Bella sat, legs crossed, across from her aunt Elizabeth (who was, by all rights, only older than Bella by a few days.) playing a game of rune sticks.
Elizabeth cursed under her breath as the runesticks turned against her, and she pushed a part of her cookies towards Bella. Bella flinched, and stared for a long moment.
A huge jolt had gone through her body as Elizabeth grew frustrated. The frustration, irritation, and mild amusement hit her like a brick. She blinked.
"Are you alright, Bell?" Elizabeth asked, looking at her with a frown. Bella barely had time to nod before a knock sounded on the door. Elizabeth pursed her lips, and stood, brushing dirt from her skirts. She crossed to the door and pushed open the piece of wood that served as a door. Outside stood a woman a full head shorter than she was.
She had blonde hair cut jaggedly, as though with a hunting knife. Her green eyes glowed like a cat's.
"Can I help you?" Elizabeth asked. The woman pushed by and crossed her arms, looking around the room. Her eyes looked back and forth between Elizabeth and Bella for a moment.
"You are to come with me," she said, then turned to walk out the door.
"Excuse me?" Bella asked, standing up slowly.
"I'm Angela," she said as though it was obvious. "Come with me."
"Um, I don't know you," Elizabeth said. "Do you, Bella?" Bella shook her head.
"Just come with me before I use force," Angela said with exasperation.
"Uh, yeah, I don't think so..." Bella said, reaching into a bag she wore around her waste over her skirt, and slowly removed a dagger.
With a great big sigh, Angela raised her hand, fingers extended, and uttered some words under her breath. Energy rushed up through the earth, and knocked them off their feet. The force of the magic knocked them out and the world collapsed to darkness.
"Great," Angela uttered under her breath. "Now I get to carry a whole bunch of dead weight."
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