Dark Beauty

A Princess

The room had red walls. Dark like velvet. A window was on the opposite side of the small room. Ebony was laying in a bed with gold rails. There was a small amount of light peeking through the curtains and it wasn't much. Ebony sits up and slides out from under the covers.

"Where am I?" She thinks. She stands, and looks around the room. A small nightstand stood next to the bed. Her phone sat next to a glass of water. At the end of the bed was a chest. She tiptoed over and opened it. Inside were her clothes, shoes, toothbrush, everything she needed.

"This is really weird. How did my stuff get here?" She whispers to herself.

"We brought it." Says a deep male voice. She notices an armchair in the corner that she hadn't noticed before, and a black shadow sitting in it. The shadow stands and moves toward her. She jumps back. She hears a click noise and the lamp on the nightstand flicks on. It's the boy from yesterday.

"What are you doing in here while I sleep, you creep?!" She screams this and the boy flinches.

"I am here if you needed anything. You have been unconscious for 2 days. I'm supposed to take you to the dining room for food once you wake up. You can change if you want or you can stay in those pajamas." As the boy says this she looks down and notices the new pajamas. "We hadn't gotten your stuff when you got here so we just gave you some of Dru's." He says suddenly spurting out " Don't worry Dru dressed you."

"Who is Dru?" She asks.

"I don't know what you remember from the other day but she is the blonde one. I'm Teller by the way. You used to know that but..." And his sentence fades. His eyes get glassy. " let's go then..." They leave and Teller shuts the door.

The walls are decorated with old paintings and lamps. "Where are we?" She asks Teller.

"Samlin Manor." He says calmly. "I have been here since you moved into town." He looks at her.

"How do you know when I got here?!" She asks frustrated at not knowing.

"It's a lot, I'll explain in a little." He says turning back forward again, the blue flecks in his eyes sparkling.

They walk down the hallway. The hallway is a marble or concrete floor. Ebony's toes sting with every step on the icy floor. She is barefoot.

They approach an open doorway that throws light out into the hall. They enter a grand room with a long table stretching from one end to the other. The two girls from the other day sit at one end laughing and talking. They notice Teller and Ebony and go silent.

The dark haired girl stands and walks over to Teller.

"Excuse us for one moment." She says. Ebony walks toward the girl Dru.

"Thank you for letting me borrow these." Ebony says, looking down at the pajamas she borrowed.

"Anything, my lady." Says Dru.

"My lady? Oh no, just Ebony, or Bo." Ebony says sitting in the dark wood chair.

Dru stares at Ebony in awe. "I cannot, miss. You are above me." Ebony scrunched her face up.

"I sat down so technically not. I don't know what your talking about."

"You are a princess, my lady."

"No, and either way just say Ebony."

Ebony is getting irritated as Teller and the other girl sit down.

"Ebony, so I am just going to get over the big part now. I promise to explain." Teller looks serious now.

"You are a princess."

Ebony starts laughing hysterically, then realizes she is the only one.

"You can't be serious...."