She dreamt of the autumn festival that night. Her heart skipping a beat as her soldier wraps around her waist and the couple danced the night away. He's looking at her,smiling.
"You are very beautiful tonight, my princess", Lance says. Stella blushes and lean in to kiss him.
But then, a black mist looms over them. Lance looks at her with fear in his eyes and he reaches for her, as the mist pulls them apart.
"Lance!" Stella calls out, but she can no longer see or hear him call her name. She starts to run and not long after that she bumps into someone. At first she got excited because she thought she found Lance, but when she looked up, there was Baron instead. He let out an evil laugh and grabbed Stella before she could run off.
"If I can't have you, then no one can!" He yelled and raised a knife up over her head. Stella tried to use her magic but for some reason couldn't. The knife dug into her shoulder and she screamed out in pain for lance. Each stab she screamed louder and louder for him, and he wasn't In site. Finally she was too weak to stand and she fell to the ground. Baron climbed on top of her and looked her in the eyes, laughing some more. Then a bright light came into view...
"Stella...Stella...wake up. You're having a nightmare...wake up now."
Stella stirred in her sleep and sat up. It was morning and she wasn't covered in blood. She sighed of relief and looked over to see Lance, with a look of concern on his face.
"Are you ok? You kept calling me in your sleep, " he said. Stella informed him on the dream, all while clinging on to him.
" I thought I lost you",She said
Lance held her close and smoothed out her hair.
"It's okay. I'm not going anywhere. He won't hurt you as long as I'm here." He pulled away and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead. "Now get dressed and come downstairs. We still got school to go to." And with that the corporal left.
Stella sighed and fell back in bed, thinking about that dream. Was it a sign, or was it just reliving the attack differently? She didn't know and shrugged it off. She quickly dresses into some jeans and long sleeve crop top along with some boots. Voices can be heard from downstairs as she came to the stares. She heard her name.
"Stella used to be so well behaved. Looking at her now makes me wonder how you can tolerate her." Said a voice
"She's not that bad. She just has to get used to you being here Baron." Said Ilana
Of course Baron would say that, Thought Stella
"Yes but it's not very princess like to be dressing so skimpy and fighting every man she sees. Look at you,princess, you dress very modest and professional. Stella dresses-"
Stella had enough and went into the kitchen. "Dresses like what, Baron!?" Her pupils glowing lightly from anger. Baron was first surprised but then calmed down and drank some of the juice he had in his hand. " Unprofessional, ready to jump in bed with some man."
Stella's eyes glowed brighter.
"There is nothing wrong with the way I dress. And you can't say anything bout it because I was in a military uniform when you tried to unbutton me and do stuff.
Baron just rolled his eyes. Stella grabbed an apple and went into the living room where Octus was at, in his father hologram.
" Good Morning Stella," the robot said. " Are you ok?"
" No, Octus, I'm not. Something is wrong. Mother wouldn't hire Baron, especially since he teamed up with the trix and tried to kill me."
" I don't trust him entirely, but it was the queens orders. Since time has changed she may have forgiven him."
"Maybe." She looked at the robot. He gave her a smile. She returned it.
Second period came and the bell had rung. Baron and Stella were walking together to class, but made a stop at barons locker to retrieve his math book. Unfortunately he had trouble opening his locker and when he figured it out, but the hallways were cleared.
"Perfect. Thanks to you we're late." Said Stella
Baron glared at her. "You didn't complain when you skipped with lance yesterday." Her heart dropped.
"Who told you that?"
"Amber"
"Of course. That little airhead blabs everything she sees. " she rolled her eyes then looked at Baron. He grabbed her arm and pressed her to the locker softly. Thinking about her dream, she already had a small orb that can electrocute him in hand.
"Why are you acting like this?" He asked
"What do you mean?"
" You're acting like you hate me but then you get soft when we're alone. Just now your heart is skipping a beat from my touch."
" I don't know what you're talking about. I love lance and he's the one I want. Not you."
Baron raised an eyebrow at her. "You will be mine. You don't know it yet. " he kissed her forehead andleft her there speechless, wondering if her dream is gonna come true after that remark.