The day of the marriage was soon and the stress was slowly building up on Hilda's mind.
She had to at least try to stop it and as David said, "take action".
She woke up with the sun shining, Dagger was already up. This time she didn't feel like bullying David, so she simple went downstairs to only find another note on the table.
"Hilda, I had to leave again to deal with some legal paperwork that was on the way, please prepare the breakfast."
Hilda shrugged the note off back to where she picked it up and went towards the dining room.
H- Sometimes I feel like she is trying to give me opportunities.
D- What?
H- Oh, the idiot is awake from his slumber. Get yourself a sandwich, mom left the house and I am gonna be the one cooking today.
D- Do you even know how to cook?
H- I can cook steak.
D- Steak?! On breakfast?
H- Who cares, you won't be having any of it anyways plus I want something Dagger can eat as well.
D- Oh great, the dog gets more attention than me again, amazing, perfect.
Hilda went to the kitchen and started to cook two pieces of steak. She then placed them in two plates and gave one to Dagger while eating the other piece.
While eating her steak, she saw the many undercooked areas that she missed in her steak and now wished that she had burnt those areas more, and that is where she got an idea.
H- I think…..I know what to do now.
Dagger looked at her with confusion while still nibbling the undercooked steak in his mouth.
H- We're gonna burn down that church.
Hilda then began to finish her steak now ever more faster..
H- We will burn down the church, well, at least the inside of it. If we can use the oil and some candles…
David came in the kitchen to see Hilda mumbling to herself.
D- Giving him my food wasn't enough, you had to sit down with him too?
H- Shut up.
D- I heard you mumbling, what are you planning?
H- Just...shut up, alright.
Hilda got up and left the plate in the sink, leaving David alone in the dining room. She then walked to Dagger to see if he wants to go out today.
H- So boy, what you want to do? Play fetch? Go for a walk?
Dagger welps in response that sounds like a yes.
H- Ok, let's go.
Hilda and Dagger went outside, leaving David alone, making himself a sandwich in the quietness of the empty house.
He was getting more and more worried as the time went on. However, he was still afraid of Hilda and what she would do.
Hilda was going upstairs to the attic again, this time, looking for lamp oil and candles.
She would do it.
She had to.
Hilda looked around the boxes until she found some spare candles and oil lamps, which she filled to the brim and got out of the attic,letting the attic door close itself to the wind.
H- I guess.. that is all we can prepare…
Dagger looked at her with a glimpse of confusion.
H- And when it is down, the entire marriage will be over, maybe forever.
Dagger barked with some slight happiness.
H- And then I'll have more time for you and for my stuff, isn't that great?
The wolf jumped on her lap.
H- And now I just need to end this…
Hilda went downstairs and changed herself to a more casual clothing.
She had a particular choice of clothing of a more masculine outfit, mostly because her dad's influence.
Hilda then walked downstairs with Dagger and they're going to the church to see any weak points.
H- I am going somewhere.
D- Where?
H- Church.
D- Really? You never came by as the religious type…
Hilda ignored the comment and left with Dagger following her as always.
He looked at the sandwich with a sad gaze, he was feeling so powerless. Hilda was just playing around with the situation and he didn't feel like she was even trying to cancel the marriage…
Hilda on the other hand was now walking around the mostly empty church.
She wanted to see it crumble…
She simply sat down and looked around, she already knew that the windows weren't locked at night to let air circulate, and there was a carpet from the entrance all the way to the altar.
The rest of her day was as mundane as it could get, she went outside the church and spent some time playing fetch with Dagger.
After playing with him for a while, Hilda now decided to go back home to eat lunch and get some rest.
She came back home, and saw Johanna had a pile of legal papers on the table, she was reading and signing them, Hilda came by with a somewhat innocent smile.
J- Hey Hilda, David told me you were at church when I came back. Why were you at the church?
H- Because of...reasons.
J- ...ok, did you have lunch?
H- No….does it even matter?
J- Yes…..make yourself something to eat.
Hilda went to the kitchen and did a simple sandwich, David was at the living room, simply sitting at the sofa with some tea.
He….still hasn't come up with enough courage yet, he doubted he will ever would.
Meanwhile, Hilda was simply looking over the paperwork, she wasn't interested at all but she had the slight feeling that it regarded her somewhere in there.
She simply sat down at the table and looked at the paperwork….it was….regarding a divorce…
It was an entire sub-deal in case her and David have a divorce, and it was heavily on her favor.
H- Huh, who would've thought David was correct for once?
Hilda then placed the papers back on her desk and walked up to Johanna who is baking meat pies in the oven.
H- Mom, do we have any lamp oil left? The one in the attic is almost getting empty.
J- I am pretty sure we stocked last week Hilda, remember? We are still using candles.
H- Ah…...sure…
Hilda went to the living room and she impatiently waited for the night.
She…was getting anxious, she had to make this perfect…this was a one-way trip...she waited and tried to behave as well as she could. She went to her bedroom but…..she didn't sleep.
She kept questioning herself, but also encouraging herself… until she got up to do the deed.
She crept onto the attic and put all the things in a box and went back down, sweatshirt and knife in hand. She then snuck out of the house and thankfully Johanna was already asleep and David wasn't sleeping in her room today.
As Hilda walked across the empty streets she could feel the scent of oil coming out of the box, she eventually reached the church, again, with that one defective window left opened.
She simply snuck in and started to pour down the oil, soaking the carpets. She eventually slipped and fell on the oil, and for a moment, with that strong scent.… she questioned herself again, but the deed was basically done.
She got up and took all the lamps, now empty from the outside. The candles and everything… she took a great distance from the window and lit a single lamp, ready to throw it at the window and start the fire…
She threw the lamp and it bursts into a flame, however a single spark happened to catch on her oil-soaked shirt, and went all the way to her face.
H- aaaaaaAAAAAAAA!!
She screamed and groaned in pain and she immediately found a fountain full of water and dunked herself in it, she came out of the fountain to see the church burn from the inside….. her vision is now blurry and she felt pain from her torso to her face, she could just silently stumble her way back home….she felt weak….
She opened the door and carefully walked her way upstairs without making noise.
She entered her room as quietly as possible and sat down on the corner of her room, too limped to get on her bed.
Even with the injuries, she…. felt….good about it…
She then slept on the corner all night, huddling her wounds and herself with Dagger resting himself in her lap.