#recoding

~Violet~

I search frantically for our youngest sister, worried that [Ų̷̗̀͑̐N̷̢̩̳͈̱̅̄̓͗R̷̝̫̹̒͌Ę̵͇͕͉̱̌̄Q̴͖͇̳͔̉̉̐͜Ụ̶̢̇̃I̸̝̙͠T̸̮͕̞̝̄͆Ë̶̡̱̗̘̘͆͘Ḏ̷̛̻͔͉͊] may have gotten her. I shudder as I recall our last encounter with him. Delilah wouldn’t leave Amber’s side for months after that. Not that I blame her in any way. Spaz wasn’t too happy about his newest successor being traumatized by his enemy but he needs to stop being so petty and pushing my sister to continue training. The asshole. Thankfully, Ato and Valerie have been extremely helpful with Delilah’s emotions. But it’s also highly possible that the two are just assisting in her healing because Val was once his captive. Her scars on her neck and wrists are plenty enough to prove that. Ato hates letting others see xeir soulmate’s scars. Delilah was probably the only other one who’s seen more than what Valerie’s extra large hoodie and jeans show. I run into Spaz, panicking more. “Have you found her yet?!” He just shakes his head [Ų̷̗̀͑̐N̷̢̩̳͈̱̅̄̓͗R̷̝̫̹̒͌Ę̵͇͕͉̱̌̄Q̴͖͇̳͔̉̉̐͜Ụ̶̢̇̃I̸̝̙͠T̸̮͕̞̝̄͆Ë̶̡̱̗̘̘͆͘Ḏ̷̛̻͔͉͊] even locked us out of his domain. Why would he want her? It makes no sense. She’s the weakest out of you fi-” I slap Spaz as hard as I can, making a pretty nasty bruise on the skeleton. “Don’t you dare call Penelope weak! She has just as much potential as the rest of us!” “Then why don’t you let her fight?” I step back, not expecting those words from the one who trains us then growls. “How DARE you question that?! She’s the youngest! My biggest responsibility! I promised father that she’d be safe! Now stop fucking around and let’s find her!” I storm off, going to a different AU that we haven’t checked.

Oh, Penelope, where are you?

~Amber~

I comfort my sister in my room, rubbing small circles on her back while singing a soft song. “Please won’t you catch a shooting star for me, and take it with you on your way..” It was one of her favorites so hopefully it would help her more than the others I previously sang. “After all our stories have been told.. I’ll sit and think of you, a good friend I once knew. Shot through my life like a shooting star..” I almost gasped, not expecting her to sing along. Was this a good sign..? I hope so. We swayed to the unspoken tempo of the soft song as we sang together. “You are so near, and soon your be so far. Shot through my life like a shooting star.” We finished the song and I quickly moved to a new one, “Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears. Smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears. Out on the meadow, water somewhere. We were the only ones there…” Delilah didn’t sing along to this one… As I continued the song, I noticed how Delilah was beginning to cry. “White snow top peaks, finding the love that everyone seeks. People in cities don’t understand, falling in love with the land…” I flinch at the word love, remembering Delilah’s… Past Event With Love Not pretty but I’m glad she’s safe. “With you my friend I am there.” I stopped singing after the song was over and lifted Delilah’s head gently, making her look at me. “Hey, Del. It’s gonna be okay. I promise. We’ll find Penny.” All she did was nod, eyes void of any emotion. Even the signature stars in her eyes were gone. Replaced by hazed grey circles. Not a good sign

“We’re never gonna find her. [Ų̷̗̀͑̐N̷̢̩̳͈̱̅̄̓͗R̷̝̫̹̒͌Ę̵͇͕͉̱̌̄Q̴͖͇̳͔̉̉̐͜Ụ̶̢̇̃I̸̝̙͠T̸̮͕̞̝̄͆Ë̶̡̱̗̘̘͆͘Ḏ̷̛̻͔͉͊] wouldn’t allow it.”

~Penelope~

I giggle as I chase around my brother. “It’s not f4ir! You h4ve so much more st4min4 th4n me! 4ll you let me do is sit 4round and make me idly w4it for you to come home! When 4re you gon4a fin4lly tell me your job?” My brother stopped in his tracks, freezing. He let out a slow breath before answering. “0nc3 w3 4w4k3n y9ur pw3r2. 1 pr0m123. 4nd t)(3n y0u c4n w0rk b321d3 m3!” I grin, eager to finally get out of this stupid place. It’s so bland! “Ok4y! I’ll work my h4rdest!” Bro whipped his head around, going in a fighting position before looking at me and signaling to get behind him. “Bro..?” He shushed me as this weird skeleton looking blob came out. Bro growled at the blob and summoned his magic. “0v3rc42t, 1’v3 4lr34dy t0ld y0u t)(4t y0u 4r3 n0t w3lc0m3 1n my r34lm. G3t. 0ut.” I shake behind bro, never seeing this much anger from him. All ‘Overcast’ does is chuckle darkly, sending shivers through my body. This new person wasn’t good news to either of us. I knew that for sure. “Really,[Ų̷̗̀͑̐N̷̢̩̳͈̱̅̄̓͗R̷̝̫̹̒͌Ę̵͇͕͉̱̌̄Q̴͖͇̳͔̉̉̐͜Ụ̶̢̇̃I̸̝̙͠T̸̮͕̞̝̄͆Ë̶̡̱̗̘̘͆͘Ḏ̷̛̻͔͉͊]? Hiding one of the sisters? Protecting her? You know that I will forever know everything about them. And we both know why.” Sisters? I have more than one sibling? At least one sister? “Bro.. wh4t does he mean by sister?” Brother snarled at Overcast and threw him out, jumping into the portal as well. The last thing I heard was wails of anguish.

Brother and I aren’t alone?

~Emma~

Staring at the stars from the cliff I chose, I quietly sang a song to myself as I cried. “Out of my window looking in the night, I can see the barge’s flickering light. Silently flows the river to the sea. And the barges, too, go silently.” I took off the scarf that I loved so dearly. It was given to me before we were forced to live in this multiverse, forever unable to go home. Father never told us who gave him and Dad the ability to have us. Spaz said he didn’t… so who was it? Who cursed me to live a life I never wanted?

“How my heart longs to sail away with you, as you sail across the ocean blue. But I must sit beside my window dear, and watch you sail away from here..”

Who made us and forced us to fight in a battle that created us?

~?????~

I watched the sisters through a one sided portal, quietly crying in my home. What have I done? Their parents only wanted to create a family. I didn’t intend to force them to live here or to make their lives so difficult. I thought I was doing the right thing… But clearly I wasn’t. I was blinded by how much they so deeply loved each other. Even if their world wouldn’t allow it. Especially in how highly ranked they both were in the war they were in, much less that time period..