"Amelia. You are a witness for Clark's charges. Come to the stand and tell us what happened." the Judge ordered. Amelia did as she was told.
"Amelia please explain to the court what your father was like before the 'abuse' started." asked the man defending her father.
"I don't see how that - " Amelia started
"Answer!" he snapped.
"He took me and my twin brother out a lot and we had fun." Amelia said keeping it simple.
"And being just a child of 8 not knowing what your future would be like, how would you describe your father." he asked. Amelia didn't want to answer, but she had to.
"Short-tempered, but kind, gentle and fun." Amelia described.
"And how does a kind, gentle and fun man become a insane child abuser?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter what he was before, because it was a lie so me and Daniel would want to live with him." Amelia argued.
"Why would he what you and your brother to live with him just so he could abuse you and you only?" he asked.
"Because he is a insane child abuser as you so correctly described." Amelia explained. Clark's lawyer ignored Amelia's comment and continued to question her.
"Describe my defendant's apparent first abuse towards you." he asked.
"Clark and his mother Lucy were arguing. He was about to hit Lucy so I grabbed his arm and he shoved me into the stairs." Amelia explained.
"Couldn't of been a accident?" the lawyer asked.
"No, he pulled me off his arm and shoved me into the stairs." Amelia snapped.
"So your saying, that by grabbing Clark's arm you brought it on yourself?" the lawyer asked.
"Now your just putting words in my mouth." Amelia snapped.
"No further questions on the first charge." he explained, to the judge. "Your friend Scarlet? What happened to her?" he asked.
"She was murdered by Clark." Amelia explained.
"Why would Clark want to murder his daughter's best friend?" he questioned.
"Clark beat me up everyday and told me if I told anyone he would kill me." Amelia began. "Scarlet was starting to notice and demanded that I told her the truth, so I did." she continued. "Clark found out and said rather than killing me he will kill her -" Amelia started.
"Yes okay next -" the lawyer interrupted.
"Let her finish her answer, before you ask the next question."the judge snapped. "Go on." he ordered Amelia.
"So the next day at school, I told her what Clark had told me he was going to do. We packed Scarlet's things shuck out of school and went to her parent's house." Amelia explained. "Her parents didn't believe us so I hypnotized, them to believe us and pack their own bags so they could leave when the eclipse started. But when that happened Clark was upstairs in their room. When we got up their he staked Scarlet's parents." Amelia continued. "He then used Vampire speed to drag us downstairs and tie us up to two separate chairs." Amelia said, then she stopped. She didn't want to talk about the next bit. She knew she had to so she could prove her innocence, but she didn't to have a flashback and cause a fit in the middle of her court case.
"Well, Amelia Southenra? What happened next?" the lawyer asked. Amelia saw a evil smile from Clark on the other side of the room. Her dead veins filled with anger. She had to be brave.
"Clark got a knife and started using it to cut Scarlet all over her body, then he poured salt on the wounds so she would be in more pain the she already was." Amelia explained, as she cheered and danced in her head as she saw Clark's smile drop.
"Your mother, who is also your grandmother -" the lawyer began.
"That is irrelevant, to the case!" Amelia snapped.
"Your mother told us she found you sitting by your friend's body staring at her." the lawyer repeated, with Amelia corrections. "Why where you like this?" he asked.
"I was in a state of shock." Amelia admitted.
"Your mother found you a couple of hours before dawn, and your friend died approximately, at 6PM the previous day, how is someone in a 'state of shock' for that long?" he questioned.
"A 9 year old girl, forced to watch her best friend being tortured to death! Why do you think I was in shock for so long!" Amelia snapped at the lawyer.
"Your mother also said you had fits when she tried to asked what happened to her, and you had a two hour fit everyday in your cell every day 9PM to 11PM without fail, your not having fits now, why is that?" he asked.
"Because it is half past Midnight, not between 9 and 11PM!" she snapped.
"And did Amelia not admit she was able to hypnotize Scarlet's parents? Two full grown vampires." Clark's lawyer explained to the jury. "How do we know she isn't hypnotizing everyone in the room to believe her lies?" he asked, rhetorically.
"Um, because 'everyone' includes you and if you where hypnotized you wouldn't be standing there asking me questions." Amelia answered logically.
"No further questions on the second charge." the lawyer told the judge. "Your mother's death. What happened?"he interrogated.
"I was running home, cause I was going to be late home, and I stopped at a tree to rest." Amelia justified. "Then I heard a scream and ran the rest of the way home. I got inside my house and saw Clark and Lucy arguing. Then Lucy stopped shouting and started to warn me to run off and to stay away from Clark. Then Clark crept behind her with a stake and staked her in the back." she clarified.
"You had just walked in for all you know Clark was attacked by Lucy and he was acting in self defense." the lawyer defended.
"Self defense, is fighting back while someone is attacking you, not 3 minutes after." Amelia snapped.
"Is that what you plead for the fourth charge, which is also yours - self defense?" the lawyer queried.
"Yes." Amelia told.
"Then I have no further ask on the third charge and ask what happened after your mother died." requested the lawyer.
"I was shocked and stood there while looking at her ashes . . I heard Clark walk behind me and close the door . . I snapped out of it and tried to run to the door but- " Amelia enlightened.
"I'm sorry you may finish your answer in a you ran to the door if you had got out what where you planning to do?" he requested.
"I don't know. Lucy wanted me out of there, so that's what I was trying to do." Amelia started. "Lucy would of wanted me to tell someone, so I would." Amelia ended.
"What about my defendant's apparent threat of killing you if you did such a thing?" he interrogated.
"He had just dusted the person I trusted most. Daniel was the only one left I cared about but I had already lost him a long time ago. So I had nothing to lose." she explained.
"No more questioning on that matter allow the child to finish her answer." the judge ordered. Amelia didn't like being called a child, but she still followed what he said.
"I tried to run the door but Clark pushed me into the floor, I still continued to try and then he grabbed me and dragged me to my room where I was locked in." Amelia then stopped knowing Clark's lawyer would ask something that wold cut her off anyway.
"Where you locked in your room often?" he questioned.
"I hardly never slept up their because I was locked in the basement all the time." Amelia answered, technically not answering the question properly. "I was locked in my room for about 2 hours when Daniel came home, from extra lessons. Clark told Daniel that a slayer that slayed Lucy and he had locked in my room, that's when Daniel got mad and after 5 minutes or so of arguing I heard Daniel grab keys and run up the stairs, then he used the key to open the door. I ran to him and hugged him. We didn't know that Clark had whooshed behind us and he pushed us down the stairs. I grabbed the bannisters and although they were weak, they still stopped me from falling. But Daniel fell and he was knocked unconscious." Amelia justified, then she stopped again.
"Go on." Clark's lawyer ordered, rudely. Amelia's throat was a little sore from talking and it had only been a mouth since she slit it. However the main reason she stopped was because she was unsure how to put the next bit into words and didn't want to tell everyone - but she had to prove her innocence.
"I ran to hm and tried to wake him up. Clark told me to leave him, and started saying he was dumb, stupid and hopeless. I lost my temper and slapped him. Well more of a scratch, I left three scars. He then . . told me to say sorry and I refused, he pushed to the floor asked again. I told him no, so he whipped me, once. Every time I refused he whipped me once more than the last number of times he hit me." Amelia explained, she paused for a rest, however guess who took this as a change to ask a question.
"Would you say your refusal to apologize had brought it on yourself?" Clark's lawyer asked.
"He shouldn't of been whipping me in the first place." Amelia snapped.
"Don't you think you should of apologized?" he questioned.
"For what? Standing up for myself for once?" She snapped, sarcastically. "And I still haven't finished explaining what happened." she added, leaning forward slightly.
"Then continue." he replied, taking a step forward.
"After he had finished whipping me again he forced me to my feet and dragged me into the kitchen then got a knife and stabbed me in the gut." she clarified. "He then went to bite me. I tried to move away, but I was too slow and he bit my shoulder." she explained while undoing a few button of her shirt to show everyone the scars. "I knew it would eventually kill me. So I reached for a knife and I only meant to stab him in the shoulder so I could get away, but the pain was so unbearable that I couldn't concentrate, and I stabbed him in the heart." Amelia admitted. Amelia saw Vlad's head drop in shame when she looked over at him, Amelia hoped this wouldn't affect their relationship.
"Stabbing someone in the heart is not a accident!" Clark's lawyer snapped. "No further questions, towards Amelia Southenra." he explained.
"Clark Southenra to the stand." The judge ordered as 4 guards swapped the places of Amelia and Clark.
"Clark. Tell everyone about your apparent first 'abuse' towards Amelia." he asked.
"Me and my mother were auguring, she went to hit me Lucy then shoved her into the stairs." Clark lied.
"So you didn't commit the abuse?" he questioned.
"No, I would never harm my daughter." Clark lied - again.
"Interesting." The lawyer stated. "No further questions on the first charge." he told the judge. "What happened the night Scarlet Freemason and her parents died?" he asked.
"I was at home all night with Daniel." he lied.
"Amelia didn't come home that night, where you not worried?" The lawyer asked.
"Amelia had stayed the night at her grandmother's the night, without telling me before, so I just presumed that was where she was. I never thought Amelia was insane enough to tell her friend such terrible lies then kill her and her parents." Clark fibbed.
"LAIR!" Amelia screamed, unable to control her anger. Her two guards had to hold Amelia by her shoulders, to stop her trying to run off.
"Sit down!" The judge ordered.
"I'm not going to sit here and be accused of murdering my best friend!" she yelled.
"If you refuse to sit down or say another word out of place you will be taken to your cell and won't be allowed to return until the case is over." The judge threatened, which made Amelia instantly sit down. Amelia wanted to stand up for herself, but just the thought of sitting in that cell alone with the suspense of not knowing what was going on sent a shiver down Amelia's spine. "How would you know, it was Amelia, who killed Scarlet, anyway?" he asked.
"One day my mother couldn't hold in the guilt of constant lying and told me, everything Amelia had told her." Clark lied - yet again.
"No further questions on the second charge." The lawyer explained. "Now could you explain how your mother died?" he questioned.
"Lucy was talking about taking Amelia away from me. Of course I knew this would be the worse thing for her, so we started a argument, We didn't notice Amelia was standing by the door, when Lucy grabbed a broken chair leg and tried to stake me. I stopped her just in time and tried to push it to the floor but Lucy was still trying to push it towards me. I had a sudden rush of energy push the stake as hard as I could and it went through her heart." Clark fluently lied - do you see how Amelia was able to lie for 4 years?
"So you admit you staked your mother - but you claim it was a accident?" his lawyer asked, in a believing tone.
"Yes." Clark admitted.
"No further questions on the third change." he told everyone. "Clark. Can you now explain what happened when you died?" he quizzed, as Amelia noticed a small evil smile spread across his face, Amelia hoped everyone else could see it. Unlike Amelia, Clark was a good lair, but couldn't keep in character, without some short of evil gesture.
"When my mother was ash, I noticed Amelia was standing by the door. Only being ten of course she presumed it was planned and I had done it on purpose . She tried to go back out the door, so I locked it. She kept going on and on, yelling at me. Eventually, I picked her up and carried her to her room where I locked her in." Clark mostly lied.
"Had you ever locked Amelia in her room before?" the judge queried.
"Only on her first nights back from running away - to stop her running off again." Clark fibbed.
"Continue." the judge ordered.
"When Daniel came home I told him what happened and he was angry. He grabbed the key ran up the stairs and unlocked the door. And Instead of being grateful she shoved Daniel down the stairs. He was laying lifelessly on the floor. I tried to help him, but Amelia yelled at me saying I was making him worse as she wen to the kitchen. I protested saying he was badly injured and he needed help. I heard Amelia behind me I turned, then she staked me through the heart." Clark said, telling a few white lies.
"What about when Amelia was stabbed in the stomach? You didn't mention that." The judge interfered.
"I don't know!" Clark snapped. "Maybe it was anther suicide attempt after I was dust." Clark invented. Amelia was clenching her fists, so hard that she knew scars would be left when she eventually unclenched them.
"No further questions towards Clark Southenra." Clark's lawyer explained.
"Bring Lucy Southenra to the stand." the judge ordered, and 4 guards switched the places of Lucy and Clark. Lucy stood in the stand.
"Lucy Southenra, may I ask why you are here?" Clark's lawyer question.
"Um to give evidence." Lucy answered confused.
"But why?" he asked.
"To prove my daughter's innocence." Lucy answered still baffled.
"But would your daughter appreciate it?" he interrogated. Lucy stayed silent. "Has Amelia even said anything to you since she found out you where here mother as well as her grandmother?" he quizzed. Lucy remained silent. "When she found out she wanted to kill herself! You lied to her! She has has no respect for you! She doesn't love you! If you walked out right now she wouldn't care!" the lawyer snapped. Lucy said nothing, she only looked at her daughter.
"Stay." Amelia ordered.
"Looks like I'm staying." Lucy commented. "Now can you ask the relevant questions." she snapped.
YO! That's Number three of the December 6! Next one around December 13th!
Questions:
do you think of Amelia's character and how I have so far developed her as a person?
do you think about the whole season overall?
do you think about Amelia being in the Dreamworld re-living her past?
do you think about Amelia killing her father in self defense? - Do you agree that it was self defense?
do you think of the Lucy being Amelia's mother and grandmother plot? - Do you think Amelia should forgive her?
These questions are to help you think about what to write when typing your reviews. You don't have to answer all of them, but if you want to by my guest - longer the review the better!
Please review (Seriously - where have they all gone?),
MD,
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