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It was a blessing to shoot, something about it was freeing, knowing that I could have the power to fight filled me with so much pride and become something so much more like my hero. But today was special, my hero was gonna teach me today; Papa, he's the best Jujutsu Sorcerer in all of Texas, probably even the world.
"Hey, pretty girl!" Papa says laughing while lifting me up in the air.
"Let's get goin' so we can have more practice!" He says excitedly. He lifts me up and puts me on Nugget, that was my papa's horse that he let me name. His ginger mane and his spotted coat was absolutely breathtaking. Nugget gallops quickly into the forest thicket, the forest was one of my favorite places the lush green bushes whizzing past, and the huge opening in the forest in which the sun could shine its radiant blasts was mesmerizing. We arrive at an empty field.
"Wanna do the honors sunshine!" My dad gestures to me. I lift the veil covering up the curses and they were running rampant through the field. My papa hands me a revolver and we dashed through the field shooting everything that came in our path.
"YEEHAW!"My papa belts as he eradicates the curses in his way.
"yeehaw!" I say trying to mimic him. I could see his pearly white smile all the way across the field.
"Naw Naw, ya' gotta say it with some spirit Emmy!" I smile and I try once more.
"YEEHAWW!!!" I shout as I exorcise every curse in my sight. It was our battle cry, all to ourselves. And I loved it like that, I really did.
He puts his hand on my head as we return back to Nugget and we rush back to the house before momma gets angry and starts turning the entire world over. When we got home, chili and cornbread awaited us. Momma looked so at ease when papa was home it was like she could finally relax after worrying he wouldn't make it home for dinner.
"How was target practice?" Momma asked us. Papa nudges me and begins to smile.
"Our daughter's a natural Betty!" Papa announces proudly.
"You shoulda seen her the way she kept her cool and went in fearless as can be! You woulda' been so proud!" Papa explains proudly to momma.
"I already am; of both of you." Momma ends and walks over to papa and they kiss.
"EWW!" I say running back to my room with my eyes covered. I hear them laughing in the background and shortly after I hear things ruffle. I don't have to go into further detail, you know what happened. But soon came morning and it was a new and transformative day indeed.
"Mr. Calloway step out of the house now!" I hear a familiar voice shout from outside. I hear footsteps exit the house and it was papa.
"Put your hands up now! You can either come in peace or we can kill you and your family. He steps down from the porch and suddenly a sorcerer dashes up to Papa's face with an open palm stabilizing it with his other hand.
"CURSED TECHNIQUE: HAND CANNON!" A small shockwave blasts papas head and blood splatters out of his nose, ears, and mouth. Then two more sorcerers flank papa and kick his legs knocking him to the ground. The Sherrif Sorcerer cocks his pistol at Papa's face and frowns.
"You coulda been so tough, too bad you're a spineless coward..." He says disappointedly. He shoots papa in the eye. My heart drops, I scream and grab my revolver and aim at the sheriff.
"CURSED TECH-" I start before momma tackles me to the ground before I can finish my attack. The bullet goes through the roof and the battalion takes notice and the swarm of sorcerers run to the house.
"You shoulda taken me more seriously!" Papa dashes up to the Sheriff and unleashes a powerful punch that causes a black explosion of electric cursed energy.
"BLACK FLASH!!!" My father screams as he punches him through the house. The sorcerers look back and papa already vanished he was in front of them.
"CURSED TECHNIQUE: DEAD EYE: RAPID DRAW!" It was like dominoes, he shot every single one of them in succession one by one. He goes on to the next sorcerers beating them to a pulp and then exploding their heads. He frolics to the house in which he had sent the sheriff. He grabs him by the collar and twirls his revolver.
"No matter... What you do... You'll be... hunted." The sheriff says gasping for life.
"So be it!" My dad whispers to him before releasing him and detonating his head. His blood splatters on the walls. I was mortified. He walks over to console me.
"Don't cry, little lady... You're gonna be just dandy! Come on it ain't safe here." He says picking me up and carrying me on his back.
"Put her down..." Momma demands of him with a revolver in hand. He looks back with a smile.
"Baby, you gotta come too! Come on darlin." She backs away and gestures to put me down.
"GOD DAMN IT IM GO-" her head was demolished. It felt like slow motion, her head was just; gone. Her lifeless corpse falls to the ground and I completely lose it. I scream, kick, and shout he finally lets me down.
"WHY DID YOU KILL MOMMA WHAT IS-" he pistol-whipped me and I blacked out.
A few hours later and I find myself in a carriage surrounded by many young girls and boys.
"You're finally up sweetie!" My father says.
"Everyone meet my daughter Emily, she's the new addition to the family!" He announces to everyone. Everyone looks petrified and I begin to cry.
"We're a family of outlaws; ain't that fun!!!" He says laughing. This would be my life for the next 4 years. Raid after raid, pillage after pillage, and death after death. He'd force us to kill, I never killed anyone; I'd pretend to, and thankfully he never caught me. One fateful day though, the sheriff's son ambushed our carriage alongside a militia of cowboy sorcerers. While carnage ensued on my fake family. He remembered me and took me back to the sorcerer base and I cooperated with every question he asked about my father.
If there was any remnant of my father left. It was far gone now.
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"CURSED TECHNIQUE: DEAD EYE!" The monster shouts from his horrid disgusting face.
"CURSED TECHNIQUE: DEAD EYE!" I shout back at him. The bullets collide and it was a duel. Daughter versus Murderer