Scarlet Lilly

2- The collector

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I was thrown back into the dark room and chained. The lady smirked at me as she closed the door, I was left in the darkness once again. I sat down on the cold floor and hugged my feet trying to find warmth. After a few minutes I started to count the seconds......minutes.....and hours until I finally passed out. As I slept I had a dream about my past.
My life....
My family...
My pain...
My sadness...
And my death.
I woke up with ringing in my ears and a bad headache. As I Curled up into a ball on the floor , I clenched my teeth. All my memories of my past life seemed to have disappeared, all except my death.
A month later the door finally opened but, instead of the lady from last time it was a person fully covered in a dark, black cloak. They came inside the dark room and removed the cuff on my right leg.

I stood up and eyed the door that was wide open. I wanted to run out but what was my plan after that? Besides this person wouldn't have left the door open if he planned to harm me....
I relaxed my shoulders that were tense and eyed him carefully.
"who are you?", I questioned him.
He started walking out and I followed him out of the dark room into the hall.

"Grim", he replied

"Grim...?"

We both stopped talking and silence filled the air. All that we could hear was our footsteps and the chatter of the guards as we walked passed them. After a while of walking through halls and doors, we came across a large black, two sided door. there was no one guarding it. Grim walked toward it almost making contact with it, I braced myself to hear him hit the door but no... he did not walk right into it.. he seemed to have passed through them. I blinked in confusion. Had he just walked through the solid doors? It was like magic!
I walked toward the door and reached out my hand to touch it but, before my fingertips reached it I drew it back. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, I started taking a few steps toward the door until I reached it. A cold mist hit my body giving me goosebumps. I opened my eyes once I couldn't feel the cold mist anymore, it seemed that I have passed through the door as if was a curtain.

I  was in a elegant house now, everything was black and white with no color. Grim was waiting for me a few feet away staring at my feet. I looked down to realize I was sinking into the floor. I panicked, and searched for something to hold onto.

The floor was already up to my shoulder in a few seconds, I looked up to see grim already next to me, and taking hold of my arm, yanking me out of the sinking floor. I walked away from the sinking floor and behind grim who seemed calm. 

Before I could ask Grim why the floor seemed to have become quick sand, a young man in came toward us laughing but, stopped once his black eyes meet mine.
He walked toward me and smiled.
"I was hoping to catch this old man but instead I caught something else"

I frowned at him, I would pay him back for the prank later.

"My name is Scythe, pleasure to meet u milady", he reached for my hand and brought it up to his lips kissing the top of it gently.

I quickly took hand back and he chuckled.
Grim stood there silently until he walked next to Scythe.

"Someone's time it up",Grim murmured softly and dissappeared before the blink of an eye.

Scythe who was checking me from head to toe was fascinated by my clothes.
"Is this what people from your century wear now?

I looked at my shoes and clothes then, at looked at his. He was wearing a white long sleeve button-up shirt under a black tailcoat with slim, dark brown pants that were tucked into his Hessian boots. It was as if he came from the 1830's yet he looked as if he were in his twenties....
I chuckled, I was definitely in a dream how could I possible meet someone from such a long time ago?

Scythe smiled at me, " are you alright?"

"yes", I didn't noticed i had been staring at him the whole time.

"alright, well I'll show you to your room and such", he started walking down the hall and up stairs. After a while of walking we reached what was called the west wing of the huge mansion. Scythe opened the door to reveal a big empty room with only a queen sized bed set up against the wall near the middle.

" Sorry we weren't expecting anyone new , we rarely get reapers they usually become demons or the others", he rubbed the back of his head and apologized

"It's fine", I assured him and walked into the room staring at the bed, it had black covers with two white pillows.

"So this is the west wing were the rooms are are, north is were we train and the study, east is the kitchen and such, and south is Grims' private wing, he doesn't like to be bothered"

"Alright, I think it got it", I scanned my room to get familiar with it. White walls, black floors, a huge window facing a forest with red drapes tied to the sides letting the light in and three doors which lead to the closet, bathroom and hall.... why would I need a bathroom though? I'm dead so doesn't that mean I don't use the toilet?

Scythe started closing the door then stopped, " I forgot to mention.... don't go into locked rooms or out to explore the forest."

He smiled and closed the door softly.

I sat on the bed and stared at the ceiling, if someone said not to do something, wouldn't that make others curious and want to do the opposite? I hesitated but,then got up from the queen sized bed and out the door into the hall to start exploring. Every hall seemed to be the same, if I tried to explore I would probably get lost and wander into a dangerous place.
I started walking toward the east wing, he did not say anything about the east wing.... what could be there?
The hall seemed to go forever until I come upon a door that seemed to be untouched for years.
(Don't open locked doors) , Scythe voice came to my mind but what if it wasn't locked anymore?
I looked at the old rusty door knob and started to turn it. The door squeaked silently as I opened it.
A slight breeze hit me and a hand pulled me inside the door before I could scream the door shut. Pitch black.... The room was black, i searched the wall for a light switch but this room did not seem to have one.

"Welcome! I haven't have a guest for a while , I apologize for pulling you in but you see I was so excited!"

I jumped when I heard someone speak, I searched for something to protect myself with but found nothing.

" who are you?"

The lights turned on and revealed a giant library filled with books and more doors. I turned my attention to the person in the middle near a desk, he had browns shorts, a large white shirt and gray glasses that he kept pushing back into place. His hair was very long and untamed, he had it tied back with a hairtie.

" I am Mr. C , my friends call me collector but, sadly I don't have any."

He looked down and fixed his glasses once again, "they locked me in here due to my knowledge... but now you opened it, no one could turn the knob even if they wanted to" , he looked at me with a curious expression.

"....collecter of what?"

I approached him slowly and poked him to see if he was real. He just laughed at my awkwardness.

" I collect knowledge and precious artifacts! Oh, would you like to stay for tea? I could use some company"

I nodded.

"Excellent!"