Nicola woke up feeling quite strange. As though something wonderful had happened to her last night, but she could not understand what it was. She had never felt this way before. That dream last night... how she remembered that, so lovely. How she wished it could be true. She put on her dress again and fixed her hair. Something caught her eye as she looked into the mirror. She looked different... she looked lovely! It was amazing! But that was not what caught her eye. There were two little red marks on her neck! She gasped. That was impossible! Could it really be true? She picked up a nearby scarf and wrapped it around her neck. Arene could not see these marks!

She opened the door and walked into the main room. "He must have gone back to sleep," she said to herself and opened the door to the main hallway. She walked down to the dinning room. It was strange, but since last night, she felt as though she knew this place inside out! She walked into the dinning room and once again the table was covered in food. Arene sat at one of the chairs, eating very slowly. Nicola smiled and sat across from her friend.

"Good morning," she said happily. "Glad to see you have an appetite again."

Arene gave a small smile and shrugged. She knew she would have to eat at sometime, she was just happy their host wasn't there to see it.

"Good morning," Arene returned. "I was just a little hungry."

Nicola looked at the pile of food Arene had before her and smiled. Arene looked at her friend,

"Aren't you hungry?" she asked.

Nicola shook her head. "Not really. I ate a lot last night and I didn't sleep very well." She lied slightly to protect her friend. Arene put down her knife and fork, she looked at her friend seriously,

"Nicola, we need to get out of here! I'm going to try to find a way to get us out. We can't stay here. Dracula has some sort of plans for us and they cannot come to pass. I'm going to explore the castle, if I find a way, I'll come back and tell you." She kept her voice low and strong. She dare not tell Nicola what Dracula had told her. It was only hurt her.

Nicola wanted to say something, wanted to tell Arene that she wanted to stay, stay with her... master. But she could not. It would only cause the young girl to worry. She looked out the window and the sun began to shine, it hurt her eyes. She needed to get some more sleep. Nicola rose from the table and nodded to Arene. Arene raised an eyebrow,

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yes," Nicola said, "I just feel very tried, I'm gonna go get some more sleep. Enjoy breakfast." She left the room. Arene looked slightly nervous for her friend, but she guessed it was just being tired.

Nicola wondered why she would be so tired as she re-entered her room. It seemed as though the light of day was making her week. She longed for the cool feel of night. She got back into bed and fell asleep; the memory of that wonderful dream seemed to soothe her. She could hear his voice in her head, telling her to wait just a little bit longer....

She ate just a little more and rose from her place. She opened the door and started to walk down the hall, but every which way she turned, she could not find a way out! It seemed as though she was walking around in circles! She spent the whole day going up stairs and down stairs, following corridors, only to find nothing! No way out!

"Dracula must have spell on this place," Arene whispered as she opened a door that lead into a large library. She could see the sun had set in the sky and night was upon them once again. She had been searching all day! Arene groaned and walked into the room, falling into one of the large chairs. She hoped Nicola was okay. She had been sleeping all day. A cool hand touched her forehead and seemed to give her comfort. Just then she snapped back to life and spun around. Dracula was staring at her, an evil smirk across his face.

"Found the way out yet, my dear?" he asked, his accent and voice sounded pure evil.

Arene turned her head away and said nothing.