Tumblr Fandom College; Year 2

Chapter 23

Months passed. School was difficult. Life was normal for once. There was nothing I had to worry about. Until April first. Some of the students were down at the beach, enjoying having no snow, when they found a body washed on shore. I was at home with Sarah and Anakin, who had moved in to help care for Sarah, when there was a knock on the door.

"I got it." He stood up off the floor. Sarah had been walking back and forth between the two of us. He went to the door and opened it. "Tony?" That caught my attention. I picked up Sarah and walked into the other room to see Tony push his way into the house. Anakin closed the door behind him.

"Tony, what are you doing here? I haven't known you to make house trips."

"Some students found a body washed on shore down at the beach. They identified the body as Metatron." I almost dropped Sarah. I think Anakin could see my shock cause he came over and put his hand on my back. "Why do they have Metatron on the beach? I thought you killed him last year." I was to shocked to talk.

"It wasn't Metatron last year. It was a shapeshifter. Metatron tried to kill me on Halloween. He sent the animatronics to kill me. A few days later his shifter goon, who had been posing as Gabriel, kidnapped Sarah. We went after her and I... I killed him. For good."

"Who is we?"

"Me, Anakin, Dean, Merry, Pippin, George, and Loki. We found Gabriel there. He had been kidnapped at the beginning of the year." I told him.

"They have been forming a suspect list. You are on there. You are their prime suspect."

"This may have been murder, but it was in self defence. He went after my family. Tried to kill me. What else was he expecting me to do?"

"I just wanted to let you know Grace. Be careful."

"I will Tony. Thank you." He nodded again and left. Anakin pulled me into a hug. "My life had finally gone back to normal. I thought having him out of my life would end my pain but it hasn't."

"I'm not going to let them put you in jail." Anakin assured me. "There is enough Evidence against Metatron to keep you out."

"I hope so..." We were silent for a moment. "I'm going to go lay down for the night. Could you put Sarah to bed a little later. I'm sure she wouldn't mind some quality Anakin time." I held Sarah out to him. He took her and watched as I left the room. I went upstairs and changed into some pajamas before climbing into bed. Sleep evaded me though and I was still awake when Anakin got in next to me. I was facing away so I don't think he knew I was awake. For most of that night I was awake. About three or four I finally fell asleep. I woke up again at six when Sarah started crying. I had school that morning. It was a Monday. I climbed up and left the room. I grabbed Sarah and changed her before going downstairs to eat breakfast. I poured out some Cheerios for Sarah. She was already starting to eat Cheerios. I made myself some food and sat down to eat. Anakin joined me moments later. Neither of us spoke. We knew that today was going to be weird. Everyone was going to be talking about Metatron. People would make speculations and guesses as to who killed him. People who fought in the war would be wondering why his body was turning up when we had dealt with it then. There was going to be a lot of confusion. The police would probably be questioning students so we would probably have an off day today. Nevertheless I followed my same morning routine and brought Sarah to Doctor Watson's office for the day, pretending that nothing was wrong.

"I've been hearing rumors going around lately." Doctor Watson said as I placed Sarah in the crib.

"I'll see you later baby." I kissed her forehead and turned to face the doctor. "What about?" I asked him, pretending not to know.