May 26, 1880
I woke up that morning to the estate being eriely quiet. Usually the house was a buzz with servants working to keep the giant manor clean, or to keep its occupants feed. At the very least I expected to hear my sister's singing, but there was nothing. I scooted to the edge of my bed before jumping down to the cold, wooden floor. Looking outside of my window I saw the sun high in the sky. It was only a few hours pass dawn which means the house should be a lot more active than it was.
My mind immediately went to the worst case scenario. What if something had happened to everyone while I was sleeping? What if I would never see them again? Mommy and daddy, Faye, all the nice servants who had been around since I was born, what if they were all gone. I raced out of my room and down the hall, taking the steps on the grand staircase two at a time. I ran as fast as my little legs would allow me until I made it to the dining room where my parents sat enjoying their breakfast.
I sighed with relief when I saw them there. Mother with her beautiful blonde wavy hair piled on top of her head and held into place with a million tiny pins, her fair skin and bright red lips, flipped through the mail that had been delivered that morning. Probably the usual invites to different balls that would take place throughout town. She looked the picture of elegance as always with the finest dress paired with the most breathtaking of jewels.
Father, who chose to don a more causal appearance for breakfast this morning with his lose fitting buttoned shirt and messy black hair that looked like he had recently run his hands through it multiple times. He studied his newspaper like he did every morning. Everything seemed normal but something didn't feel right.
Slowly I approached my father. "Father," I called to him. He shuffled his newspaper to the side slightly so he could look at me with those bright blue, grey eyes. He raised one eyebrow waiting for me to continue. "Where is everyone? Why is it so quiet?" He pulled his newspaper back in front of his face once I'd finished my question, like I hadn't even said anything at all.
I turned to my mother expecting her to respond to me but all she gave me was a cold, blank stare. "Mother, where is Faye?" I asked looking around the dining room expecting her to appear. It was strange enough that I didn't hear her singing voice that I was so accustomed to waking up to but to not see her sharing breakfast with my parents was very strange.
My mother frowned. "The manor is in mourning" she said. I had never seen her features so twisted like this, I almost didn't recognize her.
"Mourning?" I asked.
"Your sister is no longer with us." At her words my heart began beating rapidly, the color drained from my face and I could feel this cold sickly feeling creep up my spine. Faye was gone? I would never see her again?
"You're lying!" I shouted. I refused to believe the lies they were telling me. She would never just leave me alone with them. The same people who have kept me indoors since birth, never allowing me to enjoy the outside world with other children my age. Who have drilled the laws of our kind and my responsibilities into me for years. They are slowly but surely destroying my childhood. No, Faye would never just leave me, something was wrong and I was making it my mission to find out what it was.
"I want to see her!" I stomped my foot on the ground, letting them know I wasn't letting this go so easily.
"Enough!" My mother said getting to her feet and making her way around the table to me. She kneeled to my level and looked me in the eye. "She is gone and you will never see her again. Faye has broken one of our most sacred rules and you will be wise to not follow in her footsteps lest the same fate be brought down upon you."
Her eyes softened as she placed her hand on my shoulder. "Fallon my sweet, do not make me mourn all of my daughters." I knew I was meant to heed her warnings because in her own way she was trying to protect me and at the time, as confused as I was I thought that I would listen to her, we all thought this would be enough. How wrong we all turned out to be.