Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild One

I couldn't sleep that night because too many thoughts rushed through my head. I stayed up all night and practiced talking so I wouldn't sound stupid when I met the rest of the group Jinxx told me about before he left yesterday.

That morning I waited patiently for Jinxx to switch out with the night guard. When he finally came, he walked right up to my cell and unlocked it.

“I told them you were going to be their new violinist that plays at all of their meetings. F.E.A.R. Likes classical music and I told them you were classically trained. I'll play with you, so don't worry. We have to play along for a while so they don't suspect anything.” He explained thoroughly.

As he led me down the brightly lit hallway, I didn't say a word. I blinked my eyes a million times so they would stop hurting.

We walked up to a huge pair of double doors that were painted black. Jinxx turned to me and his eyes grew wide.

“Your eyes,” He began. “they're white.” I didn't understand what he meant since I couldn't see my eyes. He took a deep breath.

“When I open this door, the sun is going to hurt since your eyes are used to your dark cell. Just be prepared.”Then he opened them. Warmth flooded over my body as we stepped outside. I hadn't felt warmth in four long, cold years. It was sweet and was so sacred to me.

I blinked a few more million times and finally my yes started to adjust. Memories started to come back to me. I smiled for the first time in four years.

Jinxx saved my life.... Thank you

We went into the small town. People all around stared at me like I was a freak. I grabbed Jinxx's arm and he walked me to something that looked like an old church.

Jinxx stopped in front of the doors and turned towards me.

“Now, these guys are a little... weird. Just giving you a heads up.”

I nodded my head and we stepped inside the church. He was right. It was insanity.

“Ashley?! How did the thing even get in here?” said a tall, black haired man dressed in black leather all over his body. Wait a minute, They all looked like that.

Jinxx loudly cleared his throat and all four men turned their attention on me.

The tallest one ran up to me. He acted like a small child was trapped within his body. He also had an odd shade of blue in his eyes.

“So this is the kid huh? She's got some wicked eyes!” He said in a surprisingly deep voice. I still wanted to know what was so weird about me eyes.

I couldn't take my eyes off this man. Half of his hair was cut really short while the other half and the back of his hair was long.

Another man with a tattoo on his stomache walked up to me.

“What's your name girlie?” He said cheerfully. Everyone seemed to forget they were chasing something that had gotten into the church.

I felt myself turning red. I looked around and everyone had grown silent and was staring at me. All those beautiful men.

“I don't know.” I said trying not to stammer. The blue eyed one looked to the rest of the group. They all seemed to be reading each others minds. He turned to me and patted my head.

“We'll just give you a new name.” He said and smiled beautifully. Could they do that? Just change a persons name because they wanted to? I wasn't sure, but they had already started suggesting names for me.

Jinxx shook his head.

“I'm sure she's confused enough. Maybe we should introduce ourselves first.” I smiled and gave Jinxx a silent thank you. He seemed to understand and smiled back.

The deep voiced one held out his hand and smiled again. My heart started beating fast the longer I was close to him.

“My name is Andy.” He said and I grabbed his hand. I didn't really know what to do after that so he started shaking them up and down. It was stupid to me, but seemed pretty normal to the others so I decided to ignore it.

The one with the tattoo on his stomach went next. He went by Ashley. A man sitting at a set of drums flailed his arms around wildly. He went by C.C. And a shy one holding a guitar said his name was Jake. I already knew Jinxx so I guess I met everyone I needed to meet.

Jake started to walk out of the room. Before he left he called to us.

“Anyone hungry besides Andy?” He said and C.C. Laughed.

“Andy looks like he's freaking Anorexic but he eats more than Jaba The Hut!” Andy grabbed his head and started yelling.

“Stop with all Star Wars references!” He yelled. Jinxx laughed and we sat down on a rugged old couch. It was extremely comfortable. I lot comfortable than that old bed I slept on for four years. I snuggled down in it. Without realizing it, I accidentally laid my head on Andy's lap.

I sat up really fast and turned away from him. Jake came in with food and that was enough to make Andy forget what had just happened. Pretty soon we were all eating tons of different food.

It was the greatest thing I had eaten in my entire life. Andy was turned towards me trying to have a decent conversation, but Ashley threw some food at him. Andy growled and tried to get revenge, but he ended up hitting C.C. Instead. Pretty soon it was an war.

I tried to comprehend why they could just waste all that great food and use it as weapons, but I couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

After things settled down, C.C. Finally thought of a name for me.

“How about we call her legion?”

There was an odd silence in the church, then everyone glanced at each other. I looked at Jinxx whom raised his eyebrows at me.

“I-I like it.” I said finally and everyone cheered. Ashley turned towards me.

“So you want to join Black Veil Brides, our group and stop F.E.A.R?” I nodded my head quickly. Andy smirked.

“The kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you, not in a mansion of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood, and God is there. Lift a Stone, and you will find God.”

Those words touched me, deep in my heart. I nodded my head knowing that what Andy just said, was something he lived by. A saying he told himself when he felt lost.

They were true.

This was my exordium

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