Whispers of Destiny | A Mcd Fanfic | book 1

III

        Dante and Grace sat in the kitchen - Dante sat with his head on the table, bored out of his skull, while Grace drew in her sketchbook. "Do you think that Lord Havakus was telling the truth?" Dante began, catching Grace's attention as she looked up from her sketchbook. "Do you think he will just talk to Gene and ask him not to used his power on Lady Melody?"

        Grace sighed. She knew that, the Lord talking to Gene wasn't going to be the case. She knew that I was going to be a far greater punishment than that. She wasn't exactly sure what, but she knew it wasn't going to be a little sit-and-chat. Either way, she didn't want to tell Dante that. She didn't want to upset her younger brother.

        "I'm not sure, Dante." Grace began and she noticed her younger brother's boredom. "I can't promise that he will just talk to him, but I'm sure whatever it is, I'm sure it won't be that bad." Dante nodded as he lay his head back on the table and Grace went back to her drawing.  

        Seconds later, the two heard shouting and banging coming from outside so they decided to check it out. Dante and Grace opened the front door and stepped outside to see Gene in handcuffs and being taken to the Lord's house by guards.

        Grace's eyes widened as she watched the scene. She looked down at Dante to see tears streaming down his face so she pulled him into a tight hug. Grace didn't know what was going to happen to Gene, but even though she hated him, she prayed that the punishment wasn't something too bad.

        Meanwhile, Dante was in tears. He looked up to Gene, even after all of the bad things he had done, Dante still looked up to him. Both Dante and Grace prayed that the punishment wasn't going to be something too bad, but they just didn't know. 

        Even after all the commotion was over, Dante was still in tears. "Lets head inside," Grace said and Dante nodded in agreement. The two walked inside and sat back down at the wooden kitchen table. Grace tried to go back to drawing but she just couldn't. She couldn't get the thought out of her head; 

       'What was going to happen to him?'

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        Dante, Grace and their mother were inside eating dinner when there was a knock on the front door. Maria got up to answer in and the next thing the Dante and Grace heard was the gasp of their mother. 

        The two glanced at each other before standing up from the table and peaking around the wooden entrance to the kitchen. They saw their mother mother standing at the front door, speaking to two of the village guards.

        "What has Gene done to deserve this?" Maria sobbed, wiping away a few tears that ran down her cheeks. "He was planning on using some magic power he has to manipulate Lady Melody's memory," the guard explained.

        "SO YOU'RE GOING TO EXECUTE HIM OVER THAT?!" Maria yelled before looking back and seeing Dante and Grace peaking around the corner.  As soon as Dante hear the word execute, tears filled his eyes once again. Grace could see the fear in her mother's face as she was told the news of Gene's punishment