A Tale of Two Brothers

## **About**

*A Tale of Two Brothers* is a story about Elliot and Steven's parents reaction when they're children come home after being missing for a month.

## **Characters**

* Elliot
* Steven
* The boys' parents

## **Story**

Once upon a time, there were two brothers. The brothers were so alike that they were also different at the same time. One of the brothers were named Elliot The other was Steven. The two were inseparable.

At times, Steven would be seen apart from his brother. Other times, it would be Elliot seen without Steven. Some of the neighbors began to talk about suspicious behavior after the brothers went missing one day.

Elliot and Steven's parents began to worry. Almost a month had passed, and the brothers had still not come home. Until one evening, a week before Steven's birthday, Elliot appeared in Steven's room. His parents were shocked, but relieved that they're son had returned. Except, they wondered where Steven was.

Elliot was unharmed, but he would not talk. His parents would not touch him, or even say *Welcome back.* Instead, they feared Elliot. Ever since he had returned, he acted with strange behavior. *That was not their son*.

One night, Elliot's parents crept into his bedroom. They planned to kill him that night. The boy was not sleeping, though.

His eyes were wide opened staring into the abyss. Elliot was sitting up in his brother's bed, the same position he's been in since he had returned. He did not eat, and he never drank. He never blinked, he never breathed. He *never* left his brother's room.

His parents sighed, and went back into their room. They had failed. Elliot had seen them. As said, he never blinked. But they knew he could still see. It was very much alive, and very much *not* Elliot.

On the day of Steven's birthday, Steven had returned. His parents did not touch him, nor say *Welcome back.* They did not trust Elliot already, so why would they trust their other son? But, the father soon began to see that Steven was truly himself.

So, the next month, the boys' parents decided to finally kill their eldest son, Elliot. That night, they went into his room and cried. Elliot was gone. They scanned the room, but he was nowhere to be seen. Until, they finally looked behind them. There stood Steven standing next to Elliot. Elliot then fell to the ground as he was never alive ever since he had reached home.

Steven then took the knife in his hand, and killed both of his parents. He sat them up on his bed along with Elliot. Steven smiled because of his happy, happy family.

## **Summary**

Two brothers, Elliot and Steven, go missing one day. After a month had passed, Elliot had come home one evening, a week before his brother's birthday. His parents feared him because he acted in strange behavior. Because of this, his parents planned to kill him one night except he was not sleeping. Elliot was seen sitting up in his brother's bed, and his parents retreated back to there's. They're plan had failed because they knew that Elliot has seen them. Steven then arrived a week later on his birthday. The parents did not trust him, but his father soon began to see that Steven was truly himself. So, the next month, the parents decided to kill Elliot, but when they looked into his room they cried when they realized Elliot was not there. They looked behind them, and saw Steven holding his brother's lifeless body. With the knife he had in his hand, he slaughtered both of his parents and sat them up on his bed along with Elliot. He loved the sight of his happy family.