Epilogue: Mother
3 and 4 looked around at Chandra's room, they felt as if they looked at the place in and out until 3 noticed a piece of paper scrolled up at the corner. He walked over and picked it up,it was a photograph with a picture of a woman with long brown hair, blue shoulder less dress and bright blue eyes. She was sitting on her knees and beside her were two little girls, 3 recognized them right away and pointed out Selene and Chandra. Selene had her hair in two pigtails with a purple silk shirt that was puffed in the sleeves, it was accompanied with white lace around her collar and her wrists. A single red bow was tied around her neck. She wore matching purple pants and white dress shoes she seemed to be glaring at the woman in the middles. Adjacent to her was Chandra still childlike and innocent even when she was 15 at this age. Chandra wore her hair in pigtails like Selene but her outfit was different. She wore a pink dress with white puffed shoulders, white gloves were around her hands she was sitting on her knees beside the woman. Confused 3 brought the picture to Chandra, she welcomed him but as she saw the picture she frowned. She looked up at 3 and tried to smile but instead let out a deep, depressed sigh.
" That woman in the middle was Selene and my mother" Chandra confessed, 3 and 4 looked up interested, what happened to her she was beautiful for sure.
" Yeah our mother has quite the story behind her and also points out why we've been living in a closet all these years....I guess I'll tell you"
She was a praised woman, believed to be the second coming of the virgin Mary. Selene and Chandra's mother was praised by men and she admired many of their praises, she used to walk around town and met men who loved her looks. She feel so glad by this that she would take hour long walks around town just so she could hear the phrase, " Your so beautiful, may I kiss your hand?" She loved that so much, it became her life then one day she feared the worst.
She became pregnant with a kindly shoe makers child, when she was birthed she had short brown hair like her and had kindly chocolate brown eyes, she loved her so much and named her Marlene, she was Chandra and Selene's older sister. When the shoemaker told her that since she lost her virginity by having a child she wouldn't be titled virgin Mary, fearing the loss of phrases from men she hid Marlene in her room, padlocked the doors and kept a flock of guards to attend to her every whim. Selene nor Chandra never met her because Marlene committed suicide by jumping from her window, the guards heard her say she couldn't take anymore and later heard a crash, when they opened her door they saw the window smashed and Marlene, eyes closed laying on the ground with a broken neck. However she didn't care Marlene was old enough to make her own decisions in her eyes, Marlene was an obstacle as well. Marlene's father took home his daughter's body and cursed the woman who made his only child die.
She walked and this time met an old librarian, she once again fell in love with him and concieved again. This time she gave birth too two twin daughters, Selene and Chandra. They both looked like their father and not one trace of her was present in their features, thinking this was a gift she decided to let them run around the mansion. Selene and Chandra played about the mansion but was never aloud outside, if someone caught them they would potrey as a guard's twin daughters. Chandra loved her mother very much and always shared a bond, Selene on the other hand never shared anything with her mother. She strayed away from her even whenever she called her.
Selene often threatened her and said she would tell the world about their existence, she wasn't worried but paranoia got her as she knew that Selene was a tricky one and would figure out a way. Fearing her own daughters she threw them in the closet when they were 4 years old. Selene and Chandra had guards attend to them and kept them clothed and feed. Selene wasn't taking anymore she loathed the fact that their mother would come and visit them, it brought a smile to Chandra's face but a frown to Selene's.
It was then heard that she fell in love with the chancellor, she wanted weath and power and she could arose any man she wanted, at least that's what she thought. She completely forgot about her daughters and spent all her time and energy on him, the twins knew it was over and by this time they were 15, the age they were now. Then the bombs hit the place and the thousands of screaming, then it went dark.
" And that's why me and Selene have been down here in the closet, mom didn't want anyone to know about us so she kept us hidden" Chandra stopped as she heard Selene come walking down the hall. Selene hated their mother so Chandra kept quiet as Selene's shadow loomed across the floor.
The end! Be prepared for a sequel!
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