"Freedom." she stated in a cool voice, as she spoke the word Will was drawn to her lips. They were as red as cherries and made the word seem even more appealing.
As he realised his thoughts he quickly shook his head, when he did looked back at the girl she was now stood up straight once more.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
The girl turned her body slightly, "Follow me and you'll find out."
She gracefully turned her body, every movement seemed to Will as if was done with every ounce of elegance she had. It could put the most professional of ballet dancers to shame.
As she began walking away he wondered if he should turn and continue walking home.
But for some reason he couldn't, it was as if some unknown force was pulling him forward. Before he knew it he found himself running to catch up with her, as they turned onto another street he slowed down to a walk directly besides her.
He was surprised at how quickly she walked; he had to speed up to keep up with her.
As he followed her he took notice of what she was wearing, he wouldn't be surprised if she had been following him for a while. With the black clothing she was wearing she could easily blend in with the shadows.
She wore a long black dress that draped along the floor; it was tight fitting and showed all the curves she had. It was long sleeved and came down to her wrists however from then on her hands were covered in two lacy black gloves. The dress came up high to her neck, only a few inches below her chin so not much of her skin was visible except for her face.
Her hair was also midnight black, it was quite long to Will as most females kept the hair shoulder length as soon as they hit their teens, it was unusual to see a teenage girl with hair that came down to her back. Only young girls were seen with hair that long and it was considered weird and unlady-like to not follow these fashion trends.
But never the less, her hair was long and trimmed neatly at the front into a fringe that came just above her eyes. As he was taking note of her looks she suddenly turned her head to meet his gaze.
He flinched and looked ahead, when he did look from the corner of his eyes he found her also looking forward.
As they turned a corner he decided to began speaking, "So... where exactly are we going?"
"All will be revealed soon." she stated.
Will tried to ask a few more questions as they walked along however she replied with the same sentence and so he soon gave up. He was confused as to why he was following a stranger but for some reason he felt he had too.
Later on as the clock tower began chiming again Will realised it must be midnight, he had been out for just over an hour and that was risky indeed.
He turned to the girl, "Look it's late and I have to go before someone finds I'm missing."
She remained silent.
"Well..." he began, "I'll see you some other time."
He turned to walk away when she suddenly spoke.
"We're here."
Will turned his head to see her standing in front of a doorway on the street, walking over to her he looked to find her stood they were stood in front of an abandoned shop. The windows were covered with a black curtain and the black paint on the door was wasting away and uncovering the wood beneath it.
"Here?" he asked, quite surprised.
The girl stepped past him so she was stood on the step of the doorway and gently brought something from around her neck. Watching with interest Will then realised she had revealed a necklace that had been hanging around her neck, hanging on the silver chain was a rather large key. It was around the size of the palm of his hand and was painted a black-grey colour. Leaning forward she placed it in the keyhole of the door and turned it.
Immediately, the door creaked open. Looking inside, Will only saw darkness however when he let his eyes adjust he could just make out shapes of objects.
"In."
Will looked at the girl who was gesturing for him to walk in, hesitantly he did so and stepped in with her following behind. As soon as they were both in she shut the door and began walking away.
Will stood rooted to the spot, unsure of what to do. Standing in the darkness he could just see the outline of the girl as she walked along him.
As he stood still, he realised all too late what he had just done. He had followed a stranger who had not even said her name and willingly come into an eery looking shop with her.
He silently felt for the door behind him and tried to find the door handle however there was none. He turned around fully and began blindly looking for some way out.
As he was doing so he was surprised when some light suddenly appeared behind him, turning back around he found the girl walking around the room and lighting grey candles that were on stands around the room.
When she finished lighting the final one she blew out the match and turned her gaze towards him, he froze.
"I'll be back in a moment, I need to go and state your arrival." she explained.
She bowed slightly before disappearing, he watched as she walked around what looked like a counter and went into a doorway covered by some red velvet curtains.
He wondered what she meant by stating his arrival, had she planned for him to come here? And who exactly was she stating his arrival to?
These and many more questions began appearing in his mind until he found his mind full with them. Trying to distract himself he took a few steps into the room and looked around.
It was indeed a shop but not an abandoned one.
All around the walls were shelves with objects on them such as bottles, book and more. Candle stands were placed in all the corners of the room with five candles on each stand.
To the left of the room was a counter which went from wall to another and had a hatch on it's right side which the girl had gone through. Behind the counter was a doorway in the wall however instead of a door it merely had a piece of red material hanging in front of it to act like a curtain.
Walking over to some shelves on a far wall he examined the objects placed on it, picking up one in his hands he began inspecting it. It appeared as a clear glass bottle however inside it was merely grey sand.
Sighing he wondered what he had gotten himself into.
"I wonder when I'll get out." he murmurred to himself.
"Well that depends on how fast you please me." replied a voice from behind him.
Review please and I'll update as soon as I can. This was a short chapter but I wanted to leave it on a cliffy.