In no time we were walking through large halls of stone. In two straight lines of boys and girls we traveled up stairs from the dungeon now passing windows with a garden of many flowers.
We stopped in front of a large wooden door with carvings of winged lizards. "Dragons what a beautiful rendition of them."
"When we enter you will follow us in dancing before the lord of the house and the guests try to follow the steps closely." said our guide he waited for our response of understanding we nodded our heads yes.
"Then what will happen?" Asked Tex he stood a person up from me in the man line.
"You will attract a member of the dinner and they will take you as their spouse." Our guide said calmly. As for us in lines did not feel calm. We all were panicking. He silenced us with the sound of a swordsman pulling their swords out.
The door opened wide as all the talking stopped. It was eerily quiet as we marched into the room into a circle in the center of a large room I would call a ballroom. On the walls of the room was tables full of people in the act of eating.
Once we were in a circle the music started after four counts we moved four steps to the right cruised to the man in front of us then moved four steps to the left cruised again. We traveled around clock wise as the men went counter clockwise. When we stopped we stepped around the man in front of us and back to our place. Then we went right four steps repeating the steps again until the end of the song.
We dance three songs in a circle before we changed into line dancing that had more moves and touching of hands or waist as we stepped forward and back. This caused the silent guests to brake silence with whispers. This made us nervous and misstep.
"Stop!" Who said that I could not tell. Everything stopped though. "Then lady this black curls. Why do you mess up?" The guide led me to the front.
"I am Madison Dream. I do not know the moves not many of us do. please forgive us Lord." I spoke with eye contact until the end then bowed my head.
"Never danced before preposterous!" I tilted my head. A man came up behind the other man just in the shadows eyes focused on me.
"Forgive me I can dance moves that you may not know to song you have not heard. Would you care to let us show you?" I spoke to the lord as my equal.
His brow rose, but he said nothing. "Are we free to dance freely? Even take up the instruments ourselves. We are here to show off to please a spouse? Is what I was told."
"Are you here by choice?" This was from the man in the shadows who is stepping forward. His head was not a man's. My breath caught in my lungs.
"The truth of my being here is I was asked to play a night game called cops and robbers. What was not told of is when the cops catch you will be caged dressed in 16th century clothes and dance to convince a hall of strangers that I'm the spouse your looking for. I volunteer to play the game. Came I go home now? Isn't the game over yet?" I caught some movement I could feel more then see that the others agreed.
"Your free to dance the way you know how." the dragon said. I bowed my head. A few people took up an instrument and began playing a country hoedown songs. We lined up doing line dancing.
Some of the man asked a lady to dance and did a two step with them. Spinning them around the floor. After three songs another group went to play music and a swing dance came on. Everyone partnered and danced.
The on lookers were in an up roar. One at a time they stood and cut in to the dance. Then leading them out.
I was approached by a large flaming red brod man in a kilt. He came from a table near the front were the Lord and the dragon sat. I was twisting by with Tex when he came over. He began to ask I was pulled away over the tables. A silent scream squeaked out.