The Villainous Children Retire

Chapter 3

The girl's next words surprised them far more than anything that had happened in the last few minutes.

"Are you guys. . ."

They clung to every word she spoke.

"Magical creatures?"

Suddenly, all their common sense left them.

"Um," said Esther very slowly and confusedly. "What?"

"Magical creatures!" said the girl again. "I know you are because only magical creatures have magic powers!" She slowly began inching closer to them. "I see them on TV all the time!"

"Is that so?" Esther turned to her brother, hoping he would chime in, but he was too shocked to say anything.

"So, what kind of magical creatures are you?"

This time, they both answered, "What?"

"Are you unicorns? Or are you guys trolls? What magical creatures are you?"

The girl was now very close to the twins, and suddenly, they recognized her from their class. Although, she hadn't made her presence known.

The girl was a little bit taller than the twins, who now wondered if their growth was being stunted. She had brown hair that nearly appeared red in the sunlight tied up into pigtails, and light brown eyes that stared at the twins with so much enthusiasm they thought they would be crushed by it.

'What should we do?' Esther asked her brother. 'She saw us.'

'She saw everything,' Eli said. 'What can we do?'

'Threaten her into not telling?'

'No.'

'You're right; we should do that to the sleeping balloon instead.'

'Who's the one who's being mean now?'

They turned to the unconscious boy; both weren't very concerned for him anymore.

'He's a kid, no one will believe him.' Eli cocked his head and added, 'Just like her.'

'What should we do with her? I don't think our powers will let us erase memories.'

'You know they don't.'

They both kept to their own thoughts for a while.

Esther had suddenly come up with a plan. 'Leave it to me, I got this.'

She cleared her throat and said, "What?"

The girl grinned and waved her tiny fists in the air erratically as she asked, "What kind of magical creatures are you? Are you fairies?"

The twins both liked that option better than the previous ones she said.

Esther smiled and tapped her chest as she answered loudly, "That's right, we're fairies."

'Esther. . .'

She ignored her brother and carried on. This time, taking on a more saddened expression as she said, "But we lost our wings."

'Esther,' hissed her brother again. 'Why are you lying to a child?'

'Well, do you think she would understand if I told her we were exorcists?'

'We don't do that anymore.'

'Which is why I said 'were'.'

Esther continued, "We lost our wings, but we still have our powers."