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Tony. Age 5 Effy. Age 3
'Why don't you speak Effy?
Doe's nobody ask you why?
It must mean something. Doesn't anybody care?'
Effy.
A team, that's what they were, an extraordinary team. Tony did the talking, the negotiating and she was his sidekick. Effy didn't need to use her voice, she had different talents, and with one look she could reach inside a person's soul and see things no one else could see. She learned to read emotions, how to use them to communicate, so she had no need to speak. Tony was the talker, the clever one, who liked to manipulate people with his riddles. Effy used different tactics, being the alluring child, what she radiated lulled people into a false sense of security. As soon as someone got to close, she captured them in with her blue orbs, that was how she controlled them. The thing was no one cared that Effy didn't speak, no one really questioned it, and no one really noticed much else once they had made contact with those piercing eyes.
By the age of three, she had mastered her skills, which pleased Tony a lot. At five, Tony had reached his most mischievous stage, he knew he had potential. Their main target was their parents; they liked to mess with their heads, to get their own way. Tony got a buzz out of it, mainly from playing their dad Jim; sometimes she thought he got too much off a buzz out of it. However her goal was to impress, not just any one, no she wanted to impress her brother.
Then Tony started school and Effy wasn't allowed to go with him; she hated that. Tony would leave her in the mornings, be gone for most of the day, then would come back to her in the afternoon. Without him Effy faded into the background, she felt incomplete and lost. Anthea would stumble upon her, in Tony's bedroom, sitting crossed legged on his bed just staring into space. She spent her days patiently waiting for him to return, a half, waiting for the other half to complete her again. However with Tony at school, he was able to find them new victims to manipulate, bringing them home to her. The children never came round more then once; they played them, and then discarded them like something off the bottom of their shoes.
However that all changed one day, when Tony brought home a boy from school, that Effy instantly disliked. The little boy had wonky glasses and messy hair, his name was Sid, from the beginning it was obvious he idolised her brother. He laughed at everything Tony did or said, copied his every movement, which annoyed Effy. Sid was extremely polite to their mother, saying please and thank you to everything she offered him, which again annoyed the youngest Stonem. Up in Tony's room the boys began to play, they messed around, ignoring Effy who was sat watching them. When she finally caught her brother's gaze, she glared at him, wondering how long it would take for them to start their games. Why was he not playing with this boys mind already, what was wrong with him, she frowned. Tony shook his head at her, he stood up pointing towards the door, "Go away Effy, I'm playing with Sid". Effy frowned again, she didn't understand, Tony said he was playing with Sid but he wasn't. "It's ok Tone, she can stay", Sid spoke out, which infuriated Effy. Normally Tony would tell the child to shut up, but he didn't, he just widened his eyes at her.
Gobsmacked, she left the room, her brother had sent her away for the first time in her small life. She panicked, he was fading fast, she could feel it; she was losing Tony to Sid. Sitting on the top step, she watched his bedroom door which he had closed, but it didn't block out their laughter. She frowned, fine if Tony wasn't going to play; she would do this one by herself, so she plotted. Eventually the bedroom door opened and Sid appeared in the hall way, she stood up, stopping him from entering the bathroom. "Excuse me please Effy", he squeaked, his voice annoyed her. She glared at him, her eyes burning into him, she took a deep breath before letting it slowly out. Sid raised an eyebrow, a frown plastered across his face, obviously not quite sure what to do. Effy smirked; she lifted a hand and placed it on his shoulder, leaning close to him. He looked down into her eyes, squirming uncomfortably under her touch, until his eyes fell upon hers. That was it; she had captured him, now to manipulate him.
'Effy's different, I sort of own her, 'cause she's my sister'
Tony.
Tony's bedroom door opened, Effy climbed into bed beside him, she smiled as he pulled her into a hug. "You ok Ef?" he asked, he obviously still felt guilty for chucking her out his room tonight. He didn't know what Effy had done earlier on to cause Sid to cry, or to cause him to leave. Yet somehow he knew she had done it because she didn't want to share him, he was hers, like she was his. He didn't care that Effy had upset a potential best friend, because from the moment his parents had brought her home from the hospital three years ago telling him, "You're her big brother", he had known that no one else would matter as much as her.
Well, Ha! So I guess I have a rubbish memory, which to be honest does not surprise me, because I forget things I've done in the past week…hahaha! Im glad you don't all find it weird that Tony can remember that far back, which is why Effy is three in this chapter…
So thanks to the people who reviewed the last chapter, I hope this one is still worthy enough of your time! My laptop wire is broken, so I no longer have any battery life on my laptop….so I have to borrow my dad's at the moment! Which let me tell you, it's very difficult, so I'm taking a while to update! I'm sorry! Forgive me?
So yeah, you know the drill, Reviews would make me smile like crazy =D
