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Silver Linings - Table of Contents

Prologue
Silver Linings - Prologue

Chapter 1: Rise and Shine!
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 1 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 1 Part 2

Chapter 2: In Plain Sight
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 2 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 2 Part 2
Part 3 - Silver Linings - Chapter 2 Part 3

Chapter 3: Figuring Things Out
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 3 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 3 Part 2
Part 3 - Silver Linings - Chapter 3 Part 3

Chapter 4: A Warm Bath
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 4 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 4 Part 2
Part 3 - Silver Linings - Chapter 4 Part 3

Chapter 5: A Doorbell's Ring
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 5 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 5 Part 2
Part 3 - Silver Linings - Chapter 5 Part 3

Chapter 6: Talking It Out
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 6 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 6 Part 2
Part 3 - Silver Linings - Chapter 6 Part 3

Chapter 7: Not My Business
Part 1 - Silver Linings - Chapter 7 Part 1
Part 2 - Silver Linings - Chapter 7 Part 2
Part 3 - Here!!!

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"Heyyyyyyy….. heyyyy!!!" For the second time that day, I was rudely awoken from my sleep, as I felt someone shaking my shoulders and calling my name. "Wuhhh….? Just… let me sleep already…." My eyes fluttered open and shut, and I could see… a black-haired girl with fox ears, her face pressed up very close against mine. "Pri….priscilla!?" My eyes grew wide as I finally realized where I was, shooting a glance at my watch. 17:52…. So I'd been sleeping here on the chair for roughly seven hours. But more importantly… "Why are you here?"
I had thought that by leaving the house and Celeste behind, that I would be completely free of all attachments to that life, and all that it contained… and yet here was a reminder of what I had willingly thrown away, smiling at me with her hands behind her back. "What, I can't go check up on my friend when he skips school?" Priscilla giggled, gently rapping my forehead with one hand. "People are already talking about how you just up and vanished on your bathroom break, and I think Mr. Wilson even wanted to call the police because he thought you'd been kidnapped or something…"
"People worrying about me? Not likely." I sighed and stood up, shouldering my backpack and beginning to walk. Needless to say, Priscilla followed close behind. "I asked Celeste about what happened between the two of you when I saw her this morning, and she explained everything to me… with how much she was crying just thinking about it, I don't think she was lying." "....Are you trying to tell me to go back?" I sighed, a part of me knowing that this conversation would eventually come but not expecting it to arrive quite so soon, then stopped and turned around to face her. "...She was going to kill me. Snuff my life out just so she could bring back the dead Valeria, exchange one human life for another. And even though she has been nothing but amazing to me… I just can't get over that one thing, you know?"
I had just been taking the shortest route home, like I had that night, and without realizing it had stopped at right about the spot when I had spotted Celeste. Now standing there in her spot was another foxgirl, her hair ebony instead of white, and I couldn't help but remember Celeste's expression, when I had first met her. Grim and determined - now that I knew she had been willing to kill me to bring back her dead Mistress, that made sense - but also… there had been sadness in her eyes. And now, Priscilla's expression was quite similar.
"...Fuck, of course I'm not going to tell you to come back, not when Celeste was going to straight up kill you. But like, seeing you close off all the doors to you like this again… just hurts, y'know?" Priscilla closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and breathed out. "You're the one who showed me who I really am, who I had always kind of thought I was meant to be. You brought light into a life that I thought was going to stay gloomy forever, and… you really, really do mean a lot to me."