Chapter three: The girl from past

Morning had came long time ago when Michael woke up again. He was still little shaken because of the things that had happened in night. He went downstairs to find some breakfast and met Devon there.

"Good morning Michael, did you slept well?" he asked from Michael cheerful.

"Morning Devon. To tell you the truth I didn't slept well at all. Don't you remember, I promised to follow Cameron and so I did"

"And…Oh no, she had her attack again. I'm sorry that you had to see her like that" Devon apologised. Michael hid a yawn with his hand and said.

"That's Ok. Now I can investigate this thing better. In fact I'm going to make a little visit to library after having my breakfast" Michael explained. Men turned around after hearing footsteps coming down from stairs. It was Cameron.

"Good morning uncle, Michael. Slept well?" she asked and looked like nothing had happened in night.

"Morning sweet heart. Yes, I slept very well thank you. And how about you?" Devon wished her back.

" Well, this is strange thing but my back has became sore during night and I've got big bruise on my shoulder. And little headache too almost like I would've bumped my head to something"

"Oh, that's not nice to hear. Do you want something to that headache?" Devon asked.

"No thank you. I'm all right after having a cup of coffee. Oh Michael, you haven't slept good at all. You look like you've been up all night. But I had some real question to you also. What are you doing today?" Cameron asked from Michael.

"Well, I thought that I'd visit in library to search something" Michael told.

"Then I'll come with you" decided this young woman, "When are we leaving?"

Michael gulped his coffee and rolled his eyes to look Devon and he gave a glance back.

"Umh, shouldn't you rest today? I mean, you had pretty rough night" Michael tried.

"No, do you start that too. I'm feeling fine. I'll come with you" she insisted. Michael just nodded because he knew that it wouldn't help if he'd denied her to come with. He drank his coffee and then they went to garage where Kitt was already waiting for Michael.

"Morning buddy. We are going to visit in archives today"

"Good morning Michael. Oh, Cameron, shouldn't you stay in bed today. It's not good for you to run around the city after what happened in night" Kitt attended to Cameron. She sighed and rolled her eyes around.

"Kitt, not you too" she said.

"But you really shouldn't" car insisted. But Cameron was stubborn and won this battle. They drove to archives and went inside big building.

"What are you looking for?" girl wanted to know.

"Information about girl who lived here long time ago" Michael replied and watched Cameron. When his eyes met girls face he got little scared. She was gazing at somewhere looking absentminded. But her eyes weren't the color as they were while ago. Around her iris had came green circle.

"Cameron, what is…?" Michael was about to ask but the gaze and the green circle disappeared.

"Huh, what did you said"

"Nothing, I guess" Michael replied. He walked to one corridores to search what he wanted to know. Cameron went to another corridor. Suddenly Michael felt a breeze and he heard some noice, like thousands of little bells jingling. He walked through that corridor and was about to enter next one when he heard footsteps. They were coming towards him and then he saw a girl coming towards him. Michael thought that she was in middle of twenties, twentyfive or something. She looked striking. She had long, black hair and her eyes were bluish-green. She had a book in her hands that she was reading and didn't obviously payed any attention what was happening around her. Her way of walking was swinging and easy.

"Miss, watch out" Michael said to this lovely creature just second before she bumped against him.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was so in thoughts that I didn't noticed you. This book is so charming" she talked to Michael and Michael heard that her voice was soft and clear like those bells he had heard. It had same jingling tune in it.

"Ah, that's Ok since nothing happened Miss…"

" Isabelle la Cruz" girl supplemented Michael's sentence.

"Whoa, what a name. Are you somekind of noble or what?" Michael asked amazed.

"Wish I would be but I'm not. Not anymore. My father was duke and mother duchess but our name disgraced and they had to gave up their title. From those days were left only this posh surname" Girl told with little amusement in her voice. Michael felt bit embarrassed though he didn't knew why. He started to search a book from the shelf.

"Oh, now I've made you look like ridiculous. I'm so sorry. Let me make that up by helping you with your search. What are you searching of?" she sounded like she'd really be sorry. She bended herself to Michael and their eyes met. For a short time Isabelle's eyes looked very hypnotic but then it was over. While rising his head he saw a flash of something hanging around that woman's neck. It looked very familiar.

"Umh, I think I found what I was looking for" Michael said with funny voice and took a book in his hand. To his surprize it was exactly the book he was looking for.

"Yes this is it but thanks anyw…" but that girl had gone already. Michael shook his head.

"Strange" he said and went to search Cameron. He found her sleeping leaning on one table. She looked so sweet to Michael's eyes. For a moment he thought that he didn't had a heart to wake her up but then he smiled and leaned to Cameron.

"Wake up you silly thing" he whispered to her ear. Cameron opened her eyes.

"Sorry, have you found that you were looking for. I thought that I'd help you looking but when I sat on that chair I felt enormous need to sleep that I couldn't rise from the chair anymore and so I felt asleep" she explained. Michael just gave her a little smile and went to borrow that book he'd found.

Later in that evening when Cameron and everyone else had gone to sleep, Michael sat in his room and read the book. He found little information about what he had searched. In that book was only one note about something that had happened in the lands of the mansion very long time ago.

"Only one time in that village's history a someone disappeared. The person in question was young woman age of 25. She wasn't native inhabitant of that village and in books she was marked as witch because after she came strange and bad things started to happen and after she disappeared they stopped. Villagers didn't knew her name but they named her Temperance because when she got angry her eyes were glowing blue. She also had a peculiar necklace. It was turquoise-colored and shaped like heart" Michael read from the book. After reading that he remembered something that had happened earlier in that day. He was searching that book and the striking woman came to help him. After finding that book he stood up and saw a flash of something around that woman's neck. It was a necklace.

"And it sure looked like heartshaped" Michael said to himself. Who was that mysterious lady and what had happened to that girl the book was talking about. Michael turned another page and there was some drawing. It was a portrait of someone but it was so shabby that Michael couldn't tell what it presented. He stood up and decided to show that drawing to Kitt if he could clear that picture.

Michael walked to the yard and to where Kitt had parked himself.

"Hello pal. Could you do me one favor? Do something to this picture, clear it somehow. I want to know what it presents" Michael asked from the car. Kitt scanned the drawing and soon in his monitor appeared a clear picture about blackhaired girl. She looked familiar.

"Kitt, I've seen that girl" Michael said to car.

"Really Michael, where?". When Michael was about to say where he'd seen the girl he heard a jingle of thousands little bells.

"Did you hear that?" Michael asked from Kitt.

"Did I hear what? I didn't hear anything. So, where have you seen that girl?"

"That's strange. I'm sure I've seen her but I can't remember where. And that is very scary". Silence fell around them and suddenly Michael felt cold shivers. He decided to go back in and to sleep. Moon came behind clouds just when Michael laid to his bed. He wasn't sure but he thought that he'd heard again those little bells.