I woke up to the sound of screaming I hold my head as I sit up still in my school uniform, then look around my room seeing it empty, I slowly stood up and put a par of heals on and slowly went down stairs the screaming getting louder. "You dare act like that in school Damon!?" "he was talking shit about our family name, no shit am I going to act like that cause I am standing up for our family!" "Damon you know damn well that I told you to never act like that!" "oh and not to mention he bit Dalila and took some of her blood" "you should have let the principle handle that" "she was no where to be found!" I stepped into the room and looked at them yelling at each other. "Dalila, glad to see you up" Sir Hemlock fixed his tie and cleared his throat I smile and sit down next to Damon and cross my ankles. "I am very glad you are alive Dalila, however" he paused and heard groans from the boys "here we go again" Alastair rolled his eye shaking his eyes while Baldrick rubbed the bride of his nose then covered Florence's ears, and Damon rubs the right side of his head as I look at Sir Hemlock. "What you all did yesterday at school was inappropriate, especially for you Princess, Your mother would be ashamed of how you acted" "She was standing up for her kingdom and her mother, father" "Damon be quite you've done enough talking" I look at Baldrick then at Damon "you heard her Baldrick she was standing up for her self!" "That doesn't mean she can yell out!" I swallowed a lump in my throat and gripped the side of my skirt "it was in school, she has no right to fight with anyone" " even if she was standing up for her country and her family!?, I thought you said it was ok to do it when it comes to family!" "not when everyone is on edge because of this war" "well mother would still believe in putting family first even if there was a war going on" "don't you dare bring your mother into this Baldrick!" "Stop it!" I stood up and looked at Sir. Hemlock "I stood up for my kingdom witch may I remind you that is going through this war you speak of! And my mother is trying her best to make sure our people are happy! So excuse me for standing up for the place I most care about and the only FAMILY MEMBER I have left!, and from what my mother told me before I came here, that your family means the world to you!" I stab in the chest with my pointer finger in the chest while I scold him, I turn around and went back up stairs.
I sat at my vanity holding my hair in my hand as I brushed it my eyes closed. "How dare he tell me how I can't talk about my kingdom, he doesn't know a thing about running a country" I got up and walked to the window and see Damon and Alastair chasing after Florence while Baldrick and Sir Hemlock sat in garden chairs, Baldrick avoiding eye contact with him. "Mmm how can they be so calm after what just happened" Damon looked up then smirked, I blush and close the curtains then lean against the window feeling my heart racing. "I hate it when he looks at me like that." I change into a outside dress then pin my hair up and look myself over in the mirror and made my way down the stairs and out the door. I put my hat on and looked up seeing them look at me. "Yes?" I walked past them my head held high. After a while I came across a small little flower garden area looking a bit worse for wear, weeds were everywhere and a few flowers still alive, Some Sunflowers, a few tulips and a couple of Tiger Lilies what really caught my eye was the magenta lilac flowers as I slowly walk past them brushing my fingers over them lightly. I then feel a breeze blow against my face I close my eyes and smile. "Nice smile princess" I open my eyes and see Damon leaning against a wall and looking at me smirking. "Thanks..." "to be honest I never actually seen you smile like that since you've been here" "like what?" "Like your happy" "I am happy" " not from what I've seen" "meaning?" I look at him a bit confused "I have a great judge of character due to me being the demon of death, I can tell when someone is upset" "I'm fine" "can't lie about your feelings to me Princess, the only thing I can't feel is another person's feeling twords me" "what do you mean by feelings?" he walked closer to me still smirking "romantic felling Princess, Love, sexual..." "ok ok I get it Damon" I look away from him blushing big time tilting my hat down so he won't see "I also think you always have your hair bun so tight you can't turn your head to see where the is fun is" he tilted my hat up to see my face again "princess aren't allowed to have fun" "Mhm" he stood back and looked at me, I turn to leave but Damon then grabs my hand and pulled me with him "come on Florence we are going to the hill" "Yeah!" "Why are we dragging Dalila along?" I look over at Alastair who was raising his eyebrow at Damon "To show her that there is more to life than just sitting and being pretty."
We stood on top of a hill that lead to a small stream. "Go on Florence" Baldrick laid down and started rolling down the hill. "Baldrick!" "What just because i'm stern and full of it doesn't mean I can't have fun!" He yelled as he rolled down to the stream with Florence. "Come on princess have fun!" I saw Alastair roll down the hill screaming. "My word!" I place my hand on my chest and look at them behaving like children. "Sir Alistaire do something!" "Sorry princess this is how we have fun" "we?" Suddenly he sat down as rolled down the hill. "Come on Dalila go for it" "I rather not" I crossed my arm and looked away from Damon. "I have no choice then" "don't you dare!" looked at him daring him to touch me. "To late" Damon suddenly pushed me and I stared rolling down the hill the land in the stream my dress covered in grass and dirt stains not to mention wet. I close my eyes and let a deep sigh out got up and fixed my hat. "I am leaving and I will be in my room at the mason if you need me" I held in my tears as I went up the hill my shoes getting stuck. I held my composure picked them up and continued on my way.
I looked in mirror and swallowed the lump in my throat. "They just don't get it, nobody does" I lay on my bed and sighed "we are just supposed to be by our husbands side look pretty and birth as many child they want" "now that doesn't sound far" I look up and see Baldrick "not in the mood for a lecture Baldrick" I stand up and go behind the room divider and undo my hair putting the pins on the dresser then pulling my dress off. "Not here to lecture you Dalila" "then why are you here" pokes my head up and grabs a new pair of drawers and a new corset from the dresser. "It is actually a lecture" "then you can leave after you hand me my hair brush" "you can come out and get it" "I am in my undergarments Baldrick" I look at him with a blank face "ok ok, here" he hands me my hair brush and I brush the grass out of my hair, "if you don't need anything please leave" "very well" he walks out and I take a deep breath and head over to the bathroom.
Later that day I Florence was helping me with a project for Ancient world History, since I don't understand a thing in that class. Along with Alastair and Damon since their more experienced woth vampires than the both of us. "Why did you have to chose Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, Dailia?" "cause she was the number one Vampire Countess that was maybe considered human" "she couldn't have been human, she bathed in blood, how the heck is that human?" I sigh and grab my notes from Alastair and took a sip of tea. "Why do royals only drink tea, or wine?" I look up at Damon who had a raised eye brow "and why do vampires drink blood?" "cause it's good for us, and it also helps make our powers stronger" "royals only drink wine for special occasions, and we always have drank tea my mother believes it calms us" "then why do you all have tea time?" "it's just expected I guess" It was silent for a while until a question popped up in my head. "Is it true that vampires can't go into sunlight?" I look at Damion hearing a chuckle from Alastair "you really believe that stuff that humans come up with?" "meaning?" I look back at him, Alastair sitting up "stakes through the heart, holy water burning us, us not being able to go into sunlight?, it's all made up" "to be honest we have family that are priests, they work around that holy stuff all the time, and they are absolutely fine, plus some vampires even go to church." "And stakes don't even penetrate their skin and sunlight well, it's just a light" I finish writing something down. "You didn't mention garlic" I look up at Alastair sitting beside Florance "um to be honest we really aren't affected by it, I happen to like it" "speak for yourself I don't care for it" I shake my head and continuing to write down my research. "Hey Dalila" I look up at Florance looking a bit worried "what the matter Florance?" I sit up looking at him "how long do you think you will be staying here?" "I'm not sure really, I am just hoping to get news from my mother soon" "I hope it's long enough for us to teach you that there is more to life than doing what you're told" "speaking of, why do you listen to everything your told?" I look at Alastair then look down "it's just how I was raised, if I didn't do what I was told I would be punished" "punished how?" "they did nothing to me, but" "but?" I looked up at Florance then up at Damon and Alastair, I lean up closer to them so Florance wouldn't hear "they would whip the stable boy." I sat down better as Florance looked at us "what would they do?" "It would be best not to tell you bro" Damon messed up his hair as he told him "awww but Damon" "no butts Florance, it would damage that innocent brain of yours" "what about when I am older" "that's when you're older" I look up seeing Baldrick leaning against the door frame, "let us get some sun you all have been in here for hours" I pick up the pens we were using and picked up my research papers "coming Dalila?" I look up at Baldrick who was by the door looking at me "I'll be there in a bit, I will put this stuff up before I come out" he nods as I roll my project up and carry them back to my room. I look out my balcony door seeing them walk to the hill, I sigh closing my curtains remembering what Damon said 'hopefully long enough for us to show you that these is more to life than just doing what you're told' I take a deep breath looking behind the curtains at the hill.
I take a deep breath as I head over to the hill where the others are, I headed up the hill Baldrick helping me up the rest of the way so my heals wouldn't get stuck in the grass, I sigh as I stood a top the hill and looked down at the sample stream, "how long do you plan on staying here?" I look over at Alastair then down at Damon and Baldrick playing with Florance "as long as I need to I guess, till my mother says it's safe for me to go home or when they think of a way for peace, to be honest Alastair, I don't know how long I will be here, I just hope I will have a home to go back to when the war ends" "and what if" "I don't want to think about the what if Alastair, it scares me to much" I look away from him holding a lump in my throat "life is full of what if's, life what if our mom never died, dad would be much more happier, and Damon would probably be less of a dick head" I shake my head and look at Florance again "the only thing I wondered is if my father was alive, would this war even be happening" "maybe maybe not" A slight breeze came through and blew my hat down the hill close to the stream, I close my eyes and sigh "thank you mother nature" I start the path down the hill to get my hat but my heel got stuck "I really shouldn't wear heals outside" I yanked my heel out of the dirt but lost my balance and fell backwards rolling down the rest of the way. I sit up dirt and grass stains on my dress again my hair messed up, but I started laughing. "Oh dear she has lost it" "no she actually had fun doing that, even if it was because she got her shoe stuck" I lay back laughing holding my sides "no I think she has lost it" " Dalila breath! I don't want to explane how you laughed your self to death" I sat up trying to calm down while fixing my hair into a tighter bun but still being able to move my head. "Seems a laugh was needed" I smile as I stand up grabbing my hat heading back up the hill "where are you going?" "to do it again silly" I turn back looking at Damon smiling.