A/N: IM BACK! :D eh.. For the time being, at least. I've been going through a bit of a rough patch, and right now I'm confined to my bed, because of an unfortunate "accident" I had, which included a razor and a couple meltdowns... But that is all I will say on the matter. All that matters is that I'm back on track with my writing, and it will be better than ever :) enjoy!
I shrieked and backed away from the window, slamming it roughly. That didn't stop the intruder, though; he quickly got the window back up and was standing in my room.
By this point, I was terrified. I ran for the door as fast as I could, but he still managed to get there before I did and blocked my path out. I opened my mouth to scream but he muffled my scream with his hand.
"Don't scream," he whispered into my ear. "I'm not going to hurt you."
I was so petrified that I couldn't even move. His hand was as cold as ice and it chilled me to the bone.
His breath was cool against my cheek. "Come with me." He took my hand in his and led me to the window. I didn't know what had come over me. I was actually letting him take me to my window, and I stood there as he climbed through it and pulled me out as well onto the tree that stood right outside my window. He scooped me up into his arms and then we were off, so quickly that my mind didn't have even a second to register what was going on. Everything around me was a blur- everything except the moon in the sky, which just happened to be full that night. I kept my gaze fixated on it, because everything else was making me dizzy.
Then, we stopped. Just as quickly as we had begun, the journey from my room to wherever we were now, was over.
There was a large lake where we were now. The stranger set me down and walked with me across the tiny dock, to a small gondola-type boat in the water. This all reminded me so much of the play that we were performing at school; the one that I had been forced to attend the auditions for. I couldn't remember the name; all that was on my mind right then was the person I was with, and the beautiful moon above us.
He gestured towards the boat, and I took the hint, getting in it and sitting down among the many pillows that graced the inside as delicately as I possibly could, with him following right behind.
As we floated down the lake in the boat, I took the opportunity to study the man I was with. He wore a white, full-faced mask, so I couldn't see his face. But I could see his eyes, which were a brilliant golden color. His hair was an oddly-colored bronze, a color that I had only seen on one other person; and that person's name and face evaded me completely at that moment. I didn't even care right then. I only cared about this man, for some strange reason. I didn't understand it, really. It didn't make any sense why I felt safe with this total stranger... But I did.
Soon, we came to a large tunnel, and the journey through it was long and dark, with the occasional light coming from the few lanterns which were attached to the tunnel walls. Not long after, we arrived at what I presumed was our final destination. It was a room, filled with only a large, ivory piano and many, many lit candles.
The man got out of the boat then, and pulled it up to the shore before taking my hand, helping me out, and leading me towards that grand piano.
He sat me down on the left side of the bench, while he took his seat on the right. Then, he began to play the most beautiful music I had ever heard in my life.
He played for a long time. It began to make me sleepy, and, not too long after, I think I fell asleep, listening to the gorgeous lullaby that he played for me.
A/N: Not the longest chapter in history, but believe me, it's very important to the story. Now, I'm quite tired myself, and am going to go to bed :) please review, I need to hear what my wonderful readers thought more than anything right now :)