The Two Tricksters

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ANNABELLES POV

I woke up early and filled a bucket full of green dye, I quietly balanced it on my step brothers bedroom door. I tip toed away from his door and set up a small camera to film the trick, I couldn't help but smirk ' Now that prick will get what he deserves'. I looked at my watch and smiled " Hey Jake! It's almost eight! Get up!" I shouted. I heard him groan and smiled when I saw his shadow at the door, I pressed record on the camera and laughed when he pulled his door open and was covered in green dye with the bucket on his head. He took the bucket off his head and glared at me " What the fuck!!" " What's going on up here?!" Moms voice shouted and I knew I was in sooooooo much trouble.

" I'll tell you what's going on, your stupid daughter put a bucket of green dye on my door" " Annabelle I thought we talked about this?" Mom sighed and I shrugged. " I don't know what to say mom, I like pulling pranks and tricks on people" " Well stop, no more pranks and no more tricks. Please Anna, your an adult now. Your finishing high school in a few days, I want you to be responsible" " I am responsible". Jake scoffed and I glared at him " Shut up Jake, the only reason I pulled this prank on you was so you'd stop annoying me" " That's not a reason!!" " Yes it is!" " Is not!" " Is too!!". " STOP IT! Both of you. Jake go take a shower, I'll explain to your teachers why you were late" Jake left and I sighed " Why do you always take his side?".

" I'm not taking his side" " Well your not taking mine" " Because your the one who pulled the prank on him" " Because he was annoying me". " Anna please, come on your graduating in three days, your dads coming down to see you" " That's what you said about my eighteenth birthday, and my other birthdays" I sighed and stared at the floor. " Please don't do that, you know how busy he is. He has his job and family to take care of" " And we live far from New York I know" " I promise you Anna, he will be there, I swear it".

The day of my graduation came and I knew my dad wasn't coming, but I put a strong face on for my mom. She helped me dress in my dark green thigh high dress, black flats and she wrapped an unfamiliar necklace around my neck " What's this?" I asked " It's a necklace your dad gave me, he made it when you were born". I couldn't help but smile at it " It's beautiful" it was a silver chain with a heart and an arrow on it. My mom finished curling my mid length brown hair and I finished off my make up, I had green smokey eye and a dark lipstick. It actually made my blue eyes stand out.

Mom's boyfriend drove us all down to Jake and my graduation ceremony. We all sat in our assigned seats and I have to say it was a really nice way of saying goodbye to the load of us. " Now if I may, our very own Annabelle Barton would like to sing the last song for the graduating class of twenty seventeen!" The principal announced and I was applauded as I walked onto the stage and took the microphone. " This is for my amazing friends and classmates for an amazing school life".

" This is where the chapter ends
A new one now begins
Time has come for letting go
The hardest part is when you know
All of these years, when we were here
Are ending, but I'll always remember
We have had the time of our lives
Now the page is turned
The stories we will write
We have had the time of our lives
And I will not forget
The faces left behind
It's hard to walk away
From the best of days
But if it has to end
I'm glad you have been my friend
In the time of our lives
Where the water meets the land
There is shifting in the sand
Like the tide that ebbs and flows
Memories will come and go
All of these years
When we were here
Are ending
But I'll always remember
We have had the time of our lives
Now the page is turned
The stories we will write
We have had the time of our lives
And I will not forget
The faces left behind
It's hard to walk away
From the best of days
But if it has to end
I'm glad you have been my friend
In the time of our lives
We say goodbye
We hold on tight
To these memories
That never die
We say goodbye
We hold on tight
To these memories
That never die
We have had the time of our lives
Now the page is turned
The stories we will write
We have had the time of our lives
And I will not forget
The faces left behind
It's hard to walk away
From the best of days
But if it has to end
I'm glad you have been my friend
In the time of our lives
I'm glad you have been my friend
In the time of our lives".

I finished and looked at the crowd of people who were all standing and applauding at me. I looked around and noticed people in the very back clapping but I couldn't see their faces. I got my diploma and walked off the stage, when the graduation was over I ran over to my mom and gave her a big hug " I graduated! I can't believe I graduated!" " I'm so proud of you sweetheart". " So am I", I turned around and saw my dad smiling at me " Dad? You actually came?" " Of course I did, I wouldn't miss this for the world. I'm so proud of you baby" my dad opened his arms and I couldn't help but hug him tight.

" I still can't believe it, she has to be an agent" a man's voice said beside us, I pulled away to see the one and only Tony Stark " Tony Stark? What are you doing here?". " Oh I came with your dad, I didn't believe he had an eighteen year old daughter", I looked at my dad confused " Dad how do you know Tony Stark?" " He's an avenger obviously, he's Hawkeye" I looked at my dad completely shocked " Your an avenger?" " How do you not know this?" " I never told her Tony! I didn't want to put her life at risk".

" Guys! Come here!" Tony shouted and s group of people walked over. " Let me introduce you, avengers this is Barton's oldest daughter, oldest daughter these are the avengers" Tony smiled. " You don't even know her name" " Really Stark?" The woman stared at him " Hello ma'am, I'm Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America" Steve said as he shook my hand " Hi Steve, I'm Annabelle". " LADY ANNABELLE!" " Inside voice!" " My apologies, lady Annabelle I am Thor, son of Odin" " Nice to meet you Thor" " I'm Natasha, I'm the black widow" " Hi I'm Bruce, Bruce Banner" " Oh Dr. Banner it's an honour to meet you" I smiled.

" Wait, hold on. She knows the giant green geek but not the handsome one?" " She loves Dr. Banner, always has" dad smiled proudly " She's a smart cookie" " Too bad she didn't get it from your batch". " Well how about we all go out to dinner?" " All of us?" I asked awkwardly " Of course, avengers gotta eat" " No offence to any of you, your all great hero's, but I just want to spend time with my mom and dad". " I'll see you two at home" Toby kissed my mom and hugged me, I hugged Jake and then the three of us were off.

We went to a small Italian restaurant and we were having a great time, we were laughing and sharing stories and were getting to know each other better. " So she's a trickster?" Dad chuckled " Yes and it's getting out of hand" mom said eyeing me as I scoffed. " What do you mean?" " She pulled a prank on her brother the other day, she put a bucket full of dye on his bedroom door and it covered him" mom explained as I was silently laughing. " This isn't a joke Anna", I looked at my mom and smiled " You will get a phone call, in three, two, one" I finished and moms phone rang.

" Hello, hi sweethear- wait what?!" Mom hung up the phone and glared at me " That's it! Your out of my house, I am sick of your stupid little tricks you pull on us!! I want you gone by tomorrow" mom shouted and left the restaurant. I sat back in my chair shocked and incredibly hurt as silent tears rolled down my face " Pack your bags honey, I'll take you with me".