Elowynne
Chapter one
The girl feels the electric shocks coursing through her, how was this meant to give her more powers? She was bewildered tired and weak wondering how long the "experiments" would go on this time. Every shock caused her to bang on the slab table causing more pain. "You have been a good lab rat today "maybe" we will let you rest later." Grinned one of the scientists, but the girl was in too much pain to really take in what he had said. All of a sudden there was a loud crash and a gust of what felt like wind went past her and had knocked out her tormenters. The child tried in vain to get up to see what had happened it was then that she saw them. A man with white sandy hair and a red head girl were smiling at her all around them was a bunch of knocked out scientists. The child was not used to be looked at kindly and their friendly expressions only filled her with dread. Who were they and what they want? The red head approached first she extended an arm but the girl shrank back scared.
"Hi sveetie my name is Vanda this is my brother Pietro, you're gonna come stay with us." The red head cooed in a thick European accent. In the next second the girl was scooped up by the man, Pietro. "You said you vould try not to scare her" Reprimanded the red head
"We have to get out of here they will wake up soon." Pietro replied in the same thick European accent. Wanda huffed then went behind him and put her arms round his shoulders, they then sped off in a blur.
Next thing the girl knew she was outside, it was snowing and bitterly cold but she was quickly distracted at the sight of an enormous mansion in front of her, the red head got some keys out and she was carried into the house.
They went through a grand hallway and up a staircase then down a long corridor until they suddenly halted. Pietro let the girl down and she uneasily got to her feet, in front of her was a strange turret style wall with a wooden door. "Do you like it?" Asked Pietro eagerly, the girl nodded confused and unsure what she was meant to say. "Good, now go in." He tried to give her a little push but she cowered and stumbled into the room.
It was enormous, there were doors leading to either side, the whole room was pink and stuffed toys were everywhere; gigantic teddies and huge dolls. Rocking horses and shelves filled with books, along one corner were about four different toy cars, big enough to sit in. For the girl though the stuffed toys just looked scary, they were so big and all had their arms outstretched like they were about to grab her; even the dolls looked like they were staring at her and the cars looked like they were part of some kind of experiment.
The little girl just turned to Pietro and Wanda in confusion, what did they want with her? " Ve vant to take care of you sveety" Wanda said crouching down so that she was at eye contact with the girl. The child just put her hand to her mouth in shock she hadn't realised that she'd spoken out loud. "Vat is your name?" Asked Pietro, realising they hadn't asked yet.
"I erm I d don't have a a name" She stuttered. "I I mean I have amnesa"
"Amnesia?" Wanda asked, the girl was young and still had a childlike way of speaking; it just made her seem in more adorable to the siblings. The little girl nodded still looking fearful of the two adults in front of her. "How about ve get you cleaned up and in bed" Wanda suggested thinking a good night sleep might help her relax. The girl just nodded again and followed Wanda through one of the doors into the bathroom. When Wanda was bathing her she noticed the bruises and scars that covered the little girl's body like a patchwork quilt. This turned the Slovakian's stomach but she tried to keep her face friendly and open not wanting to frighten the little girl any more than she already was. The girl was tense throughout having her bath not wanting to move in case she made the lady angry. Eventually they were finished and there were some silky pink pyjamas that the little girl was only too happy to put on, they emerged from the bathroom and Wanda lead her through another door of the main room into a bedroom with the biggest four poster imaginable and a load more toys. Pietro was there looking through a bookshelf when he saw them come in he smiled. "Hi princess, bed time now, vat vould you like for a bedtime story."
The girl just stopped and stared unsure what to say with wariness and confusion written all over her face, Wanda sighed "Come on Sveety come sit here and I vill make your hair all dry again." She patted the bed and the girl obediently sat down. She was tense throughout Wanda brushing her hair and when the hair dryer came on her eyes widened even more. Pietro tried to distract her by picking up two of the toys, a lion and a bear and making them fight each other but it didn't really help. Soon Wanda was finished and had coaxed the girl to lie down, Pietro had grabbed the duvet and pulled it over her in a swift movement that caused the girl to panic a bit but once both siblings had taken a step back she relaxed. "Why I am I here, what do you want?" The questions that had been going through the girl's head all night broke to the surface.
"Just relax ve explain everything in der morning ok sveety, you safe now, you need anything else?" Asked Wanda already knowing the answer and sure enough the little girl shook her head.
"Oh here I vorgot.." Wanda grabbed an old doll from the side and plopped it on the pillow. "to help you sleep, her name is Elowynne. " She explained.
"Elowynne is a pretty name" The girl timidly said.
"I named her after my mother, vould you like to be called Elowynne" Asked Wanda, the girl nodded.
"Ok good night Elowynne" Chorused both siblings as they went to the through the door and knocked off the light.