A/N: PLEASE LISTEN TO THE ORCHESTRA MUSIC ABOVE IT'S LIKE MY FAVORITE ORCHESTRA PIECE EVER AND RELATES TO THIS CHAPTER and it's called Starlight by Muse-the orchestra version. 

Sorry for my long absence. Is that how you spell it? Whatever. It's a long story. To put it short, I won't have Fitz stay true to the book. He'll be the normal nice, kind of selfless character he was before Flashback. So basically, the 7th book in KotLC never happened. Another thing, please don't comment Legacy spoilers on this book until...let's say, January. I know that's a long time, but I'm frustrated because I was supposed to have the first hold on Flashback (like, the librarians promised me) and now I'm in #300. Long story, I'll explain it in here.

Happy reading! 

Hermione: I'm so bored ugh

Annabeth: Same!!!

Percy: Wow this must be, like, the first time they've ever agreed on something...

Jace: For your information, Waterboy, they didn't AGREE. They just feel the same way.

Fitz: Stop being rude to Percy! They agreed!

Dex: FYI, Wonderboy, whatever Jace said above.

Jace: Gee thanks

Jace: *Wonderboi

Dex: :(

Keefe: Yeah Jaceypoo

Jace: *growls at Keefe*

Keefe: Awwwwww what's wrong, Jaceypoo?

Jace: *glares at Keefe*

Fitz: *grins* I'm so proud of Keefe right now!

Keefe: I think everyone should be proud of me at some point, my boy!

Biana: You kind of sound like my dad without the bragging...

Clary: Okay, let's back up. What happened and why is Jace pelting melted bananas at me?

Keefe: OMG YOU CAN MELT BANANANANANAS?! SOPHIE GAVE ME ONE AND THE YELLOW THINGY TASTES WEIRD BUT SQUISHY

Sophie: *facepalms* You're not SUPPOSED to eat the peel-

Keefe: THEY'LL MAKE GOOD REPLACEMENTS FOR WATER BALLOONS

Peeta: ......Sophie, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!

Me: *sighs* You know, sometimes I wonder what would happen if Fred and George and Keefe and Leo and Puck, especially met.....

Harry, Leo, Ron, and Piper: DISASTER

Goldy: I AGREE

Jace: *freaks out* WHAT KIND OF STALKER IS AGREEING WITH US?! WHO ARE YOU?!

Goldy: *gasp* I'm kind of offended, Jace.....

Jace: I think you're a demon trying to tear us all apart.....

Goldy: *frowns* Have I really been that mean to you?

Clary: Wait where'd he go

Jace: hiiiiYAAAHHHHHHHHH *appears behind Goldy and gets ready to slice her in half*

Goldy: Oh no, you don't. *conjures up fire and freezes Jace's arm*

Jace: What the-

Goldy: That's better. Don't try and slice me in half or I'll do this again. I promise you, it'll be enjoyable.

Jace: For you, at least....

Goldy: *unfreezes Jace*

Marella: YOU'RE A PYROKINETIC TOO?

Goldy: I'm actually a Flasher and a Pyrokinetic. But yeah

Vara: Yeah guys I really want to meet an elf who has more than one ability. That excludes you, Sophie.

Sophie: But we already di-

KotLC fandom: SHUSH!

Goldy: wait WHAT IS THIS IS THIS SOMETHING IN LEGACY?!

Biana: Keefe's legacy is figured out now but-

Goldy: AND?!

Me: *whispers* Goldy if you keep interrupting, they can't tell us...

Goldy: Oh yes, sorry.

Dex: *frowns* Why are you so weird about what we always do?

Goldy: You can't blame me, I came here like today!

Dex: Oh. Okay, then.

Goldy: Okay, I want to get to our topic for today!!! We are going to be an ORCHESTRA!

Simon: A what now?

Goldy: An orchestra. It's kind of like a band, except with string instruments.

Tam: And what's a band?

Linh: She's talking about a rubber band, Tam.

Goldy: Er.....no, Linh. Sorry about that. A band is like a group of people who play instruments, and there's a lot of different types. They play music.

Katniss: *blinks* Cool. And what does this have to do with us?

Goldy: I'm teaching you to play instruments!!!

Crickets: *chirp awkwardly*

Goldy: I know, I'm prepared for it to fail, too. But there's nothing wrong with trying, right?

Crickets: *chirp awkwardly some more*

Goldy: Come on guys, be a little more optimistic!!

Sophie: It's kind of hard to be optimistic after what we've been through, you know....

Goldy: Whatever. You're all going to still take part.

Keefe: B-but....I can't play an instrumental-

Goldy: I'll teach you don't you worry Keefe

Keefe: What instrumental will I play???

Goldy: It's an INSTRUMENT, first of all, and you're a baritone.

Keefe: A what now?

Clary: *snickers*

Keefe: Care to explain?

Clary: First of all...are you good at singing?

Keefe: What's singing?

Clary: Okay, it's like saying words but with different melodies.

Keefe: A-

Goldy: I KNEW you were going to say 'a what now?' so I'll explain it. It's basically producing musical sounds with your voice.

Fitz: Wait, so the voice is an instrument?

Goldy: *pauses* Yes, in a way. I mean, it's not like something you can control with your hands, but you can still control it. At most times.....

Keefe: Like.....?

Goldy: Voice cracks are common among teenagers going through puberty-

Me: *cringes* I think we get the point, Goldy. You don't need to sound like a health teacher but I think we get it

Goldy: *smiles* Okay then.

Keefe: And I just make noises?

Goldy: *waves hands around* BEAUTIFUL noises. As beautiful as your art.

Keefe: *sings*

Rest of the fandoms: *stares in awe*

Sophie: *stares in horror*

Keefe: DONE! How was that, Foster?!

Sophie: *growls* Why do you have to keep impressing me?!?!

Keefe: With my art?

Sophie: I mean yeah sure

Keefe: And my hair!

Sophie: Okay, that's taking it a bit too far.....

Keefe: There are SO MANY awesome talents you haven't discovered from me! I can even-

Goldy: Please don't say you can armpit fart musically

Keefe: *frowns* What's that?

Jace: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS?!

Fitz: I....don't know.....either....

Jace: HAVE YOU ALL BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK?!

Goldy: *groans* NO! ONLY REAL INSTRUMENTS ARE HERE! I'M HERE FOR A LIMITED TIME, YOU KNOW!

Goldy: Anyway, Sophie, you can play the flute, right?

Sophie: I can figure it out, I had a few lessons but they really hurt my fingers because I'm so clumsy....but I'll figure it out eventually

Goldy: Good for you. Fitz, you can do the trumpet.

Fitz: Is that the huuuuuuge thingy that makes a lot of noise?

Clary: I'll take care of the answer for you, Goldy. No, that's a tuba.

Simon: Goldy, PLEASE tell me you didn't assign anyone to play the tuba....

Goldy: Of course not! *checks list* Er.....um, maybe. We'll get to that point when we're there. Dex, you'll play-

Dex: I'm sick. I think I have a human 'cold' and if I blow or play anything they'll spread the strain of influenza-b bacteria and even if those bacteria can die quickly, it can spread enough for it to go to another source because IT NEEDS ANOTHER SOURCE QUICKLY TO LIVE and I don't think my immune system is doing good which means-

Jace: RUN ON SENTENCE!

Goldy: I got you, Dex. Don't worry.

Dex: *breathes out a sigh of relief*

Goldy: Moving on to the Harry Potter fandom-

The rest of KotLC: what about us?!?!

Goldy: You have a waiver.

Tam: *confused* A what now?

Goldy: You're exempt from this monstrous performance which is sure to be a failure.

Katniss: *snorts* I love how you were so optimistic before and went to a pessimist so quickly.

Goldy: Yeah, I do that sometimes. Harry, you can play the flute along with Sophie.

Harry: Great....why can't I do the drums?!

Goldy: I don't know, that's just how it is....Hermione, you can play the violin, and I'll be extra lenient toward you because I play the violin too :)

Hermione: Okay then....but I've also had lessons before in the Muggle world.

Goldy: *grins* Super! Ron, you're the bassoon.

Ron: I don't want to play a buffoon....

Percy: *snickers*

Annabeth: A bassoon is like a larger version of an oboe. (I think. Goldy, is this true? if it isn't, it is now)

Goldy: That's right. Something like that. Onto the Percy Jackson fandom, Percy, you'll be a euphonium so I'll help you with that.

Percy: Cool!

Annabeth: Hey....um, Goldy could I play the cello by any chance? I used to play it before I....ran away from home and I'd love to be with it again...

Goldy: Of course! That's what I had you listed as anyway.

Annabeth: YES!

Goldy: Grover! You'll obviously play the pipes.

Grover: Okay

Goldy: The Mortal Instruments fandom! Clary, how do you feel about being a violinist?

Clary: Um....I don't really have any lessons, but I'd be willing to give it a shot....

Goldy: I can help you as well! Jace, you can play the piano. I mean, it's not really an orchestral instrument, but it'll fit in for the song we're doing.

Jace: Which song?!

Goldy: You'll find out soon :)

Simon: Can I request?

Goldy: Sure!

Simon: I used to play the oboe, so....could I play it?

Goldy: I had you down as a clarinet, but we can switch you and Alec.

Alec: Oh um I can't really-

Magnus: *pushes him* go on Alexander you'll do well

Goldy: The clarinet is easy to play if you know everything. I'll help you.

Alec: :) thanks

Goldy: Anyone else in the TMI fandom, you have a waiver, unless you desperately want to play something.

Me: I'm glad everyone's trying something and willing to go out of their comfort zone!

Goldy: *laughs* You sound like a teacher. Divergent fandom-

Tris: Uh, could we not play?

Four: Yeah that'd be nice.

Goldy: *blinks* Okay...I had you down as mallets but if you really didn't want to-

Tris: THE XYLOPHONE THINGIES I LOVE THOSE

Four: ...What now?

Goldy: *smiles* that leaves the Hunger Games fandom. How do you feel about the drums?

Peeta: *grins* I always had so much fun banging on the stove when the bread was baking....is that like a drum?

Goldy: Well, if you follow the beat, but yeah.

Katniss: I feel pretty confident about banging random stuff...

Goldy: Super! That's everyone and I'll be helping you on your new piece :)

Izzy: And we can just hang out in the audience, making fun of everyone?

Goldy: Yes.

Jace: HEY!!!!!

Goldy: Calm down, you'll take turns making fun of everyone.

Jace: *rolls eyes* Fine.

Goldy: I'm your official conductor, so let's practice!!!

*after 15 minutes*

Goldy: *cringes* You did....um, fine. For your first time.

Me: Honestly, I think that's putting it lightly.....

Sophie: *gets mad at her fingers* HEY, we can't ALL be good at everything, you know....

Goldy: I know, I know. Which is why practice makes perfect. Or as my teacher says, perfect practice makes perfect.

*after a few hours....*

Me: Here's a piece of advice to anyone reading this; try not to go near an orchestra/band room during rehearsal. And as for rehearsal, I mean when people are tuning their instruments and practicing completely random measures of their music.

Goldy: Uh huh, you try singing without warming up. It'd be a hot mess.

Me: Well, yeah, especially with those extreme high notes, but we don't just sing randomly until our voices are sore....

Vara: Ladies, ladies, break it up. This is NOT the time for a choir vs. orchestra fight right now. Concentrate on your instruments.

Me: I mean, at least you didn't tell us "Oh, I thought choir would just be singing at the top of their voices for two hours" when we were rehearsing.

Goldy: And you didn't tell us we were trash.

Me: No way! I think instruments are beautiful.

Goldy: And voices.

Me: Honestly, every time the choir, band, and orchestra play at some concert together, you wouldn't believe the nerve people have to say things like "the band was best today" and things like that.

Goldy: That's horrible. Except, of course, my teacher compares us to a wall when we're playing.

Sophie: *stops rehearsing and listens* I need to hear this.

Goldy: Okay, so my teacher's great, I guess, but a lot of us don't like her. She constantly tells us we're not good and everything.

Me: Why do ALL orchestra teachers have that habit? My friends constantly compare my old choir teacher to their orchestra teacher and....well, let's say this orchestra teacher probably should retire already, but she's still hanging on.

Goldy: This one time, we were playing all right, but we weren't exactly focused. And then she just snaps at us and tells us "The WALL can play better than you!" and now it's an inside joke between the orchestra people of our year.

Sophie: *rolls eyes* I totally bet the wall can play better than you.

Me: Hey, you don't know the wall's hobbies. The wall has feelings, too.

Everyone who isn't practicing: *looks at wall*

Dex: I don't know......

Goldy: Whatever. KEEP PRACTICING, PEOPLE! WE NEED TO IMPROVE!

Me: *smirks* I wonder what would happen if I teleported everyone's parents here in time for the performance....

*a few hours later*

Goldy: *frantically* EVERYONE HURRY TO YOUR PLACES!!!!!!! WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND!

Me: *grins* My teacher always says that and we end up being on time.

Goldy: *gives the evil eye*

Me: Fine, fine.

Sophie: *peeks out behind stage and screams* WHY ARE GRADY AND EDALINE HERE?

Fitz: Wait, what???!!! *runs to Sophie and groans* My parents are here as well.

Rest of the fandoms: Wait, does that mean......

Me: STOP! NO ONE ELSE GO TO THE STAGE OR ELSE IT'LL BE CROWDED. Yes, all of your parents are here. Vara's directing them, but they're all pretty confused. You'd better play nicely or else...

Everyone: *gulps*

Goldy: It's time, everyone. *directs everyone onstage*

Audience of parents: *gasps*

Me: You know, Goldy, I'm suddenly thinking this might not be a good idea. Like, for their parents to see them with other fandoms and questioning what's going on.

Goldy: *shrugs* What's done is done.

Sophie: *tries to hide behind Fitz to avoid Grady seeing her*

Grady: *sees Sophie with BOYS and growls* (lol Edaline be like 'shut up')

Goldy: *clears throat awkwardly against microphone* Hello, um, people. We've gathered you all together to hear an....orchestra put together at the last minute. You know, to distract you from your troubles. Particularly the parents of the Sophie Gang here.

KotLC parents: *chuckle*

Goldy: *suddenly gets very excited* BECAUSE OF LEGACY!!!! Can any of you tell me what's happening??????

*silence everywhere*

Keefe: *stares straight at his shoes*

Me: Goldy......

Goldy: Oh! Sorry, got a bit carried away there. *smiles nervously* Anyway, we'd like to present to you a song we worked very hard on, called Starlight by Muse, but the orchestra version.

TMI parents: *smile sadly, remembering Jace's piano playing*

Goldy: *takes a deep breath* Ready. Guys?

Guys: *nod*

Goldy: And girls?

Girls: *shake heads nervously*

Goldy: Too bad, so sad. We're all in this together.

Me: *stands up from the front seat and sings* WE'RE AAAAAALLLL IN THIS TOGEEEETHERRRRR....

Goldy: *glares*

Me: *sits back down*

Goldy: *does the stick waving thingy really seriously and quickly*

Orchestra: *plays*

Audience: *starts wiping tears from their eyes*

Sophie: *plays a wrong note somewhere*

Orchestra, Goldy and Me: *cringes*

Everyone: *messes up on the most crucial part*

Audience: *pretends not to notice*

Orchestra: *finishes and holds the final note*

Audience: WOOOOOOOOOOOO! *stands up and claps*

Goldy: *screams* WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!! *collapses in chair*

Jace: ....Are you okay?

Goldy: *FANGIRL SCREECH*

Jace: *backs away*

Me: *laughs* She's really glad she got to meet you and actually boss you around.

All the fandoms: ...........

Tris: I AM DIVERGENT AND CAN'T BE CONTROLLED! *jumps off random cliff that appeared*

Everyone: ..........

Four: TRIS! *jumps after Tris*

Me: *rolls eyes* Also-

Audience: *starts roaring for their kids to come down*

Me: *pales* I'd better zap them back to where they were.

Audience: *disappears*

Me: *exhales* Anyway, I wanted to talk to you all about Legacy. Keefe, don't stare at your shoes again, because you don't have shoes anymore.

Keefe: *looks at feet and gasps* WHERE DID MY SHOES GO?????

Me: Fitz?

Fitz: *smiles and hands over shoes*

Keefe: *glares* You betrayed me.

Fitz: *shrugs* You've got to stop doing that.

Keefe: Fine. *stares at feet instead*

Goldy: Keefe, I have a feeling Greenbean will cut off your feet if you keep doing that...

Me: Right you are, Goldy. I need to rant.

Me: *takes deep breath* SO, I was the one who recommended legacy to the library, right? That means I'm the first one to get a hold. That was in March, and the library accepted my request. However, after several months, I wasn't seeing Legacy, no matter how many times I was searching it up. I was really confused because my friends told me it was there, but it wasn't in my holds. I finally became smarter and searched up 'legacy' by itself in the catalog instead of 'keeper of the lost cities: legacy' and there it was.

Goldy: With over 200 holds placed on it.

Biana: I'm a bit worried...what Legacy are you talking about?

Me: A book. That has absolutely nothing to do with you guys. Totally.

Biana: Oh. Okay.

Fandoms: *resume chitchat*

Me: You have no idea how much in a rage I was that day. Honestly. I just burst into tears, thinking of how I wouldn't be able to go on WP or Pinterest because there'd be so many spoilers, and I'd get the book in mid-February. I knew I was overreacting and making a big deal out of it, and I should be grateful I got to read it at all, but still. I filed a complaint and this is what the librarian said. Well, what I said first.

Vara: "Hi, I was the person who requested Legacy by Shannon Messenger for purchase and it said 'staff has placed a hold for you' but it's still not there yet? And I just checked and it was there, but I never got any hold on it, even though they said they would place a hold. I'd like to know why this happened and see if there's any way I can get the first hold back."

Me: And I know I should have been more passive-aggressive like Lily and Becky said, but that was pretty much all I could think of at the moment without adding a bunch of curse words in there. And this is what I got back.

Goldy: "Hello Ms. Suo-"

Me: *explodes* THEY COMPLETELY MISSPELLED MY LAST NAME THE HUGE IDIOTIC-

Goldy: Calm down, Sticky. You'll be fine, and I have to finish.

Me: Fine.

Goldy: "I don't know why your hold wasn't placed. If it didn't get placed and we updated your account with the message that we placed your hold, it was an error in my department. Please accept my apologies. We will do our best for this not to happen again."

Goldy: I mean, when you re-read it, they sounded sincere enough, but they didn't try to get you the hold they promised.

Me: *sighs* Yeah, I know, I guess now that I see it, they apologized, but they didn't even try. *sings* But that's not what IIIIII see...(who recognizes the lyric?) Anyway I literally couldn't function for weeks because of what I saw as the stupid response. And then THIS comment came and that's when I blew up and couldn't focus on my 500-point culture project, many 30-page study guides and finals. They totlly destroyed my grades, btw. I just barely managed to get them back up in time. Which, unfortunately Goldy, are the sad excuses I have for stalling this chapter for so long. I'm sorry.

Goldy: No worries, Sticky. Also, Vara, want to share the comment?

Katniss: Wait, chapter?

Goley, Vara, and me: *ignores her*

Vara: "I'm so glad I got the first hold! It's only reserved for the special people, and I guess I was because I was the first person ever to suggest it and now, I'll get to read it first :)"

Everyone: ..........

Clary: I honestly have no idea what you're even talking about, but I bet the comment really provoked you.

Me: You think? I know, that as my social studies teacher would say, that I was just in the ragey-stubborn-teen-mood that day but noooooooo. Like, big mood. I honestly can't describe what happened because I was so mad. And I also can't remember. I was that angry.

Goldy: Wow......

Me: Yeah. But back to Legacy.....Sophie, have you manifested any powers yet? Or found out who your parents are?

Sophie: Well-

Fitz: Stop! They're strangers.

Vara: Come on, you've known us for......more than a year already and you consider us strangers? (Happy 1-year fandom texting anniversary btw)

Dex: Yes.

Goldy: *sarcastically* I see you're not sick anymore.

Dex: Yup. The conversation was too interesting.

Me: Uh huh. Well, Sophie want to share anything interesting from your lives? Keep us updated?

Sophie: *stares*

Fitz: Let her go, it's been a long life.

Goldy: *desperate* WAIT! IS THE CLIFFHANGER BAD?!

Me: Psh, Goldy, they're always worse after the other. You KNOW it'll be bad.

Goldy: Yeah but......

Vara: Here, I stole Legacy from a friend. You can read it. I already did, and.....it was better than Flashback but still sad. (Just saying peoples, this is totally fake. Haven't read a page of Legacy yet. Well, the first page actually, but I gave up because too much work. And by the first page, I mean the preface)

Goldy and Me: *squeals*

Goldy and Me: *looks at each other*

Goldy and Me: *starts circling each other angrily*

Goldy and Me: *start arguing*

Vara: *facepalms* Oh no, I really shouldn't have.

Dex: What are they even....*grabs Legacy and screeches* WHY ARE SOPHIE, FITZ, AND KEEFE HERE?!

Vara: *curses*

Sophie, Fitz, and Keefe: *run over to where Dex is and start screaming*

Vara: ACCIO LEGACY!

Me: FREEZE!

Everyone: *freezes*

Me: *sneaks over to Vara*

Me: *picks up Legacy*

Me: *grins triumphantly*

Me: *starts to read Legacy*

Me: Ooh, things are looking up already....\

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no skyward, I don't want to stay logged in now please shut up

Thanks for reading. I want to say so much, but I'll keep it short.

So you all know that I moved, and it's not so easy to keep updating frequently. Just please know I'm dealing with stuff right now, (like moving) so you might not want to expect super frequent updating. Maybe more like once a month, and I'm hoping for a 2019 year in review by the end of this year.

Goldy-so sorry this chapter took like....all of 2019 to publish. *grins sheepishly* Because of that, you can have my "copy" (ahem....original manuscript Vara stole from Shannon Messenger) of early Legacy. *hands it to you*

So many people have commented on this book, and it'll take me a while to answer all of them, but thank you for that. I really appreciate it.

Thanks to all of you readers for sticking with me for.... *checks* a year and 2 months! Go celebration party! *blasts confetti everywhere, whether you like it or not*

Ugh, and now this is sounding like Shannon's acknowledgements page. You know, the page we turn to hoping for more story and instead find a rude cliffhanger and the unfortunate acknowledgements? (that word looks SUPER WRONG and I'm itching to spell it another way)

Another thing, like I mentioned above, please don't spoil this book when you read Legacy and be like "TAM DIED HE'S NOT ALIVE ANYMORE" or "GISELA GOT FED POISON AND MANIFESTED ANOTHER ABILITY" because I and many others haven't read it yet.

I don't want to make this too long, so.....happy Legacy reading!!!!! :)