It was dark outside at the park, as two girls were walking in the snow, their feet bare and exposed to the elements; however they didn't seem to mind at all. Alice 'Kitty' Grimm, the girl on the left, was wearing a thin, loose, black vest that had no zipper however it was kept slightly together with a strap at the bottom. The hood, which was pulled up, had cat ears sticking out of the top. She was wearing a dark blood red shirt that had no sleeves and was cut off just below her chest area and her pants were crisscrossing black and red strips and were apparently viciously torn at the hems. Around her neck was a small bell that was attached to a red ribbon; the bell was gold in color and had the designs of the suits for a deck of cards. The aforementioned hood concealed most of her features but some of her short, messy, silvery-blonde hair could be seen peeking out and whenever the girls got close enough to the light of a street lamp you could almost see two blood red eyes, filled to the brim with mischief and curiosity. She had very pale skin; however it was not nearly as pale as her sister's.
Her sister, Titania 'Ice Queen' Grimm, was dressed in a pale blue tank top and white skinny jeans that had black snowflake patterns that seemed to have been masterfully painted on. The hems of her jeans seemed to have been roughly torn off like her sister's. She also had thin ribbons wrapping around her arms. She had light green eyes that looked almost white if you were looking anywhere else. Her hair was white save for the tips that were a jet black. She had a necklace made of silver that had a pendant of a cat chasing some snowflakes dangling from it. Her skin was almost as white as the snow they were walking in.
" Kitty, stop that!", Titania giggled and smiled softly as her sister had taken a spoonful of some of the frozen yogurt they had just bought and put it on her nose and started to dance a little.
"Awww, but come on its making you laugh right, Ice Queen?" Kitty asked in her Australian accent as she took the spoon from her nose and had stopped dancing to turn and face her sister. Nobody knew how or why she had the accent since no one in their family spoke Australian slang or had the accent. The two girls also didn't have any friends due to the fact that they were albino and that their hair was naturally the way it was, not mentioning other things about the girls the people found some way to find frightening or repulsive. The 'Ice Queen', as her sister put it, reached out her hand and wiped off the remaining chocolate yogurt and ate it.
"True, and I thank you for that, but how do you think big brother would feel if he found out that you just played with the food that he gave us his money for us to buy instead of eating it?", she asked.
Kitty sighed, "He would be a bit sad that we wasted the treat that he saved up for. I'm sorry, Sheila it's just that I'm so excited that he saved up enough money for the surprise," she said while holding up the frozen yogurt, " and the fact that Christmas is just around the corner and that Easta', the most amazing holiday in the world, is right after that. But anyways, Titania, what should we make for Jio?"
Titania stopped walking and closed her eyes in thought. Opening her eyes she looked at her twin while one of her hands played with her necklace. "Maybe we could get him something that he could use for his metal working hobby?"
"Ohhh, that's good idea mate." Kitty said but then frowned after a while, "but we don't have enough money..." She sighed a bit before going deep into thought before excitedly saying, "I got it! We can use some of our left over paint to make him a portrait of something...but of what?"
Before they could dwell further into the topic, the stench of alcohol hit their noses as three drunken men stumbled around the corner into the alleyway the girls had taken as a short cut back home. One of the men spotted them and wolf-whistled, causing Kitty's lips to curl into a disgusted sneer while Titania's face became devoid of any emotion or anything really that would signify that she was alive except for the slight movement of her shoulders from her breathing. As they got closer, the girls could see from the tattoos of snakes on the men's necks that reached up to behind their ears that these men were from the local gang.
"Hey baby girl what chu' doin' out in the cold dressed like that? You gon get sick, Uncle Eddy here'll help you have a grand ol time getting warmed back up." One of the drunks said to Titania who gave him a cold glare that seemed to unnerve the man even in his drunken state of mind.
"Don't come near us ya dill." Kitty said in a low growling tone for a warning.
"Hey she got a little friend with her to share," another one said getting close to Kitty and reaching for her hood, " come on babey leme see yur pretty lil face" when she stepped away from him. He got closer to her and somehow got part of her hood off, revealing that she had a pair of midnight black cat ears atop her head. The drunks stared at her for a second before she punched the man in front of her in the jaw successfully cracking it and knocking him out while Titania punched the guy nearest her in the throat making him cough and sputter. They ran toward the end of the alleyway which was blocked only by the third man. They kicked him in the stomach and kept on running; they almost made it to the end before they heard the shout, "Fuckin bitch!", and three gun-shots ring out. Titania fell to the ground, gasping in pain. All three of the shots had hit her; one in her leg, the second went through her right lung, and the last one had gone through her stomach. Her breathes became labored and ragged. Kitty cursed under her breath, "Fucking coward" before she picked up Titania and ran the rest of the way to the end of the alley. Suddenly, she heard the honking of a bus's horn. She threw Titania out of the way before getting hit by the metal grill of the bus. The sickening crunch of bones and the screams of pedestrians reverberated throughout the street. Titania looked at Kitty's crumpled form, silent tears streaming down her face. She dragged herself a quickly and as best she could towards her sister's body. She couldn't feel the pain from the shots anymore only the sickening feeling of dread and guilt and fear. A young woman rushed forward to her and Kitty and rage seeped into Titania.
"Don't touch her!" Titania hissed in a voice so cold, that the woman froze to the spot unable to move and felt as if she had an enormous icicle stabbing through her entire being. Titania crawled the rest of the way to Kitty's side.
"Titania?!" she heard Kitty rasp out, "Where are you Titania?!" Fear evident in her voice.
"Shhh, it's okay, I've got you," Titania whispered as soothingly as she possibly could with her lung injury.
Kitty whimpered," I can't move my body Titania! I can't feel anything!"
Titania wrapped Kitty in her arms and whispered soothing things in her cat ears. They soon died like that from the blunt force trauma and blood loss in the comforting embrace of each other's arms.