Descent

As Zephyr and Drizella got home, Zephyr opened the front door and was immediately greeted by his adoptive mother, a tall old hag with gray hair and wearing a crimson dress. Honestly, despite being with her for some time now, he still had no idea what her first name was, in fact he didn't think anyone else, even Drizella, knew either! As such, he simply referred to her as Lady Tremaine. In her arms was the family cat Lucifer, with hair as black as night above, and a gray face and stomach. "Oh, Drizella and ..... Zephyr." Lady Tremaine commented to Zephyr, "Is school done already?"

"Yep," Drizella replied, "Zephyr here insulted my singing on the way home by the way."

"Snitch!" Zephyr angrily quipped before Lady Tremaine cut him off.

"Zephyr, what have I told you about being rude to your sister?" Lady Tremaine said.

"But she star..." Zephyr tried to inteject.

"Hold your tongue!" Lady Tremaine snapped, before composing herself again, continuing to pet Lucifer all the while. "It seems we have too much time on our hands do we, time enough to act rude to your sister."

"Hey, now wait just a!" Zephyr again tried to interject before being cut off again.

"Silence!" Lady Tremaine snapped at him before again composing herself. "Well, since you clearly need something to occupy your time..."

"Let me guess, you're going to make me work in the family cleaning business!" Zephyr said.

"Oh.... How did you know about that when I didn't tell you? Eavesdropping are we?" Lady Tremaine said.

"No, Drizella told me. And speaking of, I have a bone to pick with you about that!" Zephyr angrily replied.

"Oh do you?" Lady Tremaine said, intrigued by his defiance.

"Yes I do! When were you going to tell me you were drafting me into your business THIS WEEKEND and expecting me to dedicate most of the rest of my summer to it!?" Zephyr said.

"Oh I was about to tell you now, before Drizella so kindly informed me of your behavior, so because of that." Lady Tremaine said before she was cut off.

"And what exactly is your reasoning for waiting until NOW to tell me something this important and life encompassing?" Zephyr angrily said.

"Well, perhaps it's because I KNEW you'd throw a fit like this!" Lady Tremaine said.

"Throwing a fit?" Zephyr said getting even angrier.

"Yep, like a great big manchild!" Drizella clapped at him.

"Quiet you! Zephyr said angrily, before turning back to address his stepmother. "I hardly see being mad about someone making huge life decisions on my behalf without my prior consent as 'throwing a fit!' I dare say that response is quite reasonable to be pissed about."

"And I dare say that because of your attitude, both with me and Drizella, both before and right now, you will be doing this work unpaid as an internship!" Lady Tremaine said.

"Unpaid!?" Zephyr said incredulous, "You expect me to work for NO PAY during MY summer!?"

"Yes, because otherwise you'd just sleep in all day!" Lady Tremaine said. "Not to mention you CLEARLY need some discipline!"

"IT'S SUMMER!" Zephyr said angrily, "AND I do NOT need discipline! I passed ALL my classes this summer with flying colors! And what's wrong with sleeping in? It's better than doing fucking drugs!"

"Zephyr, don't you dare swear in this house!" Lady Tremaine said.

"I don't wanna make waves or anything but he also said moron earlier too..." Drizella chimed in.

"Shut up you fucking tattletale!" Zephyr said.

"Zephyr, I'm warning you! You're acting like an embarrassment!" Lady Tremaine said getting angrier.

"And how about when she referred to Fluttershy as Cindershy on the way home, what about that behavior? Is that ok?" Zephyr said angrily.

"Now I'm sure she was just poking a little fun at you, family does to one another after all." Lady Tremaine said.

"Family? Ha' You aren't my family!" Zephyr said. "Never once since I've been here have I felt welcome or that you had my back, not to mention, everyone, even Lucifer the cat, hates me!"

"Now Zephyr, Lucifer doesn't hate you..." Lady Tremaine said holding him out to Zephyr, but Lucifer promptly responded by hissed at him.

"Oh really, and is that supposed to just be his way of saying hello?!" Zephyr said.

"He's just upset because he had his bath earlier, which by the way, you owe me for doing that  for you, maybe with some overtime to your internship." Lady Tremaine said, causing Zephyr to get near his breaking point.

"For the record, even if he doesn't hate you I do!" Drizella said chiming, before she quickly ducked to dodge the shoe Zephyr had thrown at her in uncontrollable rage at her horrible comment.

"Zephyr, that's it, get the fuck out of this house with your freak show shit and don't come back until you can act sane!" Lady Tremaine screamed.

"Or just don't come back at all you psycho!" Drizella said.

"Honestly, it's no wonder you always complain about not having any friends! Who would want to be around someone that acts this way!?" Lady Tremaine said maliciously.

"And how!" Drizella chimed in.

Zephyr wanted to say a lot of things, how unfair it was that Drizella was once again getting off scot free after instigating, how wrong it was for them to spring such a time consuming commitment on him, or how tired he was of being treated this way for example. Instead however, he just walked out the door and left, the thoughts were starting again, and he wasn't sure how much longer he could control them if he stayed.