~Chapter 15~

Ok, so were heading towards the guillotine. All I was told was to stand there and at the last second pull out a knife and cut the rope in the person's hand. Simple right? No, there are guards remember.

And just to annoy me Courtney said I got a special guillotine because my head was to big to fit in the one they had. I had to listen to these kind of jokes all the way there. But I do have to say it was pretty funny when she acted like one of the guards and huffed " just put your head in the hole and shut it. I have to go home to pop my pimples." At least she killed all my nerves on the way there, because if I got there and I was scared we would be screwed.

Well when we did all get there it seemed as if the whole town had gathered around. And in the middle of the crowd three wooden guillotines. As if robots, everyone turned to face us. In front of us was a dirt path to the center where the guillotines were.

The guards shoved us a little to make us move, and so we dragged our feet up the dirt road to the death traps. I'm just glad they didn't choose something more brutal. And considering that the guillotine is a pretty brutal device that's saying something. I'm just glad they didn't include the rack or the brazen bull those would hurt!

We climbed up the steps to the little execution stage with our heads down, feet dragging, and our eyes taking in every moment. I took a closer look at the guillotines and noticed a basket on the other side. Oh yes, we wouldn't want to have our head rolling into the crowd, sheesh. And to make me even more nervous there was dried blood already caked to the head hole… or is it called that? I don't know, but it will be head hole for now.

When we were all in our places the executer said in a booming voice, " These three 15 year old girls are here today to be executed for the murder of Abe Lincoln." The crowd didn't seemed surprised at this, only very sad. " At dawn these three will lie dead giving peace to our world." Geez they're acting as if were some kinda demons. Now we just have to wait until dawn and then we will, to them, be dead. But that isn't how it's gonna go.

When it was time a big bell rang that was as loud as an elephant. Everyone seemed to sit on the very edge of their seats, except everyone was standing. The executer walked up and told the rope people something that I couldn't quite catch, well when he was done he walked up to me and seethed "today you die, you demon" Was he crazy did he actually think we were demons? I just laughed evilly and seethed back " I will never die" I know it was to much but he thought we were demons I might as well have fun and scare him. He looked taken aback as if my words actually pushed him. He shouted " this women is a witch! She has the spirit of a demon, an evil soul as black as coal! She is a witch! And so are the others!"

didn't expect this but I was fine with him yelling nonsense. The crowd stood dead silent to where you could hear the heartbeat of the person next to you. Then from the corner of my eye I saw someone running to the front of the crowd. Everyone glared at her mostly because she was my mother. And after that last announcement they probably just see her as a witch's mother, which meant she was a witch herself. I really didn't want to involve her in this. She looked at me with tear stained eyes. I looked up at her slowly, the crowd was holding their breath, waiting.

" I'm sorry that this happened" I whispered to her.

She kneeled down and touched the ground. Sobs arose from her lips. " I will always be grateful and proud of you" she barely spoke, " No matter what" She looked up at me and smiled a sad smile.

I heard a gun shot from the right of me. I looked over and timed slowed. The mayor had pulled out a shotgun and shot it. The bullet soared through the air flying towards my mother. It tore through her chest like it was butter. Time caught up with me and my mother fell to the ground. She had I surprised look on her face. " Thank you" she whispered, " I'll always love you, forever" and her eyes slowly closed. The guards went down in front of the guillotines and lifted her off the ground, blood pouring from her wound.

I just watched silently, waiting. " Ok now lets proceed" The mayor hissed. "Guards you know what to do" he said and then walked away. The guards moved to the ropes. I glanced over to the others and they gave the ok sign. The guards pushed us to the ground. I looked up to the guard and noticed fear in his eyes.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and focused on what I was about to do. I slowly stood up and got up in the guards face. The guard panicked and pulled out a knife and held it to my neck. I moved my hand to my pocket where my knife was hidden. I reached my hand in my pocket and got a good grip on the handle. I glanced to the others and they had done the same. I had to act fast for this to work. I quickly brought my knife out and held it against his neck. He stiffened, and that was my chance. I brought my foot to his hand that was holding the knife. The knife fell down to the ground and I cut the rope to the guillotine. The blade flew down the guillotine to the bottom and clattered to a stop.

Backup guards came rushing up the stage. I turned to face them. I looked over to Elizabeth and Angelina to see they had their knifes up to their executors necks also. Elizabeth finally spoke " Let us go or these three die"

The guards looked stunned but eventually made a path for us. We walked down the stairs to the ground. I backed up facing the guards. I looked around to find Courtney motioning us over to the woods. We quickly retreated to the woods, with our knifes still up to the executors necks. When we made it there Courtney was waiting with bags for each of us to carry.

Courtney pulled out some rope and tied the executors hands and feet together. She looked in their eyes and whispered, " Good acting guys, but people are still watching so keep it up" Courtney then led us into the forest until we couldn't hear town activity any longer and the sky was pitch black.

Angelina set her bag on the ground and moaned, " My feet hurt, can we rest for the night?"

" Yeah" Elizabeth chimed in " can we?"

Courtney set down her bag and started rummaging through it. " I guess that's a yes" I yawned. Courtney nodded allowing us to rest. I gathered up some sticks and twigs and dry grass and started a fire. It took a long time but it was worth the warmth. I brought my knees to my chest and glanced over at Elizabeth and Angelina, they were already fast asleep. I looked over to Courtney, she was talking to the guards. They glanced over to me a couple times before Courtney finally walked over and crouched next to me.

Courtney's face was covered In the light from the fire making her facial expression easier to see. I turned to face her, my knees still against my chest. I repeated the day in my head a couple of times before we made the fire. I had brought my mother into this and she didn't come back out alive. Her face flashed into my mind saying her last words, she whispered " Thank you. I'll always love you, forever" and that's when her eyes had closed.

Courtney patted me on the back saying " I lost my parents to, so have those two" she said pointing to Elizabeth and Angelina " join the club" she sighed.

Welp that's it for today, give me some feedback on why you liked it or why you didn't. and tell me what you think will make the story better. And guess what was in this chapter… PLOT BUILDUP! that's why it took me a while to write dis one :P love ya J