Chapter 6

The past few days had been going smoothly for the family. Enjoying each other's company not worrying about anything that much. But, there's something that kept on occupying Luna's mind every night. She kept on having dreams that people are glorifying her existence like she was a God for them.

She felt weirded out on the first day that she experienced that dream. But as it continue, she felt enjoyment deep inside her heart thinking the possibilities of it to happen any time from now. She knows to herself that she have a rare case that is different towards other people.

So every time this dream visits her, she can't help but be excited for it to happen. Although it's been days since the first encounter of this dream, she doesn't have the plan to tell it to her family nor her closest sister Yve.

She's scared that they might scold her about this thing or will just ask her to just pray every night before bedtime because they will count this as just a bad dream. Making her way down their house, she was greeted by an empty and quiet room with no signs of her family.

This scene is not that new unto her eyes, her mother and father sometimes would just go and do their things without letting anyone knows about it. It could be her father is out for hunting wild animals or her mother is on the river washing clothes that we use daily. While Yve, might be roaming around the cottage since her twin's little feet can't really stay on one place.

Seeing that she have nothing to do, she grabbed the handle of the door heading outside and pulled it because she wanted to go outside for some fresh air. Shockingly, she saw her father preparing a fire pit along with her mother. She also saw her twin looking at the firepit astonishingly like it was the best thing she had ever seen in her entire existence.

"Luna, you're here. We've been waiting for you to come here. Your father and I decided to cook this precious meat through the firepit," her mother said with a smile plastered on its beautiful face. Nodding her head after that statement, she headed besides her twin sister who's still looking at the firepit and snapped her fingers right in front of her eyes. Yve quickly came back to her senses then looked at the person beside her.

"I didn't know you were here, were you always been beside me since earlier?" Luna rolled her eyes at her twin because of her daydreaming. "I just arrived. Why were you focusing anyways on the fire? It's not like this is the first time you've seen one," she asked before looking at the meat near them. Her twin sister did not answer so, she didn't dare to repeat her question.

While the family is doing their own thing, their Lady Molly was busy mumbling some unfamiliar words near her windows while holding her ragged books on her delicate hands. No one really knows what she is mumbling about, but for Lady Molly it is a protection spell for the people that are close to her heart. She can feel every night that a disastrous tragedy is bound to happen anytime soon and it give her so much chills every night before she sleep.

Sometimes she would also have some dreams relating to something inhumane. Though it doesn't really scare her, she doesn't want it to happen to any of her loved ones. Most specifically the family that is living under her roof. Taking a deep breathe, she finished her spell then opened her eyes to be greeted by the blue skies filled with vibrant colours emitting a happy mood in it. She can see the kingdom from the far distance.

Though, only the silhouette of it can be seen. She doesn't feel safe whenever she see this structure in front of her. It always feel like something is wrong and evil about it.

Turning her back on her wooden window, she closed the book in her hands and putted it near the table along with the candles and crystals she collected throughout her journey in this world. Before she got out of her room, she blew all of the candles that was lit by her earlier then headed outside.

She don't know that the family is outside and wanted to confront Levi about something. She did not hesitate any further and opened the door on Levi's workroom but to her dismay, no one was there but a stack of pre-burned letters lying around the table. Lady Molly's curiosity filled her sense and wanted to get the letters on the table inside the cramped room.

Before she could enter the room, she made sure that no one was around to witness her entering this private workroom recklessly. Seeing that no one was really around, she looked upon the letters again without second thought then grabbed one of it on her right hand. The enveloped that was used to store the letter looked elegant like it came from someone who has a high and noble status on their life.

But why would Levi have such letter inside his room? and the mere fact that it looked burned on the other side of it, Levi really did not want anyone to see this letter ever again. Wanting to know further about the contents of the letter, she slid it inside the cloth that was covering her chest then departed the room to avoid Levi or anyone else finding out that she sneaked on someone's room. To her relief, she saw no one outside the room as she exited.

Returning on her lady-like posture, she proceeds on going upstairs to secretly read the contents of it. She fastened her pace when she heard the giggles of the twins coming from the wooden door that was headed outside.  Luckily, she was out of sight before the twins could even enter.

Yve was the one to open the wooden door for her twin. The young girl was carrying the food that was cooked by their parents outside the cottage. The door made a creaking sound as it was widely opened for Luna welcoming her entrance.

Taking a step with her little feet towards their kitchen, she gently placed the food on their table. They covered it with a clean clot to avoid the food being exposed. "Is it just me? Or Lady Molly did not made any appearance today?" Luna started a conversation as she pat her hands on her skirt. 

"You're right, it seems she's been busy since the morning inside her room."

"Hey, by the way. I am going to share something to you," Luna whispered on her sister as she scanned the room not wanting their parents to hear it. "I've been having dreams on something really wonderful sister," the way Luna talked to Yve in that tone it gave her the curiosity to full give it a listen. She just nodded her head not saying any statement after that signalling Luna to just continue talking.

"It started the other day, on that dream people were treating me like a princess. They even told me that I am a goddess because of what I look! Maybe they will treat us like that sister, why were they keep hiding us?" when Yve heard this story of her sister, she can't help but to feel happy also. All their life, they wanted to go out where people like them goes.

They wanted to feel other people's presence for so long but sadly, their parents and even lady Molly is restricting them from reaching that. Sometimes one of the twin would feel mad and somehow angry because they thought that their parents are being selfish and they long knew how precious would the people would treat them. Little did they know their father was secretly listening on their conversation.

"That's a weird dream you have there Luna. But what if your dream will be the exact opposite of what's going to happen?" Yve finally responded. "Why would be my dream be like that? Can't you see? We will live a happy and comfortable life if we show ourselves to humans just like us!" Before she could continue her statement, she was interrupted by a sharp pain by her wrist and saw that her father was holding it tightly.

"Are you out of your mind Luna? How dare you misinterpret all of our doings!" Levi was outraged when he heard about their sharing of words. Luna was frightened on her father being this angry to her by the first time ever. His eyes was widely opened like it was ready to kill someone may it be his own blood.

Luna was struggling to remove his father's grasp within her frail skin. Lucia was nowhere to be found thus no one will be able to break this heated event towards the father and daughter pair. "F-father! Please let go of me I'm sorry please! I won't blabber things like that again!" Even though Luna continued to plead, her father act like he's deaf and doesn't hear the pitiful cry of pain of his own daughter.

Yve on the other hand was also struggling breaking apart the two. "All of us here protected the both of you! Because the people that you thought that will glorify you are the ones whose going to kill you!" Levi angrily said to Luna before he remove his hands on her wrist while breathing heavily. Luna's legs began to weaken and fell to the stoned-floor because of fear her father bought upon her whole senses.

Because of the sensitivity on their skin as an Albino, the tight grasp earlier left a mark on her wrist which really shocked her bringing tears on her eyes. On the perfect moment, Lucia finally arrived inside and was greeted by the commotion on her family. She ran towards their direction and supported Luna who was on the floor.

"What have you done Levi!" she exclaimed when she saw the handprint marked on her daughter's skin. Her husband did not respond immediately and just massaged its temples because of frustration. The twins were crying because of fear towards their father. 

"Maybe it is time Lucia that we finally tell them about the real situation," a voice was heard near the stairs and there they saw Lady Molly standing solemnly looking unbothered on what just happened. 

"Why would we tell them Lady? What if this make them scared for the rest of their lives?"  

"If we kept on hiding the truth to them, they will grew more curious as they age. This might lead from doing something so reckless without any of us knowing"

"B-but lady, I don't want them to know the horrible situation we have"

"Stop being so selfish Lucia! These are your own child! They deserve to know the truth!"

Lucia was put to a silent after the lady said something on a firm tone. The only thing that was heard was the silent whimper and cries of the twins who's hugging each other on the floor. Levi knows to his self that what he did is enough to scare the children but he had no other choice. He was stressed about the continuous letters he was receiving that is concerning his own family.

His anger bought him to hurt his own blood.  Hearing what the lady said, he was almost convinced to tell them the truth this early but gladly, he did not let those words persuade him. "No. We can't tell them the reason behind this situation.  Both of you, return to your rooms and you won't be going downstairs unless your mother call you," Levi said while his fingers are still on his temples.

Lady Molly wanted to add another statement but was apprehended by Levi himself. She have no choice but to breathe heavily and left the both of them on the living room. She accompanied the twins upstairs while comforting them. She even gave Luna something to heal her bruise immediately because she said, A lady's skin should be clean and any types of things that could destroy its image shall be cured fastly. 

As the lady entered her own chamber, she can't help but to think about the letter she had seen earlier. She already saw all its contents and grew more curious about Levi's identity. The letter consists of threat towards Lucia and her daughters. She knows to herself that Levi's family was against the both of them but she did not know that Levi came from a prestigious family.

The way how the letter was sealed and written, it was totally obvious. It is really a fortunate thing that she saw this letter not burned into ashes. In that way, she gained another information about the people that lived with her for so many years. It's not that she doesn't trust any of them.

She's doing this because of curiosity. She wanted to know every piece of information about this family so she can know how to protect them from something they've been running away from. She hid the letter inside her book then placed it on her bed. These days, she had been practicing lots of protection spells and kept her focus on it.

On the other side of her bedroom, Luna was still crying from pain. Her sister was all calmed now and was just comforting and wooing her to stop crying. "I told you to stop already. You might have a hard time breathing later," Yve said on her twin.

Both of their eyes glistened with tears looking really suffocating on one's eyes. Luna never knew that her father would be angry like that to them. All these years he had been kind to them and even mistakes doesn't even awaken that level of anger. The way how Levi's eyes looked like earlier, she could feel that he's already sending daggers within her small body. 

"I just knew it sister, I shouldn't have shared that dream of mine. I told you they were selfish, they did not even told us the truth" 

"No more talking Luna. If father heard you again we will be in trouble."

"How can I stay silent? Our parents are hiding something from us! What if they aren't our real parents? We does not take after them anyway!"

"Shush Luna! You are surely so stubborn and won't listen!"

Yve can't help but roll her eyes and be angry towards this sister of hers. She doesn't want any more trouble for the both of them anymore but Luna kept on blabbing her mouth not afraid of their father.  Just like Luna, she is mad on her parents for not revealing the truth that the lady was talking about.

They've been curious for so long but did not voice it out once. But this day was different. Their father heard all of their conversation and led them to trouble. She is certain that what happened today won't be the last of it