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Chapter Four

Welcome to the Family

It didn't take Aurora long to learn the names of all those around the house, thought she wished that she didn't have to. Especially that next morning.

Aurora had read that entire book through the night and the moment she heard footsteps outside her door she stood and exited the room.

No light could be seen, but she didn't need light to see.

It was a lone figure walking down the dark hallway, his footsteps clumsy, but he kept from bumping into anything or falling over. Raising an eye, Aurora began to follow them, wondering what was going on.

"Hello?" She called out. "Are you okay?" She was ignored. She shrugged and turned to walk back to her room but froze. The person was either drunk or sleep walking. Aurora normally would have left the person on their own but she couldn't now. She was working for the two children and she doubted that either of them would like to wake up to a servant of theirs dead from falling down the set of stairs.

Turning back to the walking figure she paced her steps behind him, watching. She wore that small smile, quite enjoying herself with the thoughts of what could happen to a sleepwalker or a drunken fool. Falling down the stairs. Breaking things. Breaking their bones. Killing themselves. Falling on other people. Entering rooms that they shouldn't. Oh the possibilities.

As Aurora continued to pace after the man before her, she recalled him to her memory. This was the Head Butler. He had been the one that opened the door for her when she first arrived. What had the twins called him?

"Alois? Is that you?" A voice called out. The light from a candle came out of nowhere, slightly followed by a scream.

Aurora only had a moment to take in the face of the new figure before a flying kick came, aimed at her face.

The man was young with short blond hair and blue eyes and a small, thin beard. Dressed in a white pair of pajamas he had dropped the candle and jumped over Alois' head with some sort of battle cry. The kick flew at Aurora's face…but fell short by at least three feet.

"Intruder!" The man cried repeatedly as he jumped to his feet. He hurried over to a painting and pulled it off the wall. Aurora watched in surprise as the man pushed the large red button under it and an alarm went off as candles all down the hall lit up. The man turned back to Aurora and lifted his fists with a determined look. "You won't be stealing from this home, thief!"

"I can assure you that I'm not a thief," Aurora tried to say but the man cut her off with another failed attempt to hit her.

"Save your lies for the police!"

Aurora sighed as she dodged the man's hits. This was sad. Not the fact that the man didn't know that she was the one that was given the two Children to care for, and not because Alois was still heading down the hall like nothing had ever happened. What was sad was that this man had no idea what the hell he was doing.

"James? Where are you? Where's the intruder?" Another voice called from downstairs.

"Up here, Patrick! Bring your gun!" James replied trying to hit the extremely bored Aurora now that didn't even bother to move. She just crossed her arms, the attacks missing themselves. "Damn you're fast." The man commented.

Aurora rolled her eyes.

"All right Intruder! You're mine!"

Aurora turned her attention to the man that stood behind James. Patrick was older, about in his 30s, with brown hair and eyes. Dressed in a night-shirt and boxers, the man held…oh my god; it was a flame-thrower.

James quickly jumped out of the way as Patrick pulled the trigger. Aurora paused for a moment before grabbing the railing beside her and hoping over it to get to the bottom floor.

"Where'd she go?" James asked. "Did you get her?"

"I think so."

Aurora sighed again as the new door in front of her opened.

"What's with all the fus-ahhhh!" The young woman, with red hair and green eyes dressed in a white nightgown, backed back into the other room and the door shut followed by the sounds of crashing and glass breaking. Aurora turned with raised eyebrows just to face yet another woman in a black night gown this time with James and Patrick behind her. The woman held brown eyes with glasses and long brown hair.

"You picked the wrong house, I'm afraid." The woman told her, pushing her glasses up.

Aurora sighed, and lifted a hand to her forehead. "I didn't want to do this," She spoke. "But it seems that I have no choice." She lowered her hand with a smile and made to step forward when another body jumped in front of her.

It had been the young servant from the dining hall. The one that had pulled out her chair for her. He was a young man, not over 15 yet, with short blond hair and blue eyes as well. He had spread his arms out, his back to the three behind him. He was giving Aurora a pleading look and shaking his head, as if he knew that she could severely hurt them.

"Victor, what are you doing?" James demanded. "Get out of the way!"

"And just what is going on here?" A voice boomed out as the alarm turned off and the lights jumped on. All five there turned and glanced at the three figures that stood at the top of the stairs. The Twins and Vincent. The twins looked annoyed while Vincent wore a rather amused look.

"Sir, an Intruder!" James pointed at Aurora. She slapped a hand on her head. How stupid could these humans be?

"Coming to steal from us or Lady Aurora, I'm sure." Patrick commented.

"You dimwits," Remora scowled. "That IS Lady Aurora!"

All three of them looked back at the black-haired woman. "You're Lady Aurora?"

She sighed and took glance at the young man that had grabbed her right hand. Why had he done that?

"Are you all right, Aurora?"

She lifted her head to look at Vincent as he addressed her. "Of course."

"W-what," The voice made them all turn to the young woman that peeped around the door. "What were you doing wandering the halls at night?"

James scratched the back of his head. "She was following Alois, I guess. A sleepwalker is rather…" He paused. "Where did Alois go, anyway?"

The twins sighed. "We're going back to bed." The said simultaneously and disappeared around the corner.

"Sorry about that," James scratched the back of his head as he took a step forward. "Never can be too careful, right?" He held his hand out. "James Bale. Gardner of the Drakeford Estate."

~And crazy wannabe Martial Artist~ She thought as she began to shake their hands. "Aurora Rush."

"You've already met Alois, so-"

~Old Sleepwalker~

"Patrick Humsley. Chef."

~Pyromaniac~

"R-Rebecca Shelt. Maid~

~Clumsy Scardycat~

"Maria Harding. You know, you would look lovely in one of my paintings. Can I paint you?"

~And this one is apparently an insane artist~

"The one on your arm his Victor Jones," Vincent was standing on the first floor now, that amused smile still on his face. "He's a mute, but a good servant nonetheless."

~A mute, hmm?~

Aurora glanced down and the boy smiled up at her before letting go of her, grabbing Rebecca's hand, and leading her back into the room she had come from.

"Again, our apologies." James gave her a small bow. It won't happen again, I assure you." The three of them ran off, either to their rooms or after Alois, Aurora didn't know or care.

"What in the hell have I gotten myself in to?" She asked herself.

Vincent just gave her a smiled and a swift bow. "Welcome to the Drakeford Family."

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