đŻChapter ThreeđŻ
âWhy, that was horrible!â
âSheâs the meanest witch in the land of Enkanta, Rosy!â
âItâs time, Rosyâtime to be mad and fight that ugly witch! You canât just sit there, saying yes or no to her,â Widow, the spider, madly exclaimed to her friend after witnessing how mean Lili was to her very own youngest daughterâas if she only had borne two children in the world. Anyway, the first time Lili laid her eyes to Rosyâshe thought, God mistakenly gave her a child to raise.
Rosy was beautiful, too kind, knew nothing but happiness, and impeccable!
Rosy for Lili, Chelo, and Miaâwas their familyâs bad luck, a disgrace to the White family and the society of witches and wizards! Lili always heard shameful words against her own familyâbecause of Rosy. Whenever she went, everyone looked at her for raising an unlikely child in the familyâif not because of Oscar, her late husband, she would rather chose to leave the child the woods that night.
Rosy inhaled deeply and grasped for air to adjust her clogged lungs and control her heartâs thrash beating. She was hurt by her motherâs words.
âBut I understand her, Widow.â They were still walking but she could saw now their houseâs chimney. âand I donât like to fight my mother.â Widow rolled her eyes out of annoyance. Lili scorned Rosy blatantlyâand her sisters too, Chelo and Mia. With her pure heart, she wished to witness the awarding and nothing but to feel proud as how Lili felt for them.
What was the cruelty all about?
Widow was definitely livid and thought it was time to fight back.
Yet Rosy was determined to understand Lili, after all, she was her mother.
âAnd father told me to bear more patience. I vowed and I donât want to break such promise..â Oscarâs wisdom lingered and all echoed inside her. Reminding Rosy to be kind, persevere, and do her best to better. And no matter how many times she was maltreated with words by Lili or Chelo and Mia, sheâd always recollect the golden rule that her father, Oscar, instilled her.
Be good and youâll be most shining gold.
âAh, thatâs nonsense, Rosy! After what she had done?â Widow was still in fury of how Lili treated her, in front of all those witches and wizards.
Rosy giggled and let Widow crawled unto her palm. She stared at her little friend with a creased face now. Widow had always told Rosy on how to be good to others too, just like Oscar but she would never wanted Rosy to be always taintedâespecially people like Lili, Chelo , and Mia.
They were Rosyâs family!
What was a family for?
Well, that what made Rosy different from her sisters. Or others.
She always found peace amidst the chaos.
âHmm, how about cleaning the whole house? Will you help me? The house was a total mess.â For once, Widow rolled her eyes again. Rosy unlocked the main door and went in. Her guess was right.
All used plates were left on the table, dishes on the kitchen sink, and trashes scattered all around.
âWhy wouldnât you let your sisters clean their own untidiness?â Sourly Widow asked. âah right, you understand them. Right..â Yet she sarcastically answered it.
âCâmon, Widow. Will you be a great friend today?â Rosy pleaded to her friend. Well, she just wanted to deviate Widow and away from her madness against her mother.
âI am, your great friend.â Widow crossed her two arms.
Rosy then laughed. âI know. Câmon, letâs start cleaning, shall we?â Then Rosy started her choresâcleaning all the mess that she didnât do. After all, Widow got her point. She was not being treated fairly hereâas a daughter and sister but a pitiable maid with free amenity!
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âDinner is served!â Rosy placed her special menu, roasted Duck with special spices inside. She prepared it for them as they arrivedâand celebrate her sisterâs achievement for the entire semester.
She stood up behind Lili and awaited her command to let her eat with them. But usually, she ate after them since her father died.
But beyond reasons, she wished to share to everyone what had happened earlier. She unknowingly casted a spell to that wounded deer and it healed! Wasnât it something to be..proud of? Well, Rosy was really hoping..
âWhat are you standing there?â Chelo blurted. She was eating without manners, well, the three of them. No fork and spoon, sniffing while eating the delicious food, but mostly, not thanking Rosy for the dinner being served!
Rosy plastered a wide smile on her face.
âShall I grab a chair then?â
The three halted eating and gave her an owl eye.
âNO!â All together theyâd replied to poor Rosyâs false hope. She breathed and was ready to open another wordsâshe was really excited to tell them about her magic skill. She never done good in the academy not until today, in the woods.
âYou, Rosy, will never put me in embarrassment again. Do you understand?â Lili professed with stone cold words. She was implying of Rosyâs abrupt presence in the academy hall earlier.
âIâm sorry, mother.â On the contrary, she got nothing to apologize for. What she did was to give her proudest provision to her sisters and yet, it still made her a great embarrassment to her family.
âNow, the high royals handed precious gifts to each family.â Lili took out this black box and placed it on the table. Chelo and Miaâs hands reached for it but Lili immediately tapped their hands out of it.
âPatience!â Lili yelled out. She composed back while Rosy was very curious what was inside it. Precious gifts from the high royals?
Sounds amazing! Rosy all thought.
âAn invitation to Prince Erikâs natal day, is it!â Mia day dreamed, closing her eyes, and both clasped her hands, as if she was pretty enough to be noticed.
âAre we get invited in the Kingdom of Sparsha! Oh my, Rosy, you should wash all our gowns by tomorrow and I want it neatly folded.â Like Mia, Chelo was hoping too! She was talking about the gowns they bought latelyâas if itâll perfectly fit their ugliness!
Uhm, excuse me, I was carried away by my emotions. Seriously.
Then a small cockroach went out from the box and Rosyâs eyes went straight to her little friend who checked the box first.
âItâs not an invitation, Rosy. These are magic wands!â Oh? The cockroach spilled it as she heard his thoughts before it flew away.
âItâs not an invitation.â Rosy immediately cut their hopes, well, unintentionally. But all their eyes shut down and madly looked back at her.
âHuh! Jealous are you?â Chelo sourly said to her. She then immediately denied that she was just being jealous! Rosy shook her head.
âGirls, behold.. Itâs now time to receive your magic wands.â Lili announced as everyone eyed inside the box as it was slowly opened by their mother. She took the wands and placed on the table.