𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 | ᵃⁿᵈʳᵉʷ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃˢʰˡᵉʸ ˣ ᶠᵉᵐ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ

chapter 3

mom decided to let them stay for the night since they are already here, but they need to look for another place to stay the next thing in the morning. with a glare, she highly suggested they need to have separate rooms, and this made the older siblings of mine upset when she mentioned that

i snicker slightly while i look at them, but i quickly regain myself and keep smiling. slowly, i take the paring knife quietly from the board while mom is still talking to them, and i put the knife where it belongs. "good night, mom..." smiles warmly at her and goes to my room since she doesn't like it if her children's sleep late

the night went by until midnight; it was quiet, and my eyes wouldn't close enough to slumber, so i stared at the canvas in the centre of my room and just kept staring, but then i went to check in the living room quietly. without a surprise, ashley was beside the laying andrew on the couch, whispering something in his ear

"is that how you sing lullabies to him? that's creepy," i said, looking down at her with a blank face. "this bitch again..." she mumbled, and andrew started to wake up since he has a nightmare from obviously whatever ashley just whispered to him

"y/n? why are you out..?" andrew was trying to figure out my mind or something

"unless you're the one who is creepy enough to check on us, you fucking bitch" she started to embrace andrew while i just stood there looking at them

"oh me? me? did you really say that with your fucking mouth? i don't care how crazy you guys are.. i won't let that bother me... it won't again...." my mind was swirling again, and the memories were coming back as it sickened me that they're the cause of it

ashley just rolls her eyes, and something else catches her interest while andrew can't say much. "what's with that locket? don't tell me you put our parents picture... or is it that you have a boyfriend? that's cringe"

it suddenly became hard to breathe. she saw the locket, and she even grabbed onto it so hard that it made me fall to them. "ashley, what the hell?" andrew said while he tried not to have any psychic contact with me, but that wasn't a problem because it was the moment she was trying to open the locket case

no, no, no! no! that's not for you to see-

"andrew, are you still awake..?" my heart dropped when i heard mom's voice and ashley stop any more movements. mom went to the front couch, and she was surprised to see me with them, almost as i fell onto them. i back away from them and look down, feeling embarrassed or somehow a failure

"m-mom...! i'm sorry.. they dragged me out here.."

"dragged you out? you're just a whore trying to get to-"

"ashley! i won't let you say anything to y/n in that way, and what were you guys trying to do to her? it's better be not what i think it was" ashley had enough of it and just took out a gun, which made me and mom freeze

"haha!! whatever. how does this look to you?" ashley started to grab onto me and drag me along with mom down to the basement while andrew was getting a rope but ended up bringing dad too

andrew tied both mom and dad but only me. "there's nothing to tie her up... just hold her, i guess.." ashley shrugged it off and put her arm around my neck tightly, as if she's chocking me. mom began to panic when she saw me struggling, saying that she was willing to give anything to them

"anything~?" ashley grins widely, and it was something more than just money they want. after andrew got the pin for the mom's credit card, he went to get it from upstairs, but ashley started to follow him too, and andrew panicked when he saw us

"get your fucking hands off me" i start to elbow her stomach, and she keeps trying to choke me. "shut it, you little bitch!" she shouted at me, but i just groaned. "please stop fighting it, n/n-" that name came from him, and it started to get blurry again and again. andrew realised it and started to get uneasy while ashley looked down at me

i clenched my fist and looked down, but i couldn't say anything. "i'll be back.." ashley nodded when he said that before he left, and then she looked at me again. "what's wrong, n/n~? can't handle being called by that cute name anymore? you're buzzkill just like andy.."

"shut up..." i glared up at her, and she just shrugged. ashley made me get the candles, and we went back down to the basement, "now to get some blood..." she said quietly while holding up a knife. "what the hell- uh.. what are you talking about, ashley...?" i misunderstood my language, so i tried to cover it up

without saying a word, she just cut my arm, and i widen my eyes as i yell slightly. the blood started to flow out of the cut, and i felt huge anxiety, but most of all, it makes me dizzy to see the blood line on my arm

"ugh.. are you going to be such a bitch about it now? i just gave you a colour to paint... now go draw a circle around mom and dad.. oh! also, you know some rune symbols, right? you're a fucking artist, right?"

"runes? what..?" she just put the gun on my head without saying a word, and she keeps insulting me, but i just did what she wanted with some knowledge i knew about the runes, and i stopped for a moment as i looked at her slowly with a terrified look

"what's wrong, little sister? don't tell me you lost your ability to draw?" ashley laughed when she asked me that, and our mom just glared at her and worried about me

i didn't question any further and just kept drawing with my blood from my arm. "what the fuck is this, ashley!? just take the money and leave already! you didn't have to fucking hurt y/n!" mom snapped when she couldn't keep quiet anymore. "now you care what i'm on about? just because i gave her a little cut?" ashley pissed, as if she thinks i'm playing the favourite again

"don't you fucking act like i haven't tried with you, ashley! you're the one who shut me out!" mom said that to ashley; she was so done with ashley's behaviour, and with that, ashley responded to how mom cared for her in the last three months when both andrew and ashley got stuck in the apartment when we didn't help them from starvation

"you know goddamn well what i'm talking about. i never told anyone about what you two little psychos did to that girl and that boy" i stop after i finish drawing, and my eyes go wide while i look at the ground with my blood. ashley was in denial, and mom kept going as she knew that our classmates went missing