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Chapter 4 - Arachne

"On field?? My foot!" She scoffs as she pulls out her usual black tank top and black tight fit leggings, putting them on after stripping off her night suit. She takes some five more minutes to quickly brush her teeth and freshening up but skipping getting into shower. Brandon would surely go all bollocks on her if she takes more time than he could wait for. She makes a dash down the stairs after grabbing her phone and jacket. On her way towards the porch, she finds Lucy sitting just at the side of the doorway.

"Hello, Luciana!" She cooes at her and gets a cute huff and whine in return. Ana giggles when she tries to get on top of her by standing on her hind legs. "Okay, sorry, my baby!" She scratches her behind the ear before pressing a kiss on her snout while balancing herself to stand with Lucy on top of her. Softly placing her back on the ground, Ana takes out a calcium bone from the front pocket of her black faux leather jacket and holds it in front of her which Lucy takes gladly before licking off licking off her hand. The dog knows very well that her name is Lucy and does not like being called by any other name. And, a treat would suffice for an apology to her everytime, just like now.

Making her way out, Ana mounts on her black and silver street bike putting on her helmet. Just when she revs the engine, a tiny droplet falls on her right thigh. "Oyee!" She takes thd tiny thing onto her hand, which is a spider. It is beautiful with a black body and yellow, almost golden strips on. Gently placing it on the hood of her bike, she takes out her phone and snaps quite a few pictures of it, and then she gives it some time to wander off but it does not move from there and just rolls in its place, looking at her and then back to the front. A full blown smile takes over her features as she observes the spider. "Hey, buddy! I am Arachne. Shall we be friends?" She takes it back onto her hand. "Hmm, shall I give you a nickname?"

"Ana" She hears a voice calling someone but she does not bother taking her eyes off of the spider.

Her mother watches her as she talks with an obnoxious thing on her hand. "Ana!" She calls her again in a louder voice, but Ana hears none. However, it looks like she is actually hearing but not acknowledging her whatsoever. Her daughter, who is anyways good for nothing, is growing more and more insane. Her mother angrily swats at her hand that was holding the spider causing her to jump in surprise. Her first instinct is to search for the spider but she finds it nowhere. It is gone. Blinding rage creeps into her eyes and she directs it all towards the feminine figure in front.

"What the hell!" She seethes at her mother making her eyes to go wide in shock and fear of the unknown. "YOU!" She screams before dismounting her bike and charging towards her. As if threatened by a ferocious animal, her mother takes a few hasty steps back planning to run into her safe abode, but before she could do just that, Ana grabs her forearm and yanks her back to her. Her mother does not even get time to react when she gets a hold of her throat, squeezing the life out of her, not giving her a chance to scream.

"ANA!" A voice booms, demanding respect to its authority. Ana freezes for a second, and this gives her mother a chance to shove her off of her. Brandon rips her away and pushes her to the hard ground, she lets out a yelp and blinks.

"You psychotic bitch! Have you lost it completely?" Brandon spits out at her while branding the skin of her side thigh with a hard kick. Ana bites down on her lip to stop herself from screaming. Her eyes brim with hot tears both from the embarrassment of her own behavior and from the pain she is getting. She knows that there is more to come her way.