Time Travel Troubles
Chapter four: The Specters of Indifference
A/N: Part of this short chapter will be in another POV. Okay the beds got lost, and came today soaking wet on the bottom! Jeez!
Dis: The song bit, and the semi-comical Sanderson sisters are from Hocus Pocus! Specters- P. Pullman.
Abby's mom's POV A small town by the usual setting
Six year old Abigail ran after her best friend Addie. The two friends were playing Tag, and were having fun. Abby's mom was watching. Suddenly, a scream came from a nearby house. Addie's house.
Abby's mother noticed a shimmering white shape touch her husband. When the thing left, he fell to his knees, his eyes blank. She realized the.. thing was coming after her, and ran, calling for Abby and Addie, knowing Addie's mother, a widow, had met the same fate as her husband.
She would never forgive herself if the children would die. She didn't know her husband and Addie's mother were, in a twisted, wrong, sick way, alive.
The two girls, who could not see the thing, ran after her, curious. Abby's mother was a fast runner, and had to stop twice so the girls could catch up. She didn't notice the thing following her. Soon she came upon the group in the clearing.
Eliza's POV
The "disagreement" with the group that had come came to an abrupt halt when I noticed a brunette with two children running toward us. And, if I was right, a Specter on her tail. I shuddered at what would happen if the Specter got an adult.
"Get up in the trees to save your life!" I yelled. Annoying as these people were getting, I didn't want them "dead in life", soulless. A few looked at the group running towards us and listened. Marissa and the others did too, confused.
"Specters are unable to see you up there! And if you don't, you will REALLY regret it."
All but one of the other group listened. From the perch on the tree I sadly watched the guy's soul be destroyed.
"Eliza, what's going on?" Marissa hissed, terrified.
"Specters, I think."
"What?"
"The Specters of Indifference is the formal name. They. well, they eat your soul, kinda."
"But those kids! They're right in front of it!"
"To quote The Subtle Knife, 'Something in the innocence of children repels the Specters of Indifference.' End quote. They're safe." For a few years, anyway. I added silently.
"The mom?"
"She's halfway up the tree."
"And us?"
"Specters can't fly," I lied. But a human had to make them do it, so it was only a little one. I hoped.
"Where are we?"
"Specters are from Cittágazze in the His Dark Materials books, but otherwise this seems like a Tamara Pierce book."
"I am a little confused, but as long as they don't hurt my violin case, I will stay up here and not kick Specter (deleted)."
"Marissa?"
"Yes?"
"You are WAY too obsessed with that violin."
"Oh. You really think so?"
"Yes, yes I do."
The I heard music. And became very, very confused.
"Come Little Children,
I'll take you away,
Off to a land of enchantment."
The Sanderson sisters? Oh, god, PLEASE let this be a bad dream, PLEASE!
But it wasn't the Sanderson sisters. It was something much, much worse. Something that made me wish it WAS the life sucking Sanderson sisters, who were kinda funny, at least. And gullible. Very gullible.
"Sirens? This is a REALLY odd dream." At least, I hope it is. Cuz if not, we're all very dead. VERY dead.
Chapter four: The Specters of Indifference
A/N: Part of this short chapter will be in another POV. Okay the beds got lost, and came today soaking wet on the bottom! Jeez!
Dis: The song bit, and the semi-comical Sanderson sisters are from Hocus Pocus! Specters- P. Pullman.
Abby's mom's POV A small town by the usual setting
Six year old Abigail ran after her best friend Addie. The two friends were playing Tag, and were having fun. Abby's mom was watching. Suddenly, a scream came from a nearby house. Addie's house.
Abby's mother noticed a shimmering white shape touch her husband. When the thing left, he fell to his knees, his eyes blank. She realized the.. thing was coming after her, and ran, calling for Abby and Addie, knowing Addie's mother, a widow, had met the same fate as her husband.
She would never forgive herself if the children would die. She didn't know her husband and Addie's mother were, in a twisted, wrong, sick way, alive.
The two girls, who could not see the thing, ran after her, curious. Abby's mother was a fast runner, and had to stop twice so the girls could catch up. She didn't notice the thing following her. Soon she came upon the group in the clearing.
Eliza's POV
The "disagreement" with the group that had come came to an abrupt halt when I noticed a brunette with two children running toward us. And, if I was right, a Specter on her tail. I shuddered at what would happen if the Specter got an adult.
"Get up in the trees to save your life!" I yelled. Annoying as these people were getting, I didn't want them "dead in life", soulless. A few looked at the group running towards us and listened. Marissa and the others did too, confused.
"Specters are unable to see you up there! And if you don't, you will REALLY regret it."
All but one of the other group listened. From the perch on the tree I sadly watched the guy's soul be destroyed.
"Eliza, what's going on?" Marissa hissed, terrified.
"Specters, I think."
"What?"
"The Specters of Indifference is the formal name. They. well, they eat your soul, kinda."
"But those kids! They're right in front of it!"
"To quote The Subtle Knife, 'Something in the innocence of children repels the Specters of Indifference.' End quote. They're safe." For a few years, anyway. I added silently.
"The mom?"
"She's halfway up the tree."
"And us?"
"Specters can't fly," I lied. But a human had to make them do it, so it was only a little one. I hoped.
"Where are we?"
"Specters are from Cittágazze in the His Dark Materials books, but otherwise this seems like a Tamara Pierce book."
"I am a little confused, but as long as they don't hurt my violin case, I will stay up here and not kick Specter (deleted)."
"Marissa?"
"Yes?"
"You are WAY too obsessed with that violin."
"Oh. You really think so?"
"Yes, yes I do."
The I heard music. And became very, very confused.
"Come Little Children,
I'll take you away,
Off to a land of enchantment."
The Sanderson sisters? Oh, god, PLEASE let this be a bad dream, PLEASE!
But it wasn't the Sanderson sisters. It was something much, much worse. Something that made me wish it WAS the life sucking Sanderson sisters, who were kinda funny, at least. And gullible. Very gullible.
"Sirens? This is a REALLY odd dream." At least, I hope it is. Cuz if not, we're all very dead. VERY dead.