Summary
What if Sweeney Todd had Twins not just Joanna? Could it be possible for one to fall in love with the enemy? Even after everything he's done?
Authors Note* Okay so this is my second story I'm publishing. Beware this has death in it, well its Sweeney Todd I suppose that's kind of expected. I wrote this years ago, it's been residing in my year 9 French book for a while so I thought I might as well put it on here! Please be nice, if you don't like it well tough, you shouldn't have read it. And if you did like it, please let me know why because it'll help for stories in the future.
Oh also I don't own Sweeney Todd or anything, the only character who is mine is Alexi!
Looking out the window Joanna sighed, her sister Alexi glanced over at her and said "Seriously Jo why do you sit there? Knowing what's out there but not being able to go, just makes you depressed. And you're no fun when your depressed!" Joanna looked over at her twin and shook her head, despite being twins they looked absolutely nothing alike. Joanna was tall and willowy with gorgeous long blonde hair, all traits she had inherited from their mother. In contrast to Joanna, who was often referred to as resembling the daytime, was the mysterious Alexi. With hair as black as a magpies wing, she was petite with a highly defined elven like face, a trait clearly inherited from their father. Alexi was the night to Joanna's day.
Losing their parents early on in life, they had been taken in as the wards of Judge Michael Turpin. He kept them locked in a room in his house, forbidden to step outside in case someone took them away they stayed locked away, bored out of their minds. They heard a creak in the corridor outside their room, Joanna sighed and looked towards the street once again as Alexi walked over to the wall by the door, her face set in an irritated expression.
In the wall was a small hole that someone could easily peer through, both knew it was their but they knew it was useless to even try to get it fixed, how else would the Judge spy on them. Alexi looked over at Joanna and grinning said "Guess what he's spying on us again!"
She slammed her hand over the hole, and as she did so they both heard something fall on the other side, Alexi couldn't help but grin as Joanna laughed and shook her head at her sister's antics while saying "Nice one Alexi but you're going to get in trouble one of these days if you keep doing that!"
They heard movement in the corridor and the door opened to reveal Judge Michael Turpin, a blonde man wearing a fancy coast and pretty tight trousers, to which Alexi had to turn around to stop him seeing her giggles. With him was sidekick Beadle, a short fat man with wispy brown hair and squinty eyes. Joanna and Alexi couldn't help but dislike him, he simply creeped them out as his eyes roamed their bodies and he licked his lips every time he saw them. Michael smiled and said "It's nice to see you girls, how are you this morning?" Joanna stood up and curtseyed and returned the greeting, murmuring it clearly just wishing he would leave them alone. He then turned to Alexi, who looked at him with a raised eyebrow and then turned her back to him and remained silent refusing to talk to him.
Michael's smile faded and he said "Are you not going to greet me Alexi?" Alexi turned to look at him and saw a clear route to the door, she smiled and walking towards Michael curtseyed in front of him and then moving to one side said "Of course I am sir, I'm very well sir and hope you are too sir. Oh and goodbye!" She then darted out of the room and down the corridor, Michael immediately sprinted after her as the Beadle kept an eye on Joanna who edged away from him. Alexi was close to the front door when Michael caught up with her, he grabbed hold of her and pinned her to the nearest wall. Struggling against him she glared and said "Let go of me, you…!"
He pinned her harder and said "You ungrateful little brat…. Don't you dare get any ideas about trying to escape from me again." Alexi laughed after an idea popped into her head, he frowned and said "What is so funny?" She grinned and said "Because you were the one who just gave me the idea!" She brought a knee up into the place where no guy wants to be hit, he automatically let go of her, bending over in pain. Alexi ran and threw open the front door, running out onto the street she marvelled at the space outside.
She waved to her sister who was watching her from the window, then ran as Michael came out the front door. He quickly pursued her until she joined a crowd determined to lose him, the crowd was gathered around a podium on which two barbers were having a contest. She moved to the front and looked up directly into the gaze of one of them, a gaze clearly hardened by life but it wasn't his gaze which made her gasp.
A face framed by midnight black hair with such defined elven like features, a face so like her very own. The man stared down at her and then quickly finished shaving the guy and was declared the winner. He moved forward towards her as if to look at her properly a look of confusion on his face. Before he could reach her, Alexi was grabbed from behind, she screamed as Michael dragged her away from the crowd. The barber was the only one who moved to try and help her, but her was blocked by the crowd who was applauding his victory.
Alexi was dragged back to the house and to hers and Joanna's locked room, she was flung onto the floor of her room and he glared at her before he shut the door and locked it. Joanna hurried over to her sister who sighed and said "Well I guess it was worth a try, we'll never get out of here if we don't even to try to escape." Joanna laughed and said "You're right of course, we really need to get out of here. But Alexi you better than to anger him, it just riles him up and we suffer for it. You know, I really don't see how you find him attractive!"