Second Chance (Watty Awards 2013) Completed

Second Chance - Chapter 32

I saw myself dressed up in a wedding gown, walking down the aisles of the castle hall.  As I strolled down the hall, I noticed that all the guests were not smiling but looking down at the floor with downcast eyes. When I approached the alter, I was expecting to see Dylan looking all charming and beaming with joy but instead the groom turns out to be a shadowy figure. I turned and tried to escape, but the shadowy figure transformed into a creature, one with glistening white long fangs, bright orange eyes that glows like a burning flame and black bat like wings. From my knowledge as a vampire myself, vampires do not have wings but this creature before me is very much like a vampire with fangs, but had orange eyes with wings. Vampires do not have orange colour pupils or iris; they turned black when they are agitated not orange. I tried to concentrate hard to see his face but the vision was blurred. These were the only features shown to me but not his face. The creature was swift and managed to grab hold of my hair, tugging me along the aisle and forcing me to marry him with a dagger pointing to my heart if I would not. I screamed for help, and that was when all the images blurred and the guests have all suddenly vanished into thin air, leaving me alone with this creature and I am at his mercy. I yelled for Dylan, but the creature sneered and let out a sinister laughter into the air at the mention of Dylan. He waves his wings into the air and all of a sudden, a vision of a lifeless Dylan appeared before me. He was coated with dirt, dry blood and sweat all over his face and hands. Fresh blood was profusely pouring out from a deep slash in his heart and beside him laid the weapon that claimed his life. Nooooo, I screamed.

Ciara stirred in her sleep, tossing and turning and calling my name while she was sleeping. I tried to nudge her to wake her up but somehow she was not responding. I thought to myself that she must be extremely exhausted after our passionate love making session, hence she was so immersed into her sleep and that was when she yelled noooo at the top of her lungs. I scurried over to her and saw her sitting in her bed with rivulets of sweats gliding down both sides of her face. What happened Ciara? Did you just have a nightmare? Are you alright? She was dumbfounded but quickly grabs me into her arms for comfort and support. I had a nightmare but it feels real, it’s like I was physically teleported there. I told Dylan about my dream, he tried to coax me that it was nothing but just a bad dream as I have been edgy since Victor’s case hence I must be paranoid over everything now. Deep in my heart, I could feel that a kraken is rising but I just couldn’t put my finger to it yet.

We got ready for our flight back home but I kept feeling a sense of uneasiness inside of me.

When we got back to the castle, Michael, Tiffany, Caleb, Janet, Keith and Kelly was all waiting for us and they were immediately gladden at the sight of us. Michael reminded Dylan that tomorrow shall be his day of coronation and to have an early night.

I was physically exhausted as I had a terrible nightmare that physically drains me, I felt like I could sleep the whole day through today.

Dylan and Ciara had an early night that day, but Ciara continued to have the same dream that night, which cause her to jolt up awake in the middle of the night. She shook Dylan arms, hoping to wake him up from his slumber, Dylan asked in his half-awake voice with his eyes still close, yes my darling, what is wrong this time? Dylan I had the same recurring dream. Ciara, are you alright, maybe you really need to relax yourself so that your uneasiness will all evaporate away. Dylan hugged Ciara and asks her to go back to sleep but Ciara merely obliged him by closing her eyes but slumber did not returned to her again that night.

The morning came and it’s time for the coronation to take place. It is an official ceremony where the elders from the vampire council will attend and Dylan was crowned as King and Ciara as the Queen. Michael and Tiffany announced that they will be going away for a long awaited tour of the world and will be back in three months’ time. Dylan has officially conferred the title of Prime Minister of State to Caleb and Deputy Prime minister of State to Keith. He was pleased that he has two men that he trusted to help him run his kingdom. Caleb decided to sell away the shop that both he and Janet own as they no longer had the time to manage it.