𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬

Fire And Ice

𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓻𝔂,

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓼, 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓳𝓾𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓲𝓭 𝓲𝓽. 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝔂 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓷𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓻𝓴𝔂. 𝓘𝓽'𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵 𝓫𝓾𝓵𝓵𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓽. 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓼𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓳𝓾𝓰𝓭𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓵. 𝓘𝓽 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓻, 𝓲𝓽'𝓼𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓹𝓲𝓭 𝓽𝓫𝓱.

𝓐𝓷𝔂𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼, 𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽. 𝓡𝓾𝓰𝓫𝔂 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂. 𝓛𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓖𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓪 𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓡𝓾𝓫𝔂 𝓗𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓿𝔂 𝓬𝓾𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓴𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓴𝓪𝓷𝓴𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵 𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓾𝓯𝓯 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓽 𝓛𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓦𝓪𝓽𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓼, 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓳𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓪𝓼𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓪 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓴 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓷, 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓫𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓾𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓵𝓪𝔀𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓪𝓭𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓼! 𝓝𝓰𝓵, 𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮'𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪 𝓰𝓸 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓴𝓲𝓭𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼, 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓭𝓪𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹𝓶𝓾𝓶 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓶𝔂 𝓶𝓾𝓶 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮. 𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓲𝓽, 𝓵𝓸𝓵. 𝓘 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓸 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱. 𝓘𝓯 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓹𝓪𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭-

"Katy! Reece just spilled the last apple juice all over Daisy and Thomas won't stop crying. Help me sort them out you lazy cunt."

"Tell Lily to help you."

"She's in the shower stupid!"

"For fucks sake. . ." Katy Kenyon mutters under her breath whilst stomping down the stairs, annoyed.

Her dad and stepmum were at an important family meeting that night and they had no clue what it was about, but her, her twin sister Chloe, and eldest sister, Lily, were left to babysit the youngsters, Daisy, the loud broadway girl, Reece, the clumsy PlayStation boy, and Thomas, a toddler that had an absolute attitude over everything.

"Why can't we just hire a babysitter, I mean we're rich enough, right?" She groaned, grabbing a mop and cleaning up the spilled apple juice off the floor.

Chloe ushers Daisy and Reece up to their bedroom's before giving Thomas a bottle to feed on.

"I dunno." Chloe grabbed some washing up soap and napkims to clean up the chunks of chocolate ice cream left to melt on the table. "They're both too over focused on making us grow up into 'strong independent women'."

"But I am a 'strong independent woman'." Katy looked up from moping in shock. "I play rugby almost 3 times. Every week!"

"Yeah, and look where that's gotten you."

"Yeah, one of the most popular girls in the school."

"Nah. I'm pretty sure that Itunu Adeniji girl is. I mean, after all, she is the mayors daughter, the richest family in Middleton." Chloe sips her vanilla bean milkshake.

"Um. . .yeah. . .whatever-" Katy stutered. "She's the mayors daughter so she's obviosly spoilt out of her wits and gets everything handed over to her on a silver platter. Why can't you compare me to someone like Sophia McLaughlin, at least. She's got brains and beauty."

"Don't judge a book by it's cover, she a goddess if you ask me, well I mean, compared to all the other snobs in our school at least." Chloe glares at her sister in disbelief. "And yes, it is true, Sophia is quite a bright diamond as well."

"Well, the point is, I'm just as incredible and inspirational as the 2 of them, or any other 'popular' person in our school, or in Middleton-"

"Yeah yeah keep praising yourself." Chloe sits down and rolls her eyes. "How are things with you and Harry?"

Before Katy could answer, she felt something trigger her mind.

Something...paranormal.

Chloe seemed to notice her sister get up from her seat and walk to the front door in a strange manner.

"...Katy?" She followed her outside, kind of startled with her sudden change in attitude.

She saw that she stopped at the front garden, but she couldn't put her mind to why she did. Then it hit her.

It was like there was a faint glowing ember, almost like it was calling out to her.

To them.