CHAPTER ONE
The music from the festival ground echoes from far away, the joyous chants of the villagers can also be heard.
The night is cold and frightening but only to the girl who sits dazed at the front of the spring village orphanage home. She hugs her legs to her chest as the night wind blows chills into her. Her face highly speaking of fear.
Heaven red hair glimmers with the moon, she looks so rough over the fact that she was properly dressed earlier for the village festival. Her blue dress vividly covered in mud due to her running, the silk shoes she pulled off from her legs that cannot be differiented from black or brown and her bonnet hat hold tightly to her chest in fright.
"Master harrison is dead lucy, master harrison is dead" she holds more tightly to her bonnet hat, the picture of what happened flashed back to her and she feels her body crawling fast with goosebumps.
The girl in a man's pant and coat burst out into laughter. Her hair covered in a long hat, a perfect costume for doing magic at the village festival compared to heaven her face will be on average but more energetic and smart.
"Come on now, is'nt your festival joke way overhead of you my friend?. And here i was thinking you never indulge in those blabbering jokes" lucy said laughing hard. Her friend is really good at this, and to think she's playing the part well.
"Please believe me lucy, master harrison is dead and never coming back" heaven can't hold back her tears and let them all out.
It was all her fault, she was so hurt that master harrison has being cheating on her with margaret, her own cousin and he was planning to get married to her. He came to talk to her at the shop early of ths night, she did'nt listen to him and dashed off to the market fountain close to where the festival is been held.
She had no idea she was sitting with a vampire all along, she had no idea master harrison will get aggressive with her, something he never did before. The vampire man got angry and in a blink of an eye master harrison was lying lifeless on the ground with every ounce of blood sucked out of his body.
She could'nt do anything. The fear in her did nothing but urge her to run, she left the man she claimed she loves. Everything hurts her so badly.
Lucy seeing heaven is'nt joking sits closely to her. She covers her mouth in shock realizing what her friend might gave done out of spite.
"Please don't tell me you ki---"
"No, no i would never, please believe me lucy. I would'nt" heaven frightenly holds onto lucy's hands. She's the only one she got in the entire world, she's the only one she can share her secrets with, she have to believe her.
"I do believe you heaven. What happened?"
Heaven explained everything to lucy doubting if she believes her, who would exactly?. That she saw a blue eye vampire at that, even she doubt herself but she know what she saw.
"Heaven can you listen to yourself?. Have you forgotten that a blue eye vampire has never being seen for hundred of years or even thousands, not even by the village crowned protector" she's trying so hard to believe her friend but a blue eye vampire, not possible.
A blue eye vampire is known to be a royal and saddly, a royal has'nt set his or her foot outside the palace, no one knows if they even exist for a very long time. A very long time were generations were born, grew old and died, another generations and generations till theirs. It's impossible for her friend to just see one.
"I know lucy, but i also know what i saw. His eyes turned blue and he has fangs, we-we can go there and check master harrison's body if that is what will take for you to believe me"
"Don't let me doubt your level of intelligence heaven, if we go back there, we might get caught and falsely accused of killing master harrison. All i have to do now is walk you home and we wait for the news of master harrison's death to be announced" lucy said.
"Lucy am scared" heaven cries "what if someone saw me running away from the market fountain?, what if they put everything on me?" Heaven body begin trembling at the thought of her own words, she will be killed for someone else sin.
"Stop thinking negative, i was so occupied with the music and dancing , i did'nt even think of that market fountain and am sure others will be the same" lucy tries to comfort her friend.
"I don't want to go home lucy, please can i stay with you at the orphanage home?"
"Alright, please stop crying " lucy comforts her friend with a hug.
More than anyone she despise the harris so much. From day one heaven started living with them, they turned her life into a living hell, made her do all the house chores and made her their penny basket where they can take coins from anytime they please.
As if that is not enough, one of them had to steal her lover from her. She always knew margaret was up to no good, she's the beginning of corny, jealousy and more things that smell evil. The should be blamed for what happened.
"Let's go inside"
The girls walk into the orphanage with different thoughts bothering each of them, they never know what the other night holds down for them.
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The campfire shines brightly dancing along with the wind and the children around it. The strong wind glorifies itself as the night market goes on with foreigners and indigenous people of the market go in and out of the market buying something.
The market area looks damp but that did'nt stop anyone from their parade or being entertained by thevold woman playing the talking drum for the children to dance round the fire.
She wears a raggy and dirty gown that looks way too big on her. Her body so skinny and irritatingly dry, her hair is covered with a fishy smelling hat and her face full of mud. As she smile, her rotten teeth becomes visible.
Even with her scary figure the children did'nt seem to be afraid of her or mothers getting their children away from her. They all flock around her like one big family.
"Mama panny tell us a night story" the children shours in unison.
"You want to hear a story?" The cracking shaking voice of mama panny tries to keep up with the children.
"Yes" they all shout out again.
"Okay,okay, why don't we take a sit and i tell us a story" before she even finished, they all sat down quietly round the fire, finding their obedient behaviour funny.
"Long time ago, when the palace gate was still open. The king will throw a big party and everyone living in the kingdom of Alexia was welcomed to attend, we would eat, dance, merry and merry not giving concern about tomorrow, i mean why would we, we were happy"
"Mama panny ate the party" a little boy said out.
Nama panny laugh so hard till her tummy begin to hurt, trickle of tears flowing down her eyes. She looks up at the sky and continues.
"But all that glitters is'nt gold, we lost so many of our loved ones everytime a party was held, we never knew what happened to them until now' even after the palace gates were closed" the sadness in mama panny eyes were so visible.
"Mama panny, what happened that Made the king close the gate for good?"
"Yes mama panny what happened?. My father told me no one can even go into the forest close to the palace to hunt unless that person have a death wish"
Mama panny stayed quiet for a while then looked up at the sky again "well, it started with a girl"