Lydia's POV:
It's a Monday morning and I've just woken up from a weird dream. I dreamt about a castle. Just the castle; nothing else. I only got to the castle entrance when my mum woke me up. Absolute pisstake, but I don't have time to be mad. I've got to get ready for school.
After school
I can't find my earphones ughhhhh I swear to god I left them in my b- oh. They are in my bag. I just didn't see them somehow? Whatever. Me and Lily are taking Berry's bus home with her for a revision sesh at her house. Now we're in our GCSE years I've had to become a person who actually does work, I never did shite beforehand, but desperate times call for desperate measures and by times I mean MATHS. I'm so bad at maths. What the fucks a bearing? Am I rambling? I think I'm rambling. Whatever.
Berry's room is so aesthetic it's freaky. My room isn't all vampire vibes if anything it's #depressionroomcore and I'm not even depressed. I didn't even know Berry had an aesthetic if that's possible. Lily's aesthetic is basic bitch who can't get hoes 'cause she looks so straight. Heehee 🤭.
I'm sitting at Berry's desk when something falls out of one of her bags. Berry and Lily are on the bed distracting one another so I treat myself to a little look.
It's a photo. I recognise it. And you know where I recognise it from? My dream. Down to every spike I'm in no doubt that it's that fucking castle.
Lydia: "Hey Berry?"
Berry: "Yeah?"
Lydia: "What castle is this?"
She gives me a sarcastic eyebrow raise.
Berry: "Why are you looking through my bag?"
Lydia: "I'm not it j- can you just tell me where you took this pic?"
Berry: "I'd be weirded out but I'm DYING to talk about it."
She takes the contents from the bag and brings them over to the bed. We all sit around the picture and Berry starts to explain.
Berry: "Okay, so basically I was doing a search on how vampires manage to conceal their houses when they should supposedly be on police radar for like missing peoples whereabouts and stuff, apparently they can make it so that every time someone looks away from the house they forget about it. So one day I was walking Aro in a field near the tam o' shanter I had convinced my mum to let me go to 'cause it had wildlife I wanted to take pics of for my photography homework, when I spotted the most edgy looking castle. I was captured by its aesthetic so I took loads of pictures of it. When I got home I had a look through the pictures I had taken and there was the castle, it had completely slipped my mind until I saw it on my screen. I went back and asked locals and people who knew the area well and they thought I was mad."
Lydia: "Well you are a bit."
Berry: "You're not funny."
Damn.
Berry: "If I hadn't've taken these pictures I would've forgotten completely about it, but I'm guessing the magic wears off if it's on a photo. Probably because phones are more magic than magic itself, which we take for granted as a generation-"
Lydia: "Straying off topic Bez."
Berry: "Bez is a horrific nickname, never call me that again."
Lydia: "Really? I thought it was fine."
Berry: "It's worse than being deadnamed."
Lydia: "Seriously?"
Berry: "No. Not seriously you dickhead I'm being sarcastic, can I get back to answering the question YOU asked please?"
I'm silent. I kinda piss people off sometimes and I never realise I'm doing it until it's done. I don't think she's actually that pissed off though 'cause she's smiling. I'm bad with sarcasm sometimes.
Berry: "Thank you, now I was thinking maybe you guys might want to come with me and investigate on Sunday?"
Lily: "Nuh uh. I've got swim practice, but even if I didn't you've made the place sound too creepy now. Prove to me that it's not magic and it's just some cool smoke spot and I'll think about going sometime."
Lydia: "I'll go. Does 12 sound good?"
Berry: "Sure. Bring scran."
Lydia: "Will do. And maybe some like garlic or something."
