The Shelby princess (Bonnie Gold)

Chapter 1

As the screams of Esme Shelby filled Edith Shelby's head that Christmas morning when Johns body lied there life less as she held onto his cold hands as if she let go she would lose him. But she already did so, he was already gone. "Edith dear, are you alright?" Her auntie polly pulled her out of the dreading thought "why him auntie poll?" As a tear leaves Edith's eye her aunt pulled her into a hug of comfort. You see very little people have seen Edith Shelby cry, but in this moment nothing held the tear roll down her fair pale cheek. "As I have always said my dear, god takes the best first".

As Thomas Shelby got everyone's attention, he then cleared his throat and takes a quick glance towards Edith as she retuned the same back , "This is how John wanted to go" his voice broken and then  meet eyes once again with Edith, but this time not leaving the contacts s he carried on his speech.  "Up in smoke. And the truth is, we died together once before" He then left the contact he and Edith had kept, he then looked deeply at the ground below him with some sort of guilt "Arthur, me, Danny Whizzbang, Freddie Thorne" Edith grabbed her sister Ada's hand and squeezed Her hand for a some sort of comfort as the mention of her passed husband "Jeremiah and John. We were cut from the retreat, no bullets left, waiting for the purssian cavalry to come finish us off" Tommy carried on.

"And while we waited, Jeremiah said that we should sing in the bleak midwinter" Tommy carried on but his eyes moved from the ground below him to Edith once again. Tommy carried on with his speech,Edith could sense something was going to happen by the  posture he held, the worried eye contact every few seconds and the way Tommy spoke, "Ada I don't think something is correct here" Edith quietly spoke beside her sister "Your just upset that's all Idee" . As Edith heard her aunt poll speaking up she moved her focus upon her, " But you remember that god speared you that day" she stopped her speech as Tommy gave polly a glare "what did you do with that extra time he gave you, huh Thomas?"

The tension between her aunt and her Brother was thick, but Tommy walked towards Edith and didn't take notice of his aunt and he grabbed Edith's hand. Then Arthur had threw a match at the wet pile of wood covered in alcohol that surrounded the Vardo, as it went up into flames "what are you up to Tommy?" Edith spoke as quite so no only he could hear her, But he stayed quiet as he gripped onto her hand even harder which caused her suspicion to quickly rise but before she could say another word.

BANG!

As Everyone fell to the ground to take cover, Tommy stood his ground as Edith had Isaiah her close friends, hands around her waist as he was above her to keep her from any harm that a porched as he heard the gun shot before she had done.  "DO NOT RETURN FIRE" Tommy yelled "I repeat do not return fire" As Isaiah held Ediths hand and brushed the dirt from her black dress she sent him a smile that he happily returning back. Then Tommy spoke again which caused even more suspicion. "The men that are shooting are on our side!" Tommy shouted, but Edith tried to figure what Tommy was explaining, but polly beat her to it, " you used your own brothers funeral as a beckon?" .

As the hard realty hit Edith, her well known Shelby anger beat the best of her as she let go to Isaiah's hand and she stormed towards Tommy. With all her might she pushed him,which only had a small effect on him as he stumbled backwards. She raised her hand to smack Tommy but before her hand could collide with his cold cheek. Her oldest brother Arthur held her around the waist and his other hand holding her hand. As she shouted and kicked her legs Arthur was about to give up but. He whispers into her ear "That's enough eddi, calm your self" trying to calm her which it seemed to work. As he felt her body relax he let her go. She looked at Tommy in the eyes with shame and discuss "DAM YOU THOMAS, YOU BRING FUCKING SHAME APON THE FAMILY NAME" she yelled,her voice began to brake " you used ur own brothers funeral as a sick beckon"  she didn't dare to cry in front of the man that used her brother.

Those words that spilled out of her mouth soon hit her and she felt a small guilt after everything he has done for the family. But in Tommy's eyes it did hurt.

As she stormed through the field she heard faint shouting by her aunt as she saw two men on high horses approach. The first gentleman who had long hair up to his shoulders he was a off middle aged man. He slowly passed Edith and tipped his hat towards her but as a welcome. as the second  young man passed by, he wore a peaky hat and hair as dark as her own and eyes as gold as the sun. He stopped in her tracks they both made a long hold of eye contact till he spoke up " what's a pretty girl like you upset for?" She found a small light burst in her heart and a boost of confidence. "What's a handsome young man like ya got a dead italian For?" As he chuckled ever so lightly "saving a pretty girl"  but as she blushed the older man called for the young boy from across the field. " Bonnie my boy, you can talk to the beautiful girl later, you have a job to do".

As he rode off towards the Shelby family, and passing polly on the way tipping his peaky hat towards her as she nods with her head held high. "Come now darling we need to get you dressed, for the young man" here aunt said as she a porched her " what for" she asked In confusion " he's joining us for dinner now come along"