"I really don't understand why they call us Satan's family." A blonde girl said to herself.

"We're just like all of them." She continued.

"All because they're scared of the unknown, they think it's of the devil if it can't be explained." She finished.

"You Got got that right." Said a strange voice.

The cloaked figure whipped around and came face to face with a man in dirty pants and a matching shirt with rolled up sleeves.

Her eyes widened and she reached into her cloak for her hidden knife. Wielding it in front of her her like it was her only means of survival.

He saw this and put his hands up, "Hey I'm not gonna hurt ya." He said.

She sighed in relief but still didn't put away her knife.

"I bet it's a reoccurrin' thing for you bein' dressed like that." He asked calmly.

"The dress has nothing to do with the treatment of my family." She spat back.

"Hey, you know I'm an outcast too in this here town too, name's Thomas Peddicoart." The man said holding out his hand and giving the cloaked girl his best smile, she looked at him with doe eyes during a storm.

"The outlaw?!" She spoke loudly.

He chuckled and nodded, "The same ma'am and you're Miss Stephanie Nicholls, the local witch." He said.

"Stevie." She corrected him resheathing her weapon.

"Stevie, I'll remember that." He said, how he said her name made the girl smile.

"You should smile more." He said absentmindedly.

She looked at him with a confused looked as if she wasn't sure she has heard him right.

"Uh." He stammered scratching the back of his neck then cleared his throat nervously.

"Well Stevie what brings you to my little neck of the woods, darlin'?" He asked the girl as nonchalantly as he could muster up.

She was trying her hardest to hide her blush to no avail by playing with her long curly hair.

"Just out to get groceries, eh?" He asked again after she wouldn't answer.

She nodded.

"You, don't talk much do ya?" He chuckled then continued, "It's alright, I'm the same way."

She looked at him with a yeah right look.

He laughed harder "No it's true, I'm kind of shy, you just seem to bring this kind of side out of me." Feeling courageous he finished this sentence by winking at the blonde girl.

She blushed darker then smiled at the guy.

"Well guess I'll be goin' don't wanna take up any more of your time, ma'am." The man said turning to leave.

The cloaked figure grabbed his arm and the man gave her a confused look.

"Uhm would you care to join me?" She asked in a tone which made her sound like a child.

The man nodded, "Sure." He said offering his arm for her to take.

She laced her arm in his and the two were off to the local town square market.

The girl thought of her new friend and hummed a song silently in her head.

"Voice like a syren with eyes to match
Felt spell bound couldn't fight back
Had to keep some distance from him
Cause I could not go through it again"

In the beginning, She was stunning and pure.
When he first saw her, he fainted to the floor.
She was distant and arrogant from the start,
She did not see the fragile state of his heart.
She fell in love with him on that very day,
She became softer in every way

[* Yours And Mine - Me]

[** Wide Sargasso Sea - Stevie Nicks]

-TBC