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Mother, That man took my soul away
Father, How could you ever treat me this way
Brother, Don't ever let him do this again
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Chapter Two
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RoastedDelicacy
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Jane and Alec hid together in a rock grouping by a river. It was low from the path that led to their house, and surrounded by trees. As far as they knew, nobody else knew it existed. Jane knew her mother would find out that they'd stolen her money, but she didn't care. Jane was her daughter, her family, so the money was rightfully hers. Jane finished her chestnuts, and looked glumly to Alec. He still had two in his hands.
"Alec?" Jane asked sweetly, scurrying closer to her brother. "May I have the rest?" Jane leaned her head against her brother, and smiled at him.
Alec snorted, "No, you may not." When Jane pouted, Alec continued. "Next time, you may steal the money, and than you shall dowel out the pieces. How does that sound?"
Jane was put out that she could not have any, but couldn't yet fathom hurting her brother. "Very well," she responded to him sourly. "Next time I shall steal it." Then she smiled sneakily and stood. She ran behind her brother, tugged on his hair, and ran away giggling.
Alec put the last of his chestnuts down so he could chase his sister. He knew pretty well what she was after, but he felt like indulging her. Alec caught up his sister easily, for she had fallen. A bloody scrape was on one elbow, and her hands had lost the top layer of skin. This was the first time she'd ever fallen, and was looking in wonder at her wounds. "Isn't this queer, Alec?" Jane asked. She touched one finger to her blood and smiled. "I do believe I enjoy this."
Then she grinned mischievously and scurried off. She managed to get back to the rocks they were sitting on, and eat Alec's last chestnut. "Ha ha," she gloated as she swallowed the last bites.
Alec leapt at Jane, pushing her to the ground. They rolled around playfully, kicking and punching each other. Jane bit Alec's hand and in turn he bit Jane's arm. When they were finished rolling in the dirt like animals, Jane was bleeding from more places and Alec's hand and nose were throbbing. They took one look at each other and laughed at the others pain.
"You look silly Alec," Jane announced. He had blood running from his nose, and his hair was knotted with twigs. Alec speared the blood away from his nose with his right hand, and tried vainly to remove the twigs from his hair.
Alec raised an eyebrow at Jane, "You don't look that nice yourself, little sister." Jane had some of Alec's blood on her face, and dirt smeared in. Her hair was sticking to the blood, and her lips were beginning to swell. Jane frowned at Alec, and pushed him down.
"I look fine," Jane told him as he jumped up.
Alec smirked playfully at his sister, "Compared to what?"
Jane giggled and Alec used his hands and coat to wipe away the blood that was on her face. "Mother is going to hurt us," he said softly. "What with stealing her money and fighting." Alec and Jane had already been punished for both things, and it never affected them before. They weren't afraid of the punishment. They were curious towards what their parents reaction would be when they were told of what Alec did to the old man.
Madiline was very sensible and did not believe in witchcraft or superpowers, but Harold and Benito did. The twins mearly assumed that they would be beaten for their actions, and sent to bed. It was early in the day, but they share a room, and aren't afraid of talking. "Do you think we should go home?" Jane asked.
Alec nodded, grinning. He took Jane's hand and helped her climb the slope. "No one is going to believe we can do those things anyway," Alec said sensibly as they walked home. Both of their hands were smeared with blood, and Alec's bite was bleeding still. It wasn't a very long walk home, and to the twins delight, there where no angry mobs outside of their front door.
Unfortunately, their mother was standing in the doorway. Her brown hair was pulled into a bun, and she wore a simple green dress. "Children!" She called to Alec and Jane. "You need to come inside." Her face was pink with anger, and her words came out harsh. Alec and Jane slowed their walk, smiling snottily at their mother. Seven-year old Harold looked out the window with a smirk on his fat face.
"Yes, Mother?" Jane asked innocently as she walked inside. Harold jumped off the stool he'd been standing on, and pulled down on his white shirt. He stuck his tongue out, than ran off to his room.
Madiline put one hand on each of the childrens' back and led them to their room. They were both sat on Jane's bed, and frowned sternly at. Madiline bent down so she could clearly look at her children. Jane was staring at her shoes and smiling, and Alec was rubbing at his bloody nose, smiling also.
Their mother was just about to begin her rant when she noticed the blood and bite marks on her children. "Have you two been fighting again?" She cried, appalled. She picked up Jane's head so she could stare, and then repeated the action for Alec. She brought the basin of water over to them and scrubbed their faces and hands clean. Then she stood cruelly in front of them, and took a deep breath so she could begin her rant.
"What were you two thinking? First you steal from me. You know very well that you are not permitted to do that. It was just last week that I had to punish you both. That was just blant disobedience. Second, you insult an old man and take his food." Alec opened his mouth to object, but his mother slapped him swiftly across the face.
"I don't care if you payed!" She howled. On the other side of the door, Harold listened in with a smirk. "Alec, Jane, I don't know what you did. I don't believe in that witchcraft nonsense, but right now I don't know what to think! I truly don't care if you did it or not, but I'll tell you something: if you know what's good you won't ever do it again."
Jane and Alec sighed mournfully, dreadfully bored over the whole conversation. Jane took Alec's hand and Alec began to hum as his mother continued to rant. Madiline was to far into her anger to know this, and closed off the lecture with a slap to the face for both children, and the command to not leave the room for the rest of the day. Jane and Alec were delighted over this, and quite pleased that she was finished screaming at them.