//Belladonna//
My heart starts to pound, yet I don't know why, maybe because of his sheer beauty. I can feel my face heat and my hands go sweaty, my heart beats like a drum in my chest and my mind feels empty, my stomach feels strange as if little birds are flapping their wings around inside me.
I don't know what is happening to me, I have never had this reaction before, to anything. As I stare at him, I take in his beautifully handsome features.
He looks tall and muscular, yet also nimble, he looks to be about 20. His hair is dark brown, the colour of coal and soil, it hangs just before his shoulders, straight with a slight curl. He has a sharp jaw line that is clean shaven, his lips are full and plump with a slight smile on them. His nose is sharp with a slight roundness at the end, his brows thick yet sculpted, and his eyes are beautiful.
They are slightly turned up making him look of partial Asian decent, long lashes, and the colour is a beautiful hazel, but the most beautiful thing about his eyes are the warmth in them, that seem to make his olive skin glow.
He wears formal and fancy clothes that suits him well, around his hip he wears a belt that holds a long sword and a few daggers.
When my eyes go back to his face he is still looking at me, and his smile has grown, with what I could swear is a hint of mischief. I'm so lost in him that I don't notice people grabbing onto me, not unit I see his smile disappear and an emotion I can't quiet read appear on his face.
Then I snap out of my trance and realize people are dragging me away, I look to Nia and see worry on her face, that's when my fight mode kicks in. I try to get out of their grasp but they won't let go, fear starts to take ahold of me, because I remember the last time I couldn't get away. My fear makes me go wild, I most likely look like a wild animal. I start thrashing, scratching, biting, anything to get away from the firm grasps, to stop my fear. I feel so much emotion, and I shouldn't be feeling anything, I feel fear, pain, anger!
I can feel my face heat up red with anger, and I feel tears of rage and fear slide down my face as I thrash to get free. But their too strong, but I won't stop, I kick harder, bite harder, claw harder until I see a face in front of mine, the headmistress, and I see her eyes, they show worry, and something like…..fear? Then everything goes black.
Through the blackness I hear voices, they seem so far away, and so many of them, I almost seem to understand them but they're just too far away, the voices sound rushed and worried, that's all I get before my mind goes black.
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When I awaken again my eyes are still shut but my consciousness is awake, I feel a soft bed underneath me, and warm blanket on top of me.
I don't hear a sound besides the wind and my own breathing. I open my eyes to see dark ornate carvings on the ceiling, with small rubies imbedded in random spots of the carving.
I sit up and look around the room, everything is coloured dark hues of black, grey, brown and red. The floor is dark oak planks, the walls painted in black and grey swirls, the ceiling made of dark stone and the lights shine blood red.
There are 4 other beds, all four poster beds with velvet curtains surrounding them. Each a different colours, dark purple, dark green, grey and dark amber orange. The one I'm in is a dark red. I notice that on each base of the bed lay a large crystal or stone, all colours matching the colour of the bed.
The dark purple bed has an Amethyst, the green bed has an Gaia stone, the grey bed has a grey Moissanite and the orange bed has an dark Carnelian stone. Each one is large and almost seems to glow.
I tear my eyes from the stones and look down at myself, I've been changed from the clothes I was wearing when I got here. I feel a flicker of anger and annoyance then it's gone, I let the cold wash over me and let it take away my emotions with it.
I pull back the covers and swing my body to the left of the bed, my legs hang off the bed just shy of touching the ground. I attempt to stand up but immediately my legs shake and quiver until I fall back onto the bed.
Why the hell can't I stand, I try again but the same thing happened as before, I lay back in a sigh. I then remember everything that happened. The portal, the people, Nia, the guy I saw, and the utter fear of being grabbed, and I remember my fighting back. And thats probably what's making my legs useless right now.
After laying there for a bit more I try to stand, and this time my legs finally work. I walk slowly to the mirror, to see how much if I mess I look, but when I look into the mirror I'm shocked.
My mess of hair is a mess not more, my knocks brushed out, my dead ends chopped off. My once dirty skin now spotless and clean, my cracked lips now soft as silk. I haven't ever been this well groomed, it's never been a priority for me. My only priority has to always look after Nia.
That's when it hits me, where the hell is Nia, where is my sister, and how do I get to her?
First I need a weapon, then I'll go from there. I search the room for anything sharp I can use but there's nothing. I walk back to the mirror and look it over, then I push it to the ground where it shatters to pieces. I look through the pieces and find a good shard.
I rip some of the fabric off my dress and wrap it around the base of the shard. I hold it up to the light to make sure it'll work, then when I'm satisfied I walk over to the door. It's already opened a crack so I poke my head out and see a long hallway, thankfully no one's around. I walk out of the door and tip toe down the hallway, holding the glass shard close to my chest.
The hallway is a mesh of greys and blacks, it's lit by red glowing stones imbedded in the walls, there's no windows, just doors far apart from each other. And each one I try is locked, so I just keep walking down the hall. Just when I think I'm completely alone a door opens, a figure walks out, there back facing me. I run as silently as I can towards the figure, when I'm just behind them I hold the glass shard to there neck and speak.
"Your not going to scream, you will answer my questions truthfully, and you will listen to what I tell you to do" I whisper into their ear, "Do you understand?" I ask them
"Yes" they say extremely calmly
"Good" I say back to them
"Where am I?" I whisper
"You are is the Shadow Castle" they say, not even a stutter or shake, like there isn't even a glass shard to their neck
So this is where The Shadows go, the dark hero's
"Where is Begonia Rasseth?" I say, I don't know why I ask that because they probably have no idea who she is, but I have to ask just in case
"The Light Castle" they say, and I don't know if I'm just extremely lucky that they know that or extremely unlucky that they know that. How do they know that?
"How do I get there?"
"You don't, you'll be caught before you even leave this castle" they say it like a fact, not in my doubt of skill, but that it's just not possible.
"Tell me or this glass shard" I say holding the shard closer to there neck so it rests just against the skin, one slight movement and it'll draw blood "will be inside your throat instead of against it"
They stay silent for a moment, contemplating their situation and options, until finally they say
"Go right ahead, I'm sorry but I can't tell you how to get there" they say with genuine regret which is utterly confusing me.
"I know how badly you want to get to your sister, and I know you'll do anything to achieve that. It was obvious how much you care by how you acted back at Night Hall" they say, and my brain is reeling as to how they knew it was me behind them?
"H-how did you-" I begin
"Let's just say I'm very aware of my surroundings" is all they say to me before they grab my arm holding the glass, and flip me to the floor. My eyes squeeze shut when my back lands with a loud thud against the dark oak planks. As I open my eyes and again I'm met with those same hazel eyes as before, the warmth still radiating from them.
"Don't worry Bella, your sister is safe, and so are you" he says in a whisper to me, his lips a breath away from my own. My lips part to reply but the next thing I know I feel a sharp pain in my neck, and I'm unconscious again.
Fantastic
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Hi readers,
sorry it's taken me so long to up-date this story, the last couple of months have been crazy for me, and I try to wright when I have time. I'll try to update more frequently! As always let me know what you think in the comments!
Thanks for reading!