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4. Endless Testing
It took hours until every woman was finished. In the room Lily, Simone and ten other women sat together and waited for the inquisition to take them out of the house. Finally one of them opened the door to the outside. Everyone rose and followed the men.
"Where are we going to?", asked Lily. Simone whispered back: "They will take us to the river. There they will see if we are witches."
Lily had no idea what she meant and only followed the other women. The other ones who were not chosen were sold to Hungary at once. They arrived at the river and lined up in front of it. Lily took one step right to see what they were doing. Her eyes widened in fear as a man of the inquisition pushed the first one into the water.
This one made violent movements with her arms and legs to stay under water. She couldn´t make it. Her body floated on the river. The men pulled her out again and brought her away.
"If we float we are witches", whisperes Simone in Lily´s ear. "And what happens next?" - "The inquisition chair..." - "Be quite now!", commanded one of the inquisition. Now she was really afraid. The inquisition chair didn´t seem to be a good thing.
Now it was Lily´s turn. She stood directly in front of the river. Violently they pushed her into the river.
The water was not deep. At first she thought that she could stay under water but then something pushed her up. She floated. But that couldn´t be true. She couldn´t be a witch. They grabbed her arms and pulled her out. Her dress and hair were wet. The inquisition pulled her into another house and locked the door. In this room stood Dracula and two men who grabbed her again and pushed her into a big chair. Lily cried out in pain. There were nails everywhere.
"Confess that you´re a witch!", commanded Dracula. Lily wasn´t able to speak. The nails made a thousand holes in her back and legs.
The men laid her arms on the place where more nails made their way into her arms. "Please, stop that!", she cried in pain. Tears welled up in her eyes.
Then they tied her against the chair with rods made of metal. Again nails were rammed into her body. This time in her wrists, chest and stomach. "If you want them to stop you must confess!", said Dracula. "What shall I confess... I´m no witch!", said Lily in full pain.
As she thought it couldn´t get worse they tightened the rods on her body. "Believe me! I´m no witch! Please!", her voice became quiter with every second she sat there.
She closed her eyes and waited for the end. But as she was close to death, at least she believed so, they freed her. The rods were taken away and two strong arms lifted her out of the chair.
"Thank you...", she whispered and opened her eyes again. Lily looked up at her rescuer and saw that it was Dracula! She was far too weak for struggling so she just let her carry outside of the house. Lily was wet and wounded. He laid her on a bench or something and asked: "What will we do now? She isn´t able to walk." Another voice she did not recognize answered: "We already have enough witches! Carry her to your castle! She is useless when she´s dead!"
Dracula lifted her up again, transformed in a winged form and took off into the sky. Lily was too afraid to look down but it didn´t take long until they arrived at his castle. He handed her in another pair of arms wich belonged to his bride and said: "Take care of her! I´ll be back soon!" Then he flew back from where he came.
The woman walked inside of Dracula´s castle and laid her on a bed. Just now Lily opened her eyes. She looked up into the eyes of a blondeheaded woman.
Without speaking a word she opened her dress and looked at her wounds. They were not deep and would be healed soon. The bride gave her an antidote and then left her in the room where Lily drifted into sleep.
As she awoke again she looked at the room she lay in. It was a small one but big enough for one person. The window was open wide and a soft breeze danced around her. On the table beside her lay a dress wich had the colours black, grey and white. Lily got up and put the dress on. She had nearly forgotten her wounds and her body was dried.
Then she left the room and made her way through the hall. Finally she entered one room wich was the kitchen. Six women worked there. Lily walked over to Simone.
"Where are the others?" Simone looked sadly at her before she answered: "They didn´t survive the inquisition chair."
Lily´s eyes were widened in shock at that. She shook her head. She would have died, too but Dracula saved her? It was impossible that one man was able tobring such painto women. And as if Simone had read her thoughts she added: "Dracula isn´t human. He is a vampire. One of the undead... It´s time to bring him his blood. Would you do that?"
Lily nodded and took a bottle with blood that Simone handed her. "Where´s his room?"
"Walk down the stairs and turn left. It´s like a hall only for him", she said disgusted. So Lily left the kitchen and hoped that he wouldn´t be busy with his bride.
She walked the described way and finally arrived at a huge door. Carefully she knocked on it. Too afraid to disturb him. "Come in!", Dracula commanded from the outside.
Lily entered and closed the door silently behind her. As she looked around to find the room´s owner she saw him standing with his back towards her. He only wore pants and shoes. Quickly she spun around. It couldn´t be more embarressing. "Maybe I come again later...", Lily said and had her hand on the doorknob. "No, you can stay", said Dracula while noticing how embarressed she was. She turned around again, hoping that he would wear a shirt or something.
But instead of that she faced his chest and arms wich had muscles everywhere. His body seemed perfect. Her mouth dropped open. And his evil smirk grew even wider. He took the bottle out of her hand. "You may leave now", he said.
She pushed the door open, went through it, closed it again and leaned against it with her back. Lily was breathing heavily. She hadn´t seen a naked man ever. That Dracula was the first one scared her.
Lily placed a hand on her fast beating heart and stormed back into the kitchen. She had to tell Simone...
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