Chapter 3: Mysterious Garden
He has officially declared war...I'll get my sweet revenge on him; maybe tomorrow or something but this will not stay like this. Well since I'm out on the hallway...might as well explore the mansion.
I started looking around through the hall; I saw all the family paintings and the only one that got my attention was the painting of a boy with an older man on his right side. I think this is a portrait by the way it look. The boy had the same color of hair as my fiancé...he even had the same eye color. The older man had the same white hair; the only difference was that his hair was a lot longer; almost at his shoulders and his eyes were icy blue...almost silver. I got closer so that I could have a better look at the date of when the portrait was done and it said : August 25, 1415 Master Dante and Master Veylo Bishbourg.
This is a very old painting...I kept looking around and found another interesting painting. This one was only the boy named Dante. I read the date and it said: Lord Dante...Our future lord of darkness; December 5, 1592. Lord of darkness? I'm starting to wonder what type of family my father sold me to. I decided to think of the matter another time and keep going on my own little tour around the mansion. There were lots of room and corridors; some of them were locked so I couldn't really see how they were inside. The other rooms I got to see, one room was a beautiful music room, the other was the biggest game room I have ever seen in my life...awesome. This mansion is actually a pretty cool place; the rest of the rooms were guest rooms so they weren't locked.
I made my way down the stairs and bumped into someone. At first I thought it was Morgan 'cause it had the same outfit as him on the bottom but when I looked up it wasn't him...oops.
Annymarie: Oh...sorry
Gabriel: Is alright...may I be of assistance lady Marie?
Annymarie: Actually my name is Annymarie but you can call me Marie if you want...I'm really sorry I didn't quite get your name.
Gabriel: Oh my...please excuse my rudeness; my name is Gabriel Arcangelo. I'm the butler assigned to Master Dante. Please feel free to ask me or Morgan to assist you in any way you think that might help you.
*she nods thinking if she needs to know something*
Annymarie: Who is Dante?
Gabriel: Master Dante is your fiancé, lady Marie.
I stood there frizzed for a moment while this new information sunk in. Let's see...my fiancé's name is Dante...that would mean that the boy in the paintings was him? No, that's not possible...maybe having that name is common in this family. Yes, that must be it. With this clear I nodded at Gabriel so that he could take his leave. After this I continued my way down the stairs.
Gabriel: Um...if you don't mind me asking ...Where is my lady heading?
Annymarie: I'm going to get a glass of water.
Gabriel: Well in that case let me get it for you.
Annymarie: No, is ok I want do it myself; thank you tough.
And with that we went our separate ways. I went through a large corridor and found the kitchen; as I explored it I got myself a nice cool glass of water. And then something caught my attention…it was the garden. It looked as if it was glowing in the darkness of the night. I went to check it out and it was really glowing! It was using the help of the moonlight.
To my surprise something or someone was calling me into the garden. It felt like if I was being pulled toward its mystery. No place to refuse…just to go with the flow. The garden was full with rare beautiful flowers and plants; without knowing I ended up in the back of the garden where there is a forest. This people had a forest as part of their land…..damn they must be very powerful. I came across a lake as I was walking around and if felt as if the lake was calling me…I was like in a daze 'cause letting myself be lead to where I was called didn't felt wrong at all; even if I didn't know who was calling me.
(Dante's side of the story)
After I took a good long shower I looked around my room….everything looked to be in its place except for one of the night tables. It had the cellphone of the girl and a picture of a little girl with a man. Assuming the man of the picture was her father for the way they look. Then it hit me that I kicked and locked her out of the room. Better check that she's not still waiting out in the hallway…
*after a few minutes*
When I got out of my room to see if she was still on the hallway or if she got into one of the guest rooms I crossed paths with Gabriel who seem to have a puzzled look on his face. Since it got my curiosity…I just had to ask.
Dante: Gabriel? Is everything ok?
Gabriel: Lady Marie wanted things to be done on her own…even though I volunteered to do it for her….she rejected my offer…..that's very new to me
Dante: Why do you say that? And who is Lady Marie?
Gabriel: Lady Marie is the human who is in the position of being your fiancé. I saw her on her way down to get a glass of water.
He continued on his way after talking to me. So my fiancée's name is Marie?Cute name…I headed to the kitchen where he said she was going to be. Once I got there; the door to the patio and garden was open. For some reason the garden was glowing more than usual and that's when the light switch turned on in my head. She must have gone out to check the garden.
Wonder why I didn't asked her name before I kicked her out of the room. I started calling her by the name Gabriel told me. I searched all the garden but there was no sign of her being here; then something caught my attention. Deep inside the forest there was a glow...I headed there to check out the source of this glow. The glow took me to where the lake is and on top of the water of the lake there was this figure flowing. I got closer to have a better look and it was her! She was the source! Flowing and glowing on top of the water. Not only she was glowing and flowing; there was this weird symbols all over her body and face. I notice that what was making her glow was this symbols and every time they hit the light of the moon they seem to glow more. The symbols had the color of a black pearl...it look enchanting.
She look so beautiful...just like a goddess. Then out of the blue wings sprout out of her back; they wrapped around her body as if they were trying to protect her from something. I tried to get closer to her and I snapped a twig on the process...which made a big snap sound. Then everything happened so fast. As if I had flicked an off switch; the glow stopped, the symbols disappeared, the wings disappeared and she dropped to the water like a fish. I dived in and caught her just in time. Then I headed to my room, dried her up and put on one of my pj's on her. When I was drying her all I could think about was how she looked on top of the water; that made me wonder if she really was a human or if she was something else. Guess I'll have to wait till she wakes up to ask her.
