BPOV
I raised my head up and looked at Alice glowing white in the dim lit basement. When Honest Bob had said that we were going to jail, well, he certainly was honest. When we had made our way down the dank area, I had first been horrified to find that there really were iron bars. It eerily resembled a jail cell but possibly dirtier and wetter. I tried not to inhale too much because it smelled like old mildew.
I was glad that Honest Bob had taken the restricting plastic cuffs off but now we were stuck in the cell with no actual way out. I shook my head when Alice turned her attention to me.
"Why does stuff like this always end up happening to me?" I asked her wearily. I didn't know how long we'd been in the makeshift cell but I had a feeling that a considerable amount of time had passed.
"Because you hang around us. And Emmett. I mean honestly, him being mauled by a bear should really have been the first hint that he's trouble but nooooo. Rosalie wants him so we have to put up with his stupid half-assed ideas." Alice sighed and glared at the wall in front of her. At least there were bunk beds with clean mattresses. Having to sit on the floor would have been too much for either of us to handle.
"He's alright. He helped save me a bunch of times so he can't be too bad. I guess it's just his sense of humor that's a little wacky." I shrugged and closed my eyes.
"At least we'll have some luck. Oregon's a pretty rainy place so the trial and possible 'hanging' won't be done in the sun. If there were any possibility of that happening, I would've broken us out of here by now. But we don't need the extra attention so I'll wait. Oh, but I will get my revenge," Alice whispered threateningly. I shivered despite the fact that the only threat was to Emmett. When a vampire uses that tone within 10 feet of you, you kind of get the feeling to run. Far and fast.
We waited a while more but when Alice told me that she saw the trial taking place six hours later, I knew I needed to get some shut eye. "Go ahead. I'll keep watch and wake you if anything happens but I highly doubt it." My last thoughts as I fell asleep were if we could sue Honest Bob for placing us under temporary arrest and forcing us in this dark, dank place.
"So," I heard Alice whisper next to me, "you got your weird wish. I'm giving you a gentle wake up call and look—I'm not even watching you." I opened and eye to indeed see that she was facing away from me.
I snorted and stretched. "How great for you. I'm so proud. We getting out of here yet or what?" I asked with a giant yawn and stood up to stretch my legs. The mattress wasn't very long and I'd felt a little scrunched up. Definitely not the best sleep I've ever gotten.
"Yes. I hear someone coming down the stairs. It's Honest Bob." She sounded annoyed and stepped back next to me.
"How much you want to bet he's got that annoyingly cheerful smile of his on?" I whispered lightly. She smirked when Honest Bob came into view, most definitely with that wide smile fixed into place.
"I hope you ladies…I mean witches had a good night's sleep because you'll probably be found guilty in the trial. We don't take kindly to witches here." He winked at Alice good-naturedly but Alice turned her head towards me with a heavy eye roll. I tried to keep from laughing.
What banished all thoughts of laughter was the reappearance of the plastic cuffs. "Sorry, but honestly, we don't get that many tourists here so when we do, we kind of have to keep up appearances. Just bear with me and you'll be free soon enough. That is if you don't hang." Alice and I looked at each other for a quick second before Alice huffed angrily.
"Who's this we you keep talking about? I'm getting the feeling it's not a we but a you. In which case, I think we'll sue you the second we get out of here. And I'm sure we'll win if you don't declare yourself insane," Alice said smugly with a smile on her face.
Bella's mouth opened in surprise when Honest Bob started laughing heartily. "Oh, that's a good one. Go ahead and try to sue me but you won't get far. The papers you signed at the beginning clearly say that you can't sue me for anything that you experience while participating in the game. Too bad, so sad." This comment reminded me of Emmett's childish ways and I glared at Ol' Bob's laughing back.
When he brought us into the trial room, I sighed in dismay to see that it looked like an authentic courtroom. Glad that the cuffs came off, I started to sigh but it got stuck in my throat when I saw who the judge was. Of course. Who else would it be but great, wonderful, Honest Bob.
"We're gathered here today to conduct the trial of these two women who have been accused as being witches. Unfortunately…or fortunately, however you may choose to see it, only one of them can be a witch as pertaining to the rules of the game," declared Honest Bob in a ridiculously regal manner.
"What?!" screamed Emmett from the witness stand. "I accused them both as witches! They both have to hang! They haaaaaave to! This isn't fair! I hate this place!" Emmett's whining was an impressive display of childishness that I have never seen before. He even stomped his foot for good measure.
"Don't worry my good pilgrim! Your accusations do not fall on deaf ears. If one of them cannot be found as innocent, than they are both considered guilty and therefore must hang." Honest Bob smiled and gestured for the gathering crowd to come in and take a seat in witnessing our humiliation.
"That's stupid. The only way one of us can be found innocent is if one of us declares ourselves guilty," Alice quipped and I nodded in support.
"Shut your mouth. The accused cannot speak until the witness gives his testimony." Honest Bob glared at us but we both ignored it and glared right back. If looks could kill, me and Alice's glares would have had Bobby there choking on that smile of his.
"That's right. Shut up, witches." Emmett clapped his hands in glee then had the nerve to stick his tongue out at us! I looked around while Emmett and Alice had a glaring match and my eyes caught on Edward's. He looked mad. No, he looked furious. That made me feel a little better but not much. I was hungry and wanted a shower ASAP.
The trial went on and on and on. In the end, Alice and I were both declared guilty and sentenced to hang. Honest Bob actually gave us the choice of hanging now or staying in the prison than hanging the next day. We chose now.
He escorted us out to the ropes dangling down and slipped the noose around our necks one by one. Emmett looked pretty pleased with himself but then again, he had gotten his way. As always.
Of course we didn't actually hang. It was just made to look like we had. Honest Bob even gave us a moment of silence (ha!) before pulling the noose off of our necks and handing us certificates saying we had been declared witches and hung.
"Lovely," Alice told him with a sneer. "I'll go home right away and hang this up next to my PhD. Imbecile." Honest Bob finally had some sense in backing away and then running out of sight. Emmett, however, didn't have any sense and so came up to us smugly.
"You're both witches. Na na na na na na. You both hanged. Ha! This was the bestest trip ever!" Emmett started to skip away but didn't get far because Alice tripped him. He would have succeeded in catching himself if Edward hadn't stuck his own foot out at that second—oops—and we all watched him crash to the ground clumsily.
"You guys suck! All I wanted was a little fun but nooo. You guys have to take everything so serious and stuff. You never let me have any fun." He hmphed and crossed his arms across his massive chest stubbornly.
"You want fun you massive child? Fine. Let's go find a forest full of bears and I'll give you some fun." Alice glared at him icily but Emmett simply glared back.
"You guys suck donkeys!" he yelled at us, looking everyone in the eye one by one.
"We suck donkeys? Whaa—?" I asked, clearly at a loss for words.
"Yep. Donkeys. You're a smart witch. Figure it out."
Yeah. Another one. Wahoo for me :-) I really like this little story I got going and I just couldn't bear to leave it. So I will continue. In due time. While you're waiting, please review.