Chapter 6

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" Mom, Dad I'm back!" I yelled across the hall, no one responded. Then suddenly they was commotion on the forth floor, I raced upstairs to find decorations, tables filled with food and a bunch of portraits of me and my family hung up.

" What's all this?" I asked, looking around at all the crystals hanging from the ceiling. 

" Oh, this is for a little party we're having, it's for your father's job," Mother told me " Oh and do wear something nice, lots of important families are going to be there; the Vackers, the Sencens, the Songs..."

"I thought it was for your anniversary?" I asked.

" Oh yeah, for that too."

That was weird, I thought emissaries get free days when its a celebration or a holiday. Anyways, I rushed up to my room and started putting on my favorite dress, it was a flowy mint green dress with flowers stitched on it, the long sleeves were slightly transparent. I paired it with subtle crown and some earrings I got from a shop nearby. I looked stunning, as I should.

I opened my notebook to draw the dress when i noticed that some pages had some black mold on it, they were the same pages that i tried out the new art supplies from councilor Oralie on. Were the art supplies expired? 

The door to my room opened " Hey would you mind, I'm changing-" It was a letter, I slowly walk to the door and snatched the letter, not wondering where it came from, probably a prank from my siblings; the letter wrote,

Dear Y/N,

The party is not what it seems, be careful of your surroundings. Some of the guests are from Neverseen; they are planning to kidnap the emissaries. DO NOT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING, they're all drugge-

Then there was a long streak where the D was supposed to be, my siblings don't know about Neverseen, so they can't have written this letter; and I know my mother wouldn't prank me like this and father isn't home. Who wrote this?  The letter is in black and written in white ink. I didn't even know that existed. The handwriting is familiar though-

" Y/N could you help me prepare the food please?" Mother asked from the second floor. If the food is drugged, and my mother is preparing then-

No

No no no, why would my mother ever try to drug others? She is the sweetest person in all of the lost cities and is known for her kindness. The letter is probably fake, i should just ignore and go on about life, I went downstairs and in the kitchen. I saw my mom making this huge pile of creampuffs. But the cream was slightly green, next to the creampuffs was a small bottle covered in brown paper. I picked it up and examined it; my mother immediately snatched it from my hands with a stern look. 

" Sorry, it's very hard to come by, I don't want to lose it." Mother said, forcing a fake smile.

" What is it ? " I asked in an oblivious tone, Knowing very well it's not a rare spice.

" A type of green vanilla, forgot the name."

" Uh huh, " I walked away slowly, I took a mental note of the bottle and went back to my room.

" Hey! Didn't I tell you to help me?" Mother yelled.

" I don't feel so good, maybe later." I answered, groaning.

" I SAID GET BACK HERE!" 

I never heard mother ever shout before, something is definitely wrong. I rush back downstairs, only to find my mother smiling at me. Opening her arm to me.

" Come sweetie, give mama bear a great big hug." She hugged me tight, A҉҉̦̣̤͔̟̩̋̿̏ͦ̈́̍͟͠ L̴҉̴͙͖̞̳̜̖ͣͧ̑̑͜͞͠͞͠I҉̡̯̺̜̅́͋̃͢͜T҉̘͙͖̠̓ͦ͑̄͜͜͟͞T҉̘͙͖̠̓ͦ͑̄͜͜͟͞L̴҉̴͙͖̞̳̜̖ͣͧ̑̑͜͞͠͞͠E҉̰̰͎̆͞ T҉̘͙͖̠̓ͦ͑̄͜͜͟͞O̷̵҉̢̭͚̜̠ͫͣ͐͢͟͢͠͞͝O̷̵҉̢̭͚̜̠ͫͣ͐͢͟͢͠͞͝ T҉̘͙͖̠̓ͦ͑̄͜͜͟͞I҉̡̯̺̜̅́͋̃͢͜G̸҉̜̜̱̄ͩ͆͜͝͞H̴̶̵҉̨̡̛̼͎̫͓̒́̔ͩ͜͟͠͞͞T҉̘͙͖̠̓ͦ͑̄͜͜͟͞. I felt my bones cracking, I was starting to lose my breath.

" MOTHER STOP I CAN'T BREATH-"

 Behind mother was father.  His unconscious, lifeless, bloody body on the floor. I heard a sinister laugh .

" Why, sweetheart? Family is F̶̵͖͚̯̮̤̫̿̆͌͋͢͟͡͡O̷̵҉̢̭͚̜̠ͫͣ͐͢͟͢͠͞͝R̴҉̷̨̖̮̉͑ͯ̑̋͟͠E҉̰̰͎̆͞V̶̝̐̀͟͟͝E҉̰̰͎̆͞R̴҉̷̨̖̮̉͑ͯ̑̋͟͠

A҉҉̦̣̤͔̟̩̋̿̏ͦ̈́̍͟͠N̵҉̾͟͞͡D҉̣͍̓̎͗͜͜ A҉҉̦̣̤͔̟̩̋̿̏ͦ̈́̍͟͠L̴҉̴͙͖̞̳̜̖ͣͧ̑̑͜͞͠͞͠L̴҉̴͙͖̞̳̜̖ͣͧ̑̑͜͞͠͞͠ I҉̡̯̺̜̅́͋̃͢͜ Ṡ̷̢̫̞̻͈͋͛̓̅͜͜͜͠͠͠A҉҉̦̣̤͔̟̩̋̿̏ͦ̈́̍͟͠W̵̶̸̻̼͉̱̄͗ͭ͟͢͢͠ W̵̶̸̻̼͉̱̄͗ͭ͟͢͢͠A҉҉̦̣̤͔̟̩̋̿̏ͦ̈́̍͟͠Ṡ̷̢̫̞̻͈͋͛̓̅͜͜͜͠͠͠ B̵̴҉̞̠̘̩͍̱́͊͗͜͠͠͠͠L̴҉̴͙͖̞̳̜̖ͣͧ̑̑͜͞͠͞͠A҉҉̦̣̤͔̟̩̋̿̏ͦ̈́̍͟͠C҉͓̟͇̼͕̻ͭ͌ͩ̒͘͜͡͞͠K҉̿ͭ͘͜

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