Free Falling

Helena was really really bored right now. All her other siblings were doing some training with daddy dearest and Helena was left to her own thing. She is currently playing the piano. Well, reading a book but pretending as if she was actually doing something useful. It’s been 12 years since she was reborn into this world. Her mother died at childbirth, her body was not able to take the sudden pregnancy.

Her family, bitter and stricken, sent her to Reginald Hargreaved. A very rich man who was keen on adopting as many children as he could. Thus Helena was then known as Number 8. Helena was known as someone who was well powerless, which confused Reginald Hargreaves greatly. He could’ve sworn Helena did something when she was younger. Reginald decided to drug and keep her so he could “watch” her.

What he did not know was that those drugs would never work on Helena. She was powerful and was considered the mistress of death. Not that dear old Reggie knew about that. Helena found that her siblings did not deserve all the hate that Reginald gave to them. Every brutal training Helena would buy them their favorite candies and sweets and give to them. Whenever Luther was forced to be this big and strong leader vying for reginalds attention because that was all he knew, Helena would sit by him. She and Luther would sit on the rooftop under the smog covered stars. Helena never expected Luther to be this infalling leader. God she already knew the burden it weighed.

With Diego ,Helena would drag him to make cookies with mom. Helena did not know what to feel about having a robot as a mom. In all honesty she was rather glad, even though Reginald made her. Helena and Diego bonded over mom because they loved her a lot. On the days when they didn’t have training Diego and Helena would bake all these different treats and dance jokingly to music from the 80’s. The days where Reginald would literally try to drown Diego, Helena would cover him in fluffy blankets and they would watch “fuller house” marveling over an actual loving family while sipping on hot chocolate.

When Allison would have sore throats from being forced to constantly rumor people, Helena would make her some of her favorite tea’s. Helena would sneak in some magazine and makeup and put on a dramatic fashion show. It always lifted up Allison’s spirits. Helena inadvertently taught Allison that just because she can make people do what she wanted to do there was no purpose in that. She would rather earn everything she wanted instead of just forcing someone to give it to her. Helena would spend hours and hours learning hairstyles for Allison so she can be comfortable in her own hair and skin. Helena knew how it felt to have dark skin and the media calling you racist slurs as a literal child.
Klaus, Helena would think, is her absolute favorite sibling. Their dark humor was on par with Klaus seeing dead people and Helena could interact with them if she wanted to. Hade did not want Klaus to use drugs and alcohol as a way to get rid of the ghosts. She knew first hand what that does to you. Instead Hade gave klause a sketchbook and told him to draw. Whenever Klaus was locked in a mausoleum Hade would sneak out and ward the ghosts away. She then would sit next to Klaus and just be there for him. Klaus would draw phenomenology well and Helena would sit by him with some food and talk quietly. Sometimes when Klaus would draw Helena would play the piano to keep him company.

Helena had a lot of fun with five. She could easily keep up with five’s genius brain after being, you know, reborn. Helena and five would sit in five’s room and bounce ideas off each other. Complicated math and the semantics involving them were way up Helena’s alley. Helena and Five also had a bunch of fun sneaking out of the house to go to weird donut places. Five would spatially jump them over there and they would just judge donuts. They even made a list of what places they should go to. Helena was also the only one that never minded to go spatial jumping with five. Must be the apparition from the past life or whatever.

Helena was able to empathize with Ben. She knew what it felt like being a monster or a ticking time bomb. Strangely the eldritch didn’t mind being with Helena. She was the only one that didn’t get hurt whenever they were released. Whenever Ben was in his, “I hate life and I'm a dangerous person” mood, Helena would take his hand and sneak him to the library. Whenever Ben was exhausted from letting out the eldritch Helena would sneak in during the early house and read aloud some of his favorite books. Ben kind of reminded Helena of Remus Lupin. A man that Helena loved like a father but died as a hero. So in the early hours of the morning both Elena and Ben would go through adventures in books and learn that there is more.

And then finally Vanya. Elena felt a sort of kinship with Vanya. When Helena found out she was ostracized in her past life for not having powers it made Helena feel like she was back in pivet drive. Helpless and unable to do anything with herself. Helena would give Vanya a violin whenever Reginald worked her to the bone. Because Vanya had destructive powers she was forced to keep a lid on it all the time. If she laughed her dad would smack her. Not that Vanya knew Helena knew that. So sometimes they would play their separate instruments together and it would help a lot.

So yeah Helena was a bit busy running around making sure her siblings knew that she actually cared not like freaking reginald. Honestly, Helena has a lot to say about him and she just wants to punch him in the face at least once.

Helena got up from the piano and made her way towards her own room. Her siblings weren’t going to be done training until at least 7 and it was like 5 in the morning. She wasn’t in the mood to look at pogo and hear him prattle about how great reginald was. Maybe it's the imp in him that realizes my disdain or whatever. He usually tried to avoid Helena anyway.

Helena looked at the mirror noting how she looked different compared to her last life. Years of child abuse did not help her grow at all leaving her a sickly little girl. Now in her new life she still had her black hair which was a bit more manageable. Usually on the wavy side. Her bright green eyes remained unchanged and her skin was a dark mocha color. Probably from her mother. At least that didn’t change. Helena loved her indian and muslim heritage and always tried to celebrate the customs and holidays whenever she could.

Helena braided her hair in a simple french braid and changed her uniform to something comfortable in her standards. She did not want to wear a uniform for an entire day like who does that? She sat criss crossed on the bed with a laptop in hand. Right now she was attempting to finish college before 16.

In her past world people thought Helena was some ditzy spoiled girl because of her grades. It was just years of training to not be better than dinky dudikens.

While Helena was doing her assignments she thought that she had a lot ot change. With her being here she was able to bring the siblings closer together. Instead of letting reginald shun them she brought them to be closer.

Helena had a little list that she was planning on doing

STOP THE APOCALYPSE
No time traveling for five (yet)
Don’t let ben die
Vanya is important
Write a book
Marry
Don’t die a virgin (again)
C h i l d r e n
Live a little
Go to france

The last one was there because she always wanted to go but never had the time.

Helena heard a stampede coming to her room and she fondly rolled her eyes.

“Well at least there finally done” Helena thought

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“I think we might’ve made her happier” Fate said smiling slightly

Death grinned sharply, “Reginald won’t know whats coming”