"Wake up, bitch!"
"Hey, can you even hear her?"
"Don't make mother wait!"
Philadelphina was dragged onto the floor by her hair, the pain ringing so intensely it woke her up on the spot. "Hiss," she winced, covering her hair. She was faced with three familiar green haired red eyed figures- the wicked stepmother, the wretched stepsister, and the dumb obedient stepbrother. Memories of them beating Philadelphina and starving her flashed in her mind, Delphi's cries unforgettable.
'Avry, was it? The stepmother's name? And Avani and Andor?'
Philadelphina scowled at their treatment, but the injured on her arms made it very obvious who to start from. She looked directly in the eye of Avry, who raised her chin up in the clouds, and smirked. Her stepmom looked taken aback.
"Y-you slut! Did you just smirk at me? How dare you defy your own mother?!?!"
'Mother? You mean someone who takes their anger out on you even when it's not your fault?' (Hana)
"Yea! Let's beat her up, mother!"
'What a stupid brother you are, Andor. You just follow whatever your mother says. Do you not have your own head?' (Hana)
"This bitch has gotten feisty huh?!"
'All Avani's got is brawn and no brains either. She can't do anything without her mother's help.'
Philadelphina chuckled at the thought, glaring at Avry who stepped back with shock.
"Mother?" She tapped her chin. "When did you become my mom?"
Philadelphina took a daring step forward, and all Avry could do was point at her with a shaky finger while Avani and Andor backed to the door.
"My mom died giving birth to me! If she was alive, she and I would get along! She-" Philadelphina suddenly thought of her mom from her past life as Hana Yumi. Her warm, crinkly hands that would wrap around hers whenever she felt sad, and that smile that wiped every trace of unhappiness away. Philadelphina choked back on tears, and yelled in a loud voice, "You aren't my mother! You're just TRASH!"
Avry was infuriated by the comments Delphi made directed towards her, and she balled her fists, shaking.
"Sullivan!" She called for her maid. "Bring me the whip!!!"
Philadelphina appeared unfazed by her mention of the whip. Hana had learned karate growing up, and even if Philadelphina's body was fragile and weak, she would just need to warm up a bit to adjust to this body.
Sullivan, a maid roughly in her fifties, walked over with a leather rope in one hand, and the other went to grab Delphi's shoulder. Delphi quickly dodged it and went right for Sullivan's face.
WHACK! The sound of skin to skin contact echoed throughout the whole attic, and the room suddenly became silent as Sullivan held her bruised cheek. Delphi dusted off her stinging palm as if Sullivan was trash.
She swiftly grabbed the whip from Sullivan's hand and raised it in the air, and the maids who gathered at the door dispersed, not wanting to get whipped. "Whoever touches me gets a good beating," she sneered, walking over to Avani, the easiest target. "M-mother," Avani squeaked. "H-help m-me please!" Avry flinched, but chose to not make a move for she knew what would happen if she did something. Andor looked back and forth between Philadelphina and Avani. "I'll go get Father!" He hollered, and rushed out the door. Delphi smirked, delighted. The more the merrier! It's better to take them all out at once! She advanced towards Avani, grabbing her hair and yanking it. "AHH! MOTHER!" Avani pleaded.
Delphi was confused at first when she pulled back and found a clump of hair in her hands, but burst into laughter when she realized she had pulled out Avani's hair. "How disgusting! It looks like you didn't take good care of your hair. Well I'm here to solve that!" She lunged towards Avani again and began tearing out her hair completely. "AGHH! PLEASE SHTOP! I WUZ WROONG!!" Avani cried out in between tears.
'This is what you get for beating up Philadelphina! This is what you get for murdering her! I'm here to take back her rightful place as the heir to the family!'
Philadelphina gave Avani's body a good kick before moving onto Avry. "D-don't come here, you freak! S-step back or else!"
Delphi looked at her curiously. "Or else what? You're going to hit me? Tell my father?" I brought the whip about and struck her in the back. "ARGHH!!!!" Avry's scream pierced through the air as she collapsed onto the ground and shook in fear. "One strike was all it took you to fall? Yet you three had teamed up on me, did you think that was fair?" Philadelphina pulled on Avry's short, mossy green hair, and her red eyes gleamed with pain. 'Tch. Let's just get rid of her,' Delphi rolled her eyes. Before she brought the whip to Avry's back again, a loud and deep voice boomed.
"PHILADELPHINA RUSTOCHILE! WHAT IN THE HEAVENS ARE YOU DOING?!?!"