At the age of five a young girls mother was accused of witchcraft. The town went against the young girls family. They burned her mother, father, and young brother. She burned them. Months later she was found wandering in the woods and taken in by a...
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Then it hits me. Those eyes. That face.
I frown. "Kato?"
He smiles. "Hey, big sis." I punch him in the arm as hard as I can. "Ow!"
"Outside now." I point to the door.
As we walk I hear Rocky turn to Fran. "Fran who is that?"
"That... that's her little brother."
"I thought..."
"Ya. Me too."
I slam him into the wall. "What the hell is going on!? For years I've been sitting here thinking that my little brother is dead, gone, nothing but ash! What the hell Kato?!" He grabs me and brings me into a hug. I cry holding him tight. "I never thought I would see you again."
"I know. Im sorry. Listen to me though." I push away from him and wipe my tears. "Chiffron and the dark coven are coming for you." I roll my eyes. "You took their dirty worker away from them."
I scoff. "Ya well, they took my best friend away from me. Wait, how are you even alive?"
He lifts his hands to my head. "May I?" I take a deep breath knowing what is about to happen. I nod. He places his index and middle fingers on my temples. My head starts to swirl and we are back in the house we grew up in.
"No matter how far I run. I can never get away from this place." He grabs my hand. We walk out. Our mother and father are already dead. I watch as they hang up my little brother. I squeeze Kato's hand as hard as I can.
He places an arm around my shoulders. "You saved me." I frown. I watch as I kneel on the ground and scream. Everyone lights on fire. My brother places a finger on my chin and moves my face toward his younger self. "Watch." As everyone else lights on fire the rope around his neck turns to flames. It breaks from the tree and he falls to the ground. He lies unconscious. "You saved me, Rose. I just wish you would have stayed around a bit longer." As my younger self runs toward the woods Kato clears his throat. "Ieiunium deinceps quindecim minuta." (1) I watch the world swirl around us fast. The spinning stops. A man in a black and red cloak emerges from the trees.
"Kato, who is that?" The man removes his hood and kneels to my brother's younger self. He turns and looks at us smiling. "Chiffron. Wait can he see us?"
Kato shakes his head. "I have watched this night repeatedly and I have never been able to figure that out."
Chiffron places his hands over my brother's body. "Puerum hunc sana. Expergiscimini."(2) Kato's little eyes shoot open as he gasps for air. Chiffron helps him sit up. "Are you ok my young friend?"
Little Kato looks around. "My family. Where is my family?!"
Chiffron holds a finger to his lips. "Hush now child. You will have a new family." The world spins again.
