Forever Love | Xavier Thorpe

Chapter 4

In an instant, the Addams twins are taken else where. The gloomy day now night, the only light came at torches. A crowd was heard shouting and clamouring and a girl grunting. Blair and Wednesday moved forward to see 2 young girls – their age – being pushed around, person to person.

"Burn her! Devil spawn! Beast! Witch! Repent! Begone! Witch!" Multiple voices called out.

"Stand aside!" A rough voiced called, the twins hid behind barrels to avoid being seen, the crowd parted, making way for the same man in the prophecy. Jericho's founder, Joseph Crackstone.

"Goody and Constance Addams! You have been judged before God and found guilty. You are witches, sorceresses, Lucifer's mistresses themselves. For your sins, the two of you shall burn this night, and suffer the flames of eternal hellfire." Both girls' faces were revealed. Blair and Wednesday gasped. It was them, Goody looked like Wednesday and Constance looked like Blair.

"We are innocent." They begged in unison.

"It is you, Joseph Crackstone, that should be tried. We were here before you, living in harmony with nature and the native folk. But you have stolen our land." Constance yelled.

"You have slaughtered the innocent. You have robbed us of our peaceful spirit. You are the true monster." Goody continued.

"All of you!" Constance and Goody yelled as they both thrust forward and sliced Joseph's face with blades they had hidden on their person. The villagers exclaimed in horror at the girls' actions.

"Punish her!" Multiple voices yelled.

"The Devil ne'er sent such demons." Goody and Constance both cry out as villagers drag them to the meeting house. "And I will send you back!" The villagers holler and clamour with Joseph as they throw the girls into the meeting house alongside the other outcasts. "You are abominations in the Devil's grip! I will not stop till I have expunged this New World of every outcast. Godless creatures!" The outcasts cry at his harsh words. "Set it ablaze!" He demanded. Blair and Wednesday could do nothing but watch. Blair grew angry at the man's actions. He had just murdered innocent outcasts, innocent people. She would make sure that they were avenged, when Joseph Crackstone returns, he will be destroyed.

The captives scream in fear as the villagers set the meeting house ablaze. Sending each outcast to their death. Blair looked at each person, each mother, father, son, daughter, sister and brother. All were murdered because of one man. They saw Goody and Constance looking around before setting their eyes on one woman.

"Mother!" They cried as they ran to the woman. They rattle the chains, trying to free her, but it was no use.

"There's no time, child. Leave me. Save yourself. He's chained us all to the floor."

"Never!" Constance cried, tears falling down her face.

"We shan't leave without you." Goody agreed.

Their mother shook her head. "Run. Avenge us. Find the others and save our future." She coughed as the smoke began to fill her lungs; she needed her daughters to be safe. "Please. My sweet lambs. Run. Run as fast as you can. You are our only hope." Goody and Constance run to the secret escape in their fireplace. They take one final look at the victims, vowing to avenge them. Wednesday begins to cough as if the smoke was actually affecting.

"Wednesday." Blair grabbed her sister's arm, holding her up. But their setting changed, no longer were they at the now burnt meeting house but in a grassy area. Movement is heard and out comes the twins, Constance and Goody.

"He won't stop until he's killed us all! He's here." Goody exclaimed and grabbed Wednesday's arm as Joseph stormed out in the open to them.

"There will be no escape for you." He promised.