Annie sighed as she sat on the grass and she crossed her legs as she held her face with her hands.
"I am sure that this Is some kind of dream, or story, but the question is why am I stuck here" said Annie as she sighed and she looked up at the blue sky, at least for once the sky was no longer dark, but a bright baby blue.
And oddly enough, she happened to be outside watching Demanda happily picked roses from the Castle's garden.
"*Sigh*, you roses are the only things that keep me sane in this horrible place" said Demanda to herself as she sighed.
"I am going insane wondering what is going on here" said Annie as for some reason, she could go through stuff, and still yet, she could sit on things and fall down and get hurt.
Demanda was happily admiring the roses when she heard the sound of a twig break, she turned to look at one of the trees, she could tell that there was someone, or something watching her.
"Who goes there?" asked Demanda in a scared tone as she heard a big thud from the tree not too far away and she decided to get away from here as quick possible as she ran away.
"Oh I am sorry to startle you sister in law, I just saw you picking roses and I thought that I would come and greet you" came the voice of a brown haired man as he suddenly appeared in front of Demanda as she was running and she gasped as she stopped running.
"Who are you?" asked Demanda in fear as she moved back, she needed to get out of here, she wanted to scream for help, she needed someone to help her.
Annie watched as everything played out, she knew this man, he was the brother of King Athan.
"Oh forgive me sister in law, where are my manners? I am Atticus, your brother in law, you are the wife of my brother Athan, or have you forgotten?" asked Atticus with a smile.
"If only I could" said Demanda under her breath.
"I heard that" said Atticus as Demanda looked at him in horror, she had forgotten that they were vampires, there hearing was very good.
"I apologize, I was just scared, I did not know why you were watching me" said Demanda.
"It is alright sister in law, these things happen, I see that you love the Garden, has everything been to your liking since you moved into the Castle?" asked Atticus as he smiled.
"Oh, everything is fine, actually, I have to go now, I do not want to waste more of your time my lord, if you would please excuse me" said Demanda in a hurry as she quickly walked past Atticus and Annie followed after her.
Demanda was in such a rush to get away from Atticus that she did not pay attention to where she was going and she ended up crashing into the person that she wanted to run away most from.
"Oh, I am so sor…" said Demanda as she moved back and her words were held back in her throat when she saw that she had crashed into Athan.
"Hello Wife" said Athan as he smiled and Demanda gasped in horror, she had tried so hard to avoid him, but now she had crashed right into him as he was staying out of the sun and underneath the shade.
"I am sorry for bumping into my you my lord" said Demanda as she bowed her head.
"I told you, call me Athan, and I do not mind" said Athan as he made Demanda looked at him as he raised her chin.
"Brother what a fine wife you have" said Atticus as he smiled and Athan looked at him and he shook his head.
"Why are you bothering my wife then?" asked Athan as he laughed.
"I am not bothering her, or sister in law, am I bothering you?" asked Atticus as Demanda looked at him and he smiled.
"Ahh… no…" said Demanda as she shook her head, the truth was that yes, she was bothered by him, but she could not say that about the King's brother, it would be off with her head.
"You lie darling, your eyes wavered when you answered" said Athan as Demanda looked at him.
"Darling?" she said to herself, who allowed him to call her that.
"Atti, I warn you, do not bother my darling, or you will have me to answer to" said Athan as he looked at her.
"Oh so she can bother the entire castle with her daily sobs and I can't bother her?" asked Atticus under his breath and Athan looked at him with a serious gaze.
"Ahh of course brother, I hear you" said Atticus as he smiled and Annie noticed something.
Atticus was standing in the sunlight, while Athan was deliberately avoiding the sun, and they were both vampires, but Atticus wasn't being burned by the sun? that made no sense to her at all.
"I have to leave now" said Demanda as she was in such a rush to get away from the two of them when she slipped and she almost fell as she closed her eyes and she waited to hit the ground but she didn't and as she opened her eyes she saw that Athan had caught her.
"Be careful darling, you don't want to hurt yourself" said Athan as Demanda had fallen backwards into the sun and Athan's hand started to burn in the sunlight as she could smell the scent of burning flesh and she looked at Athan in worry.
"Your arm, it's bur…" said Demanda as Athan pulled her up.
"Don't worry about that Darling, it's just a little burn, nothing much" said Athan as he smiled and Demanda looked at his arm in worry, that did not look like something small at all.
"You have to treat the burn or else it won't heal properly" said Demanda in worry as she looked at his arm.
"I was right, so Athan can't go into the sunlight, and yet Atticus can? This makes no sense at all" said Annie as she was trying to figure things out.
"Darling, I find it cute that you worry about me" said Athan as he smiled and Demanda bit her lip, she did not worry about him, it was only because he had burnt himself by catching her before she fell.
"Let me show you something wonderful" said Athan as he smiled and in the same moment, his burnt flesh began to grow and it looked just as new as Demanda opened her mouth wide in nothing but bewilderment.
"It's healed??!" asked Demanda in surprise as she held Athan's arm in surprise.
"Good heavens it looks just like new" she said as Athan smiled at her, she was so pure and innocent, like a child.
"Just like new, that is the power of regeneration that we vampires have, although If my entire body was to be exposed to sunlight, I would not be able to recover" said Athan as he explained and Demanda realized that she had been holding his arm, and he did not seem to mind.
"I see… I have to go now" said Demanda as she quickly rushed away, she looked like she was running away from him, which made Athan chuckle.
"Your wife is really something, one moment she cares for you, the next, she runs from you as if you are a predator" said Atticus as she laughed.
"She just needs time Atti" said Athan as he laughed and Annie watched the both of them closely.
"Oh you really do care for your wife, since you allowed yourself to get burnt just so she did not fall" said Atticus as he laughed.
"Why don't you come and join me out here, it is nice and warm" said Atticus with a smile.
"Well Atticus, do not push me, not everyone is born as special as you not to be affected by sunlight, stop playing around and follow me, we have work to do" said Athan as he smiled.
"Whatever you say brother" said Atticus as he smiled and he followed after Athan back into the Castle.
"So they are both Vampires, they are brothers, one is affected by sunlight like normal, and the other isn't?" asked Annie in confusion as she still did not get this at all, she guessed that she just had to keep on watching, or spectating or whatever she was doing here.
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"Umm Curtis, look I don't want to be the one to announce bad news but, these rogues keep on coming from where? I do not know, they are increasing in numbers, and I don't think that we can make it out of here alive, just when will Annie wake up?" asked Maddie as she was being covered by rogues and Ollie came to help her as he was using two swords.
"I don't know when she will come out of her trance, so we just have to keep on fighting" said Curtis.
"That is easier said than done Curtis" said Matt.
"Just what is Annie doing in that trance of hers?" asked Maddie.
"I don't know that, only she knows" said Curtis.
"Do you think that she's hearing what's happening out here?" asked Ollie.
"I doubt it, her eyes are blank" said Curtis as they all continued to fight.
"Oh my word, I will need a nice bath after this" said Maddie as she sighed deeply.