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Chapter start.
Chapter 2- The journey to the meeting.
Tessa POV.
"Do come along Tessa! We would like to arrive at the party today, not next weekend!" Will, impatient as ever, hollers up the stairs.
"Oh shut up. I haven't taken that long." I snapped back at him from the top of the stairs.
If I was being honest, I was a little nervous of going downstairs dressed in this elaborate ball gown. It was red and poofy as it bunched out around my waist and flowed down to the floor. It was bunched up in rows with ruffles as it swished around my ankles. It had an extremely low neckline and no back to it and it also had off the shoulder sleeves, which were also poofy.
I had red 4-inch heeled shoes on, along with a red garter and skind coloured stockings on. I had red gloves on that stretched to my elbows, and even though you couldn't see my nails, they were also painted red. Blood red. Everything was blood red on me.
My brown hair was left down, and it felt comforting to feel the familiar sensation of my hair, falling down my back. It was slightly wavy.
"Miss?" Sophie placed a comforting hand on my lower arm "Are you alright?"
I smiled a weak smile at her. "Yes thank you Sophie. I'm alright." While in fact, I was finding it hard to breath calmly in my tight corset.
"You look wonderful." She patted my arm reassuringly.
"You did a wonderful job. Thank you. I don't think I could have made my self presentable on my own." I told her, squeezing her hand back.
"Tessa! We have to go, come on. What on earth are you doing now?" Will shouted again.
I sighed and began my decent down the stairs. As I came into sight, gasps echoed around the hallway.
I pulled the red silk shawl tighter round my body. I felt exposed. Now, as I stood in plain sight of everyone, it felt painfully obvious that there was no back to my dress, and that I wasn't wearing a bra. Luckily the corset had a lot of support but that didn't comfort me much.
"You look beautiful." Jem was the first to speak. He stepped forward and kissed my gloved hand.
"Thank you." I smiled at him as he straightened up. He was wearing a smart black tux that blended perfectly with his silvery eyes and hair.
"Well Tessa. You actually look quite nice." Jessamine said, with an almost appraising look in her eyes.
"So glad I make your approval Jessamine." I said, a slightly annoyed undertone creeping into my voice.
Jessamine, of course, looked beautiful. She had a green dress on, that flowed elegantly down and pooled around the floor. It was tight fitting at the top, with quite a low neckline but not quite as low as mine. It was sleeveless, and as she twirled around I saw that the back was fastened together with green ribbon cris-crossing along her skin. The only thing stopping that dress from falling straight off her was the thing piece of ribbon looped around her neck.
Her blonde silky hair was twisted up on top of her head in and elegant swirl and her brown eyes glowed with excitement. Her creamy complexion mixed well with her emerald green gown.
"My my Tessa, that dress suits you wonderfully." Charlotte smiled warmly at me. She was dressed in a dress similar to Jessamine but it was in a light blue. Henry was in a black tux, with his normally messy ginger hair smoothed down neatly, and he was nodding his agreement.
"You look lovely to Charlotte." I replied, staring at her dress. She did look wonderful.
"Hmmm." Came an arrogant velvety voice. The voice I was dreading. "Maybe waiting all this time for you was worth it after all." Will said, a smirk plastered on his face as his gaze grazed over my body.
"You've changed your tune." I state, and I instantly wished I hadn't. I sounded flirtatious. Not what I wanted to aim for.
Will's gaze finally rested on my face. Smirk still in place. "You pleased?" he asked, a taunting edge to his voice.
I blushed slightly and cursed myself for it. "Not at all. Merely trying to figure out your intentions ." I replied crisply.
"Oh, don't worry about my intentions Miss. Gray, they will guarantee us both a good time." He winked at me.
"The carriage is ready to go. Is everyone ready to depart?" Thomas popped his head around the door.
"Thank you Thomas. We are ready now. Remember everyone; we are going her on business. We want to find out information about Mortmain and his minions. Jessamine, please stay focussed on our task and not ogling young gentleman." Charlotte said, while leading the way towards the carriage outside. Henry followed close behind her and Jessamine flounced out of the room with a loud indignant 'humph', her gown trailing behind her slightly.
Will let out a whoop of laughter as I hurried past him, my skirts gathered in my hands, towards the carriage_
I groaned and sat up, rubbing my cheek. It was stinging harshly from when I had hit the ground and the gravel had dug into my skin.
My eyes flicked open and I studied my surroundings. I was trapped in a cell. No outside light came in since there were no windows in the cell. The black iron bars blocking my escape glinted in the yellow candlelight. It was as if they were bragging that there was no escape with them there.
I scraped my tangled hair back off my face as I looked around for any sign of escape.
I pushed myself off the ground and stood up, wobbling slightly as my legs started having feeling back in them.
My mind was racing with a thousand questions…
How do we escape?
Where are the others?
Are they injured?
Are they even alive?
Where am I?
A soft voice drifted through the silent air.
"Tessa? Tessa is that you?"
I instantly recognised the voice. I whirled around and spotted a blob of green.
"Jessamine? Is that you?" I asked, peering through the dim light towards the greenness in the cell opposite me.
I launched myself at the cold iron bars and stretched a hand out through the tiny gaps between the bars.
"Jessamine, are you okay? Where are the others? How did you get here? What happened after we split up?" I rushed out, while marvelling at the fact that Jessamine could still look pretty in the state she was in.
Her blonde hair was escaping from its elegant twist and was hanging in knotty strips down her face.
Her complexion looked pale as milk, her eyes wide with fear.
Her green dress had a huge rip up the one side, and she no longer wore her gloves.
"Oh Tessa, they took me. Me! Out of everyone else there at that party they took me!" Jessamine shouted indignantly. "Those filthy demons came and ruined my dress. Do you know how much this cost? And they have ruined my hair. This took me hours to do! And I've lost my gloves and now I'm stuck here in this horrid place! When do you they will let us out? Do you think if I tell them that I had nothing to do with it they will let me go?"
My temper flared. "How can you be so selfish? We are stuck here in this prison; a prison Jessamine, with no sign of escape, an army of demons keeping us hostage and our fate at their hands and all you care about is your dress? And how to save yourself? Are you really that self absorbed Jessamine?" I hissed furiously through my teeth.
"Excuse me, but you have no right to talk to me like that. I am a lady and a lady deserves respect_" She yelled clearly astonished at my lack of respect for her so called 'lady ness'.
"We have no idea where the others are or even if they are alive and all you think about is yourself!" I continue as if she hadn't spoken. My hands gripped the bars so tightly that I swear I could've bent them. Jessamine was lucky that there were bars between us.
"Tessa? Is that you? Are you alright?" Jem's voice was like music to my ears. At least he was alive.
"Jem! It's me yes. I'm okay. Are you all right? Where are you?" I strained my head against the bars, desperately trying to squeeze through to find him.
"I'm okay. I'm in the cell um…maybe two up from you. Are the others with you? Wait, is that Jessie?" Jem called back, seeming relieved to hear my voice.
Before I could speak Jessamine had crawled forward from her cowering position in the corner to pressing herself against the iron bars.
"Yes Jem it is me. How on earth do we get out of here? It's cold and horrible. I want to go home now." Jessamine snapped, rubbing her arms up and down her upper arms.
"There you go again." I muttered furiously. "Its always all about you, you, you all the time."
"I don't know. Those demons came out of nowhere. They knocked me out and must've brought me here." Jem said, seemingly distracted.
"All I wanted to do was dance. Is that so much to ask for?" Jessamine was grumbling angrily.
"Do stop whining Jessie. It is so tiresome to hear all the time." Another voice joined the conversation.
A voice that made my heart jump for joy.
Will.
"Will! Your alive!" I called gleefully, unable to hide my joy.
"So it is you I can see from the back of that cell." Jem said.
"It takes more than a bunch of demons to kill me." He called back as he emerged at the opening of his cell, and I could feel the smile in his voice.
"Hey have you guys forgotten about me? I am here you know." Jessamine called impatiently.
"Its next to impossible to forget that your in the room Jessamine." I muttered quietly.
Will must have heard me though as I caught a flash of white- his teeth- as he grinned at me.
"Well we shall soon see." Jem muttered softly.
"What?" Will and me said at the same time, confused at Jem's comment.
"They've come for us." Jem whispered.
Clank. Clank. Clank.
I spun around to face the sound and for the first time since waking up I noticed that there was a small stairwell not far from my cell.
Two demons were marching briskly down the stone steps and straight for me. Another two following behind them.
I scooted back from the door, my dress bunching up around me. My bare feet pressed on the cool stone flooring.
I stared defiantly back at the demon at my cell door.
"Come." It slurred. Unlocking the door with a key I hadn't seen it pull out.
"What do you want with me?" My voice was strong and steady as I kept my gaze locked with the demons.
"Come." It slurred again, but this time it stepped forward and grabbed a handful of my brown tangled hair, pulling hard on it.
"Ah!" I yelped at the pain, which was burning my scalp.
I gripped the demons hand and tried to pry it free but it was too strong. It dragged me out of the cell and towards the stairs. It stopped there, but only to bend down and swing me up over its shoulder.
I thumped viciously on its back, but it just continued walking, as if it could only say 'come' and walk robotically.
"Put me down now. I am a lady and a lady does not get treated in such a manner!" Jessamine was shrieking.
I looked up and saw that she was in a similar position just a different demon. Even though Jessamine is a shadow hunter you can tell that she doesn't go on many expeditions. The only reason she was coming on this one was because there was going to be a room full of eligible young men.
I looked over Jessamine's shrieking form and saw Will and Jem being dragged forward by two more demons.
We needed to escape and this could be our only chance.
I moved my head to the demons shoulders and bit down hard, tasting a foul mixture of a sticky liquid.
The demon hissed and dropped me. I hit the floor, ignoring the pain, and rolled to my feet. Damn, no weapons.
"Tess what are you doing?" I heard Jem holler, but I ignored him. I was entirely focussed on the demon in front of me.
Moving so fast that I wasn't even sure how it happened, my head was flung to side as something rock hard connected with my face. A fist.
I tasted blood in my mouth, and my vision grew blurry. I lashed out blindly towards where the demon was standing and was pleased when my fist hit the demon.
Crack!
Another blow was delivered to my face. My head ached, and felt heavy as I pitched forward, swaying uncontrollably on my feet.
I vaguely felt being hoisted back off the ground but my mind zoned out after that.
Chapter end!
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