*DISCONTINUED* (Sibling AU) A caged songbird to a blight

Panic

"Fuck!" I yelled out a I felt my fingers glide harshly against the violin's sting. finally after two periods of playing with no rest, the strings finally cut through my worn out finger pads that have been imprinted with indents from the strings by the amount of pressure and force I've been applying to the string for the last few hours.

"hey! hey! hey!" raine yelled while running to me and forcing me to let go of the instrument as they began examining my fingers. "when I said you can do self practicing today I didn't mean you can push yourself to exhaustion!" raine yelled getting on to me as my hands shook slightly as this was the first time since arriving last period that I had finally taken a break, that was about a three hours ago.

Raine rushed to get their medic kit from their desk that all classes were required to have. The cut was deep as I was reckless to not realize the strain and pain in my hand as well as how bad I was pressing my fingers into the strings while gliding them up and down.

"here," Raine started wrapping my hand in thin linin around each finger of my left hand. "that's all for today, okay? you don't have any other injuries I need to check right?" Raine joked as I thought back to the bruises that have now recovered but still had the imprinted indent of my uncle's ring. But it was covered with light make up thanks to the consideration of my "father." "hey what's wrong?" raine asked noticing my dazed look as they forced me to look up to them gently tilting my face in a motherly gesture luckily missing the bruise.

"nothing, just my father getting on to me about practicing. I have been slacking so I have to make up for it, y'know?" i stated as raine gave me a worried look and sighed.

"hey, how about I treat you and hunter to some food? I'll call your dad and see if he's okay with that first, does that sound good?"

"But I don't have my wallet with me, and I know hunter doesn't have his wallet."

" that's fine, I basically own the place so it'll be my treat, so yes or no?" they asked as I just nodded allowing them to get up and call uncle.

In a matter of ten minutes me and hunter were out of school property in Raine's old 1966 red ford bronco she owned in which was well kept and looked brand new. I sat in the back leaning my head against the window allowing the wind from the open driver window to hit me while Raine and hunter conversed about something. I felt the cool breeze of fall as the trees were already turned orange and covered streets with its dead leaves, though it did not smell of fall as raines woody yet cool cologne covered the smells of the inner city as we drove through Bonesborough.

I was honestly surprised that uncle even allowed me and hunter to go out since we were already going out later with darius for some "practice" as uncle is usually always strict with how much time we spend outside on his watch.

We drove across town seven blocks down from the school and arrived at a dine-in, It was honestly nice looking with the building clearly being WAY older then the main downtown area as it had a large sign with the text "The Owl House Dine-in" up above the entry way. I followed Raine and Hunter out the car and to the front as I immediately saw the the short cut hair and tanned skin of my sister at a table with a little kid and the youngest blight. I stopped abruptly as raine and hunter turned .

my stomach dropped as I felt chills down my back as my hands started to shake. I can't explain why i decided to think it here out of all places but I knew deep down this was all going to go down hill.

"luz?" raine called out to me but I didn't answer as I felt the presence of my uncle behind me causing me to turn and see no one.

my breathing hitched as it started to feel more difficult to breath the more my mind raced with thought and worries.