-𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄?-𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 #𝟒-

[𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝙿.𝙾.𝚅]

Days went by, then weeks, turning into months, and finally, a year. As this year was ending, Y/n, Ariya, and Hima all grew closer together. They had amazing adventures, and these experiences made them closer, strengthening their bonds into something even deeper than friendship. They were what you could call a Family of sisters. Y/n cherished them deeply, and she could tell they did too. But of course.. 

Happiness doesn't last long in this stupid world.. 

[𝚈/𝚗'𝚜 𝙿.𝙾.𝚅]

'Eh?' I thought as I looked around. 'Where are they?' I pondered as I walked outside and exited the cave, looking once more outside. 'No one's here..' I began walking towards the village, as I could hear some commotion coming from there. 

"Lemme go, dammit!" A familiar voice yelled. 'Ariya?' I thought as I recognized the voice to be Ariya's, I ran behind a tree to get a closer look. 

"Why are you guys doing this?! She didn't do anything wrong!" A small, familiar girl said. Suddenly, there was a slap sound, and I watched as someone slapped Hima across the face, and that was enough to trigger anger in me. 

"Hima! Bastard, that's your daughter!" Ariya yelled, seeming pissed as well. 

I had to do something, so I grabbed a stick on the ground and ran towards the person holding Hima, hitting them on the leg with it. As the man fell, I ran towards the man holding Ariya and did the same, resulting in him falling to the floor and letting go of Ariya. Ariya and Hima understood what was happening and ran behind me to escape. We ran for a while until we were sure we were far enough. 

"What..happened?" I asked in between breaths. "So.. About that.."  Hima began, "I'll explain.." Ariya continued. 

[𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚢𝚊'𝚜 𝙿.𝙾.𝚅]

I woke up only to find Y/n sleeping almost completely on top of me. Her head was on my stomach, arm completely streached out on my leg while the other one was on her stomach. The night was slightly cold, but I could see that she only had her blanket on her feet, the rest of her was exposed. Sighing, I gently lifted her head off of me and got up, carefully setting it back down and grabbing her pillow, then lifting her head back and setting it back down on the pillow that belonged to her. I stood up once I covered her with a blanket and looked down at her, she looked comfortable now. With a satisfied sigh, I got up and walked out of the cave. 

Since Hima's parents are wealthy, she usually goes home to sleep in her house. But whenever something happens, she usually sneaks out and sleeps here with us instead, which is why we have a bed and everything for her. Yesterday night she went back to her house, so I decided to go to town and get her to start our day. 

As I walked to the village, I heard some murmurs and Hima yelling. So I hurried closer, wondering what happened. As I got closer, I saw a crowd, and inside, Hima's dad was holding her by the shoulder and yelling at her. "Why are you close to that monster?!" He was loud, and I could see that it made Hima flinch, I flinched too, her dad wasn't the type to get worked up over nothing. "How long has this been going on..?" He lowered his voice, I could see she was beginning to sweat but kept a straight face. "Why do you care? She's my friend. If you have a problem then that's on you." Hima said, staring at him. "..But why did you punch her?" Her dad asked. And that's when I noticed that there was, indeed, a girl who was crying and holding her right cheek which was red, beginning to turn purple. Another thing I noticed was that, the girl which I assume was the one Hima punched, wasn't a normal girl, she was the Mayor's daughter, a brat at most. I'm sure Hima knew the consequences of punching someone that important, it was a law that if you were to harm anyone important, you would be banned from the village. So if she punched her, she definitely deserved it. 

"Hima! What happened?" I asked as I approached her, squeezing through the crowd. "Ariya! What happened was that Yasmin-" she said, quickly moving her head to give Yasmin a dirty, mean look, "-was talking trash about Y/n again. And it wasn't even just trash, she crossed the damned line." She said, tightening her hands into fists. 

"What the hell happened here?" The Mayor, who had just arrived, asked, then gasped, " Sweetie! What happened to you dear?!" He yelled, sprinting over to the crying girl. "D-daddy! She punched me because I bad-mouthed that devil! It hurts, I want her punished right now!" She sobbed, hugging him. "Who? Who dared to punch you, my dear?" The Mayor asked, and she pointed to Hima. "It was her!" "I see.. Guards! Get that girl!" The Mayor yelled, pointing at Hima. The guards grabbed Hima, I was about to defend her until Yasmin whispered in the Mayor's ear, grinning slyly. The Mayor's head shifted to me as he lifted an accusing finger and said, "Guards, hold that girl as well." The guards grabbed me, their hold was steady and I could barely move. " Sir, I apologize for my daughter's behavior. I'll punish her myself if you allow it, just don't fire me."  Hima's dad said, approaching and bowing down to him. 'Tch, what a scumbag. Begging to not being fired.' I thought, staring at him.  "Then do it. Punish her right now." The Mayor said, smirking a shit-eating grin as he looked at Hima's dad.  ".. Yes sir.." He said as he got up from his bowing position and walked over to Hima. The sight of her dad following such orders from a coward like the Mayor was enough to make me disgusted, but what made me angry was that this scumbag was about to hit his own daughter, not only his daughter but me and Y/n's Best Friend.  "Lemme go, dammit!" I yelled, struggling to move.  "Why are you guys doing this?! She didn't do anything wrong!" Hima yelled, not caring about whether she was getting slapped or not. He lifted his hand, and before I knew it, his hand came down at full strength and connected with Hima's face, making a sickening slapping sound. "Hima! Bastard, that's your daughter!" I yelled, anger taking over me as I struggled against the man holding me. And suddenly, Y/n came out of nowhere and, with a stick, freed us by hitting the guards holding us on their legs. She then ran off, and we followed after. 

[𝚈/𝚗'𝚜 𝙿.𝙾.𝚅]

".. And that's basically what happened." Ariya finished, sighing. "I see.. Thank you Hima, but you got in trouble because of it, so please don't do it again. It doesn't matter to me if they talk bad about me or not." I said, looking at Hima and giving a small smile before frowning. She smiled back and hugged me, " I know you don't mind it, but you're my friend and I'll never forgive anyone  who talks bad about you." 

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from behind the bushes, making the three of us alarmed. I still had the stick in hand, so I walked forward while Ariya and Hima stood behind me. As I was getting in an attacking position, the person behind the bush walked out and it was revealed that the person was Arthur. 

"Hey, don't worry, it's just me." He said, sighing as he walked over and lowered the stick I was holding. "Oh hi Arthur! Sorry, I thought you were one of the guards." I sighed in relief. "Oh.. Hi Arthur.. " Ariya seethed, making Arthur flinch. " Hi Arthur!~" Hima said in a teasing voice, looking at him slyly. Even though Arthur used to bully me, he realized what he was doing was wrong, so he apologized and we became friends. Though, Ariya didn't seem to have accepted him as our friend because of what he did to me, and Hima would tease him about something. "Anyways, I think you guys should lay low for now, the Mayor is not  happy for what happened to his daughter, and Yasmin is being a brat about it like always." He sighed, scratching his head and smiling nervously. "Alright, we understand Arthur, is there anything else we need to know?" Ariya asked, her patience cutting short. "Nope, that's all. But really, be careful.. The Mayor really isn't happy and he's been sending out guards to find you guys. I heard he's gonna try and get rid of one of you three.. So promise me that you'll be careful. " He finished, frowning "We promise we'll be careful. Now you've gotta take care of yourself, don't let them know you're friends with us." Hima said. And with that, Arthur left. 

"So.. you guys hungry?" Ariya asked, looking at us. "Oh yeah, we haven't had breakfast yet.. How about we eat here then?" Hima asked, looking at the scenery. " Are you sure it's a good idea though? I mean.. the guards could come here to look for us.." I whispered, " I'm sure it's fine, why would they come here anyway?" Hima said. " Alright, Y/n can go get the things at the cave and we can have a picnic." Ariya said, nodding her head. 'Well.. They already decided so I can't back out now..' I thought, sweating before sighing and telling them to wait here, and with that, I left to our cave. 

✧━𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚎━✧

"Shut up, you bastard!" I, yet again, heard someone yell, recognizing the voice to belong to Ariya. 'When will I stop getting sudden yells by these two as soon as I come near? Talk about lazy writing..' I thought, sweat-dropping as I set a small basket with food and a thin, big cloth on the floor and walked over to where the chaos was located in. 

"Oh? Even after your friend hit me, you're still getting mad at me? Don't you get it? I'm the victim here. The poor innocent girl who was only worried about her people and insulted Y/n. You three are the insufferable, violent rats who attacked the innocent mayor's daughter. " I heard Yasmin, the Mayor's daughter, say. Yasmin, obviously, was the Mayor's daughter, and although she was pretty, her terrible personality was enough to make her the ugliest person alive. 'A despicable devil disguised as a beautiful angel' I thought, as that was what seemed right to describe her as. 

"Yasmin, just leave us alone. Please." I heard Hima's soft but unwavering voice. " Shut up, you damn rat. Why would I fulfill the wish of a girl whose father cares more about his job than her? You have no right to speak. To be honest, you should just end it right now, nobody, not even your dear parents,  would care." Yasmin said, giggles could be heard as she made such heartless remarks. I clenched my hands into fists, I shifted my eyes to Hima and I could see that what she said messed with her. I was about to make an appearance to punch Yasmin as well and tell her to leave, but Ariya was slightly faster and punched her instead. Her fist connected to her cheek, the impact was strong enough to push her off of her feet and onto the floor. "You little bitch. Say that again to any of us and I'll cut your damn tongue off!" Ariya yelled, holding her fist in front of her and stretching out her arm in front of Hima in a protective way. 

"Hah! Shut the hell up, you little shit. You shouldn't be talking either, your parents abandoned you! You only hang out with those two because nobody else wants you!" Yasmin continued. Holding her left cheek with her left hand. She remained eye contact and her face was that of a crazy person. And her snarky remarks were enough to make my blood boil. Yasmin stood up, a shit-eating grin on her face as she walked straight to Ariya and slapped her, then pushed her. Ariya barely budged, but still stayed quiet. 

I jumped in, anger clear on my face. I walked up to Yasmin, and I could hear Hima whisper, "Y/n? What are you doing?" I stopped, looked back at them then smiled a soft smile, then turned back to Yasmin, anger, again, arising in my expression. Yasmin's grin seemed to grow even wider as she looked at me. "Oh, the other rat is here. What are you gonna do? Let me guess, stand there and take it like that shitty girl behind yo-" A rough, loud slapping sound interrupted Yasmin as my hand collided with the same cheek Ariya had punched. " Yasmin. Stop it. Listen, I honestly could care less if you insulted me. You can hurt me, insult me, and spit on me. Hell, you can make the whole world turn against me. But if you harm Hima or Ariya or any of my friends, I will not hesitate to kill you on the spot. If I catch you hurting them in any way, I will kill you." I said, my face serious and cold. "W-whatever! I'm telling my daddy and the guards where you are! They won't let you get away with hitting me even after that warning!" Yasmin said, tears beginning to spill out if her eyes as she got up one last time and ran off. 

"Y/N! What were you thinking?! First you slap her and then you threaten her?!" Ariya yelled at me, closing her hand into a fist and hitting me hard on the head. "Ouch!" I yelped, placing both my hands on the newly made bump on the top of my head. " But.. You threatened her too, not to mention punching her as well, which is much worse than slapping.. " I said, my voice growing softer as a looked at her with teary eyes. " Well, it's normal for me to threaten people. But you're usually calmer and kinder." She said, crossing her arms and huffing some air out of her mouth.   " Good job Y/n! I'm so proud of you, you stood up for yourself and us! Thank you!" Hima said, snapping out of her current shock and walking closer. "You're welcome Hima. But she had it coming as soon as she insulted you guys." I said, closing my eyes and huffing. 

But as soon as I opened them, Ariya's face had fear and animosity written all over it, while Hima's had a dreadful one. "What's wrong you guys?" I asked, tilting my head to the side as a confused expression came to my face. Suddenly, Ariya's face got even more scared as she suddenly moved forward, reaching her hand out for me to grab and yelled, "Y/N! LOOK OUT!". As soon as I reached my hand forward, there was a sharp pain on my neck, cutting off my oxygen for a second. My vision got blurry, and soon, everything blurred into a void of complete darkness. 

【】━【】↝𝚃𝚘 𝙱𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍↜【】━【】

𝙰/𝚗: 𝙷𝚒 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜! 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚆𝙰𝚈 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗♡ 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 😭

𝙿.𝚂. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚃-𝚃

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