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City looked at the clock by her nightstand. It was finally time for the party to start. Carefully, she began to creep downstairs only to see her mother leaning on the staircase. It was clear Magenta was tired already, or she had been drinking...either way she seemed out of it. Her father was walking up to the door, were more guests arriving?
City fled back up the stairs, she was nearly to her room when she bumped into her Uncle Frank. He was clad in a pink bathrobe and his makeup wasn't finished just yet. He seemed exasperated for some reason. It confused her seeing as Uncle Frank always loved getting dressed in the morning.
"Ah, City! Darling, why aren't you in bed?" He asked her, half sweet but mostly surprised. He wasn't a fan of surprises. City gulped.
"I...I...I was thirsty?" City stuttered out an excuse. Frank lifted a perfectly groomed eyebrow. He wasn't convinced but he appeared to go along with it.
"Well let's get you some, but first I need help tightening my corset. Come with me child." Frank led her to the largest room in the castle, the one belonging to him of course. Once they had both entered, he closed the door and untied his robes. He was only clad in his fishnets, garter belt and high heels. City tried not to stare but the male anatomy still confused the child, it's not like she hadn't seen it before in her lifetime.
She stood on Frank's bed and slowly helped him lace his corset. She obeyed his every order like the zombie she had been trained to be. Her parents may not have been raised to serve but City had unfortunately. She carefully tightened it to Frank's liking, something she was used to by this point, knowing the consequences if she were to mess up. She went slowly, praying silently that he would tell her to stop when it was tight enough.
Frank had only ever hit her once and it was because she had accidentally broke one of his favorite high heels when she was playing. Her punishments were of an entirely different nature now that she was older. The child was finally finished, she got off the bed and stood near the door.
"May I have water now Uncle Frank?" She asked softly.
"Of course child." Frank kissed her cheek, it left an unsettling feeling in City's stomach. Frank gladly helped her get a glass of water from his bathroom sink. With that, he sent her back to her room. As she walked she was stopped by an infectious melody.
"LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!" She heard the party sing. She dropped her glass on the spot and rushed down the stairs. She peeked in to see a confused couple of Earthlings standing on the stairs as the Transylvanians danced to the music. She felt her feet moving without her control. She wanted to sing her heart out but she didn't dare to make her presence known. The song ended and the entire room collapsed to the floor. City figured that must have been the end of the party so she ran to the staircase.
Suddenly she saw the lift begin to move, making her jump out of fear. City knew it had to have been Uncle Frank. She slid down the banister and hid behind the clock with a skeleton in it, praying Uncle Frank wouldn't see her. He barged into the ballroom singing a song she had never heard before. It was interesting but confusing. She rushed upstairs, figuring that it was risky enough to be downstairs at this point anyways.
City was halfway to her room when her curiosity got the best of her. The lab was entirely unguarded at the moment, everybody was down stairs. A thought planted itself in her head. She ran to the lab, it was entirely empty aside from a large box covered by a red satin sheet. She wandered closer cautiously but quickly to avoid being seen if by chance people did start arriving.
She peeked under she sheet but it was far too dark to see anything important. She shrugged and began to move away from the sheet. The light invaded the tank when she lifted the sheet, causing her to gasp. There was a silhouette of a hand in the tank! City held in a scream, fleeing away from the tank. She bumped into the control panel, causing it to blink for a few seconds. She squeaked from the shock. She had no idea what she had done but it would be apparent to her later that night.
City looked around, praying nobody saw her as she ran as fast as her little legs could carry her. With that, she fled to her room and hid under the covers. What was Frank planning? Her mind filled with hundreds of questions with more than a million possible answers each. Vaguely she could hear music coming from the lab on the other side of the castle. She didn't dare to go any closer to that cursed place again. She refused.
What was that thing in the lab? Is this the thing her mother was trying to protect her from? She only became curiouser and curiouser with every passing thought.
City did a bad thing...yes she did. Hey folks! Happy you made it to the end of the chapter! Hope to see you back for the next one!
R&R
Jenny
