Chapter 7

Two months later

Sophie awoke to the sound of muffled voices coming from the room next to her. She had been living at the – she had soon learned was called – Frankenstein Castle for two months and yet she was always surprised to hear voices in the middle of the night.

Being up, she took the chance to hone in on the noise coming from Riff Raff's room – she had been left in his care since that first night and thus had been situated in the room separated only by a door from his. She had yet to truly grow close to him, he was a reserved and isolated man who abhorred social relations, but she found him to be kind and caring in his own ways nonetheless.

Making meaning of the sounds that drifted into the room Sophie blushed, clearly Magenta was "visiting" tonight. She had been shocked to discover the incestuous relationship between the two but had kept quiet about it. Magenta had once discussed the matter with her and it was clear that she loved her brother about as much as she loved any of her other sexual partners – who had been fast and frequent within the two month period. She had felt bad for Riff Raff after that revelation as it was evident he worshipped her.

Knowing she wouldn't be able to sleep with the noise, Sophie left her room and began to walk towards the elevator musing about her life at the castle on her way…

After relaying her pathetic sob story to Frank-n-Furter he had immediately decreed that she would live within the mansion. She was formally introduced to the other inhabitants and then led to her room where she was told to have a shower and then go to sleep. In the morning she had been woken by Riff Raff and brought once more to the dining room where she was invited to eat breakfast…and from there she began socializing. It was only after about three weeks that she learned of Frank's origin…although she had thought the people in the house were odd, she merely assumed that Frank was a very eccentric wealthy man and that Columbia was his wife…she cringed at her innocent folly. It came as no surprise to her now that – albeit Columbia – all the inhabitants hailed from an alien planet with alien customs.

Despite this revelation, she soon became friends (well at least acquaintances she corrected) with everyone. First was the groupie Columbia, whom seemed to naturally make friends fast. Although she had a nasally voice and high energy level, Sophie found she was extremely comfortable around the red head. It had taken a little longer for Magenta to warm up to her but they were now quite close, Magenta treating her like a younger sister.

She pondered and realized that Frank-n-Furter had seemed to take an instant notice to her. The notice was neither favourable nor unfavourable – rather she saw a strange gleam in his eye that made her shiver, it seemed sometimes as if he wanted to consume her…yet, he was only ever kind to her. She had learned, though, that he had quite a temper and saw its marks on Riff Raff … she had also learned that he was self-absorbed and had a large sexual appetite… well I'm at least safe from that, she thought, god knows I'm not attractive.

She was momentarily pulled from her reverie as she entered the elevator, pressing the button that would lead her to Frank's laboratory. I hope I don't wake him, Sophie thought to herself with a smile on her face. She shivered slightly at the feel of the cold metal floor on her bare feet and pulled down the hem of her shirt – another change had come in the form of her wardrobe. Frank-n-Furter had rifled through her clothes and demolished any he felt were unbecoming of her. She was to wear form fitting, "sexy" ensembles that flattered her desirable characteristics to his liking – she snorted, what desirable characteristics did she have? These actions had also caused a lot of shopping on Frank's part and a lot of blushes on hers.

The elevator rattled, signalling its arrival at her desired destination. She stepped out into the large laboratory and made her way to the elegant room at the back.

Pulling back the silken red curtains she made her way to the Queen sized bed and saw Frank sleeping soundly within its plush covers. Making sure to be quiet, Sophie slowly lowered herself in…it had become a strangely comforting ritual for her to sleep with Frank-n-Furter if ever she should not find it in her own room.

She remembered the first time it had happened; it was around two in the morning on her seventh night when she had awoken in a cold sweat, shaking. Her nightmare had been intense and lingered still…shadows became menacing and silence became whispers. She flew into the hall and began running without thinking of where she was going…she ran for what seemed like hours before slamming into a figure before her. Falling to the ground she screamed but was soon cut off by the hand of Frank-n-Furter covering her mouth. He had comforted her and listened to her nightmare until she had passed out from exhaustion…she had woken up in his bed the next morning.

With this memory in her head, Sophie fell asleep smiling.