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[tooprettytodie]

It was time to stop hiding. That didn't mean she was going to fully integrate herself into island society again. She still wasn't going to go to her dance classes, especially not with Percy there, but she had decided to go ahead and live in her own place again. As grateful as she was to Charlie and Edmund for letting her crash at their place, she wanted to be back home.

She had left notes in the mailboxes of everyone that had gone home with everyone. They simply said I'm sorry. -Valkyrie

She wasn't sure what could be said beyond that. She hated herself for what she had done to them, even if becoming Darquesse had been to save them. In the end, she hadn't been strong enough to save her friends, not from herself. Not only that, but each time she became Darquesse, it was harder and harder to find her way back. If it hadn't been for the ending of the dream, she wasn't sure if she would have come back from that.

Then there was the fact that all of her closest friends now knew her secret. It wouldn't have been so bad except that her secret was that she had the potential to become some sort of crazy-powerful nut job without any conscience. Go her.

Sighing, Valkyrie curled up on her couch and hugged her knees to her chest. She'd just sit here for a while and try not to obsess over what happened. Later, much, much later tonight she would head to the ring and take out some anger on one of the bags and maybe go for a run along the beach.

[This can be set for any time between the 1st of June and now.]

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[swan_diver]

"In a way," Bella nodded. "The zombie ones, anyway. When the old nightmares come back...well, those aren't about anything that would scare anyone but me. The only thing that gets me out of those are when Craig's awake and notices. Some part of my unconscious registers that he's there, and the nightmare shifts into something more pleasant." She blushed a little.

"When the scary stuff happens, at least since we all woke up, I still sense that Craig's there and I know he's holding me through it, but in my mind, you're with me, too," she smiled, "fighting with me against that creepy couple, or Laurent, or Victoria."

[tooprettytodie]

"I will always be glad to fight for you, Bella," Valkyrie said, dead serious about it. Even if Bella was just a stranger, she would defend her from the sort of things that seemed to attack her, but Bella was one of her best friends. There wasn't anything she wouldn't do for her.

[swan_diver]

Bella hadn't ever been really tactile with friends but being here had changed so many things, and that was one of the first things. She leaned over and gave Valkyrie a hug. "Thank you, Valkyrie. I can't exactly say the same now, but I will say that I'll do everything I can to get better so that one day I can fight for you."

[tooprettytodie]

Valkyrie hugged Bella back, fairly certain that this was would not have been a scenario she would have predicted when Bella first stopped by. She wasn't unhappy about it though, not in the least.

"Don't sell yourself short. Being able to punch things in the face isn't the end all be all."

[swan_diver]

"Maybe not, but I'd rather that than running away all the time," she smiled back. "At least while I'm fighting human stuff anyway."

[tooprettytodie]

"And we'll get you there, I promise," she said. Bella had more drive than just about anyone she had met and she was proud of how far her friend had come.