DAYS LATER
It all happened like a dream, one moment I was being beaten and molested, and the next I was in Marielle's car, grinning at the trees she drove past. I was going to live with her, I knew I would live just great.
"Welcome to Vamperville," I read out the words written boldly in Italian on a big brown billboard. She stepped on the gas and drove faster, I felt something pass through me, it was ticklish. "Where are we? I've never heard of Vamperville before," I said as a matter of fact.
"That is the old name, they should have put it down by now," she murmured, slowing down the speed as she peered out of her window. "The new name's Twilight Myths."
"That's a really strange name," I confessed. "And this town, it's here in USE?"
"We have other strange places, one no human is aware of. Anyways, my college name is Twilight Castle. The school is pretty strange, I hope you won't pass out when you find out later." She said with a very sweet teasing smile, I shrugged it off as a joke. We came to a strong transparent wall, one that looked like water was running down from it but never getting wet, it was beautiful. She stuck her head out of the window and waved her hand.
"I didn't see that wall there before," I muttered to myself.
"Since you can see it, then you are definitely a myth like us," she sighed. A red light flashed, she waved something in her hand. It was like the car was scanned. "My sister, Marinette Karnowsky, unknown mythical being but I suspect rare magic!" She shouted. She brought her head back in and wiggled her fingers on the steering wheel. Nothing made sense, I wanted to ask more questions but I knew answers won't be given.
The wall pushed open, a loud heavy drawing sound, it opened a little, enough to drive through. She drove through the small opening in the wall, my throat instantly dried up, something definitely smelt different. It was almost eerie, too eerie. She drove past some tall, pale looking trees. In a few minutes, we came to a town, a dark coloured town, like a haunted vampire city.
"This place is scary," I said with a little fear. "There are no flowers, no music or plants. At least, good normal looking plants, those trees look like ents and the bushes are shaped like dead people."
"That's the view this part of town gives," she chuckled. "The town is divided into five, five set of peoples. A part of only black and white, everyone there wears black and white or gray only. Two, this part with pale and dark colours, you can also tell by their dressing," true, they were all dressing strange. "Three is the mix it up lane. The colours are mixed, like a normal town should be. Four, the awfully brightly coloured places with rainbows and flowers, so much they make me sick. And finally, the royal lane, you know the way castles are? Only royals and nobles live there, the colours are normal, by choice." She loves colours, an artist by gift if I must say. She said somewhere brightly coloured must be really serious, I wonder what that looks like.
"There!" I shouted, pointing out of my window. I was sure I saw a lady grow an extra hand before disappearing into thin air. "I just saw a lady…"
"Magician," she said casually. I heaved a sigh of relief, that would have been very weird. As she drove deeper into the town, colours started coming out, beautiful colours and soon we were at the normal side of town. She slowly drove into the driveway of a house that looked like a rainbow puked on it, the colours were too much but in a very beautiful way. The house was surrounded by blueberry and cranberry bushes with little rosemaries. She killed the engine and threw her hands up in the air. "Welcome! To me rainbow arbour!"
"Indeed," I smiled. She giggled while removing her seatbelt, I couldn't help but smile wider at the thought of a new life. We both simultaneously got out of her car, her beautiful twilight fog car with silver tyres. I inhaled the air, it smelt so nice in a weird way. "The air here smells weird."
"What do you smell?" She asked, locking the door of her car. I inhaled again.
"I don't know, too many different scents,"
"You are definitely one of us," she smiled cryptically. "Anyways," she said raucously. "Ignore the scent and live with it. Follow me, sweetie!" She squealed, bouncing to her house, the door was pretty and funnily enough, it had the painting of us having a pillow fight when we were kids.
Wow!
The interior of the house was reasonably painted than the exterior, it smelt better too, like a sweet mixture of lavender and blossom candles. The walls were lilac with white flowers and weird but beautiful designs, like an African pottery carving. The ceiling and floor were white, marbled, as white as her furniture and electronics. The windows were white with lilac flowers painted all over them.
"Wow! I love this living room!" She shrieked my mind out for me.
"The setting of the furniture is amazing, just like the colours." I commented.
"Thank you, I had my bestie to assist me." She chirped, the living room wasn't that big. She had only four cushions, all white and woolly. Sit on those and your butt gets lost in paradise, sleeping paradise. The four sofas formed into a half cut circle, surrounding the small lilac marble and glass table. On the table was a big white vase, one I think she made, with lavender flowers in it. A DSTV decoder remote lay on the table too, next to a white journal. The electronics were just a 32 inches Sony plasma, a DSTV and Strong decoders, a mini home theatre and stereo and something else I can't comprehend. All in white colour. Two tall plastic trees stood at each side of the set, the branches were green but the willow-like leaves were white and lilac. The floor looked like glass, I could see myself through it.
"I will take you to your room," she said, skipping towards a hallway, her slender body already disappearing into it. An orange door stood at the entrance of the hallway which was brightly lighted yellow though the wall was green and looked vandalised. Still cool. There were two doors at each side of the walls, the first one had "gym" written on it, the second, "computer room", the third and fourth were plain. "That door is where I work my artistic magic and the last door, my studio. Ace and I work there almost all the time." She explained to satisfy my curiosity.
"Who is Ace?"
"My definite bestie, bro for life. You will meet all my friends soon." She jogged up the stairs at the end of the hallway, my bags which I never noticed before in her hands. She moved like the wind, making me wonder if she even felt the weight of the bags. The staircase was white and red, an incredible mix up, she and colours. I inhaled and followed her up the surprisingly bouncy stairs. The second hallway was even more amazing! My jaw lost the ability to hang on, the hallway made me feel like I was up in the clouds, dancing in the midst of the cold air. The sun from the painting felt like it was real, almost like it was really burning my skin. I couldn't stop gaping.
"Heh heh," she chuckled, leaning on a cloud. "Love it?" I nodded dazedly. "Ace and I did this, he's a great guy with lots of ideas,"
"You seem to admire this Ace guy," I said with a teasing wiggle of my brows.
"Slow down, I have a boyfriend called Dermot, don't think too fast,"
"You have a boyfriend?" I asked in awe.
"Do I look like a kid not to?" She asked back.
"But you always said you hated boys," I said incredulously.
"When love found me, I couldn't resist it," she said with a giddy grin, a far away look in her eyes. She shook her head after a minute of staring into space and returned her gaze to me. "Don't worry, you'll meet him soon." She touched the wall, a blue line drew out her palm and waved through the wall, returning with a shimmering glow. Soon it was a sea door, like a real sea trapped in a door.
"How can you even locate the door in the midst of these clouds?" They were just painting but they looked so real. The door looked like a riff with too many colours and fishes, the water was really rippling.
How did she do that?
"It's my house, duh."
"How did it change from cloud to sea? How are the water and fishes moving?"
"Magic," she winked and walked in. She's acting strange, she is always strange. I walked to the door, my eyes never leaving the door, at least not until I saw my room. I found myself shrieking as I jumped on her.
"Please tell me this is my room!"
"It is," she laughed. "I know you love gardens so I had the boys make this for you before we arrived." The room wasn't just painted into a garden, it WAS a garden. Flowers lined up around my room walls, butterflies flying everywhere with their different colourful wings fluttering gracefully. The floor was smooth carpet grass, a pretty pool at the left end of the room. There was a four poster bed, one with a light pink veil of falling vines and flowers. The bed looked like cotton candy. There wasn't any single sand or vase in the room but yet the plants and flowers grew tall… How is this possible?
"How did you do it?" I was amazed. "The plants and flowers, the butterflies… it's beautiful and enchanting!" I couldn't quite place my words but it was breathtaking.
"The guys fixed it up, you love it?" She smirked.
"You hell well know I do!" I squealed and clapped.
"The bathroom is just by the painting of the chestnut tree. Wash up, arrange your clothes and all you need to do but don't miss dinner by seven. I'm making your favourite…"
"Yes!" I shrieked, plopping myself on the bed. So much softer than any bed I've slept in.
"Welcome to my world, little sister, be ready for what will come next." I would have paid attention to how swift she disappeared out of the room, but I was too amazed by my room to care.
Little did I expect what was really up.
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