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Chapter 1- Human

Isabella(Sabyln) POV - 572 A.D. Cardiff, Wales

I walked into the dance hall and hoped it looked like I was gliding, like I was supposed to be. Ma always yelled at me because she had decided that I was so clumsy that I might as well be my goat Mizza. I was glad that Da had not invited all of the possible suitors in Cardiff for a banquet sooner. My older brother and sister, Brycham and Branwen had been married off a few of years ago so my parents were not worried about where the family fortune would go after my father died.

Ma and Da thought that after the twins - Brycham and Branwen - were born they could not have any more children. Seven years later I was born. Da was glad to have another child running around the manor. I was his little girl, until 6 years later Alis was born. Then Carys, then Gwyneira then Meinir and finally, Neirin.

All of my siblings had my mother's strait, flat brown hair, but I, I took after my father. I had mahogany hair that fell to my hips in waves. The same went for everyone's' eyes, Da and I had brown eyes while Ma and my siblings had grey eyes. Strangely, the reverse went for our heights. I was just over five feet tall, the same as my mother and the rest of my family was over five feet and six inches tall. They towered over the rest of the city.

"Sabyln, darling, cometh ov'r hither and meeteth Lord Folant." Ma called me from across the room. I had to meet yet another suitor. I stepped up to say hello to that man and looked at his face. There was something off. He was impossibly pale. Then I saw it.

The eyes. His eyes. They were red. The eyes of the devil.

"Sabyln, sayeth good morrow!" My mother whispered at me.

"Tis a pleasure to meeteth thee Lord Folant." I said quietly, I didn't want to look at his face again. He scared me and I didn't know why. I got the strong urge to run as far away as I could. I decided to excuse myself and go to my room. "Thee must pr mine lord." I walked into the dance and moved in accordance with the music until I found myself out of Lord Folant's view.

Then I slipped out of the dance hall and hurried to my room. I called the maid, Seren, to help me with my dress. Idonea helped me out of my party dress and into house clothes. Clothes meant to be less embroidered, you did not have to be as careful with them, they were easily mended. House clothes were still not any more comfortable than formal clothes. I still had to wear the corset. I put my leather boots on and walked to the terrace.

There were vines on the wall and I used them to climb down the wall and into the apple orchard. Once my feet touched the ground I took off running. Once I was out of sight of the house I stopped running and leaned up against a tree. I knew it was crazy. I hadn't even had a real conversation with the man and now I was running from him. I was crazy. I decided to turn back when I heard a low chuckle.

I flipped around looking for the source of the chuckle. I couldn't even run toward home, I had no idea what direction I had come from. I was hopelessly lost. I started to cry.

I had to be crazy. I was hearing someone laughing, taunting me. It had to be all in my head.

Lord Folant stepped out from between the apple trees chuckling. "This hath been a warm summer, hath t not Sabyln?" He smiled at me with impossibly white teeth. "I saw thee leaveth the party earlier. You've cometh all the way out hither, you've madeth this so easy mia bella (my beautiful)."

I backed up away from him until I bumped into a tree. I closed my eyes tightly. I'm so scared. I started to pray to god for help and guidance.

Annwyl Dduw, yr wyf ar fin galw ar eich arweiniad a chymorth dwyfol. Yr wyf mewn angen cronfeydd wrth gefn, a llaw y gwahaniaeth yn y ydwyt yn fy ngwneuthur yn iawn a dim ond yn y gobaith y daith yw. I ymdrechu i gadw ar ti fel fy nghalon yn gythryblus, ond doeddwn i ddim eisiau i ddisgyn, byddaf yn dangos i mi y ffordd yn syth, fel bod y cyfiawn a'r cynllun cywir. Yr wyf yn diolch i chi, er eich bod wedi clywed y weddi y mae ei arhosiad ti yw fy Nuw.(Dear Lord, I am about to call upon your guidance and divine aid. I am in need of reserves, and the hand of the difference in the hast made me is right and just in the hope of the journey is. To strive to retain on thee as My heart is troubled, but I did not want to fall, I will show me the straight way, so that the righteous and the right plan. I thank you, for you have heard the prayer of whose stay thou art my God.)

Lord Folant laughed at my attempt to get help from god. I knew it in my heart, I was going to die and I was terrified. Suddenly he was right in front of me, leaning in as if to kiss me. I just wanted him away from me! I was practically trying to will him away with my mind when the tree I was leaning into looked like it started to pelt him with its fruit.

I turned away, now bawling.

"Now now Sabyln, don't beest like that." He sounded so glad that I was scared of him. When I just cringed away from him he became angry. "Since thee art not being compliant, I wilt just has't to punish thee." He smiled again as he raised my wrist. "I'll see thee at which hour thee wake up mia bella." Then Folant bit my arm.

I screamed as my arm was engulfed in flames.