Short Story
The principal looked mad at Bellatrix. He was annoyed.
“This is the third time you’re here this week,” he said, looking disappointed at her.
“I know,” she answered. She didn’t look ashamed, more like she was sick of being there, but she still felt the rules they had to follow were dumb.
“It’s Tuesday,” he said with an even more annoyed voice.
“I know,” she answered again.
None of them wanted her to be there. They both looked annoyed.
“Can’t you just let me go?” Bellatrix spoke with a stronger voice, and her eyes unknowingly turned purple. At the same time, the principal’s eyes turned purple as well. Immediately after, the principal stood up, went to the door, and opened it.
“Okay,” he said, and he let her leave.
Bellatrix looked confused, but she was still happy she could leave with no consequences. She left, starting to think and asking why she got permission to just leave. She went to the bathroom and then went to class right after. She spent the rest of the school day thinking about it.
When school ended, she started understanding why all of this happened. So she started testing her theory out. Her theory was most likely not true, and she understood that, but she still wanted to try. So she did.
She went to work right away and tried it on her boss. It worked. She now knew that she could do something no one else could. She could control minds. She found this interesting, although she didn’t know what to do with it. So she decided to come up with some ideas after work.
After work, she went straight home. Not wasting any time, she went straight to her room to make the list she wanted to make. As she started writing the list, she heard three knocks on the door, and not long after, it was opened. Bellatrix knew exactly who it was.
“Hi, Jade.” She yelled. It was her best friend, Jade. Jade had been there so much in the past, so she just started to walk right in with a knock first.
“You know you don’t have to knock, right?” Bellatrix told Jade with a smile.
“Yeah,” Jade answered and smiled back. “What are you doing, by the way?” She continued with a curious face.
“You won’t believe what happened today,” Bellatrix said she was excited to tell her. Jade got even more curious about what Bellatrix was talking about and wanted to know more. Bellatrix spent the next ten minutes explaining to Jade what had happened. Jade found it hard to believe, but after about twenty minutes more, she finally did.
“Does Asher know about this?” Asked Jade. Asher was Bellatrix’s twin brother. They were hard to separate and would always support each other. Jade knew this and became friends with him as well because of it.
“I’m going to tell him when he comes home,” Bellatrix answered with an excited voice. She wanted to tell him.
“But, what are you writing?” Jade asked, getting filled with curiosity. Bellatrix explained that she was writing a list of things she wanted to do with her new power. The list didn’t have anything on it yet because she didn’t know what she wanted to do.
Not long after, Asher opened the door, yelling, “I’m home.”
Bellatrix smiled and yelled “Hi” back to her brother. She got more and more excited to tell her brother about everything that happened today. Screaming with a smile on her face, Jade shouted, “Bellatrix has something to tell you.” Both Bellatrix and Jade smiled at each other.
Curiously, Asher came to the door and wanted to know more.
“What do you want to tell me?” He asked. He was standing there with his backpack on his back.
Bellatrix explained everything to him, as he did to Jade. And just like Jade, he found it hard to believe. This time, it took more time to convince him of the truth. He was a hard person to convince. Not only that, but the story also didn’t sound so believable. After about half an hour of trying to convince him, they were finally able to make him believe them.
“What do you plan on doing with this new power? Do you have any ideas?” He asked. They explained that she tried to write a list of ideas and things she could do with this new power and that she didn’t have any ideas yet. They then spent the next few hours trying to come up with a few ideas. They weren’t able to come up with anything. Their mother came home and told them that they had to go to bed.
Their mother was a hardworking single mom, so they wanted to listen to her every time she asked her to do something. They said goodbye and good night, and Jade went home, and Bellatrix and Asher went to bed. Their mother was obsessed with them getting enough sleep, especially on a school night. She found it important, and even though Bellatrix and Asher didn’t care, they listened to her and followed her wishes. They wanted to respect her wishes and listen to her as much as possible because of how hard-working she was.
The next day, Bellatrix woke up with an idea. She was excited to tell this idea to Asher and Jade and didn’t want to wait for anything. She woke up, got dressed, and ran to wake up Asher. Asher wasn’t a morning bird at all. Bellatrix wasn’t a morning bird either. They were both night owls, but that wouldn’t stop Bellatrix from telling them her idea.
Asher was tired and just wanted to sleep more, but he still woke up. It was really obvious that he just wanted to go back to sleep, but that was the last thing Bellatrix would care about at that point.
“Asher, I have an idea of what I can use my powers for,” she excitedly but quietly whispered.
“What, and why can’t it wait? Right now, I just want to go back to bed. I have time to sleep a little bit more before I have to get ready and leave for school,” he said as he was struggling to keep his eyes open. He wanted to get ready before listening to her idea but understood that Bellatrix was so excited and that she wasn’t able to wait.
“You know the gangster that killed our dad?” She started. Asher didn’t like that start and asked, “Yeah, why are you mentioning Morley Stoker? I hope this isn’t too crazy.”
He didn’t want this to lead to Bellatrix, him, and Jade getting into trouble. It often led to her and Jade getting in trouble, and if it would lead to him getting in trouble as well, that’s where he would draw the line.
“Yeah him. I want to get revenge on him.” She had a feeling that Asher would say no to this, but she wanted to give it a try. She understood that this was a crazy idea, but that hadn’t stopped her before, so she still wanted to do it.
“And how do you plan on doing that?” Asher asked, doubting that her plan would succeed.
“I have a plan, but I want to tell Jade first. But before I tell you, do you want to join in on the revenge?” She said, leaving Asher questioning everything. He didn’t know what to answer.
“Will it be dangerous? Will it get us into trouble? If I agree, what will happen? Is it good? Is it bad?” He had many questions.
“I can’t promise anything,” she said, leaving Asher concerned.
“Why should I agree to this?” Asher asked in an attempt to get more information about what her plan was.
“You have also said you wanted to get more revenge, and this is the time. My powers can get us out if we end up in trouble.” She answered, trying to convince him.
“I don’t know.” Asher was considering it but still didn’t want to make a decision.
“Please,” Bellatrix said, trying to be convincing. She didn’t want to do this without Asher, and she would do anything to get him to join.
It took a while before he agreed; still not knowing what the plan was, he joined, trying to get Jade to join. Jade didn’t live that far away. She was their neighbor. The two of them walked over the streets and knocked on the house Jade lived in. They didn’t have to wait long until the door opened. It was Jade’s mom.
“Hi, can we speak to Jade, please?” Bellatrix nicely asked her, as she was smiling.
“This early?” she asked. They nodded
“Okay,” said Jade’s mom as she was smiling back at the two. She yelled at Jade to come to the door, and when Jade came, her mom went to continue what she was doing.
“Hi,” Jade happily said. It was clear in her facial expressions that she also wondered what they were doing here so early in the morning.
“I have an idea of what I can use my powers for,” Bellatrix said it with an excited voice and was energetic. Jade could already tell that this was something she wanted to do.
“Whatever it is, I’m in,” Jade said right after she finished talking. Bellatrix smiled.
“We’re going to use it to get revenge on Morley Stoker,” Bellatrix explained, getting even more excited and energetic as she spoke.
“Wait, the gangster mafia boss that killed your dad?” Jade asked.
“Yes,” she answered. They both got more and more thrilled. Jade couldn’t wait to hear what her plan was.
“What’s the plan?” Jade asked.
“I don’t even know it,” Asher said.
“Wow, you even got him into that plan.” Jade was surprised.
“Yeah, I know, right?” Bellatrix said.
“Great job, but what’s the plan?” Jade asked again. Since it wasn’t long until school started, Bellatrix suggested that she tell them after school. Both approved and quickly got ready and left for school.
After school, they met up at Bellatrix and Ashe’s house. Their mom hadn’t come home yet, so no one could hear them. Bellatrix started explaining her plan to Jade and Asher.
She told them that they first had to figure out where Morley Stoker and his gang were and where he lived. They then had to figure out how to get in and then, somehow, get there. She planned to figure out what was most important to him, break-in, steal it, and then get out. Jade and Asher had questions, such as “What are we going to do after we steal it, and what part of that is using your powers? And what if we get caught? What if we get trapped? What if they find us? And why are we doing this? And what part of this is fun? And what if we get into trouble?” Jade and Asher took turns asking each question, and Bellatrix answered each and every one of them. Bellatrix had thought of everything.
“Well, for the first question, I’m thinking we destroy it so that he knows what it feels like when you get something you love taken away from you. For the second question, we can use my powers if we get caught. I can use my mind control to get us out of trouble. Same thing if they find us or capture us. I can use the power to make them let us go.” She continued to answer all of their questions.
After a long time of asking and answering questions, they finally started the first step of the plan. They started researching everything about Morley Stoker and tried to figure out where he was and lived, as well as the special item they were going to steal. They researched on the internet and read books in the library. It took a few days. They would use all the free time they had to study and do research about this.
A few days later, they knew everything they needed to know. Morley Stoker didn’t live that far away. He lived about an hour away in a mansion. They found out that there were multiple guards around the house, so they had to be careful.
They also figured out that the most special thing he owned was a pocket knife. Now they knew what to steal. They needed a plan on how to get in and out of his house. They had to figure out where everything was and every possible thing that might happen. This was the next step.
So they started the research. It took a while before they found it, but they eventually did. They studied it and made a plan for what they were going to do and how they were going to do it. They then had a plan.
The next step was to find a way to get there and to actually get there. It was challenging to figure out exactly what they needed to know, and it did take time, but they were still able to find everything they needed to know. They got the idea that they could take a train or a bus to his house. They decided to take the train because that was the fastest way to get there, so they bought train tickets, and they were leaving that afternoon. They knew it would take about an hour to get there. They had everything planned.
It was about eight o’clock, and they were all at the train station. That was their meeting place. They had packed their bags, ready to leave and steal. Bellatrix and Asher had walked there, and Jade told her mom they were meeting at the train station because of a project for school. Together, they met right outside the train station and walked in together.
There were many people there. People were going to many different places for many different reasons. It was hard to see which way they were going because of how many people there were. It took some time, but they were able to catch the train in time.
They walked onto the train, ready for what they were about to do. They found a free roomette they could use, went in, and sat down. Not long after the train started moving, a ticket collector came in to check their tickets.
“Hi,” the ticket collector said.
“Do you have your tickets?” He asked.
“Yes,” they said, smiling as they showed their tickets at the same time.
“Thank you,” the man said, and he left and closed the door to the roomette after scanning their tickets using a validator.
When the ticket collector was gone, they quietly started going over the plan. Halfway through the train ride, they finished going over the plan and started eating the lunch they had packed for the ride. After they finished eating, they packed their things and got ready to leave. A few minutes later, the train stopped, and the three of them got off.
They got out of the train station, and Bellatrix opened Google Maps. She looked up the address they were looking for, 138 Steele Street, and an answer came right away. It took some time to get there because they had to walk, but they understood right away which house it was when they saw it.
And there they were. Standing right in front of the mansion owned by the person who killed the twin’s father. Bellatrix’s head was filled with anger and the desire to get revenge. Asher, on the other hand, felt more uncomfortable than angry and vengeful. He felt like he didn’t want to be there at all like he just wanted to go home. He wanted to get this over with as fast as possible without getting caught or getting into trouble. When it came to Jade, she wasn’t sure how she felt. She felt anger, but not as much as Bellatrix. She felt the need for revenge, but not as much as Bellatrix. She felt uncomfortable, but not as much as Asher. She wanted to do this, and every one of them did. They just had mixed feelings about this.
They stood out there, staring at the house for a minute or two, until Bellatrix said, “We should go now. Get this over with. Do you remember the plan?” They looked at each other, and Asher and Jade both answered “Yes.” A second later, they were walking to the side of the mansion.
Not far off the ground was a vent. Jade took out a screwdriver from her backpack and took off the screws on the vent. She took off the vent, and Bellatrix was the first to crawl inside. After Bellatrix came Asher, and Jade stayed. They had made a plan for where to crawl and knew exactly where the pocket knife was. It would be hard to steal it because whenever Morley didn’t have it on him, it was locked in a safe with a complicated lock.
The lock would be the hardest thing to solve, but as they were researching, they taught themselves how to pick locks just like that. The tutorials for these types of locks were difficult to find, though there was eventually one tutorial showing how to pick those types of locks.
Bellatrix and Asher continued to crawl in the vents, being as quiet as possible. After a few minutes, they were right over the room with the safe they were planning to break into. As Bellatrix and Asher were there, they called Jade, telling her that she could ring the doorbell now.
Jade was supposed to distract the guards as they stole the pocket knife. The doorbell was heard, and the guards left the room to open the door. The second the last guard was out and the door was closed, they quickly went down to start the lockpicking.
They were able to open the lock quicker than expected. They opened the door to the safe and saw everything. They saw gold, money, guns, and weapons, but no pocket knife. They didn’t know what to do and panicked.
“Morley Stoker must have the pocket knife on him, ”Bellatrix said.
“What are we going to do?” Asher asked, panicking even more as he said it.
“I don’t know,” Bellatrix answered with a more panicked voice. She sounded miserable as she said it.
“Don’t worry, we will find it,” Asher said, trying to make her feel better.
“Looking for this?” They have a deep, grown man-like voice. They got scared and slowly turned around. There, a big man with dark and short hair stood, holding his pocket knife, as the guards held Jade behind him.
They were terrified of what was going to happen. They didn’t know what to do, and the look on Jade’s face told them that nothing good was about to happen.
“Let her go,” Bellatrix said, trying to use her mind-control powers on them, but they didn’t work. She tried again, saying, “Please, let her go. Let us go.” But it was for no use. The gangsters took Asher and Bellatrix and held all three of them hostage in the basement.
The basement was a dark and scary place, giving creeps to everyone who would be held hostage there. The three of them were trying to find a way out, but Bellatrix was distracted by the thought of her powers not working and constantly asked herself why they didn’t work.
They were all terrified of what was going to happen and of what the gangsters were going to do to them, especially what Morley Stoker would do. Morley was the main boss and the person they feared the most at that point. They desperately wanted to find a way to escape.
Time went. It felt like forever until the gangsters opened the door and came in. The three of them were tied up, so they couldn’t move. They had taken their stuff, so they didn’t have anything that could help them escape.
The gangsters came in, and they were scared of everything at that point. Bellatrix tried one more time. She looked him in the eyes and cried, “Please, let us go.” The tears left her eyes, which turned purple. But Morley’s eyes didn’t turn purple as well. He laughed as he said, “No, why would I do that?” He didn’t notice her eyes turning purple. He smiled, but not long after that, he got confused.
His eyes didn’t turn purple, and Bellatrix’s powers didn’t work on him. Instead, all the guards, with their eyes turning purple, started untying the three of them. They were all confused but understood what was happening and why they were letting them go. Bellatrix’s powers worked, and they were let go. Morley tried to stop them, but they were held to the ground after Bellatrix used her powers to make them do it.
They were about to leave the room when Bellatrix stopped and turned around. She smiled evilly and closed and locked the door to the basement. They had trapped the gangsters, and not even a second later, she pulled out her phone and called the police. She told them where they were and that they had trapped one of the most wanted and dangerous gang members in their own basement.
As soon as the call was made, they went outside to find out that it was dark. They had been in the basement for a long time. The police were here, and they showed them down to the basement, where they arrested all the gang members that were there.
Not long after the police had shown up, their parents had come. Bellatrix and Asher’s mom and Jade’s mom and dad were worried to death and immediately hugged their children. The hug went on for a while until a police officer came and said they wanted to talk to the three of them. The police officer asked about everything that happened in full detail, and all of them gave a detailed explanation of what exactly happened. They left out the parts about Bellatrix’s powers, but other than that, no detail was left out.
After they had answered some questions individually, they were given some time to talk together alone. There was some silence before Jade started talking. She, in a relieved manner, said, “Sorry, we didn’t get the pocket knife.” Jade gave a little smile.
“Yeah, I know this meant a lot to you.” Asher continued, giving a little smile as well.
“At least we got him locked up for a long time. Isn’t that better?” Bellatrix answered, smiling back at both of them.
“Yeah, I guess so,” Asher said. They all hugged each other as it became later and later, and the night became darker and darker.
