Deadly Magic
Deadly Magic
Chapter 1: InuYasha's letter
"RIN!!! GET DOWN HERE NOW!" the shriek sounded through the rooms of the old orphanage of Avenue Lane. Windows were shaking about and also the grounds seem to move with it.
The eleven year old girl stumbled down from her thin bedding onto the cold hard floor. It was dark still and the sun won't come out in a few hours. One would complain if they were force to get up this early but for the girl, she can't complain. Rin was an average girl, just like any other girl but she was brought up in the orphanage along with 5 other children, 3 girls and 2 boys. A girl was adopted by the Head Mistress because of her sour attitude which made it very appealing to the Head Mistress. Rin was then left with the others and two mean girls.
Rin trudged quietly downstairs, her raggedy grey dress trailing behind her. Her eyes weighed down from the lack of sleep but she knew her duty and didn't complain. "Yes Ma'am?" She was then awarded with a hard slap on her face. Rin stumbled backwards, onto the staircase and stared in shock at the Head Mistress.
"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO RECEIVE ANY MAILS!!!" the Head Mistress's scream pierced through the air like a snake and awoke the rest of the children in the orphanage. She then slapped her across the face again this time harder and threw the mail at her face, leaving scratch marks on Rin's face for the time being. She then stalked off to see her 'lovable' daughter.
Rin clutched her stinging cheek and tried to get up but failed.
"GET UP AND CLEAN UP THE HOUSE BITCH!" the Mistress's voice pierced through the still air once again. Rin struggled to her feet desperately, not wanting to be in trouble again and quickly picked up her letters and brought it to her small room. There she hid her letters under the floorboard and fell down. Her legs won't work since it was badly hurt.
"Sister?" a small voice came. A girl quietly walked to Rin, kneeled down and hugged her. Rin smiled at the thought that the girl, Anika, called her sister. It had been 4 years since Anika and she was only 4 when she was brought to this dreadful place and Rin treated her like a sister, always taking care of her and feeding her when the Mistress ignored the children. "Are you all right Sister?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Don't worry about me Anika," Rin replied softly. Just then, stomps were heard and just when Rin hoped it was one of the boys, the Mistress came in.
"Did you hear me?! Are you deaf?! I told you to clean up the house!" she shouted forcefully. Anika shuddered slightly and Rin realized that the Mistress was scaring the poor girl.
"Sorry Ma'am, it won't happen again," Rin said quietly. The Mistress glared at Rin and walked down, almost breaking one of the boards while walking. "Go and get ready Anika. I'll make you and the others some breakfast, okay?"
"Okay Rin," she said and skipped down the hall to freshen up. Rin quickly washed her face and walked down the stairs to make some breakfast for the children.
"Make ours too," the Mistress's daughter ordered. She was only 8 years old and she bossed her around like some dog. Marcie was adopted by the Head Mistress when she was 7, probably because by her bossy attitude that the Mistress favored her than the rest. She was Marcie Snitchet. By the sound of her name she was of course a big rat who always tells on other people without any hesitation.
"Yes miss," Rin said quietly and turned towards the stove and turned on the heater.
"I want eggs today, so does Mommy," she ordered again and stalked off to play with her new toys.
Rin took out enough eggs for herself, the children and the Mistress's family. Making her famous eggy-in- the-basket (Eggs on top of buttered toast) she put them our on plates and called the children down.
"Thank you Rin!" Anika shouted gleefully. Anika always adored Rin' cooking and ate her breakfast happily. Marcus, Tyler, Sophie with little Cassie in her arms soon came down. They gratefully accepted the breakfast and happily ate it when Rin sat down to join them.
"Do you want milk or juice?" the 9 year old girl, Sophie, offered.
"Any thing is fine, Sophie and thank you!" Marcus replied. The other children nodded and Sophie handed little baby Cassie into Rin's arms. Cassie was really smart for her age. She knew what was wrong from right and she knew what had to be done most of the times. Cassie was only a new born when she was brought here along with her sister Sophie. It was a tragedy that her parents died in a car accident.
Rin cradled the little baby and she smiled as soon Cassie saw her face. She laughed a little and Rin smiled back. Sophie returned with a pitcher of milk and a bottle for Cassie. Rin fed it to her and soon the little baby fell asleep in her arms. She handed her back to her sister and stood up to wash the dishes.
"Rin! Don't worry about that!" Tyler shouted. "You always do that so why don't Marcus and I do the dishes today?"
Marcus nodded and took the dishes to be washed. Rin smiled warmly and before she could say another word the Mistress ordered again, "Bring up our breakfast!"
Rin did what she was told after a sigh. "Clean up the house now, and tell the pests to help you," she then ordered. How dare she call the children pests. They haven't done anything to annoy you! Rin thought angrily, inwardly frowning. Bowing slightly she cleaned the house.
"What should we do now Rin?" Marcus asked her when he and Tyler were done with the dishes.
"Um, do you want to help with the chores?" Rin asked. It was an option since the children had beatings the day before. Rin could handle the beatings but it was the others that she was worried about. Poor Marcus and Tyler received double beatings since the Mistress claimed they were 'boys' and even Cassie had a few beatings as well. If not for Rin receiving most of Cassie's beatings, Cassie might as well be in the hospital.
"As always!" Marcus replied, grinning widely and went to the closet to look for a mop and bucket. He poured water into it and started cleaning the floors.
"Same here!" Sophie and Tyler chimed in together, both smiling. Rin smiled widely and they soon got rags to clean the windows. Sophie, Tyler, Marcus, as well as Cassie always make the best of everything.
Rin smiled again and started to clean, dust, vacuum, and polish the house. It was really late when they finished and they wanted to do was sleep. The 5 children quickly made supper and departed silently. Rin cleaned herself and after tucking in the children she went back to her small room. It wasn't much, just a thin layer of bedding and a small wardrobe.
Lifting the floorboard to reveal her letters, she smiled slightly at the letters knowing they were from InuYasha, a very good friend. She and InuYasha met at a store when shopping for food. Ever since they've been really good friends. She might not know InuYasha's family and such but she knew InuYasha and that was good enough for her.
Dear Rin,
How are you doing? I hope everything is okay with the sour wench… -Rin laughed quietly at this then continued reading- … Something really exciting had happened to me a few days ago. I can't believe it but I'm actually going to a really cool school! This is once in a lifetime and I'm so happy. I'm sorry though I can't really see you anymore but in the summer, I'm free! I can't wait to see you again!
From your good friend, InuYasha.
Rin smiled slightly but it was a sad smile. She knew she couldn't stop InuYasha from going but she didn't want to be alone. InuYasha was the only person from the outside world who was actually nice to her. Rin took out a pen and started to write.
Dear InuYasha,
I'm so happy for you! I don't mind staying here for a while and I look forward to seeing you soon! Write back soon!
From, Rin
It was short and Rin liked it this way. She quickly sent her letter to the mailbox and went back to her room. She went to sleep before her head hit the pillow.