I apologize for this being very overdue because this whole week has been something crazy because it was my birthday and then after that people spent a night and so on and it wasn't done or I would have gotten this out a couple of days earlier. But here you go! Chapter 4.

I'm alone in the darkness that surrounds the basement of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Alone once more. I thought that me and my sister would have stayed here together, or at least stayed together in general. But Sakuya, the head maid, took her away so quickly after putting her in here.

Why?

Couldn't I keep the one form of happiness that I would ever have? The one form of happiness that I ever wanted? Apparently not, because she's gone. I can't even bear to think about what they could possibly be doing to her. This pain hurts more than I've ever been hurt before. Physically or emotionally. I sit in the corner burying my face into my knees. Why did this have to happen so quickly? Why?! I get so angry I take my wand and aim it at the door uncontrollably. I shoot a firebolt at it and burn a hole cleanly through.

I had forgotten that, since sister is not imprisoning me here, I can break out now. i have no reason to stay

Maybe I can find a way to see sister, and understand what they're doing to her. I shoot a couple of more times at the door until there is a hole big enough for me to fit through. It's going to be the first time I step foot outside of this room, this terrifying basement. My only thoughts are what await me beyond these walls.

I walk in front of the door and stick my head through it. I look both ways thankfully seeing no other signs of life. I quickly notice the floor is a nice polished wood, and the walls are clean tiles. The ceiling is simply concrete but it's not as rough as the ceiling in my room. It's very dark so I must be careful as I don't want to be spotted.

I'm barely able to squeeze myself through the hole in the door but I manage to do it! I fall on my face though, definitely not apart of the plan. I quickly get to my feet and notice the air is cold and a lot cleaner than my room. I don't feel stuffy, I can finally breathe properly!

I'm having a grand time enjoying the littlest things of the hallway directly outside my room when I suddenly remember something important. My sister is in trouble, and I have to see what I can do. I choose to go towards the left and slowly creep my way along the side hugging the wall.

It's a little too cold and I'm not quite used to this, but I shrug that feeling off and keep pushing forward in the darkness. Eventually I come across the first glimpse of light, on a down angle. Then I see it, stairs! I get so excited and make a run for it directly up this windy staircase. At the top is a slightly opened wooden door, which is what shone that light earlier.

I am about to open it unconsciously but that's when I realize something crucial. Who is on the other side of this door? Someone who will see me? Someone who will take me back to that room, and afterwards replace that door to something stronger? I'm not going back! I start to tear up and feel myself about to cry uncontrollably. This should feel like routine, I cry all the time. But this time feels different, I'm crying for a completely different reason. I don't want to be contained again, it hurt me for so long! It destroyed me! I will get my revenge on Sakuya, and all the maids that were in on this too! I start to giggle a bit but I immediately control it and stop it. I need to be focused I can't be thinking of other stuff right now! I have to open this door.

I slowly creak the door open and find out this is just another hallway, only this time a silky red carpet runs along the floor. The walls look very polished and the ceiling looks a lot more smoother than anything I've seen. This is amazing! I creep around the corner and take a look down the hallway on the left. No sign of anyone, I look to the right and still nothing. I walk into the hallway and run down the right side wondering where they could be keeping sister. As I keep moving along I try to avoid being seen by people in any of the rooms, some being opened and some being closed. Surprisingly there doesn't seem to be anybody in any of them. At least in the ones I can see into. Suddenly this one single hallway ends, and spreads into left and right again, in 90 degree angles from this current hallway.

This is a hard choice, since I don't know where I am going at all, so I just instinctively choose left and keep moving on. This mansion seems bigger than anything I've ever known could exist. Then again I was kept in a basement for the last 400 years, so that's understandable. It's also very pretty and I can't help but feel everything around me very softly. Like these golden statues of people I've never seen before. So shiny and so pretty it's amazing!

Eventually I come across some tiny staircase down and a giant double door. It looks mysterious and I can sense some sort of magic emitting through the door. This is getting suspicious so I slowly and quietly creak open the door. Who knows if sister could be here. As I finally get it open, the sight I see is incredible! It's full of different shades of purple. Giant shelves of books tower over me, and I feel amazing here. I walk further inside.

I keep looking all around me stunned by the colors in here, all beautiful! I'm so invested by this view that if it weren't for me taking a quick breath I wouldn't have heard the voices.

"What should we do with her?" One voice says, seemingly nervous.

"I don't care, just make it painful!" Another one says, and they both sound familiar. I also hear a familiar whimper which seems to be the person that they are talking about. I decide to creep along and peak around the corner of one rack of books. I immediately stop as soon as I see who is there. Patchouli Knowledge, the mansion librarian.

And Sakuya.

And Sister.

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