Chapter 2

Sparkling Sugar Dream

She sat upright startled at her surroundings. Roses swayed before her and she blinked as the roses turned to chocolate. Her hands rubbed at her eyes and she watched as the bushes surrounding them turned to cotton candy. This must be a dream. She thought, standing up and almost toppling over on the gumdrop cobblestone.

Her feet crunched against the sticky hard candy. She noticed her change of attire and the same boy stepped towards her, "Welcome doll." She stepped backwards and ran back into the mansion, running into him. He was holding a chocolate cake with small sweetheart candies lining the edges, "Make a wish to the magic candies."

She eyed the candle in the center of the cake that was dripping with frosting and his head tilted to the side in confusion, "Do I have to do it for you? You're such a pain."

He blew out the candle for her and all the lights in the mansion turned out. She grabbed onto him and he smirked in the dimly lit room. It was pitched black and she wanted to scream.

She wasn't afraid of the dark but she felt very tense. Nothing about this boy made her feel safe. All he did was force her to eat sweets and follow her. Her hand reached out towards the wall and he grabbed her wrist, "What do you think your doing? You haven't even met your fellow playmates yet."

She stared at him through the darkness and he led her outside to a building past the garden. Her eyes skimmed the walls and landed on bored faces of lounging girls. She looked at each of them and noticed they were the same girls who grabbed her before she woke up in the garden. Her eyes widened and she banged into the boy with purple hair again.

Her hands pressed against his chest and he put a hand protectively around her waist as he whispered into her ear, "Are you trying to run away again?" She looked back at the girls with tears in her eyes and soon wondered if she was dead. He took her over to them and stood her against the wall. "Don't worry princess."

He put a tiara on her head and smoothed out her skirt like she was indeed a living doll and spoke again, "Now tell me princess what is your name?"

"Lex."

"A precious name for a precious princess."

A girl skipped over to her and offered her a cupcake, "Freshly baked!" She picked off some of the icing off of it with her finger and stuck it in Lex's mouth, "Isn't it sweet?"

Lex nodded and the girl smiled sweetly. She looked at the girls flowing pink hair and puffy blue dress that reminded her of a cupcake wrapper. She looked into her eyes that looked dull and lifeless compared to her bubbly personality.

Another girl walked over to her and tapped on Lex's tiara, "Special girl." She grinned at her and picked up a piece of Lex's lavender hair, "You get to be the princess."

Lex didn't understand. "What's so special about being the princess?"

"You're his favorite."

"Favorite?" The girl tapped her on the nose and walked away. Her blond hair swayed behind her and the other girl skipped behind her. "Wait!"

She still didn't know who the boy was and he was nowhere to be seen. Her eyes landed on a teddy bear with an eyepatch and she walked over to it, picked it up and cuddled it closely. It made her feel safe for the first time since she entered this place.

Footsteps neared her and a familiar voice pricked her ears, "I see you've found Teddy." She looked up at him and blushed embarrassed, considering she wasn't sure if he was upset or not. "Rule one: don't touch Teddy."

He walked over and picked Teddy out of her arms like she had no say in the matter. She stared at the floor, "I'm sorry." He began to walk away again, but she grabbed his arm and he gasped. None of his 'dolls' were supposed to prevent him from doing anything, "Wait."

He turned around and looked at her.

"What's your name?"

He smiled gently at her, brushing off the fact that she grabbed him without his say-so. "Kanato Sakamaki."

She played with the name in her head and he picked up her hand, smelling it. Her eyes widened and she ripped her hand away from him. He looked up at her and frowned.

"W-what was that for?" He smiled toothily and she could see his fangs show. Regardless of whether or not showing them was intentional she backed away. "...but they're just in fairy tales."

He walked over to her, "What fairy tales have you been reading, doll?"

"T-the vampire and the-" Her eyes widened at the name, "...doll..."

"Hm..." She backed away from him and he smiled at her again, "Make a wish to the devil."

"T-the devil?"

He pressed her against the wall and bit her neck softly. Rose petals rained from the ceiling and she watched them fall. She couldn't help but compare it to raining blood as his fangs sunk into her.

I wish I could be somewhere else! Take me somewhere else! Set me free! I feel like a caged animal... A dying butterfly... a spider with no legs... Just release me please!