Chapter 28
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Anna screamed as she jumped to the back of the bed. "CHANGE BACK! I HATE SPIDERS ALMOST AS MUCH AS I HATE YOU! CHANGE BACK! CHANGE BACK!" Dracula laughed and shook his head.
"I didn't hear a please," he said. Anna trembled.
"PLEASE CHANGE BACK BEFORE I BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH A PILLOW!" Anna shouted in return. Dracula laughed as he changed back.
"Not exactly what I had in mind but close," he said. Anna was still trembling.
"What kind of trick were you pulling?" she hissed. "It would have been better if I had still been blind!" The Count sighed as he sat next to her.
"You said it couldn't be anything frightening, Anna," he said. "I thought that perhaps for once you could handle it." The princess slapped him across the face.
"Who are you to say what I can handle?" she snapped. Dracula growled, not at all liking how she kept slapping him.
"Since you insist," he said. Dracula snapped his fingers. Anna's sight was gone again. "Instead of a game in skill I think this one will require manners. It will be your job to figure out what you need to say in order to get your sight back, again! Until then, you'll have to feel your way around before finding anything." With that Dracula was gone, leaving Anna to her blindness.
"I hate his guts," she whispered.
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Perhaps it would really be the best when she didn´t just sit there in her thoughts. Then she would have to think about her Gabriel and the dream again and then she would only end up in tears again. And Dracula seeing her cry was the last thing she needed now.
With one hand trying to find the edge of the bed she slowly crawled forward, her other hand keeping her from falling.
After almost one minute she had made a few safe steps towards the door. Still the exit was at least five meteres away. "This bastard!", she kept muttering as she walked forward with outstretched arms.
Anna didn´t notice that Dracula was already sitting on the bed again and watching the sight before him. A plan formed in his mind. It was time for some fun.
He used his mind to move a box right in front of the princess. It was more than hard for him not to laugh as she tripped over the box and almost fell forward. The next thing he did was opening the door, that meant so far that the edge of it pointed right at the space between her arms.
Right as Anna thought she was through the worst the edge of the door hit her forehead with a thud. Before she could stumble Dracula put his arms around her waist.
"I should have known that it was your doing!", Anna said, holding her head, which was throbbing.
Dracula placed her down on the bed and stroked the place where she had hit herself. "My poor, poor Anna. I forgot that you have tomatoes on your eyes!", he said with not much pity in his voice.
"Haha! How funny!", she spat and rested her head on his shoulder.
He let her stay in that position for a while before saying: "I think you still know the rules of our last game. Well, unfortunately I forgot what happens after a wrong guess of yours. Could you remind me?" A sly grin appeared on his features at that.
Anna still felt dully in her mind and replied just the thing he wanted to hear: "I have to kiss you then."
As she noticed what she had just said she slapped her hurting forhead in frustration. "Ouch!" Dracula chuckled. "How right you are! And I was sure I forgot something to do. Good that we can cath up on that now." With that he pressed his lips against hers. Anna was taken off guard at first but soon responded.
It felt too good as that she wanted it to end so quickly. Slowly she could see the image of a dark room return to her eyes. But she barely noticed because of her closed eyes. Anna hadn´t expected herself to give in to him so fast but still it was happening. The kiss weakened her even more and eventually made her fall aleep in Dracula´s arms.