CHAPTER 6
(BILL'S P.O.V)
"He is the rat catcher of Hamelin," Sterling revealed, as Sookie, Jessica, Mario and myself stared at him in confusion. "He is the pied piper,"Sterling clarified. "Wait a minute," Jessica spoke up. "THEE LEGENDARY PIED PIPER?!." "As in the one in children's books?." I asked in disbelief. "Yes, that's the one." "You got to be fucking kidding me…" Sookie walked away from us in disbelief and frustration. "He came all the way from Germany to America, and settled in Bon Temp two hundred and twenty two years ago. The mayor and others of high society would hire him given his special abilities." Sterling explained. "You mean…," I said in sudden realization. "His pipe." "His flute to be exact. This was no ordinary flute. His flute is magical, and he could play any tune, and use it as a hypnotic sound to draw people." Sterling further explained, while he sadly stared at the wandering kids.
"Even children… Especially children…" Now it all made sense, as to what was happening. The children only hearing a tune that we couldn't and were in a daze. "What did Bon Temp do to the pied piper to want revenge?," I quickly asked. "He was paid a thousand dollars back then, to get rid of the rats that had infested our town back then. The job was simple: Use his magic flute to draw the rats away from the town, and the money was his. The pied piper removed the rats as promised, but the mayor at the time went back on his word after the job was done. This sent the pied piper into a blind rage, where he attempted to lead the children of Bon Temp, with his flute, to their death. Bon Temp residents managed to stop him, and chase him out of Bon Temp, however before fleeing he vowed to come back, and take revenge and finish the job."
"This is all bullshit!" Mario interrupted turning to me. "Before I moved to Bon Temp I did some research," Mario continued.
"Bill, Bon Temp was formed in the 1800s right?." "Yes that's right." I confirmed. "While the mayor was telling his story, I googled the pied piper." Mario showed me his phone. "The story itself is true, but not in Bon Temp but in Germany, and check the date:1284. Long before Bon Temp dreamed to exist." "The story is true son," Sterling turned to Mario, not in the least offended. "How can you be sure?," I asked, taking into account what Mario just told me. "Because I am a descendent of the mayor, that betrayed the pied piper."Sterling revealed, as the rest of us stared at him in pure shock. "And it was a well kept family secret for generations until now. The info on google is false information. Our family gave to keep our secret." I quickly pulled out my phone, and dialed Eric's phone number. Now that we knew what we were up against, we were gonna need all the help we could get. The pied piper was dangerous, and had no problem killing children.
The kids suddenly made an about-turn, and in unison. "What is happening right now?!" Jessica panicked. "They're heading to Bon Temp's town square." Sterling responded. "If i'm correct he's going to address Bon Temp before he takes the children." "Then we need to follow so we can take him out," Eric appeared and spoke up. "We need to destroy his flute, so he can't use the children as leverage." I said as we followed behind to confront the pied piper.