When all the lights inside was lit up, the grand decoration in the hall surely caught Mandy's attention. Amazed by the beauty of the place, she slowly look down where the other creatures who attended the ball was, enjoying themselves in the feast. She noticed where Grace was seated, she was among the creature she came with earlier. She seems left alone, which they never joined her to their exchange of conversation.
"Why am I even up here, when she was actually sitting there?" Mandy was upset to see her left alone. She was about to get up to go to her, when a voice echoed in the hall.
"Thank you for all of you who came." a deep voice spoke, Mandy tried to find the owner of the voice. Until her eyes landed in the stairway. A redish creature with a suit was standing there. His deep dark eyes gave a mysteriousness to the creature. With its shinning teeth which is also a captivating sight. Mandy could not take away her eyes from the creature, not that she was astonished by it but rather as if she knew the creature.
'Who is that creature? Why does it feel like I've seen him before? Or maybe I'm just overthinking.' Mandy could only tell to herself. The creature seemed to be well respected since no one ever dared to talk at the moment.
"I know most of you already know what we are here for tonight..." He continued, some creature nodded their heads as if they understood what he was talking about. Mandy felt the sudden pressure in the place, as if they were full of hatred.
Even it was only a few days she expose herself to the festival, Mandy knew some of things about it. It was to remind them for the great war within the human beings that they've sought for the freedom which they rightfully received. The blood bath between the monsters and the humans was once discussed in one of her class so she knew few things, that human kind abused them for their greed. She never imagined that they also went through with the cruelty of the human beings. Mandy can never blame them, since she was also a victim. But, she never blamed all of human being for what happened to her. She no longer resent those who are responsible for her loss, since she can never bring back the life of the loveones she lost.
"... today we must celebrate to our liberate society, away from human beings. Let us all have a toast." he pick a glass of wine and raise it. Mandy saw a wine set in the small table beside her, she just followed what most of them did. After the intro of whoever the creature was, the party started. Many creature entered the center of the hall to dance and to chat.
Mandy was timid to move in her seat, she wants to be out of the place buy no one is leaving their seats. She looked at the other creature beside her, who just watched all the creature enjoying themselves.
"Why does we have to invite these other creatures, when we can celebrate it among the ourselves. They're such an eyesore to watch." one of them said.
"Quiet down Gwen, you can't let the lord hear it." one scolded her.
"What's the fuss Gwen? You're not happy to see so many beauties in here? It such a wonderful sight." A male voice joined their conversation.
"Don't drag me with your pervertness, Cloude." the Gwen named girl snarled at him.
"Please Cloude, don't make Gwen irritated as she is now." the girl earlier whispered to Cloude.
"You're such a softy Shane, can I date you later?" He flirted to her.
"Ew gross, Shane don't ever fall in that. What a pervert." Gwen crossed her arm and looked away from Cloude.
"It such a shame, youngters. Why are you up here? You must join the party below. You're going to miss the fun." Mandy never thought she would hear the voice again. All of them faced the creature and show their respect.
"Your Highness, we're just enjoying the view up here. We are about to join them later."Shane answered him, the creature just nodded and looked at each of them. Until it stopped to Mandy's place.
"Why don't you join now, while the floor was packed. Its more fun in that way." he suggested.
"As you say, your Highness. We'll be leaving now." they bowed before leaving the place. Mandy was last to exit, when she passed the Him, she suddenly stop.
"As for you, you can stay here." he said, while he continued to walk towards the empty chair. Mandy followed him, and sat beside the chair near him. She felt awkward in her position. The creature was well respected by other creature and now she was sitting beside him. How should she act infront of this creature.
"How was your stay in here? I hope you cope up with the way things here." he started which make Mandy crease her forehead. This creature knows her, and where she came from. She can't resist to look again to the creature.
"Your Highness, to be honest I was not comfortable in the first time I came here, but as soon as I slowly understood few things here I finally make myself to be fine." She answered with a question bugging inside her head.
"I'm glad if that is." he smiled and rest his chin in his intertwined hands.
"Your Highness, sorry to asked this but did we meet before?" she can't resist to asked since it was making her head hurts more.
"What a direct question, Mandy." he smiled. 'Its better you don't remember since its a bad memory for you.' he thought, recalling how she knew Mandy.
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He's been observing a human activity for a long time. It was collaborated organization with a secret society of monsters which he tried to know who's behind it.
But they were too careful, so he does not have the chance to know them. Until he noticed one of the subject, she just successfully escaped the facility with the help of one of the personnel. But, she was immediately retrieved.
The personnel who help the girl was locked up, but he successfully made a conversation with it. The personnel name was Wendy, she was a friend of the subject. She revealed the things they've been doing to him, unknowingly by her. After he gathered information from her, he put her to sleep. From Wendy's memory he directly manage to know the voices of the creature behind the activity.
Many things have already happen inside the facility but he was trying to locate the owner of the voices he heard. It was a few days before he decide to destroy the place to stop them. But, as he came in and destroyed few things, he saw a dreadful sight of a massacre done by one creature only. Blood splattered everywhere, and only one creature left moving. He saw it the creature slowly slump down and cried so hard.
He went out the monitor room as it explode behind him, he went where the creature he saw earlier was located. He knew it was a human, which they loathe so much but now that he knew they are not the only one responsible in the blood bath happened in the passed hundred years ago, he still want to save the creature.
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It was the last time he visited the human realm. As a mission, he came back to deliver the news but left out the lone survivor he saved. But when he came back his father fell to an illness. Since he was the eldest of the kings sons in the Monster Society he was crowned as the new King.
"You don't have to answer it your Highness. It's just my silly thought." Mandy scolded herself. She looked back at the crowd below.