Haunted Hearts

Events occurring after Lexie's return from the psych ward. **This chapter is mostly themed around suicide, self harm and the events of abuse.**

## Lore

Essie Jane goes missing. Nico notes that he slept in Essie's dorm, but woke up and she was gone. A mysterious number texts Lexie, calling her out rather harshly for her behaviour, and when the messages end similarly to suicide note, Lexie figures out that it's Essie. Nico realises Essie was attempting suicide the night before, and he hadn't realised. Meanwhile, Wesley goes missing as well, as Hans has shipped him off to a psych ward. Michael Dameron tries to get him out with no success. Theodore finds Essie, and then goes to prove Wesley doesn't need to be in the psych ward. He is released.

Essie is found half dead and comatose, and Theodore informs Ellybelle of what really happened to Essie. Another student scolds Nico for talking about Essie's situation. Sophia joins in with the scolding, whilst Killian and Anderson argue against them, with Louisa quietly joining in. An old friend of Nico's joins the chatroom, outing him as transgender and exposing Essie and Nico's assault charges. Louisa explains the situation after Killian and Anthony yell at the old friend.

Milla starts talking about wanting a hickey after Lexie and Issac start kissing, and Ayana offers. The conversation continues in DMs, and results in Ayana and Milla dating. Amadeus and Milla discuss diets, which seems to bother Ayana. New student Carina Duke joins the chatroom, appearing to be an old friend of Effie's, and after three days, Essie is still comatose. Hye-Jin and Trygve have a brief argument, due to Trygve wanting Hye-Jin to spend time with her family and Hye-Jin trying to avoid trauma dumping.

Ayana argues with a student when his conversation upsets Wesley. Sophia makes a jab at Nico's romantic preferences, and a student calls Nico sensitive, kicking off a massive argument, with Sophia and the student against Nico, Anthony, Norman and Lexie. Ayana eventually hops in to prove Nico and Killian's point that Sophia is not a friendly person. The student eventually leaves.

Issac, Lexie and Hades argue, though the argument makes little sense to outsiders. Ayana calls Issac out for being rude about Hades' name, and Issac is rude to Ayana in response. When Revna Odinson, Trygve's "dead" sister, joins the chatroom, Issac is disrespectful, achieving the rare feat of making Effie mad. When Sophia tries to befriend Revna, Ayana sends multiple screenshots of Sophia's behaviour. Ayana convinces Lexie to open up about her relationship troubles with Issac. Sophia tries to interrupt, and Ayana quickly shuts her down.

Issac, Melina and Lexie argue, whilst Ayana appears to be frightened about something, though is ignored by the others. Essie joins the chatroom, and Lexie leaves. Moments later, Essie leaves, and Lexie rejoins. Essie rejoins later in the day. Essie informs Dorian that Silus has finally been arrested, charged and fined, and that the money will go to Dorian. Lexie and Issac work out that Dorian has a crush on Essie. Erebus then tells the chatroom that Wesley is pregnant, whilst Hans tells Hye-Jin about all of Wesley's graphic mental health problems and tries to convince her Wesley doesn't love her. Hye-Jin has a breakdown in Melina's DMs, whilst being as supportive as she can be in Wesley's.

Dorian compliments Essie, so when Lexie makes a jab at her, Essie leaves the chatroom. Sahin tries to throw a party for Dorian, and Ayana swoops in to rescue him, lying so his schedule means he can't come. Wesley gives birth to Atticus, and Hye-Jin seems overjoyed to be his parent. Erebus tries to allude Dorian's crush to Essie, however she seems apathetic. Dorian has a panic attack and Essie coaches Lexie through what to do. Two days later, Dorian announces his relationship with Essie. Essie randomly leaves the chatroom, and Nico shares that the hospital don't want to discharge her yet. After Lexie and Nico argue, Nico leaves the chatroom, followed by Dorian.

Killian and Daphne are kidnapped and assaulted, and when they return, only Louisa knows. Effie reveals that she has finally been discharged, as she had to return shortly after her previous discharge due to more issues arising. Ayana is being stalked, but has yet to tell anyone. Dae-Hyun and Evan poke fun at each other, until Erebus joins in to make a jab at Evan, upsetting him. Maverick joins in as well, unintentionally upsetting Evan more until he goes offline. Ayana and Dae-Hyun try to explain. When Sahin joins the conversation, Ayana makes a jab at Sahin in Italian, and so Sahin never notices. Dae-Hyun unintentionally upsets Maverick by saying that a lot of people at Camshire die, though quickly apologises and explains what he means.

Essie begs Lexie to be mad at her. though Lexie refuses. Without telling anyone, Essie calls the psychiatric ward and gets Lexie sectioned, as she knows this made people mad last time. She confesses this to Wesley a day later as she and Dorian rejoin the chatroom. Nico visits Lexie in the psych ward, informing her that Essie is likely going to be sectioned with Lexie. In the chatroom, Evan seems concerned, as his graduation is coming up. Hye-Jin and Darius manage a friendly conversation, and in DMs, Hye-Jin finally apologises for doxxing Darius, before opening up about her 'punishment' for it.

Killian informs Ayana he's in the hospital, and Ayana immediately makes her way to the hospital. Louisa accidentally shares what happened, before panicking and deleting it. Daphne says what happened, whilst a man claiming to be Killian's uncle messages Michael to ask where Killian is. Ayana leaves the hospital, though lapses into another episode- the chatroom being silent worsens it, and her episode continues into the next day.

Essie confesses to calling the psych ward for Lexie, only for Hades to refuse to be mad at her. The man claiming to be Killian's uncle arrives at the hospital, assaulting and waterboarding both Killian and Louisa, before leaving. Nico reports it to Michael, who takes it to the police. Ayana has a breakdown in her dorm, smashing her mirror, distressed by the amount of people who seem to be leaving her as Evan's graduation is coming up. Essie calls Darius, wanting to be mad at someone, only for Darius to tell her (verbatim) that what happened to her is her own fault. Darius informs the chatroom of what he's done, and leaving Dorian and Wesley outraged (despite both being blocked by Essie at the time) and Hye-Jin to get Medea involved. Medea burns Darius' face, furious with him.

The next day, Nico states that Essie's younger sister, Ollie, intends on joining. Ayana asks for help covering up injuries, concerning Evan and Dae-Hyun. She refuses to explain to Evan, stating she is mad at him and doesn't want to talk to him, and only tells Dae-Hyun that she got punched. Adam, meanwhile, leaves and rejoins the chatroom, concerning Nico and Evelyn. Colton joins, and is revealed to be Wesley's ex- a much friendlier one, to Hye-Jin's surprise. Unknown to the others, Adam has already made contact with Essie and convinced her to meet with him.