Singing Lullabies

It's getting dark, and two little chained rabbits broke their chains and escaped from their cages. The rabbits haven't gone that far and their owners were now searching for them.

Charm hugged Lacey tightly as they lie behind a large tree surrounded by some bushes. "Hush now Lacey. You have to stop crying or they might find us," she whispered to her sister as she lifted her head looking at her sister's eyes. "You don't want to be found, right?" She asked her with a faint sob as her eyes started to get soaked. "So, we must not make any noise until they're all gone," she added as she hugged her tighter.

Lacey hugged her sister in terror as their foster parents looked for them out in the woods. She's been sobbing and sniffing a bit loud and Charm warned her not to do it again cause they might be found. When Charm asked her, "You don't want to be found, right?" She nodded and hardly she tried not to make noise as she cried. She placed her hand over her mouth and leaned on her sister, shutting her eyes.

Charm felt her sister's terror as she fight the urge to cry aloud. "Shhhh..Don't worry, Lacey. You'll be okay. I'm with you, remember?" Her fingers ran down her sister's hair. "We'll be safe. They'll not see us. We'll be safe." She assured her silently.

"Charm!! Lacey!! Where are you girls? Mommy will not hurt you." a lady shouted in every directons with a sweety voice.

Lacey covered her face with both hands and whispered with chopped faint sobs, "Liar. You're lying. You're lying. You're always lying."

Charm can't help it to see her sister like this. "Shhh...Don't mind her, we'll not be fooled. Not now that we already know her."

Lacey squeezed herself onto Charm and said, "What if they find us? What'll we do if they find us? They'll punish us, I don't want to be struck anymore. It hurts a lot. And my legs haven't recovered yet from the last time she did hurt me." Tears flowed down her cheecks everharder as she thought of her step-mother holding a stick.

"Stop worrying Lacey. They'll not find us. We'll not be found. We'll make it to go far away from them. Don't think about being caught. Remember what mom said about angels?" Charm asked Lacey for her to be optimistic. "...they're always by our side. And mom is our's, remember? So stop worrying. Mom's with us, she'll always be with us. No matter what."

Lacey was comforted with the thought of their mom. "Yes, I remembered," she whispered. "How will I ever forget? You're right Charm,she is always with us." She hugged Charm again and softly she said, "I'm thanking the heavens that you are with me."

Charm was relieved that her sister was now somehow comforted. "And so do I. I'm glad that we're together." Charm lifted Lacey a bit and have her head rest on her bag. "Now, if you're tired you can rest whenever you feel doing so. After all, I don't think we'll be able to get out of here until they got tire looking for us. I'll be your look out."

"Are you sure?" Lacey asked her.

"Yes, I am. Go ahead. Have a rest. Besides, you might need a lot of energy tomorrow." She smiled at Lacey, and knelt opposing Lacey's position and looked out checking if their foster parents were now gone.

"Okay," she said as she rested her head on Charm's bag.

"Sleep well, Lacey." she wished for her sister.

On nearby though, about twenty steps away from them, their foster parents were still looking for them.

"I say we stop looking for those lazy girls," a man said in a low tone voice.

"No! Who'll cook my breakfast in the morning if we'll stop? And do the laundry? And clean the house? And fee your disgusting pigs?!" yelled the woman at her husband.

"I thought you said they never do anything around the house?" He asked him angrily.

"Yes! They do nothing! Nothing RIGHT the way I wanted them to do it!!"

"Now I'm already certain what came into their minds that they have ran away." He turned and set off getting back to their house.

"Where are you going? we haven't found them!!" The woman irritatedly shouted at him. But the man was not moved, he continued walking and even answered her back angrily, "If you want to look for them, seek them for yourself! I am tired, i need to rest! I want to sleep! Because if you have forgotten, I have to go to work early in the morning to sustain our living!!"

"Arrrrghhh!!" The woman burst out. She got no choice, she don't want to be in the woods looking for her adopted daughters all by herself this late. "Charm!! Lacey!! You girls!! Wherever you are!! May the forest beasts have feast with you!!" She hopelessly shouted. And she too set off and went back home following her husband.

Lacey haven't got a deep sleep, yet. Hearing her step-mother shouting their names made her sat up terrified. She quickly joined Charm looking at their deserted position and saw them heading back to their house.

"See? What have I told you? They'll not find us." She beamed at her sister.

"Oh, Charm!" Lacey exclaimed as she hugged Charm. "This is the best day ever!"

Charm hugged back her sister. "Okay, now we must get to the train station. We still got half an hour before the last trip, we might be able to get on that last train that's off to Catchpole. If so, we'll be able to find home in there."

Lacey nodded, took her bag and get off with her sister.

Charm and Lacey reached the train station just in time. The last train haven't came yet. They've bought tickets and hoped on the next train that have stopped.

Lacey hopped on the train with Charm. "I still can't believe it that we're now getting away from them."

"Well, you now have to get to used to it. Cause I think we'll never see them again, EVER!!" She told Lacey laughingly. "Now, if you're getting hungry just say so, I'll buy you some snacks once the cart get here."

Lacey savoured the thought that she'll no longer be seeing her horrible step-mother. "Yeah, you're right Charm, I should do get used to it. And besides, we're both Prince! And Princes should not be treated like that! They're just so unfair. I can't believe mom and dad have trusted us to them." Lacey looked at the vast black view the train is passing. "How I wish mom and dad were still with us. Speaking of them, I also cannot believe why they have hidden us to everybody. That's more unfair."

"I also don't know. Even don't have a clue how come we're using the surname Prince, whereas it's our grandparents. Anyway, we'll have a long journey. I'll take a nap, I got tired of getting away. You might as well continue your rest." Charm leaned back to her seat and did take a rest, she needs to have energy anyway cause she have to find them a home to stay and all.