Little Town of Torriden (rewriting off Wattpad)

3 ~ First Vision

Roselle and Vivian could not stop asking questions, but allowed the sisters to clean up.

Walking through her room, Estelle made her way to where she could wash all of the filth that covered her. Slipping off her dirtied clothes, the princess walked over to the bath that was placed near the end of the bathroom. Hot water came rushing out of the faucet as she turned the handles, and it was not long until the tub was filled with steaming water.

As Estelle was soaking in her bath, she had a sudden vision that was so real it felt as if she were there. The girl saw dead bodies surrounding her, each lifeless as she stood in the center of a cave. Immediately, she frantically looked around her, eyes darting every which way as she tried to go to one of the bodies and help them. The cold, rigged ground stung her feet as she headed to one of the corpses, but her eyes shot open, revealing herself in the calming bath before she could make it.

Back in the bath, she looked around her, terrified and confused as to what just happened. Immediately getting out of the bath and throwing on her robe, she ran down the hall to get Annora. She heard Annora come closer as she impatiently knocked on the door of the room her sister was in. Estelle began telling Annora what happened and Annora tried to calm her down.

"So what exactly happened? What did you see?" Annora asked, trying to make sense of the jumble of words that came out of her sister.

"I was in a dimly lit cave, it was cold, and there were like," She paused, trying to recall what had happened. "10 bodies surrounding me!"

"What? There were bodies surrounding you?"

"Yes, and it felt exactly as if I were there, not just some picture, I was there." Neither of the two knew what to think regarding Estelles situation.

"Do you remember what they looked like?" Annora was scared and concentrated on what Estelle was telling her.

She nodded her head before elaborating. "They were like normal people, but they weren't breathing, it's like someone just sucked the life out of them, and I was back here before I could try and help them."

The other had a hard time coming up with what to say. "I- should we tell anyone?"

"I don't know, they will probably just think I'm crazy or something." Knowing what people would think of her if they heard her story, her mind turned away from the idea.

The two stood in silence before Estelle broke it.
"What about Madam Evenora?"

This suggestion was unexpected. "What? The crazy witch lady? I guess we could go to her, but she is probably just gonna tell you some gibberish and give you some spices or something." Annora did not have a strong belief in Madam Evenora.

"Well, we could at least try, she might know something, if not we could see if the town library, or our library, has any books on this type of stuff."

"Ya, ok, let's go tomorrow, early in the morning so we don't have to pass through all the townspeople."
"Good idea"

The two went back to their bathrooms to dry off and met in their library, where it was quiet and private. They knew that Kian and Sebastian would be looking for them, but they needed time to talk without people breathing down their necks. Hours passed as the sisters talked and read books, although not ones of which related to the confusing and terrifying events that had been taking place recently.

As moonlight flooded through the windows of the library, Annora and Estelle looked at each other, knowing they should have been in their beds much earlier. They hurriedly put their books away and headed up to their rooms. As they were walking through the halls, Sebastian and Kian turned the corner and started approaching the sisters, making direct eye contact with a look of annoyance on their face. Annora and Estelle looked at each other, then back at Kian and Sebastian. As they got closer, the brothers had an annoyed tone in their voices as they spoke.

Sebastian started. "Where have you two been?!"

Estelle spoke slowly, as if she felt guilt for their disappearance. "Reading..."

"You're telling me that while we have been looking all over the castle and town for you, you have been reading? We were almost going to alert the guards that you were missing again!" Kian had a stern and angered tone.

"Ya.." Annora said with hesitation, and when she looked up at Kian and Sebastian's annoyed faces, she continued. "We just wanted some privacy and to be alone without people hovering over us and without getting overwhelmed with questions about what has been happening."

"Just because you want some 'alone time' doesn't mean you can make us go crazy trying to find you. At least tell us before you go around hiding." Kian replied.

Annora and Estelle looked embarrassed. As the four of them stood in silence, Sebastian spoke. "Now come on, follow us. We will have guards outside your door and meet you in the morning" As he finished, the group of four walked to the sister's rooms and the brothers went their separate ways.

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