The tale of Fear #wattys2017

Fifteen | B O S S

She instantly hated her. She hated the shy, innocent smile and bright green eyes. She hated the short blonde hair and dimples and white teeth. But most of all, she hated that Fear had forgotten her.

"I swear I'll make you regret scourning my love. She'll die and you'll wish you were with me." She wrapped her hands around her torso, as though she was trying to hold the pieces of herself together. "One day you'll grovel before me."

She watched as he jumped and ran around the field, picking flowers and making a bouquet for his new lover. But one day the flowers would wilt, and she would die and he would break.

And she would be waiting for him, yet again.

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She scowled up at the tasteless concrete building before entering, the sounds of honking cars and stampedes of antsy humans dulling as the door shut.

"Can I help you?" The bored receptionist asked while she smacked her gum.

"Yes actually," She smiled widely for effect, "I'm here to see-" she leaned forward and whispered in the receptionist's ear, making her pale before nodding steadily.

"Of course, ma'am. He'll be with you shortly."

"Thank you." She smirked before waiting in one of the plush chairs, tapping her foot on the ground steadily and impatiently.

This final meeting was of the utmost importance, it would direct how the other Emotions responded to her plans and if she had their support. What she was asking of them was a treacherous act of betrayal, towards Fear and towards their own laws. But Fear had been breaking one of the oldest laws yet, and surely that was enough for the others to listen.

"Follow me," Sadness's personal assistant called, standing at the end of the corridor.

She stood quickly and gathered her purse before following Envy down the hall. Her thoughts were running wild, anticipation charging through her gut. They stopped in front of a plain office door that looked like all the others on that floor, the only difference was the glittering gold letters spelling out 'Head of Official's, Mr. Sadness.'

Envy knocked and opened the door, ushering her inside before shutting it.

"How can I help you today?" He asked, his chair hidden in the shadows of the room.

"Well," she licked her lips. "You see..." Why had she let him talk her into this? "I have strong evidence to believe that Fear is tampering with a Human's life. A-and that is against Emotions Code of Honor, page 260. This girl can see him, and so he has become infatuated with her and has gotten to the point of stalking her. He needs to be stopped, if not for her sanity, but for everyone else's. I believe we need to..." She sighed deeply, ignoring the pain in her heart. Even after all those years the fickle thing still loved him. "I believe we need to arrest him. If he pleads guilty, we need to do what we promised in Emotions Code of Honor. We will need to erase him, to ensure this doesn't happen again."

Envy gasped, holding onto the wall to steady herself.
"No, no he wouldn't do that. You don't know him, he's not like you all think." She cried out, watching in agony as Sadness seemed to contemplate what to do.

"His reputation proceeds him, Envy. Just because he is good now does not mean that his years of terror are erased. And even now he's inflicting terror on an innocent. I suppose that even Emotions must be erased at times... very well. We shall capture him within a fortnight. And Envy? You are not to tell him of this meeting."

"Yes sir," she mumbled.

"Please escort Miss... ah, Miss... I'm afraid I never caught your name."

Her smirk stretched across blood red lips. "Miss Honesty. I'm Honesty."

"Well, good day." Sadness smiled and tipped his hat.

"You'll never get away with this. That is false accusations." Envy hissed, nails digging into Honesty's arm as she pulled Honesty to a stop.

"The beauty of it," she smirked as she ripped her arm away, "is that I already have. Say good bye to your brother, because you won't have a chance in two weeks."

Envy froze and watched as Honesty waltzed away.

"Do you really think," Envy called out, "that doing this will make him love you? Because you're wrong."

"It's no longer about love, sweet little Envy. It's about revenge. I was naivë and he took advantage of that. I always thought 'oh, this Human is the last one, he won't leave me again.' Time and time again, he made a fool of me." Honesty continued to walk away, ignoring the little protest at the back of her mind. The small part of her that screamed something was wrong with the plan, that surely Fear wouldn't stalk someone. She had seem him and his Humans before, and it was always filled with love and pure happiness. But perhaps, because he was involved and controlling Jullia, it was stalking now. Because Fear didn't understand what was happening.

~ AUTHOR IN ~

Thoughts..?

Love Honesty, or Hate her?

Even though we now know who "Boss" is, and soon "Unknown", their chapters will remain named that way. As to not confuse everyone.

I've hitten writer's block on Fear's point of view, so hopefully that'll come out soon-ish?

~ AUTHOR OUT ~