20. Long Lost Dream
The whole time Lily had wept outside the tower. The thought that Dracula would have raped her if Cassandra hadn´t come in destroyed her right from the inside. She felt even more alone than before.
To make everything worse it had started raining. Huge drops fell down on her as if heaven was weeping with her. Her make-up floated away with the raindrops as her body started shaking heavily. Leaning against a tree Lily tried to find any comfort. She closed her eyes...
Lily was taking careful steps in her shoes. She wasn´t allowed to trip now. Her long white dress flowed behind her as she came closer and closer to him.
Dracula was standing there, in his usual black clothes and waiting for her. He held one hand towards her which she took willingly. A nearly childish smile was on her lips. A feeling of overwhelming happiness was inside her and waited for a chance to escape its cage.
Not one single word was spoken as he slipped a silver ring with diamands on her ring finger.
As she did so too her smile grew even wider. Dracula put up her vail and placed a soft kiss on her lips which soon grew more passionate.
They wrapped their arms around each other as happiness broke free. Now tears of joy fell from Lily´s eyes. It was as if she had never felt happier. Dracula lifted her up in the air and twirled her around.
The two of them were in an old church, all alone as the rain made loud noises on the huge and colorful window.
Finally the silence was broken. "I love you, Lily", Dracula whispered. Looking deep into his eyes, Lily could see that he meant it with all his frozen heart. But now it seemed to melt with love.
"I love you, too!", Lily said in return and wrapped her arms tighter around him. Then they nearly let go of each other, still holding hands.
The couple went outside to see that the sun showed itself. Almost all the dark clouds were gone.
Both, Dracula and Lily, shifted in their winged forms and took off into the sky, leaving the world behind and flying together into eternity...
Lily opened her eyes, noticing that there was no Dracula, no church, no sun. The rain had already soaked her clothes and was like stuck on her pale skin. There was only one way to find freedom: escape.
She let her feather wings grow out of her back and jumped into the air, letting the wind carry her. All of sudden a stange feeling wandered into her stomach. A feeling she hadn´t noticed for days. Hunger, thurst. Where were the promised cups of water? And another blanket?
Coldness shot through her body. Lily laid one hand over her chest and her fast-beating heart. She could count: one rib, two...
Out of nowhere she heared shot and a bullet not finding its victim. Another shot missed her left arm with one inch.
A sudden pain now made its way from her shoulder to her arm. She saw blood. Her blood. A bullet had hit her. Then another one went right through her leg. Blood dropped from the hole.
Lily could barely hear someone scream her name. Her own panting because of the pain made everything sound quiter.
Now an arrow pierced the air and then the tender flesh of her back. Everything around her went black. Lily could feel her wings disappear. The angel was falling. Falling back into the reality where no one cared.
