Family of roses and guns

Escape the rose garden

The patting of feet echoed the garden tap tap tap goes the beat of a runaway maiden who seeks the shadows.

Pant pant pant.

Her breath rigged.

The fast beating of her heart pound like drums.

Flop!

Drip drip goes the blood leaking on her knees.

She goes down with the impact of despair following.

Sob sob sob.

A waterfall of anger and sadness wash over her porcelain face.

"Why?!" Her silent screen echoed.

"Why did they bring me to another hell?" The child asked "You promised..." she continued to sob.

Oh Penelope you utter clown

The never loved you

You are just their doll

You must be 'her' or become Yvonne herself

Or you'll be thrown out onto the streets you desperately struggled to survive.

So choose will you become-

The mad dog of the Eckhart family

Or

Become a beggar on the streets

Choose~

The voices within her head echoed she was lost in thought when...

Clank clank clank.

The sound of metal echoed the gardens.

Penelope froze could it be the guards looking for her?

"These roses are wilting"

Echoed a man's voice.

"Such a shame indeed though these rich muddlefudgers should really hire better people" another man's voice but at the same time it's not human.

"Well time to hit the road knight of beauty-"

Snap!

Penelope froze her right hand snapped a branch.

"Who's there?!"

Silence...

"Alright show yourselves you-"

Penelope was tearing up as the owner of the voice pushed through the bushes a spear and a metal "thing" was aimed at her.

"Okay who's ready to..." the voice stopped "Holy forkarony it's a child!" The man revealed to be wearing a metal body with weird clothing while the owner of the spear was a knight who was bright shining red hair can't lie when he is beautiful.

"Umm sorry kiddo" the men put their weapons away Penelope felt her eyes water.

"Hey hey we're sorry we aimed our weapons at you it's just you scared the shirt bag out of us" the metal man said.

"Little rose I am Argenti I am a knight of beauty" the knight Argenti introduced himself "I'm Boothill your cyborg cowboy bounty hunter" Penelope sniffled trying to calm down.