Seven Deadly Daughters

Chapter One

I watch as Wrath and Pride stumble around. Wrath falls back and crashes into our table. Pride raises her dark arms and makes a 'gun-show' for the rest of us. Dad isn't home so, being Pride, she decided to pick a fight with Wrath. 

"Can y'all be quiet?" Sloth yawns. "I am trying to take a nap." 

I look over at Sloth, "Lucky. I wish I got to sleep. I literally never get sleep. Can you give it to me?" 

These are my sisters. Sloth, who is pretty much always either asleep or doing nothing, Wrath, who is most hostile with everyone, Pride, who always does way too much and believes that she can do anything, Glutton, who I'm pretty sure is in the kitchen eating while all of this is going down in our bedroom, Lust, who is always on a date, including right now, and Greed, who always steals our money, and doesn't give to anyone. Then there's me, Envy. I get jealous very easily, I do admit, but I don't want to most of the time. I just wish sometimes things were different for me. Don't get me wrong, I still love my family, including my dad who is the damn leader of the Underworld, where we live, but sometimes I wish I could get away from it all. All of a sudden I hear a shatter. I am jolted from my thoughts and look up. Pride is on the floor, with Dad's favorite vase in a billion pieces right next to them. 

"Oh no. Dad's going to kill me. That's it. The Underworld's child is going past the Underworld and into the Under-underworld."

"Hey, chill," I smile, "at least you're getting attention." 

I look over and see Sloth, who has her eyes clothes and drool slowly dripping from her mouth. All of a sudden, there's a loud bang as our door swings open against the wall. We all look up, and Sloth is jolted out of her bed. Dad stands there and looks down at the vase. Pride is no longer on the floor, she's standing up next to the shattered pieces. 

"Pride?" Dad turns toward her. 

"Yes, Daddy?" she whimpers. 

Pride isn't being herself. She usually isn't around Dad. "What happened?" 

"I-I fell into the vase." 

She didn't rat out Wrath. Very interesting, that almost never happens. Wrath looks at me and I nod, trying to tell her to fess up. Even though it wasn't Wrath's fault, she needed to tell Dad that she was involved. 

"Wrath, why are you staring at Envy?" 

"I... I have something to fess up. I was apart of the breaking of the vase. Pride was picking a fight and I shoved her, I'm really sorry." 

Dad sighs, "I think it's time I told you, girls. Wait, where's Glutton and Lust?" 

"Lust is on a date and Glutton is in the kitchen eating," Greed smiles, pressing her fake green money nails on. 

"Well, I'll tell them later. You girls are moving up, literally." 

We all look at him, contorting our faces into confusion. 

"What do you mean, Dad?" Sloth sniffs, wiping the drool from her mouth. 

"You guys are going to live on Earth, in Northern Missouri."