The Revenant

Baby Sitting

ESKARINA

I always loved the woods outside the farm. When I was younger,I'd run into the woods,believing I'd find magical fairies that would grant my every wish. Nowadays,I usually spent my time in the woods playing hide and seek with my siblings,or simply sitting while I listened to the sound of nature around me.

I searched for Lukas and Bilquise as they hid from me. The sun had already begun to set which meant this would be our last game of tag outside. I was so exhausted,spending all day out,playing with my sibling's,which was a great distraction. Even though it'd already been a few weeks since I was almost raped by that asshole guard,It felt as if it were just yesterday when It had happened. At times It felt as if I could still feel his hands running up my legs,cold steel touching me and making me shiver,his horrid breath against my neck.

Worse still,was that I would see him every time Mother and I would go to the market to purchase groceries,and although he left me alone, I still felt as though I should keep my guard up around him.

Mother also got into the habit of taking a kitchen knife with her whenever we would leave to the market. But it wasn't because of the guards. In the weeks that had passed,countless more bodies have been appearing all over Firekeep,All of them having sign's of Revenant bite marks,gnawed off limbs,the city was on high alert.

I shook my head in an effort to clear it. Now was not the time to be focusing on Revenant attacks,I had to find my sibling's and get us home before sunset. Crouching low to avoid being seen,I scouted my surroundings,keeping low to avoid detection myself.

My sibling's were great at hiding but they most certainly were not the greatest. They had their flaws,like everyone.

Take Lukas for example. As I scanned the area,out of the corner of my eye, A gold flash of light reflected off from the setting sun. I slowly crept my way towards the light,trying my best tocontain my laugh. The golden set of hair was right in front of me,with the only obstacle in my way being a large fallen over log. I took a breather before I lept the over log and screamt at the top of my lungs. Lukas' high pitched scream followed soon after and before I knew it,he burst into tears.

-Oh shit-

I quickly knelt down and pulled Lukas into a tight hug. "I'm sorry kiddo,I didn't mean to scare you"

I heard a rustle of leaves from behind me,shaking it off as nothing. My top priority at the moment was tending to my younger brother and apologising.

However that decision soon became my undoing. I felt a strong weight pressure me from behind as Lukas escaped my grip,leaving me to fall forward. I landed face first on the earth with a thud.

'RAAAAAAAAWR!" bellowed a voice in my ear,loud enough to make my ears ring.

I felt the weight leave my back as I looked up to see my two younger siblings both standing together and smiling at me.

"We got you Eska!" Bilquise said with a smile.

Even Lukas,who was crying mere seconds ago,had a smile stretching from ear to ear.

"Wanna know how we did it?" Bilquise asked as I stood up.

"Sure why not" I replied while dusting myself off.

Lukas reached into his jacket pocket and pullet out a bunch of cut up onions.

My jaw dropped when I realised my siblings had tricked me into winning the game.

"You little shits"

Lukas frowned. "Eska said a bad word!"

"Bad Eskarina! Naughty big sister! Naughty!" Bilquise followed.