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the Salem witch trials
you're not a monster. The one sentence my mother tells me everyday. Weather it was at night or during our spells.
We're witches. We don't have pointy hats or brooms. We aren't covered in warts, and we are not green. complete myths. But magic runs in though our veins.
It was dark times now. Woman, young and old, being accused of using using witchcraft. you would get a short trial, then sent to the ropes.
Friends accusing friends. Family members turning against each other.
There has been six deaths so far. Three were actually witches; apart of my mothers coven. The other three were humans. Poor, innocent humans.
It was dark times now. We had to survive. Because that is what we do best.
"Kathy, finish your chores." My tiny hands grab the broom, leaning against the wall of our tiny home.
"Yes mother." I sweep the floor from the dust it collected. My mother and Aunt Ruby in the other room, cooking dinner for tonight guests.
A full moon was very sacred to a witch. Our powers were at a all time high. Very dangerous for someone who isn't like us.
"We have to be careful." Mother's and Ruby's voices begun to pick up. Their whispers turning into yells.
"Rosemary, please calm down...."
"I can't, he will take my baby away."
"You don't know that."
"Her powers are already growing, Ruby. He will have her." My ears pressed against the door. Wasn't kind before it flung open. I landed in my chest, with my mother and aunt Ruby standing above me.
"Hello Mother, Hello aunt Ruby." I flashed an innocent smile while dusting myself off the floor.
"Katherine,that was very rude of you to listen in on our conversation."
"I'm sorry mother.... Who is he?"
" Excuse me? "
"The person you were talking about."
"No one dear... Our guests will arrive any time soon." Without a second to spare, there a knock on the door. My Mother opens the door to reveal the town mayor and two gentlemen behind him.
"Miss night" the mayor says.
"Good day mayor Marshall. What is the matter?" Mother asks
"I'm sorry to inform you, but we must take you in." The mayor didn't hold any sign of guilt. Ruby immediately grabs my hand and places me behind her.
My Mother was being accused of witchcraft; she was guilty
"Please let me hold my daughter one more time." My mother pleads.
"I'm sorry, we have to go now." The men grab my the mother's hand roughly, and begins to drag her out the house. Ruby was yelling at the mayor.
I could feel this undying power within me. It was screaming to be let out. The demons in my head screaming to be let out.
"Let my mother go." The two men look ed toward me while having my mother in their hands. All of us standing in the middle of the clearing woods.
"Don't get into more trouble little girl." One of the men says.
"let her go!!" A bolt of energy runs through me. Power flowing out of me. The darkness clouding everything.
One of the men holding my mother slowly lets her go. A thin line of liquid leaks out of his nose. He reaches to touch it; blood. The substance flows out of his nose,mouth, and ears. He starts to panic; the fear in him growing.
The other man stares at his friend, watching the man choke on his own blood. In a flash and a snap of my hand, the other man's neck snaps. The bloody one drops down, dead.
"Katherine!" Ruby yells from behind me. My aunt and the mayor watching me in horror.
"Witch." With all of us being distracted, the mayor manages to run away. Not long after, we hear the town bells.
Grab your pitch folks ladies and gentlemen, it's time for a witch hunt
"Katharine" mother kneels in front of me, shaking my body back to reality.
"Mother" I wrap my arms around her neck, but it only lasted for a second before she pulled me away.
"Listen, it's too late for me now...... you must go with your aunt, she will protect you and teach you."
"But mother... I can't leave you"
"You must. There is no other way. I'm sorry i didn't tell you everything. I love my Katharine!" Loud shouts were coming from all directions. Aunt Ruby grabbed my hand, ready to protect me.
"Remember my child, you are powerful. more powerful than you know. And remember, that you, Katharine Night, are not a monster." Aunt ruby pulled me away tongue sight of torches. Leaving my mother to die alone In the woods.
Ruby runs through the forest, pulling me behind her. Branches smacking against our skin at we run.
"Come on Katherine."
"Please ruby!! Mother." Tears stream down my face. I call out to my mother, the woman who has been taking care of me.
Ruby finally stops at a top of a hill. It was space that we could look down at the center of town.we were out of veiw, but we could see everything.
A crowd surround a woman tied to a stake. Wood around the base of the pole. My Mother was silent as the mayor yelled in her face. Another man passes the mayor a torch.
"You rosemary night, have been accused of and found guilty of the crime witchcraft. Your death, along with your coven's will be the end of our fears. Once you daughter i s found..."
"You will never find my daughter! She will survive, and you'll be the ones to burn. I curse this town and everyone living in it. I hope you for a painful death. And my family 's line shall live on. The night family will live until the end of time. For he will come for her... And together they will raise hell."
The torch touches the base of the wood, lighting the material In an instant. The fire flicks my mother's legs; sending her screams through the air. I couldn't tear my gaze away, my mother burning in front of my eyes. Her screams never once leaving my ears.
"Hey. Hey little one." A strange voice was the only thing heard, other than my mother's screams. Hand are placed on my shoulders and suddenly I'm facing away from my fire kissed mother.
"Why do dad little one." A very odd man was kneeling before me. Black hair as the night sky with eyes of crimson red. He was a creature of the night, yet I was not scared. Even with the dominant ora and the power radiating of him.
"What is your name?"
"K-Katherine night."
"That's very beautiful. May I call you Kat or maybe even Kitten?" He made me smile. Through the years and screams, I smile at this random man.
"You have an innocent smile KAt, that could be very helpful in this cruel world."
"Who are you?"
"You will know in a few years time my sweet Kat, but call me Damien, little witch."
"How do you..."
"No time for the questions, Kat. Your aunt will be coming soon. I'll see you soon little witch." In a blink of an eye, the man is gone. My aunt came running up the hills.
"Katherine! I thought you were behind me. Come on we must leave." She grabs my hand and runs away. I turn no to the town; the wood was now burnt and the only thing that was left were ashes.
My life had only begun and it was already flipped around. Taking a dark path. For I knew I was powerful; that could get me killed.
I am a monster.
