Winter
It's very late at night, but nobody can sleep. The first night in a new house gives most of us a lot of anxiety, especially Juul and Maya. They are most of the time already shaky, anxious and nervous. I can calm them down most of the times, but sometimes...
I know Arthur is anxious to, but he doesn't show it. From all the years I've been mute I became very good at reading people. Arthur stands, even tho he looks very strong and independent, very soft. He stands with a bad posture, his chocolatebrown hear looks very dead infront of his face. He's trying to be a leader, which connects with his power, fire.
Juul is trying to learn Esther cook. She now only has to get the fire on, but burned her hands already a few times.
Esther is out us fife the one who want to learn new stuff. She is very curious of the world around her, which can be good, but also very dangerous. She's very small, almost as small as Juul, who is 5.1. Esther looks a lot smaller tho, even tho she isn't. Esther works perfectly with he element, nature. Most of the time it looks like the nature would do anything for Esther, it's amazing.
Juul is sitting next to Esther, trying to hide that she is annoyed. Esther may wants to learn a lot, she's very bad at doing new things, she's also very clingy. Happily enough is Juul enable to stay calm. She's very kind, trying to get the best out of everyone and trying to help everyone.
"Winter, can you get Maya, he's sleeping right now." Juul says. She got the fire on, Esther couldn't do it... Juul would let Esther try until she got it, but it's very late and midwinter.
While I am walking to Maya, I see things I remember, things I don't want to remember. The most important stuff we took.
The burned wooden plate, which came from our first house together, what Arthur burned down. That peace of wood was the only thing the survived from that house... behind that are bows and arrows. The gifted don't use it, only Juul does. I slowly take the bow and behind the arrows something shiny catches my eyes.
I have to grap the wall, because I almost fall. "Winter, are you okay?" Esther grabs me, I don't have energy and my legs feels like they're made out of rubber bands. Esther need to use her whole strength to not let me fall, and drags me to the bank.
The sword, it was their. It isn't gone.
"Winter, what happend?" I point my finger to the wall, and Esther looks at me, very confused. I stand up with my wobbly legs and walk to the sword. Behind me I hear a gasp, it's Maya. "Maze... It's Maze's." Juul also stood op and now stands behind Esther, on het tippy toes. I slowly nod my head to Esther and Juul, they still don't understand.
"FUCK. THIS IS WEIRD! WHY THE FUCK ARE THINGS LIKE THIS." Oh god, showtime. "WHY ARE THESE BOWS SO STUPID. JUUL, YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE THEM GOOD." Arthur trows the bow on the ground and it snaps. Juul is almost crying, she did so long over that thing.
Behind her is Arthur very red. He runs to the frontdoor, opens it, and slams it so hard the whole house is shaking.
"Help, I'm shaking." Maya stands against the wall, almost crying and visibly shaking. He starts slowly, then begin to run to his bed. I'm trying to get her to calm, but Esther pushes me away from Maya. Esther takes him away.
And as always as this happens, it's just Juul and me. She's looking at me, eyes tired. I walk up to her and sign to her that she can go sleep. I am going to sit in the place Juul sat, by the fire.
Most of the time it's very peaceful in our house, but about once a month their is kind of a Jenga. One person breaks, most of the time Arthur, and everyone falls down. Maya breaks down, Esther is trying to calm her down but fails. Juul is trying to be the mother and stay calm, even tho that also doesn't work. Then it's just me and my thought, by the fire.
