I felt a tickle on my cheek, I opened my eyes to find a beautiful black stallion sniffing me. I sit up as it looks at me, I reach my hand out slowly not wanting to spook it. It slowly rests its muzzle on my hand as I stand up and run my hand over its neck "where did you come from?" I smile as I lean its head against me as I continue to pet it feeling the warmth of him spreading over to me. I suddenly heard a whistle and the horse ran off. "Wait!" I ran after it deeper in the woods realizing it was morning. I continued to run after it tripping over my feet and tree roots, I stopped when I saw a figure getting on the horse "wait! please monsieur!" The figure seemed to have looked at me but paid no attention, as it rode off. "Wait, please!" I ran after it, but I tripped on a fallen branch and rolled down a hill. "Ow!" I sit up and hold my head and stand up staring at a rested metal gate. I look around not seeing the horse nor it's owner anywhere, I look back at the gate and push it open snow falling off and it sing a sour tune to me, I look around seeing dead bushes fencing a broken stone walkway. "I guess this is nowhere else to go." I pull my hood over my head and slowly walk along the broken path.
After a while, I stop and look up at this dark grim mansion, with broken windows, vines crawling up the walls, and the bricks chipped and moldy. I walk closer feeling my heart racing in my chest. I hear thunder in the distance as it starts snowing. I jumped and started running to the front door looking out on the land. Most of it was dead, due to it being winter I guess, but there were evergreens in the forest, why not here? I turn to the door as it looms over me, I bite my lower lip taking the fancy knocker in my hand, and generally knock on the door. No answer. "Hello? I don't mean to be a bother but I was in the forest last evening and was wondering if I could warm myself and have some food?" still no answer. I press my lips together and open the door a little just so I can peek my head in. It was dark and polluted with dust. "H-hello? I don't mean to be rude but I just want some warmth and food" I hear the door close and look back seeing nothing. I walked through the room running my fingers over the dusty furniture, I saw a fire going out in the fireplace. I run over and sit down holding my hand over the fire. "She is so pretty, but I can't see her fully with her hood up" "she has to be the one!" "will you two be quiet, before we get caught" I look around standing up "hello? is someone there?" I walk around an armchair going to the stairs looking around. "Now look what you've done, she is gonna go wandering!" "par et par, let her wonder, maybe the master will find her and fall in love" "or kill her" "hello!?, can you all help me!?" I run up the stairs.
I walk down a darker hallway than the room I entered in. "I am telling you she is the one!" "will you be quiet already" "hello?" I look around only hearing voices. I continue to walk the hall looking around seeing broken glass, cobwebs, paintings split into pieces, and pieces of candelabras on the floor. I bite my lower lip stepping over a pile of rubble, I trip over something hurting myself "ow" I stand up and brush myself down not seeing any glass shards in me. "I don't think anyone is here, most likely abandoned". I turn to leave but see this fancy door dressed in rust out of the corner of my eye, "please tell me she won't be going into the master's bedroom" "ah but it's meant to be" "a meant to be of death". I bite my lower lip and pushed the door open to find a dusty, broken bed chamber with broken furniture scattered across the room, "Hello? is anyone here" I look around but heard nothing, I stepped in the room to see a bed fully made, with a balcony on the other side of the room with a small table with something on it, I went up a short set of steps but feel a breeze behind me. "Hello?" I look behind me seeing nothing, but I see is a painting that just had a scratch runing over it. I look closer seeing a face, I carefully push back the torn part of the picture revealing a handsome male with mesmerizing eyes.
I heard something break as I continued looking at the man in the picture, I turned around and saw the table at the balcony entrance, I tore myself away from the painting and walked over to the table. As I got closer I saw an hourglass with some red liquid dripping from the top into the bottom. I went to touch it but someone grabs my wrist, I look up seeing bloodshot eyes. "What do you think you're doing?!" "I-I was just coming in from the s-storm" "that still doesn't explain why you're in my bed champers!" his voice echoed in the room as he threw me to the floor. I stood up and ran to the door, but I am slammed against the wall. "Why should I let you go, when you invaded my castle and entered my champers!" I look away from him my heart racing.
Suddenly a door slammed opened "master, please refrain from doing anything" "heh, why shouldn't I!" "she might be the one" "why should I care, my time is almost up!" "master it can't hurt" I feel eyes on me again but I continue to look away. "Look at me" I lift my eyes to meet his, "look at me properly!" I flinch and look down again. "I said look at me!" I feel my head being lifted as I look at him seeing red eyes turn into the deep blue. I feel my heart jump as this man looks into my eyes, I suddenly feel weak and the room started spinning, I fall to the ground seeing darkness in case me. I feel a cool hand rest on my fourhead "She is running a fever master" "mhm, take her to a room, I guess it won't hurt to see if she can help, and not hers."
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