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The Sleeping Child
It was a normal Transylvanian night, cold and dark, and the three brides of Dracula were out flying back to the castle. "That was a good feed", said Marishka. "Yes, he was perfectly aged", said Aleera. The brides just laughed. They kept on flying. Once they neared the castle Marishka pointed and said, "What is that?" The others looked down and saw a figure lying on the ground. "I don't know", said Verona, "Let's go see."
The brides cautiously approached the figure. Verona was the first to approach. She rolled the figure over and said, "It is a child." Aleera and Marishka walked closer. "Look at all of the blood", said Aleera, "Is she alive?" Marishka knelt next to the child and said, "Yes she is, but barely. What should we do?" Aleera and Marishka both looked at Verona. Even though the brides were evil, their maternal instinct seemed to take over. Verona replied, "Let's take her with us." Aleera quickly jumped in and said, "What about the count?" "We'll just have to convince him to keep her around, at least until she gets better." All of the brides seemed to agree, they would take the child back to the castle. Verona picked the child up and flew to the castle with Aleera and Marishka close behind.
When the brides arrived at the castle, it was dawn. Their master had already gone to sleep. Verona took the child to her room and laid her on her bed. "What do we do now?" asked Marishka. They all kind of looked at each other, what did they do now? "Well I think we should clean her up and bandage her wounds", said Verona. "Good idea. I will go and get some water and bandages," said Aleera. Aleera walked out of the room leaving Verona and Marishka with the child.
"Marishka, help me find where all of this blood is coming from." The brides examined the child and first they found the cut on her arm. "This is deep", said Marishka, "I wonder what happened to her." "I don't know but, look at all of the bruises all over her." Aleera came back with the water and bandages, "Here it is." Aleera walked up and sat down on the bed next to the other brides.
Verona took the rag and dipped it into the water. She then rubbed the rag over the girl's wound. It did not take long for the wound to be cleaned. "I'll put a bandage on it", said Marishka. Marishka carefully put a bandage on the girl's arm. "Where did all of this other blood come from?" said Aleera. "I don't know", said Verona, "Roll her over." The brides rolled the girl over and saw the wound on her back. It was still bleeding badly. "We've got to stop the bleeding", said Marishka with a concerned voice. Verona washed out the rag and then placed it on the girl's back. She kept on applying pressure until eventually the bleeding stopped. Again, Marishka bandaged the wound.
The brides continued to clean the child up. They got all of the blood out of her hair and changed her blood soaked clothing. Once the brides were finished, they placed her in Verona's bed and covered her up. They were proud of how well they had cleaned the girl up. "What now, she is still sleeping", said Aleera. "I say we take turns watching her", said Marishka. "Good idea. I'll take first watch. Then you Aleera and then Marishka." They all nodded in agreement. Aleera and Marishka left the room to get some sleep leaving Verona alone with the girl.
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