chapter 11 : Exploring
I walked toward the tall wooden door of the Manor, and stopped in my tracks. The wolf's prints leaded behind the Manor, and so I followed those. The prints disappeared once I came to the back. It seemed the wolf had climbed up the wall. That's impossible! Never in my life I had I seen anything more weird and strange, besides Laura. I briskly walked back to the front, and I very carefully and slowly, opened the door. It made a loud chreek noise, or whatever, and I didn't move, I wasn't even breathing. When there wasn't anything in sight, I entered. The room was huge, paintings of family members were hanging on the rotting walls, and it seemd to utterly quiet.
I slowly paced myself, making sure that I was quiet for no one to hear me, if there was anyone. I came to the armory. There were weapons that I didn't even knew existed. There were guns and swords, duh it's an armory, but a painting caught my eye. It was a large ancient map of Romania. It seemed as if it had been ripped in the middle, maybe some sort of warning. There was an inscription in latin I believe, but I didn't understand it. I moved a chair that blocked the rest of the inscription, and there was a black dragon. I studied it closely. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I had a feeling I knew who the insignia belonged to. Names popped up in my head, and I quickly eliminated each one, till one name stood out. Dracula.
I heard something metal fall to the ground, and I quickly turned around. No one was there. I very slowly walked to the door leading to the hallway, and a suit of armor layed broken on the floor. It's shinning silver was now rusted and old, broken. Such a magnificient piece of history was ruined.
I left the room, walking over the armor, and I wanted to find the source . I soon found a door, almost off it's hinges. I quietly peeked into the room, and to my shock and horror there stood...a werewolf. I thought it heard me for a moment, maybe even sensed me, but it payed no attention. I backed away, then walked away like I had seen nothing. Once I was out of the manor, I ran back to the inn. Laura and Lyssa stared at me, while I rested breathless after running. "Arielle, what did you see?" Both inched closer trying to figure out what happened, or get some information from me. "You won't believe me." "Yes we will." "Liars." I walked back to the counter were the old lady once was, and I rested in a chair. Vernan chuckled to himself. "What's so funny?" I snapped. "Nothing. So are you going to tell me what happened, or are you going to tell them?" "If I tell anyone, they'll think I'm crazy." "Not here. Anything is possible here." I looked at him, and i agreed to tell him what I saw. "A werewolf...haven't seen one of those around in a while." "What are you talking about Vernan?"
"Well, you might think this whole village is crazy, but we aren't. What you just saw is what we have been dealing with for centuries. You are very lucky it didn't see you otherwise you wouldn't be here." "By the way, what did you mean by fear? You never told us." "Well...this is the first time I've had to explain it, but...Dracula has returned." "Huh?" "Dracula became known probably when you were eight. He came back from the fiery hell, and he's back to destroy the world. Even his dumb as a doornail brides are back." "You speak so ill of them." "Yes, i know. But just when we thought we would finally have peace, he comes back."
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Sorry, I promise next chapter Dracula and Arielle will meet...somehow.