User blog comment:Dunlap03/HAD NO IDEA/@comment-97.73.64.174-20091115183644

Check out Jane & Alec's human life from Jane's point of view... It's rather sad...

September of 1783 – English Countryside Jane’s POV

My twin brother, Alec, and I are hiding away from the villagers in this tiny, dark, musty, rotting, abandoned cottage. The village people are after us because they believe we perform witchcraft, which we certainly do not, and we are a witch/wizard because our mother was a “witch”. And if they find us we will have the same fate as she did, being burnt at the stake. Our mother was burnt two weeks ago, because they believed she was a witch. Because she had a sixth finger on her left hand and because they believed she performed “wizardry/witchcraft”. She of course didn’t do that kind of stuff, but they didn't believe her when she pleaded that she was innocent. Our father is a different story. Our father abandoned us five years ago, when we were seven, to go live with another woman. So here we are… alone. “Jane, when will this end?” Alec asked me very quietly. I was about to answer him, when I heard voices outside the door. We became very quiet, barely daring to breathe. We feared that if we made the slightest noise, they would hear us and storm inside and burn us right there. “Have you heard anything more on the Eastman twins?” The Eastman twins are Alec and I.     “No, I haven't heard anything since they’ve disappeared two weeks ago, when we had their witch of a mother burnt." I hissed at him silently. The baboon!!! Go trip and fall in a mud puddle!!! My mother wasn't a witch!!! Alec looked at me, and gave me a warning look.      "Though, I think they're still here, for people are reporting they are missing some of their food they have stored up for the winter.” He continued. At night we take food from a random villager. But tonight I will make sure we come and steal yours, you filthy baboon! "The preacher is going to lead a hunt for them in three days, and is looking for volunteers to join him." He concluded. I made a mental note of this as I'm sure Alec did, as well. I calmed down a little bit, though I was still angry with him. "Well, I will certainly join him in his quest for that witch and wizard. And you?" The first man said. I wasn't angry with him, unlike the second man. "I will join him as well. Those Eastman scum deserve their punishment. Those foul, black magic, filthy vermin!!!" My anger arose Well at least I'm not some big hairy ape! I began to think of all the different way I could make him shut up. I took a deep breath, and began to count backwards from ten before I went out and tried to pound his face in the dirt. “I wonder why they still have this old cottage. It’s falling apart. Why not take it apart use the spare wood as firewood.” the first man said randomly. Thank you for changing the subject. See, there is a reason why I like him better. “I don’t know why they still have it. It’s a good idea, taking it apart. Well, see you tomorrow.” "Tomorrow" It was quiet outside the cottage. Are they gone? I listened closely. Yep, there wasn’t anyone outside this cottage. “I don’t know, Alec. I guess they’ll never give up on looking for us.” I said, answering his question. “Then why don’t we move away from this village? Go to someplace else. Somewhere where they don’t know us or our parents.” I thought about it. “You have a point, we should move to a different village, especially if they are going to try to find and kill us in three days.” “Ok…where to?” “I’m not sure. Maybe somewhere southwest of us, maybe even to a different country” “There is one problem with going to a different country?” “And what is that?” “We are on an island, we can’t go to a different country without going through a sea, unless we go to Wales or Scotland, and you said you wanted to move southwest.” “Then let us get as far away from this place as we possibly can.” “When will we leave?” “Not tonight, but the following night” “What should we do to prepare?” “We should leave tomorrow night around midnight, sticking to country roads leading south. So tonight we will need to take extra food, and try to find a bucket and fill it with water. We should also try to gather the spare supplies we can find around the town." I said starting to plan things out with Alec on how we were going to escape from this village.