Summary: Bliss's life in Salem.
Disclaimer: I don't own Blue Bloods.
Passing Judgment
Charlotte (Bliss) POV
I lay on the hard cold October ground. All the fight has gone out of me. I'm being tried for witchcraft. Well there really isn't much if a fair trial. Either way I die tonight. I'm not sure if the town council has decided on the water trial or some other torturous method to test me. I am so tired now. My friend Hannah has brought me a woolen blanket and my journal. But I am too tired to write now. I will just read. Maybe it will help me get through the night.
November 13, 1624
Reverend Williams is having me write this journal to keep track of my sins. He is very strict and is making all the young people in the town write one.
"But reverend, I haven't sinned!" I argued when he told me about this.
"Write this journal and we will then see." he answered.
He's not the type of man to take no as an answer.
I might as well introduce myself now. My name is Charlotte Harrison and I live in Salem in Connecticut colony. I have made a promise to myself to continue writing in thus journal so I can look back at mylife later.
I guess when I need it. So now I will try to write in it as often as I can. Maybe I will find I like writing in it.
December 1, 1624
Hannah seems to never be available to do anything anymore. I haven't seen her since my last journal entry. And every Monday I see her pass our house to go to the meeting hall. But we do not have meetings on Mondays. She is acting most peculiar. But aside from that, I find I have lost all my appetite. It's very strange. I asked my parents and they just smiled knowingly and assured me it was normal. I hate being kept out of things.
December 31, 1624
I went to my first conclave meeting today. I am so relieved to have an explanation for my strange behavior lately. And now I have Hannah back as my friend. The only day we did not have work to do was on Mondays so before today we could never talk. It's good to know I am not alone in this discovery.
January 14, 1625
Today, I had the most frightful dream. A monster with red eyes and silver pupils was chasing after me. It seems silly and childish now that I am writing it down. But I can't seem to express how much it frightened me. I spoke to my parents about it and they just told me it was part of the transformation. I am becoming used to that phrase now.
February 2, 1625
I have decided to keep this journal for myself. Reverend Williams asked to see it at the last meeting and I told him I had lost it. I had received a long reprimand but I think it was worth it. I like having a place to myself. Somewhere where I can think.
March 16, 1625
The nightmares are getting worse now. I'm sure it's normal but it doesn't make them any less terrifying. On the other hand, my parents are looking to marry me off soon. There. Is a handsome boy who I met at the town meeting the other day. Hannah says he couldn't take his eyes off me. I blush even as I write this. Maybe something will come out of it.
March 24, 1625
Today I fainted on the way to the school yard. I have decided to become a helper at the school to raise extra money. And just as I was about to enter the yard I fainted. Or well, I think I fainted. I really don't remember much after that. I must have been taken home by someone because the next thing I knew I was laying in my bed at home. I must be coming down with something.
April 30, 1625
There is terrible news from the next town over! We just got word that a young girl had been killed! There must have been some sort of animal that killed her. She was no older than I am. I prayed for her and her family during meeting today.
May 17, 1625
The weather is getting warmer. You can feel all the life returning to the world. The birds are chirping and the flowers are starting to bloom. But it's hard to concentrate on the beauty now because my nightmares seem to have returned in force. For almost a month they had gone. But it's all part of the transformation, right?
August 19, 1625
I have not written in so long! It seems like years have passed instead of only a few months. So much has happened. Hannah is engaged to a man from the town. He is a select man in the town council and a blue blood of course. She is so happy. And the young man from the meeting has come to call on me in the past month. Everyone talks about how John and I will make such a good match. I smile now. The nightmares have eased some since I last wrote. I'm greatly relieved to see them go.
September 1, 1625
My hand I'd trembling as I write this. I know now what has been happening to me. It is too horrible to even put into this book. I am terrified. For everyone and for myself.
October 13, 1626
People are starting to be suspicious of me. As they should be. I have been trying so hard to suppress what is happening to me but I fear I am failing. That I am just too weak.
October 31, 1625
One of the select men in the town accused me of witchcraft. I find that it wad terribly ironic that it was Hannah's husband who brought forth the evidence. But in a way I'm glad. He was clever enough tofigure it out and do something about it. I, on the other hand, am powerless. It also is ironic that today is All Hollows Eve. I laugh coldly now. All too ironic.
November 2, 1625
The date of my trial has been set. My parents are horrified at the turn of events that have brought us here. Today I am to be taken to the jail at the magistrates land and held there until my trial in a few days time. I hear their knocking now. I must go.
I closed the book and closed my eyes. The light coming in from the crack in the wall was getting won't be long now. I thought to myself. It's for the best. I keep telling myself. There was a sharp rap at the ill fitting wooden door.A burly man wearing a dark cloak came in.
"Goody Harrison-" he said as if the name burned his toungue.
"It's time."
What do you think? It was really had for me to write in journal style, but I didn't want it to be like the other story about Bliss's past life. I have posted another story. It's for Cleopatra' Daughter by Michelle Moran. And I will be posting another for Anastasia in the next few days. Check it out please!
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