Seraph

Volterra 1863

"No! It's mine!" Jane screamed as she ran from Serafina full speed through the castle and to the courtyard.

"You lost! Give it to me!" Serafina yelled back as she chased her through the courtyard while the guard were training.

The guard couldn't help their laughter. This was a usual sight over the years. They initially found it very strange seeing Jane and Alec playing anything. They were always so serious. But they got used to it quickly. They were children after all. This actually made them see them as they truly were. At least until they got serious with training or work. Then the fear and respect came back immediately.

Alec had circled from the other direction and managed to cut off Jane's escape route. She paused, debating which direction to go, but this small pause was enough for Serafina to tackle Jane to the ground. "Give it!" Serafina yelled as she reached for the ruby clenched in Jane's hands.

"No!" Jane yelled as she brought the ruby down to her belly, under her body away from Serafina's reach.

"Fine, then I'll just sit right here until you decide to give it to me." Serafina said as she turned around and simply sat on Jane's back.

"Get your fat arse off of me you cow!" Jane yelled kicking her legs to try and push her off. Her accent always coming out a bit when her anger flared.

"Not nice," Serafina mumbled as she put her hand to her belly with brows furrowed.

"You lost Jane, you know the rules." Alec stated arms crossed looking down at his sister, "You would've taken her gold if you won, wouldn't you? I told you we should just play for fun like we usually do. You're the one who said you were an adult and could handle playing for treasures." He shrugged.

"But she cheated," Jane muttered.

"How did I cheat?" Serafina asked.

"I don't know, but I'm sure you did!" Jane growled back.

"You can't accuse someone of cheating without proof," she retorted.

"Fine! Take it! Just get your fat arse off of me!" Jane yelled as she handed the ruby to Serafina.

"Thank you, that's very big of you" Serafina stated, accepting the ruby as she stood up, "and I want to tell you a secret now." Serafina looked to the twins as Alec helped his sister up. They both looked to her questioningly, "I did cheat." Serafina smiled as she ran off in the opposite direction. Jane let out an angry shriek as she began chasing Serafina again. Alec chuckled to himself as he followed along.

In a tower of the castle overlooking the courtyard there were four standing at a large window looking down at what was happening below.

"The twins love her," Sulpicia chuckled while looking down into the courtyard at the three playing.

"Do they? Majority of the time, they seem to want to kill her. I don't blame them. I still think that would be best." Caius muttered while looking down on them with disgust.