The Doll Trap

Chapter 6 - Lost Devil

Chapter 6 – Lost Devil

Present

I honestly think the situation I'm in right now is the most embarrassing I have ever experienced my whole life. I sat at the table facing both my mother and father. But, the real problem was who I was sitting next to.

I turned to the side, my eyes meeting vibrant violet. So, she was staring after all...

“Um...So, you are Annette, correct?” My mother asked the sadistic doll, who in turn nodded.

“Of course she is, dear! Didn't she just say she was?” Dad reprimanded my mother.

“Well...I just wanted to make sure!”

“Make sure?!”

“They really are such monkeys...Fighting about the smallest things...” Ann said as she stared at them blankly, her voice easily muffled by my parents fighting voices.

“Don't call them monkeys!” I whispered.

“Then, what are they? Earlier today, they had a three hour long argument over the taste of the toothpaste!”

I faced my parents, looking at their faces as they made strange expressions, too into their petty argument. I couldn't help but feel embarrassed. God! I never thought I'd be embarrassed in front of this doll! But...it was my parents we were talking about after all. With them, anything was possible...

How had we even reached this situation? Though it was all so weird and hard to register, it all started some time earlier tonight at the night club...

Flashback

“Why did you do it?” Ann's voice was so cold it sent shivers down my spine. I really had no idea how the mysterious girl was coping with this so coolly.

She smirked, “To look for you of course, your Majesty.” Though she bowed gracefully, her arrogant smirk never left her face.

Ann didn't look the least bit pleased. In fact, as soon as those words left the girl's mouth, her expression seemed to harden and her glare grow even more vicious, something I had not thought possible.

“And what does that have to do with that man?”

“What's going on?” Asked said man confused.

“Go away.” Came the girl's voice in a smooth commanding way.

As soon as the words reached the man's ears, his eyes got blurry. He nodded dazedly, before slowly walking away like a zombie, all emotion gone from his face. Haha! He sooo isn't whipped! Though his reaction is a bit strange...But, whatever.

“What does it have to do with him?” Ann's voice was even colder now, and I could feel the furry in her voice.

The girl was obviously pushing Ann to her limit, trying her patience, with no fear for the consequences. But, as soon as those words left Ann's mouth, and she saw the deadly glare, even the mysterious girl couldn't help but flinch.

“W-Well, how was I supposed to look for you myself?” She said trying to hide her fear and show a brave front. But, after seeing Ann's cold eyes, she immediately seemed to regret it.

“So, you took control over him with a kiss?” Uh...Female power?

“It's not like I made him kiss me! You know how I can only gain control if the kiss is willing...” I can understand the poor guy...

“How did you even know about this? I thought this power was almost forgotten after years of prohibition...”

Realizing that Ann was now more curious than mad, the girl seemed to gain some courage, “Ha! Did you think that just because it is prohibited to use it on others like us, we would forget it? How naive of you, princess! The world isn't so easy.”