Eloise

Story

Eloise and Virginia were born as twins. At first their parents had thought they were identical twins but they were very, very wrong. Eloise and Virginia looked nothing like each other. Each girl looked almost exactly the opposite. One had brown hair, another had blonde, one has very light colored eyes, the other has dark color eyes. But it was rather fascinating, honestly, and their parents loved them very, very much... at first. However, at one point in the young children's lives, their mother died.

The girls were only five years old when their mother had been shot and killed by a group of bandits outside of their house, ones that had come in the middle of the night. It was certainly strange, but what was even more strange was the fact that the group of bandits included their father in it... and what was worse was that the group didn't stop at the house. They kept going, riding off into the night... Leaving the girls behind. The girls managed to keep themselves alive for a week or so, but eventually Eloise suggested the girls leave the house and go out to find someone else to help them, for neither girl could wield a gun, and neither girl could hunt or cook or anything like that. They had gone to eating hay and wildberries and even that never really filled them, and the house was always so cold at night without mother to keep them warm...

So the girls left the house, and wandered the wilderness for some time until they were finally found by a lawman, Jehozadak. He brought them right back to the town of Darlington, brought them into the prison house and immediately fed both of them. They were so thin by this point, and Jeho was honestly surprised to see such young children in a condition like that.

He kept them in the jailhouse for some time with him and Asa. The children told the lawmen what had happened to their parents and had also told them they had no other family that they were ever aware of. So, the lawmen had to conduct a search for some time. Eventually they did find someone related to their mother, though he was a bit on the distant side. He wanted nothing to do with the children, and so the twins were ultimately put up for adoption.

They weren't up for adoption very long, for Amaziah eventually came to town and found the children in the jailhouse. The children were a bit skeptical of him at first, but he kept coming back and trying to win their affections. Obviously he won Virginia's affections rather quickly after she had decided he was a good man, but it took a bit longer to get Eloise to feel the same. But eventually, Eloise did realize that Amaziah's intentions were good, and he ultimately did prove himself to be trustworthy.

Since then, the two girls have been living with Amaziah as his adopted children, along with his other adopted child, Lauren, ever since. They've only been with him a little over a year, but to them it feels like he's been with them for much longer. Eloise loves Amaziah very much and isn't often too far from his sight. She just hopes someday, she can have a mama, too, along with a papa. And maybe a better relationship with their older sister as well.

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