OOOOOOOOHH, an evil twist. ;) I hope that you like it! :D :) It's kind of short, but, oh, well. :) Don't worry, Chapter 5 will be up S.O.O.N.!!!! :D
Life in Seabank
Chapter 4
Isabell had been carrying her shoes and what was left in the thermos. Now, hearing the terrible screeching noise, she dropped everything. Her socks and shoes scattered among the trees, and the rest of the coffee and thermos fell into the nearby river, briefly turning it a strange colour before everything was washed away towards the sea.
Whoops, thought Isabell, but she had no time to retrieve the thermos now. I'll do it later, she thought, as she ran, barefoot, toward the town hall. That was the most likely place for the screeching noise to come from.
Pine needles from the nearby pine groves pricked her feet as she ran, but Isabell didn't care. She tripped over a root, but kept running. Finally, she stubbed her toe on a rock and sat down, clutching her big toe.
"Ow," she whined. "It hurts, it hurts. But I gotta keep going; one of my fellow villagers might be hurting right now!"
She got up and kept running.
….
Isabell arrived at the scene before her at the town hall some time later. The sun was already beginning to set, bathing everything in a pale reddish-gold light. It would have been a really pretty scene if there wasn't the most awful thing she had ever seen wasn't happening right in front of her eyes.
Isabell wasn't quite what to expect, so she climbed one of the larger trees in the town and nestled herself in its branches.
What was happening below made her gasp.
….
Arstonese the plotting bull was having quite the fun time. Due to his enhanced magic abilities, and his sharp mind, he was able to torture one of the residents. He was planning to torture the animal until Tortimer said that he could buy Seabank, and if Tortimer took an especially long time in answering, he would kill the animal. He had tied Tortimer up to a chair with titanium string, and he could not get free.
The tortured animal's name was Elmer. He was a kind brown horse who liked to wear many different colours as a sign of his ever-changing craving for foods, and his lazy personality.
Daisy, a kind white dog who had a crush on him, was sobbing at the edge of the clearing, crying out over and over again, "Elmer! No, my beloved Elmer! Please, don't leave me! Please, don't go…."
Arstonese let her stay there, as he sensed that she couldn't do any real harm to him. Plus, he did not want to hurt such a sweet dog as her—she was probably gullible and would be easy bait and the key to getting in the town for future attacks.
The first attack had been totally unexpected! Elmer had just been walking around town, minding his own business….
Arstonese had been hiding in the shadows, and then, as he walked across the middle of the town hall plaza—BOOM!—he was knocked flat on his back! Arstonese quickly jumped over to him before he could get up, and muttered, "Cuffio." Silver cuffs screeched out of the stone and tightened themselves around his wrists and ankles! Elmer struggled, but could not get free.
Right now the horse's body was covered with welts and burn marks as Arstonese pressed his wand to different parts of his body. The silver wand had a burning flame at the top, and it was a very hot flame. When Arstonese pressed it to his lower belly, it hurt the worst.
As Arstonese poked him with the flaming stick, Elmer screamed over and over again.
And Isabell saw it all.
I will write Chapter 5 as soon as I can! And, I will POST it, after one or two reviews! That means YOU, Gardemoth!!! :D
