Lost Souls

Part 9: You are worth it

"Mari! Mari! Wake up it's time to eat!" I hear Uncle Jagged yell.

"Later," I mumble.

"No, we are going to eat!" Jagged says while pulling off the covers.

"M-marinette what happened?" Jagged says looking at my bandages.

"Nothing."

"Stop lying to me Mari."

"I-i just couldn't, everything is just so much. It's my fault that all of you are here. Luka lost his family, Kagami left hers, Chole came all the way here for me, and you and aunt Penny stopped your tours for me. I-i'm just a burden to you all."

"No Mari you aren't a burden to us, you're a gift and for the people who don't realize that they are so not rock and roll. I stopped my tours because you are worth so much more than a tour. You, Mari, are the light to many people's lives so don't let those who put you down stop you."

"I may have lost a family but that family didn't trust my words and chose a stranger, if they couldn't trust their own son or brother how are they family? Melody, you weren't the cause of this, they just opened my eyes, you didn't force me to choose anything, I did and I would choose it again in a second," Luka says.

"My family expected things from me that I couldn't do, I was punished and put down if I failed.  Marisan, when I meet you, you showed me how a real family is, you and your parents accepted me and I got to be a normal person. Not the daughter of the Tsurugi just Kagami. I didn't leave because of you I left because the environment I lived in was toxic. I came here to you because around you I felt safer and normal. You are a sister I never had and I will always stand by you," Kagami stated.

"Maribug you aren't a burden. You taught me how to be a better person. You gave me so many chances to change and I did. Without you, I couldn't have gotten closer to my family. I used to be known as the bratty daughter of the Mayor and Style Queen but now I am just Chole. You changed me for the better and for that my family thanks you. I'm here because I want to be a good friend and sister. All of you are another family to me and I will sting anyone who hurts us," Chole says.

"See Mari, you may think you are not important but you are. We need you the Kwami's need you and most of all the world needs you. Mari, I know it may seem hard and you want everything to stop but hurting yourself isn't the answer," Jagged says.

"Melody we have all been at dark places but I want you to promise me that you won't ever give up, I want you to promise to all of us that you won't hurt yourself," Luka says.

"I-i promise," I say.

"A wise person once told me that, sometimes, you just have to erase the messages, delete the numbers and move on. You don't have to forget who that person was to you; You just have to accept that they aren't that person anymore." Penny states.

"I'm sorry guys," I say and start sobbing.

"Maribug we can't afford to lose you cause if we do each and every one of us would be lost," Chole states and with that everyone joins in a group hug.

"The best way to find happiness is not to search for it but to create it," Nooroo says.

"Thank you Nooroo," I say.

"I think it time for us to go eat, Mari, go freshen up everyone else I want you downstairs," Penny states.

Once everyone leaves I go,

"Plagg, I'm sorry," I state.

"I don't blame you kid but if you ever think about doing what you did I want you to call me okay," Plagg says.

"Okay," I reply.

Once I'm ready I head downstairs and sit down beside Kagami and Chole.

Ring Ring

Uncle Jagged picks up his phone and excuses himself before heading out to talk on his phone.

" What do you think all that was about?" Chole asks.

"No clue," I say.

After a few minutes, Uncle Jagged returns to the table,

"Jagged what was that about?" Penny questions.

"Remember how I told you about my friend Bruce who lives here well he found out I'm back and wants us to meet up and meet his family," he says.

"When will that be?" Kagami questions.

"He invited us for dinner at his house on Monday," Jagged says.

"Wait is this the Bruce whose mother may or may not look like Marinette?" Chole asks.

"Yes it is," he answers.

"I think we have some research to do before that I want everyone at the base in an hour okay," I state.