Chapter two

Ash

"You're going to hurt yourselves if you keep messing around!" I yelled out.

"Stop being such a mum Ash! We're fine, the chance of Keller's very amusing skills being good enough to have the will power to hit me is very low, plus she's not even holding the arrow far back enough. Her shots will cause no harm to me."

"Yeah, that's probably why I'm missing her. Plus if I pulled it further back, I might actually hit my target" Keller gave me a cheeky wink.

Twins. Trouble. What's the difference?

"Stop being such a baby, you're always telling us to relax and learn to enjoy life. Start taking your own advice" Alex for once said something that made sense. What has the world come to?

I climbed up and joined Alex on the half cut log, while Keller was pretending to aim for her when really she kept firing shot that hit the target rocks placed at our feet. Collecting wood was our job, but no matter how much we got a day in total, no one really would notice the difference between one and none.

"So! Alex? How are you and the deep hearted, poetry boy Demetry? Have you even kissed yet?"

"For your knowledge, Ash. He has beaten you at everything except archery, maybe you should start writing love poems to Keller, and then she might actually open up to you herself!" Alex yelled.

"Really? Is getting me involved going to help this situation more?"

"Sorry sister, but your love comes with the price of being referenced." Alex said, she jumped down and linked arms with Keller.

"Love? I'm 16 years old, what the hell has love got to do with this? Do you love Demetry?" Keller grabbed my shoulder and pulled both myself and Alex towards the pathway.

"What? Are you saying you don't love me?" I asked.

Keller pinched my shoulder. "Alex? Answer the question."

"I don't know, I guess I do. If he suddenly just asked me to marry him, I think I would say yes" I saw her blush, seeing them cheeks turn bright pink was one of the most adorable things about the twins.

Both girls were equally beautiful, but almost completely different. Alex had long chestnut straight hair, her parting was to the left, but she didn't have a fringe. Her eyes were a gleaming emerald colour, divine beauty, it was incredible. Then there was Keller, she was the only girl for me and as much as her looks are striking, I fell in love with her because of her will to survive. She had long Black hair, it was layered which was pretty impressive since Alex had done if for her. She had a small fringe that caressed the side of her violet eyes; I'd never met someone so exquisite. First time I saw her, she was on top of her house fixing the roof, then she dropped her small bag, so I picked it up and attempted to give it to her. Then I dripped on the stool I used to reach her, it broke and I flew backwards onto the grounds, talk about embarrassing. The girl's clothes designs were a mix between average to strange. Each owned a coloured apron with straps that would go on top of their midway tiny sleeved, cotton shirts. Then they wore hunter trousers under a hood, which covered some very attractive shirts they had handmade. Last but not least, they would wear similar gowns that were shortened, with a clipped hood on top. Plus both carried around daggers, bows and swords, kind of weird but it just goes to show they know how to handle themselves.

"So you're really considering taking him on? Don't you want to wait till you can get a house and job first? I mean with the next few houses they're making, they won't be finished for maybe a year or so."

"No! I'm not saying that I'm planning to marry him!" Alex got defensive and turned to face both of us. "I was just saying that he would be my choice if I had to pick now! And if you tell anyone I will kill both of you!"

Keller stuck out her tongue. As we walked up through the opening, the path changed from a dirt path to stone roads. We came up to the tiny house; it was always surprising that Taral Delamonia lived far from the main town. The village was in sight of course, but in the distance. It takes at least 5 minutes to walk from here to the street, there are other houses outside the town circle, but Taral's was the one closer to the forest. It was strange how she didn't seem like a mother, considering she's been one for a very long time.