Chapter 2: A little Unnerving
My second chapter! I hope you can write a review or just send me a personal message.
Taylor walked behind Rumpelstilskin, increasingly higher to a big castle on top of a mountain. A little bit remote from the civilization, in the middle of the woods. She heard the little pebbles under her shoes, they had been walking for hours. Rumpelstilskin opened the big wooden doors of his castle, there appeared a beautiful hall with a large dining table in the middle . The furniture wasn't very colourful, but by the light coming through the big windows it gave it a ,yet, cosy atmosphere.
"You will do anything I ask you. Explore the castle later on your own, but you can't open the door in the kitchen! You have to stay away from there, do you understand me?"
"Yes sir... Rumpelstilskin is your name right?"
He turned to her with a broad grin, which probably meant yes.
There was a large mirror against the wall of the hall, Taylor could see herself . Her long brown hair was messy and her red dress was a bit dirty. She turned away from the mirror. There stood Rumpelstilskin, with a different dress for her. It was white with dark green hues. The dress was very similar to the one her sister Belle once had . Her father ,Sir Maurice, always thought the dress was too simple. Belle was always the girl who had to have the beautiful hair, beautiful dress etc. She was the oldest daughter and had no choices. Taylor understood why Belle left, her father said she ran away. She had been a thankless child. But Taylor knew that Belle was not ungrateful at all, she was the best person in Taylor's life. Taylor's mother died by the birth of Taylor, her last name was Alingswood. That's why Taylor's full surname was French Alingswood. She never knew her mom, but she wish she could know her.
She took the dress from Rumpelstilskin with a shy little smile.
"Follow me, I'll show you your room." he said with a small bow.
She expected to be lead to a small dungeon, nevertheless this was different . He brought her to a large room, there was a double bed and a closet. It was very dusty, no one had enter the room for a long time, probably.
"Thank you, it looks perfect ."Taylor smiled. Rumpelstilskin looked confused at her. He expected her to give another reaction. A young girl of 16 years old, in a dusty old room and is put into a strange castle. Of course she had the fame and riches with her father, but she found that she would much rather have the strange castle with the strange man of the name Rumpelstilskin. She didn't run from home for nothing, even after she was lubricated from the castle of her father, she heard it, the carriage of the Evil Queen. Although she didn't know why they wanted her, it began from the moment that Belle had left the castle. But something in Taylor said it was better to run away for the carriage. Far, far away.
Taylor arrived in her new dress in the main hall after half an hour. She would clean her red dress later. Rumpelstilskin sat quietly at the large dining table, he looked ahead. Taylor poured out of habit some tea into the little silver cup, not for herself but for Rumpelstilskin. Although she was shy and a little scared, her hand didn't shake while she was pouring the tea in the little silver cup. She put the cup in front of him and made a polite nodding gesture.
"You don't talk much, do you darling?" the voice came from behind her, it was Rumpelstilskin who looked at Taylor with a grin. She turned around. "It's a little unnerving when you are being chased by the Evil Queen without having any idea, and then suddenly hide in a strange man's castle.
He looked confused at her, Rumpelstilskin could see the resemblance between Belle and her. Like two drops of water, but somehow Taylor had a more resolute voice.
Taylor looked also at Rumpelstilskin, right in his dark eyes. She shook her head slightly. "I'll grab the broom and start already." Rumpelstilskin didn't give an answer, but remained looking at her for a while. Taylor was already sweeping the floor.