Dusty and the Seven Shudder Sisters - Part 9 by michelle.gent

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· @michelle.gent ·
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Dusty and the Seven Shudder Sisters - Part 9
This is the seventh in Dusty's stories - as you may have noticed, I came up with a numerical theme for the stories and this is number 7.

What else but the Seven Deadly Sins - and the opposing Seven Heavenly Graces - for this story.

<center>![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUFUcTY2NpC7wS9s7UXGdBAZJCqgyNqxCoNuPTsKt8khp/image.png)</center>

As before, I hope you enjoy the story.

*pictures from Google free to use search*

[Part 1](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-1)

[Part 2](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-2)

[Part 3](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-3)

[Part 4](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-4)

[Part 5](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-5)

[Part 6](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-6)

[Part 7](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-7)

[Part 8](https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/dusty-and-the-seven-shudder-sisters-part-8)

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“These may not be Idunn’s apples but they are plucked from a tree that was grown from a seed of one of her apples. The tree that bore this fruit may not give the same full wisdom as Idunn’s apples but they do give some. I know more than you think. Now tell me why you chose me to visit or I shall call upon more than wisdom.” 

Dusty put the apples back in her bag, she didn’t want to leave anything behind when she left and she thought that she’d be leaving in a great hurry, very shortly.

To begin with, they looked at the elder woman as though for guidance and whether there was a mind-link or they saw something which Dusty could not see, was anyone’s guess but they turned to look at Dusty as though they were one being, their gestures and movements were the same, same pace, everything.

It’s not pretty to watch a feeble old woman fly into a rage and Dusty didn’t know what to expect from the seven sisters. 

When it happened, Dusty didn’t know whether to watch or get out in a hurry.

Their faces contorted into identical masks of fury. 

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaSHPMomve2hk1KxUYqHMqwAPJMKzSCnFsSA66KhEt4Z5/image.png)

Their eyes widened to impossible size (as big as saucers came the phrase, unbidden to her mind) and the eyeballs seemed to dance in a demonic blaze in their sockets. 

The nose retracted back into the face of each one to leave a black, putrefying, gaping hole in the middle of the face. 

The mouth widened and filled with far too many sharp, jagged and rotten teeth, crammed in on one another to make a crooked, crowded maw. 

The tongues of the women were turning black and were erupting with pustules of seeping, yellow pus even as Dusty watched. 

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfV8WFPy539pq1iqSvLMCU9wL7KcD4FUoyPyq7289v9Ge/image.png)

As their faces were contorting, so too were their bodies, they were elongating, growing lanky and gaunt, their fingers grew to become extended claws, their fingernails growing into talons.

But the thing that set Dusty off and running was the sound. 

The sisters were keening, a low, distressed wail which escalated as their faces changed until the noise was unbearable.

Dusty turned and ran out of the room and back through to the kitchen.

Just in time it would seem; the inhabitants of the cellar were just emerging. 

It was fortunate for Dusty that the door and staircase was too narrow to allow volumes of them to get out at once. 

One at a time they came but Dusty didn’t stick around to see how many had been down there, she flung open the back door and ran.

The sisters were at the front of their horde and were making rapid progress to follow her but Dusty had learned her mythology and the spinning wheel set outside the door made the women halt in their tracks. 

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXKCBe29WFoi22kjkWaCHdzGmTR3fXckidZmP7DiJ4iVs/image.png)

Their mouths closed in an audible snap in their shock at seeing the ‘evidence’ of the Norns and they shrank back into themselves. 

The unspun wool in the basket was a touch of genius, Dusty thought as she leaped over it and ran across the debris that littered the wasteland.

They waited, uncertain of themselves, their terrifying visages had melted back to those of old, old women and they didn’t know what on earth they could do.

Dusty turned to watch them. 

She was a safe distance away and had the added security that she could see her granddad’s car and hear its engine running. 

If things turned nasty, she had that one last chance to get the hell away and she would take it, she’d promised everyone (she had to promise her grandma twice).

The people from the cellar were milling around on what used to be someone’s back garden, they didn’t know what to make of the spinning wheel and wool. 

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWshs1KDr6aAfm8KSwRiauCoRkX3c61x5wYAAKQbKDhjw/image.png)

They were keeping a safe distance because the women were afraid of it, not because they were.

The elder woman pointed to the spinning wheel and gave a command. 

Dusty heard the sound of her screeching voice but not the words, she was too far away. 

The people under the Shudder Sisters’ spell ran at the spinning wheel, they moved far faster than Dusty had imagined they could and she began to edge back towards the car. 

The spinning wheel was reduced to splinters; the wool and basket were gone too, destroyed, trampled underfoot by the crowd.
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@syedrizvi ·
Awosome post....upvoted and followed
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@princeparvej ·
nice story, upvote and restmmet done
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@mu1stu ·
Incredible story:)
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@rjunaid12 ·
The shudder sisters seem really scary
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@cyprianj ·
Haha.... Another fascinating episode 
Lovely
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@frank1in ·
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The older woman, in her description and her actions and your picture, reminded me of the most famous sorceress of Slavic mythology - Baba Yaga. This creature is certainly different from these old women - but nevertheless is a witch. She lives in the forest and is represented differently in different stories. But in any case it is a negative character and enchants the stray people, in some cases burns children lost in the woods in their furnace.
This chapter turned out tense because of what the old women did and what she did in the end. A strange spell.
I wonder what will happen next.
Thank you for supporting my story.
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@michelle.gent ·
>in some cases burns children lost in the woods

Sounds like Hanzel and Grettel :)
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@mianfahad2 ·
really good post like it.
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@alexpavlenko · (edited)
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Are your characters based on a certain mythology or are they the figment of your imagination?
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@michelle.gent ·
A bit of both. The Norns are from Norse Mythology and I adapted them for this story.

I like to have a little background to my tales - whether that's historical fact or mythology - it adds a little more substance, I think.
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@alexpavlenko · (edited)
I think that Norse (and German) mythology is a good basis for fantasy writing because it combines a great amount of "horrorness" (if there is such a word) with epic heroics.
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@izuchukwu1506 ·
I mean you get a way to inspire people somehow. I really feel this forum is amazing because of the quality of post. They are motivational, emotional and they somehow have always a kind touch with humanity. Again you are motivating people with something inspirational. Though movies play a role in giving you a spark for a certain time being but i believe its one' own will and grit, with which he decided to live his or her life. Life is full of surprises be it success or failure. Just live with both. Both come as part n parcel of life. In my opinion staying honest in this life is the bestest thing one can do. Work with honesty,live with honesty,talk honesty,share honest opinions etc. I know it sounds very sweet talk but we all at some point of our lives want to be honest with ourselves. Rest dont give up. We all are own heroes. Stay healthy wealthy n wise
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@michelle.gent ·
You've used this reply [Here,](https://steemit.com/coincapcoincap/@teedeaseaula/coinmarketcap-20180215102235#@izuchukwu1506/re-teedeaseaula-coinmarketcap-20180215102235-20180215t114837055z) [Here](https://steemit.com/coincapcoincap/@teedeaseaula/coinmarketcap-20180215102235#@izuchukwu1506/re-teedeaseaula-coinmarketcap-20180215102235-20180215t114837055z) and [Here](https://steemit.com/steemchurch/@innozent/do-you-really-love-god-e5b02ceaf6bc#@izuchukwu1506/re-innozent-do-you-really-love-god-e5b02ceaf6bc-20180215t115820573z)

That's spam and it will get you flagged and in this case, Muted. Don't bother commenting on my posts again - I'll not see them.
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@thedawn ·
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The old women character seems horrible. This story is interesting. This content is written good.
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@flashfiction ·
>The tongues of the women were turning black and were erupting with pustules of seeping, yellow pus even as Dusty watched.

Yeah, the **horse** on your fact-or-fiction and now this...

You really have a thing today for scaring me and making me feel uneasy...
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