As much as she hoped, wished for the arms around her to belong to the man she loved, she knew her silent prayers would go unanswered, because it wasn't him.

The gods were cruel, staring down at the broken girl with sadistic looks of fake pity as they planned out more heart shattering moments. They wanted to see how much she could take, even after she is broken.

She thought her pain over Ben had ended, she thought she had let go, but everything she worked so hard to build crumbled around her from one word.

For years she had longed to hear him say her name, just one last time, and now that she has got that she couldn't accept it. He wasn't her Ben, but at the same time, he was.

All in one moment her mind was jumbled into nothing but an emotional mess. Grief flooded through every cell in her body, as her heart continued to thud, like Thunder on a stormy night.

Her hair was being pet, trying to calm down the shaken girl, but how do you calm down someone who lost the love of their life twice, only to see him alive, with a daughter?

Klaus softly sang, it was a song he would sing when they were younger, and she would have nightmares.

"You okay, Libi?" A stupid question on Klaus' part but a question that got a laugh out of her all the same.

"I don't think so, it's a lot of information to take in, Especially in such a short time frame." Her response was soft and a little hoarse, like if she were to speak any louder she would start crying all over again.

The sound of yelling put both Libitina and Klaus on High alert. She pushed her feelings to the side, she would need to deal with those at some point, but for now it sounded like a fight was about to break out. If one was then her family needed her.

both Hargreeves siblings ran back into what used to be their house, Libitina wiping away her dried tears. Her eyes were still bloodshot, it was obvious she was just crying.

her eyes avoided Ben's figure all together, she couldn't look at him in her fragile state.

She made her way over to Diego, who had just been hit by some venom type stuff, glancing across the room she could see that the dark haired girl who called her their sister was directly across from him.

Reaching up, Libitina snapped her fingers in-front of him. "we'll have to settle this the old fashion way." Came a voice, from who she could only assume was number one.

"Agreed." Luther took a few steps forward as he spoke, him and the sparrows number one facing off.

All of them expected a fight to break out but he started, dancing...?

Music creeped into the room, Luther dancing back in response. It was a dance battle? Libitina's eyebrows were furrowed and her nose was scrunched.

"What are you doing?" Diego asked the only person who seemed to know what was going on, Luther.

"Protecting our honor bro." the male dancing to what Libitina now recognized as the song 'Footloose' responded.

All of the sparrow Academy was dancing, the umbrella academy following suit. Libitina stood throwing her arms up "So, No one is gonna question where the music came from? Okay." She was already tired on this.

Soon enough Libitina was joining in the dance, the music flowing through her like she had no control of her body.

the heels of her boots clicking with each dance move she made, a skill she has mastered since her childhood, she was trained for fighting in any type of shoe, why would dancing de any different?

'This routine seems very,' she paused her train of thought looking for the correct word 'rehearsed.' She finished.

"Oh shit! We're really good at this." Said Diego as they followed the rhythm of the song.

"Shut up and Dance, Dumbass. I'm not gonna lose because of you." The blonde spat at Diego, Libitina was dancing like she had known the dance for years.

The academies crossed each other twice before going to opposite sides of the room, sliding side to side as the song continued.

Libitina was standing at the bottom of the staircase, dancing between Klaus and Ben with Viktor, Marcus, and Jayme dancing above them, their arms slinging like they were holding a lasso.

As they danced back into the main room, Christopher started spinning, confetti showering across the room as Diego and Fei took the dance floor between each academy.

Next came Luther and Sloane, spinning around before Luther picked her up and dipped her before holding her in his arms princess style and spinning around.

Viktor and Marcus were up next, perfect harmony between the two as they hopped and spun around in the center of the room.

Alphonso and Allison took the center next them kicking their legs over the other, them ducking out of the way.

The next to take the center was Libitina and Ben, Ben spinning Libitina out a dipping her, before turning her loose and them dancing across from each other, enough tension between them to drown a lion.

They parted only for Jayme and Five to take their place. Jayme playing with her hair, Five's head placed on the palm of her hand as they danced. Before Jayme flicked him on the forehead, sending him falling to the floor.

After this Diego retook the center with Grace, Grace doing the robot, ironically enough, and Diego dancing behind her to the side.

What seemed like a time skip happened as the academies were now in two lines, Diego in the front between them, leading them across the room their legs kicking out each one with a happy smile on their faces.

The music slowly faded and Diego was pulled back to reality with Libitina still snapping her fingers infront of his now sweating form.

"You good, Di?" Libitina asked as Diego's eyes casted over to the Dark haired girl. Who nodded like saying 'Trippy right?' she was definitely teasing him.

She patted Diego's back as he reached up, wiping away the sweat and.. tears? Why did he start crying?

"We'll have to settle this the old fashioned way." Came the voice of their number One, Making Libitina's focus shift away from Diego.

"Look, we just fought a literal army. Okay? This doesn't need to get ugly." Viktor tried to cool the situation down, not wanting a fight to break out, which seemed to be where this was headed.

Libitina had to agree, she had never been much of a fighter, at least not without a reason.

"Let's all just calm down, and let's talk." Viktor went on to say, glancing at his siblings as if it was a warning to them.

"Pst Benerino," Klaus said and Libitina threw her hands up in exasperation.

'Great, Klaus is gonna get us into a fight.' She thought with an annoyed eye roll, already walking off to the side of the room, ready to avoid fighting unless absolutely needed.

"You look so much better alive than you do dead." Klaus was clearly talking out of his ass, at least if Libitina had to guess.

"He has no idea what you are talking about, Dumbass." The blonde snarked to her brother, who waved her off with a noise of disbelief.

"Am I right? Except that hair cut." Klaus continued, it was clear that he was just pissing Ben off, his hands were doing that wavy thing. He had always been a very animated talker.

"What the hell did you just say?" Ben questioned, clearly offended by Klaus' not thought through words.

"Ah, stop with all of the hostility mister grumpy pants." Klaus said, waving him off and walking closer to the Sparrows Ben.

"Oh, wow. Nice Scar. Muy Matcho." Klaus said, locking his hands at the bottom of his stomach, A look of what seemed to be sympathy on his face.

"Shut your mouth."

"You shut your mouth and just hug your brother!" Klaus said, his arms open for a hug, that quickly got turned down by Ben punching him across the face.

Klaus went stumbling back, rolling across the table and onto the floor. "What the hell! You didn't have to do that!" Luther said, being protective of his siblings.

"Oh I'm pretty sure I did!" Ben responded with the same amount of hostility.

"He's right, he did!" Came a quieter voice, belonging to a male with some kind of deformity along the right side of his face.

Libitina thought about it 'Klaus did kind of deserve it, This Ben has no idea who he is.' She hummed in her mind before a figure flew by her.

Luther was kicked in the stomach, sending him flying back into Klaus.

A snort escaped the blonde before she could stop it "Damn, They went down like dominoes." Her voice held clear amusement, because as much as she loved her siblings this was a funny thing to see.

She watched Klaus hit against Luthers side, his voiced strained under the pressure, as she moved to lean against one of the columns keeping the second floor steady.

Everyone seemed to go into fighting mode. She watched as Viktor and Allison fought against crow lady, and Hallucinogenic Venom spit lady.

She was standing next to Alphonso. "I have to admit, What you did to Diego was pretty cool." She complemented the dark haired woman.

"Thanks, I'm Jayme." She formally introduced herself before turning to the other two "That's Sloane and Alphonso."

"I'm Libitina. Though, based on your reactions earlier I'm going to assume you already knew that." She responded.

"Should I step in and Help?" Who she came to know as Sloane asked.

"No, she's making a point." Alphonso said, watching the fight. "Popcorn?" He said, Never drawing his eyes away.

"Oo, how did you know?" Libitina asked, Happily taking a few pieces after Sloane declined.

"Everyone love popcorn during a good fight scene." Alphonso answered, making Libitina nod in understanding. She had a feeling she would be close with him and Jayme.

Viktor stood up, his powers causing his skin to turn a beautiful blue color that Libitina could never pin point the shade of.

"My turn." Sloane said, making Libitina curious as to what her power was.

Sloane's hand flew out, throwing Viktor up into the air, his powers exploding and missing them entirely.

"Gravity Manipulation, Nice." Libitina said, shoving popcorn in her face, preferring to stay out of the fight, not like anyone was trying to fight her either.

Viktor was thrown back, groaning in pain from his collision with the wall as Sloane spoke "Art snob huh?" Her lips were in a small grin from the comment.

Diego running by Viktor throwing knives at the Cube, he seemed to have a very personal battle going against him.

Diego pushed in between Alphonso and Libitina, who were still watching crow lady, who she was informed to be Fei, and Allison fight. "Rude, Diego!" Libitina yells after him.

Allison seemed to get the upper hand on Fei, her hands grabbing the Cane and Making Fei stumble "By the way, I heard a rumor you can't move." Allison said, her powers causing Fei to officially freeze in place.

"What are your powers, Alphonso?" The blonde asked, Before he handed her the bag of Popcorn.

"I'll show you." He walked over to Allison taking Fei's place in the fight. "Hit me." He said to the dark haired woman.

"What?" She was clearly confused, and out of breath.

"Come on, Hit me in the face." He repeated, his hands coming to point as if they were arrow signs.

"Okay." Allison spun around, her left hand coming to hit Alphonso on the cheek, but it did him do damage.

Instead it reflected off of him and back onto Allison, who got the full affects of the punch. She fell back, in both pain and Surprise.

'So, his power is Empathetic Masochism? Nice.' Libitina thought to herself, nodding in approval that she was definitely impressed by his power.

"I bet that hurt, huh?" He said, casually teasing.

Libitina left the corridor back towards the living room. Popcorn still in hand. Just missing Five teleporting into the room and taking Allison up to the second floor of the Academy.

Libitina, made her way up stairs not to far behind Jayme. She watched Jayme sneer and her tongue roll, venom flying out of her mouth hitting Five above his left eyebrow.

"Eh, Uh, gross!" He said to the black haired woman, Jayme held a small smirk on her face. Libitina coming to stand behind Five.

"You got another one already, Jayme?" She asked, watching five look around, his eye connecting to a blank space for them.

As five walked over to his hallucination, Libitina helped Jayme stand, both watch in a 'what the fuck?' manner as Five began to kiss air.

"Are they all perverts?" Jayme turned her attention to Libitina who had the exact same look on her face.

"Don't ask me, I've been gone from the umbrella Academy for fourteen years." She said, holding her hands up in a way that said 'I don't claim this.'

Jayme snorted and made her way over to Five, kicking him down the stairs, making him tumble.

"Man, We've been here for ten minutes?" She paused looking at Jayme, who nodded her head back and forth in a 'So, So' manner. "and our asses are being kicked to high heaven." She said, making Jayme smile.

Jayme did miss having Libitina around, None of the Sparrows could bring themselves to fight her, not when they act, look, and sound exactly alike.

Libitina, swung here legs over the railing watching Luther and a guy she didn't know the name of yet, fight.

"See, Bigger isn't always better." Their number one said, making a chuckle come from Libitina, catching all of their attention, like they had forgotten she was even there. Except for Jayme and Alphonso of course.

Alphonso waved at the blonde with a grin as she jumped down from the railing, her heels clicking as she grew more and more Bored of the fight, she handed Alphonso back his bag of Popcorn, which she received a quiet thank you for.

"Oh yeah? Is that what you tell your girlfriend?" Luther snarled, trying to kick the other guys Leg's out from under him.

"What's that ones name again?" Libitina asked Alphonso as the two continued their fight.

"Oh, That's Marcus. Our number one, That is Christopher." He informed, pointing to the box who greeted her with noises.

The family began arguing over Dinner, making Libitina annoyed "Alright, Children. We're done here." She huffed, her eyes glowing purple and sending them flying back into the walls, Sloane on the second floor was being held down by whisps of purple energy wrapped around her form, Viktor tired form, Fives form, and Luthers began to float in the air.

"I enjoyed seeing all of you, let's do it again sometime" she said, having her siblings floating behind her. Once they were out of the Academy the Sparrows all fell to the ground.

"What the hell was that?" Marcus came to question, much like the others, he needed a whole lot of answers. To get those, they would need to ask the source of their questions.

Libitina...

PADDIE NOTES: Sorry if it's bad and Kind of rushed!