Witch Trials
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Chapter Three – Dangerous Accusations
When Kori went out at 7:00 pm to milk the cows she was startled to see the vicar standing in front of the gate post at the end of the front garden as if expecting her.
"Kori, my dear," he said in a false sweet voice, "could you please call upon Raven and join me?"
Kori was taken aback at this request but did as she was told. Soon she emerged with Raven by her side. They went up to the vicar. "Now girls, I'm not usually one to accuse-" Raven was about to argue but changed her mind at the last minute, "but we have had some allegations concerning you and your friend. We wish to invite you to witch trial to-night."
"Witch trial? To-night? You truly believe that we are witches?" disputed Kori.
"I'm afraid so. I have received word that you-" he was cut off short by Raven.
"How could you possibly think that we are witches? This is outrageous. We are not going to any trial. You and your stupid witch hunting committee will wipe out all females in the village soon!" shouted Raven getting really frustrated.
"Listen, my loyal committee will claim witchcraft to whoever we see fit to claim upon. If you have any problem with that then you will have to see-" once again he was interrupted.
"Oh, your so-called loyal committee, if it can so-be-called, is just a bunch of arrogant sexist men walking around wearing fur coats and going into an overdramatic fit every time they walk by a woman with a slightly irregular nose length! You couldn't find less talent if you walked into the local drama club!" Raven was bubbling with rage. Throughout all of this Kori remained silent taking everything into careful consideration.
The vicar looked slightly offended, "Look young lady, I don't see where you're getting all your facts but I think you need to straighten out your story! The witch hunters are proud and dedicated men who are all genuine witch smellers! All of the witch cases ending in the evil witch's death are also genuine and me and my friends at the drama club are actually all very gifted artists."
"You couldn't act for the dung-eater's daughter! All you do is stand there with your legs two feet apart, shout at the audience and stress all of the wrong words. I remember you in last years Shakespeare production!"
"If that is how you feel than fine, you may see some of the committee pawing through your items of belonging before the trial looking for evidence against you later on in the day!" shouted the vicar and stormed out.
Kori stared at Raven while she was calming down. They turned around to see all of the guys staring out of the windows. As soon as they saw the girls staring back at them they quickly zoomed away from the windows.
As the girls walked inside they came upon a seemingly casual scene. Victor was sweeping the kitchen floor, Garfield was cooking soy-based food products and Richard was reading a book.
"You know Richard, most people read books the right way up." Said Raven as she took the book turned it the right way up and gave it back.
"He he, yeah. Anyway, what happened outside?" asked Richard.
"Nothing, nothing much. Oh and if you have any personals lying around your rooms, you'd better go and tidy them away. The witch hunting committee is going to be coming round soon to look for evidence. Or make some." Deadpanned Raven.
"The witch hunting committee?" asked Richard but he received no answer, Raven had already left the room. "They think she's a witch?" He once again received no answer for Kori had also left the room.
Raven was pawing through her books and took out a huge shelf of books and lay them on the bed. Spell books. Definite witchcraft evidence. Too dangerous. She would have to hide them. When no one was looking, she took the books outside, wrapped an empty soil bag over them and buried them in the fresh pig mud. She went back upstairs to hear a faint sniffling.
Kori was crying in her room. She had knelt down by her window not really paying attention to the outside world where Raven had just buried a large sack. She was thinking about all of the good things that she had done with her friends and all of the good things that she will never do with her friends if the biased witch hunters accuse her of witchcraft.
Raven heard her cries and knocked on the door.
Kori quickly wiped her eyes of tears and let Raven enter. Raven paused at the door and then walked in and knelt down beside Kori. Put her arm around Kori loosely. Suddenly Kori hugged Raven in a tight death hug. Raven accepted the hug willingly. She felt for Kori. She knew her pain.
There was a sudden knock on the front door, well not so much a knock than knocking the door back against it's hinges. Men swept the house looking for anything incriminating.
The village clock chimed for ten o'clock. The witch trial was about to begin. Raven and Kori stood together in the guilty box. A big wooden square that enclosed the defendants at three sides. The judge was the vicar. Unlucky. "the persecuted are found guilty of the crimes of witchcraft. How do you plead?" he asked.
"Innocent of anything indecent and may I say, those are some dangerous accusations!" added Raven.