Edited by: thirtxn TWILIGHT'S POV

I was playing with Luna when I heard a series of slamming fists on my door. I rushed to open it and standing in front of me was Skyler. The fabric of her dress was ripped up to her knees and her hair was a mess. Red blotches ran up her arms and face and at the top of her arm was a bracelet of blood, running down her skin like a waterfall. "Oh my god, Skyler! What happened?" I asked, ushering her over to my bed frantically.

"Justin!" was all she managed to cough out before I saw her go limp. Oh no.

"Luna," I said, trying to keep all anger and worry out of my voice. "Stay here and be good." She nodded her head with fear in her eyes.

-

Skyler was in the hospital bed getting stitches on the cut on her arm. I stared at her pale face and delicate body - that man was going to pay for what he did.

After awhile Skyler's stitches were done and she woke up. "Hey, tough girl," I said softly.

"Why am I here again?" she asked, her voice slightly groggy.

"Because of what Justin did to you," I snarled.

"Oh god," she whispered as tears sprang to her eyes, suddenly sounding more awake than before.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Justin said that if I told anyone about what he did, Luna would pay for it," she cried. "I'm so sorry."

My heart spiked and I sprinted out of the room with one goal in mind.

-

I approached my room and my already beating heart was starting to beat faster. The door to my room was cracked open and I could have sworn I closed it when I left. I opened the door and screamed. Justin was huddled over something in the middle of the room and that something in front of him was quivering in fear. A knife hung in front of Luna's face.

"Leave her alone!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Justin whipped around and glared at me.

"So you think you can just walk in here and interrupt me in the middle of something?" he asked.

"That 'something' is my daughter and you will not lay a finger on her," I growled. I hurled my body at him when he scoffed and turned around, throwing punches. I grabbed the knife and stood up, shielding Luna. "Back away or I will kill you." I shouted at Justin. He lunged at the knife, but instead of grabbing the handle he grabbed the blade.

"Son of a-" he screamed. I started making my way towards him but before I could do anything, he jumped out of the window, landing on something with a thud. A golden falcon flew away with Justin shouting, "Your kingdom will pay!"

Luna was clutching me and I realized I had been crying the entire time. I looked at Luna and sighed with relief - he hadn't done anything to her. "What was Uncle Justin doing?" Luna asked.

"He is not your uncle anymore," I responded.

"He was just being mean." Luna wouldn't understand what was going on. Not until she was older, if she even lived that long with his threat.

-

"Twilight! That is ridiculous!" father shouted. "Justin is not that kind of person."

"Oh grandpa, it's true. He had a knife and was being be mean to me. He even gave me this cut," Luna interrupted, spreading her hand out. On Luna's palm was an "X" carved in by a knife. The bleeding had stopped but blood matted the wound. Father looked at the "X" lost in his thoughts.

"Skyler, is this true?" father asked after some time.

"Yes! Look at what he did to me," Skyler responded, pointing to her arm. The stitches were gone but the scar would remain forever. No amount of makeup would cover it up. But before he could answer, a guard came rushing in.

"Sir! There's been a killing! An elderly woman was seen being stabbed by a man with dark black hair and a wounded hand."

Luna, Skyler and I gasped. "Justin!"

Then seven more guards came sprinting in. Each one said the same thing as the first. Father started shouting, "tell everyone to say inside their homes until I command them to come out!"

"Why?" One of the guards asked. Father responded with fear in his eyes.

"Because the kingdom is under lockdown."