A day to remember

"Harold!!" echoed a voice from the top floor of the mansion, which stood tall and wide, a magnificent structure, an epitome of excellence. The sound of the feet of the servants could be heard around the hall. Everyone was at his own business, the butler making sure everything in the mansion ran to perfection. "Harold!" came the voice again, but this time a bit louder than before "What is it?" ... "Why are you yelling?" asked Harold in a mocking tone, a young guy with average build, blonde hair with gold colored eyes, smiling with mirth. Walking nonchalantly up to where the voice was coming from, he came to see his cousin standing in front of her room, her features highlighted by the chandeliers, her green eyes full of rage, you could literally see fire in them, "Why?", asked Ella "Why what?" Harold asked, in such a dramatic way as if he hadn't got a clue as to why she was in rage right now, that made her charge at him with her feet swift as the wind. As expected, she charged at him vigorously, and he dodged her every move effortlessly. "What did I do?" the smile still stuck on his lips, "Where did you take it?" Starring at him, still trying to calm herself down so she won't do anything rash. "Take what?" Asked Harold again, still taunting her with his words. In a moment, the surrounding area where they were was becoming filled with air that came vehemently through the windows of the mansion as she began to speak under her breath. Everything around them was being held up in the air spinning and encircling her, with her eyes now purple. She was speaking incoherently "Hey, calm down, don't get yourself all worked up", said Harrold again and this had her raise her hand up at him, then up towards the ceiling, and he went up in uniform with the graceful movement of her hands. "Tell me where it is, NOW", she raged, the anger mixed with a little bit of hysteria becoming more visible on her face, when no reply came forth, she swung her hand across the hall, "Whhoooaaaaa!!!" making him fly across the corridor and straightly headed to the wall. "Umph" ... He landed on the wall with a loud thud, leaving some cracks in the wall behind him, getting up to have a seat on the spot where he had collided with the stone wall. He saw his beloved cousin slowly take one step after another towards where he sat right now, like a predator stalking its prey. Her eyes looked at him and he coughed "I told you not to touch my things, AM I RIGHT?" She asked still a few feet away, she tilted her head and a hysterical smile came peeking into her face. Before he could utter a single word, she lifted him up with the mere wave of her hand with her palm wide open, "You just can't listen, can you?" Elle said. And in a flash, they were in her room. While he wrecked his brain to find the right words that could be used to pacify the wrath of this witch in front of him, her other hand that was clutched into fists turned loose and was brought up and sparks came to fly out of it, "How would you like to know how it feels?." She said starring admiringly at her hand that had become electrified, and gave a him a glance. getting ready to electrocute him without any form of regret, he shook his head to indicate the word 'no', because he couldn't speak right now as a result of her magic on him squeezing his insides, just when she was about to let the lightning bolt loose, there came a knock on the other side of the door. Hearing the knock on the door, she stopped herself from letting go and stared back at the door, heading to the door while leaving Harold still hanging on air, she arranged her dress that had gone errant due to the previous wind that surrounded her and her dear cousin Harold, she put up a small smile on her lips, in attempt to appear calm and composed to whoever might be at the door. She opened it and a maid came into view, a slender girl with bright blue eyes, with eyes on the floor she said "Mistress Ella, there's someone here for you." her eyes still on the floor, taken aback by the sudden visit she received, "Who is it?." she asked in curiosity, her purple eyes slowly returning to its normal state. "Miss Alexandra Flynn, mistress." said the maid softly with a voice so soothing, 'oh she's here' Ella wasn't expecting her to be here, at least for the next three days, "Okay, take her to the courtyard, and tell the butler to set tea for the both of us." Ella said softly to the maid "Yes mistress." And with that the maid went her way to relay the message to the witch that was at her doorstep, and the butler that had gone to attend to more important house matters. Entering again into her room, she turned to Harold and said "This time you got lucky," with a stern look on her face "The same can't be said for the next time". And with that she threw him out her window. After getting herself ready, she stole a glance at herself from the mirror on her bedside table, she smiled at herself and then headed out to meet her guest. Coming out of the mansion and reaching the courtyard, she saw the lady her maid spoke to her about, a slender lady a bit taller than herself, with a smile so enchanting. "Ella" said the lady with a smile on her face as she came close to Ella. Ella gave a heartwarming smile as she approached the lady in front of her "Alexandra" called Ella, "How have you been?" asked Alexandra, who was right in front of Ella. Before she could give a reply to the question that was asked, she found herself in Alexandra's bosom, they both shared a hug, "Better than most witches" came the reply from Ella, and both of them sat together on the seats available outside that followed after a small round table. Shortly, the butler arrived with two maids following diligently behind him with their heads bowed, so as not to disrespect the lady that was a visitor to the mansion, the butler poured some tea into Alexandra's cup, and then in Ella's also "Thank you." said Alexandra to the butler, who in return gave a simple bow and then asked lady Ella with his head still bowed "Is there anything else you would need?, lady Ella." She simply shook her head to a no which got the butler turning around and moving back into the mansion with the two other maids "Wow... Is that your butler?" asked Alexandra. "Yes... He is" coming the reply from Ella, "Wait....you're telling me that THAT is your butler?" Alexandra asked in disbelief, stressing the word 'that' in her statement, with a smile creeping slowly onto her face. "Yeah, unfortunately he is" said Ella. The butler was a regular human who came from one of the towns in Izghun, living alone because he lost his family in one of the attacks of gangster werewolves. "What do you mean unfortunately?." asked Alexandra in confusion, "He lost his wife and children in one of the raids planned and arranged by the Werewolves. So, since he didn't have anyone else, he decided to travel down here, to Cinamrath." She paused a bit and saw the subtle expression on her friend's face, then continued, "He came to my doorstep in search of a job, and I was falling short of a butler, so I decided to give him the opportunity." "And mind you, He's a vampire now, a turned one." and with that she stopped talking to take a sip of tea. On hearing this, Alexandra sat there speechless as she couldn't conjure the words to express what she thought, she finally spoke "Why did he decide to turn into one of the vampires?." she asked, "For protection, at least that's what I know." came the nonchalant reply from Ella's lips. 'Hmmmm'. Thought Alexandra before she said "But he is a handsome fellow." with a mischievous smile coming on to take over her face, "Aren't they all." came the dry reply from Ella, "Yeah, yeah, I know you don't like vampires, but that doesn't mean you should be a killjoy." stated Alexandra after sipping from her cup of tea before continuing to say "Well, that's not why I'm here even." Ella gave the lady in front of her a stern look, wondering what could possibly have made her come this day without informing her first. "There's an urgent matter that needs your attention." said Alexandra, then taking another sip of tea, she continued "The order of the witches has begun to falter." With a slightly confused expression on her face, Ella starred at the lady in front of her with one brow raised "What do you mean, 'Falter'." asked Ella in her smooth voice looking at Alexandra. "The higher ups are going a bit off track", "Their ways and dealings don't portray the example our ancestors set for us." Ella starred at her keenly, listening to every word she had to say. "For centuries we've been living in peace with the other creatures in this world" Alexandra continued to say, "Without their knowledge of even our very existence", "Living in the shadows, but I think all of that is about to change". "What do you mean, change?", asked Ella feeling slightly indifferent, with a straight face. "There have been multiple sightings of witches, dead witches," The Elders did conduct a ritual to find out the cause of the deaths of our kin, and guess what they found out?". Alexandra asked in a hushed tone and looked at Elle, her eyes sparkling. "What did they find?", Elle returned the question to her, as it was a fact that she was not a fan of guessing games and never played any. "The results said that the gruesome deaths that occurred were orchestrated by werewolves, humans, some vampires and a few witches. The werewolves did most of the killing", and with that Alexandra stopped her speech to take another sip from her teacup. While up in Harold's room, he took a look at his reflection in the mirror on the wall, smiling at his reflection when he heard a loud cry. The voice was shrill and harsh on his sensitive ears. "What was that?" he asked no one in particular, as no one was in his room except himself, with a puzzled look on his face. And he heard the voice again, it sounded like it was in pain. He quickly dashed out of his window into the woods, in the direction where the voice was coming from. Out in the courtyard, Alexandra and Ella still on the matter at hand about the witches, oblivious to what had transpired up in Harrold's room, were intent on finishing their tea when Ella called a maid "Charlotte!" and in a few moments, one of her maids appeared in front of her; the same one who informed her of the Lady's arrival. "Yes mistress," said the maid in her melodious voice with her head down. "Go call Harrold over here, tell him to get down here now". "Yes mistress" and with that the maid left them again. "Wait, Harrold is home?" asked Alexandra in a tone tainted with disgust with a tinge of surprise. "Unfortunately, yes, he is." Harrold was so annoying; he annoys a person even to the point where the person wouldn't rethink when it comes to letting him rot in wheresoever. "That guy is so annoying." said Alexandra, "Oh, really," Elle said in a dramatic manner "But I thought you were his lover, his sweetheart, the one who he has a soft spot for" asked Elle with a sarcastic smile slowly coming to latch itself on her face. "Oh please, that guy, I would kill him myself if given the opportunity." just then Charlotte came back and told Harrold was not in the building, and Ella gave her a silent nod, and she got back to work. "Let's go out today, together." said Ella to have Alexandra turn her face with a smile. "Where do you have in mind?". "Don't worry, you'll see when we get there." Elle said with a smile on her face, and in a blink of an eye, the two witches disappeared from where they were. Appearing in the middle of nowhere, the two women stood silently watching the breathtaking view ahead of them in admiration, the sun giving the surrounding environment a peculiar mood. "Where are we?" asked Alexandra in surprise, as she couldn't imagine where they were and believe that it was actually real. "Is this actually real, or am I dreaming?" she asked in pure amazement as she hadn't seen anything close to what she saw now. She couldn't help but smile "Yeah" Ella said with a smile on her lips. "It's one of my favorite places in the world" she said as she turned to face the beautiful scenery. "It's a place where I sometimes go to clear my head, and also to get some time away from that annoying creature called Harold." "Wow" Alexandra said, "This is nice" she paused a bit and then "How did you find this place out?" she asked still looking at nowhere in particular s her eyes couldn't get enough of what was before it "I created this universe" came the reply from Ella to only receive a look of disbelief accompanied with a laugh from Alexandra which lasted for at least two minutes, She stopped when she saw the stoic face Ella held up "You must be joking right?". "No, it's not a joke dear" She said. "How?" Alexandra asked, "How did you manage to create this beautiful, serene place that looks so out of this world?" She asked and Ella only let out a smile and said "I was trying out an experiment on this creature" she paused a bit "It was actually a statue at first, but I gave life to it and decided to test a new spell on it." She said "But unfortunately, the experiment ailed the surrounding areas and it was a miracle for me to be standing here right now talking to you." She said with disappointment in her voice. Seeing the look on Ella's face, Alexandra quickly stepped in to say "Don't feel bad about yourself" she said in attempt to cheer her friend up "Look at this place" she continued as she gestured her hands towards the horizon that stretched far and wide "It's magnificent" she said "Thanks Alexandra" Ella said, "It really means a lot to me, But that's not all" she said as she looked at Alexandra "Really?" Alexandra asked, "What could be more fascinating than this?". "Well, a few months after the accident, I came again to the spot where the intended experiment was held and not only found this…" she said as she waved her hands across the air, referring to the wonderland she had made. "… I also found out that this place could project the real world at my will and you can actually track anybody at all from in here and also it can take you there instantly." She concluded. "You are one gifted young witch" came the compliment from Alexandra with a smile on her face. "Would you like a demonstration?" she started again with a smile on her face "Yes, I'd really like that" came the reply from Alexandra and immediately Ella slowly raised her hand up in midair and shortly blue flames came alive from the palm of her hands. She continued for a minute or two and finally let it go and both of them watched as the flames lifted off from the palm of her hand and went up slowly into the sky. "When I give the signal, you tell it who you're looking for and then…bam!" She said and received a nod from the lady beside her. Eventually, the time came and "Now" Ella said in a whisper and Alexandra got her cue and said "I would like to see Harold", she said solemnly. Immediately, the flame began to change its colour in the sky and finally exploded and spread across the sky and Harold was seen walking in the forest. "Ehem" Ella said with a smile prying on her lips, only to receive an eyeroll from Alexandra. Harold, now in the forest, walking briskly, his feet crunching because of the dry leaves on the forest floor, coming close to an old tree. He stopped for a moment with his eyes closed. He listened for the voice but not for long, he heard the cry again. This time it was closer and more clearer, he could tell it was a lady's voice. Walking to the spot where the voice came from, he found no one there, "Hmmmm, there's something in here, something which I can't quite put my hand on, yet." thought Harold to himself, he then decided to head out of the forest and just then he heard the voice sobbing softly. Heading down to where the sound was coming from, he found a girl sitting on the floor with her back against a tree trunk. "Are you alright?" He bent down to sit on his heels and asked the girl in front of him, who in turn didn't reply, "Is everything okay with you?" she still didn't reply him, tears flowing down her eyes and streaming down her cheeks. Stretching his hand out to her, he said "Come with me, this is no place for a little girl like yourself" with the thought that she was probably lost or something of that sort, and suddenly she let out a shrill cry, which had him flying across the forest.

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