Chelsea's Past—Normal Pov
-Ten Years Ago -
"Roy! Heath! Wait, you two, help me carry the baskets!" Chelsea yelled.
It was a fine afternoon, and today was the day before new years, yes; it was New Year's Eve in flowerbud village. Tina (Melody) and Blue had given a very important task to do this day. They were to bring back find the hidden snow drop flowers for the New Year's festival. Chelsea was already nine years old, and the twins were turning six tonight at midnight. Tina left the responsibility of the boys to Chelsea so that they would be able to prepare the birthday surprise when they got back. Little Chelsea was so excited to take on this little mission with her little brothers.
Chelsea caught up to the two little boys, out of breath. "Boy, for five year olds, you two sure are fast."
Roy and Heath smiled at their big sister. Roy waddled over to Chelsea and grabbed the little basket in her hands. " Com on Big sister, we hafta go find the frowers."
Heath also bent over and reached for the other basket in Chelsea's hands. "We'll help you big sis."
Chelsea nodded and started to run towards the mountain. "Alright then! last one to the mountain path is a rotten egg!"
Heath and Roy eagerly chased after their big sister, their little red scarves flying in the air.
Back at the village, all the townsfolk were getting ready for the festivities in the Town Square. Nina, Basil and their little daughter walked up to Tina and Blue, who were getting the streamers hung.
"Ah, Melody, you're here! I heard you little ones are the kids who're gathering the snowdrops eh?" said Basil as he handed Blue another green streamer.
Tina stepped down the ladder and dusted off her jeans. "My, Basil! Nina! I thought the threesome of you were at the other town over, since its still Winter here after all."
Rosemary, Basil's and Nina's daughter slipped out between her mother and father. "Well, Mrs. Tina, we actually heard there were some bad people making a big of trouble in the other town over, so we decided not to stay long there."
Blue stepped off the ladder, dusting all the decorative confetti off his sleeve. "Trouble? What kind?"
Nina's bright eyes seemed to tone down to an eerie pine, and her facial expression turned serious. "Several criminals have escaped the jail I heard, and they're not your normal criminals either. They're sabotaging several villages all across the region, and they're setting a lot of them on fire too. I've heard this while over at the other village, and there's a high bounty on their head."
Tina put her hands to her lips, and put on a worried look. "Oh, dear, I hope nothing happens to our village."
Blue put his sturdy hands on his wife's shoulders. "I hope so too honey… But I don't think any of us should let our guard down right now. There's a really bad chill in the air… And it's not the wintry kind either."
"Look big sis! I found a big one!" Roy yelled, as he held up a large snow drop flower in his hands.
Heath, slightly jealous by his brother's big find, also held out his flower out to Chelsea. "Mine is the pwittiest."
Chelsea clapped in delight as she received both of the flowers from her brothers. "Well, I think they're both beautiful."
Putting the flowers in the baskets, the threesome squatted in different area of the small grove, energetically picking the delicate white flowers.
Chelsea dusted off the dirt off her hands, and put her mittens back on. Reaching in her back pocket, she pulled out two large red bandanas, with gold embroidery of their names on each of them.
"Roy, Heath! Come over here! I have a present for you!"
Roy and heath's little orange heads popped up from the little bush and they scrambled out of the stiff brambles and ran over to Chelsea.
"Wow! Big sis! Dija make those?" Heath exclaimed as his eyes sparkled.
Chelsea smiled and held out the bandanas.
Well, since you two are six now, I thought it was time you stopped wearing handkerchiefs on your necks. Chelsea said, as she firmly tied the cloths around her brothers' necks. She got up and slowly walked back to take a good look at the. "There! Now both of you look like big boys now."
Roy and Heath ran over to Chelsea and hugged her all at once, making them fall in the snow. They all laughed and Roy and Heath gave a little kisses to Chelsea, on both her cheeks.
Still laughing, Chelsea held the two in her little arms and said, "Now that I've given you guys your birthday presents, should we go back to town now?"
At that moment, a large rustle was heard, and dark shadow figures became visible through the maple branches. Chelsea quickly shot her breath in, and gathered her little brothers to her chest even closer. Now shaking, she started to talk. " U-Uhm, h-hello. Are you people here to pick the flowers too?"
The figures all started to break out in a malicious laugh, as if they had heard a funny joke. One of the figures walked out of the shadows and chuckled, "Sure sweetheart. We're going to pick a lot of flowers here. If you mean by pick, I mean kill and burn them, sure."
The burly man dressed in dark clothing had belts of weapons, and all held large branches in their hands. Chelsea, who became extremely frightened at this moment, ran to the underbrush of the grove with her two brothers in her arms. Roy and Heath held close to Chelsea's chest, and Roy exclaimed, "Big sis, I can fight them! Go back! I'll fight them for you!" Chelsea's ignored him, and ran even more. Behind her, she could footsteps and voices behind her.
"Get that little runt! We need hostages before we can get to town!"
Chelsea ran to the thick forest, and plunged into the deep darkness of the forest. Chelsea's arms were starting to fail her and so were her legs. She had already suffered cuts and bruises already, but she took a big fall and tripped over a root. Roy and Heath fell out of her arms, and the moment they hit the ground, they crawled back to their little sister. Roy's little hands shook Chelsea on the shoulder. Heath pulled her hair.
"Come on sis, get up! The bad guys are coming!" Heath exclaimed.
Chelsea slowly lifted her head and looked at her brothers. "Roy… Heath… Go further into the forest. Get as close as you can to the Harvest Goddess Spring… You'll be safe there… I'll come for you after the bad guys... Are gone..." Chelsea winced, for she had scraped he knee badly. The snow on the gground chilleed Chelsea's bones.
Roy and Heath shook their heads defiantly. "No. Roy and I can't. We have to protect big sis together."
Chelsea clenched her fist." NO, GO ALREADY! The bad guys are almost here! You two are still young... You have to run... Hurry... run… RUN!"
The two twins surprised, scrambled to their feet, and ran deeper in the forest, and Chelseas lay there, as the bandits came closer to her. The footsteps became louder, and moments later, one of them stood right before Chelsea.
"Well, well… Look what we have here... It's the little runt." Said the man, as he kicked Chelsea in her stomach. Chelsea winced, as on the men grabbed her by the stomach, and tied her roughly with the rope.
"Hey, didn't she have to others with her?"
The man scoffed. "The others already went ahead to look. Anyways, the main gang is waiting in the town... We're in charge of the hostage."
The bandit slung little Chelsea over his shoulder and Chelsea shut her eyes closed, praying that her brothers were safe..
"You bastards, what are you doing to our village?, "yelled Blue, as he was restricted by the ropes around his arms.
One of the men laughed evilly. "We're sick and tired being the trash of this society. I guess it's like, teaching you all lesson."
All the towns' folk were captured and all piled in the middle of the town square. There was chaos. The whole village was on fire, and the bandits ransacked every shop in town, and destroyed everything in their path. Once they were done, all of them surrounded the tied villagers in the town square. All the decorations were torn apart, and the Village seemed like a burning hell - which was a peaceful village two hours ago.
"We're sick and tired of these sick little villages living out their happy little lives, and I think its time WE stepped in and get everything that we have deserved all our lives." Said one of the bandits.
The two bandits who had captured Chelsea, walked though the crowd, and dumped her on the cement, in front of their boss.
The boss broke out into a crazed grin and turned around to look at the villagers. Blue and Tina we're yelling and screaming, struggling to get out of the ropes.
The boss tugged Chelsea's rope and said, "Now, if you don't cooperate… We'll make sure this little doll of yours ends up in tiny little pieces."
Chelsea pretending to be blacked out, heard every thing. From the time she had fallen in the forest, she picked up an arrow head. The bandits didn't notice her slowly cut away the rope with it. As the bandit pointed the gun at her, Chelsea snapped out of the ropes and leaped out of the circle of bandits. She quickly stuck her fingers into her mouth, and whistled loudly. The loud noise echoed through the valleys, and above the fire of the village. The ground started to shake. Immediately, a while parade of animals stampeded into the square, over whelming the bandits completely. Chelsea's ran over to her family and the villagers.
Tina frightened, started to cry. "Chelsea, where are the boys? Where are they?"
Chelsea looked at her mother, and hugged her. "Mommy… I'm going back to save them."
Chelsea let go and crawled over to her father. "Daddy... use this to free everybody."
She placed the arrow head in Blue's hands.
"Hey, Chelsea. Be strong. We'll be waiting. Your dad's going to fight hard over here so don't worry." Said Blue as he kissed Chelsea on the cheek.
Chelsea got up, and started to skilfully run through the chaos of criminals and animals in her way.
Chelsea furiously ran back up the mountain path. She was still shaking, but she was determined to find her brothers. Once she had arrived at the thick forest, Chelsea yelled their names, over and over. "ROY! HEATH!"
In the distance, two gun shots were fired. The crows flew out of the trees and Chelsea for got to breathe for a moment. A second later, she bounded towrds the direction of the noise.
"No... No it can't be..." Chelsea whispered, as tear droplets formed at the corners of her eyes. Then she saw two red bandanas caught in the branches. Chelsea pried them off, and panicked, as she ran through the bushes. Finally coming to a clearance, Chelsea stopped and screamed. There, in the moon light, the two little bodies lay, and there was a pool of blood underneath them. Chelsea ran over to them and kneeled next to her brothers.
"Roy… Heath! Who—what happened?"
Roy's eyes opened with the blood trickling down his eye brows." Big sis… Are we there? Are we at home?"
Chelsea's eyes widened and held back tears. Her brotherwas falling into hallucination. "Yeah Roy… there's a big chocolate cake… With lots of frosting…" said Chelsea, her voice trembling.
Roy's eyes started to close. "T-that's good… But… I'm so sleepy… Good night Chelsea…" Tears rolled down his bloody cheeks. " I'm sorry I didn't run fast enough."
Chelsea began to break down. "No Roy... It's my fault... All mine..."
Roy or Heath never did wake up. The clock tower rang at midnight, and a loud scream could be heard from the mountain. Chelsea now wears the red bandanas on her head to remind her, of what happened this night. Or more like a curse.
... That was long... Oh my goodness, I think I killed myself while writing this. Even I think I made my OWN plot too sad. ヾ(*｀Д´*)ノ