Little Castor

Prologue

I pull at the rope holding me to the pole trying to free myself, sadly I'm not very fortunate in doing so, my wrists burn at the frustration.  I let my head fall as I hang in the air, tied by my hands to the pole.  I look out into setting sun and listen to the crickets play their song in harmony.  Just another hour tell night fall.   I pull even harder against the restraints, but nothing will budge.  

My ears perk up as I hear the trotting hooves of horses near me. 
They must be here to set up I'm guessing.   I stare off to my left which is surrounded by woods I can only hope to escape , I turn my head to the right and see piles of burnt ash where once was my family's home.  

"Ahh isn't she beauty? Such a shame we have to burn such treacherousness."  Edward calls out approaching me, along with 3 other men on horses following behind.

I roll my eyes and scoff.  "Yet the other night I was as innocent as an angel. Sleeping in the same bed as you too if I remember right. ". I choke back a laugh as his face twists into a disgusted look. 
" I have never!"  He sucks in a quick breath then regains himself.
"I would never, and I mean never sleep with a witch I know one when I see one, I can see threw at that beauty, underneath is rotting flesh and blackened heart and evil coursing through those veins.  ".
I giggle at his respond.
" So just the other night at the tavern, it never happened.  You never went down on my beautiful body? You never laid a single kiss upon, either of my lips? ". I threw my head back as far as I could and continued with, " Just yesterday you wanted me to marry you? But I refused told you that I wasn't ready.   What a shame really. Told the whole town you found me 'witching around' did you mean whorin around? Because I did that too while we were what you called 'together'. I told you what we had was never going to be serious.  ". I smiled at his face full of emotions. 

"I want her burned now! She admitted to witchcraft!  Burn her now!"  He screamed at his men.  His face was going purple from all the screaming he was doing, must've hit a soft spot?

I should really be keeping my mouth shut because I'm extremely helpless right now.  But I can't help my smart mouth, got it from my mother and it never seemed to help me in times like these.   

I watched as the men hurriedly started gathering sticks to surround me.  Calling the towns people over to watch the Witch get burned at the stake.  Ahh what a sight, nothing fun ever happened ma in this horrid town anyway, mise we'll soak up the attention and be the entertainment for tonight. My head racing 100 miles per hour as I see the towns people approaching with their torches and pitchforks.  Chanting "burn the witch!"  I always end up getting myself in these situations, before I always had my mother or bothers to get me out of times like these but now that they are long gone, I have no options left.  

With the towns people gathered around me I hear Edward call out. " People of Sounders town, we are gathered today for the cleansing of or town.  We have found which burrowing herself in our town.   We are here to burn her and cleanse this town and for it to go back to its rightful place as a peaceful quiet community. ".  Edward pauses as people call out to him

"How do we know she's a witch?" A young boy calls out, his mother then hushing him.  " We know because of her witchcraft we searched her house and found several books about spells and what not, as well as many dead things.  Lies lies lies , they did search my house, yet found nothing and became annoyed by that. The only dead thing they found was a mouse outside of my house from my cat Daisy.  " Fools I tell you! All of you!  You sit here and believe everything this man says, and why? He has no money, and the only power he holds is the tavern, his father is the one that has the power, yet he has said nothing to me, where is your Paster now? I see his pitiful son but not him? ". I am breathless after my speech to the crowd; gasps are heard from one another. 

"Shut your dirty trap you witch!  Do not speak about my father that way.  People, please listen your paster is ways away, but I have been given permission to act upon this witch, he has told me to cleanse the town right away. So, we will proceed.  Start the fires!" Edward bellows out.  I search the crowd for Dylan. My love... he is known where to be found.

I feel the heat start at my legs making me uncomfortably warm. I wiggle as it gets hotter, and I am panting out of breath.  I look up into the stars smiling as the fire reaches my feet, I scream as the fire makes me skin bubble my feet feel as if I'm standing in lava.  The fire then reaches my waist and I feel my eyes droop, this is it, I feel it let me go, my body starts to become numb and black dots cloud my vision again. 

With what feels to be my last breath I call out " Dylan take care of my baby girl Allira."  Everything goes black.