Chapter 2
She was in a wood someone was chasing her, she tried to run but it was no use she turned and there he was right in front of her. "Hi princess vere are you going?" Pietro grinned evilly; she tries to back away but then bumps into something behind her, she turns, it's Wanda. "Now come on sveety it's time to play."
They both grab her and put her in one of the toy cars and she starts twisting in pain as electric shocks course through her body, she shakes violently like someone is shaking her. "Sveety sveety time to wake up now, sveety?" A gentle sweet voice can be heard but Ellowynne is afraid to open her eyes just in case the nightmare is real.
She reluctantly snaps her eyes open and there is Wanda and Pietro crouching by the bed looking at her with an expression that looked like concern. She backs up nervously still shaken from the dream; they wait for her to calm down then Pietro stands up and Wanda perches on the bed.
"Vat vould you like for breakfast?" Wanda asks, Ellowynne shrugs avoiding eye contact, Pietro and Wanda share a look that was unfathomable to Ellowynne. "How about pancakes?" Suggests Pietro, Ellowynne nods not knowing what pancakes were but willing to go along with whatever they said if it kept her safe.
"And orange juice?" Asks Wanda realising that asking open questions was not going to get them anywhere, another nod followed and Pietro went to make the breakfast while Wanda ushered Ellowynne into the bathroom. "Need any help?"
Ellowynne shakes her head and Wanda goes into the playroom to wait for her. Ellowynne finds a pink Tshirt and blue jeans in the bathroom already laid out for her, she brushes her teeth with the electric toothbrush, at first manually then accidently presses the button and lets out a squeal when the head starts to move. "Ellowynne you alright?" A knock on the door distracts her, "I'm fffine." She stutters, short time later she's finished and comes out to Wanda whose face drops a little when she gets a good look at the little girl and frowns but before she can say anything Pietro bounds into the room with a tray full of pancakes orange juice and different types of spreads. He takes one look at Ellowynne and laughs, "You should have vaited the pancakes will taste better than the tooth paste Elle." He grins, Ellowynne is confused and Wanda quickly explains. "You got some toothpaste erm… everwhere."
Ellowynne turns to the mirror and goes bright red, the tooth paste was in her hair and all over face, "The toothbrush is haunted!" She cries, both Wanda and Pietro laugh at this; Pietro sets the tray down on a desk. "It is an electric toothbrush not haunted Ellie." He laughs.
"Ellie I thought I was called Ellowynne?" asks Ellowynne is confused, "it is nickname, vat ok?" Ellowynne/Ellie nods then goes to eat her eat her breakfast. She looks at Wanda for permission and Wanda nods, "come on eat, you will like it." It was meant to sound reassuring but came across as "or else"
POV Pietro
She looked so funny with tooth paste everywhere; Wanda can help her wash that off when she's had her breakfast. She doesn't look like she's had many of them before, breakfasts that is, she's so small and skinny, looks about six but so serious and those eyes! So big and scared and wary but serious and hard at the same time, who knew so many emotions could be shown at exactly the same time. Fear and mistrust, but there's something else, a stubbornness to not give anything away, a fierce determination to not ask for help to be self-sufficient. She's finished breakfast and Wanda takes the tray away while I stay with her. She sits still at her seat not making a sound and staying at the table, I cough to alleviate the silence, feeling awkward and unsure what to do. "Vat vould you like to do today." I enquire hoping to illicit some response from the shy girl, she shrugs her shoulders and I sigh exasperated, this unfortunately causes her to cower and her arm makes a movement like she is about to shield herself from me but stops herself. I bend down to her level and try to make eye contact but she is still staring at the table.
"Ellie…" I start unsure what to say but Ellie interrupts "Why am I here, how did you know I was in that lab, you said you would tell me?" I am momentarily taken aback as it is the most she has said since she got here and the last part almost sounded accusatory. "Vell ve…" I started; lucky Wanda had chosen that moment to come back, I was thankful I didn't want to explain on my own. "Ve vere told that a liddle girl vas being hurt by a nasty lab so ve decided to rescue you." I explained, glancing at Wanda for help. Ellie just gave me a disbelieving stare. "What's the real reason?" As soon as she said it Ellie clapped her hand to her mouth and stumbled off the chair of the desk. " I I I didn't mean that I I didn't mean to be rude I'm sorry, please don't hurt me!" She started to panic and her breathing accelerated. "It's ok Princess it's alright." I put my hands up to show I wouldn't hurt her but she just started to back away, Wanda tried to give her a hug but she ducked underneath her arm and ran to the door. I speeded over and grabbed her holding her in an embrace while she squirmed to get away; I rubbed her back soothingly and rocked her. "You're ok, you're safe no one will hurt you, just relax" I whispered into her ear, she stopped struggling, realising she wasn't strong enough to get away but I could feel that she was still tense and was still breathing quickly. I set her down on the floor and Wanda grabbed her old doll, Ellowynne and handed it to her, Ellie accepted the doll and hugged it close, I felt a pang of jealousy. How long would it be before she would accept comfort like that from us?