FINAL CHAPTER! After this is an epilogue, and that's it. Be glad this story is finally leaving cliffhangers behind.

"God, finally!" I fell onto my couch, irritated out of my mind. "If I had to spend another day in school, I swear I would snap." I felt like this usually on Fridays, but not at this level. Murderous urges made the school week extremely horrible, if you didn't know.

"...At least we get a break." I had to agree there, but the bad part was the fact that we'd have to go back at some point. And the fact that a weekend meant we'd be stuck together the entire time.

"We have to do something," I stated the obvious. "If we don't fix this..." I couldn't finish the sentence, but I knew I didn't have to. She knew exactly what would happen.

She sighed and spoke dejectedly. "But what can we do? Where can we start? I don't know anything about curses!" I almost reached out a hand to comfort her, but then quickly jerked back my hand when I realized I couldn't. I thought for a second.

"Well... We could do some research. I mean, they knew a little bit about it in history class." We quickly referenced the internet.

After an hour of searching as many topics as we could think of, we finally got a page that showed many miscellaneous witch burnings. There was a paragraph about their situation too.

Two women were burned at the stake, one for being a witch and one for having romantic relations with her, something that would have been prohibited even without witchcraft. Rumor has it that the witch attempted to curse the townspeople in a blind rage, but the likelihood of her actually knowing witchcraft is, as we know now, about as slim as the chances of witchcraft actually existing. It shook the townspeople up, though, enough that several ran away from the sight of the burning, and one woman never left her house again.

I could feel my blood boiling just reading that, but I reminded myself this was Eileen, not me. I couldn't let myself feel bad for murderers.

Miku was shivering. "It's... so sad." I looked at her like she was crazy.

"Do you actually feel sorry for them?" The worst part was I think I felt a little bad too, and it scared me. I couldn't feel bad for them. Things would go even faster downhill.

"If they had just been free to love whoever they wanted, none of this would have happened. It was the townspeople's fault." Oh no, now she was justifying their actions. This was bad.

"Miku?" She glanced over at me, but broke away before we lost control again.

"It's getting worse," she murmured. I hugged her gently, and she stiffened at first before relaxing. This wasn't a hug from Eileen, it was a hug from me.

"Let's just get to sleep, alright?" Maybe we'd sort it out in the morning better. I went to my mom's room, and instantly I was asleep and dreaming again.

I was running through the forest, like always. Only this felt different. I wasn't sure what it was, but I could feel it was different. Then, we reached the hut that Eileen stayed in, the hut that we always went to. I pushed the door open, and I walked inside, with Miku following.

"Luka… What's going on?" She seemed scared. To be honest, I was too. This wasn't like our usual dreams.

"I don't…" Before I could finish, I heard voices… and not voices in my head, but actual people's voices approaching.

I looked, horrified, as a specific set of five people walked into the cottage.

"We got your letter, Miku!" Rin and Len spoke in tandem, as per usual.

"Yeah," Kaito said, "about how you wanted to apologize in person for hitting me."

"Miss Megurine," I cringed at his tone of voice, "I understand that teenagers stay up late on weekends, but did you really have to schedule your apology at such a strange time?" He looked quite annoyed, and it only served to remind me that none of them knew what was going to happen. If they did his expression would be terrified, not annoyed.

"Yeah, and what about this place. What a dump!" I glared at him, but it wasn't really me, it was Eileen. Real me was horrified at the thought of what I would be doing to Gakupo soon.

I glanced to the corner of the room, and found the knives we were to use to kill them. I felt ill, and when I glanced back at those innocent and confused faces, I wanted to cry. They couldn't do anything, they didn't do anything, they didn't deserve this.

And yet if I didn't do something, these people would die.

But they do deserve it. They didn't do anything, and that's why they deserve it. They abandoned you. Remember how Gakupo used to talk to you? Now he doesn't, because he knows about you, and he doesn't like you anymore. And the teacher, he didn't care about the cruel comments because he thought they were deserved. These people aren't nice, or innocent. They deserve it.

"Miku? Are you okay?" The twins both called for her, and she snapped out of it, standing next to the knives. She pulled away. I suddenly realized I was going to grab the knives too.

"Miss Megurine, I appreciate you trying to apologize, but in all honestly if this is your way of doing it, I'd rather be home in bed." I straightened up when I heard my name.

Miku and I glanced at each other, both thinking the same thing. In just a second, Michaela and Eileen would take over. Unless we showed them that this was a different time, we'd have no control. So we'd have to show them that these people weren't full of hate like their ancestors.

So, both knowing what we had to do to show them, we stepped together and fell into a passionate kiss.

I don't remember much. I do know that I wasn't under Eileen's influence, and Miku wasn't under Michaela's. I eventually realized that there were still people here, and I broke away to glance back at them, my arms still around Miku. All five in the room just stared at us, in silence.

And then Gakupo whistled.

"I told you!" He cheered, playfully hitting Kaito in his arm.

"Ha, I guess you did." Kaito laughed slightly with him. "I'm still not giving you the 500, though."

Rin and Len smiled warmly, as if they were agreeing this was how it was supposed to be. Even though I didn't know them well it made me feel… warm, from the look of utter understanding and acceptance they gave us.

Hiyama-sensei simply looked as if he was thinking "that's nice but what does it have to do with me".

Oh, more than you'll ever know, I thought to myself, smiling with everyone else.

"We did bring you here to apologize," I started, trying to explain. "But we also wanted to, er… Show you why we've been acting so weird." Miku nodded, catching on.

"It's been really hard, figuring all of this out. I mean, I've never really felt this way about anyone before, much less a girl." She smiled at me, and I smiled back at her. I could feel Eileen and Michaela's shock.

"Miss Megurine, who you kiss is none of my business," Hiyama-sensei spoke exasperatedly. "But… I'm glad that you're feeling better now. Perhaps now you can concentrate in my class a bit better. I'll see you on Monday." He left then.

Gakupo came over and clapped me on the back. I felt annoyed and yet extremely happy with his antics today, probably because I was glad he was alive. "I knew there was something going on between you two. Too bad for Kaito and me, though, eh?" He glanced back at said blue-haired-blob. "Unless of course, you wanted to-"

"Out." I interrupted him, but I couldn't help smiling playfully. He chuckled.

"Okay, okay, it was just an offer." Him and Kaito left then, and just the twins were left. They came and hugged us, and I felt great relief in the fact that I didn't want to break them in half for doing so.

"We're glad everything's alright," Rin smiled.

"We're here for you, alright?" Len grinned as well, and then he took his sister's hand and led her away. We followed them outside, also holding hands as we watched them leave.

"I just don't understand it." I definitely recognized that voice, having heard it many times before, but this time it wasn't in my head. I turned around and saw Eileen and Michaela looking confused.

"They… They deserved to die…" Michaela didn't seem so sure. Miku sighed.

"No, they didn't. They aren't their ancestors, Michaela."

"The world is different now," I added. "People like you are more accepted now." Miku glanced at us, and I wondered if that sentence should have been 'people like us'.

"But… What about the curse…? Without it being finished, we're trapped here." But suddenly I knew that wasn't true.

"No, you aren't," I stated. "It was your own need for vengeance that kept you here. You need to let go."

Eileen glared. "Let go? How could I possibly-" Michaela held a finger to her lips, silencing her.

"Be quiet, my love. She's right. Can't you feel that she's right?" Eileen suddenly got a look in her eye as if she was finally waking up to what had happened.

"Michaela…" Her voice was shaking and quiet. "What if we don't make it… up there? We've done so much evil…" Michaela took Eileen's hand and kissed it, smiling.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we go together." They embraced each other. Miku leaned her head on my shoulder.

"Alright… We can go now… Girls, we're sorry." Eileen gave us a sad smile. I returned it, and knew she understood we forgave them. They kissed and were enveloped in a blinding light…

And just like that, they disappeared. Looking up in the sky, a blue and pink butterfly danced with each other, flying higher and higher together. Miku squeezed my hand happily.

"We should probably get home," I said, causing Miku to look at me. Now, I could finally look at her with a clear head. And I didn't feel like I was forced to be attracted to her, but not all traces of our feelings were gone. Now, I felt like I actually did like her, only on my own account this time.

"Okay. Hey, Luka?" I glanced at her, and she gave me a quick kiss, letting me know that the feelings were mutual. We both smiled, not needing any words confirming the feeling.

"Let's get out of here."

Wasn't that awesome~? How about cheesy? I hope you guys were satisfied with the ending! Tell us how you felt about it in the reviews, and be sure to watch for the epilogue~!