Dark Arts

Chapter:I

Arsyn∆

I laid in the dark trying to ignore the guilt in my stomach for what I was about to do. The loud and constant banging on my door made me groan in annoyance turning to look out my window. Being met with the fade of purple and blacks calmed me as my door slid open.

"What are you? Doing we gotta go," Arsenic said towering over me as I laid on my bed unresponsive. Ignoring my brother.

"Go away I still have time" I mumbled into the crook of my arm. He looked down in disappointed thinking 'how could this be his sister'.

"No you don't the plans moved forward dads waiting" he turned walking in the dark to the door watching slide open. But before he left he turned with a warning "and you know not to let him wait you know how he gets"

And with that, he walked out ignoring the sound of the bed getting thrown across the room.

I straightened up my room flipping the bed back in place, so my father wouldn't find it as so. I walked to the meeting hall head falling down in shame. 'Why did I sign up for this' I thought sighing.

As I got closer to the hall I let off a few tears. When I reached it I straightened myself drying my tears erasing my face of all emotions.

As the door slid open and I walked in. I could feel the harsh gaze of my father's watchful eyes on me.

"Now that Princess A has decided to grace us with her presence we can begin," he said it in a joking manner but Arsenic momma and me knew better.

"Now lets go over the plan this is a simple visit to let them know they are no longer safe well scope out the competition" he said looking proud as ever even though I couldn't help but think of 'what a stupid it was stealth was my best trait we should've went with stealth its smarter' everyone knew that but no one commented on it.

"Now everyone to the pod," he said raising his voice. Everyone filed out before me I walked sluggishly behind my momma. Just before I could leave a harsh hand gripped my arm pulling me back into the room.

Not knowing who it was a ripped my hand away sending a glowing flame to my palms. But quickly put them out when I noticed it was my father.

Is that how you treat your father?" he said looking into my eyes that held nothing but horror. I looked down in shame to not let him see the emotion that showed.

"Sorry" I mumbled looking at the ground with fear of knowing what he could do.

"Look at me when we're talking," he said gripping my chin lifting my head.

"Is everything okay in here?" my momma asked softly, causing me and my father to look at her. Me with worry and him with anger and disgust.

"Mind your business wench," he said removing his hand from my chin slapping my mother making her crash to the floor. I ran to her holding her in my hand mumbling words of love asking if she was ok.

My father walked towards the door taking one last look at us sucking his teeth in disappointment before walking out. I glared at the opening. My momma took my hand and kissed it giving me one of her knowing smiles.

"Why do you stay with that that monster?" l asked pity embedded in my eyes. She gave me the saddest smile before answering.

"For my beautiful children now let's go we're already late," she said I got up first helping her up after me. As we walked she told me about our home planet.

When we got there all eyes snapped to us some even landed on my mother's swollen cheek but said nothing of it, as usual.

As I strapped up my mother she grabbed my hand when she caught me glaring at my father. I looked back at her in confusion she smiled shaking her head 'no' I looked one more time before strapping up. But of course, my father decided to start even when I wasn't fully strapped up.

I turned my head looking through the window at the stars to get some peace. I watched as the green and blue planet got bigger and bigger. The bump as we entered earth's atmosphere caused my brother among many others to bump their heads. But the bump when we touched down on earth was harsher and harder then I thought it would be.

Everyone unstrapped themselves going towards the door I stayed still playing with my flames. Finally, when everyone else was out I undid mine then my mothers. I looked to the front to see my father beckoning me and my mother to the front. We walked up to him and my brother. I stood next to Arsenic while momma stood next to father he looked back smiling wickedly before getting the button to open the door.

"And so the war starts"