How we became Cursed
Chapter 7- Gingers Dream
This is a story of love and betrayal, of loyalty until death, or things that are even worse. This is the tale of a family torn apart, bringing them even closer than before. This is the tale of how I died, and lived again, and again, and again...
A little white girl bat with long red hair skipped happily down a sidewalk in front of her parents. The little girl wore a blue dress, and had her hair tied back with a blue bow. Her parents smiled at each other as they watched their daughter skip. The mother was wearing a black dress, and her long blond hair fell down her back. She had beautiful big blue eyes, and white fur with dark red lips. The father stood taller than his wife, with a brownish fur, and red hair like his child's. He wore a grayish hue suite, and had dark brown eyes. He held firmly onto his mate's hand, but not so much as to hurt her. The little girl then leaped into the air, and flew into her father's arms.
The family was traveling to a park, one they had come to since before their daughter, Ginger, had been born. "Oh Richard, it is a beautiful night to have a picnic, isn't it?" the female bat said. "Yes Bridgett, it is." Richard replied. "Mummy, may we visit the clock tower before we go home?" Ginger asked innocently. Bridgett smiled at her husband. Richard spoke, "yes Ginger, I believe we have time to see Big Ben before we return home." Ginger giggled with glee.
The family finally reached their destination, Wolf Bane Park. "Mummy, why is it called the Wolf Bane Park?" Ginger asked. "Well darling, many years ago this whole park was covered in wolfsbane, and it was rumored to be haunted by a werewolf, but you needn't worry about that, the flowers are gone, and with them the legend." Bridgett replied to her little girl. She then found a comfortable spot under a tree, and reaching into her basket, pulled out a blanket and lied it on the ground. She then sat upon her blanket, and began to remove a variety of food from her basket.
Richard sat Ginger down, and walked silently around the flowers in the park, studying them closely. "Dear, I believe this is wolfsbane." He said to his mate. "But darling, that is impossible, you must be mistaken, that strange plant has not grown here for years." Replied Bridgett. Ginger ran up to her father, and stared at the plants. They were beautiful, large, with dark purple petals all over them. "This is wolfsbane alright." Replied Richard, "and it is in full bloom."
Suddenly, a howling was heard, and a scream echoed through the night. Richard immediately rose up and ran towards the source of the scream. Lying on the ground was a beautiful black bat, in a pale white dress. Richard walked over to her, and laid his hand on her shoulder. "Ma'm, are you all…" before he could finish his sentence, the girl turned around and bared long fangs, then sunk them into his neck. He screeched in agony and threw her to the ground. She fell in a large area of wolfsbane, and disappeared. Upon hearing her husbands cry, Bridgett ran to be were he was.
"Richard! Richard! What's wrong?" she cried out. "A female, a black female, she bit me." He replied showing her the wound, but when Bridgett looked, there was nothing there. "You must be seeing things, you know what, it's to cold out here anyway, lets go home." Bridgett then bent down, and helped her husband up, and began to walk back to where Ginger was. She was hiding in the flowers they had seen. "Come Ginger, it's time we go home." Bridgett called out, and Ginger immediately ran to her mother. As they began to travel home, Richard grabbed his neck. "Darling, what's wrong?" Asked Bridgett. "My neck, it's throbbing, and I feel strange," he replied. Up in the sky, there were no clouds to be seen, and the moon shown bright. Richard squeezed his neck tightly. "I need…to go… to… the hospital…" He said. "Then I'm coming." Said Bridgett. "No… stay here… go home… take Ginger…" Was all he said. He then took off back towards the park. "Richard! Richard!" Bridgett called out, but he ignored her cries. Bridgett placed Ginger on the ground and said "stay here darling, mommy will be back soon," before taking off in the direction of her mate. Ginger watched her mother disappear into the fog, then sat quietly on the pavement. She waited and waited until she heard a horrible scream. She recognized it, it was her mother Bridgett. Ginger got up, and ran to where her mother was.
She ran into the flowers, and past the tree, then flew over a large bush, until she reached the other side. She looked all around her, wolfsbane, and a field of it. In the middle there were some that were red, they were covered in blood. Ginger flew quickly to them "Mother! Father! Where are you?" She called out. Upon reaching the blood, she saw her mothers dress, but nothing else. Suddenly, a hand touched her shoulder. She turned around and gasped, it was her mother, in a white dress. "Mother…" Ginger uttered. "No, no more." Bridgett called out. "Lucy…" She said, and smiled at Ginger. "Now go child, you have a destiny to fulfill." She said, and touched Ginger head, and then everything went black.
Authors Note: All characters except Lucy belong to me. Bridgett's name comes from Ginger Snaps the movie, but the rest is mine.