Tears of the Tides | Ben Florian Beast

Chapter 8

Ursa can't breathe. Her life has been hard for her recently. Her heart is heavy, and her thoughts are spinning around in her head like a tornado. The situation is not unlike the time she brought a knife to her wrists. The difference this time is that her sister and her two closest friends are here, helping her through it. Somehow, this brings her only little comfort. Nothing can beat the tornado of thoughts in her head and the heaviness of her heart.

"I don't want to live anymore. Everyone is against me, and no one truly loves me." Ursa says through her sobs.

Uma is in front of her, holding her hands. "That is not true. The crew isn't against you." She pauses at the unfamiliarity of saying the next phrase. "A-and, I-I love you. You're our little Ursa." Uma caresses her hands.

Gil interjects and says more easily, "She's right, we love you."

Harry, all used to his private panic attacks (or in this case, crying fits), puts his hand on Ursa's shoulder and instructs her, "Remember what I taught you? Time your breaths, 6-6-6. Breathe in and count to 6, hold your breath for 6 seconds, and exhale for 6 seconds. Do it over and over again." Ursa complies, and once he sees her breaths evening out, Harry says, "That's it. That's a good lass."

Uma squeezes Ursa's hands and says, "We love you, alright? We want you here with us.

"Life will get better."

With her resolute conviction in saying the phrase, Ursa starts to believe her. She remembers the crew's vigorous efforts to make their reputation the best and most fearsome it could be, for that gives one protection in the isle. Sure, it may not be as strong as the reputation of Maleficent and her daughter's crew, but it was powerful enough to get by. Every single member of the Lost Revenge tries their best to give their co-members better lives, despite the direness of their situations. Ursa regularly sees how they fight their formidable fates every single day, just to keep their crew safe, including her. Especially her. And she thinks she must not let them down with how much they try to keep her alive and as happy as one can get on the Isle. Perhaps that's enough to try and fight to see another day.

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Life for Ursa has been good lately. She and Ben are officially together. She's now truly close friends with Lonnie. Her medicine and her therapist have been helping her live her life. She's been enjoying her classes, and she's even doing well in them, getting good enough grades. The only thing that would make it better would be her crew, the Lost Revenge, being here with her.

She misses their conversations, their jokes with each other, their affection, their training, their missions, and their interactions. She wishes they could be here, with her. She wishes they could experience how much better life is in Auradon for they deserve good lives. Simply put, Ursa misses her crew.

"Children, excuse me. Um, as you know, uh, this Sunday is family day here at Auradon Prep. And because your parents can't be here due to, uh, distance, we've arranged for a special treat."

Right, she was in her Remedial Goodness 101 class.

"Ursa, your mother refused to be with the other parents during this call, but we have still prepared one with her, right after this."

Wait... "My mom?!"

"Yes, dear," FG says as she goes towards the monitor and turns it on.

"I don't see anything, nor do I hear," Maleficent says.

"Kids!" FG waves them over. The core four go in front of the television while Ursa goes to the side.

She tells FG, "There is no way my mom agreed to have a call with me."