Two Moons, One Earth

Ch1: The Purging Ceremony

Hi! This will be my second story~! My first was So I Told Myself, No Crying. This story is set in the olden times. And is a world made up by me! So, if there comes a part where the girl is lost or anything, and you think, why doesn't she just call him or her. Well it's because this olden time is so old, that there is NO technology. Enjoy!

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"Percy! Hurry up! It's almost dark!" My sister, Karliah yells across the fields. "Coming!" I gather the greens in a basket beside of me and hurry to catch up with Karliah.

This is world, you see, that has two Moons, no Sun. Where there should be a Sun, a Moon is there. But we still have day light. One Moon provides the daylight, then when nighttime comes, the real Moon shines. All in all, both Moons show through out daytime and nighttime. I don't exactly know why it's that way and what happened to the Sun. But I don't say anything about this subject near my parents.

"Hurry sis!" Karliah beckons me to come through the door, as she proceeds to close it. I nod and hurry in. Every human being is in the house just before nighttime falls. Because, creatures, mythical or not, vampires or wolves, all control us humans. Or more like, they lurk around in the dark, at night. No one wants to be out there, when those creatures are. They hide during daytime, so I haven't seen what they look like. I bet they have something to do with the two Moons.

My Mom's in the kitchen, preparing dinner. My Mom had straight pitch black hair, and ivy green eyes. I inherited her hair color, hair texture and straightness. My sister inherited her hair color as well, and her eye color. My Father walked in, a tool in one hand, and the other hand in his pocket. My father had blond curly hair and blue eyes. I inherited my Father's eye color.

"What's for dinner?" Father asks, as he puts the tool in a drawer. "Chicken salad. Percy, can you hand me the greens you picked earlier?" Mother asks me, holding out her hand. I nod and hand her the bowl. "I'm taking a bath. Call me down, when dinner's ready." I dash upstairs and take out a  9ft by 8ft bucket. I poor water up to the top, and proceed to undress.

*Knock, knock.* "Yes?" I pause to listen to who it is. "It's me, your Father. And it's about the Purging Ceremony. I...I hope you won't feel...Feel ill after..." "I know Dad." I say in an annoyed voice. There was no more conversation, and I was left alone to bath.

The morning of the Purging Ceremony, I felt a bad omen in the air. Or not really bad, but it felt like something major was gonna happen today.

For my yearly purging ceremony, I wore a short plain white v-neck dress, and a white cloak. It was requested by the Law and Order. The Law and Order are a group of people, protectors and guardians, who protect the citizens and bring order to crimes and other situations. In other words, they defeat the creatures who hurt or lurk near by the citizens. No mercy. Everyone part of the group, wore a shield shaped badge, green leafs entwining the letters L and O on the badge.

My family was heading out, all wearing white, like me. Everyone was suppose to attend, and assembly started at dawn. The Purging Ceremony always took place just outside the church Everyone was lined in their age groups and brought on a stand to present their name, age, birth, and relationship in the family. Then, they would massage you for a bit, after making you comfortable, they give us a small bottle, containing a substance called holy water. It was easy really. But every year, after the ceremony, I would fall ill.

As we assembled outside the church, I found Natalia, my best friend. Me and her joined our age group and proceeded towards the awaiting line. The ceremony always took a whole day. I was up next, the omen getting stronger and stronger. Natalia was behind me, giving my encouragements by giving my a thumbs up and a warm smile. I smiled back, proceeding to take my turn.

I sit on the stool, already giving them the information and getting comfortable. Then they give me a small bottle, containing holy water. Really, where do they get this stuff? Without question, I pop the lid off and chug the white liquid down.

In seconds, I was in the air, someone's shoulder digging into my stomach. I was flying, or should I say, I was getting kidnapped. I heard some screams, yells, and shouting, and a loud piercing noise from where I had dropped the small bottle. Now into glass shattered pieces, my small contained holly water bottle now was. I struggled, still unaware of who my kidnapper was. Farther I went, into the woods. My heart was racing by now, at the speed this person took off at.

Finally, at a place where no one could possibly see or watch, my kidnapper set me down.