Feet steps echoes through the room as someone walk down the stairs heading to their cell.
Lila, Eleanor's prison mate eyes opens on hearing the footsteps.
Quickly, she taps Eleanor furiously waking her up."H...his coming!!"
Those word was enough to make Eleanor to fully wake up.
"Oh!You are up??" A man covered in black cloak walked up to their cell.
The only thing that was visible was his blonde hair and with no doubt Eleanor knew he was a muggle.
"Breakfast time!" And he slides two plates containing an unknown food. "Eat up, it's almost time for your test." He grins.
Seeing no one was eating, he bang his metal against their steel bar frightening them."I SAID EAT!!" He growl.
Lila quickly picked up her spoon and shove a full spoon of the strange food into her mouth as she kept sobbing.
"Do you want me to beat you up to dead.I said eat!!!!"He growl at Eleanor.
His fierce voice was enough to make Eleanor to feast on her food, forcefully swallowing the food.
Once he left, Eleanor dropped her spoon and broke into a sob."Oh dear!" She said with broken voice.
Heavy footsteps echo through the hallway as Dimitrix angrily match his way towards Aurelia's room.
The door burst open to see Aurelia sitting on the bed .looking somber but he didn't give a fuck.
Without wasting anytime, he lurch at Aurelia who had a shocked expression written all over her face and before she could question him, Dimitrix pick her up and tossed her across the room sending her flying and she hits her back hard against the wall.
"Where is Eleanor????" He growls and landed a kick against her pretty face."Where is she!!!!".
He spoke with fierce authority."I repeat-
"What do you care?isn't she your maid!" She retort back."Why are you so paranoid, why.....ahhhhh!!!"
A shrill scream escape her lips as Dimitrix twisted her wrist behind her.
"Beat, Kick and sent her to Esmeralda!Why did you do such!Answer me!!!!"
"Cause I hate her!!!" She yelled back."I hate how you dote on her, I hate how you take care of her and how you spend your time with her.Why her?It was always me and you--"
"I have a f**king life, Aurelia and so do you!!" And he shoved her away and dash to the door but halts when he heard Aurelia mumbling and he turn back.
"Do you like her?" She half whisper, afraid to hear his answer.
'What?"
"I asked if you LIKE that bitch!!!!" She scream at the top of her voice.
"I don't like her," He replied honestly.
Aurelia sigh in relief but it didn't last long when she heard him say.
"I LOVE HER." He said, emphasizing the word 'Love'.
Dimitrix reached for the knob when she let out a wicked laughter.
"To bad your dear maid is not on her way to Esmeralda instead in the wood searching for a way out-
'Smash!!'.
In an instance, Aurelia was smashed hard against the wall.
"What did you say!!!!!!"
"By now your dear love will be dead-"
"I swore on our Late father's grave if Eleanor is dead, i personally will kill you!!!" He threatens and shove
her away to go and deal with Aurora.
Meanwhile in The Establishment.
The MAN came to pack up their empty plates as Eleanor slip her spoon beneath her skirt.
After clearing their plates, the MAN gave them some papers to fill.
Few minutes later, their cell opens as he forcefully took their papers as Eleanor rushed at him.
"Am not through....please let me--" The MAN shoved her away as she hits her head against the floor.
"Time is up!!" And the MAN stride out of the cell locking it behind him.
Eleanor hastily stood up and rushed to the Steel bar hitting the gate."Please let me finish my paper, Pleassssssse" She cries out as she crashed to the floor, sniffling in tears.
Minutes later, another person but dressed in red this time around walked up to them and handed their marked papers to them.
"The failure will be brought to the confinement room in an hour."
With that he left them to look at their marks.
Lila gasps in relief as she clenched the paper to her chest."I....i. ...i passed." She cries out in excitement.
Eleanor glared at her mark as her hands quiver in fear.
"D...did you pass?" She heard Lila ask.
Eleanor shook her head."I.....i failed....i failed." Eleanor broke into another sob.
"I...I should have helped you, a...am sorry" Lilac said with cracking voice."I....i - -"
"Not your fault....i want to get out from her." She confessed and rushed to the steel bar and reached for the spoon and tries to open the lock.
The gate suddenly opens as Eleanor smiles and then she looks back at Lila and ask."Are you coming?"
Lila crawled to a corner of the room and hugged herself. "D...Don't leave, don't go...they will kill you, don't leave me all alone as the other girls did." Her hands flung to her ear as she repeated the same word over and over again.
"I will go and get help, I will come back" She promised and ran off.
The MAN returned and approach their cell to find out the blue hair girl was missing.
He yanked the door open looking furious. "Where is she??" He yelled at Lila causing her to break into tears."Stop crying and answer me,where did she go!!!!!"
Shaking her head, she answered."I don't know!i don't know" She looked up at the ferocious MAN.
The MAN rose his chisel to strike her but she dodges."You promise not to beat up those who passed,
i passed...look, look!!"She showed him her paper."Please spare me Sir." She pleads.
Eleanor finally step out of the building into the dark night and without wasting time she started to find her way out of the Establishment.
A loud shrill scream of agony echo through the night that reached her heart before Eleanor knew it she found herself walking to the direction the agony sound came from.
And peep through a small hole to see the MAN in black slitting a woman belly open as he injects something in it making her growl in pain.
A conspicuous gasp of shock escapes her lips instantly the Man void eyes shot at her making her to stagger back.
Without being told twice, she knew he was using black magic immediately she made a run for it.
Taking a glimpse behind her, she caught sight of him with a chisel in his hand and a wicked smile.
Abruptly, she tripped over the root of a tree and she fell on her butt.
"Look who we have here??" His creepy voice echo in the night as he swing his chisel.
Eleanor tries to stand but fell down onto the muddy ground to only realize she had broken her ankle. She looked up at the strange MAN with pleading eyes as tears continuously stream down her face."You don't want to die????"
Eleanor nods her head vigorously.
"ANSWER ME!!!!!" He roared as Eleanor's lips trembles trying to speak yet no word came out from her lips.
"You won't talk!!" He yelled louder as Eleanor crawl away from him but he violently yanked her back and strike the chisel at her face as blood ooze out."Huh,huh???" He asked,hitting her repeatedly as he let out a malicious laugh.
He kept on hitting her until she was engulfed in darkness and Eleanor gladly welcomed it.
Meanwhile in the palace, Aurora sat in the dimmed light in her chamber calmly listening to a melodious music.
She picked up her half burnt cigarette from her astray, lit it up and smoke from it.
Lucian suddenly appear into the room and informs Aurora."On my way wandering around the palace I saw you little prince charming in Aurelia room looking pretty angry, i think that blabbermouth butler told on you." He ended with a feign pity on his face.
Aurora face scrunch in distaste."That bastard butler!!" She spat with hatred."I want you to--"
The door burst open as Dimitrix barge in and strode angrily at Aurora and gave her a pimp slap that sent her flying meters away.
Lucian grits his teeth in anger as he was about to attack Dimitrix but for a strange reason anytime he reach for him, he felt a sudden pain down his body.
"Where did you leave Eleanor to wander off to!!!" He growled.
When she refuses to answer, he lifted her up and threw her over her table smashing the music box and the ashtray.
"Answer me!!!" He commanded sounding fierce.
"Why you getting all angry??I only did her a favour by taking her to Esmeralda, she's there and if she isn't maybe she wandered off somewhere,I don't know and I don't care,hmph!!" She harumph."Maybe she's fed up of you and--"
Again, Aurora receive another hard slap that made her spit out warm blood.
"Don't test me!" His red eyes darken with fury.
"Am your fiancee, Dimitrix," She reminds him."I need your love and attention too!!" She scrunts.
Dimitrix scoffed in disbelief. "I can't believe you still think of that since all those years, all this was just a joke...My Late Father was just making a jest of us those years cause we were close-"
Aurora shook her head as her vision started to dim with tears."You're lying!"
"Aurora, if i don't find Eleanor before sunset i swear i will cut off your head and feed them to the wolves!!" He threatens and reached for the door but Aurora held onto his leg as she cried harder.
Sniffling, she pleads with cracking voice. "Care for me more, y....you...you used to love me, w...when did it all change?"
He did care and love the real Aurora to the point everyone envied their love but once she entered into Aurora's body everything changed.
'But Why?'. She wondered.
He stops. "I...I don't know either." He answered honestly and storm off leaving her tearing up.