The house of smoke and nightmares

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I was on my way to the library looking for a new book to read since I had just finished the last one that I had read when I encountered my mother. I smile softly at her .Her back turned away from me as she was watching Father and Charles playing ball from the window the light of the sun perfectly catching her beauty her hair a perfectly straight Blonde with amber highlights in them she has beautiful porcelain skin rosy cheeks and ruby red lips and bright hazel eyes she was wearing a bright pink dress that complimented her beauty she clapped her hands my guess is that papa got a score I walk to her softly hearing my shoes click every step that I took she turns her head to me and looks at me with a soft smile on her face then looks back to the window " hello mama do you have any recommendations for a new book I have finished the book that I was reading it is called the Children's and Household Tales and it was so good that I could see everything that happened now I'm rather bored " I say while getting next to her she looks to me and smiles " ah hello my dear Katerina I read a book not too long ago it's called Dracula it's a rather good book here my dear I'll show you where in our library it is " she says as she turns around and begins to walk away I happily follow her interested in it ' if mother thinks the book is good then it must be ' I think with a smile and I catch up to her she was a taller women but she was rather petite an odd mixture everyone thinks but I think it just adds to her beauty because it showed that even tall women can be beautiful I look at her ' I've heard about this book hm I'll tell her ' I think with a nod with a gentle smile " I heard about this book isn't it about vampires " I say curiously with a raised eyebrow she turns her head to me and nods " yes though I do not believe in such things it is rather delightful to get sucked into the book about them even if they're not real " she says with a chuckle I nodded my head understanding where she is coming from then we come up to an off brand white two way door it had carvings of angels and wings though my question is why do they always look to be moving mother opens the doors and we walk in to see many books on shelves some I would have to get the ladder to grab she walks to the very back were the least bit of candle light is shown she grabs a lantern off the wall and grabs a book the book was a yellow mix with a rusty tone the word Dracula was a bold color of red which in my eyes made it stand out I softly grabbed it from her gloved hands and glance through the pages I close it again and nod my head feeling satisfied she was right yet again " you are right mama it seems very interesting thank you " I say sincerely She smiles again and pats my shoulder soothingly I was much shorter than her " Of course I am my darling now I must be going your father wants me to watch him and Charles play " she says while she walks away I look at the book in my hand I hear the library door shut I look towards it and walk to the seated window I take off my shoes and prop my feet up against the wall getting myself into a more comfortable spot and turn to the first page and began to read page after page having no idea how long I've been reading to find out that I had turned to the last page I look out the window to see it was dusk " oh dear I have gotten into a book to much did I even blink " I say with a chuckle and get down and put the book up while grabbing my shoes I heard the door open standing up all the way I walk to the front and I look to see My older brother Charles was panting with sweat dripping down from his hairline to his brow I look into his dark green eyes and to his much curly red hair that he got from papa which I have gotten most of our father's features as well except for my very curly dark brown hair that I apparently I have gotten that from my grandfather that I never met as well as my dark brown eyes I flatten my skirt out to get the nonexistent wrinkles out of it and look at him with a smile " Hello brother did you win your game with papa " I ask curiously as I walk to him he smiled proudly and nodded his head " yes dear sister but I won with the skin of my shoes me and father would need new ones though " he says excitedly I clapped my hands for him I dare not to touch him because I would rather not be smelling like sweat he must've notice because he smirked I backed up with a stern look " Charles " I say while pointing at him he went closer to me I quickly turned around and bolted around the bookshelf " Oh come here little sister I want a hug from you " he says tauntingly I giggled loudly " Get a bath then I will hug you then not right now your covered in sweat " I say loudly looking both ways to make sure that he was not near me and walk around the Bookshelf and walk to the door and turn my head to see Charles smiling " Alright as you wish " he says with his hands behind his back I chuckle and open the door and began walking " So what was the score " I asked curiously while turning my head to him he smiled proudly and cracked his knuckles " 12 to 10 " he says with the biggest smirk ever I smile wide " good job Brother you weren't kidding when you said the skin of your shoes " I say with a nod then I hear mother laughing and the soft deep chuckles of father's I smile and walk faster seeing that they were dancing I look at Charles with a smile our father had deep near brown red hair and bright green eyes I saw the pure happiness and love in his eyes while he was looking at mother I smile " one day I want a relationship like theirs brother " I say to Charles I look up to him he nodded his head " as do I " he says I smile and look back to watch them dance I felt his eyes on me but I chose to ignore it I see mom turn her head " Charles go bathe you stink " mother said with a chuckle he nodded his head and walked out I chuckle ever so softly " oh dear Katerina it is very good to see you " father said with a huge grin I walk to him and give him a hug since I can already tell that he had a bath he hugged back happily " you have grown into such a beautiful young women " he says while rubbing my back I smile happily and we let go and give mother a hug and walk to my room I sigh with a soft smile I look to my window seeing all the beautiful colors mix together into a perfect painting for the night to whisk away I began to get dressed for bed when I heard a knock on my door I snap my head to it with a slightly dazed look on my face " who is it " I scream slightly patiently waiting for them to answer I stand up further " it's Bonnie ma'am " she says back I nod my head I walk to the door and unlock it and she comes in with a huge smile on her face proudly showing her dimples she was an extremely beautiful dark honey skin tone with wenge eyes that looked beautiful when the sun hits them perfectly with beautiful curly black hair she was about average height with a very petite form I smile kindly to her she was a very dear friend to me " I have a good place by the fire Bonnie " I say while I motion to it she looked relieved by my words " thank ya ma'am you are to kind " she said her accent drawing out slightly I just chuckled it off she happily walked to it I finish myself getting ready I take down my hair letting it flow down to its actual length and walk next to bonnie she looked at me " you know when I look into a fire bonnie I always wonder how long until it dulls into nothing if it's not given any wood " I say she looked at the fire then to me curiously " I have no idea ma'am must take hours " she says with the same question look as I smile ever so slightly and nod my head " yes it must " I say and just listen to the fire cracking and popping finding it rather calming to say the least " miss Vlad " bonnie says slightly timidly I turn my head to her curiously watching as her face showed worry " yes bonnie what is it " I say with a curious hum to it and I watch her began to fiddle with her thumbs possibly worried for something " I've notice how you don't look anything like the rest of your family does and it's been bothering me just eating away at my core " she says softly I let her words sit in the air for a few second and I nod my head with a small sigh escaping my lips " I have begun to notice that as well and all I have to do is find a color painting of the suppose grandfather that I am supposed to look like at I'll see if they're telling the truth or not " I say answering her unasked question she nodded her head with a sigh of her own " I don't know ma'am it's just had been bugging me I couldn't hold it in " she says I nod my head understanding where she is coming from then she smiled softly " Maybe we can go now they must be all asleep " she says with a huge smile I looked at her debating on it but I made the decision and nod my head " you are right with that bonnie now come on " I say while getting on my feet her eyes brightened with mischief and she smiled as I gave one back we stood up and looked at one another with nods I walk to the door and place my hand on the door handle and twist it opening it and we began walking out of the hallway the dark halls sending a chill down my spine but my curiosity gotten the better of me and I grab a lantern from the wall and turn my head to Bonnie seeing she already had a match and she quickly spark the lantern the light illuminating the dark hall enough for us to see I inhale and began walking again " where did she say it was " bonnie whispered her voice horsed now with curiosity I glance at her feeling my own curiosity double " she said it was in the basement " I whisper back to her my voice also horsed with curiosity and we slowly walk down the stairs making sure not to step onto the creaky stair I stumble slightly my arm shot out to the pillar that was next to me but to my shock I felt it was a hand it wasn't normal it was icy cold stone causing me to shiver slowly turning my head to see it was the angel statue in the middle of the stair well my eyes widen in horror and my breath hitched I vaguely hear Bonnie startled gasp " what the " Bonnie whispers in horror the Angel Statue slowly let go of my hand before moving back in its usual spot I turn my head to bonnie my heart beating quickly in my chest so fast to where I heard it in my ears then we both quickly run down the rest of the stairs as my feet land on the floor I spun around to the angel statue seeing if it would move again but it didn't " Let's go ma'am " Bonnie whispers shaky her voice now tinged with fear that once held curiosity I nod my head quickly and began running hearing Bonnie's hurried footsteps following me seeing the dark wooden door of the basement I start to slow down until I made it grabbing the door handle and turn it I made a confused face " it's locked " I whisper in confusion turning my head to Bonnie but I see the angel statue that's near the door head was turned staring directly at me my eyes widen more " ma'am I have a lockpick " Bonnie whispers I turn my head to her and nod my head backing away from the door watching as she walked to the door and bent down grabbing the Chatelaine bag I had given her and opened it taking out a lockpick I turn my head back to the angle statue seeing it was already staring at me " are these alive " I whisper to myself hearing something move down the stairs so I turn my head to see Mother and Father walking down the stairs my eyes widen " Hurry " I whisper in fear and I hear the soft click of the door unlocking bonnie turned the doorknob and the door opened slowly she walks in first while I quickly follow behind closing it as quickly as I could and turn my head seeing a long dark stairwell " well we are already this far " I whisper to Bonnie who turns her head to me and nodded we both look back to the long stairwell that will lead to the answers so I take a step 

notes 

Hey this is my very first like actual book that I'm making not a fanfiction this is latterly coming out of my head as I make the story line as you can obviously tell and I'm putting so much thought into this I started this in like I started this September 18th in 2021 yea three years, and I just finally finished the first chapter well comment and tell me how you think maybe I'll start on the second chapter