"Oh my gosh, so sorry I forgot you didn't know. I'll explain. Basically daddy's daughters-us-are his protection. He loves us in his own way, once we're in our mid twenties we can quit and do what ever we want. Daddy always supports us." She said happily but it sounded like a trained response. There was a warning in her eyes like she really cared about me.
"I'm Brooklyn. Mom named me after the place she was born in." I said grudgingly. Poppy smiled genuinely.
"And how old are you?" Poppy asked.
"Seventeen today." I answered feeling guilty about the ruined birthday party and how I treated mom. Poppy looked at me apologetically and sympathy.
"Sucks for you. It's like happy birthday brook, you have a family you never knew of, be good cause I won't see you for a while, love you, bye."Poppy said. "Well it was better than mine. When I was twelve, I was shopping and I bumped into my twin sister Hannah, whats worse was I never knew about her and I didn't want to meet dad. She publically humiliated me by making me lug her around while she was gripping my legwhile being dragged along with me and wailing."
"Wow, that was harsh." I said shocked I think I might like this Hannah person.
"How old are you?" I asked.
"Eighteen, it feels good knowing that now I'm not the youngest, you are...sort of." Poppy said. I gave her a curious look.
We chatted about our lives and avoided topics related to dad. We gossiped and argued about Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Obviously Talyor was hotter but does she agree? No. I found out I was going to be staying with her and four other sisters:
Azrael (a.k.a Zee. She is nineteen and the leader of my squad. Her mom was also Slovenian. Her mother moved to New York when Zee was 2 years old. Zee hates her name and will kill anyone who calls her by her name. Scary I know.)
Sasha (a.k.a Satan. She nineteen and is Zee's best friend and hates her name. She got her nick name from missions because she is the best at torture for information and the rumour has it that she practised torturing people on her multiple pets.)
Jill (a.k.a Jailbait. She is eighteen. She got her nickname because on missions she's always the bait. She doesn't know who her mom is and grew up with dad. She hates alarm clocks.)
Hannah (a.k.a Heartless. She is Poppy's twin. She never knew who her mother was until she met her twin sister. She got her name because she always finishes of what Satan started. Satan leaves her victims broken while Hannah plays with them a bit before killing them.)
Poppy (No nickname yet. She observes a person and determines his/her weakness and tells Satan. She also observes a places weakness and can find places to discuss plans in privacy in between a few minutes and an hour. It depends on the place.)
Yeah they don't seem nice and seem very scary. Especially Zee. I mean come on who names their daughter after the angel of death? But family is family. Minus what you just read, they seem nice. Once we got to the airport, the security guard flashed us through to a -OMG-private jet!
"It's a little small..." Poppy said sounding embarrassed. Dad led us up the plane and to the lounge.
"I'll let you girls do whatever you want." He said but it sounded like a threat. Dad was mean and made me carry my luggage up the plane. Honestly I only packed the essentials how can my bags be that heavy?
We landed on a private island after hours of flying which meant hours of movies and gossip. Poppy led us to our apartment but once daddy left us alone, she led me through corridor after corridor through rooms until we reached an abandoned room. She locked the door and blocked it. I can't believe I was so stupid!
"What's your second language?" Poppy asked sounding tense and cold.
"French. I'm in AP French." I said matching her tone.
"You can do whatever you want in here. Cuss, scream, freak-out, plot against dad, be racist, hate Obama, no one can see or hear you because this room has no security. Sit down on the sofa, it's a long story." Poppy said tensing up. I nodded my head and sat down.
«papadepuislongtemps se sontimpliqués avec la mafia. C'étaitilyacinquante ans. Quandil a étéseenteen, dontilavaitbesoin de protection de la orginisations plus pour des raisons évidentes. doncil ... euh ... frappanosmèresdans les bars jusqu'à. Si ilsétaient des filles, il les demande, jamais les garçons. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais je travaillelà-dessus. Seulsdeuxgarçonsontétérevendiqués, maismêmealors, ilssontadoptés. Ilssont les deuxjoueursbrise le cœur, vous le savez, ,ennuyeux, égocentrique, des secousses, des douleurs, de manipulation tout simplement de mauvaisesnouvelles. Papa a beaucoup d'enfants.Les fillessontgénéralementformés ... espions.Certainsmédecinsdeviennent, gardiens, mécaniciensouincharge de la technologie.Unefoisque nous ne sommes pas nécessaireque nous sommesvendus aux États-Unis le gouvernementcomme des espionsÉtats-Unis. Les rarespersonnes qui ne sont pas vendus hors enseignantsdeviennentici.maismêmealors, cen'estquequelquesdizaines. Le restemeurentoudeviennentproppertygouvernement ... Je suisdésoléquevouss'estentraînéedanscette. " She finished
"Okay but then why did you back dad up?" I asked curiously.
"Parcequ'iljuraqu'iltueraitnotreniècesi je ne suis pas d'accord ... Elle vabienmaintenant. S'ilvousplaîtpardonnez-moi." She explained unshed tears threatened to overflow and pour down her face.
Suddenly the door flew open.
Translations:
1. «papadepuislongtemps se sontimpliqués avec la mafia. C'étaitilyacinquante ans. Quandil a été seventeen, dontilavaitbesoin de protection de la orginisations plus pour des raisons évidentes. doncil ... euh ... frappanosmèresdans les bars jusqu'à. Si ilsétaient des filles, il les demande, jamais les garçons. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais je travaillelà-dessus. Seulsdeuxgarçonsontétérevendiqués, maismêmealors, ilssontadoptés. Ilssont les deuxjoueursbrise le cœur, vous le savez, ,ennuyeux, égocentrique, des secousses, des douleurs, de manipulation tout simplement de mauvaisesnouvelles. Papa a beaucoup d'enfants.Les fillessontgénéralementformés ... espions.Certainsmédecinsdeviennent, gardiens, mécaniciensouincharge de la technologie.Unefoisque nous ne sommes pas nécessaireque nous sommesvendus aux États-Unis le gouvernementcomme des espionsÉtats-Unis. Les rarespersonnes qui ne sont pas vendus hors enseignantsdeviennentici.maismêmealors, cen'estquequelquesdizaines. Le restemeurentoudeviennentproppertygouvernement ... Je suisdésoléquevouss'estentraînéedanscette. "
:"long ago daddy got involved with the mafia. That was about fifty years ago. When he was seventeen, he needed protection from the bigger organisations for obvious reasons. So he...erm...knocked our mothers up at bars. If they were girls, he would claim them, never the boys. I'm not sure why but I'm working on it. Only two boys have been claimed but even then they are adopted. They are both players, you know, heart breakers, annoying, self-centred, jerks, pains, manipulative basically just bad news. Dad has a lot of kids. The girls are usually trained...spies. Some become medics, guards, mechanics or in charge of technology. Once we're not needed we're sold to the USA government as USA spies. The few who aren't sold off become teachers here. But even then it's only a few dozen. The rest either die or become government property...I'm sorry you got dragged into this."
2. "Parcequ'iljuraqu'iltueraitnotreniècesi je ne suis pas d'accord ... Elle vabienmaintenant. S'ilvousplaîtpardonnez-moi."
"Because he swore he'd kill our niece if I didn't agree...She's alright now. Please forgive me."
I used Google translator for the words but I'm not sure how reliable it is but yeah.
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Midnight's daughters
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