van LightSpeedReisen vr sep 09, 2011 3:23 pmIk ben momenteel met een verhaal bezig over het verleden van de Scarlet Devil sisters, ik ben momenteel bezig met hoofdstuk 2 dus ik dacht dan kan ik alvast beginnen door hoofdstuk 1 hier te plaatsen, het is wel in het engels maar ik neem aan dat iedereen dat wel kent op het forum, zo niet dan ben ik bereid het vertalen als je me een berichtje stuurt. in ieder geval zonder enige vertraging:
PS: als er vragen zijn, onduidelijkheden, of suggesties voor het verbeteren van het verhaal dan hoor ik het graag.
- Intro:
It all started with the birth of two children, two girls to be exact.
The older one was named Remilia, the younger one was called Flandre.
They were born in the very mansion they live in, also known as The Scarlet Devil Mansion since it was build by the Scarlet family.
The Devil part came from the rumours that the mansion was haunted in the past.
When they were born their parents told Remilia and Flandre that someday this place will all be theirs.
Although Remilia and Flandre were too young to speak, you could see the reflection of the Scarlet Devil Mansion in their eyes.
- Hoofdstuk 1, The beginning:
It was a sunny Thursday afternoon in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, there was a big party since it was Flandre’s and Remilia’s birthday, Flandre turned 5, and Remilia turned 10. The whole Scarlet family was there, every maid, the sisters parents, everyone except their uncle/aunt. Due to a accident they couldn’t reach the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Remilia didn’t mind this however Flandre did since she had never seen her uncle/aunt and she really wanted to. You could easily see that Flandre was disappointed until Remilia cheered her up. Remilia started pranking Flandre by taking her hat and running around the mansion, they both laughed when Remilia tumbled over the red carpet in the hallway, Remilia once again took Flandre’s hat and ran away. Suddenly Remilia stopped causing Flandre to bump into her. Flandre asked what was wrong, Remilia told Flandre to be quiet, that’s when they heard the voice of their father. ‘I’m sorry sir, I will get the job done by Tuesday’ followed by a lot of scolding on the other side of the line. The Phone call ended and the father was about to find out that Flandre and Remilia were eavesdropping, they quickly continued their chasing game, their father saw them tumbling and smiled. After a few hours of playing chasing games they got tired and walked back to the mansion. They saw their mother talk to a maid, this maid looked a lot different then the other maids, instead of the normal purple maid uniform she was wearing a blue maid uniform. Flandre thought to herself, ‘She must be the head maid or something.’, the maid went into the mansion as she saw Flandre and Remilia walking up to her. Flandre asked who she was, the maid replied with a smile, Flandre looked back at her parents and asked who she was, her mother replied: ‘You will find out soon enough’. Flandre looked up and saw that the moon appeared. She heard Remilia calling her so Flandre went inside. Meanwhile inside Remilia looked at the clock and saw it was 10PM. Remilia kept staring at the clock as if she saw something. Flandre asked her: ‘what’s wrong?’, Remilia smiled and said ‘It’s nothing’. That’s when their mother called them. ‘It’s bed time you two’. All of a sudden Remilia heard a voice yelling, ‘But tonight’s gonna be a long night, it’s gonna be a fun night!’. Remilia froze and looked around the hallway. All she saw were Flandre and her mom walking infront of her, Flandre looked behind her and said: ‘Come on Remilia’. Remilia quickly caught up with Flandre and entered the room. It was very dark in the room, pitch black, there was a brief moment of silence until their mother turned on the lights and yelled ‘surprise!’. Flandre and Remilia couldn’t believe their eyes, they saw two beds, instead of the regular single bed there were two, Flandre and Remilia cheered as they realized they didn’t have to share a bed anymore, they then were told to go sleep. Flandre jumped on her bed and immediately fell asleep, Remilia however had a harder time to fall asleep, she thought about the mysterious voice she heard earlier and thought if the rumours were true about the Scarlet Devil mansion being haunted. She tried to forget about this for now and after about 20 minutes she fell asleep.
The next day around 10 AM, Remilia woke up, and to her surprise she saw Flandre sitting on her bed, Remilia noticed Flandre starting to smile when she opened her eyes. Remilia got up and asked why Flandre was smiling Flandre replied, ‘Just look outside and see for your yourself’. Remilia got out of her bed and looked out the window, when she looked up in the sky she saw how clear the sky was, no cloud in sight, plus there was even a beautiful rainbow. Flandre stood next to her and asked ‘Isn’t it beautiful?’ Remilia replied ‘It sure is!’. All of a sudden they saw a green shadow quickly dashing by, it disappeared in a flash and the rainbow too. It was then when their mother opened the door and told them to get dressed and eat breakfast. Since Flandre was already dressed she waited on Remilia so they could walk together to the dining room. They entered the dining room and saw their mom and dad sitting at the table. ‘Come on, sit and eat.’ said their father. So they sat down and ate some toast that one of the maids put on the table. ‘Here you go.’ said the maid, Remilia replied with ‘Thank you.’ and the maid left the room. After Flandre and Remilia were done eating their parents said they had something to discuss with them.
Dad: Listen very closely now.
Mom: What we are about to tell you.
Dad: It will be hard to accept.
Mom: But you must accept it.
Dad: We had a phone call with our boss.
Mom: He told us that there was a fire in the office we worked in.
Dad: The entire second floor got destroyed by the fire.
Mom: Everything we worked on was gone.
Dad: But then our boss told us there was a temporary solution.
Mom: All of the work we did was copied and send to one of the other offices of the company.
Dad: And that brings us to the bad news.
Mom: Our boss told us we and 4 other employees had to be dispatched to that other office as soon as possible
Dad: So after a while of deciding we decided to do it.
Remilia: So you’re leaving?
Dad: Yes, we are.
Flandre: How long will you be gone?
Dad: It would take about a few years to fix the office.
Remilia: So how long will you be gone?
Mom: 3 Years.
Remilia: 3 Years?!
Remilia: We’re not going to see you for 3 years?
Dad: Sadly, no.
Remilia: But who will take care of us?
Dad: We assigned the whole staff to take care of you, and now and then your uncle and aunt will also visit.
Mom: You will be in good hands with them.
Dad: I hope you understand that this was necessary.
Mom: We will keep in touch you, we will send you letters now and then.
Flandre: Have you thought about our feelings? 3 years is a long time, you should’ve told us before deciding this.
Dad: That’s why it was so hard to decide this, please accept our decision.
Flandre: I’m sorry but I can’t!
Remilia: Flandre…
Flandre stands up and rushes to the door, knocking over her chair in process, she opens the door turns around showing the tears in her eyes, she then turns around facing the opened door and slams the door shut. She quickly runs to her bedroom and crashes down on her bed.
She starts crying , and wonders ‘Why didn’t they tell us before deciding on something like this? And why is Remilia so calm about this? WHY? WHY?!?!’
Meanwhile in the dining room:
Remilia: Flandre…
Dad: Remilia could you please talk with Flandre.
Remilia: Why?
Mom: You’re her sister, I’m sure you can cheer her up.
Dad: She’s just confused right now, I’m sure she will cheer up if you talk to her.
Remilia: Ok I will try.
Remilia stands up and walks through the door, she walks slowly to her room. She opens the door and sees Flandre sitting on her bed, crying rivers. Flandre gets of the bed and looks at Remilia, Remilia looks back at Flandre. There is a brief moment of silence, Remilia quickly moves towards Flandre and starts hugging her. Flandre started crying even more. ‘There there, just cry as much as you need.’ said Remilia, Flandre kept crying for a while, she then stopped crying. She looked at Remilia, Remilia smiled, Flandre wiped away her tears and said ‘thanks Remilia’.
‘No problem, we sisters need to take of each other, just know that even though our parents will be gone, I will always be there for you. The Scarlet sisters will stick together no matter what!’ Flandre smiled at Remilia and said ‘You’re right, I shouldn’t be crying over this since I know you will always be there for me!’, ‘So let’s go back to the dining room then? Said Remilia, Flandre nodded. Remilia smiled and opened the door. Flandre and Remilia walked back to the dining room and saw their parents were still sitting there, waiting for them. Flandre and Remilia sat down again and started talking.
Flandre: Dad… I’m sorry.
Dad:Don't worry about it, I completely understand how you feel, me and your mother should’ve told you first before deciding this.
Mom: We just want to make you happy.
Dad: We need this job to support you.
Flandre: I understand now, if it has to be done it has to be done.
Mom: I’m glad you understand.
Flandre: By the way when are you leaving?
Mom: We are leaving on Monday, so we got a whole weekend left to spend together.
Dad: We arranged some things to make these days as enjoyable as possible.
Remilia: Sounds interesting.
The parents start talking about all the things they have planned.
Afterwards the twin sisters were told to go to their room and wait until they got picked up. After about one hour they got picked up and went outside, the first event was about to start. ‘The Scarlet Family Treasure Hunt, the rules are very simple. Find the treasures that the maids have hidden around the mansion, the person who finds the most treasures at the end of this event will be the winner!’ said their dad in a loud and clear voice. Flandre and Remilia heard a whistle, followed by their mom shouting ‘Ready!, Set!, Go!!’ Flandre and Remilia started running in opposite direction and began to search in every bush and under every rock for treasures. After about one hour of searching Flandre and Remilia heard a whistle and knew the time was up so they ran back to the front of the mansion to to show the treasures. Their dad counted Remilia’s treasures while their mother counted the ones Flandre collected. Their mother then said ‘Flandre has collected 8 out of the 20 treasures hidden by the maids.’ followed by their dad saying ‘And Remilia collected 6 out of the 20 treasures, that means the winner for this event is Flandre!’, Flandre cheered and looked at Remilia with a big smile. Remilia grinned and said ‘... just wait till tomorrow!’ Flandre and Remilia decided to call it a day and went to bed. The next day the second event started. This time it was inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion instead of outside, Like Remilia said the day before she won the event, with 13 treasures found while Flandre only found 9. Again they decided to call it a day and went to bed. Sunday they decided to sleep longer then normal, they woke up around 3PM, they proceeded to the dining room to eat some breakfast and then prepare for the last event, which would decide a winner since both Flandre and Remilia has won one time each. This time their parents explained the event once more: ‘5 maids have hidden themselves in and outside the mansion, it is your goal to find them before the other person does, every maid will give you an hint on where the next maid is. The last maid will tell you where the secret treasure is. Find the treasure and bring it here, the first one to hand us the treasure will win this event and be declared the winner of this Scarlet Family Competition. Also before I forget, the hint to find the first maid is ‘She is hidden within’ ’. Their mother then shouted ‘Ready!, Set!!, Go!’ Flandre and Remilia once again dashed towards opposite directions to find the maid. After about 40 minutes Flandre saw Remilia running towards the front of mansion, Flandre quickly caught up and ran past Remilia, Remilia couldn’t believe her eyes as Flandre ran past her and won the competition. Flandre cheered once again and looked at Remilia with a big smile. Remilia walked up to Flandre with a grin on her face and quickly grabbed Flandre’s hat and ran away. Flandre chased after Remilia for a long time with a lot of tumbling and tripping. After a while Remilia got tired and stopped running, Flandre took back her hat, put it back on and said ‘hehehe.. Tired already?’ Remilia said ‘I think I’m going to get some sleep, I think you should too since we need to wake up early as it’s a important day tomorrow’ Flandre nodded grabbed Remilia’s hand and said ‘Let’s go’ So they walked to their room, sat down on their beds and fell asleep. The next day Flandre woke up and saw Remilia sitting on the edge of her bed. ‘Finally you’re awake, our parents are waiting downstairs but they told us to wait outside. So hurry up and get dressed so we can go.’ Flandre nodded and got dressed. The girls then proceeded downstairs and went outside. They waited a bit and decided to lay on the grass a bit and look at the morning sun, they noticed it was shining brighter then they have ever seen, suddenly they hear a door closing. Flandre looked around and saw her parents walk out of the mansion, with them was the maid she and Remilia saw a few days earlier, they walked up to Flandre and Remilia. The maid told Flandre and Remilia to hold out their hands their parents then put a bow and a bracelet in each of the girls hands. Both of the bows were red, somewhat scarlet red, a colour that really fits with their current clothing. The bracelets were also red, bloodred. ‘Come on try them on.’. Their mom called. The maid grabbed a small mirror out of her pocket and gave it to Remilia, Remilia looked in the mirror and said ‘Wow this bow it’s so pretty, it really fits with my clothing, and the bracelet is beautiful!’ She then gave the mirror to Flandre. She gave the same reaction as Remilia. The sisters looked at their parents and said ‘Thanks’ In duet. ‘We made these bows and bracelets specially for you, the maid helped us with it.' Said their dad. ‘I see our transport coming from the distance, that means it’s time for us to leave. Promise us that you will take good care of the mansion, the bracelets and bows we just gave you, and of course please be nice to the maids. Especially the headmaid since she’s a very important member of the staff.’, ‘We will keep contacting you as much as we can’ said their mom, Flandre and Remilia gave their parents a big hug and said ‘Goodbye, we will miss you.’ Their parents stepped in the car and waved goodbye. The car drove away in the horizon and the maid looked at Remilia and Flandre and said ‘Okay let’s go inside now.’ She turned around and walked towards the door. Remilia shouted ‘Wait!’ The maid turned around and asked ‘What is it?’ Flandre said ‘You haven’t introduced yourself yet!’. Flandre stared at the maid with her intense red eyes. The maid smiled and said ‘How rude of me. My name is Sakuya Izayoi.’ Nice to meet you.’ She grabbed the Scarlets sisters by the hand, smiled once again, and walked with them inside the mansion. Before Sakuya closed the door, Remilia looked at the sun and smiled. She then said ‘It’s going to be all fine.’, and went inside.
PS: als er vragen zijn, onduidelijkheden, of suggesties voor het verbeteren van het verhaal dan hoor ik het graag.
