9.13 – Back to the Earth

A/N: Link to song is here. The long-awaited chapter is here! Sorry it took SO long to get out… Life is a bitch. But hey, at least I’m trying. I’m not going anywhere! Thank you all for sticking around ❤

“They are worried about you. Why won’t you talk to them?” Matt crossed his arms and glared, but it was only a dream. I peered into the fog. Way far off, I thought I could pick out the silhouette of my parents and Logan.

“Tell them I’m fine. They don’t need to worry,” I snapped.

This dream happened more often than I liked. Ever since I joined the Macvans, Matt had been following me in my dreams to tell me that my dead family didn’t approve. Fuck that. I became a killer because I avenged them. There was no going back now.

9.12 – Pax

A/N: Aaaaand this is where I run out of queued posts. I still haven’t installed The Sims 3 on my new laptop because I lost the code for my Supernatural expansion pack, so I can’t register it on origin. Let’s hope I find it soon… 

A few days later

“This is the team?” GK cast an unimpressed glance up and down the table, his pale eyes resting on me last. Sometimes I hated sitting directly across from him. It meant I had to watch him silently judge every person in the room. “One burglar, one assassin, one… me, and three trainees?”

“I’m not-” Caesar began to protest, but Morrigan quickly cut him off.

“Chase is not just some trainee. He’s the best getaway driver we have.” At the moment Chase was completely spaced out, rolling his bread back and forth on his plate.

GK rolled his eyes. “He’s childish.”

9.11 – Blackheart

A/N: The Macvan gang is here! I finally get to introduce them 😀 Once again, thank you to everyone who submitted a sim! I gave credit to you all at the end of the chapter. Song is here. Enjoy!

Maybe if I waited long enough, the police would come and drag me off in handcuffs. Or maybe the Macvan assassins would show up to kill me. I deserved it now. That little girl had been just as innocent as Logan had, and I murdered her. I was worse than Duncan.

I’m the worst fucking person on the planet.

9.10 – Immortal Avenger

A/N: Link to song is here. A warning – this chapter contains violence and child harm/injury. Please do not read if these things will upset you! 

… Man, when did this story get so dark? We haven’t even met the Macvan gang yet *groans*

“Why must you wake up so early, princess? Mummy and daddy like their sleep.” Duncan shuffled around his living room while carrying a wide-eyed baby girl. He bounced her against his hip and she made that sound only babies make, the gurgle-cough. I remembered Colton and Logan making that noise a lot.

For the third time since I’d teleported into the Palace, I wondered if Duncan really was the killer. Sure, he had stubble dotting his chin and bloodshot eyes, but that could be because he’s a father. I needed to confirm he was my family’s murderer.

9.09 – Caradhras

A/N: Song is here!

“Why?”

It was a simple question. But Elubarin didn’t have a simple answer. He kept pacing the room and refused to talk.

“Why won’t you let Ava meet Pan?” I asked for the thousandth time. “What is he now? Drug dealer? Drug addict? Alcoholic? A serial killer?”

Silence. That probably meant I was right. Time to switch tactics. “Well, it doesn’t matter. Ava deserves to meet him no matter what. I know what it’s like to not have a family. She needs to meet her dad.”

“You know what it’s like?” Elubarin finally stopped pacing to give me a hard stare. Maybe that wasn’t the right thing to say… After all, his whole family was dead. “Alright. Perhaps you can relate – Pan is dying.”

9.08 – Transfiguration

A/N: Link to song is here.  College is due to start in about a week, so if my posting schedule becomes messed up, blame that… And I’m sad to say that I have to wait a while before installing the sims on my new laptop (I got a new). First I need to download all the programs I’ll need for school, and then I’ll worry about sims. I have some posts queued so hopefully by the time those run out, I’ll have the game reinstalled!  

About two months later

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that’s why I love you
So don’t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors…

“How do you do that?” I reached around Ava and hit one of the piano keys, causing her to wince and bat my hand away. 

“I told you not to interrupt,” she sighed. “And it’s easy. You just play the notes written on the paper.”

“But they’re just dots… How can you read dots and sing at the same time?”

“Practice, Link! If you want to be good at something, you have to practice. Things like this don’t come naturally for most people.”

I shrugged. “Stealing wallets comes pretty naturally to me.”

9.07 – Friendship to Last

A/N: Apparently I forgot to link the song for last chapter, whoops XD This chapter’s song is here. Also, I hope this post isn’t too boring… It kinda turned into a wizard history lesson halfway through (which was not what I intended) but it was fun to write, so I hope it’s fun to read!

“Ooh, look at you, up early and in your nice-boy clothes.” Ava was lounging in the dining area, her freshly washed hair flipped over one shoulder. She was twirling my wand above her head. “Papa told me to bring this to you, but I think you should come and get it yourself.”

“These aren’t my nice clothes,” I yawned. Elubarin had loaned me a shirt I wouldn’t normally wear, but I just had to deal with it. I’d forgotten to pack before leaving Ryan’s place… “And I thought you said we’re ‘friends’ now.”

“We are. Don’t your friends ever tease you?”

Criminal Casting Call!

The Macvan gang is going to appear in a future chapter and I need your help to create the group! So if you’ve ever wanted to design an awful, evil criminal sim and have them featured in my story… This is your chance 😉

The sim can be any gender or race. Only requirement is that they are a Young Adult or Adult with a non-berry skin color (so no bright pink sims XD). CC is allowed, just link me to it! It would be awesome if you could also mention what kind of criminal your sim is (assassin, burglar, forgery, getaway truck driver…) but if you don’t want to, I can always give them a job myself.

Deadline is two weeks from today. Leave a comment if you have any questions!

9.06 – Realm of Power

“So you can teleport? Thanks for warning me before you carried me off.” I turned in a half circle, trying to figure out where I was. Nothing looked familiar.

“All wizards and people with violet eyes can. One of many things I need to teach you,” Elubarin replied, calmly plucking a few dead leaves from the plant on the table.

I groaned and threw myself down on a couch. “So I’m a teleporter too? Great. Now I can abduct people out of their front yards just like you.”

“You agreed to come here.” He wasn’t the slightest bit frazzled.

“And where is here?”

“My townhouse. I have a cabin up in the mountains, but it’s very inaccessible.”

9.05 – Aratta

A/N: Hiya! Link to this chapter’s song is here. Fun fact: Aratta is a legendary Sumerian land that was super wealthy and difficult to reach. Let’s see if you guys can pick up on what Aratta refers to in this chapter 😉

About a week passed before everyone fell back into their usual routine. Dawn returned to the tattoo parlor and we went begging again. Bills didn’t pay themselves, after all.

But begging was awkward without Logan. There was an invisible hole that his chatter usually filled. I couldn’t stand it.

I ended up stealing four wallets that week.