☂︎︎ HOUSE OF SHADOWS ☂︎︎ - five hargreeves

* 𝙰 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝙽𝚘 𝙾𝚗𝚎 *

- ☾ '☂︎︎' ☽ -

A letter to no one
I was raised, and taught that being a Hargreeves child was a blessing. And our gifts were something extraordinary.
I was told that we were all vital kings, queens, jacks and aces in the great card game of life.
The joker was evidently the antagonist of our metaphorical game, as he was merely the blockade; halting our path of greatness and growth.
He was a great evil we were destined to fight and triumph against
Like the serpent in the garden
A shadow that fed in the moment of weakness.
In the beginning, I though the joker was Vanya
She was ordinary
My siblings believed that she only held us back from our full potential
They were wrong
Slowly I grew to know Vanya and deeply appreciated what she contributed to the family
As Klaus and Ben did soon after.
In my later years, I gave up my determination to find the joker in my story
Much like the rest of my siblings did
Yet as I and my abilities grew
So did my realization
That I was not normal
Not even compared to the standard of my superhuman siblings
I was different.
But it was not something to be praised.
My father had begun to notice it as well
And still I turned a blind eye to what was directly in front of me
What, in my own pride and self assurance, missed
It was the joker I saw in the mirror
The shadow that had been in my story every day
The shadow that was my story
The shadow that is and always will be
Me.