"Lucistra hid away in her tower for days after the dining room incident. There was nothing Sinistra or Suzette could say to convince her to come out. "Derek felt upset for Suzette - he knew how hard she had worked to make Lucistra feel comfortable and loved, and now it had all been undone. Deciding action had to be taken, he met secretly with Sinistra one night and together they disappeared into the real world. Upon their return he presented Suzette with a gift: a brother-and-sister pair of six-month-old Burmese kittens. "I was thinking maybe you could give these to Lucistra," he told her. Needless to say, Suzette was awestruck by his thoughtfulness, and took the kittens with great excitement. The next evening, she wrote Lucistra a note and slipped it under her door: "'Lucy, please come down to dinner, I have a wonderful surprise for you.' "Suzette headed down to the dining room to prepare Lucistra's gift. But when she got there, she found Tracey and Mandy preparing a surprise of their own. "Now, Suzette was a loving, gentle girl, but she yelled that day. Oh yes, she yelled. "I am so disappointed with you! Why would you do this 'orrible thing?" she screamed. When you disappoint someone you admire greatly, it has an immediate effect on you - Tracey and Mandy felt instantly horrified at what they'd done. They looked up at the graffiti as though seeing it for the very first time, filled with remorse and guilt. "They started to mutter an apology but Suzette waved them away. She told them, wisely, to leave. "Lucistra would kill you if she found out you did this." The two girls handed over their paintbrush and left. "And, as fate would have it, with the paintbrush still in Suzette's hand, that was the exact moment Lucistra entered the room. She stood staring at the graffiti for a few moments, perfectly still. Then, with shoulders slumped, she returned to her tower without uttering a sound." Credits: La Sombra by Dark_Whisper Hair by Koz Nethergear by Netherworks