Trigger warning for child abuse, implied child abuse, and bullying.

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Things changed alot after that day.

The four of them moved into a small one bed bedroom apartment on the other side of town and avoided the other side of town like the plaque.

Peachy got the only bedroom because she was the main bread winner, having already had a job and money before they left the Academy.

Hannah slept on the couch, Rori slept in a sleeping bag on the floor, and Phoniex slept ontop of the mostly empty fridge.

Peachy continued to work at the local convenience store and enrolled in an online college so she could work her way towards becoming a teacher. She also eventually got a black cat named 'Pepper' and a black dog named 'Mr. Pennycrum'.

Rori started playing gigs at the local bar and on the street for money while making drawings to sell in his spare time to pay for the culinary school he was going to. And he eventually got a tank full of Axolotls to keep him company.

Phoenix became an assassin and joined a mortuary school.

And Hannah? Well, Hannah didn't really do much other than sleep, fight crime, and occasionally babysit the neighbor's kids for money. Still barely speaking and eating.

It got so bad that her siblings started to fear that she was far too gone to fix and got close to giving up. Knowing that it'd take a miracle to fix it

And that miracle came in the shape of three people who came crashing into their lives. 

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The first to come was brought along by Phoenix, surprisingly, and was a girl named Darcy Soul.

A girl who was an unapologetic artist and goth

They met at Mortuary school...

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It had been a day just like any other, almost two weeks after Phoenix had enrolled in school, and they had been examining frog cadavers solo when she first noticed her.

A girl with waist long curly black hair and a paint stained, ripped dress underneath her labcoat. Sitting at the next desk over, poking at the dead frog's heart with a bored expression on her face.

"Hey Soul, why are you poking at the frog so much? You planning on eating it?" A boy behind them jabbed snarkily.

The girl rolled her stormy eyes, wearing no expression otherwise as she spoke up in a monotone voice. Much like that of Daria's "No. Why? You planning on taking it home yourself?"

The boy turned red, stammering as he tried to find something to say. But nothing came to mind so he just huffed and ducked his head.

And that was the moment that Phoenix just knew she had to take her home with her. So that's exactly what she did. 

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As soon as they stepped foot in the door, Darcy headed straight towards the couch where Hannah was and dumped out a ton of wrapped... sandwiches? On her.

"Darcy!" Phoenix sputtered in disbelief as Hannah shot up, mad as a mule.

"Hey what the hell man—" she paused, picking up one of the wrapped sandwiches. Sniffing it. "is this chicken?"

Darcy's expression didn't change from the one she wore back at school. "Yes. Now get up ya sad sack of bones, your brother's tired of watching you waste away while the rest of your roommates work their asses off to take care of you."

Turns out, Darcy was a Psyhic. Who would have thought?

Much to Phoenix's dismay, though, she wasn't ones of theirs seeing as she had been born a full month before they had.

She was still very insistent on keeping her around though and since she was finally making friends, her siblings readily agreed. It didn't hurt that she could talk to Ben and keep Hannah out of bed for long periods of time when she was over.

She came over every Tuesday and Friday night for dinner, usually bringing take out that they otherwise couldn't afford. Takeout that always consisted of their favorites— which Ben probably told her of when he wasn't with Klaus. 

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The next one was brought home by Rori and was a boy by the name of Lucas "Luke" Quick.

He was a preppy, playful ladies' man of many talents with a not so great home life and a heart of Gold.

They met at culinary school late one night.

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Rori cursed as he stormed through the halls of his empty campus, drenched to the bone from the downpour outside.

"Peachy always says double check that you have everything before you leave. And what happens the one time I fucking don't?" He muttered venomously, throwing his hands up in frustration.

"I forget my fucking keys. Hopefully they didn't get stolen—" He opened the door with a little more force than was necessary, causing it to slam into the wall beside it.

It echoed throughout the room causing him to groan as he entered "for fucks sake—"

He froze at the sight in front of him.

There, in the kitchen, a tall and lengthy boy with red hair was running about the kitchen. Cooking at an impossible speed, moving in ways that shouldn't have been possible.

The boy turned around, probably headed towards the oven mitts which were right next to Rori—and paused when he saw him.

A look of panic crossing his face as their eyes met.

A minute of silence passed.

Then another.

And another.

And another before the red head finally spoke up.

"Would you believe me if I told you it isn't what it looks like?"

Rori said nothing, simply raising a brow.

The red head sighed, shoulders slumping.

"Yeah, I figured that wouldn't work." 

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Rori practically dragged the boy home with him, excited at having met someone like them again.

And the boy, like Darcy, immediately clicked well with Hannah. Asking her all kinds of questions about the book she had started writing recently.

Vibrating as he did so.

And by the end of the night, the two of them had become best friends.

They also found out that the boy—Luke—shared the exact same birthday as them.

And that his father hated him for some odd reason.

Which lead them to believe that the boy was one of them.

He and Darcy also clicked well with one another. And basically became the new Gomez and Mortiica Addams.

The four Hargreeves siblings supported their relationship all the way through and were very happy for them.

Even if some of them were a bit envious of the pair since none of the ones that dated could seem to keep a romantic relationship alive.

No one knew that this would soon change for Hannah via a miracle.

A miracle known as Haul Scarlett. 

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It had been your average Friday night and Rori had a gig that he absolutely refused to pass up despite being sick because they needed the money.

So he had gone up on stage and played his gutair to the best of his ability, struggling to remember the lyrics to the song that he was supposed to be singing.

He was failing miserably and the crowd was not forgiving.

"Booo!"

"You stink!"

"Get off the stage"

A cluster of angry voices called out, mixing together. Causing his head to ache.

Someone threw at apple at his head, which he quickly ducked...

Things escalated quickly after that until more and more things were being thrown at him.

He just knew that he was doomed and that he probably wouldn't be getting paid. Just knew that he'd be going home with an even bigger headache than the one he had before, smelling like beer and nothing to show for his effort.

He wished that it didn't have to end that way. Wished that something would stop the storm he was under, but Rori knew that that wouldn't happen. Because good things never happened to him and his family.

He was proven wrong on that matter when, less than a minute later, a boy with long blonde hair and green eyes hopped up on the stage and helped him up, gutair in hand. And helped him through out the rest of the gig.

Singing the songs for him and playing in sync with him, while covering up any mistakes he made.

Rori didn't know what he would have done without him. Which is why he was so shocked that the man refused to accept his offer of splitting the money in half.

"No, no man. It's cool. You keep it."

Rori protested of course "but I wouldn't have been paid at all if it wasn't for you! I was awful tonight!"

The man just smiled humbly, shaking his head. Causing his shaggy hair to shake with it.

"Nah. You were great man. Ya just needed a little help is all"

"But—"

"I gotta go, my mom is expecting me" the blonde cut in, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. Backing away before turning heel and running out the door.

Rori followed.

"Wait! At least tell me the name of my savior!"

Haul didn't stop but he did glance behind him, a smile on his lips as he called back towards his fellow musician "it's Haul! Haul Scarlet!"

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It wouldn't be the last time they saw one another. Far from it in fact. Because every Friday to Sunday night they were at the bar, playing their own gigs until they eventually joined forces. Darcy and Luke joined them and they formed their own little band.

The Misty-Eyed Knights.

And eventually Rori decided to introduce Haul to his siblings.

The moment his green eyes met Hannah's brown, they had both known they were fucked. Even though they were both oblivious as to why.

For the first time since Five's disappearance, everything was going right. And none of them could be happier.

(They could but none of them would admit it).