22-Welcome To The Real World

The dark eyes opened up, taking in the surroundings. It definitely wasn't her bedroom. Courtney sat up, rubbing her head and reaching out for the glass of water on the table. She rubbed her head, hoping things would come back to her.

"You're awake." She looked over to see her husband sat at the table, reading ScarlatinaDaily, the best, in his opinion, newspaper.

Shaking her head from side to side, trying to make clear sense of what was going on, she got to feet.

"You don't look too good." Duncan mentioned.

"MOM!" A piercing scream came echoing through the walls. It was closely followed by elephant footsteps down the stairs and into the living room. "TELL BELLE THAT SHE CANNOT TAKE MY CURLING IRON WITHOUT ASKING!"

"IT'S NOT YOURS! IT'S OURS!"

"NO! IT'S MINE!"

"I understand why you don't look so good now..." Duncan remarked over the yelling of his daughter. "HOW OLD ARE YOU TWO?" He bellowed, making sure to overthrow their voices. He was good at doing that. Living in a house with four girls, three of which being his duaghters, gave him the power to do that. "Now leave your poor mother alone and learn to share or something."

Belle looked down at her feet, half curled blonde hair touching down on her face. Marni twisted her feet from side to side, shifting her weight. They were clearly not ready to grow up and be responsible adults quite yet.

"Sorry, mom..." One of them mumbled, the other nodding her brunette head.

"Yeah, sorry, mom...You should rest."

"Rest?" Courtney asked as if she had never heard of the concept before. All three looked up to face her before Thomas came running down the staircase and straight out the door. He took no notice of anyone around him, he just left.

Courtney looked back over to her husband and two daughters, wondering what on Earth was going on.

"You don't remember?" Belle asked, able to read her mother like an open book. Courtney slowly shook her head again, "You fainted yesterday, mom." The blonde sat on the sofa and Marni crouched on the floor. Duncan kept his distance, this was woman's work. "Geoff said you were okay, so we just left you to sleep on the sofa. He said you were probably just stressed out right now. I mean, we've had Jack-Jack here for a good couple of days now and Jen's been in the hospital, but she's coming home today! So, that's a good thing. We're supposed to tell you happy news, not bad."

Slowly, it was starting to come back to Courtney. Like some bad dream she had just woken up from. Fiona was locked away in the box. Jen had a miscarriage. Dallas was in hospital, Belle had responsibility of Jack-Jack.

That thing...That thing that happened last night. No. Years ago now.

"Mom?" Marni stared up at her mother, restning her hands carefully on her mothers knees.

"Alright." Duncan tossed the newspaper across the table and got up. "Go back to your mirros, ladies." They hesitated at first, but Marni and Belle got up and left. The still teenage boy sat down beside his wife, holding out his hands to her. Courtney rejected it.

Terminal engine. That thing that happened last night. No. Years ago now.

"Court?" Duncan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "Are you feeling okay? Do you want me to carry into bed?" He nudged his way forward, trying to comfot his wife. She seemed to be on edge. But Courtney still shook her head. She didn't need sleep, she just need to get her thoghts straight.

Time travel. Medevil days. Castle, palace. Terminal engine. That thing that happened last night. No. Years ago now.

"You don't look too good." Duncan placed his hand on Courtney's forehead. After all the years of knowing each other, she was used to his ice cold touch by now. "Maybe I should call Geoff...Or your dad and Kandi."

"Kandi?" That name she heard correctly. That name of the girl with the clipboard who worked in the palace years ago.

"Yeah, Kandi." Duncan replied. "Your step-mom, is an advisory at the Palace." Courtney's eyes went wide and she placed her head between her knees. She wasn't feeling too good after all.

Fabric of time. Universe destruction. Time travel. Medevil days. Castle, palace. Terminal engine. That thing that happened last night. No. Years ago now.

Real. All too real.

"I think I'm going to call for help." Duncan went to stand up, but Courtney place her hand on his arm.

"No. I'm fine." She replied, a weak smile on her lips. "I just need to adjust."

A/N: Why am I very bad at endings?

Like, really bad at them -.-

OH WELL!

Yes...This is the end! WAAAAH!

BUT WAIT! A SEQUEL!

If wanted, that is...I'm pretty sure ya'll are all asleep right now...This series just bores people these days! Hey, we're up to 11 now...It was bound to happen sometime ;)

I'm only falling asleep because it's 10PM...

I'M USING AJ'S LAPTOP! Mine's broke...BUT THAT'S UNIMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!

I wanna know if ya'll are interested in a oneshot explaining Celia's life. I was thinking since the last update that I've never explained it fully...Same goes for Jen! So, two oneshots...One for Celia, one for Jen...ONLY IF YOU WANT!

I need your attention...ATTENTION PLEASE!

So, ya'll know that my 2 year anniversary is coming up in June, right? Probably not...BUT IT IS! And I don't wanna let this one pass me by without anything fun to do!

SO! I am letting all of ya'll send me in new username suggestions! They can be as funny or rude or disgusting or inappropriate as you like! At the end of April, I'll collect as many as I can, put them in a poll and everyone can vote on it throughout May! Then, when we get to June 20th, I'LL CHANGE MY USERNAME!

Not permenantly! ChloeRhiannonX is who I am...Until I get bored! At least until July 20th!

The name I'm giving into the mix is DaisyTheFiretruck! No reason behind it...Has a daydream yesterday where that's what I changed my name to! So I thought I'd add it in ;) hahaha!

But you can send me in as many as you like and they can be ANYTHING!

Thank you to;

ThatSuperHotSexyBookWorm: DUDE! Don't worry, there will be ;) hahaha! This is number 11 in the series order, number 15 in total! Thank you :D

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WHOOO!

I love you two 3 3 3

And I do love everyone else who reads this story too!

I can't name you all like I normally would at the end of a story because AJ has my phone and I'm not sure where my DSi is at the moment...

BUT YA'LL KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

And here is to a bad end to a great story...;) hahahaha! ONTO THE NEXT ONE NOW!

...No idea what that'll be called yet...

This just doesn't feel like the end of a story to me...I usually tear up and what not!

I guess I just know that this isn't the end!

Thanks for reading, please review :)

Love, ChloeRhiannonX