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Chapter 1: Unexpected Rescue

It was somewhere close to midnight, as far she could tell. Emily anxiously awaited her dashing fiancé, Lord Barkis Bittern. Her entire family was against their union, but all she knew w as that she was deeply in love with this man, and didn't care what her family said.

The wind sent chills down her spine and whipped her chocolate brown hair all about her face. People praised her on her beauty, and soon became the talk of the entire village. It bothered Emily that she was the center of attention all the time, it soon became extremely annoying. She had many suitors come and ask for her hand, but she was a hopeless romantic, and only wanted to marry for love.

When Lord Barkis came to town, Emily instantly fell head over heels for him. He had promised her wealth and affection, and Emily was certain that this was the man she was going to marry. Unfortunately, her family thought otherwise. For reasons unknown to her, Emily's family greatly disapproved of him. Their dislike was so great, that they forbade her from ever seeing Barkis again.

Heartbroken, Emily was certain that she was seeing something that her family was oblivious to. So, she and Barkis decided to elope that very night. Emily had taken her mother's wedding dress to wear for the ceremony and some of the family's money to help pay for the carriage ride out of town. After the rest of her family was asleep, Emily slipped out of the house in the dark of night, and into the woods to meet her future husband.

So there she waited, until she saw a dark figure emerge into the woods.

"Barkis, is that you?" Emily whispered, careful not to alert anyone else who may be out late at night.

She received no reply, as the figure continued slowly moving towards her. When the figure finally came into the light of the moon, she saw that it was indeed Barkis, with a knife raised above his head.

"Barkis, what are you doing?" Emily shrieked, backing away from him, only to back up into the tree behind her.

"Goodbye my dear, you were never the one for me, and you never will be." He said, with an evil grin on his face.

Emily shut her eyes and waited for the final blow, but it never. Instead, she heard a voice cry out, one that she knew all too well.

"Hey, Barkis!" The voice yelled.

Emily reopened her eyes when she heard a loud thud. There right before her, was Barkis laying unconscious on the ground, a big gash on the back of his head and blood trickling down his body, coating the snow below him in a sea of red.

Emily looked around to see who her savior was. It was none other than, her sister.

"Violet!" Emily exclaimed.

Violet turned towards her little sister's voice, and flashed her one of her uniqe smiles. One that said, "I told you so, but I still love you anyway."

Emily slowly walked over towards her sister, knowing she was going to get an earful when they returned home. They both watched as Barkis was taken away. After Barkis' body disappeared from view, Emily turned towards her sister.

"How did you know?" Emily simply asked.

"I knew something was wrong with him, and when I saw you go into mom's closet without her permission, I knew something suspicious was going on. So, I followed you." Violet explained.

"Thank you dear sister, if it weren't for you, I'd probably be dead right now."

Violet smiled, "What are big sisters for?"

Emily smiled back as they exited the woods, heading home. As they walked, Emily noticed that there was dried blood on her sister's hand.

"Violet?"

"Yes dear sister?"

"Did you hit Lord Barkis in the back of the head?"

Violet heaved a heavy sigh, "Yes Emily, I did."

"You know it's not lady-like to hit a man." Emily semi-scolded.

Violet smirked, "Ah, but you forget dear sister, I am not a lady."