Locked Away (H20Vanoss)

Chapter One: The Room

~Vanoss POV~

I heard soft tapping of the rain on my small window and lighting illuminated my small dirty room. I stared out the window and counted the thunder that boomed after the lighting. I soon begin to slowly slip into sleep but then a lock made a soft clicking sound. I was petrified as the door slowly creaked open.

In the doorway was my sister carrying candle that lit up the room more. I could see the open book in the middle of the floor that I had begin reading, an empty bookshelf, papers scattered around the floor, and the small round window. I looked back at her and smiled as she tiptoed to me.

I don't know why but she always came to the room when our parents fall asleep. She somehow always managed to bring food;normally some bread or maybe even cooked meat on holidays because my father felt like not feeding me all the time. She reached into her pockets and pulled some bread out. She handed it to me. I thanked her,like always, and bit into the bread.

"Hey Evan, I think tomorrow you'll finally be out for a bit."

"Really!?!" I ask ecstatically.

"Yeah, and you'll finally meet someone." I looked at her with disbelief and waiting her to say got yah or for me to wake up from a dream.

"Earth to Evan," she said giggling.

"Oh sorry, just thinking about stuff," I said with a smile plastered on my face.

"Okay well I've got to go so I can sleep. I'm really tired, goodnight Evan," she whispered as she got up to leave.

"Goodnight Anna," I whispered. She turned back around to wave and headed out the door. She closed door and the soft click of the door being locked echoed through the room.

I sighed again as I went back to counting the thunder until I fell into dreamless slumber. I woke up to the door being slammed open. In the doorway was my father with a maid.

She was wearing the required maid outfit and was pale with freckles that dotted her face. She had long dark, chestnut brown hair and light brown eyes. My father leaned over to her and whispered something into her ear and left.

"Alright follow me and don't pull anything."I jumped out bed and obeyed her order.

We walked down a hallway and past some rooms that I would play hide and go seek or tag with butlers, maids, and sometimes even other kids. I sighed and looked up at the walls.

Beautiful paintings hung on the walls some of people doing various activities like having a picnic or in a colorful flower garden picking flowers. Others had animals like two gray kittens with blue eyes playing with a dark red ball of yarn in front of a fireplace. I looked up at the plain white ceiling and down at the red carpet that had patterns that repeated in it.

Once bored I looked at the end of the hall there hung a giant painting. In the back was my dad smiling with my new mom sitting on chair with her white. A brown fluffy puppy sat in her lap. To the left of her stood Anna dressed in a white dress smiling. I frowned looked back at ground and same questions clouded my mind like always.

Why did she have to go?

Where did she go?

Why did she leave me?

Does she love me?

"Hello is anybody there," she said waving her hand in front of my face. I snapped out of my thoughts and nodded.

"Good because we're here."She unlocked a door and opened it.Inside was a king size bed,a cherry wood dresser,two cherry wood nightstands,and a ornate gold trim mirror hanging above the dresser. A huge grin grew begin to grow on my face.

"Your father has requested that you clean yourself up and I'll be back in two hours." I just nodded and walked into the room.

I wish I could stay here forever. No longer be the unwanted one. To not be that disappointment, but to be loved. Just the way things were back then. Tears slid down my face as I walked into the bathroom and begin showering in the warm water.

~Delirous POV~

I sighed and looked out the window and saw the tall oak trees go by one by one. Why did I agree to this boring long ride I hate them but here I am. My parents were surprised I tagged along. The only reason why I'm even there is the rumors. Whisper around town about the recently divorced rich guy's son and his ex wife. Some of them say that he was killed by disease or that he ran away like his mom.

Many more that rumors float around and they all say he is out of the picture. So fed up with the fake rumors and this opportunity I'm going to get the bottom of this. Hopefully. I stared back out the window and noticed that we were no longer on a dirt road but now on a smooth trail and the huge mansion soon came into view.

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A/N: So what do you think of this. :D