Something Wicked This Way Comes

Chapter 1 - Beauty Or Beast

It was a cold autumn night when the world was blessed with the birth of a new born mutated child, the orange and golden brown leaves by this time where falling off the outstretched curled branches of trees, landing in heaps and piles, scattered across footpaths ready to be crunched under people's feet. At this time something unexpected and almost seemingly impossible had been happening in the world, and there wasn't a single soul who was able to explain it, let alone fix it, this was the birth of almost demonic looking mutated children, it had been 3 years since the first was discovered, but it wasn't always so easy to tell, the first noticeable was a child born with glowing red and orange scales upon small portions of his skin, and after months had passed when he opened his eyes for the first time, they where pure jet black in colour, seemingly bottomless and not at all glossy, you could see no reflection nor light in his eyes, he was named Noirti.

Noirti was abandoned by his mother, and he was left in the hospital who kept him hidden from the world for the first 2 years of his life until another was discovered and the truth was revealed. Noirti was tested upon by scientists and doctors to try and find out how this had happened and what he was, during this time he was feared and treated like an animal, kept in a small room that of which resembled a prison cell, and the nurses who cared for him were sworn to secrecy.

Back to the current date a new child was born, and she too was a demonic mutated child, her mutations luckily were not too obvious but her mother and aunt could clearly tell that she was indeed one of the special children, due to her unexpected premature birth her mother Anita went into labour in her home, and her aunt Maggie helped her into this world, so no doctor had seen her, together they decided that they would tell no one of her existence and would simply tell anyone who asked that she was stillborn and buried, they named her Lilith and they both loved her dearly.

Lilith was produced through IVF from an anonymous sperm donation as her mother Anita had lost her husband in a car accident 6 years prior, Anita always wanted to be a mother, and couldn't see herself being with another man as her heart belonged to her late husband, after he had passed away Maggie moved in with her to take care of her and support her, they were very close sisters and Anita lived in a Large old medieval style mansion which was overgrown with ivy it had large stained glass windows all around letting in plenty of light, at the back of the mansion was a large forest 30 acres of which Anita owned, to the front of the mansion was a beautiful circular driveway accentuated with a large waterfall in the centre, and tall black fences surrounded the mansion front, with two large black gates securing the property front, this mansion was more than large enough for Maggie to move in on a permanent basis, it was a private and well protected safe haven for the now three of them to live in peace.

Anita and Maggie were both beautiful women, many people would mistake them for twins, they both had long deep brown almost black curly hair, large green eyes with a blue halo around them, short but petite curvy figures and a soft smooth ivory complexion, Lilith was also blessed with their beauty, but there were difference due to her mutations, one of which was her hair, she had strands of beautiful soft lilac mixed in with her brown new born curls, she also had partially see-through pearly skin speckled with not blue, but purple veins as Lilith aged she would get more beautiful and her mutations would only become clearer.

Although Lilith was born 3 months early, to the pleasant suprise of Anita and Maggie she looked like a perfectly healthy full term baby girl, at this point they knew they would have to start getting their story straight, impenetrable unravelable and fast, so together they decided it would be best for the three of them to leave town on vacation, this way they could say Anita's child was stillborn while they were on holiday and she was buried overseas, they would also have to forge a death certificate for her just to be on the safe side, so as soon as Anita was well enough to travel a few days later, they sprung into action packing their bags and booking flight tickets, they planned to leave late at night when it was dark out and the streets were silent, it was highly important that noone saw Lilith, to achieve this they agreed to use Tony's car, Anita's late husband, as that car had blacked out back windows, if anyone was about they certainly wouldn't be able to see into the back seats where Lilith would be situated. Maggie advised Anita that they would have to lie to airport staff If they were asked how old Lilith was, as generally they suggest on waiting until a newborn is at least 7 days old.

With everything packed into the car Anita and Maggie began looking at flights and deciding where they were going to travel to, they were careful with choosing as they didn't want to go to a country that was too crowded, this narrowed it down alot, they also knew they would have to leave America for the overseas explanation to fit, and they didn't want somewhere too hot or too cold, with all of this in mind they decided to travel to the United Kingdom, to Scotland, and rent a small cabin out in the middle of nowhere, not near to anyone, the closest town would have be miles away. Anita knew together, herself and Maggie would be able to make this work for them, Anita was very handy, skillful and resourceful, and Maggie was good with anything medical, healing, cooking and also hunting/foraging, they were both also modern day witches just like all their female ancestors and mother, it was clear to her they would have nothing to worry about and they where both pleased with their choice. Whilst Maggie finished up booking their tickets and reserving their cabin, Anita breast fed hungry little Lilith, then dressing her in a babygrow, gloves and a hat to cover her mutations, then wrapping her in a blanket and placing her into her new car seat. With a deep breath Maggie took Anita's hand and gave her a comforting smile, "everything is going to be fine I promise, we can do this sis, we will be home in 3 months", Anita nodded and clutched Maggies hand tighter, then peered out on the street to make sure the coast was clear, it was time to leave.