A/N: Felt the need to post another one...just to give you guys a little more feel on it, I guess.
Oh, and by the way, I don't own Sweeney Todd...at all.
II. Mischief
In an alley, two children hid, laughing as they watched young girls scream in fright. They've done it again, the two of them. They've done it again. Those girls deserved it though, the two children thought. Not that they've done anything bad to them in particular, those girls, but they were quite a nuisance, acting like they were better than everyone else! Of course, the two children, they knew for a fact that the girls were in fact higher than them in terms of social class, but that did not give them the right to insult others below them—at least, not in their book. So, they laughed, unseen by their victims as they enjoyed every moment of their mischievous deed.
"I have to hand it to you, Ben," the girl told her friend as quietly as she could so that they would not be found. "Didn't know you had it in you!"
"Are you kidding? My friends and I used to play tricks on people all the time," the boy replied.
"I swear, putting those toads in their little purses has been the best trick yet!"
"It is, isn't it?"
Both their eyes widened in fear. They recognized that voice anywhere, and that voice can only mean one thing—they were in deep trouble.
The girl was the first to turn her head, followed by the boy.
"Oh dear, what am I going to do with you two?" the woman berated, both worried and dismayed at the two children.
"Hi Mum," said the girl. At the same time, the boy spoke, "hello, Mrs. Lovett," acknowledging the older woman.
As she looked at their nervously-smiling faces, however, she could not resist the urge to smile. So instead of scolding them any further, she just shook her head at the two.
"Come on up, dears. Nellie, go back at the pie shop and help your sister serve the customers. As for you Ben, help your father at his shop. I'm sure he'll be needing a hand up there," she told them.
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