Mortal Angel
Hi everyone! I have invented my own character called Gabriella. She is Selene's twin sister.
Not all angels are immortal.
Chapter 1. Fabio
Gabriella stood in the dining hall of Ordoghaz, the vampire's mansion in Budapest. She wiped the long benches absently, she was deep in thought thinking of the man she had once loved, she stood thinking of Fabio.
1401 Carpathian Mountains
Gabriella stood in the shadows of a mighty castle, Lord Viktor's castle if she recalled. Her father worked for Lord Viktor and so Gabriella and her family lived in a small house on the castle grounds. Gabriella sighed she was sooo bored. She turned and dashed to the stables to saddle up her palomino gelding Cheeko. Then she mounted her horse and galloped off into the woods.
She rode along a deer trail looking for something to entertain herself. She was about to turn back for the castle when she heard a disturbance ahead. She quietly dismounted and tiptoed to the bushes. She opened the bushes a little and saw a handsome young man struggling on his horse. The horse's reins were tangled in a tree branch and the young man was trying desperately to get them free.
"Argh! Hurry up you bastard! Get free!"
Gabriella laughed and the young man spun around, his eyes flashing angrily as Gabriella stepped out of the bushes
"Perhaps I could help you" she said quietly.
She trotted up to the young man and brandished a small knife in her hands, the man flinched and Gabriella giggled as she reached up and quickly cut through the reins.
"There you go" Gabriella quipped, smiling.
The man stared at her in disbelief "Are you stupid?" He growled in a strange accent, "You just ruined a good set of leather reins". "I would have gotten them untangled sooner or later".
Gabriella's mouth dropped at his harsh remark and two red patches appeared on her cheeks
"You don't have to be so rude" she snarled venomously "I was only trying to help. Those reins were so tangled you wouldn't have ever been able to untangle them"
She turned on her heels and stalked off. She mounted her horse and galloped away. She raced back to the castle and started towards the stables when her two sisters Cecilia and Selene came running up to her. Gabriella pulled on Cheeko's reins and looked at her approaching sisters.
"What's wrong?" she asked as her sisters screeched to a halt beside Gabriella "Did something happen?"
"No nothing's wrong" said Selene "We were just wondering where you ran off too".
"Oh I was just really bored so I went for a ride in the woods" Gabriella sighed "I ran into a really handsome man whose horse's reins had gotten tangled on a tree branch, I got them loose but I had to use my knife to cut them free and he screamed at me! I didn't get a thank you or anything, he was just a pig".
"Yeah he does sound like a pig" said Selene in disgust.
Suddenly Cecilia let out a small gasp" Gabriella is that 'pig' tall, handsome with ebony hair?"
"Yeah he did have black hair" Gabriella recalled thoughtfully "I think he was from another country as well. Why do you ask?"
"Because he is coming this way" Cecilia said quickly.
Gabriella spun around in alarm and glowered as the young man came cantering through the trees.
He came to a halt in front of Gabriella and blushed "Um...uh...I"
"What do you want?" snapped Gabriella
"Well I wanted to apologize I was a pig before, I mean you did get the reins free" the young man dropped his gaze and blushed.
"Oh thank you" Gabriella smiled softly "Oh by the way these are my sisters Cecilia and Selene".
The man dismounted and smiled at the two girls, then took their hands and gave the back of their hands a soft kiss "It is delightful to meet you two beautiful damsels"
Selene and Cecilia giggled loudly and looked up at Gabriella "My name is Fabio" the young man said looking up at Gabriella and taking her hand kissed the back of it "you just looked so upset when you ran off and I felt awful for how I treated you and I was wondering whether you would like to go for a ride with me. I know I only just met you however I really like you." He blushed and lowered his gaze again.
"Ok " Gabriella blushed, she shot a warning look at her sisters. Fabio mounted his horse and the two turned and started to ride away when a man yelled out behind them
"Gabriella where are you going?"
Gabriella, Fabio and the two girls gasped and spun around. Gabriella recognized Nicholas, her father's assistant, the man strode over to them and sneered at Fabio "Where are you going with that trash?"
Gabriella bristled and growled "He is not trash. He is very sweet".
Nicholas laughed "I have seen this sorry specimen before. He lives in the woods far away from here and only comes close enough to the castle to steal things. Sorry to disappoint you my wife!"
Gabriella paled and looked at Fabio. Fabio shot a hurt look at Gabriella "This man is your husband?"
Gabriella glanced back at Nicholas and glared at him "I don't love you" she hissed.
Nicholas blushed but glared at the two mounted riders "I'll teach you to mess with my wife" he growled.
He lunged at Fabio and struck at his horse, the horse reared up in fear and kicked at Nicholas, striking him in the head. Selene and Cecilia yelped in fear and their father's fellow workers came running over to see what the commotion was. A group of them tried to haul Fabio to the ground but Fabio turned in his saddle and galloped away
"Fabio wait!" Gabriella cried in desperation but Fabio was gone.
The workers then grabbed Gabriella and hauled her over to her father. Her father was bending over Nicholas, He turned to Gabriella a look of rage on his features
"What did you do?" he yelled.
"I didn't do anything daddy I promise"
Gabriella sobbed but her father shook his head
"Take her up to her room" he commanded.
"Yes sir" the group replied and they roughly hauled Gabriella up to the house.
Later that night...
Gabriella sat in her room crying. She leaned against the wall and sobbed. She looked around her room and out the window when an idea suddenly came to her. Could she go through with it? Could she run away? She had been horrified when her father had made her marry Nicholas especially since she loathed Nicholas and yet she hadn't even known Fabio a whole day and she already liked him. Gabriella quickly crossed to the window and pulled it open, that's when she made up her mind. She jumped out of the window and carefully climbed down a vine and jumped to the ground. She dashed to the stables and wrenched open the door. She quickly saddled up her steed and jumped on his back
"Let's go Cheeko" she instructed and Gabriella quickly vanished into the trees.
The next morning Selene crept to Gabriella's door and quietly pulled open the door and entered the room. Everyone within 10 miles of the house could have probably heard her piecing scream. Gabriella's mother and father and Cecilia raced up the stairs and into Gabriella's room and stared in fear and shock at the empty room and the open window.
Gabriella was exhausted. She was searching vainly for Fabio. She felt like giving up and going to sleep in a cave or something when she heard Fabio's voice up ahead
"Make sure you get every bit of information from that monster" he instructed.
Gabriella joyfully dismounted and rushed to where the noise was coming from.
"Fabio, Fabio is that you" she cried.
Fabio spun around in alarm as Gabriella flung herself into his arms.
"Gabriella what are you doing here he splutted
"I've been looking for you" she sighed as she fainted into his chest.
