I let my finger tips slide against the bricked wall. Going over the rough edges and bumps as I walked to the back of the building facing a short walkway.
It was pitch black. I couldn't even see out the other side. I breathed in and took a glance behind me, once again making sure I was not being followed and walked as quietly as I could. The small rocks scratched and bounced faintly as my brown boots stepped down. 571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkocm4XjXJ0
The next wall guide me on as my fingers glided, this one was flat and smooth. I walked till my foot tapped against something. I took a small step back and kneeled down. I felt around with my hands and I clamped around a cold handle and looked around me slowly taking it in. This is the best part of the city that people like me, could hide but my nerves were making me jumpy because this is the best part of the city that people like me could be found. My heart pumped loudly in my ears when I slowly pull the handle, it creaked. Echoing off the walls.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVONZs0AGb
For descendants of witches. Abnormal abilities has been passed down throughout my father's side of generations and if anyone were to discover the truth. We would be tossed behind cold rusted bars, isolated and starved then left to die. That's if you were lucky.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE1FCiEr3u
If they suspect that you knew more than you weren't telling them; of the whereabouts of the nameless mount of demons or criminals. That's what the wealthy stocked is calling them. All of us apparently. I cannot say what they do to you exactly, no one can. Those secrets never makes it past those prison walls but it's enough for me to imagine.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1Z9qKeofc
Mother told us several decades ago, A small group of trustee members visited all of the studies throughout the state and were announced to be from the northern Burka union. It is known that a sea of men served as relentless and murderous beings who are not only cruel to witches but to everyone. They burned down libraries in every folk town till the buildings were cinder and ash.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5atgpoN5M
They chose to hunt and execute all things that were unnatural in their eyes.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL3PgcFvHS
I opened it wider and walked down a few steps sliding in quickly. There was voices coming from the bottom of the stairs behind a brown cloth. A faint light mixed with two tall shadows and a smaller one hunching slightly as if that person was sitting. I closed the door quietly and sat down. They weren't aware that I was here yet. There was a few moments where I could be by myself and I welcomed them each time. My eyes were watering up again for the one millionth time today. Of course I suppose it's normal to express grief this way.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYoSfn3baq
Mother knew first.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarOYCgOaOa
She was there when it happened, when she came home in tears and specks of blood on her clothes. I was shocked. Aister never had any family members in this town so no one took much grief, She only had us. My heart sings in sorrow with every memory of her.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfkAYqZq35
She used to tell me stories when I was young, not the kind of fairy tales with happy endings but some things darker. She spoke about oceans with appealing women with tails of a fish that sang so beautifully, it can put any man in a trance, luring them into they're territory to devour the flesh of the men. Or forest trees with abnormal colored leaves. That could break any curse, spell, even breathes souls back into the hearts of the recently deceased. I hardly gave mind of where she heard of such myths, I was so intrigued that, I would sometimes dream of visiting those places.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYa5FKLIyc
She was a sweet soft hearted woman always so patient with Daiya, so as expected. It hit her the hardest.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE92ibqqzo4
I remember her being so quick to rage, her heart would cry out in anger and deep anguish, it was like watching an open fire, it's energetic burning heat would rise up, growing larger each time it's fed. Turning everything to ash till it was put out. I felt my mind drift off to months back.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOmvdBFru0
Old stories were spreading across towns, of children taken from their homes disappearing into the night. Leaving behind deserted homes. Rotting corpses were found with throats cut open and they're bodies withering away. I heard a soft "Owh" cry come from the other side. My mother's shadow began to sway, I watched as she soothed the infant in her arms.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7RJXjG034
They more often than not take the males.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspY6qbuzdu
"How much did you pay him?" I heard Daiya's loud voice.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kvJfcnGVV
"It took a lot for him to commit to it but once I showed him what I have, he gave in. So about five silver coins". Mother said in a assuring tone.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpasAHFXsL
"You mean, you gave him Father's silver coins?". I sighed, Here we go. Agitation and confusion slithered as she spoke. "Yes Daiya I gave away you're father's coins-"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5ggtQdq6k
"That was the last thing we had of him. How could you-". She's cut off by the taller shadow's voice filled with irritation and annoyance."You don't think she knows that?". I swear I can feel them glaring at each other.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcvLwtfIRk
"You're father cared more about you and you're family than some silly coins". Daiya's always been so secretive when it comes to valuables from the people she's known. "Maybe you should to."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bKPLLgYnn
A few years ago, She told us that she went to visit Father where he was buried.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FBYCKtipn
She lied.
We hadn't seen her for that whole day. I found her laying in her bed. Her feet were dirty with a few small cuts here and there but her hands looked glossy and sticky.
Mother leaned in and smelled a certain sweetness to her and her stomach looked as if she had been well fed. Her and her friend had stolen some peaches from a carton I remember passing our streets.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC9PCKkcWg
The man spoke up again in a deep gruffly voice." Susan choose an excellent coachman. He is alone and in the back of his carriage is filled with freshly stocked wooden boxes, filled with jars of meats, fruits and vegetables."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1j5ybR2pe
I've never wanted to smelled anything sweeter than all those scents combined.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pxk3X2sNx
I listened intensely as he continued." It'll be perfect enough to mask y'all's scents combined when we go underground".571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKU5hc5Fdn
I stopped daydreaming and spoke out of shock. "Underground?". I stood up and pushed back the cloth. George with a shocked expression, the clock maker had on his unusual set of glasses. Mother's long hair was falling from its braid as her dark eyes searched my face in concern wrinkles showed in the corner of lips as she gave me a small smile and Daiya just stared at me in annoyance with her hand under her chin twirling a small silver tool that belonged to something of George's collections.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeadO99UfCu
George spoke first." Ah, there you are". Theodore clapped his hands as he pulled away from mother's chest, a big silly smile aimed at me." I was beginning to feel a little worried, did you get lost again?". Mother asked. I bit my lip. 571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2ka7yjBBU
"I've taken some shortcuts a little ways down the street". I trailed off and took an unconscious glanced at my sister, She had a smugged look and rolled her eyes." I wasn't followed though". I cleared my throat. She nodded.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7fUDwMLmr
George gazed at his watch. "We're late already, he's waiting for us so you people better get your things". We all followed him in a rushed pace. Mother turned to me as we walked.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtYLAvpI14
"Here", She hands me one of her loose shirts from a sack over her shoulder. From here I peeked a small bag of bread with ham. She tossed Daiya one of her blanket." It should mask your scents". Mother came prepared even more so now that..incident happened.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1atkMyA2L
I swallowed down the feeling as I felt the shirt fall softly over as I bring it over my head. Daiya yawned wrapping the blanket around her." What about Theo?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmydOyRDtU1
She sighed lifting him up on her hip." He'll be with me". Theo smiled at her rubbing his eyes.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHflhTOkWR
I made a mistake inhaling when George pulled back a dusty carpet. Daiya bent over with her hands over her mouth, her eyes teary. Mother had a cloth over Theo's mouth while holding one onto herself. I used my sleeve to cover my mouth shutting my eyes as more dust began to fly when He wipped at the floor. It finally began to settle when he lifted a handle. The wooden door fell with a creek.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoWVY4n9KT
He chuckled."Walla!". It was so dark that I couldn't make out any shapes. Two steps down was all I could see make out to be a staircase. Sounds of water dripping echoed and plink. 571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pJJ8fW2Pe
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It was dark. The only way for us to know our destination was by someone small holding a lantern with him it glowed a soft light.
It wasn't useful, not even when our eyes began to adjust. We stumbled over rocks tucked into the earth or slid over flat surfaces that were difficult to stand on. Theo giggled into mother's neck as he hears Daiya foot slip and fall once again, she took another sharp blow to her knees colliding into the cold wet surface. She cursed while cleaning her hands in her thighs and marched alongside me.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlhB7IDWPb
George went to a halt blocking my view from seeing who the small person was.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlvfF37otD
It looked like a child.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fCB5tNc4l
Why would George have a child guide us through a cave?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX1gStbRBE
Confusion and curiosity made me quicken my step, Daiya's footing just as determined as mine. We were just a few steps away from George but stopped by mother blocking our path. Daiya sighed.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eb8S4Hbmn
"Don't look him the eye". What?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfVQEQCPM9
This person must be that important if they don't want us to see him.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFPekSsKNl
"It don't like that". She sternly said.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSwyYzgMld
I sighed as my sister spoke my frustration."Who are you talking about?".571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGlKMAo29f
But all mom did was say. "Hush" putting her finger upfront of her lips. "Do as I say".571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdbvdo5Bz6
Our curiosity grew as we neared closer, Daiya began to grip my shirt uneasy. I for one was shaken up with urgency. We held back and waited for George's hushed tone to quieten down. My foot tapped soundlessly on the ground as Daiya showed her impatience by abruptly throwing a small rock at his head. He turned glaring and spoke a few more hushed words then stepped aside.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd9o1Rkut4
We gasped.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lijl3OuMv
That is not a child571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKPyOl6sGr
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If it's not a child.. then what is it?
What do you think of the characters so far?
Who was Aister?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuhqAxvGwv
& how did she die?
Are those fairytale stories real beings and places?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsap3F7eU3S
