Book 1: Breaking the Ice Chapter 1
Me: Hi! I'm back. Well, I tried to make this chapter as long as I could get it to be. I have done nothing all day. Crappy Spring Break, beside the fact I went to see the Hunger Games with my friends. Well, hopefully summer break will be better. Anyway, sorry got out of topic. Yeah, I'll shut up once again. Enjoy!
"Wake up!" Tim's voice rang from his room to the girls' room. Rosalina quickly woke up and made a mad dash out of the room with Roxanne doing the same. They stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their backs straight. They had learned the hard way that they had to stand like this every time their step-father told them to wake up. Rosalina got beaten up and Tim did animal kingdom knows what to Roxanne.
They watched as Tim waltzed out of his room and into the entrance area. "Morning, girls." He yawned softly. Rosalina and Roxanne replied with syrupy, anxious voices, "Good morning, Tim."
The male looked at the two with a sneer before announcing, "Today's going to be a busy day for me. Not only me, but for you two girls will be busy as well."
"We'll be ready for it." Roxanne said positively.
"I haven't told you what you what you were going to do yet, idiot." He glared at her angrily. Roxanne slowly cowered behind Rosalina, who gave her a reassuring gaze as she did this. Their attention was undivided by the sound of Tim clearing his throat. They looked at him, ready for him to tell them what they needed to do.
Finally, he said, "This cave needs to be tidy before I get home tonight. I'm going to be running a lot of errands. If this cave isn't clean by the time I get home, you can forget about supper. Is that understood? "
"Can play outside once we're done?" Rosalina asked. Roxanne thought she was just being cute, but she saw that she meant it. Rosalina loved to play outdoors in the snow when she was a kit and she still did. They were both startled at the sound of Tim's cruel laughter.
"Ha! How old are you? Sixteen? And you're asking to go outside like a naïve child? Wow. Well, here's your answer. Neither of you should place a foot outside this den anymore. After what happened last night, I decided that you should stay away from the outdoors." Tim sneered at the cerulean-eyed female.
Rosalina looked down at her feet then muttered, "Oh." Roxanne placed a comforting paw on her shoulder, making Rosalina smile slightly. After a moment of silence, Tim left the cave without another word spoken and left the she-weasels by themselves. Roxanne turned her head to face Rosalina and gave her a smirk. Confused by this, Rosalina asked, "What?"
"This is our chance, sis!" Roxanne said in an enthusiastic tone.
"But Tim told us to stay in here!" Rosalina argued.
"Who cares?"
"I do!"
"It's not like he's going to care. He doesn't even love us. So, let's go!" Roxanne pointed out to her.
"Sis, we have to stay here. I don't want to have another beating like the one from last night. I'm scared, Roxanne." Rosalina whimpered while her body trembled in fear.
Roxanne sighed sympathetically, "Rose, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Look what Tim has done to you. He's made you as helpless and vulnerable as a saber-tooth's prey. Listen, we'll be okay. We have to do what's right for us. Remember?" Rosalina nodded slightly before turning her face to the side and kept her gaze averted.
Roxanne sighed again before suggesting, "How about this? We'll leave tonight when Tim's asleep. How's that?" She smiled approvingly when her sister nodded in agreement then hugged her tightly. She happily hugged her back and muttered, "Then, it's official. We're leaving tonight."
"Yes." Rosalina agreed. This could end badly, but I have confidence in my sister's plan. She's much braver than I am. I wish I had the guts to have an escape plan. What could go wrong? Oh, yeah, Tim probably would wake and see us outside our rooms when we should be sleeping and he'd kill us! Calm down, Rosalina, calm down. Maybe we'll make out alive. Rosalina felt her twin's arms release their grip on her and quickly changed her worried expression to a relaxed one.
Once they finally pulled away from their hug, they started to tidy up the cave. They made their poor excuses for beds, swept the cave floor and got rid of any cobwebs with their tails. They made the den look decent in under fifteen minutes before doing their own thing. Roxanne smiled softly and giggled a bit as she watched Rosalina dance gracefully around the room.
Sis is a really great dancer, just like our mother. She was a wonderful mom. I wish she were here to see this. She'd be proud of her. Roxanne thought with tears glazing her hazel eyes. Luckily, the tears didn't fall and Roxanne continued to watch her sister dance without worrying about a thing.
Thirteen hours passed and the girls were all tuckered out and they were "sleeping" in their room. Suddenly, they heard the sound of Tim's footsteps from outside then to their room. Rosalina heard him whisper in a cold voice, "Goodnight."
While they waited for him to go to his room, Roxanne gave her sister the signal to get up. Rosalina did exactly that and looked around the den to see if the coast was clear. Smiling approvingly, she grabbed her sister's paw in hers and tiptoed out of their room. Before Rosalina knew it, she tripped over her tail and landed with a loud yelp.
Roxanne looked around anxiously. She let out a small sigh of relief, her wince disappearing from her face. "Sis, please be careful." She whispered to her clumsy twin sister. Rosalina blushed in embarrassment before she let her hazel-eyed sister help her off the ground. They were making good progress until they heard a low growl escape from Tim's room. Oh no. The twins thought as they heard their step-dad's footsteps.
"What are you two doing in here?" Tim asked angrily. His upper torso was leaning against the entrance of his bedroom with a scowl. He was waiting for an answer.
Roxanne hid Rosalina behind her and looked over at Tim to see a scowl on his face. Rosalina and Roxanne looked at each other and tried to think of an excuse. Rosalina jumped when Roxanne snapped her fingers then answered, "We were just making sure nothing was out of place." Tim rolled his red-brown eyes and crossed his arms at his chest.
"Really?" He asked skeptically with the scowl still on his face. The twin she-weasels knew that he didn't fall for that excuse, but they just kept it up and nodded their heads. "Do you think I'm oblivious to think you were going to do that? I know what you two are up to. You're trying to escape, aren't you?"
Frozen in their spots, Rosalina and Roxanne shook their heads side-to-side. "I'm not an idiot, you accidents." Tim growled menacingly at them. As he got closer to the twins, the girls backed away, holding on to each other with every step they took. His rust-colored eyes stared into their souls. If looks could kill, Rosalina and Roxanne would already be dead in their spots.
Scared out of her mind, Rosalina asked her sister in a whisper, "What do we do now?"
"We run!" Roxanne grabbed Rosalina's paw in hers as they made a bee-line sprint out of the cave. The cerulean-eyed she-weasel was taken by surprise and screamed when Roxanne started dragging her.
"Oh, no you don't!" Tim shouted before running after them.
"This is your fault!" Roxanne snapped at Rosalina as they continued to run. They ran through the snow as fast as they could, panting like a pack of dogs. Rosalina waited until she got close enough to Roxanne to ask her to repeat what she had just said. With an irritated growl, Roxanne repeated that it was her twins' fault for getting them caught.
Rosalina's cerulean eyes widened in shock then snapped back, "My fault? I was so scared and nervous that I accidentally tripped over my tail! I can't help it!" Roxanne ignored her angry reply and kept on running. She gripped her sister's paw in hers to help her keep up. They continued running through the snow. Rosalina's body was screaming at her to stop running, but when she saw how close Tim was getting to them, she kept on running as fast as she could. This time, Rosalina was dragging Roxanne. She didn't want to be the first weasel for Tim to catch.
Suddenly, she heard Roxanne scream. Rosalina turned her head and gasped at what she saw. Tim had caught her twin sister. She watched as her sister fought to escape his grasp. She was about to turn around and save her, but Roxanne screamed, "Save yourself, sis!"
Rosalina nodded and continued to run. She could have sworn she heard a male grunt and Roxanne yelp. She turned her head again to see Roxanne running after her, trying to catch up. "What did you do?" Rosalina asked her sister between pants.
"I kicked him where it hurts." She replied while laughing tiredly. Rosalina rolled her eyes at Roxanne. New thing I learned from my sister: whenever a menacing male has a hold of you, kick him where the sun doesn't shine. With that thought, she started to giggle, even though now was not the time to be laughing while they were being pursued.
Soon, Roxanne gasped then yelled to her sister, "Sis, run over to that ice field over there! Tim won't take the risk of possibly falling through the ice!" Doing what she was told, Rosalina ran over to the ice field with Roxanne following behind. Once they got farther away from Tim, they taunted, "What's wrong, Tim? Are you too much of a coward to come get us?"
The male glared at them. "Of course I'm not! However, I think this is the end of the line for you two. Have a nice fall!" Tim grabbed a wide snow-covered stick and stabbed it into the ice. Rosalina grabbed Roxanne's arm in fear as the ice began to crack from the small dent Tim created and it was beginning to crack underneath their feet. Eventually, the ice broke from underneath them and they fell through the ice, screaming loudly.
"Well, this is it! I just want you to know that you are the best twin sister I could ever ask for!" Roxanne yelled to Rosalina with tears filling her eyes.
"You're the best ever!" Rosalina replied. The twins held on to each other's paws as they continued to fall. They had stopped screaming now and their eyes were closed tightly. The twins were waiting to hit the ground hard enough to crush their bones and skulls. Instead, they survived the fall. They landed on the hard, dirty ground. The last thing Rosalina and Roxanne saw before falling unconscious were a lot of green and a few dinosaurs. Then, everything went black.
Me: Yep, I know. Before you think I'm rushing this, I'll tell you it's going to be while before they meet Buck. I'm kind of switching things up on the remake. It'll still be good, I hope. Well...I guess there's nothing else to talk about. Feel free to leave a review. Until next time!
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