Behind the Castle's Door [COMPLETED]

Nineteenth Door

Clementine was headed towards the dining hall since she received an unexpected invitation to dinner from Alcina earlier. She unlocked the door and entered the room to find the entire family inside, the three girls had already washed and were dressed in their pajamas, except Alcina, who was still dressed in her normal white dress. Alcina was seated at the end table, with Daniela and Cassandra on her right side and Bela alone on her left.

"Clemy! Come sit next to me!" Bela made a wave with her hand.

She took a seat next to Bela and smiled at them. This was strange because she had never eaten with the family before and was used to eating in the kitchen with Ingrid and Adela.

"You're finally having dinner with us!" Daniela squealed.

She shrugged. "Who am I to refuse, Lady Alcina's invitation," she awkwardly laughed.

Alcina smiled as she turned her gaze from Clementine to her daughters. "Dinner will be served shortly; I directed them to make dinner for five at the last minute."

They all nodded in response to Alcina.

"I'm not that hungry yet, my lady," she smiled.

Cassandra smirked, "I'm extremely hungry, Clementine tired all of us today."

She made a point at herself. "Why me?"

"You started the mud fight," Bela stucked her tongue out to her.

She crossed her arms and said, "It wasn't intentional; I got upset at you three for bickering because of me."

"I'm sorry about earlier," Daniela pursed her lips.

She rolled her eyes in amusement. "How about you two? Do you want to say anything?"

Cassandra sighed. "I apologize for arguing with them earlier, and I promise it won't happen again."

"I'm also sorry for fighting with my two ugly sisters—" she stopped talking when Clementine gave her a glare. "Alright, alright, geez! Sorry for fighting with my two gorgeous sisters that I adore so much," she said rolling her eyes.

"Aww, we love you too, Bela!" Daniela squealed

"I guess I do love you?" Cassandra raised an eyebrow.

Bela rolled her eyes. "I am simply doing this because of Clementine."

She shook her head. "No you don't, you love them but you just don't want to say it," she said teasing her even more.

Bela huffed and pouted her lips after crossing her arms. When she did this, the table burst out laughing. Alcina was overjoyed to see her girls finally expressing their emotions for one another; it was one of those rare times she had hoped to never witness.

"That was the first time I'd seen something like that. I've never seen the three of you express your feelings for each other so openly before," her lips were full of a pleasant smile. "You're always together and inseparable, but you never actually express how you feel. This is one of my favorite types of moments to witness."

"It's Clementine's fault mother," Bela pointed the woman.

"Fine, blame it on me again," she rolled her eyes jokingly.

The table was full with laughter once more, and their eyes twinkled with delight. Clementine continued to laugh as her gaze fell on Cassandra. Suddenly, a vision appeared in her head, making her dizzy. Cassandra was in her seat, seated behind the large window, when a gunshot was heard, and a bullet struck the window, breaking it and allowing cold air to enter. When the air hit Cassandra, her body suddenly froze, and another bullet struck her, turning her into crystal ice. She shook her head as the vision faded away, and everyone but her continued to laugh. The sound of a gunshot startled her out of her position, prompting her to leap from her seat and rush over to Cassandra, dragging her away from her chair.