Hamartia | Ben Hargreeves

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"She was crying on my shoulder, all i could do was hold her"- Wildflower, Billie Eilish

Bianca Hargreeves didn't want to become who she is now. She didn't mean for her life to fall completely off the rails, but it did. The person she is now was just a chain reaction from all of the trauma she had experienced throughout her childhood.

From a young age, Bianca Hargreeves was a child destined to have a hard life, as did the others. This was mainly due to the fact they had been adopted by Reginald Hargreeves, just a few days after they were born. However, this man only took then on as his own for one thing; saving the world. The man didn't care for their wellbeing, he only cared about shaping them into the perfect weapons against the evil aspects of humanity. He didn't provide any love, or comfort in times of distress or need, so instead, these eight children had to adapt, and had to find their own comfort in each other, to find those feelings they had been in need of.

Each of the children had their own alias in their glory, as they were mentioned throughout the news. Biancas stage name is 'The Banshee' due to her unusual power. The girl can generate a high pitched screams, which could harm people causing injury, death, or insanity. She could also sense when a person is dying, by tuning into a specific supernatural frequency that only she could hear. This part of her power was sometimes difficult to control, she could feel the eradication of life, mostly at unwanted times. Her power was seen to her as a curse, which was shown at an early age as she could feel the life of her best friend slowly decaying at the mere age of 17.

November 16th 2001
12 years old

Reginald Hargreeves was a man of wealth and fortune, however he was a terrible father. He would often over-train the children which often caused them to be sick, or injured. This only caused their hatred towards their father to grow as the years went on. Reginald also occasionally took the children one by one for their own private lessons, in actuality, this title was an excuse to lock them up and force them to face their powers head on. This training was mainly used on Klaus, and Bianca to, similarly, overcome their fear of the dead, and death.

After the children's training session of the day, Reginald dismissed the class, however he called out to Bianca for her weekly one-on-one lessons.

"Number seven, you will be staying behind today for your extra training" Reginald called out, however as he spoke, the girl only sighed in response.

"You'll be okay" Klaus reassured her, while slightly squeezing her upper arm. Klaus was the one of the only three people that knew what happened during these private lessons, as he himself had been locked in the room on several occasions. The other two were Bianca, of course, and Ben. This was because the girl usually tells Ben everything about her life, even if it were the smallest or biggest details.

All the girl gave back to the reassuring boy, was a slight smile, which was fake of course. Bianca never enjoyed what was coming to her, nobody would.

In addition to this, Ben had given her a nod, as if to say 'You'll be okay, I know you will'. He was probably wrong, but it was always good for the girl to know that she had at least these two people that cared for her.

"Number seven, no time to waste" The man calls out once more as he adjusts his monocle, patiently waiting for the girl to go over to him, which she does.

"Follow me girl, you know where were going" He always spoke in an uptight manor, which was probably to assert his authority and importance. The girl in-fact did know where they were going and she was hating it.