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"Ivy, you're freaking me out." Ronnie groaned as she looked over at Ivy who was bouncing her leg up and down.

"You don't understand Ronnie, this is Klaus we're talking about, my best bud, my brother from another mother, i'm excit-" Ivy began before she cut herself off as Allison pulled into a massive mansion.

"This is Klaus's?" Ivy asked in shock, looking toward Allison who was driving.

"Apparently." she said with a chuckle at her sister, parking her car as the three got out of the car.

"This... this is what we need for our group." Ronnie said as she put a arm around Ivy while Allison pushed the door open.

"No kidding." Ivy said with a laugh, looking around at the large and oddly clean house. Ivy paused when she saw a figure walking, the back of his head raven as his body was covered in a black jacket. Ivy stopped, knowing Allison and Ronnie couldn't see him.

"Ivy? Come on, I think Klaus is out here." Allison said, realizing her sister wasn't following.

"I'll meet you guys out there, just a second." Ivy said with a smile as Allison nodded and headed off while Ronnie stayed.

"You okay?" the blonde asked as Ivy nodded.

"You're not gonna understand this part at all." Ivy said with fair warning as Ronnie laughed.

"I don't understand anything about you and your family." she admits with a laugh as Ivy sighed with a smile as she nodded pulling Ronnie along with her down the hallway until she saw him again.

"Ben?" she asked softly, trying not to show her excitement, remembering as kids he'd panic when she did. Ben turned around quickly at her words, seeing Ivy grinning while Ronnie looked confused.

"Ivy." he said, blinking in shock as he smiled, "Ivy!"

"Ben!" she gushed, praying she still had power mimicked Klaus's power enough. And she did, because she could hug him in those moments.

"What are you doing here?" Ben asked as he hugged her tightly, unaware Ronnie was looking oddly.

"Ivy.. what the hell are you doing?" Ronnie asked, watching the girl hug thin air.

"Give me a second." Ivy said as she smiled, continuing to hug Ben as he squeezed her.

"Girlfriend?" Ben asked as they pulled away.

"No, no. Um, Ben this is Ronnie, my friend from Las Vegas... Ronnie this is Ben and you can't see him but he's very much here and dead." Ivy said as Ronnies jaw dropped.

"Dead?" she asked in shock as Ivy looked back at Ben.

"What have you two been doing this whole time?" she asked with a grin, looking up at Ben in amazement.

"Klaus has a cult and they think he's jesus or something." Ben said as Ivy shook her head with a laugh.

"Typical Klaus." the two said at the same time before laughing.

"He missed you.... I missed you." Ben said with a soft smile as Ivy smiled.

"I missed you guys too." she said with a smile.

"Come on... Klaus is gonna lose it." Ben said while wrapping a arm around her and pulling her off, passing right through Ronnie as she got a chill before Ivy pulled her along.

"He's not mad at me... is he?" Ivy asked worried as the three neared the back door.

"Are you talking to me or dead brother?" Ronnie asked confused while looking down at Ivy.

"Dead brother." she nodded her head.

"Why would he be mad?" Ben asked while pulling the door open.

"I don't know, for leaving him him I guess." Ivy said with a frown while the three walked around the corner.

"It wasn't your fault we landed in different time periods... he's not mad." Ben said while pushing her forward. Ivy stoped as she saw Allison and Klaus hugging in the middle of the pool, a smile on her face as the sight.

"What are you waiting for?" Ronnie asked her with a grin, elbowing her slightly.

"I'm not sure." Ivy said honestly as she took a step forward, her bright colored clothes catching Klaus attention as he let Allison go.

"Ivy?" he asked, the now blonde and makeup taking him a second.

"Klaus!" Ivy yelled while taking off forward as he attempted to get out of the pool for her, to late as Ivy launched herself into the pool, tackling him as the two went under water quickly. Allison and Ronnie laughed in amusement at the two, watching as Ivys bright colored makeup was washed away and spread through the water.

"You didn't tell me you brought Poison Ivy with you." Klaus said as he looked over at Allison from where he was hugging the smaller girl.

"Wanted it to be a surprise." Allison said with a laugh as Ivy pulled back from her brother slightly.

"Surprise!" she announced as the duo laughed, Klaus grabbing the sides of her face to examine her.

"Woah, look at you, new hair, new look, gorgeous dear sister of mine! Gorgeous I said!" Klaus said while squeezing her once again as Ivy squeezed him tightly, the hug lingering longer then it did with Allison and Ben.

"Oh, who's this pink majestic creature? Girlfriend?" Klaus asked while nodding toward Ronnie.

"Why does everyone think she's my girlfriend?" Ivy asked while throwing her hands in the hair while Allison laughed.

"I'm Ronnie." the pink haired girl said while holding her hand out for Klaus to shake and plant a kiss appon.

"We have so much catching up to do, Ivy, share with me, come on, Allison and the dear Ronnie, sit sit, so much catching up to do." Klaus said while helping Ivy on the floaty with him as Allison and Ronnie sat on the side of the pool.

"Yeah, you wanna catch us up on how you ended up in a place like this?" Allison laughed while looking around at the large house.

"No kidding.... it's almost as big as the academy." Ivy pointed out while taking Klaus's sunglasses from him.

"Oh you know. Dicks, drugs, debutantes. My holy trinity." Klaus said as Allison laughed and shook her head.

"But yeah. It's been a wild run." Klaus added in as Ivy hummed.

"I'll say... I thought all of you were dead besides Five." Ivy said while nodding toward the two.

"Me? Dead without haunting you? Never." Klaus said while leaning back into her with a dramatic gasp.

"What made you so sure Five was alive?" Allison asked with frowned eyebrows, kicking her feet in the pool slightly.

"It's a twin thing." Ivy said with a shrug as Ronnie smiled, watching her green eyes sparkle brightly in the sun.

"Klaus, you started a cult." Allison pointed out toward her brother as he waved her off.

"Cult is a very negative word, Allison. We prefer to call it an alternative spiritual community." Klaus correctly her while speaking with his hands.

"Nope. You definitely started a cult." Allison said with a shake of her head.

"I can't believe I was not apart of this cult, imagine the clothes I could have made." Ivy said while waking Klaus's arm.

"The makeup I could have done." Ronnie said with a grin at the thought.

"Fair game... I thought you were dead and wasn't expecting girlfriend Ronnie to show up." Klaus said as he looking back at Ivy then pointed to Ronnie.

"That's fair.... cult leader." Ivy teased as Klaus slapped her in the forehead.

"All right, all right, all right. Enough about me. What about you two?" Klaus asked as Ivy sighed loudly.

"Well, I didn't become a cult leader but I do run a very safe community filled with people that get shamed in society." Ivy said as Klaus ouued at her words.

"And what goes on in this community?" he asked, lacing his hands together and paying attention to her words.

"All we do is party to loud music, drink shitty alcohol, do each other's makeup and trade clothes that were all designed by yours truly." Ivy said while motioning to herself as Ronnie grinned at her words.

"Oh what a dream that sounds." Klaus said with a humm, a grin across his face.

"It was until the police thought we were to loud and decided to steal the lot just to destroy it... now we have no where." Ronnie said as Ivy pointed her finger.

"We've got a building to look at in a couple days." Ivy said as Klaus twirled her newly dyed blonde locks.

"Well.. you know what. If it goes side ways just bring your bright colored people here and we'll live out our days sharing clothes and floating in the pool." Klaus said the the four all laughed together.

"And you, other dear sister?" Klaus asked, waiting for Allison to go on as she sighed.

"Uh, well, i'm living in South Dallas, working as a civil rights organizer." Allison said as Ronnie rubbed her back while Ivy cheered.

"As you should, queen." Ivy said while pumping her fist in the air as Allison laughed at her.

"With my husband." Allison added in as Klaus gasped as sat up from where he was leaning on Ivy.

"You're married?" Klaus asked in shock with his mouth agape.

"Yeah." Allison laughed as her face flushed.

"Who is this lunatic?" Klaus asked with a shake of his head.

"Has to be a lunatic for sure." Ivy said with a nod as Ronnie kicked water toward her.

"His name is Raymond Chestnut. Ray." Allison smiled at the mention of her husband as Klaus's face fell slightly.

"Wait, is he locked up right now?" Klaus asked as the three woman gave him a questionable look.

"Yeah. How do you know about that?" Allison asked him with frowned eyebrows.

"Yeah, yeah. We did time together. Wow. Small world." Klaus laughed as Ronnie gave Ivy a questionable look as the blonde simply gave her a don't ask one back.

"We organized a really big sit-in at a lunch counter today. And then Ray got arrested on some bullshit charge, and I can't get him out." Allison sighed as she leaned backwards some while Ronnie gave her a sympathetic look.

"Hello. Why didn't you just rumor him out?" Klaus asked as Ronnie hummed.

"He's got a point." the pale girl said.

"She knows about the rumor thing?" Allison asked Ivy while pointing to the pink haired girl next to her.

"Oh, she knows everything." Ivy explained while messing with Klaus's curls.

"I haven't used my power since...." Allison trailed off at the memory, "I couldn't speak for a year."

"Ooh, i'm sorry Allison." Klaus said with a sigh as Ivy nodded in agreement.

"No, it's okay. I actually really like who I am without it." the dark haired girl said as Ivy grinned at her words, waving her hand around as the flower bush brought a rose over to lay in Allison's lap which she tucked behind her ear, "Everything I have, I earned and it feels really good."

"Well... I think we know what our next step in the matter is." Ivy said as she fell off the floaty, walking toward the steps.

"Which is?" Allison asked confused as Ronnie helped Ivy out of the pool.

"Uh, hello, Allison. Have you gone mad and lost your memory? You now have the most iconic duo in your life again, we can do anything together which means we're on the way to get Ray out of jail."

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i was really out here smiling so hard this whole chapter y'all.

three siblings down... four to go!

who are y'all most excited for?