Thelma was alarmed, hearing a knock on the door. Not expecting anyone to be coming to the room anytime soon, as there was enough hours before dawn.
*BANG!
'Wait?! It couldn't be them right?' The thoughts of Vans and Mia being behind the door sunk into her head, causing her to shudder.
*BANG!
"Eek!" Her heart almost burst out of her chest, hearing another bang on the door. "Young Lord Zlatan!" A masculine voice was heard calling out from behind the door.
'Eh, it's one of the guards. Phew…' Her increasing heart rate subsided, returning to the regular beats. However, her mood swung from shocked to annoyed. "Didn't I dismiss all of them on the way here?."Thelma recounted, still seated ontop of Zlatan's chest.
"We heard screams, is everything alright?!" The guard's voice was heard once again and this time round, vexed she began to move.
Getting off the bed, she placed the pillow below the comatosed figure's head. Quickly adjusting her gown, she briskly walked around the bed to where the tray lay. Having barely anything on it as even the bones weren't spared by her. She shut her eyes close, exhaled and inhaled deeply, ensuring her composure was perfect and calm once again. As her eyes flickered open, all the glee in previously had been burnt away by the piercing flame which could be currently seen. Taking a glance at the large figure on the bed, her mission had already been completed. And so walking towards the door, tray in both hands, she turned the knob, opened it up and stepped out of the room.
"Oh, my apologies Miss Thelma. I was down there when I—" The guard immediately had his face down upon catching a glance of her as she walked out. Knowing the orders of their superior, he didn't dare try to break any of the rules.
"Did I the west wing unit captain not have my orders enforced to his members? I'm I being disobeyed here?" Thelma inquired, her words as sharp as spearheads.
"I would doubt so, and I am not a part of the inner units. I serve in the west garden unit." As he said the last few words, a finger held his chin and raising up his head. Thelma stared at him right in the eye, without blinking as she spoke. "Can you tell me what an outer unit guard would be needing on this floor and even in the young lord's bedroom?"
"I heard screams coming from the room, loud enough to check it out." The guards brown eyes were glued to hers, as he still spoke without flinching. Stepping closer with the tray being the only barrier between them, she leaned towards him standing on her toes with her head near his ear as she whispered. "Don't check it out the next time you hear one— else you'll be the one screaming, Colin."
"How did you end up like this Thelly?" The guard mumbled to her hearing, his voice laced with affection.
"End up?" Thelma looked up to his face, her brows furrowing. "You just never knew me— not even close."
"I—" Before he could say a word, she had already disappeared from before him. Walking out on him with the tray in hand, Colin looked back at her, lost in thoughts. 'What then happened to you, Thelma?'
*******
In one of the pruned bushes in the garden which enclosed the mansion. Vrabam, still in a firefly transformation slowly awoke out of death's sleep once again. Having fallen right on a spiky branch in the bush which divided him into two.
He currently found himself on the ground, laying in the soil with his body whole again. "How many times do I have to die?"
It had already become more annoying to him, being knocked out one after the other. He just had one more goal to complete before returning back, and that was proving to be difficult compared to the other one.
Hanging lose and above him, the scroll could be seen with its edge facing downwards at him. Vrabam could see only a few branches, which barely held up the scroll in. As in a matter of seconds, it moved down towards him then stopped once again. And so deciding to move out of the way since anyone would, he shot out of the ground as fast as he could. Luck being on his side this Tim round, for at that moment the scroll fell down flat. "Isn't that a scroll? Ino did say I should bond initiate the bond on one— I found one. Though it looks like it found me rather."
Looking down at the ground, the scroll had flew open upon impact, now laying atop the bare soil. Buzzing, he made a descent nearing it and without hesitation as he wanted the process completed already. A golden light begun to swirl around him, getting brighter with each passing second. As when the light faded away, his true form could now be seen— a dark sphere with bright golden eyes.
However, there was a sudden change in the environment after transforming. For the green plants around started to lose their colour instantly, their energy being drained out. The branches and twigs crackled also shrinking, falling off and turning into dust. Yet the soil which was brown in colour, filling up with spiritual energy darkened almost turning black.
This didn't go unnoticed, but it was the only way Vrabam could activate the bond since he wasn't going to be bonded also. Thus acting fast, he rolled over to the center of the scroll. The divine energy around him still suppressing the spiritual energy and drawing it down to the soil from above. On the scroll, Vrabam's eyes lit up bright, every part of his eyes golden. This time round his entire body beginning to change from dark to gold also. As after a fleeting moment, a golden sphere could be seen, his eyes shut with one being unable to tell where they were at first anymore.
*Appear
Popping out of nowhere, a screen construct of divine energy appeared around him.
[Sub-domain Creation Enabled]
[Domain Creation Will Begin]
*Disappear
With the construct disappearing, the golden light shrouding Vrabam slowly melted down onto the scroll. Eating it up slowly as spread, the entire body of the scroll was almost covered in the golden light. With the natural dark colour of the sphere slowly returning with the continuous meltdown.
"So drained."Opening his eyes, they weren't golden anymore rather a pale black colour.
*Appear
[Sub–Domain Creation Complete]
[The Switching Process Begins]
The screen construct appeared once again, the golden light now shadowy swirling around him as another process began.
*Disappear