Beauty and the beast

Chapter 1

"We'll be off soon, are you sure you don't need anything while we are gone? I can bring you a souvenir!" A young blonde girl perked her head up from the wagon looking down at her sister. Her ocean blue eyes looked full of excitement and also worry. She wore a white shoulder less dress with blue prints on it matched with a small hat that sat on the top of her head.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine! Good luck on your concert, you'll sound beautiful!" Her sister cued as she gave her sister a quick hug. "Just be careful, okay, Barbara?"

Barbara nodded as she looked down at her older sister, Jean, she looked down at her with a tint of rage in her eyes.
"I'll finally be able to be better at you in something." She said under her breath. Jean didn't hear her or payed her any attention. She smiled lightly and looked over at Bennett, one of Barbara's friends who planned on escorting her to her concert.

"Don't worry! If there is any lighting I know to keep my distance from her so she wouldn't get hurt!" Bennett said half joking before putting the last of her bags into the cart. As he secured it with a rope after this his foot slipped off the wheel making him fall on his back, forcing him to let out a small groan.

"Oh my, are you hurt?" Barbara asked as she stepped off the cart and kneeling next to Bennett.
"Don't worry. Just a scratch." He said as he tried to regain his composure. Jean laughed after she knew he was alright, as the two finished securing the luggage, they stepped into the wagon preparing to leave. "Bye now!"

"I'll see you both in a few hours!" Jean waved as the two were off. Once they were out of sight, Jean sighed and turned around to leave, just to be stopped by a man with a long crows mask.

"How pitiful. You're sister has left has she? Who knows it might be the last time you see her." Jean glared at the boy as he did the same. The two resented each other for many reasons. She knew he was scheming something but she didn't know what. He wasn't the kindest man she knew if anything he was blunt, egotistical and just an all around ass to be around.

"If you think like that it won't happen and karma will come back to hit you in the face." Jean warned as she walked off. He watched her as she walked, studying her movements. He glared at her as she walked before a cryptic smile curved on his face. "Besides, isn't time you left Mondstadt and went back to Snezhnaya, Dottore? Why don't you go join your goons and get out of my hair."

As Jean walked people would say there thoughts on her, she was used to it but sometimes they hurt a bit that people were cruel enough to think that way.
"Oh Jean, she's quite nice but a women shouldn't have idea's."
"She's always stuck in a book, she really is a clever girl that Jean."

There was much more people would gossip about but since none of it was true Jean didn't care much about them.

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A few hours after Bennett and Barbara had left it was finally time for the two to return.
"Oh how that was fun!" Barbara sang and Bennett laughed, when suddenly she felt something  hit the tip of her nose.
"Snow?" She said confused, snow had began to fall and it didn't slow down at any pace but it got faster and came down harder.

"Oh don't worry! We're almost back to the city!" Bennett said trying his best to cheer up Barbara. "Well..I hope."

Barbara sighed, "We aren't too far from Dragonspine, maybe it's just from the cold weather?" Barbara guessed, it wasn't her best guess but she just brushed it off and looked up when she saw something in the distance. Over the trees was what looked like a black roof, almost like a tower. As they got closer Barbara could see it was a giant black castle. The castle was huge, the court yard stretched opened and being closed off by a large black gate, around the front of the castle white roses, dandelion's and many other white and red flowers danced around in the breeze.
"Maybe we should stop here, someone has to live here." Barbara said stepping off the wagon and approaching the gate.