It was a brisk morning in the fall when a beautiful baby girl was born. She had golden locks which hung in ringlets.
Now this baby was different than most babies, she was born with long hair, and could also speak a few words.
Her parents didn't know what to do with this child, they were frightened! The mother who looked identical to her daughter thought up a plan to drop her off in the woods when she would turn four years old.
Little did she know that her baby would be four in a blink of an eye…..
The parents took their baby home after naming her Helena (Elena for short)
Her parents who's names were Maria, and Scotland were both farmers. Their farm was bigger than any farm in the town of Pickletin (pickle-tin) they had twelve cows, thirteen chickens and hens, ten pigs, five ducks, three goats, three horses, two dogs, and one cat.
Their home was set on a hill looking over all their land. There were apple and orange trees all lined up in a row right where the morning sun will kiss them with sunshine.
A watering hole was to the left of the house, as well as three big silos filled with food for the animals.
The house was built from wood, and bricks strong and firm. The front side of the house had five windows and the front door. A big wrap around porch, three rocking chairs, a side table, and a porch swing to the right side of the house.
On the inside there was a big fireplace filled with the richest wood anyone could find. The room smelled of spices and a warm feeling. There was a upstairs where there were three bedrooms and on the lower floor there were four bedrooms.
Each room had one to two window looking out at the fields.
The kitchen was normal sized had everything you'd ever need. Over the sink was a window where you could see the hills and wildflowers growing.
When Maria and Scotland got home that day it was already dark, for they lived far out in the country. There were no other homes or buildings near by for that matter. They took Helena to her room on the bottom level of the house, they left her bedroom window open a little to let the cold winds cool down the very warm room.
Little did they know that, this night their lives would change forever…..
As little Helena grew up so did her powers. See when she was born she was gifted the power of being a witch. The night she was born her mother was very ill and fell asleep. Her husband was already asleep as well so nobody saw what was happening. A dark figure came into the room picked Helena up and gave her a kiss, a kiss of death and power. The figure whispered
"Helena you will grow up with such strength. You will touch the souls of everyone you meet, you shall strike down your enemies. You will bless and take lives of your choosing."
Then the figure quickly left the building that night. they'd watched Helena grow up from a distance waiting watching till her parents would drop her off into the woods so that she could train her up in wicked ways…
One day as Scotland was feeding the pigs Helena now 2 was sitting outside watching her father on a patchwork blanket her mother made. Maria was sitting in a chair sewing a new dress for daughter because she was growing up so fast. Each day she'd grow and Maria was getting frightened that something would go wrong.
As Helena sat there on the blanket her mind was racing with ideas on how she'd get back her parents if they did anything to her. One of the powers she was gifted was knowing a little bit of the future. As she grew so did her knowledge of the future. And since she was only two years old she only knew a little of what was gonna happen. She felt that there was something wrong but she didn't quite understand fully what it might be.
"Maria dear can you go inside and get me some cold water?"
Scotland asked his wife
Maria left her sewing and left Helena on the blanket to go get some cold water. And as she did so a dirty look came upon Helena's face with a evil smile. Her bones began to grow more and her eyes turned red as the sun hit her. She closed her eyes letting the sun soak into her body. Her eyes snapped open on hearing Maria coming back.
Before Maria could give Scotland his water, her eyes landed on her child. She gave a scream and dropped the glass as it shattered on the grass.
Helena was sitting up with her mothers sewing needles, they were both pointing like an X pointing straight at a bunnies throat. Helena was whispering things to the bunny then smiled wickedly and with one quick motion slit the throat of the bunny. She grabbed the bunny and started throwing it around.
Maria stood there frozen not knowing what to do with her child, she had never seen any child so that before and she was terrified. Scotland ran over to protect his wife and said He thinks it's time to let her go and not wait till she's four years old.
"Hun I think it's best that we take her now, this is the second time she's done something as evil as this"
The first time Helena did something like this was when she was singing and some butterflies came flying her way. It was like she was hypnotizing them to follow her. And when they did they turned on the fields and devoured everything in sight….
Maria still holding onto Scotland shook her head in response. So they picked up Helena and packed her a few things and warm clothes and a few apples. They waited till dusk when the moon shown in the sky to take her to the woods.
When they walked to the woods, the cold winds were howling Maria and Scotland held onto each other as they walked deeper and deeper into the woods.
When they found a good spot they put their daughter onto the ground, they made a bed out our leaves and dirt.
Helena was screaming and crying for she didn't know what was going on, all she knew was something was going on and she didn't like it.
"Helena we have to leave you here, it's too dangerous for you to stay with us. We can't have you with us. You've been cursed since you were born. We thought we could raise you but we can't your too dangerous"
They both said together. They turned their backs and ran off as fast as they could possibly go.
Helena screamed out and the wolves in the woods howled back at her. She didn't know what to do for now she was two years old with no parents to look out for her. Even though She was just two years old it wouldn't be long before she was four years old…
She sat there in the dirt as she watched her parents running away from her. She was completely alone now.
She closed her eyes as tears began to fall she sniffed and whipped her nose with the back of her hand.
She laidback and tried to fall asleep, all she could here were her parents words "your dangerous" over and over she curled in a ball as she cried herself to sleep….
The shadowy figure that was there in the room when Helena was born peeked out from behind a tree and smiled for they saw everything take place.
The child had been abandoned and now the real fun shall begin…..