7. Run For A Fall
And as Lily sat outside she also used the time to write another song. This one about Dracula. It was summer and the sun was shining brightly. She sat under a tree in the shadow of it and had fallen asleep.
Dracula was nearly in rage. Some of the servants had to bring him his blood but noone came. He burst through the door, scanning the whole castle for heart beats.
"Where is this silly girl when I need her!", he said and stormed outside. And there he saw Lily sleeping under a tree.
"What is she thinking?", he said even louder. But she didn´t wake. Now he got angry and walked towards her. She lay there, seeming innocent and peaceful. It made him calm down. Dracula bent down and wiped a few strands of hair out of her face. Lily didn´t even notice who was caressing her face. She only felt the touch. The soft touch...
Her eyes shot open. Scared she noticed who was touching her. She sat up, leaning against the tree. Her eyes showed pure fear.
"I won´t hurt you", he soothed her.
"And what about Simone? You´re not allowed to hurt her! At least not that way! I won´t let you!" Her fear wasn´t already gone but she felt brave enough to say this into his face.
Then she jumped to her feet stormed back into the castle. She climbed the stairs and was about to enter her room as she saw another door in the hallway. She looked around. As she was sure that noone could see her she went through the door. Lily arrived in a big dark room. The ceiling was more than twenty metres out of reach.
She kept going and soon touched something wet. And then she saw giant sacs hanging from the ceiling. Some of them were destroyed and some not. Now Lily watched out not to touch the disgusting things again. Something made her look at the ground.
"No...", Lily whispered and bent down. She lightly touched the small creature that lay lifeless on the floor.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Lily nearly fell as she tried to stand up. Dracula stood in front of her, fangs baring. "Are these your children?"
Lily´s quetion was asked quitly but she didn´t feel any fear of him.
"Of course they are! What else!", Dracula spat. "But they are dead?", she kept asking. "Yes, they are! But that´s not your problem! You should be happy that they are! Otherwise they would have killed you already!"
His voice sounded dangerous but his eyes reflected sadness. "Why should I be happy? I know what it´s like to lose someone..."
"And?", he asked, eyes rolling. "Good for you that you don´t care about my feelings. But I feel sorry for you", Lily said quitly. "You feel sorry for me?", he faked a laugh, "Of course!"
"I didn´t expect that you would believe me. I´m only a witch, a useless servant, I´m only telling lies and noone loves me, I´ve undertsood", her voice sounded sad, "Tell me something I don´t know already..."
She walked on. She knew that it was hard for him to see his own children dead.
Lily had never expected that his castle was that big. Even more stairs went up at the end of the room. She climbed them into the next room. There was a big balcony. But she prefered not to touch many things. As she saw that there was a piano, too she couldn´t resist.
She sat down on the chair and put the notes and lyrics for her song on the piano. Lily pressed a few keys to check if it worked. Then she started her song Run For A Fall...
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"Very good, little nightingale", a voice said behind her. Lily turned her head to see Dracula leaning in the doorway. She stood up and put the piece of paper into her pocket. "I didn´t mean it! I just...", she tried to say something but her voice refused.
"Of course meant it. What makes you write that? Me?", he asked and began to circle her again. Lily wanted to answer but he placed a finger on her lips and silenced her.
"Hush, my darling. You don´t have to speak. I know what you want...", then he pulled her in a passionate kiss. She returned the kiss with everything she had.
They wrapped their arms around each other and pulled closer. "Will you rape her?", she asked him through the kisses. "Yes." And that was the answer that made her push him away.
"Then I hope you have fun!", said Lily and walked towards the door. Dracula grabbed her by her arm and kissed her again. "You can do this for her. I would be very pleased...", he said and smiled at what he had just said. "Can´t you just leave her be? I mean...", she couldn´t speak more. The kiss grew hungrier.
"I can but only if you..."
"Why do you want me so? You have your brides who look better than me."
"Noone looks better than you", he whispered seductively and pulled away. Lily´s lips were swollen. "And I would be no man if I wouldn´t desire you", he added and thought: That´s perfect. She believes that I feel something for her. But how can the famous count Dracula ever fall for a witch?´
