The BIG Summary: Bella and Tairy have been best friends their whole lives, both growing up to be beautiful young women. Bella's life is grand, she's rich, in the high class of society, is sweet and selfless, and her large family loves her dearly. Tairy, too, is rich and in the upper class (not necessarily as well off as Bella, but not too bad) but she has only her widowed father, who beats her, not so much regularly, but whenever he feels she's not living up to his standards. He is away from home a lot, so it doesn't happen too much. But because of her father's lack of love, her heart is slowly growing cold towards every person she has loved, feeling she is not good enough to be any ones friend or companion. Bella, noticing this, decides they should go to a fortune teller to find what their future holds. Little do they know how much their lives will change by this simple one act.
The Fortune
Chapter one: Where she lives
Seeing a rat run across the toe of her shoe Tairy turns and runs in the opposite direction. Bella runs after her and grabs her arm.
"Let me go!" Tairy cries trying to wrench her arm free. "I knew this was a bad idea! We're going to get the plague from being down here."
"You want this just as much as I do. Ever since I told you about my plan you haven't been able to stop talking about it." Tairy stops struggling and simply trembles. "You know the idea that this woman might be able to predict our future fascinates you; maybe it even gives you little bit of hope?" Bella is almost too harsh, but finally Tairy relents and they start walking back.
"Well how much farther is it then? I'm positive if we stay out much longer father will find out and beat me for it."
"Your father isn't even in town; he's been in Paris for less than a fortnight. And he'll be gone for at least three months. I think it'll be fun if to see what our future holds, if not just helpful in the practical sense." Bella slides her hand from where it was on Tairy's shoulder, down to holding her hand comfortingly. Tairy holds on for dear life.
"Look there's the hand, that's where she lives." They both slow down, unsure. Stopping right in front of the door, they glance around, and then stare at each other for a few moments. Taking a deep breath Bella raises her hand to knock, but the door creaks open slowly. They both step back.
"Ah, you are here," an old raspy voice says from the dark doorway.
"You were expecting us?" The once fearless Bella falters.
"Of course I was. If what I say now is of no significance, then how can what I tell you later hold any validity?" They stare dumbfounded. "Well why don't you come on in and stop gawking in the street?"
They both walk in hesitantly and glance around. It's dark and gloomy. There are only five candles lighting the whole place and the one window is covered with a dark cloth. There is a table and three chairs in an otherwise empty room. Two of the chairs are simple stools; the other is a high wing-backed chair. The old woman moves to the wing-backed; the girls slowly move to the stools and sit down.
"So you want to know a little about your futures huh? Let us see what I can see," she grins. "Bella now is it? Well for you I see happiness, but maybe in a place that is just a little unexpected. Your life will be filled with joy, and you will have many fat happy babies. As a note, always go to court! Every opportunity you get, go. Never forget either, don't judge on first appearances! Just a warning." She stops and takes a deep breath.
"Now you Tairy. You poor girl. I know your life hasn't exactly been one that you have wished it to be, but that doesn't mean you need to run away from it and all that are in it. I can tell you your life will become better, better than even Bella's." She stops to laugh at the incredulous look on Tairy's face. "Just because it won't be the same, doesn't mean that it won't be better. You feel like you are pretty much worthless right? Well I'm not going to tell you just what is going to happen, but your life will hold such joy and sorrow and happiness and pain. You will have the opportunity to make this world a better place, with your little bit of influence, to many people." She stops to catch her breath. "Just remember never go to court, and you Bella, help her out in any way you can in preventing her from going, but in still going yourself. It will be one of the most difficult times of your life, but those who feel the greatest love, have only felt the greatest hate and the greatest pain. And don't forget that once you were loved so much, someone gave their live for you" Pause. "That'll be two feathers."
Both the girls start in surprise. Bella puts her hand into the little bag she carried around her wrist and takes out two small coins. "Thank you for what you have done for us," Tairy says amazed at herself.
They walk out into the open and blink a few times, until they can see clearly again, and walk in a daze back towards their homes.
TBC
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