Dracula went into his office. As he closed the door, it just all seemed to be a very bad nightmare. He sat in his spiny chair, and but his head into his hands, closing his eyes and deeply thinking. Well actually he was mentally slapping himself very hard and a little voice seemed to come out of nowhere in his head. You idiot! How could you and to a girl?? What's wrong with you? Didn't you know that they were friends or did you just go way over your arrogant head? This is how you show your affection?!? That little voice wouldn't go anywhere, it wouldn't leave him alone. It was like he actually had a conscience now but meaner. He felt guilty, bad, angry, stupid. He felt like he was a..a...monster. He hated that word, he hated to be called that. It was the most popular word that the villagers called him back home. Monster, devil. He didn't mind the second one much, but the first made him angry...made him feel so incomplete...like he was an it, a nothing.
It was raining outside, he noted as he turned around. He watched the rain drops come down hard and ice cold. Just like he was...just like I am. Dracula looked away, slowly coming to realize how weak he was right now, how pathetic. He snapped out of his conscience state, saying what he did ws natural, what all the devil's creations should do, would do. But that little voice wouldn't shut up. How can you think like that? You are pathetic! You like her! You like her! She wouldn't want to be with you! A murderer...a...monster... He screamed in his head. He was not a monster, he wasn't pathetic. Dracula turned around as a bolt of lightning aluminated the cold, gray/black sky.
He was losing a battle of his mind. A matter of his head. But what he didn't know, was the battle inside himself. The matter of the heart.
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Amaya was inside her room, watching the rain slowly drift to the ground, then faster and colder. There was lightning, thunder. She didn't mind it all. After all...what is worth than death? Vic was gone, dead. Amaya was furious that she hadn't been there to save her, to die to save her friend if need be. Mina was lying on her bed, staring up into the ceiling, counting the little grooves on it and watching the twirling fan.
Mina: "You know the ball is in three days?" she said randomly.
AMaya: "Yea, I know..but..."
Mina: "I know you don't want to go after what happened, but she is in a better place, hopefully."
Amaya: "That's not bothering me. It's who and why."
Mina: "Me too. But anyway, we should go do something, you know, to distract us from all this death."
Amaya: "Alright, but what?"
Mina smiled and ran out of the room like a whirlwind. AMaya tried to catch up with her, but couldn't seem to get close enough, until Mina disappeared.
"BOO!!!!" Amaya slightly screamed, landing on her butt on the floor. Mina was laughing histarically. Amaya smiled, then started to laugh, until both friends were laughing with tears streaming down their faces.
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Dracula heard something. Laughter? No, not at this moment in time, not after the crime he had committed. He got up from his chair and briskly walked until he found both Amaya and Mina laughing histarically at some random thing. He couldn't help but smile a little. Then he looked at her, Amaya. Soon he felt that little voice again. See...look how happy she is, well for now. Don't you want her to be like that? Don't you yourself desire to laugh again? You like her...you know it, why don't you show it, huh? He pushed the little voice out of his head, and went over to the two girls who were laughing. As he came closer, the girls seemed to slowly become silent.
Dracula: "What's so funny?"
Mina: "Nothing really."
Dracula: "Then why did you stop?"
Amaya: "Just felt like it."
Dracula: "Can I talk to you for a moment Amaya?"
Amaya: "Yeah sure."
Mina left the hallway and went back to their rom to return to the staring of the fan and ceiling.
Dracula: "Are you sure you're ok after..."
Amaya: "Yeah, I'm fine. Nothing to worry about."
Dracula: "Just making sure. Anyway, I was just wondering if you would like to...um...go to the ball with me?"
Her eyes seemed to lit up like a little girl's, then slowly became their sapphire color again. She blushed, and a small smile crept up on her lips.
Amaya: "well, I don't really know. I would love to, but you should go with someone more your speed."
Dracula: "You are."
Amaya: "But don't you want to be with someone prettier than I?"
Dracla: "you are darling."
Amaya: "Well..wait what did you say?"
Dracula: "Nothing, nothing. I beg of you please accompany me?"
Amaya: "I guess so. There's no harm in it. Yes, I would love to go with you Dracula."
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Mina was happy and gleeful. Her friend was going to have a date. But she couldn't help but be a tiny bit jealous, but she was mostly happy for her friend.
Mina: "Someone's got a date..."
Amaya: "We're friends, aquitences. That's all."
Mina: "That's not what I heard..."
Amaya: "Ok, ok."
Mina: "I'll help you with finding an outfit."
Amaya: "Thanks and I'll help you."
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Dracula couldn't help but put a tiny spring in his step. Make that a happy litle skip. He smiled all the way to his office and sat in his chair. He spun around to face the window and watched the rain fall, happily. And yet again that little voice came. Now was that so hard?