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Chapter 3 - The Old Victorian House

A beam of light inside the house gives a hurting light rays in our eyes that we try to cover it by our hands. When the light rays inside of the house stops as we step in, our eyes gaze widely to the huge portrait we see above the fireplace – just in the middle of the huge house. The portrait was an oil canvass of a family but little less we know why the portrait seems like been happened before. It caught our attention as we notice it is a perfect match on the chandelier above that its silver lights give a silhouette attraction to the portrait. We stop for a while to look on it closely but failed to figure out the reason behind the family portrait. We roam the house to investigate if there is a human trace or another living survival coming from our pack, yet we found nothing. We both feel the house seems like a remembrance of an unforgettable memory, but our suppositions still turn out mismatch to the unexpected phenomenon.

"Why does this house seem to show every sign of remarkable event of our Wol-pire community?", asking Clara while I walk and look sternly in every piece of furniture in the so-called living room. "I, too. I feel something in my past fills in this house. Like I feel I'm home…but", looking up again in the huge portrait that bring us confusion from the very first place we saw it. "Can you answer the reason why the man behind this huge oil canvass seems like we are trying to comprehend the mystical phenomenon that leads to the traitor and that lady behind here is ---?", Clara doesn't able to finish her statement when I interrupted her question as I walk closer towards her to say something. "I don't think this is a good idea to find the solutions for this unusual anomaly we met as we look for the remaining members of our community to combat against Victor. This is just, or might be a possible precautionary as we head down in search for the survivors – most particularly the members of the Wol-pire council. It will be best if we will leave this house. Especially we have a long road journey to take. This house seems like harmless to us but it's better if we go back to our car now.", leading Clara back to the main door when suddenly she vanished from my sight and easily runs to another side of the house that leads her to another door we didn't notice earlier when we arrived.

"Clara, I order you! Get out from this house or else the unknown owner will notice something is missing and will haunt us. It's time for us to go now. Before something wrong will happen to us." When I notice she doesn't follow me at all, I follow her lavender scent. "Clara please don't play hide and seek on me. What are you trying to think of? And why on earth you are so eager to know about this place more than me?". While I was walking, I can feel my warning aura that I feel something is taken away from me and it comes back and forth again. I try to calm myself first by sitting in an antique chair. When I was sitting, I feel something in the chair wants me to lean on. Little I realize, I sleep for some time and got amazed when I notice a rose petal in my chest. I feel calm when I hold it when I realize I was looking for Clara. I try to communicate to her through using our telekinesis power. "Clara, I need to see you now. Where are you? Which part of this big house are you now in?". "I try to communicate with you earlier using our images sensory power yet, I found out you were asleep." "Oh, okay. I even don't know why I fall asleep from the first place.", while talking to Clara, I try to sit properly – trying to balance the dizziness that I felt when I felt the rose petal doesn't fall down from my chest where it was placed in. "Now go back to the subject. Where are you now?". "Follow my scent your Highness. I'm not too far from you. I am still in this open door far left from the fireplace. I think you should better see this. You will never believe me if you found out what I saw here. Just be get quick or we might be in trouble if someone notice our identity."

I followed her instruction and it guides me towards the room unexpectedly opens wide when it feels I am about to enter it. I saw from afar Clara standing in the middle of the room in her shaken feeling that I almost feel I have been pulled down as I walk to come closer to her. I noticed the room was different from any other rooms since there is no chandelier in the middle of it. I try to utter a word to her when she speaks up for me. "Your Highness this room is filled with our memories!". It caught my attention hearing her speaking for me. 'I don't think it is what you're thinking about. But I feel I be---". I wanted to step back and try to get her out of the room when I feel my feet leads me to the far-right corner where some older photos were being restored and one of those photos I get attracted to was the photo of two lovers put into an elegant frame. The moment I saw the photo makes me feel something in my past has been rebuild and the beat of my heart becomes so strong that I feel my mate will see me so soon.

"This house becomes the memory of our past and I feel that this is a written history of what was happened a long time ago just before we exist. What do you think Clara?", telling her with an ease in my mind. "I don't think this is a dangerous place for us, your Highness. And you are right too. There is something in this house specifically this room of our past. When I saw this, I was really fascinated to look each of the entire rooms. It looks a little bit creepy on the outside, yet I feel something is magical on this place. But why is it Victor's face is here?". Before I could answer Clara's question, I look on the window and realize there is a hidden beautiful garden almost alike in our farm house. "I thought something is bothering you. But I guess, you are using your power to reveal what you see outside. Am I right?", Clara asking when my eyes turn out to be green. "About on your question, yes something is hidden here. Even from the start, I feel something that wants us to get in.", talking to her while my eyes were fixed on what I saw. "Will you please tell me what do you see outside? I think you're not anymore interested to any topics that I'm talking in relation to these occurrences.", trying to feel okay after being left hang on the air what I was talking to. "I think you should need to see this.", I folded the curtain to have a better view of it.

When Clara was about to step nearer to me, we gaze upon each other's eyes when we notice something's strange aura coming to our way. "Wait for a moment, your Highness… I feel someone is coming we need to hide now!". We are about to hide on the curtain when we hear a dog barking on the door. When we step out on the curtain, we were both amazed seeing a Bernese mountain dog. Its delicate white color fur with some black spots on its tail, ears, and feet make us both easily attach to the dog that we feel it's harmless. We both approach him by touching his white coated fur and he even lap on Clara's cheeks that I really sense she started to feel blush on it. "Such a sweet gentle dog he is can you imagine that?", Clara's astonish expression on me via telekinesis. "Hmm seems like you are more than in love with this huge gentle than me Clara.", winking on her as the dog tries to impress us with his cute charms.

When the dog saw my face, we both gaze on each other's eyes. I can feel the strong connection between us that is difficult to understand. I try to cuddle him but something blocks me to do so. What I can only did was to touch his forehead gently and greeted him. "You almost scared us, cute buddy. I thought someone will harm us.", as I told him so, I notice he likes what I do to him. And I can feel on it the way the dog longs for something he had. I was about to give him a hug, when the dog tries to pointed out what is on the window. When we notice what is the message he is trying to render, I asked him if it was about the garden outside. He barks so loud that he wanted us to show it to us. We followed his way when suddenly Clara speak up. "Does a dog can speak to?". "Of, course they can. But on their same species.", telling her while I can't still understand why is it easy for us to get attach to the dog. And why on earth I feel he knows us well. "I wish we can bring him. I feel we can get by to each other as good friends, you know? I can teach him how to fight.", Clara's excitement feeling as she feels like she got her ultimate happiness. "Will you please try to stop it? We are not here to have a vacation moment or whatsoever. Put in your mind our mission. I order you." Clara didn't try to answer me back. Instead, she bends her head down and say, "As you ordered, your Highness."

The dog for a sudden stop on its way. Little we realize we already reached the garden. To our surprise, the huge garden was surrounded by a maze made by vine grasses with some little beautiful flowers on it that we think of brings fragrant that surrounds on it. All for a while, we forget the mission that awaits us. We mesmerized every view that we see as the huge cutie Bernese mountain dog guides our tour. We become more amaze as we notice the fountain inside the pavilion. "Your Highness! Did you see that? Wow! how amazing is this old, elegant place.", Clara's ultimate realization when we almost tour the whole house. "Let's try to see what is on that fountain inside the pavilion." When I say those words, the dog licks my face and smile widely on me. He becomes so eager to let us witness what is on there.

When we reach the pavilion, we notice the fountain's water looking like a glittering shadow of silvers. It becomes for us the most picturesque part of the house where it gives relaxation to the visitors or even to the owner of the house. "I wish this place is full of happy people living around.", hearing Clara giving sigh after saying those words. "Such a beautiful place isn't it? It seems like the owner completely planned how to construct this home. Lucky are they to have a house called their home". After saying it, the dog just simply wags his tail. Like he simply listens to me and tries to understand my feelings behind. I can't help myself looking closely on his eyes like there is something he wanted to tell on me about. I almost come to the point of saying, "Is this my mate the fountain told me so? But this is rude! How come? He is just simply a dog and I'm a royal blood princess from a vampire mother and to a wolf father".

When I realized what I was thinking about, I call the attention of Clara as I decide to leave the house. She felt upset on it as I saw her running after those butterflies right above her. "Can we just stay here for some time more? I don't want to go here yet. I wish we can more time here, please your Highness. I'm begging you". Seeing her face pouting like a baby kid taken away her ice cream, I decided instead we will stay for some more time. "You always win over me, aren't you?", smirking a smile on Clara while the Bernese mountain dog is beside me acting like he wanted to be part of our conversation. "I knew it! Because I decide right this time.", giving me a quick wink as she enjoys playing around the maze's garden.

As Clara enjoys on chasing the butterflies around her, I too got enjoyed having the company of the dog. He tries to stay comfort beside me as he sleeps on my leg while I sat on the ground enjoying the cool breeze of the air. Out of our enjoyment, we never realize it's getting close to dark. I started to stand up and fix my dress as I look on my watch, reminding that it is really time for us to go. Clara doesn't hesitate on it as I called her to fix herself before we will go. We both say goodbye to the Bernese mountain dog who runs first to the gate to meet us before we will go to our way. I saw on his eyes his deep sadness knowing that we are about to go. I look on Clara who doesn't want to look on me at the same time as her eyes was fixed on the ground. I embrace the dog so tight and kiss him on the forehead. He did it to me too and he runs to Clara to lick her cheeks. As I see him running towards me, I say to him, "Take care of yourself. And if someone wants to take advantage of this house, learn how to fight okay? For sure your owner will be back soon to be with you again." I saw on his eyes that he was about to cry and he seems like if only he could talk, he will not let us to go so soon. Well maybe this is also the reason why humans easily get attach to animals especially the dogs as they become the guardians of humans wherever they want to go.

I started to walk near to my car but I gaze on him too if he wants to go on us. But when I saw him that he remains on the gate, I wave him my goodbye. I let the window of my car open so that Clara can still see the dog. I let her feel to be silent and I feel between them too they are closer to each other. I was about to start the engine. When suddenly, the dog barks so loud that we didn't know what was that for. I notice Clara her concern towards the dog so I let her get out and try to identify what makes the dog bark so loud, as if he sees something above the clouds. "Go and see what is happening." As Clara approach her and followed her gaze, Clara was shocked and told me, "Your Highness, we have to stay for one night in this house. It's dangerous to travel now. There will be an upcoming heavy rain and I notice there's a thunderstorm that will come. We have to stay here first before we will do our mission." I was about to response when something strange image I see if I will oppose on it. Without hesitation, I restart the engine and look for a garage inside the old Victorian house.

Just after we enter the main door, the heavy rain coupled with a roaring thunder came. We immediately go to the fireplace and lighten up some of the firewood to feel us warm. Everyone is safe on us. Because of our activity the whole day and because of the weather outside, we easily fall asleep. We sleep closer together. And little I realize, the man whom I looking for sleeping beside me with his warm arms…...