Chapter 13

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When they were all content that I wasn't there, I walked back up to the room where I left the crutches and shifted back into my human form. "That was exhausting." I said.
"Yeah. Though it was worth it." He said. 
"Do you know what Alex meant by OUR sister?"
"Yeah. Whilst you were in HYDRA, I did some research. When you were sleeping in your time at HYDRA, they wiped your memory. You could never forget anything else but your twin brother Sebastian."
"Alex called you Sebastian." I pointed out.
"I'm surprised how slow you're fitting the facts together." He said, smiling.
"You. You're my twin brother?" I asked, shocked. He nodded, grinning.

"Anyway. I decided I would like to have some tea." He changed the subject suddenly.
"Come with me!" I said, getting excited. We walked- I mean, I dragged Jefferson all the way to my table where I whistled a very high-pitched whistle to summon everyone here for tea. "Hey everyone!" I smiled.
"Who are you?" Alex asked with an angry tone.
"If I'm not welcome here, then, fairfarren all." I said, taking a low bow. I took my hat off so it couldn't fall off my head. "Some brother you are Alex. I'm the better brother." Sebastian said to Alex, taking our cups of earl grey tea with two lumps of sugar with him. 

(Bucky's P.O.V.)

"If I'm not welcome here, then, fairfarren all." The woman said, taking a low bow, taking her hat off so it wouldn't fall off onto the ground. And then hobbled off with her crutches. I must say, I do feel sorry for the girl, we never even knew who she was. "Some brother you are Alex. I'm the better brother." Sebastian said, taking their tea back to the house he came from. I could've sworn I heard the girl call Alex an "Arrogant plonker." Didn't Peggy always use that phrase, I think Steve and Alex noticed too. That's what Cerrie used to call Alex when he didn't listen to her and he ended up in trouble because she was always right.

I finished my tea extra quick and followed the two back to Sebastian's house, it looks as if it was in a fire. So does the rest of the village. I knocked on the door three times and after a swift movement of checking who I was, I was pulled into the house. "You two look the same." The woman said as she got a closer look at us. "May I ask, who are you?" I asked.
"I love how quickly you forgot me." She smiled, taking off the mask and the hat.
"Oh Cerrie, it's you!" I exclaimed. With a snap of her fingers, a teapot and teacup appeared out of thin air and a purple colour tea was poured into the cup. She handed it to me and the pot disappeared, I took a sip and smiled, plum tea. My favourite.

"What gave you a clue about Madeline being Cerrie?" Sebastian asked.
"She called Alex an 'arrogant plonker'."
"Well, it's true." He smiled.
"You look terrible." Cerrie said, looking at my clothes since we got here and my un-shaven face.
"Madeline." Sebastian said, nudging her hard enough that she fell on the floor off the arm of the sofa. "Sorry Bucky." She mumbled.
"It's okay. It's true." Rubbing my chin. "Hey Cerrie." 
"Yeah?" 
"You remember when I couldn't afford a haircut that one time, and you did it for me?" She gasped, making me instantly regret telling her that. "Can I?" She asked, holding her hands out shakily. I smiled, "Fine." She grinned with that abnormally wide mouth.
"I have an idea." She said, taking a quick glance at Sebastian before grabbing the crutches to fetch the kitchen stool and scissors. 

When she was done with me, I looked like Sebastian, but with a vibranium arm. I hate this arm. "What do you think to the haircut?" She asked me, you could tell she was proud of herself by her growing grin. "I like it." I said, hugging her. 
"I have some clothes for you." Sebastian said, handing my a pile of clothes identical to both Cerrie's and his. "Now, time for the plan." He said.
"Not yet." Cerrie said, holding a hand out for affect.
"Why not?" Sebastian asked, looking confused.
"Give me the scissors." Was all she said before starting, we didn't know what she was doing as she had pushed us out of the room. "That took longer than expected." Sebastian said suddenly.
"What do you mean?" I asked, joining him at the window. 
"It's evening already." He said. "Madeline will find out when she's finished whatever she's doing." He said, reading my thoughts. "Follow me to your room."

(Random fact for you. A few years ago, in the book, the Avengers, not Cerrie, played truth or dare. It turns out Nat, Bucky, John, Steve, and Tony had a crush on said missing girl. They thought they may as well tell each other because they thought she was dead. It's important to the story line later on. Sorry for the interruption.) 

(In the morning...) (Madeline/Cerrie's P.O.V.)

"Oh hey Bucky." Sebastian said, waving at me. I'm not Bucky, that's what I get for cutting my hair to look like their's. I was going to say something, but then the real Bucky came walking down the rickety stairs. "Oh hey Sebastian." Bucky said, waving at me. I'm not Sebastian either, I'm Madeline, or Cerrie. "Both of you. I am neither Bucky or Sebastian. I am Madeline, or Cerrie. Sebastian, that's Bucky. Bucky, that's Sebastian." I explained, pointing to the right person at the right time. And again, someone knocked at the door. All three of us walked to the door this time, my ankle being fully healed now, so I don't need the crutches anymore.

"Hello?" We all said at the same time, just to confuse them, already knowing who it was. But we didn't know who it was. I did though, The Red Queen. She didn't know which one of us was the real Jefferson, so she stole me and used her own magic to transport us to her new castle in the Outlands. 

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