3.11 Identity Crisis

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time all of the kids had birthdays, Tungsten had anxiety attacks and got a therapist, Selenium’s only friends were animals, and Radon and Sulphur summoned some meteors at the beach.

RADON POV

Despite everything I’ll admit, I was terribly excited for prom. I know most of the town is more than a little wary of our family, rumors of granddad being some kind of crime boss doesn’t really help.

I did at least hope someone would want to dance with me.

Instead some asshole made fun of my alien heritage.

At least the decorations were kind of nice I guess.

Not to mention my crush turned out to be a raging asshole.

An asshole with a very protective girlfriend… Prom sucked, I can’t wait to get out of this town when I grow up.

SULPUR POV

I know Radon was kind of optimistic about how prom would go, but frankly I didn’t have much expectations. I’m going to keep Radon company and to make sure everyone knows that we’re not going to stay away from prom just because everyone hates us!

Seeing all the terrible dancing everyone was doing made the entire thing worth it.

I ended up having the same dress as someone else, and while I didn’t care it was hilarious to see one of the popular girls have a meltdown over having the same sense in fashion as one of the “alien freaks”.

And them some people decided to make fun of Radon and I.

I may have paid someone to sneak a three-eyed llama into prom as a prank. It was hilarious to see everyone freak out.

I’ll admit, there is one person in school I kind of like…

But after getting a black eye I think I’m over it.

MERCURY POV

With everything going on, prom was the last thing on my mind, but I didn’t want anyone to worry about me too much so I went.

Some guys managed to convince everyone to vote me for Prom Queen, they were sorely disappointed when this little stunt didn’t lead to me sleeping with them.

I tried dancing. It didn’t go well.

Some guy made a snide comment about my mother. I may have never meet the woman, but I kind of snapped.

I’ve had enough of these people, I kind of want to see everyone covered in dollar store slime. Too bad there were a bunch of stuck up teachers everywhere.

I ended up finding a hole in my dress, but frankly I still rocked that thing.

And then a llama showed up… A llama with 3 eyes. It was funny seeing all the teachers trying to herd the thing out!

TUNGSTEN POV

I can do this. I can do this. I’m not going to let anything stop me from enjoying the typical teenaged experience of prom!

I can never back down from a challenge… Though it doesn’t always end will. In my defense those nerds deserved it.

And people wonder why I have anxieties.

I’m pretty sure I was only named Prom King as a joke.

The music was descent at least.

And whoever was responsible for the decorations certainly knew what they were doing.

MERCURY POV

I’ve heard all sorts of stories about my mother, I know she wasn’t a good person, but she’s also the only person who knows who my father is. I love my uncles and I know they love me, but I want to know more, there’s this huge blank space in my family tree. I want to know more. So I’ve been looking for Nova Scotia or anyone that knows or knew her. Someone has to know something.

Selenium is the baby of the family and everyone sort of tries to look out for her, but trouble has a tendency to find her.

She’s also got this weird thing with animals going on. I caught her trying to teach her falcon how to talk. A falcon is not a parrot, they don’t talk!! My attempts to educate her didn’t really stick.

Uncle Ontario celebrated his birthday.

He’s now an old fart along side Aunt Liliana.

I wasn’t getting anywhere online, so I decided to check out some records at city hall. Turns out what I’ve been told about Nova Scotia is only the tip of the iceberg. She didn’t just leave town, she went on the run from the police, she has a warrant out for her arrest! Blackmail, theft, assault, kidnapping, even murder, she seems to have committed a lot of crimes. And then I found the photo. It was some kind of police surveillance photo, but the date on it. It was when my mother should have been very heavily pregnant with me and Nova Scotia was clearly not pregnant… She can’t be my mother… Everything I know about my history is a lie! Who am I?

My mind was spinning from this revelation, where do I go from here? After a few days of letting this information settle, it wasn’t hard to conclude that Nova Scotia must have kidnapped me or something. It definitely fits her track record. I started combing the internet for any kidnappings of babies around the time Nova Scotia dumped me here. In the end I found one, it happened only 18 hours before she left me here. The baby was never found. I didn’t want to get my hopes up, but I figured I should try and talk to someone from that family. The missing baby has a twin sister, Tabby. I contacted her on social media and asked her to come here.

As soon as she showed up, all the doubts about being that missing baby disappeared. Aside from her colouring Tabby looks just like me! It was honestly a little eerie.

Mercury: Hi, you must be Tabby.”
Tabby: “Yeah, you mentioned that you might know something about my missing sister?”

Mercury: “You see… My “mother” sort of dumped me here on my uncles when I was a baby, she was kind of a criminal so no one was really surprised that she never came back. Anyways, I was doing some looking only to find out that she wasn’t my mother. Your sister sort of went missing around the same time I was left here so I thought it was something worth looking into.”

Tabby: “Wait. Are you saying what I think you’re saying? You think you might be Josie?!”

Tabby: “I guess there is a resemblance… But I don’t want to get my parents hopes up over nothing. I’ve never really known Josie, but I’ve been living with her ghost for a long time. How can we be sure?”

Mercury: “A DNA test. Give me some of your DNA and I’ll submit it along side mine for a test. If I am Josie I’ll let you know. Please don’t tell anyone about this. My family, they don’t know that my mother isn’t really my mother.”
Tabby: “Fine by me, I don’t want my parents to get their hopes up over something that might not be true.”

I did some research and I found a company that could do the test and I sent it out. If I am Josie do I really want to reach out to my birth family? Uncle Yukon raised me, he’s the only real parent I’ve ever known, does blood really change that? I’ve heard all about how Grandma Aria raise Uncle Ontario as her own, even though he wasn’t hers and Uncle Ontario saw her as his mother. I’m not sure what I’m going to do, but I know I need to find out if I’m Josie.

BERNARD POV

Liliana and Ontario have all sorts of jumping stuff in the backyard for Quicksilver. It may have been awhile since I’ve personally dealt with horses (back when they were considered the primary method of getting places), but I don’t remember them needing this much stuff.

Ontario’s been getting into some weird stuff at work and brought home some sort of weird ray gun.

Selenium is the baby (currently) of the family, but she’s now becoming a teenager.

I’ll admit I don’t really know any of Yukon and Ontario’s kids very well, I’ve been focusing on this mess with all of the bodies turning up. Maybe keeping my distance is for the best… Maybe I should just leave all together. I made a promise, but I may just be putting the family in more danger by sticking around, especially as Will and I get deeper into this mess.

One thing I do know is that Selenium has a whole collection of pets.

She always seems to come back with more.

And she frequently carries them around the house.

At least she’s responsible about taking care of them.

Selenium does remind me a lot of Yukon.

They both have a tendency to spend time outside alone.

Yukon announced recently that he has quit his job. I guess the family has plenty of money, but I’m not sure what he plans to do with his time.

Liliana seems to enjoy her retirement riding Quicksilver.

MERCURY POV

The DNA results came back. I’m almost afraid to open them, but I need to know. The results are conclusive. Tabby is my sister which makes me the missing baby Josie. I know I told Tabby I would let her know if it was true, but what would happen if it all came out? Would I be forced to leave here to go live with my biological parents, a bunch of strangers?

Like I tend to do when I need to think about something, I paint. I painted a lot thinking about all of this.

We may not be related, but Uncle Yukon raised me, he’s basically my father. Tungsten and I are so close in age that we were basically raised as twins, and Selenium is basically my little sister. They are my family, I don’t want to lose this if I reveal the truth. I think I might need the opinion of someone not so involved in this mess…

Bernard, the family cryptid is the perfect option. He’s been around for a long time (long before I was born), so he must have some good ideas about this!
Mercury: “Thanks so much for meeting me, I just needed to talk to someone objective and away from all of the family.”
Bernard: “Am I objective? I live with all of you.”
Mercury: “You’re objective enough.”

Mercury: “Hypothetically, what do you think someone who found out that they weren’t who they thought they were?”
Bernard: “In what way?”
He gives an adorable little head tilt at the question… Not to mention his lack of shirt is making it a little hard for me to focus.
Mercury: “As in their parents turn out not to be their parents. Sort of like a baby swap.”
Bernard: “A baby swap?”
Mercury: “You know, like that tv show. Two babies get swapped at the hospital and go home with the wrong families! What if one of the kids found out the truth, but none of the parents know, should the child tell them?”

Bernard: “I suppose that the parents should be told about the situation. I mean I would want to know if I had another child out there. I wouldn’t love the child that I raised any less, I mean I helped raise your grandfather and his siblings.”
Mercury: “But what if the child doesn’t want to know their real parents or family at all, wouldn’t it be kinder just to leave everyone ignorant?”
Bernard: “I’m not exactly great at all of this moral stuff, I’ve spent a long time running, but something being easier does not make it kinder.”

While I still haven’t really come to a decision, I do feel better after talking to Bernard. He spends a lot of time away from the house, so I’ve never really known him. I mean I’ve heard about the whole marriage, death, him having kids thing, but I’ve never really thought about him as a father before… Maybe my birth parents do deserve to know the truth, but I don’t think I want them. Maybe it’s the easy route, but it’s my life, it’s my decision on who my parents are. Yukon raised me, he’s my Dad.

BERNARD POV

I’m not sure what all that was about with Mercury, maybe it’s for a school project or something? Since he quit his job Yukon seems to be playing outside a lot, it reminds me of when he was a child.

Apparently Selenium’s attempts to make friends with animals don’t always go smoothly. She came home with bleeding fingers the other day.

Though that might have just been from the chinchilla she found.

Yukon’s mentioned that she gets bullied sometimes, I don’t really understand why, she’s such a sweet girl.

I was at the grocery store, picking up some more plasma juice packs from my source there when I heard a funny noise around the back.

I get back there but I don’t see anything. It happened so fast, I almost didn’t realize a syringe was being pressed into my neck. It was too late after that, whatever drug it was worked fast and all I saw was a dark mask.

YUKON POV

Mercury: “You haven’t seen Bernard around lately have you?”

Yukon: “I haven’t seen him lately. When did the two of you get close?”
Mercury: “He gave me some advice on something bothering me is all.”
Yukon: “Is this about Nova Scotia?”
Mercury: “Sort of, but I figured things out. I’m fine now… Anyways, any idea where he is? I haven’t seen him around in a couple days which is kind of strange.”

Yukon: “Ontario, have you seen Bernard in the past couple days?”
Ontario: “Now that you mention it I haven’t… That is a little strange.”
Mercury: “You don’t think something might have happened to him?!”
Ontario: “Maybe he’s with Will.”
Yukon: “That would make sense I guess, there’s definitely something going on with them.”
Mercury: “Uh, who’s Will?”

Will: “This is the third message I’ve left you… I know you know how to use your answering machine because I taught you! You better not be trying to run or ignore me again. Bernard, you promised me you wouldn’t. You were supposed to be here an hour ago!”

Yukon: “Will! What are you doing here?”
Will: “I’m looking for my brother, he’s not answering his phone.”
Yukon: “Wait, Bernard isn’t with you? We haven’t seen him for 2 days!”
Will: “WHAT? You don’t know where he is? He’s not answering his phone… SHIT. This is not good.”
Yukon: “He’s missing then, crap. Could it have something to do with whatever the two of you are up too?”
Will: “It’s possible, but they’re far from the only option. Here’s my number, I’ll call you if I find out anything else. I’ve got to find my brother.”
Yukon: “We’re not going to give up on him either. If you think anyone in this family will be happy to just do nothing about this, you’re delusional. It would be better for all of us to work together.”

Yukon: “You better come inside, we’ve got plenty of spare beds.”
Will: “I guess the more eyes looking for Bernard the better…”

OTHER

Um, who is Ellen????

Will got abducted by aliens…Again. I’m just glad he didn’t come back pregnant, that would have been awkward to write into the story.

Ontario was messing with the ray gun thing he got from work and accidently set Mercury’s bed on fire! I didn’t even know that could happen.

The ghost hunter profession started to really bug out (the real reason Yukon quit, he’s already completed his lifetime wish anyway), and one of the ghosts Yukon was suppose to capture got in a car and drove away!

I TURN MY BACK FOR 1 MINUTE AND BERNARD GOES AND KISSES A TEENAGED MERCURY!!! Damn that Inappropriate trait, it always seems to pop up and make things difficult when I least expect it. It did lead me to sort of creating a romance plot line for the two of them which I’ve grown rather fond of.

And that’s it for Gen 3! Bernard has been kidnapped by an unknown party which has lead to Will sort of moving in with the Holts as well. It’s also time for an heir poll! Which of the 4 Gen 4 kids will be the next heir? Whoever ends up being chosen for heir will have a roll (along side Mercury and Will) in finding Bernard. The heir poll should be up shortly after this so please vote!

3.10 Falling From The Sky

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time Bernard, Will, Ontario, and Yukon found and investigated a mysterious lab on a forested plot of land. They found a mad scientist who was doing experiments on ghosts and dead bodies in an effort to figure out how to bring the dead back to life. The scientist mysteriously dropped dead and everyone went back home.

YUKON POV

We may have stopped the man who had been waking and disturbing all of the ghosts, but I still find myself dealing with the aftermath of his actions.

There are still far too many ghosts roaming around lost, confused, and angry.

Mercury seems to be spending a lot of time on the computer lately, she’s also been asking about Nova Scotia a lot. I suppose it’s natural that she’s curious about the parents she’s never really met.

I had to pick Tungsten up from school earlier, he had some sort of anxiety attack and I had to take him to the hospital. I hope that all of this isn’t because of Cecilia, he doesn’t really talk about her and I find myself not sure what to do.

Kia has taken to wandering around the property catching all sorts of critters. Having to clean up all of the dead mice she leaves around the house is a mess.

I think I’m slowly tracking down all of the ghosts that scientist has messed with.

I’m just glad that there aren’t a lot of poltergeists, those are a mess to deal with.

Tungsten is prone to small anxiety attacks still, he carries around a paper bag to help with his breathing sometimes. The hospital has recommended that he see a therapist about it. I’ll admit I’m a bit lost about all of this.

It’s soon time for Selenium’s birthday.

I hope that she doesn’t suffer the same problems as Tungsten.

Like all of the other kids, she gets a bedroom redecoration for her birthday.

Selenium seems to be so happy all of the time! She loves to catch butterflies and never seems to harm them by accident like many children are prone to do.

She also loves playing outside, even though she’s often playing by herself.

It’s a good thing we have a large backyard, it means Quicksilver has plenty of room to run around.

I think I’m getting close to finding the last of the disturbed ghosts.

As I work through my birthday, I hope I’ve managed to find the last of the ghosts, but I suppose only time will tell.

ONTARIO POV

I still have a lot of nerves surrounding how well my girls will fit in.

But they’ve both grown into beautiful confident young women, I couldn’t be prouder of them!

Now that they’re teenagers, Sulphur and Radon join me in no longer sleeping and instead we recharge our brain power along side each other.

Now that Quicksilver is old enough, Liliana is eger to spend her retirement learning how to ride her.

They may be teenagers now, but the girls still make time to play with their youngest cousin.

I know from Yukon that Tungsten has been having problems.

Maybe it’ll get better now that he’s older.

He and Sulphur certainly enjoy playing video games together.

Sulphur and Radon have always been so close to each other, often doing a lot of the same things.

I’ve been spending my free time learning how to play the piano, I think I’m getting pretty good now. Mercury tells me that she likes to listen to me play while she paints.

SELENIUM POV

I really like talking to people, but I always seem to do and say the wrong thing! Everyone is my class always talks about how much of a loser I am. Animals are so much easier then people.

Animals never make fun of you for tripping head first into the garbage the can or spilling lunch all over yourself.

As long as you treat them right animals will always be there for you!

I’ve always been pretty good at finding animals and getting them to trust me.

I hope Dad will let me keep all of my new friends!

YUKON POV

I think I’ve finally mastered chess and the skills involved. I was just finishing up when I got a call from the mayor.

Apparently my work around town as a ghost hunter has been noticed. He wanted to give me a reward!

It was only when we met up that I realized what he really wanted was to make sure I kept all of the ghost problems quiet. It all turned my stomach, but it’s not like people ever really believed me about ghosts in the first place.

Mercury has still been asking questions, and her birthday doesn’t seem to have dampened her spirit.

Though it certainly resulted in a change of style and a new rebellious attitude. I really hope she’s not trying to be like Nova Scotia. I love my sister, but I can admit she didn’t always make the best choices.

At least Mercury still paints, I’ve read that artistic endeavors can make for a good outlet.

Sulphur and Radon have always spent a lot of time with each other, but I can’t help but feel like they might be up to something.

I have arranged for Tungsten to see a therapist. He still has to regularly use his paper bags, but I think it might be helping…

Selenium is the only child in the house now. Like me she never seems to have any friends. She’s made some off hand mentions of bullying. I’ve tried talking to the school, but they haven’t really done anything. Selenium doesn’t seem to bothered by it all, maybe it’s because she talks a lot to her cousins?

Whenever I ask her about it, Selenium says she has plenty of animal friends and that as long as she has them she doesn’t need any human ones.

She even came home with a falcon the other day!

She begged me to keep it. I couldn’t really say no, not when animals are her only friends.

RADON POV

Sulphur: “So this is where our parents were married.”
Radon: “Apparently. You ready for this?”
Sulphur: “If Dad finds out about this he’s going to kill us.”
Radon: “That’s why we won’t get caught!”

Dad may have all these alien powers, but he actually doesn’t do much with them. I think he’s too afraid of standing out.

He doesn’t seem to realize that being different can be a little fun sometimes!

Sulphur and I were careful to make sure the beach was empty first, we aren’t trying to hurt anyone.

It was absolutely amazing to see the meteors crash to the ground.

Just look at all the damage they caused! I’m not to worried about fines, our family paid for all of this stuff anyways.

We made sure to collect all of the meteor fragments that have landed.

They make for a pretty tasty meal too!

It wasn’t long before we arrived home and Dad was none the wiser to what we had been up too.

OTHER

Cecilia’s ghost freaked out at a zombie… She’s already a ghost what exactly can a zombie do to her?!

Trait updates! Selenium gained the Loser train, Radon became Family-Oriented, while Sulphur is now a Perfectionist, Tungsten now has Photographer’s Eye, and Mercury became Rebellious!

Anyways, that’s all for now! The next post will be the last one before the heir poll!

3.9 Into The Lab

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time there were birthdays, Ontario went searching for the source of the mysterious signals, Yukon continued to look for the source of the ghost disturbance, and the family got a horse Quicksilver. This is another plotty chapter, enjoy!

BERNARD POV

Will: “I’ve been trying to find the owner of the boat, it’s officially owned by an organization. I can’t figure out who runs the organization or anything about it in general.”

Will: “I have however found out about a property that this same organization owns. I think it’s worth checking out to see if we can find anything out.”

Bernard: “Yeah, a mysterious organization which owns that strange boat also owning a property sounds a little odd. Where is this place they own?”
Will: “It’s on the far edge of town, I’ll show you.”

Bernard: “This is just a bunch of trees.”
Will: “There must be something else here, let’s keep searching.”

It took some wandering through the trees, but Will and I eventual came across this dilapidated looking shed.

It was kind of musty and dimly lit inside, but there was a rusty staircase leading somewhere underground.

Bernard: “This is not what I was expecting.”

There was a single hallway leading on from the staircase, it ended in a T-intersection. It was extremally bright and there was a strong smell of disinfectant everywhere. It was eerily quiet, our footsteps echoing with every step.

Will and I decided to go right at the intersection and went inside the first door we saw.

It lead to some kind of office, and there was no one to be found.

Will: “I’m going to check the computer, see if you can find anything on the bookshelf.”

Bernard: “There’s a lot of old books here, mostly around different supernatural species, but nothing seems particularly dangerous.”
Will: “I’m finding a lot of theories and research into immortality and bringing back the dead.”

YUKON POV

Ontario: “Hmm, this seems to be the source of all those mysterious signals I’ve been tracking. A dinky shed was the last thing I expected.”

I’ve finally narrowed down the location thanks to all the information I’ve managed to get from different ghosts. I can only hope I can stop this madness before it gets much worse.

Yukon: “ONTARIO?! What are you doing here??”
Ontario: “Yukon???”

Ontario: “You upgraded some equipment for me, so I could find the source of some mysterious signals I picked up on at work. Your turn.”

Yukon: “Uh. I know you don’t really believe me about the ghost stuff, but someone’s been disturbing them, and they’re descriptions lead me here.”

I could tell that Ontario didn’t exactly believe my explanation, but we decided to check out the shack together, where we went down the stairs to a very clinical looking hallway.

We only just reached the end of the hallway when…

Yukon and Ontario: “BERNARD?!”
Will: “Who’re you?!”
Bernard: “Ontario?! Yukon?!”
Will: “You know these people?”
Bernard: “They’re Holt’s.”
Will: “That family you’ve been staying with?”
Ontario: “That doesn’t explain who you are!”
Bernard: “This is my brother, Will.”
Yukon: “Brother?!”

Will: “This still doesn’t explain what you’re doing here.”
Ontario: “I’m following the source of some weird signals, and he’s here around something about ghosts.”
Bernard: “Uh, there’s been some weird supernatural stuff going on that we’ve been investigating.”

I could tell that Bernard’s brother wasn’t exactly happy with me and Ontario there, but it didn’t seem like he was going to do anything about it either.

We ended up continuing along the hallway the two of them had already started investigating.

The next door lead into what looked like a storage room.

We’re about to check out the last door in the hallway when a ghost suddenly came out of the wall!

Will: “What is it?”
Yukon: “You can’t see her? She’s right there!”
Bernard: “You can see ghosts?!”
Ontario: “Ghosts are real!?”

Seeing as no one else seemed to be able to see her, it was up to me to talk to the ghost.
Yukon: “Hi, can you, um, tell me who you are? Oh, and do you know what’s going on here?”

Ghost: “My name is Rita, I’ve been stuck here for while, it’s kind of hard to tell exactly how much time has passed. There’s this man, he’s doing experiments! He’s mad and his madness seems to just be getting worse. I’ve been helpless to stop him from hurting more people!”

Yukon: “It’s alright, we’ll try to do what we can. Is he in that room?”
Rita: “No that’s just a storage room, but feel free to check it if you don’t believe me.”
Yukon: “I believe you.”
Will: “While I don’t trust you.”

Sure enough, Rita was right and it was another storage room.

Yukon: “Can you lead us to this man? Maybe we can find a way to stop him somehow.”
Rita: “I can show you where he is…”

Ontario: “Wait, how are we supposed to stop this guy?! I don’t know about you but I’ve never been in a fight in my life!”

Yukon: “We have to do something, we can’t just let this go on!”
Will: *sigh* “Yukon’s right. Now that we’re here we have to do something about this man, what he’s doing is wrong. And while you two may not have much fighting experience, Bernard and I have plenty.”

Rita begins to lead us down the hallway towards the mad man responsible. We come across another door on the way and decide to look in.

I didn’t realize what Rita was trying to warn me about until I saw the dead body on the floor, it was nothing but skeletal remains.
Rita: “They used to work here, but the man, the more his experiments didn’t work, the crazier he got. Eventually he killed everyone else he was working with.”

Rita: “This is it. He’s in there. Please be careful, I can’t do anything more to help you. I feel so useless.”
Yukon: “It’s alright, you’ve done enough.”

We entered the room just in time to see this guy create a zombie!? I had no idea this was even possible, what other horrors had he been doing?

Scientist: “Another failure! Simmons! Get rid of this thing!”

I don’t know who Simmons was supposed to be, but no one was there. It was strange, he didn’t even seem to be aware we were in the room. There were so many graves lining the room. How many people had this man killed, that he’s experimented on?

Will: “Hey! What are you doing?!”

Scientist: “It’s not right. It’s still not right. Need to be able to bring back the dead. Much better than original plan. Need to do more tests.”

Will: “What was the original plan?”
Scientist: *continues to mutter*

Scientist: “No! My work is not yet finished!”
Will: “HEY!”

Yukon: “What did you do?”
Will: “I didn’t do anything! He just dropped, I think he’s dead.”

I knew Will was right the second the cloaked figure appeared. This is only the second time I’ve seen him, but I know he’s associated with death. Moments later the body suddenly vanished leaving everyone gapping. We’re not going to be able to find out what happened to him now.

MYSTERY POV

Voice 1: “Dr. Pritchard was a valuable tool at first, unfortunate that he went mad. He stopped working on his assigned project and was attracting far to much attention.”
Voice 2: “It’s good he wasn’t our only scientist!”
Voice 1: “Stop your witless babble!”

Voice 1: “I’m shutting down the Sunset Valley branch of the operation, permanently. There’s been far too much trouble, I don’t need those vampires sticking their noses in any further than they have already.”
Voice 2: “Do you want them taken care of?”
Voice 1: “NO! I’ve told you before, those two are not to be touched! Shut down the Sunset Valley branch before I decide you’re the one who needs to be taken care of.”
Voice 2: “Yes sir…”

YUKON POV

Rita: “I can’t thank you enough! I know you aren’t the ones responsible for his death, but I can’t help but be glad that he’s gone.”

Rita: “I no longer feel trapped in this place, and can be at peace now that I know that man won’t hurt anyone else. Thank you.”
Yukon: “Goodbye Rita.”

Rita then faded away. I was sad to see her go, but glad that she had finally managed to find peace.

Ontario: “Um… What are we going to do about that zombie? We can’t just let her wander around.”

Will: “I can take her. I know of a zombie rehabilitation facility. That’s probably to best place for her.”

Will: “You three should head home, don’t want anyone to notice your absence and start asking questions.”

It was weird to head home after everything that had happened. I know that the disturbing of ghosts is going to stop now, though I still have some cleaning up to do on that front. Ontario actually knows and believes me about ghosts now! I can’t help but think that this mess was just one small piece of something bigger, I’ll probably never find out the full story…

And that’s it! The mystery of the signals and the ghosts have been solved, but it seems there’s still more going on. Oh and if you thought Rita looked familiar, it’s cause she’s basically a slightly modified Medusa Frankenstein. I’ve hoped you’ve enjoyed, I’ll see you next time!

3.8 Strange Signals

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time Selenium was born, Aria and Cecilia died, Radon and Sulphur became children, Ontario discovered some strange signals, talked to another alien about his concerns, and Yukon finally got enough clues to potentially find the source of all disturbing of ghosts. This Legacy got voted Best Legacy on Boolprop! Thanks to everyone who voted!!

ONTARIO POV

Liliana is always talking about how much she loves animals, and while I know she adores Kia, I can see she dreams of having more.

So as a surprise I adopted a foal for her from a neighbour!

I even arranged to have a nice barn built in the backyard.

Which the foal quickly took too.

She was snuggling Kia when I told her the good news!

Liliana was just as happy as I thought she would be.

She ended up naming the foal Quicksilver.

YUKON POV

Spirts are becoming increasingly restless and angry, I even had to deal with a poltergeist for the first time. I have to find a way to stop this, before some spirits end up so angry that they actually end up hurting someone.

Selenium grows larger everyday, I often wake to her yelling for me.

She even uttered her first words the other day!

Ontario’s been trying to track down some signals. I don’t know the details, but apparently his equipment isn’t sensitive enough. He’s asked me to do some modifications to it in order to help boost the range. It took some fiddling, but I think I’ve managed to boost it enough. Ontario told me he’d let me know if he need further modifications.

I’m not sure why Liliana seems to like Kia so much, she gave Radon a good scratching the other day.

Radon and Sulphur have mentioned that many of their classmates don’t seem to like them very much (I know that feeling), but they actually brought home a friend the other day. It seemed to make Ontario happy at any rate.

It feels like the spirits grow more restless everyday, I can’t help but feel as if everything is nearing the breaking point. I’m so close to finding out the source.

But my kids still need me. Whatever happens I have to do my best to be there for them.

ONTARIO POV

The girls are loving all of the snow. While I worry that they don’t seem to have many friends, they don’t seem all that bothered by it.

At least they’ll always have each other, they built quite the lovely snowman.

They then went out to the park to do some skating.

Thanks to Yukon, my scanner has a much better range. I’ve taken it to the highest point in town in a hope it’ll help.

The signals all seem to be coming from the same place, but I need to take some readings in a few other places in town to triangulate, so I made a trip to the beach as well.

Back at home Tungsten was having a birthday.

He now gets to join his cousins at school.

Much like my daughter’s Tungsten got a bedroom redecoration for his birthday.

Yukon’s been spending a lot of time on the computer lately. All I seem to be able to get out of him is that he’s researching something.

Nova Scotia doesn’t seem to planning on returning for her daughter anytime soon. Mercury is such a sweet little girl, nothing at all like Nova Scotia, which is kind of a good thing. I love my sister, but she had a tendency to get into trouble and make enemies.

Sulphur and Radon may have their own rooms now, but they’re always coming in and out of each other’s rooms.

I’ve been spending my sleepless nights playing the piano, I think I’ve been getting pretty good.

Soon it was time for more birthdays.

Now that she’s a child Mercury gets her own redecorated room as well.

Liliana may not be as young as she used to be, but she’s still as beautiful as the first day I met her all those years ago.

Selenium is very attached to Yukon, she always screams for him if anyone else tries to hold her.

Tungsten has also been having problems, he regularly has to breath into a paper bag otherwise he hyperventilates.

Mercury has taken up painting, I can’t help but be reminded of Mom. It seems like she was always painting when I was a child.

It may be winter, but we’ve put in some playground equipment in the backyard.

The kids have been wrestling over the toys inside.

Even though everything’s covered in snow, Radon’s been enjoying the slide.

Laundry doesn’t do itself, and with the kids older there’s a lot of laundry to do.

All four of them are always chatting away at breakfast. Soon enough Selenium will be joining them too.

After work Liliana had an exciting announcement.

She had reached her dream of being an astronaut!

I’ve even gotten a promotion at work today too. I’m now a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder!

Selenium’s the only toddler left in the house now and is thoroughly enjoying having all the toys to herself while the other kids are at school.

Radon and Sulphur still don’t have many conversations with any of their schoolmates (which aren’t their cousins), but when I talked to them about it, they just don’t seem to be all that interested.

Quicksilver is no longer a foal, but rather a full grown horse.

Liliana has been taken to learning how to ride her.

We’ve even put some small jumping posts out in the yard for her practice.

And that’s all for now folks! For traits, Quicksilver is Quiet, Untrained, and Piggy, Tungsten is now Unstable, and Mercury is now a Night Owl. See you all next time!!

3.7 Sabotage

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time the family got a pet cat, Kia, and a pet clownfish, Clyde, Cecilia and Yukon got into an argument, Cecilia announced her pregnancy, and Yukon found more ghosts who are being dragged from the afterlife by an unknown person.

BERNARD POV

Nova Scotia’s absences is still felt, especially when Mercury reaches her first birthday.

She’s a cute little thing, I can’t help but wonder who her father is, if he even knows he has a young daughter. I can’t imagine having been left clueless about the lives of my sons.

Aria has been slowing down for awhile.

But her death still came as a shock to everyone. I kept myself isolated for so long, and now I have become surrounded by people who are mortal…

Sometimes I wonder why I even stay with this family. Being friends with mortals always ends in pain.

But I made a promise, and I intend to keep it.

Aria lived a long happy life, and in the end I think she was just happy to be with Texas again.

YUKON POV

Things may not have been perfect between me and my parents, but I loved them. She may have been old, but Mom’s death has come as a shock, she’s just always been there, and now I have to figure out life without her.

There is a distance between Cecilia and I, and I have no idea how to breach it. She seems to barely care that Mom is dead! I know they didn’t always get on, but she was still my mother, how can she not care?

Taking care of the children is a job that is left solely to me, I don’t even know what Cecilia gets up to these days. I can’t help but dwell on the hooded and cloaked figure that I saw hovering nearby when we found Mom dead. Nobody else seemed to have seen it, but not very many people seem to see the ghosts either. I’m not crazy, ghosts are real and so was this figure.

Soon enough I was distracted by Cecilia’s screams. Mom may be gone, but our child was ready to be born.

I rushed Cecilia to the hospital.

It was a long and difficult birth, but we soon welcomed our daughter Selenium into the world. The doctor’s told Cecilia to take it easy for the next few days, but I’m not sure she’ll actually listen. Cecilia doesn’t seem to listen to anyone anymore.

Ontario has recently taken to playing the piano. He’s not very good yet, but it’s better than having the piano sitting around collecting dust.

I don’t know where Cecilia went, but she took off as soon as she was able. I just hope she’s actually taking it easy, where ever she is.

Mercury may not be my daughter, but I have come to love her like she is. Watching her take her firsts steps was just as amazing as watching Tungsten’s.

The crypt in the backyard got renovated, there’s now more room. I can’t help but hope it will take awhile to fill up.

Selenium is a delightfully happy baby. I can’t help but think of everything that Cecilia is missing, we used to be so close, but I just don’t understand her anymore.

She’s probably spreading her art somewhere, it seems to be one of the only things she cares about these days.

But hopefully she’s taking it easy like the doctor told her too.

There may be an ever growing distance between us, but I don’t want anything to happen to her.

But dread sits heavily in my stomach, and I can’t help but imagine all sorts of horrible scenarios.

I woke up to a call from the police. Cecilia’s body had been found, she pushed herself too hard and she died.

First Mom, and now Cecilia. I can’t help but feel as if I’m stained by death, maybe that’s why I see ghosts and that cloaked figure when no one else seems to.

I don’t know what I’d do without Liliana and Ontario, they’ve been helping out so much with my kids.

Cecilia was never there for all of Tungsten’s firsts and now she’ll never get the opportunity to be there for Selenium. I’d like to imagine she would have tried.

ONTARTIO POV

I was at work when suddenly I started to pick up some unusual signals and I couldn’t figure out where they were coming from. I asked my boss about them, and he told me to just ignore them, that it was interference from a nearby radio tower. The explanation made no sense, I kept pushing, but I was told to leave it alone. Later I got caught up in a small explosion at work, while accidents like this do happen sometimes, the timing makes me worry that this wasn’t an accident. I can’t help but hope I’m just being paranoid.

I’ve been trying to find some evidence of another alien who has stayed here and I’ve finally found one! She wants to meet in person to talk things over. Knowing for sure that I’m not the only one to stay and make a life, a family for myself feels as if a huge burden has been lifted from me. I have hope that my daughters may live happy lives as well.

It’s good for both of them to have their cousins around, there’s always someone for them to play with.

They’re both still so small, but eventually they’ll go to school, make friends. I can’t believe how fast they’re growing.

Liliana’s been moving well through her career, she tells me that she’s close to reaching her dream!

I may not need to sleep, but it’s still nice to spend some time resting with my wife.

We may not be planning on more children, but we’re both more than happy to help Yukon out with his. I may not have liked Cecilia very much, but I can’t imagine losing Liliana and being forced to raise our daughters on my own.

Kia remains a rather aggressive cat, but Liliana seems to have her eating out of her hand. I’m not sure how she does it.

Despite what my boss has told me I’ve been continuing to investigate the strange signals. I ended up in another explosion at work, it was pure luck that I wasn’t severely injured. I don’t think I’m paranoid anymore, someone really doesn’t want me looking into this and is deliberately trying to sabotage my investigation, just what is going on in this town?

YUKON POV

With everything with Mom and Cecilia I had to take a break from my work, but now I’m back. The ghosts are increasingly more active. This isn’t normal, someone is waking these ghosts up, no one else knows, so no one is doing anything about it. I guess it’s all up to me.

Yukon: “I know you just want to be at peace again, but do you remember anything about what happened, about what drove you from your rest?”
Deanne: “It was cold and bright, and large, so large, but once I reached the surface it was small and dark. There were trees, lots of trees…”
The ghost talked and while it was difficult to piece together all of the different details from her, but I think I may actually be able to figure out where this place is.

I was soon dragged to the police station, it seems some ghosts has started wrecking havoc. I did my best to get some details from them as well. Ghost activity seems to be escalating, whoever is doing this doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.

Combining everything I’ve learned from the different ghosts I think I may actually be able to find the location where all of this mess is happening.

My search is taking time, and the ghosts are increasingly restless. It seems like there are shades everywhere, I’m barely keeping up.

Life moves on, and soon it’s time for Selenium’s birthday.

She’s such a sweet child. She’ll never know he mother, I can only hope that I’ll be good enough for her.

Things may not be perfect, but I’m going to do everything I can to clean up this ghost mess. I don’t want my children stuck dealing with it.

ONTARIO POV

Ontario: “Wendy right? We’ve been talking online.”

Wendy: “You wanted to know about my mother right? She was an alien like you, who chose to stay.”
Ontario: “Yeah. People stare, everyone who sees me knows that I’m not normal, not like them. I can handle it, I’m used to it, but I have daughters, and I’m worried about them.”

Wendy: “I grew up in a town which was a little less traditional than this one, but my family was always known as being the weird ones in town. Though that went beyond the whole alien thing.”

Wendy: “Look, you’re here, you’ve made a happy family for yourself. My mom did the same thing. Yes there were people that had issues with her, me, my siblings, just because of our heritage, what we looked like, but we all made lives for ourselves, we didn’t let those assholes define us! You’re daughters are going to be all right, they have you after all.”

I felt a lot better after talking to Wendy, and soon enough it was time for my daughters’ birthdays!

Soon my babies will be starting school!

It’s bittersweet that I can no longer carry them like I used to.

In celebration of their birthdays, the girls got their own bedrooms. Radon and Sulphur where thrilled!

OTHER

Texas as a ghost decided to fight a zombie… I’m not sure what he was thinking there.

Anyways, Aria died at 95 days old, Selenium was born with the traits Loves the Outdoors and Friendly. Sulphur (wears green) now Hates the Outdoors, and Radon (wears pink) now Loves the Outdoors.

In other news this story has been nominated for Best Legacy on Boolprop! That’s all for now folks, see you next time!

3.6 Marriage Troubles

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time there were birthdays (Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Radon, & Sulphur), Tungsten was born, Nova Scotia dumped a child Mercury on her brother before fleeing the town, and Yukon discovered that ghosts were unusually active and someone or something may have been causing it.

BERNARD POV

Ontario and Liliana are both proving to be attentive and adoring parents.

Which is a bit of a change for this family, since in the past one partner (or me!) was left to do all of the child rearing.

Yukon has been working out regularly, something about getting stronger. As a vampire, I have a naturally enhanced strength, so I don’t get what the big deal is.

Cecilia, Yukon’s wife, spends much of her days away from home.

Which leaves Yukon responsible for most of the parenting of their son.

I’m not entirely sure what she does all day, but she is frequently returned home by the cops, who also drop off a $1000 fine. I get the feeling that everyone is starting to get fed up with her reckless behaviour.

Radon and Sulphur seem to be progressing so fast. The two of them have already started to walk on their own!

I’m not sure who decided it, but the living room got re-decorated. I find myself quite fond of this new arrangement.

Ontario doesn’t need to sleep, and I only sleep part of the night, so often it’s just the two of us up. Ontario has taken to fishing in the pool cause it’s fun. I personally don’t get the appeal, I would think fishing would be more fun in water where there’s actually something to catch.

I can’t help but feel sorry from baby Mercury who has essentially been abandoned by her mother. Yukon has been the one to step up and look after her. At least he doesn’t have to do this alone, most of the rest of the household is happy to pitch in when necessary. The entire situation can’t help to remind me of Ohio, and how I was the one caring for him instead of his mother.

Ontario during one of his fishing ventures to an actual pond brought home a clownfish, which was promptly christened Clyde by Sulphur and has become a family pet.

Cecilia has been showing signs of sickness in the mornings, and I’ve been around enough pregnant woman to know what this means. Though I do question whether this was a wise choice on the part of Cecilia and Yukon. Cecilia seems to refuse to change her habits (even if said habits might detriment the baby), not to mention that she will likely leave the care of this child solely up to Yukon as well.

In contrast to Cecilia, Liliana adores her daughters and spends as much time with them as Ontario. While the two of them are both working, Yukon, Aria, and I are more than happy to watch them while Liliana and Ontario are at work.

Liliana adores all animals and a neighbour was advertising some free cats he was giving away (the poor man had seven of them wandering around his home), so Aria made a trip to adopt one.

She took her time to chose one.

And came back with a feisty cat called Kia.

While I’m sure much of the household already suspected as much, Cecilia announced that she and Yukon were expecting another child.

Not that Cecilia was present for the birthday of her oldest.

Tungsten looks so much like both of his parents in different ways, though he definitely takes his colouring from Yukon.

Yukon adores his son, and sets to work right away to teach him his skills.

KIA POV

Ah yes, the human that removed me from my previous abode. While this one is more than adequate, I can not have such an action go unpunished!

Do not think the child will save you puny human!

I will have my VENGEANCE!

Be wary of me human, you will never know when I strike next!

YUKON POV

I love my wife, and I want to support her choices.

But I still worry that she may be reckless with her choices. She has hardly spent anytime with our son, she’s his mother just as much as I’m his father.

Yukon: “I’m worried about all the time you’re spending away from home, not to mention the cops are the ones who keep bringing you back. One of these days there going to arrested you for real, plus I know Tungsten would love to have his mother around more.”

Cecilia: “How dare you go around and question my choices!?”

Cecilia: “I’m trying to actually do something with my life! I’m am showing my art to the world! Who cares about a few silly laws? You have no say it what I should do with my life! So just SHOVE OFF!”

Yukon: “EXCUSE ME FOR BEING CONCERNED!! I’M GETTING TIRED FROM CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PAY ALL YOUR FINES!!! YOU WALK AROUND LIKE YOU RULE THE HOUSE, BUT YOU DON’T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING!! TUNGSTEN HARDLY KNOWS YOU!!!”

Cecilia: “I DON’T CARE! I’M NOT GOING TO PUT MY LIFE ON HOLD FOR SOME BRAT!! AS FOR THE FINES, IT’S NOT LIKE YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT, YOUR FAMILY IS RICH!!!”
Yukon: “HE’S YOUR SON!! ARE YOU GOING TO TREAT ARE NEXT CHILD LIKE THIS TOO?”

Both of us stormed off after that. Later after we had both calmed down a bit, I did apologize for yelling at her, sometimes I find my temper gets away from me. She accepted my apology, but I can’t help but feel as if our relationship is splitting apart. For so long she has been my best and only friend, I don’t know what to do.

Despite the mess of my personal life, my work is never finished.

The amount of restless ghosts around town is not slowing down, if anything it’s increasing!

Yukon: “Look, I know you’re upset, but I’m trying to help. Please tell me what’s going on?”

Na’im: “I was at peace! I was dragged forth from my slumber to once more be trapped among the living!’

Beau: “A stranger called me forth from the great beyond. I had no choice in answering.”

Cedric: “A demon summoned me forth and I was forced to do his bidding until he released me, but unable to return to my peace I wander!”

Salvatore: “Into a blinding white was a brought forth to wander the earth once more seeking peace. Will I never earn my true redemption?”

All the ghosts I encounter tell a similar story. They were at peace in the afterlife when someone disturbed them, dragging them back into our world. He did things to them before letting him go, but they were unable to return to the afterlife. Every last one of them is angry about the situation, and most of them do not seem to fully understand the modern world or what this man has done. Using my skills and equipment, I help them move on, but unless I find whoever is doing this, I fear the situation may get even worse.

ONTARIO POV

I’m glad to see my daughters get along so well with Tungsten, this way, they all have someone to play with.

I may not have heard the details, but I know Cecilia and Yukon got into an argument the other night. I can’t say I’m surprised, Cecilia has been ignoring all her responsibilities to her son, not to mention is always being brought home by the cops.

Liliana adores Kia, the cat Mom brought home recently.

The cat actually seems to like her (unlike everyone else in this house, I swear this cat hates everyone on sight).

Despite the argument, Cecilia doesn’t seem inclined to change her behaviour.

Even as she misses her son’s first steps.

And his first words.

I still worry about what life will be like her for my daughters and any children they may have. From what the jerk of an alien who came to fetch me said, it seems like I’m not the first alien to chose to stay. I’ve started looking for others (or any of their children and grandchildren), maybe being able to talk to someone else like me may ease my worries.

OTHER

The clownfish that is now in the house called Clyde, he’s a tragic clownfish, and Ontario caught him in THE POOL!

Ontario also randomly acquired a death flower at some point, I can only assume it is from work.

And now it’s trait time. Kia the cat is Aggressive and Lazy, which means she basically hates everyone and goes to attack on default. Much like one of the cats the Olympia’s once had. Anyways, that’s all for now, see you next time!

3.5 Ghostly Mystery

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time was the Supernatural Council meeting, in which representatives from the different supernatural species meet to discuss the kidnapping and murders. The time before that, when we last saw the Holts there was a prom, Yukon and Nova Scotia aged up, Yukon married Cecilia, Liliana and Ontario had a pair of twin girls, Radon and Sulphur, and Cecilia announced her pregnancy.

ONTARIO POV

Without needing to sleep, I have a lot of free time on my hands while everyone rests. I use this time to improve myself, both body and mind, any way I can.

I love both of my daughters more than I thought possible. I still worry about how they may be treated as they grow older, but Liliana was right about one thing. I lived through, so they can too.

My brother’s wife, Cecilia continues to work on her ‘art’. I don’t really think much of it, but at least the hallway has some colour to it now.

Yukon is still frequently at the chess table. We don’t get to play much these days, but soon he’ll be just as busy as I am.

Aria: “Do you really think you should be doing that in your condition? Those fumes can’t be good for the baby.”
Cecilia: “Why don’t you mind you’re own business and I’ll mind mine! I’m not an invalid!”

Things may be still tense with Mom and Yukon’s wife, but Cecilia doesn’t exactly go out of her way to be friendly. At least Mom is trying! Mom and I may not be genetically related, but she sees my grandchildren as her own and is absolutely thrilled to have babies in the house again.

Nova Scotia is still around. With all she seems to talk about being how much she hates this place, I haven’t expected her to stick around this long.

She spends long hours away from the house, leaving in the early morning and not coming back till midnight. I worry about what she’s getting up to.

Just as I was leaving work for the day, my boss pulled me aside and asked me to fix one of the machines that have broken down. I wasn’t really given much of a choice in the matter.

And I was forced to return in the middle of the night to fix the thing. I got it up and running in no time, but all I got was the ‘appreciation of my colleagues’.

I was glad to see that Liliana had managed to make friends with Cecilia.

Even if she does play a bit rough sometimes.

Yukon has been spending some time at the gym lately, something about getting strong enough to fight off ‘threats’, though I’m not sure what he’s worried is going to attack us.

Cecilia has moved her activities from our hallway onto the porch, her and Mom seem to avoid talking to each other, though Mom does give her frequent disapproving look.

Liliana was getting out of the hot tub when it suddenly broke down.

Luckily she is skilled enough to fix it.

I think Nova Scotia may be up to something, she keeps talking about making people squirm, but refuses to give any details about what she’s talking about.

It wasn’t long before we heard Cecilia screaming from the bathroom.

Yukon rushed her to the hospital.

And they came out with their son Tungsten.

I didn’t want to go to far from home, so I’ve taken to fishing in the pool, it’s actually quite fun.

NOVA SCOTIA POV

Damn. This has gone terribly wrong. I can hear sirens in the distant, looking for me. I can’t stick around here anymore, but I’ve got to do something with this kid. Then it suddenly occurred to me, what’s the best place to hide a tree? In a forest.

Yukon: “Is that a baby?”
Nova Scotia: “Yeah. She’s mine. Look I’m leaving town for awhile and I need you to look after her. I haven’t actually given her a name yet, so call her whatever you’d like. I’m out of here!”

Yukon: “Wait! When will you be back?”
Nova Scotia: “With any luck, never.”

YUKON POV

I may have been a little startled to suddenly become a parent to a second child, but soon, birthdays for Ontario’s twins were approaching.

Radon

and Sulphur both look a lot alike, you can tell they’re twins.

Ontario got a start on skilling them right away.

It didn’t take long for Cecilia to get right back out there to spread her art. I understand that she finds this is important, but I do worry about all the laws she’s been breaking, not to mention the fines she’s incurred.

Mom absolutely adores all of her grandchildren, though she and Cecilia still don’t get along. I get the feeling that Mom thinks I shouldn’t have married her.

I don’t want to be the same weak and pathetic Yukon that I’ve always been, so I’ve been trying hard to get stronger.

With two children, Liliana and Ontario often find themselves tackling a toddler each when they’re both home.

Mom has proven to be a great help with all of the kids. She simply steps in whenever necessary or to give us a break sometimes.

Radon and Sulphur may only be toddlers, but they are already proving to be the best of friends, maybe it’s a twin thing.

Speaking of twins, it was soon time for Saskatchewan and New Brunswick’s birthday.

Unfortunately one of the cakes caught fire!

I’m just glad it was put out before anyone was hurt.

Saskatchewan

And New Brunswick are all grown up and soon moved out together.

I think I’m right about hauntings happening more frequently than they should. All my research tells me shades shouldn’t show up as often as this, but here I am every night getting rid of them.

I’ve been fine tuning some of my equipment…

And it’s not just shades I’m finding, but full ghosts.

Jun Li: “STAY BACK! WHY MUST I BE DISTURBED?!”

This ghost proved to be extremely agitated.

Normally I’m able to talk to ghosts in order to get them to move on, but I had to really force this one.

It feels like my work is constant these days. I’m responding to calls almost every night.

Something the last ghost said was bugging me, so next time I paused to talk properly to the ghost I found.

Yukon: “Did something happen to bring you here?”
Meilin: “I WAS DRAGGED FROM MY REST! WHAT HAVE THOSE BASTARDS DONE TO ME?”

Something odd is definitely going on here. It’s so strange to see the ghost of my own father walking around, but no one else ever seems able to see him. He’s at peace though, and never sticks around long. This kind of visitation is normal, not the upset screaming of the ones I’ve had to deal with lately.

OTHER

There was a random invisible sim wandering the house, I have no idea what they were doing in the house, but I only discovered them when they took some sushi from the fridge and ate it! I was able to figure out who they are from the Bernard trying to paint the portraits of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, and I reset them and all was fine.

Alright it’s trait time! Tungsten is Brave and Hates the Outdoors. The baby Nova Scotia gave to Yukon has been called Mercury, and she’s a Couch Potato and Loves the Heat. Saskatchewan added Childish to Slob, Artistic, Absent Minded, and Commitment Issues. His lifetime wish is Star News Anchor. New Brunswick is now Handy which joins Eccentric, Absent Minded, Can’t Stand Art, and Hopeless Romantic. His lifetime wish is Golden Tongue, Golden Fingers. And that’s all for now, see you next time!

3.4 Meeting of the Supernatural Council

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time there was a prom, Yukon and Nova Scotia aged up, Yukon married Cecilia, Liliana and Ontario had a pair of twin girls, Radon and Sulphur, Cecilia announced her pregnancy, and Will told Bernard about everything he has found out and that there was going to be a council meeting soon. However, must of this stuff is irrelevant for this post, as the entire post is the council meeting.

Will and I arrive at the usual Council meeting place. It hasn’t changed a bit from the last time I saw it.

The werewolf representatives Edmond Dyson (left) the holder of the Seat of Silver, and Tyler Grove (right) the holder of the Seat of Stars ,were already there.

As were the genies, Issac Calhoun (left) holder of the Seat of Gold and Jonah Bailey (right) holder of the Seat of Stone.

The four of them were talking excitably about something.

The fairies, Reisa Golden holder of the Seat of Roses.

And Caleb Oakes holder of the Seat of Wood had arrived as well.

The two of them were also talking, something was clearly going on. The only ones that seemed to be missing now were the witches and the mermaids.

Lydell Burgess has been the host for the council meets for as long as I can remember. He claims just to be an ordinary human, but no human lives as long as he has.
Will: “What’s going on, why is everyone so excited? I know it’s not cause of the meeting.”

Lydell: “So you boys haven’t heard yet. The heir to the Seat of Crystal has been located.”
Bernard: “Wait, hasn’t that seat been empty for like 1000 years when the last seat holder died and the his heirs disappeared or something?”

Will: “You never did pay much attention in our lessons. The last holder of the Seat of Crystal was George Burke, he was murdered about 1000 years ago. It was after his death when the witches went to inform his family that they discovered that they had vanished. It was believed that they were dead as well, but when the witches did some scrying, trying to locate their bodies, they discovered that his family was still alive. They were unable to get locations for any of them and no one knows how they managed it. It has been long believed that the heir would never be located.”

Just as Will was finishing up his explanation, did the witch contingent arrive. Doreen Owens who has held the Seat of Magic for what seems like forever.

Her granddaughter Susanna Owens arrived as well. She’s been attending these meetings for ages, claiming to only be there to help her elderly grandmother, though everyone knows she was really hoping to get the Seat of Crystal. Everyone was holding their breath, waiting to see who the long lost heir to the Seat of Crystal was.

I was completely blown away when I recognized who walked in the door.

Bernard: “Ohio?!”
Ohio: “Bernard?!”
Bernard: “You’re the heir to the Seat of Crystal?”

Ohio: “Yeah. You know all about how I never knew who my dad was, well I was right about him being a witch. I’ve learned so much from the covens! It was only recently did we all stumble across the fact that I was the heir to the Seat of Crystal. Everyone is still trying to figure out how my father’s side of the family has remained hidden, I’ve got no clue, but somehow I’m hidden from their scrying as well. What about you Bernard, you’re on the Council as well?!”

Bernard: “Yeah, I have been for awhile. I’m the holder of the Seat of Blood, my brother Will has the Seat of Iron.”
Ohio: “You have a brother? I never realised that you were actually someone kind of important in the supernatural world!”
Bernard: “Yeah. I guess I’ve done my best to blend in.”

Susanna: “You know this vampire?”
Doreen: *sneers*
Ohio: “Yeah, Bernard practically raised me! I did tell you that I was mostly raised by a vampire.”
Susanna: “But you didn’t mention it was the holder of the Seat of Blood!”
Ohio: “I didn’t know!”

Lydell: “Everyone, it is time to make our way to the meeting room.”

One by one we all followed Lydell on the familiar route to the Council Meeting Room.

Meetings have been held here since long before I was born.

Everyone quickly took their assigned seats.

Doreen: “Where are the mermaids?! We can’t start without the Seat of Water and the Seat of Wind!”

Everyone glanced towards the two empty seats.

Lydell: “I’m afraid they aren’t coming. They have refused the summons claiming that they have nothing to do with this business.”
Doreen: “Ridiculous!”

Will: “We better start then. Supernaturals of different species have been disappearing without a trace. Some bodies have turned up, but they’ve not been intact and have been horribly mutilated-“

Jonah: “Hey, what about us genies? So many of us have been trapped in lamps and forced to do the bidding of whoever’s found it! This council has done nothing about our enslavement!”

Tyler: “Look jackass, that’s not why we’re here. Besides I think murder is a bigger problem than enslavement!”

Doreen: “Enough of this! The council made a decision on that matter a long time ago, now is not the time to revisit it.”
Jonah: “If you had your way, we would never revisit it. The problems genies face mean nothing to you!”

Caleb: “While I agree that the predicament the genies are in is terrible and tragic, but their lives are not in danger, so the current matter must take a priority.”

Will: “Back to the matter at hand. At first vampires were the only ones that were noticed as being missing, but with the discovery of a werewolf body, identical to many of the vampire bodies which have been found, this is clearly not isolated to vampires.”

Edmond: “There have been werewolves who have been disappearing for awhile, but we’ve been handling it.”

Issac: “You’ve been keeping this a secret! You are a fool, we could have gotten a start on this much earlier! I may not be a big fan of vampires, but at least they had the decency to be honest!”

Reisa: “The entire situation is unfortunate, but what can we actually do about it? We have no knowledge about who is responsible.”

Ohio: “I know this is my first meeting, but isn’t that why we’re all here? The werewolves and vampires aren’t the only ones with people going missing, and entire coven of witches has vanishes as well.”
Doreen: *frowns disapprovingly*

Jonah: “Genies are so frequently imprisoned in lamps that it’s impossible to differentiate who’s been enslaved and who’s disappeared!”

Caleb: “Fairies are typically free spirits, we come and go as we please, so disappearances won’t be noticed right away, however when I learned what was going on, I did a survey, and there does seem to be a few fairies who have disappeared.”

Bernard: “We already know that others must be going missing, though it is nice to have it confirmed, what are we actually going to do about it?”

Tyler: “We should hunt down whoever is responsible and kill them all!”

Edmond: “We mustn’t act to rashly now.”

Doreen: “You idiots. We can’t very well go after them if we don’t know who they are!”

Caleb: “We could form a task force or something to investigate.”

Tyler: “And who’s going to be leading this task force, cause I sure as hell ain’t following around some witch or vampire!”

Will: “This isn’t about species politics, everyone is in danger!”

Issac: “What would someone as young as you know? Your father never even had a chance to train you before he croaked!”

Bernard: “Don’t you dare talk about our father like that! Besides, we’re vampires, we may look young, but we’re probably older than you are!”

Doreen: “Enough of this bickering! Each species will do their own investigations and representatives will meet up to exchange their findings.”

Tyler: “Fine by me. As long as I’m not looked down upon by any stuck up witches, fairies, vampires, or genies.”

Will: “It sounds like everyone’s already done a bit of investigation, so we should compare notes now.”

Will: “Vampires seem to be disappearing one by one. There’s been no clear evidence on how it’s happening, but my own investigations indicate that it isn’t just one person behind this, but a whole organization.”

Doreen: “Only a single coven of witches has disappeared, but it seems that they were all taken at once.”

Caleb: “Fairies have been disappearing one by one, and from what I’ve found out from things they’ve said to friends and family members, it seems like they were all lured away.”

Edmond: “An entire pack has been taken, and much like the witches coven, they have all disappeared at once. However some rogue and packless wolves seem to have also been taken in a manner similar to that of the fairies and vampires.”

Issac: “There have been less and less reports of lamps being located, and I have suspected for some time that someone was hoarding them. Maybe it is this organization that has been taking everyone else.”

Will: “Someone should also reach out to the mermaids. They may be trying to deal with this themselves, but they will likely have valuable information.”

Issac: “Us genies aren’t going to reach out to those fish lovers! They should have come to the meeting like everyone else.”

Tyler: “Werewolves have enough to deal with without adding mermaid tracking duty to the list!”

Doreen: “I am far too old for such a thing, but I suppose my granddaughter Susanna could go.”

Caleb: “I’ll go as well. With everything going on, I don’t think anyone should be travelling alone.”

Doreen: “It seems like everything has been decided, I declare this meeting adjourned!”

Everyone slowly trickled out, Will and I stuck behind to talk to Lydell.
Will: “Do you think any of the others will actually bother to keep in touch about their investigations?”

Lydell: “It seems like Caleb has been fairly responsible and I believe he will keep in touch. The witches will keep in touch, but will probably not share everything. The genies will probably only provide information if they’re asked, while the werewolves will probably be the most difficult of the lot, not including the mermaids of course.”

Lydell: “I have faith that the two of you will be able to get past all the supernatural politics and figure out what is really going on. Your parents would have been very proud of the men you have become.”

And that’s it for the Council Meeting! I am now going to give you a bunch of background information I haven’t been able to work into the story yet. Let’s start with the Council make-up, you’ll notice that not all of the Sims 3 occults were represented. As hinted earlier (With Ontario and his experience with other aliens), aliens are not an accepted member of the supernatural community and thus don’t have seats on the Council. While the supernatural community is aware of ghosts, only some people can seem them. When it comes to ghosts, people fall into one of three categories, people that can’t see ghosts, people that can, and people that can only see them if they believe in ghosts. All witches have the ability to see ghosts, however most of the Council and the supernatural population fall in the first category. It was decided that there was no point in having ghosts on the Council if most people can’t even see or hear them. Imaginary Friends do exist in this world, but most of the supernatural community is completely unaware of their existence. Simbots and Plumbots are considered to be human inventions, and thus not apart of the supernatural community. Due to the rarity of Plantsims they also do not have seats on the Council and are often lumped in with being the responsibility of fairies to deal with.

Alright, next is lifespans. Most supernaturals do not live forever, while many of them have an extended lifespans, there are a handful of family lines which are considered immortal (They can still be killed, but stop physically aging once they reach maturity). Seats on the Council are inherited, they pass from parent to eldest child, Bernard and Will both have seats, since both their parents were Council members and part of the two family lines of vampires which are considered immortal. It was a big scandal when their parents married, since the two immortal lines had never joined before. Bernard is the older brother and inherited their father’s seat, while Will inherited their mother’s. The two fairy seat holders are also members of immortal family lines among fairies. No one is quite sure which family lines among witches are immortal, since witches have found ways to slow, stop, and reverse their aging if they chose. The witches have refused to share how they do this with anyone else, which has caused a large rift between the witches and the werewolves, genies, and mermaids. None of the other members of the Council are part of their species immortal family lines, though their aging is slower then the rest of their species so they can live for quite a long time.

As for Lydell, well, as Bernard says, no one quite knows what’s going on with him. He has hosted the Council meetings for as long it has existed, he claims to be fully human, but no one seems to know why he doesn’t age. In Council meetings he tends to act like a moderator of sorts, stepping in to calm things down when it gets too heated (For a Council meeting this was fairly tame, Lydell has had to replace the chairs and tables countless times due to brawling).

If anyone has any questions about any of this, let me know, and I’ll do my best to clarify things. Anyways, see you next time!

3.3 Growing Up

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, and Newfoundland had birthdays, Yukon was tricked into staying out all night, Nova Scotia beat up his bully and was then sent to boarding school, and Yukon meet Cecilia Bunch who then asked him to prom.

YUKON POV

There were butterflies in my stomach as I made my way into the limo for prom. What if Cecilia stood me up? I know we’ve been talking all the time, but Annie and I used to talk a bunch too. My younger brothers didn’t seem nervous at all.

But I shouldn’t have worried. Cecilia was there and we had a great time! Everything with Cecilia was amazing!

Apparently she had been just as interested in me as I had been in her, and she asked me to be her boyfriend! I’m amaze that she could actually want me.

Things weren’t quite so perfect though. My brothers spent the entire night making trouble.

They both kept getting into fights! I suspect that Nova Scotia may have put them up to it, since she couldn’t go.

It was awful when I was voted Prom King! Apparently everyone had voted for me as a joke, and everyone was laughing as I was forced to climb up to the stage to get the crown.

Cecilia quickly made me feel better.

Though my brother’s also had their own misfortunes. Saskatchewan was tripped, and New Brunswick was made fun of whenever he asked someone for a dance. I’m not sure if people don’t like us Holts, or of their earlier behaviour pissed everyone off.

It didn’t stop New Brunswick from destroying the back drop though.

The two of them finally calmed down during one of the slow dances in which they each found someone.

Prom may not have been perfect, but I’ll never forget the wonderful time I spent with Cecilia!

Yukon: “Did Nova Scotia put you up to all that stuff you did at prom?”
New Brunswick: “Yeah, she said she’d give us all this money if we caused some chaos for the ‘stuck up brats’. Those were her words.”
Yukon: “You didn’t exactly make people like you.”
New Brunswick: “I have Saskatchewan, as long as we have each other, will be alright. Screw everyone else!”

ONTARIO POV

Fixing things with my abilities have been getting easier and easier. It’s coming like a second nature now. I mostly just discover what I can do as I stumble across it.

Liliana: “I think we should start talking about having kids. We aren’t getting any younger, and I’ve always wanted some!”

Ontario: “I do want kids, but I worry about what kind of life they’ll have. I was frequently bullied at school and I know people still look at me funny for being different.”
Liliana: “There may be plenty of idiots out there, but there are also plenty of people like me! I don’t care how different you look or how you came to be here! You’ve made a life for yourself despite the obstacles, I have faith that any children we have will do the same.”
Ontario: “You always know just what to say to make me feel better. I don’t want to wait any longer, let’s have a baby!”

The plans for expanding my family were interrupted by my little brother’s birthday.

He’s announced that he’s going to be staying here, and as I haven’t really gone anywhere either, I guess I’m not one to talk. Yukon and I have never been very close, there is such a large age gap between us. He always seemed like a sweet kid though, so I don’t doubt that will get along.

I do find his choice of ‘career’ a little odd though, he’s proclaimed himself a Ghost Hunter and even got a license from city hall and everything! I don’t really believe in ghosts, but Yukon has done a ton of research and even built some equipment.

I may not think much of his chosen profession, but the kid is really smart. He often beats me at chess and I’ve been playing ages longer than he has. Besides, our family is plenty wealthy, that making money isn’t a concern. Dad has made lots of investments all over town which give us money on a regular basis.

The warm weather has arrived and everyone is enjoying the pool. New Brunswick has been getting pretty good at diving.

Though I certainly question Saskatchewan’s food preferences, and manners.

YUKON POV

School may not have always been easy, well, the people part of it anyway.

But I’m finally graduating and couldn’t be happier!

I know everyone has doubts about what I’m doing, but ghosts are certainly real.

There’s even different types of them! Right now most of my clients seem to have me catching shades. There’s less of traditional ghosts and more of an impression of a person who used to live. There’s been a lot of them hanging around, so I’ve had plenty of work.

Things with Cecilia and I have been great, I may not be very good a poetry, but I put my heart into every letter I write her.

Cecilia: “YUKON! It’s great to see you in person! I love getting your letters, but nothing is quite the same as being together.”

Yukon: “I have missed being with you too! It feels like it’s been ages since we’ve been properly together.”

It didn’t take long for Cecilia and I to pick up where we left off at prom.

Yukon: “Now that I’ve finished school, things seem to be going great. I’ve even managed to start my own ghost hunting business! Not a lot of people may publicly admit to believing in ghosts, but I’ve had enough clients that more people believe than it seems.”
Cecilia: “I’m so happy for you! I’ve been so busy with my art, I plan to devote my life to it! The world could always use a little more beauty.”

Yukon: “The world is more beautiful just for having you in it.”

Cecilia: “Yukon, I know the girl isn’t supposed to be the one to ask, but I’ve never much cared for society’s gender roles. Will you marry me?”
Yukon: “YES! I can’t imagine being with anyone else!”

After that Cecilia showed me just what she had been up to.

She may be spreading art throughout public areas, but it wasn’t exactly legal.

Yukon: “Mom, Dad, I’d like to you met Cecilia. We’re getting married.”

Aria: “She seems like a lovely girl, but are you sure you aren’t rushing into this too fast?”

Yukon: “I’ve known Cecilia since high school! I didn’t see you asking any questions when Ontario got engaged!”

Cecilia assured me that she wasn’t too upset by my parents reaction, but I was still seething. She had done nothing wrong, just because she didn’t meet society’s beauty standards and doesn’t always behave in ways that are considered normal doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with her. I love her! That should be enough for them.

My business was booming, though I do wonder if this frequency of ghosts is normal. There seems to be an awful lot of them.

While I do my ghost hunting, Cecilia works hard on her art. It’s always nice to hear that she has some fans.

With my parents reaction combined with the fact that the two of us prefer to not make a huge deal of the occasion, Cecilia and I went to a beautiful waterfall for a private ceremony.

Both of Cecilia’s parents are dead, but I know mine are going to be furious for doing this without them. They haven’t exactly been supportive of my choices, so what did they expect?

Cecilia assured me that whatever happens, she’s going to be there for me.

As expected, Mom was very upset when she found out Cecilia and I had gotten married without them present. My Dad didn’t seem to care much, he was mainly disappointed that we didn’t throw a huge party or anything. He doesn’t seem to get that I don’t like parties.

I couldn’t help but feel guilt at my Mom’s disappointment, but Cecilia quickly assured me that I had nothing to worry about.

Neither of us may have done anything before, but our wedding night is something I won’t be quick to forget.

ONTARIO POV

Liliana and I have been trying for a baby ever since our discussion.

I was so thrilled to find out that she was pregnant!

I may still have my worries, but I can’t wait to be a dad!

Liliana has had to cut a few things out of her life for now, including the hot tub.

Soon enough it was time for my birthday, soon I’ll be celebrating those of my child!

BERNARD POV

Will had called me, he had finished reading Vita’s books and he had found something. As usual we met up somewhere isolated.

Will: “One of the main things that I’ve noticed while reading Vita’s books, is that whoever is behind this had no problem with her being a vampire. It is something she mentioned freely. Based on her tone about such things, I don’t think whoever she’s working for is actively against vampires or other supernaturals.”

Bernard: “Why does that matter?”

Will: “It matters because it means that whatever is going on isn’t because of prejudice or hate! However is doing this has a specific goal in mind, and whatever that goal is vampires and other supernaturals are necessary.”

Will: “I’ve also managed to get a lead on our mystery boat.”

Will: “I’ve found some docking records in the next town over which name the boat. Unfortunately the listed owner is a shell company, so I still have some more digging to do to find the owner.”

Bernard: “Has there been any news on a Council meeting?”
Will: “Yeah, it’s going to be happening very soon. Apparently this is freaking a lot of people out, so be on the look out for the summons.”

It wasn’t long after my meeting with Will that Nova Scotia returned home from boarding school. She may look a lot like her mother, but she reminds me a lot of Texas when he was her age.

Nova Scotia: “So you’re the girl my brother married.”

Nova Scotia: “You break his heart and I’ll give you radiation poisoning.”
Yukon: “Don’t threaten my wife!”
Nova Scotia: “As long as she doesn’t plan on hurting you she has nothing to worry about.”

Nova Scotia: “You and Ontario actually bred?! Are you insane?!”

Nova Scotia: “Just make sure the sprog grows up to be a little terror.”

Yukon’s new wife seems to have a fondness for going out and spray painting everything. I know Texas is getting annoyed with all the fines she’s incurring. Apparently doing this is illegal.

It’s so odd to think that Texas will soon be a grandfather, I can still remember when he was born, a small wrinkly baby. I’ve helped to raise him and I can’t help but worry how much longer he will be with us.

Cecilia has taken a break from painting public locations and has instead taken it upon herself to decorate the upstairs hallway, which I admit is looking a little plain.

I knew this was coming.

But somehow Texas’ death feels even worse than Vita’s.

Maybe it’s because I helped raise him. I was there from the moment he was born!

And now I am here for his death.

He and Aria were so much in love. She is absolutely heartbroken.

Texas may have left a hole in the family, but babies don’t understand grief.

Cecilia and Yukon announced they were expecting their first child.

Just as Liliana and Ontario had twin baby girls, Radon and Sulphur.

Other

Aria was on the computer, when suddenly everyone in the room got mad at her for cheating… I have no idea what was going on.

Aria painted a masterpiece which was just a blank canvas. I can only assume that this was a glitch.

Texas got an opportunity to execute an evil plan.

He had to go to the military base and hold the world hostage!

I love this game, and I’ve never had this happen to me before.

Alright it’s time to update traits! Yukon added Hot-Headed to Light Sleeper, Eccentric, Night Owl, and Lucky. His lifetime wish is Paranormal Profiteer. Nova Scotia is now a Snob, which joins Evil, Athletic, Neat, and Friendly. Her lifetime wish is Emperor of Evil. Cecilia is a Slob, Loves the Outdoors, Avant Garde, Star Quality, Virtuoso, and a Light Sleeper (She apparently got a Uni degree, so she has 6 traits). Her lifetime wish is Street Credible. Radon is Good and Neurotic, while Sulphur is Neurotic and Brave. Texas died at 94 days old (the same day Nova Scotia came home from boarding school).

And I think that’s it. Next time will be the Supernatural Council meeting!

3.2 School Troubles

Welcome back to the Holt Legacy! Last time Ontario was conflicted and trying to figure out if he was going to stay on Earth or go to Sixam, after an alien showed up to collect him, Ontario ended up deciding to stay. He then proposed and got married to his girlfriend Liliana. Alberta aged up and moved out while Nova Scotia became a teen.

YUKON POV

It was the middle of the night when I got a text from Annie. She said she was in trouble and needed help.

I know I might get caught breaking curfew, but Annie said she really needs my help!

It’s pouring rain when I arrive at the park where Annie is supposed to meet me.

She’s not here yet so I wait. And wait. And wait.

Eventually I sent her a text message asking if she was alright and if she was going to be here soon. She didn’t respond.

I’m exhausted and hungry, but Annie said she really needed my help. She could show up any minute, or maybe she’s stuck somewhere!

As the sun rose in sky I knew my parents would be looking for me. I sent Annie a text saying that I was going home and to let me know when she gets here so I can help.

Nova Scotia: “Where were you? You were gone all night! Mom and Dad may not have notice, but I sure did.”

Yukon: “You know Annie from school, we’ve become friends and she asked me for help! I went to the location she said we were going to meet up, but she didn’t show up. I’m really worried something happened to her!”
Nova Scotia: “Yeah, I know Annie. She was using you! Trying to get you in trouble, she tricked you!”
Yukon: “Annie’s my friend, she wouldn’t do that!”

NOVA SCOTIA POV

Yukon may not know when people have it out for him, but I certainly do, and Miss Perfect Popular Annie has a reputation for doing this kind of crap to the less popular kids like my brother. It didn’t take long for me to figure out where she lived.

Nova Scotia: “Look, I’ve had enough of your games! You are going to leave Yukon alone!”

Nova Scotia: “If you try anything like this again, I’ll make sure everyone knows just what a manipulative bitch and loser you are!”

Annie: “As if anyone would listen to you! You’re all a bunch of nobodies, even that pathetic older brother of yours, who apparently needs his little sister to fight his battles!”

Nova Scotia: “You have no idea the kind of connections my Dad has, or just what my family is capable of! You and your cronies are going to leave Yukon alone, or you are going to find out exactly what I’m capable of!”

Annie: “Please, you’re all talk! I’m not scared of you.”

Nova Scotia: “Fine. I warned you bitch!”

Nova Scotia: “You and your cronies are going to leave Yukon alone or do I have to repeat myself again!”

Annie: “What is your problem!?”

Annie: “You’re insane! I’m calling the cops!”

Nova Scotia: “I’d like to see you try!”

Nova Scotia: “Don’t worry I can show myself out!”

Apparently Annie had already spread what she had done all over school, and everyone thought that Yukon waiting alone in the rain all night was hilarious. Many of them said it was a shame the cops didn’t catch him. Yukon spent the entire lunch period hiding in the bathroom, I think he was more upset that Annie wasn’t really his friend than anything else.

BERNARD POV

It’s always such a surprise to see how fast these kids grow up. It seems like only yesterday that Nunavut was a sweet little baby.

And now she’s ready to move out on her own.

The babies of the family are even becoming teenagers!

I can’t believe how fast everyone is growing.

I had finished reading through all of the books Vita had published, so Will and I met up to discuss it.
Will: “I’m still trying to track down the owner of the boat, it’s proving more difficult than expected. What have you found in Vita’s books?”

Bernard: “Not much I’m afraid. She was definitely tasked with watching me and sticking close. I think it may not just have been because of my connection to you though, she has apparently taken some of my hair, saliva, and other stuff and given it to them! How could I not have seen what she was up too?”

Will: “You weren’t looking for it. At the time neither of us new just how big this mess was!”
Bernard: “I guess, but I still feel so used!”

Bernard: “You’ve always been better at analyzing things, so maybe you’ll see something I missed.”
Will: “Alright, I’ll give look through her books as well. I’m stuck waiting on my contacts for another lead on the boat anyway.”

Bernard: “Do you smell something?”
Will: “It’s a dump, of course it stinks!”

Bernard: “It’s not trash, it’s something else!”
Will: “This is a dump Bernard, stop rooting through the garbage!”
Bernard: “Um. I found something.”
Will: “What?!”
Bernard: “I. I think it’s another body.”

Will: “Well shit. Yeah, it looks an awful like all the others… FUCK.”
Bernard: “What is it?”

Will: “The body may have been mangled, but it still had all of it’s teeth. Look at them!”
Bernard: “Those aren’t vampire teeth…”
Will: “They’re werewolf fangs!”

Bernard: “Shit. That means there’s going to be a council meeting isn’t there?”
Will: “It may take some time to get it all organized, but yeah. I’ve been trying to get the council to meet to discuss this for years! But everyone kept saying it was a vampire problem, so it should be left to vampires. Maybe now it’s not just vampires they’ll actually listen.”
Bernard: “I hate council meetings, there’s always so much pointless bickering.”
Will: “At least they can’t deny that there’s a problem now.”

I arrived back at the house and everyone was just continuing on as normal, unaware of all the mess that is going on.

Ontario’s wife Liliana even celebrated a birthday.

I’m glad to see the two of them so happy.

YUKON POV

I was at school when a girl approached me.
Cecilia: “Hi! I’m Cecilia, I noticed that you don’t really have any friends, and I don’t either so I thought we could be friends!”

Cecilia: “I get bullied by a lot of the popular kids, they call me things like werido and man-face. It’s not my fault I have a uniquely shaped face!”

Yukon: “I don’t think your face looks like a man’s, and I get bullied too! People are kind of hard sometimes.”

Cecilia: “I know right! They get so offended by things I say sometimes, but I never mean anything by it. I just think everyone should be a bit more socially pro-active, there are lots of problems facing the world, but no one seems to want to do anything about it!”

Yukon: “I just think people like to ignore their problems. People seem to think I’m a weird for believing in ghosts, and they call me childish, but there’s tons of evidence for them! Not to mention countless eye-witness accounts!”

Cecilia: “Can’t say I’ve ever thought much about ghosts, but it makes sense that something comes after death, why not ghosts?”

Cecilia: “Hey! Prom is coming up, the two of us should go together!”

Yukon: “Really? I’d love too!”

I was so happy to find someone who actually wanted to be my friend, when I came home I found Bernard in the middle of making an ice sculptor of Liliana.

It’s a bit odd, but apparently Liliana and Ontario were thrilled and now it is displayed next to the hot tub.

Our family has a bunch of gnomes kicking around, and no one seems to believe me when I say they move on their own! Mom even found one in the laundry the other day.

It was Newfoundland’s birthday, and Dad threw a huge party. I hate parties, but Newfoundland seemed to have a good time.

While we were all eating cake, Dad had an announcement to make.
Texas: “I’ve been getting calls from the school and you have been nothing but trouble Nova Scotia! I’ve had enough and tomorrow morning you leave for boarding school.”
Nova Scotia: “This is so unfair! Prom is tomorrow night and you’re making me miss it!”

The two of them got into a huge argument and almost missed Newfoundland packing his things and moving out.

In the morning Liliana went to the gym really early, no doubt trying to avoid Nova Scotia and Dad. I was hiding in my room cause I didn’t want to be caught in the middle.

Despite all the arguing, Dad got his way and Nova Scotia was sent to prep school.

Bernard is still making a ton of sculptures. He even made some out of plants!

Mom and Dad are such different people, but they seem to adore each other so much. I can’t help but dream of finding someone too.

But maybe I already have? Cecilia and I talk all the time, sometimes we text each other too.

I still however always make some time for myself. It’s nice to be alone sometimes.

OTHER

This was from Newfoundland’s birthday party, and I think this is the first time I’ve gotten a Killer Party before.

Alright, trait time! Nunavut adds Cat Person to Hates the Outdoors, Excitable, Neat, and Absent-Minded. Her lifetime wish is Forensic Specialise: Dynamic DNA Profiler. Newfoundland is now Unlucky, which joins Easily Impressed, Loves the Cold, Loves the Outdoors, and Brooding. His lifetime wish is Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium. Saskatchewan now has Commitment Issues, while New Brunswick is now a Hopeless Romantic. It’s funny how the twins keep getting opposing traits. Nova Scotia got sent to boarding school, cause for some reason her and Texas’ relationship has really tanked. The two of them used to be best friends, but now they are all the way in the red, so much so that Texas rolled a wish to send her to boarding school.

Anyways, that’s all for now, see you next time!