The castle was in the middle of a dense forest that only a choice few could get through. The occupants obviously wanted to keep people out of the castle and away from their family. No one in the village cared, nor did they question it. There were many rumors surrounding the castle itself and many feared that the family within were vampires. T'eldros shook it off as the villagers decline in sanity. Who knew why these villagers would think such a thing when there are three very capable vampire hunters in the area. Or...so he had heard from the last village he was in. He had caught a glimpse of the female one, or one of the females. She had long blonde hair kept it a green ribbon that matched her outfit. It was a bit revealing for a noble woman but he assumed that a noble woman's dress will be ill suited to fighting the undead.
He followed her carriage through the forest on a hidden path that seemed shift and change. Even though he was not as fast as the carrige he followed the path and wound up lost in the forest. After he lost the carriage he felt as if he were walking in circles and finally stopped as the sun began to set. Sighing, he made his way to a large tree and began to build a fire. The forest provided much fuel for the little flame he had started. As it grew, he placed his hands by the fire hoping to thaw them. He listened to the fire snap and crakle as it grew and along with the fire, he heard a strange giggling laughter. Looking in the direction the sound had come from, he saw the stone wall of a castle. Attached was a balcony where a blonde female had walked onto. He was closer to the castle than he had realized. He climbed the tree, hoping to get a closer look at the blonde vampire hunter.
Instead he saw a shorter, younger blonde dressed in a black nightgown that screamed noblity. She stood with her back to him and her blonde hair tied in a black ribbon, much like the huntress that haunted his vision. He couldn't make out the face of the woman but assumed she was realted to the huntress he had seen before. A man walked onto the balcony with the strange female. He had light blonde hair that was almost as long as the female's. He didn't seem as though he was her significant other but they looked as though they were close. She hugged him and said a few words to him. He kissed her forehead and walked back inside. The young maiden then sat on the balcony railing, her back still to him. A wind began to blow, running its fingers through her hair. The wind also carried a voice T'eldros assumed was the female's, seeing that there was no one else around. The melody was very haunting, yet beautiful. The breeze began to blow harder, becoming almost a tempest. The ribbon flew out of her hair and began floating down to him, shimmering from the sunlight blonde to a moonlight silver as it fell.
The female turned, her hair covering everything but her eyes. T'eldros lost his breath when the eyes looked in his direction. She was even more breathtaking then the older huntress he had seen earlier. He knew that she couldn't see him due to the branches of the trees. She stood, still looking in his direction and walked back into the castle, shuting the doors behind her.
"Beautiful..." he subconsciously whispered as he watched the ribbon float down to him. As he grabbed it, he envisioned himself holding a handful of the silver hair that belonged to the girl. He tied the ribbon around his wrist, the vision still in his head, and climbed down the tree. Back to his camp and back to the reality that he would never have a chance with someone as beautiful as the maiden who owned this ribbon. After all, she was a respectable lady of a castle and he was the son of a farmer.
He lay down and look at the ribbon one last time in the glowing of the fire. He knew he would never forget the woman from the balcony and hoped that whomever he married would look somewhat like her. He hoped even though he knew it to be an impossible dream. As he closed his eyes to rest, the girl's eyes were looking back at him. The eyes that seemed to see right through him. He smiled as he drifted off, hoping the maiden would follow him into his dreams.