The Cursed Princess of Ignius

Chapter 2

When I got up the very next day, I was greeted by an unfamiliar surrounding. Getting up from the hard ground, I look around just to find a bunch of people gazing me intently with there eyes big as saucer. And when I say "People" I don't mean just normal human beings, it includes the half human half bird lookalikes too. To say I was shocked, surprised and scared was an understatement. My heart was literally out of my body and was pounding with all its might. Escaping was a far cry, squalling was useless. I did the best thing I could've done in such unavoidable limbo. My vision became blurred and I sank back to the hard surface and then passed out.
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After an eternity of passing out, my eyes opened after two failed efforts. This time, a woman, of around mid twenties was the one looking at me expectantly. She was beautiful, I must say, with golden skin and ginger hair.
I gave her a look of oblivion, fear and uncertainty.

Her lips curved into a tight lipped smile, making light crease appearing on the corner of her eyes which were of extraordinary honey color.
'Evengeline isn't it? ' she questioned with a breaking voice, similar to that of a pre teen guy.
' Uhm yeah... ' I trailed and immediately looked around, to avoid long eye contact. It has always been kind of awkward for me to have an eye contact with the people when I'm not speaking to them. That was when I noticed the room or whatever it was, that I'm trapped in.
It was a medium sized room decorated with subdued amber chandelier. A book shelf in a far corner beside which a small stone teapoy adorned with a beautiful limestone vase. On the opposite side, a stone table, similar to that of in the chronicles of Narnia was built with a stone seat in front of it. Maybe it was a study table. But other than that there was nothing else in the room. One thing that I found kind of peculiar is that there were no wooden furniture in the room.

'I'm Luna... ' she spoke warmly making me shift my gaze from the room.
' Okay.. ' was my monotonous reply. What else could I have said?
I wasn't exactly in a mood to be gracious with her who was some way or the other involved in abducting me.
She coughed awkwardly and said ' Well.. You must be hungry.. Let me get you something to -'

'Where am I? ' I snapped rudely catching her off guard. She blinked few times before replying ' You're in our house dear... We-'

'Why? ' I snapped again, this time louder.
I felt kind of bad for being so impolite to her. She appeared to be a good woman. But appearance deceives.. Doesn't it?

She opened her mouth to speak something but snapped it shut and looked down at her fidgeting fingers.
'It's not my place to tell you.. ' she whispered.
Immediately getting up from the bed and crisped 'It's not even your place to abduct me and bring me to this strange place and pretend as if nothing happened!'
She didn't reply, just looked down with a fallen expression and her lips formed into a thin line.
'For heaven's sake.. I don't get why such crazy things are happening to me. Last night, that lunatic creature and now this' I murmured cracking my fingers out of irritation.
Just after a few moments of silence, a marble scraping sound was audible making me look towards the source of the sound.
It actually came due to opening of the entrance of the room. The marble door opened, showing the same half bird half human lookalike that I met yesterday. It's name was Keiko, I presumed.
'Hello miss Evane! Nice to meet you again! And welcome to Ignius ' he greeted making my eyes go wide.
' Ignius? ' I spoke in a monotone which came out more like a question.
' Yep... As you completed your last two hours in the surface, you got shifted to Ignius immediately.'

'Is this some kind of joke? ' I murmured, defeated.
' No it isn't Miss Evane! Now would you please stop being so stubborn and listen to me! I had enough!! ' it crisped.

I didn't say anything just glared at it. Leading out a sigh it called
' Zean, Wheen, Loe! Come in.. She's up! '
Three figures appeared as soon as it called.
They consisted of a tall, buff dusky young man maybe in his mid thirties with same honey coloured eyes as Luna , an olive skinned girl with beautiful mono-lid eyes having honey coloured iris as well. What's up with their eyes? Why are they all same? I thought.
Another half human half bird lookalike trailed after them. It looked like keiko but some facial features differentiated them.