with laughter as they lurched behind me and attempted to push me forward.  They didn't get very far as they were too buzzed and well, I was too heavy. That, and I might have put on the brakes on my wheelchair.

"Fucking Christ, Piggy!" Nicki huffed, "How much does your fat ass weigh?! Five tons?!"

"How the fuck does your boyfriend move you around?", Bianca cursed, her feet slipping in the grass.

Samantha put her back into it and managed to move me by a quarter-inch. "Hey *oof!* what's the deal with *huff!* you and him?  *wheeze!* Is he retarded or something?"

The world seemed to freeze as I heard that. I finally felt an emotion in that moment that wasn't terror or anxious panic. It was anger.  

"He has to be if he's going out with her! Who else but a retard would go out with a frickin' blimp?!", Bianca spat out.

That was the final straw.

I took a deep breath and turned off my brakes, letting all three girls crash to the ground as I suddenly jolted the chair forward.

"Look here, you bloody pieces of dried-up slug vomit.", I said, in angry yet quiet voice, "Make fun of me all you want but don't you ever, EVER insult my boyfriend."

Samantha managed to climb to her feet after a few moments of struggle. "Well! Look who finally decided to grow a backbone! What are you gonna do about it, honey? Your fat sausage legs can't even lift you up! You're just some...some fat....waste of space who shouldn't even be allowed to go outside! Why don't you go back to stupid England or wherever bumfuck country you're from and just go have a heart attack?!  Just fucking get the fuck out of my flute section!"

I lowered my gaze. "Heh. Tough talk....from little Miss Future Second Chair."

"..........What?"

Popping my neck, I cleared my throat.  "Well, I know because of all my tardies, Professor Mitra suspended me from running for First Chair for the first half of the semester. But the first half is already over and I believe the Holiday Recital is coming up. And I believe that means a new First Chair tryout is coming up as well."

"Wha...What are you saying?", Samantha sputtered out, a nervous laugh in her voice.

I patted my belly, making sure it gave a good jiggle. "All I'm saying is you better get used to seeing all this blubber between you and the audience! Hmm...I wonder if I can get Eli to help me get a bit heftier. That way, if I'm bigger, the audience doesn't even have to be reduced to seeing three nasty little hellspawn attempting to play the flute!"

The look on Samantha's face dropped all pretenses of mirth as she charged at me, pulling her fist back and yelling like a banshee.

A large hand lashed out from behind Samantha and grabbed her arm, yanking it hard behind her back in an awkward position. She gave a great cry of pain as I could hear a barely audible *crack*. Turning her head, she gasped as she saw Jason Voorhees glaring at her through the hockey mask.

Lifting the mask up, Talon scowled, her face nearly an inch away from Samantha's.

"Leave. My friend. Alone."

Talon tossed Samantha free, who after a moment's panicked hesitation, swiftly turned tail and ran off into the night, back towards the dormitories.

Bianca didn't have to be told twice as she bolted to her feet in fear and ran after Samantha.  Nicki, however, proved to be made of more sturdier stuff as she punched Talon behind the back. "Who the fuck do you think you are?!", she screamed.

Talon had hardly even flinched from her jab and slowly turned around, her eyes unnaturally wide. She took a sudden step forward towards Nicki, causing the remaining bully to promptly attempt to get the hell out of there but a certain Beast stood in her way. Eli let out a true animalistic growl as he spat out his fake fangs, showing her a true set of fangs which looked rather unsettling as he had two pairs of canines on his top jaw.

Nicki only trembled as Eli leaned closer and snarled out in a low voice. "Get out."

She shrieked and ran away, flailing her arms wildly. Most people leaving the party hardly paid her any mind as they probably assumed she was just another drunk girl who was really into the spirit of the holiday.

It felt like an eternity before my mind registered what had just happened: I just told off the three girls who seemed dedicated to making my life hell. Not only that, I had enraged my main tormentor to the point that she actually tried to attack me.  While I was worried that Samantha and Nicki could try to press charges against Talon and Eli, they only scared/used weird ninja techniques to defend me.  Not to mention, as I looked back towards the entrance, I had eight witnesses that could testify on their behalf.

Cassie and her dance friends (I guess I can officially call them "my friends" now) all stood with their jaws dropped, not out of horrified shock but out of celebratory awe. They all whooped and hollered as they ran towards me.

"That's how you do it, Penny!", Cassie cheered, hopping up and down in excitement.

"D...did you hear...everything I said?", I asked, a little embarrassed.

Tamika nodded, "We certainly heard you call them ' dried-up pieces of slug vomit'. Very British of you, I must say."

"Yeah, I just would've called them 'motherfuckers' but your way was more classy!", Deb added.

Despite the immense pride I was feeling from my personal victory, I felt that I had enough excitement for one night and told the girls I was ready to go home. Cassie and Talon offered to walk Eli and I back to my flat, just in the off chance Samantha and her cronies regained their composure and tried to egg us or something of that nature.  We waved goodbye to the Dance girls as they headed back to their dorms.

"Eli?", I spoke up as we walked.

He leaned closer to me, "Yes, Penny?"

Seeing my chance, I gave him a peck on the cheek.

His face turned bashful but smiled, "What was that for?"

"To say thank you for coming to my rescue."

If he wasn't wearing so much makeup, I'm sure he would be blushing.

"Anytime, Penny. Anytime."

I looked up towards Talon, who was just moseying along in front of us, looking at the decorations.

“You too, Talon. Thank you.”

“I don’t want a kiss.”, she said stoically, looking over her shoulder, “But.....you’re welcome.”

Thankfully, there was no last minute ambush as the walk back was very pleasant.  It reminded me of last year when Eli and I explored the city streets, gazing at all the spooky sights and sounds. However, with it being as late as it was, there were far less people, letting us soak in the 'City in Autumn' aesthetic with pumpkins and fallen leaves decorating the sidewalks.

When we arrived at my flat, I offered everyone a cup of hot cider to shake off that brisk fall air. After all that time sitting in my wheelchair, it felt great to finally stand up on my feet and move about. As I made my way to the kitchen, I couldn't help but stop by my mirror again. Taking off my glasses, I smiled at the girl in the reflection. Perhaps for the first time, I felt actually impressed with myself as Penny.

"This is the start of something new, lass.", I said quietly to myself. On the way home, I had worried what would happen between my and my bullies the next time during rehearsal but the more I thought about it, the more I realized Cassie was right. I can't hide from them forever but now, I hope they realize that I won't be their easy punching bag anymore.  I'm a grown-up now and it's time I started acting like one.  At least, when it comes to standing up for myself.

After filling up four mugs with sweet, steamy goodness, I headed back to the living room only to find that the lights were off with the sole exception of my spinning disco ball, flooding the room with swirling lights. Talon took the mug I gave her as Cassie tried to show Eli some dance moves to a disco song on the radio. Eli, never one to go along with the crowd, only followed Cassie's steps for so long before he just started doing his own thing, doing some type of cross between a Russian dance and the Robot.

As the song ended and Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" started, Eli held out his hand towards me. "May I have this dance?", he asked.

I gave a soft gasp as I realized this would be Eli and I's first true dance together and not the usual spinning back and forth we do with my wheelchair.  As I took his hand, I realized it must've looked odd to Cassie and Talon to see a enormous Belle dancing with a small Beast rather than vice-versa.

We tried to remember the dance scene in the movie as Eli placed his hand on my vast hip as he held my other hand aloft. His hands were tiny compared to mine but he didn't seem to mind as he held onto my thick fingers tightly. Given my size, it was rather hard for him to lead me in the dance, but I let him guide me as best as he could, making sure I didn't step on his toes.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Cassie dash to my CD collection and rummage through my selection.  Her eyes lit up as she found what she was looking for and held up my copy of the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack to my line of vision.  I nodded excitedly as she popped it in my stereo. Eli and I kept swaying in silence until we heard THE song.

"Tale as old as time...", Angela Lansbury's sweet voice sang out as Eli guided me towards the center of my living room. We both curtsied towards each other as we resumed dancing. As we twirled and waltzed, my flat seemed to disappear as I imagined us both in a beautiful ballroom in an enchanted castle. No bullies. Nobody there to mock or belittle us. Just me and Eli, my handsome prince.

As we danced, Talon tapped Cassie on the shoulder, whose eyes were watery with joy, seeing two of her dearest friends get the fairy tale dance they've waited so long for.

"I think we should let them have their moment.", she whispered to the shorter girl, nudging her head towards the door.

Cassie wanted to protest but knew that she was right as they both crept quietly to the door. I looked up for a brief moment to see Cassie poking her head in and giving a silent wave. I waved back with my free hand as the door slowly shut behind them.

As the final notes of the song started playing, I gently lifted Eli up to my eye level. Without missing a beat, we shared a passionate kiss as he hugged me as tight as he could.

"I love you, Penny.", he whispered softly in my ear.

I could no longer hold back the waterworks as I started weeping. Just hearing those wonderful words that I thought for so long that I didn't deserve.

"I love you too, Eli."

We kissed again, knowing that this would be a Halloween we would never forget. 

(OOC: I’d like to thank theatomicavenger for their hard work on this outstanding drawing.)

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what r your characters theme songs??

Ace - Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance

Amelia - Oh No! by Marina and the Diamonds

Amethyst - As Cool As I Am by Dar Willaims

Amnesia - Amnesia Was Her Name by Lemon Demon

Arachne - The Web I Spin For You by Team StarKid

Arcade - Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants 

Aster - Icicles by The Scary Jokes

Avery - Bury Me In Black by My Chemical Romance

Bianca - Don’t Carry It All by The Decemberists 

Black Brew - The Mystic's Dream by Loreena McKennitt 

Bones - Mountain by Heather Dale

Bubbles - Ain’t It Fun by Paramore

Butterfly - Losing My Religion by R.E.M

Bunny - I’ll Fly by Blixemi

Cade - Disco! In The Panic Room by Bug Hunter

Chance - Hyperdontia by Creep-P and Ghost and Pals 

Charlie - Sweet Bod by Lemon Demon

Chris - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) by My Chemical Romance

Chrysalis - Halloweenie V: The Moss King by Ashnikko

Crow - Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Cryptid - Waterfall by Toby Fox

Cyan - Are You Out There by Dar Williams 

Damien - The Kids From Yesterday by My Chemical Romance

Dash - Vampire Money by My Chemical Romance

Echo - The Foundations of Decay by My Chemical Romance

Edie - Disenchanted by My Chemical Romance

Eio - Sing by My Chemical Romance

Emily - Dinner Is Not Over by Jack Stauber

Emmett - No One Lives Forever by Oingo Boingo

Eve - Stuff Is Way by They Might Be Giants

Evelyn - Lifetime Achievement Award by Lemon Demon

Feathery - dumb dumb by mazie 

Frigid - Miracle by Caravan Palace

Galadriel - Planetary (GO!) by My Chemical Romance

Ghost - Community Gardens by The Scary Jokes

Gingi - Leave by R.E.M

Green - The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical

Hayley - Slumber Party by Ashnikko and Princess Nokia

Hex - Problems by Mother Mother

Hexadecimal - Eighth Wonder by Lemon Demon

Honey - Cheerleader by Ashnikko

Jackie - Pumpkin’s Revenge by Louie Zong

Jane - Cupid by Jack Stauber

Kane - Death By Glamour by Toby Fox

Karaxis - Time Bastard by Team StarKid

Kirigu - Alchemical Romance by Bug Hunter

Kit - Amygdala’s Rag Doll by Ghost and Pals

Laika - Aurora Borealis by Lemon Demon

Lee - Dead! by My Chemical Romance

Leela - Oh Klahoma by Jack Stauber

Leon - Coffee by Jack Stauber

Leona - Hello Kitty by Jazmin Bean

Lizzie - No Eyed Girl by Lemon Demon

M.I.A - Hey Kids by Molia and Late Verlane

Mallory - Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother

Mari - Estranger by Jack Stauber

Melanie - 2 Bed, 2 Bath (and a Ghost) by Bug Hunter

Michael - Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie

Mikey - Heaven Help Us by My Chemical Romance

Millie - Pinecones by Bug Hunter

Mistophelees - Laplace’s Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People!) by Will Wood

Monster - Turn The Lights Off by Tally Hall

Mordred - Mordred’s Lullaby by Heather Dale

Morgan - Digital Girl by KIRA

Nana - Star Of The Show by Ghost and Pals

Natalie/Nathan - Hide and Seek by Bug Hunter

Nicky - Ancient Aliens by Lemon Demon

Niko - One Thousand Eyes from Nightmare Time

Onyx - Pinch Me by Barenaked Ladies

Persephone - People Eater by Sodikken

Poppy - Bubblegum Bitch by Marina and the Diamonds

Rags - Another Medium by Toby Fox

Random - Party Poison by My Chemical Romance

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Robo - Prototype VIP by Glaze

Sabrine - Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles

Salem - Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana 

Saskia - Falling For The First Time by Barenaked Ladies

Scout - Dear McCracken by Bug Hunter

Shapeshifter - Spiral of Ants by Lemon Demon

Snail Rose - Mr. Fear by SIAMES

Sugar - Play Destroy by Poppy and Grimes

Tempest - When I Was A Boy by Dar Willaims

Thunder - Revolution Radio by Green Day

Tox - Teenagers by My Chemical Romance

Val - The World Revolving by Toby Fox

Valentine - Fake Your Death by My Chemical Romance

Viola - I Can’t Decide by Scissor Sisters 

Violet - Knife Fight by Lemon Demon

Wither - The Moss by Cosmo Shelldrake

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every question :3

Hey anon! I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what ask thingy you meant! I hope this is the one!

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Spotify!

is your room messy or clean? ,,,It’s,,, very messy,,,,

what colour are your eyes?  A sort of Greeny grey??

do you like your name? why? Not really, I think it’s plain and boring

what is your relationship status? Single as heck

describe your personality in 3 words or less? Cripplingly Depressed Trash™

what colour hair do you have? It’s dark brown at the top and it fades to blonde at the tips

what kind of car do you drive? color? I don’t have my licence yet, but the dream would be to have one of those old hippie vans

where do you shop? Primark, It’s trashy but cheap. 

how would you describe your style? Depression™

favourite social media account? I follow so many lovely people, It’d be v hard to choose!

what size bed do you have? Single, but I dream of the day when I can get a queen

any siblings? Yeah, a sister, 2 brothers, a step-sister and 2 step-brothers

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? Oh gosh! Um, Probably Canada? I love cold weather and Canada just generally seems like a lovely place!

favourite snapchat filter? The ones which turn you into some sort of Eldritch horror creature. 

favourite makeup brand(s)? I don’t really have any, I just get whatever is affordable!

how many times a week do you shower? Everyday If i can, I feel gross and slimy if I don’t

Favourite TV show? I’ve been watching Brooklyn 99 recently and I think it’s pretty good!

shoe size? I’m size 7, but I’ve also got wide feet!

how tall are you? 5ft6

sandals or sneakers? Sneakers

do you go to the gym? I would If i could without experiencing THE ANXIETY

describe your dream date? Ah, um,,,, Honestly? Going to a nice little cafe and maybe playing some video games would be awesome. 

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? £6.75,,,

what color socks are you wearing? Black and pink batman bed socks

how many pillows do you sleep with? two!

do you have a job? what do you do? I’m working my way up to running my own cafe!

how many friends do you have? ,,,haha,,,, um,,, *cough*likeonemaybe2*cough*

whats the worst thing you have ever done? i broke a girls nose once

whats your favourite candle scent? LAVENDER 

3 favourite boy names? Hmmm,,, I like Alejandro, Xander and Phoenix? 

3 favourite girl names? Ramona, Lola and Xena

favourite actor? Stefan Karl Stefansson,,, the soft meme dad

favourite actress? Meryl Streep 

who is your celebrity crush? I honestly don’t have one. 

favourite movie? I can’t choose between Hurricane Bianca, Forrest Gump or The Help!!

do you read a lot? whats your favourite book? I do read a lot! I love The swan kingdom by Zoe Marriott 

money or brains? I’d have to go for brains. That way I’d have endless opportunities! 

do you have a nickname? what is it? I don’t think I do? I mean, My nana calls me mossuk but that’s about it. 

how many times have you been to the hospital? Um, about 5 times? I think?

top 10 favourite songs? God, OK so,,, Lonely Hearts Club (Marina The Diamonds), The outsider (Marina The Diamonds), Dirty Night Clowns (Chris Garneau) Versti Fantur, I Wanna Get Better (Bleachers), Strange Mercy (St.Vincent), Car Crash (Cloud Cult), Sheila (Jamie T), A girl, A boy, and a Graveyard (Jeremy Messersmith) and Swimming Pools (Strawberry Girls)

do you take any medications daily? No, I used to take anti-depressants but I threw them away because they only made me feel worse 

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) Oily as heck my dude

what is your biggest fear? My dad

how many kids do you want? I’m honestly not sure? Maybe 2?

whats your go to hair style? Loose curls (styled with my curling iron)

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) Pretty big I think?It’s a Three bedroom semi-detached with my family. (I share a room)

who is your role model? I don’t have one

what was the last compliment you received? My mum said my hair looked sorta nice last week

what was the last text you sent? I sent a link to myself so I could watch a video later

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? 7 years old

what is your dream car? A Volkswagen camper van 

opinion on smoking? I smoke and my general rule is that I don’t smoke around kids or people who don’t smoke

do you go to college? I did for a few years, I studied Law and then veterinary nursing, but eventually dropped out. 

what is your dream job? I honestly don’t know. I hope to maybe run a cafe some day though?

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? Rural for sure

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? I’ve never been to a hotel!

do you have freckles? No, but I have 2 moles on my right cheek

do you smile for pictures? I try, but I usually look gross if i do

how many pictures do you have on your phone? 133

have you ever peed in the woods? once when I was like, 5

do you still watch cartoons? Yeah, I love em’

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? I’m gonna have to say McDonalds, I’ve never been to Wendy’s

Favourite dipping sauce? Sour cream and chive

what do you wear to bed? Usually a baggy T-shirt and underwear

have you ever won a spelling bee? Nope

what are your hobbies? I draw sometimes and I game a lot

can you draw? A little bit, I’m OK

do you play an instrument? Yeah, I play piano

what was the last concert you saw? I’ve never been to a concert

tea or coffee? I love both!

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Starbucks, I’ve never been to Dunkin Donuts

do you want to get married? yeah, hopefully someday

what is your crush’s first and last initial? I don’t actually have a crush on anyone 

are you going to change your last name when you get married? Defiantly 

what color looks best on you? Black and Dark blue/Purple 

do you miss anyone right now? Yeah, A bunch of people…

do you sleep with your door open or closed? Closed as heck. I like my privacy. 

do you believe in ghosts? Y E S

what is your biggest pet peeve? People picking/biting their nails and scraping cutlery against their plates. I hate the sounds they both make

last person you called? My mum

favourite ice cream flavor? Pistachio 

regular oreos or golden oreos? Regular, though I do like golden oreos

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? Rainbow!!

what shirt are you wearing? A skeleton rib cage shirt 

what is your phone background? A purple neon light with ‘ K Bye’ written on it

are you outgoing or shy? shy as heck my dude

do you like it when people play with your hair? Y E S,,,,

do you like your neighbours? I don’t talk to them. Though one of my Neighbours cats loves me

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? I try to wash my face at night and in the morning. I forget sometimes though

have you ever been high? Yeah

have you ever been drunk? heck yeah

last thing you ate? Some beans

favourite lyrics right now? Pink lipstick stains, Cigarette butts, I lie in bed, I hate my guts.

summer or winter? Winter

day or night? N I G H T

dark, milk, or white chocolate? ALL OF THE ABOVE 

favourite month? October

what is your zodiac sign? Virgo

who was the last person you cried in front of? My councillor, Jo 

[nanabianca]

Coderdojo Firenze #40 con Nana Bianca: Coder Girls

Nella settimana della Festa della Donna, Nana Bianca ospita il club di programmazione Coderdojo Firenze per l’appuntamento Girls.

Totalmente gratuito e no-profit,  il Coderdojo  è un movimento internazionale per l’insegnamento della programmazione che conta ormai più di 8oo dojo in 63 nazioni, organizzati grazie al tempo e l’impegno dei volontari, “Mentor”.

Coderdojo Firenze sceglie di dedicare un evento speciale a quelle “ragazze” (dai 7 ai 17 anni) che vogliono provare a diventare CoderGirl!

E’ fondamentale avvicinare bambine e ragazze alla programmazione informatica e in un coderdojo si impara a scrivere codice divertendosi, creando animazioni e videogiochi.

Oltre ai tavoli su Scratch , HTML e Javascript, proviamo anche a sviluppare qualche app per smartphone e tablet Android, usando l’ambiente App Inventor.

Sabato 11 Marzo 2016 dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00  CoderDojo Firenze vi aspetta nella sede di Nana Bianca.

Per partecipare all’evento è necessaria l’iscrizione tramite Eventbrite cliccando su questo link: http://coderdojofirenze31.eventbrite.it;

Le iscrizioni sono aperte da lunedì 6 marzo 2017 dalle ore 20.00.

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The Homes of me 1991-2017 Three Case Studies from my formative years.. 20 Fountain Close, Hessle 1991-2007, 2010,2013,2015 My parent's house. They moved there when it was first built in 1985. It was a plesant four (now six) bedroomed house on a small estate. The garden was large. I had my own sections. Places for dens. Places to race my octagenarian neighbour in a bean growing contest. Neighbours where kind people, professional types and retirees who reffered to me as his nibs. We had gatherings of neighbours at ours or theirs up until 2002 the golden Jubilee. Then they just stopped. Grandpa dug me a pond. I had fish. Every night I played in the garden with my stick collection My primary school Hessle Mount was at the bottom of the garden, over the road at the bottom of the garden. Mum worked there so my tuition fees where reduced. On my first day I demanded to speak with the owner Carol who had grown up with my mum on Hamlyn Drive off Anlaby Road but after secraterial college married two rich gentlemen both of whom where married when she took up with them and both of whom died. I wanted to put an offer in on the school which was housed in a fine Georgian Mansion which accomadated Charles De Gaulle during the war. My house was built on a former WW2 internment camp or perhaps a camp for displaced Polish Soldiers and The Free French. As I child I scowered the garden with my metal detector and came across a bevy of coins, knifes, nails and a biscuit tin with George V on it. My garden was flanked on one side by evergreens. Every year my father did a big trim on these and we used the cuttings to build a large den we attached the bits to a wodden structure tied with rope. My father was forever a Scout. On my tenth birthday we had a barbacue, May 10th 2001 had remenants of April Showers so Grandma, Grandpa, Mum, Dad and I decanted ourselves and our food to my evergreen den. We stayed dry. The next year we got a conservatory now a garden room. My first stint at Fountain Close was a happy one. The street was surrounded by fields and I would play out often with the local children. In the field near my primary school stood an old ruined chappel. I adored fighting through the overgrowth and navigating its rusty metal joists. As I grew older I would go slightly further down to Tranby Girl's School to hand out Ciggies. There is a wall built by the public footpath that was quickly errected as a deterrent after a teacher saw me chatting up her daughter whilst I was on study leave. It was a very middle class existance. It was a home full of nothing. My mother is an eternal miminalist. It is worth noting that after the age of twelve I rarely took friends to my parent's house. Most of my friend's lived in the centre of Hessle I enjoyed the walk. My parent's thought I was embarrassed of them. I think I was just scared of the disapointment that they would not walk up the hill to see me. My mother still lives in this house. My father has died but is kept in the dining room. The house is owned by Trustees. My mother was involved in a Radio Four program in 2017. Here is an article about it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39589083 that house is no longer my home, nor is it hers. On 19/06/07 Hull and Hessle was badly flooded the resulting caravans on people's driveways seemed to never go away. I was not however I can't believe its 10 years since I returned the last of my books to school, bought an umbrella from Primark (lasted five minutes), sat down at The Prospect Centre food court only to be thrown out because of the water seeping through the roof and had to get off the bus because it could go no further. We trekked through Hessle Cemetery stumbling on submerged gravestones. That flood changed a lot of people's lives. Crunched up in thoes caravans on driveways next to your house where was your home then I wonder? 19 Albany Street, Hull 2007 I left school and in September of 2007 I attended a sixth-form college in West Hull. I hadn't up until this point really encountered many people from backgrounds less economically wealth than myself. Being the son of a teacher and a sixth-form Vice principle I was near the bottom of the financial pile at both my private schools. Suddenly this changed, I got into trouble for referring to a media studies teacher as "sir". At Hymers I'd had a few girlfriends but now I began to date a girl who hung out in the centre of town every weekend or attended the Welly Club's under 18 night more often than anyone I knew and went to the goth heavy nightclub Spiders aged 16!!!! I had lived a sheltered life but Sacha was popular and known by people throughout the city for being a cute emo. I assessed my situation and after having lots of staged arguments with my parents left home and moved into Sacha's on Albany Street. Her house like mine had six bedrooms. Unlike mine it was rented from a housing association. Like mine it had artext which must have happened in some 1980's remodeling. She had a big family a step father, a mother unfit to work, a twin who lived with his nana, and three younger siblings. I did not understand how their family unit worked initially but I pretended to. The Stepdad had a rag and bone business. For years he would see me walking around Hull and give me a lift. Albany Street is interesting. The street is made primarily of large Victorian merchants houses. many of these have now been turned into three flats. The residents of Albany Street at the time seemed to fall into two groups. The most visible group was Eastern European and Iraqi. When I moved to Albany Street I had only met a handful of Eastern European people and they all happened to be the children of Polish counts. This was not the case on Albany Street. Here I found different ethnic groups kept themselves to themselves. The break up of former communist countries in the late 80's and the Bosnian War led I suppose to the different tensions and skirmishes on this street. Where was their home? In 2002 just before the second Gulf War three thousand Iraqi and Kurdish refugees had been sent to Hull. Spring Bank the street Albany Street was an Environ of recieved most of these people. Also on the street was the bohemian poets, folk singers and artists. These people fascinated me. In hindsight they seemed to be a way out. All claiming to the best of my recollection working tax credits all living in huge flats that they could not heat drinking stubby beers and smoking rollups unfiltered. I related to these people and still see many of them now on the whole they like me where lower middle class and felt the need to punish themselves and everyone around them for existing in the present. The third group of inhabitants was the White Working Class. They shine light into the ridiculousness of the bohemian types whilst remaining activley ignorant of what the Eastern European and Iraqui factions had been through. Albany Street was a transient community. I left after two months. I still visit Sacha's mum in the same house and have for the last ten years. Albany Street burst my bubble. It is too complicated and messy to go into the reasons of why I ended up there why I felt I had to leave home and all I knew. My bubble of private education burst two years earlier than my friends who had stayed for sixth-form. At least when my bubble burst I was not at university. I had left Wyke Sixth-Form College and worked at Somerfields on Dairy with people who had not moved further than three streets from where they where born. Their Husbands built caravans. This trade was at the time ending in Hull and many people where being made redundant. Where was their sense of home? Chant's Avenue Cemetery, Hull 2007 One day Sacha's mum had one of her episodes and an argument between her and her daughter escalated in record time. The result was that Sacha had to leave and I did too. I went home and asked my parents if Sacha could stay at theirs for a couple of days. They said no. I was being secretive and did not communicate well at that time with anyone. Sacha had nowhere to go. I rang friends no one would put us up in fact many of my friends from private school thought I had gone mad and did not want to speak to me whilst I was with Sacha. It was December I could not let her down. I had made changes for myself by leaving education and getting a job. She believed in me. I had given her expectations. Hull does not have a YMCA and there are many forms to fill in to get in there. I did not think a shelter would take us plus I did not want my parents to find out my secrets. So for nine nights we slept rough. I continued to work in Somerfields Sacha walked around town getting warm. We did not beg. All my wages had been spent on jewelry and dresses for Sacha. I've listed Chant's Ave Cemetery as our address because I washed using the tap next to the locked toilet. We could have done so many things to prevent this whole thing from happening but we didn't. I don't think we had time of the skills to think about home. Luckily my friend Bianca let us couch surf over Christmas and New Year and then we got a house share in Lambert Street. I don't know how the House Share came about Sacha organised it. Possibly through college.What could home have meant to us? 61 Westborne Grove, Hessle 2007-8 3 Lambert Street, Hull 2008 198 London Street, Reading 2008 Foley Court, Reading 2009-10 Halls of residence Southend on Sea 2010-2012 65 York Road, Southend-on-Sea 2012-2013 21 Park Avenue, Hull 2013-15 Coogan Chambers, Hull 2015-2016 8 Amelia Street, Saltaire 2016-.