Dracula's Munchkin.

ELEVEN.

Priscilla POV.

I’ll show them, I’ll show everyone, why jump on top of a wall when you can get in the front door, the gate were open giving me clear entrance to the castle. I just walked in, no need for jumping or running, I made it inside, the whole place was lit up like it was the last time we were here.

I walked close not really knowing what to do, my plan went that far, but this too far for me, when I got close to the window, I saw a figure there, a shadow, getting scared I moved away from the window.

I tried to move out but the shadow kept following me, I lost all the courage I had before, I was terrified, suddenly the castle went dark, turning off all the light it provided for me. The howls started again, my heart started beating crazy, I started to hyperventilate, hot tears found their way down my face.

I wanted to get away, to run away, scream and cry, but I had no place to go, my parents, they left me out in the open. Home was more than few hours away and the bus isn’t here anymore, I had nowhere to go, I started crying, I couldn’t help it, my other headspace took hold of me.

I was looking at the world in the eyes of my younger headspace, the thing I like to do when really mad or sad, but it’s the best I could do. That happens to be a really bad idea, my little headspace is even more afraid of the dark, the tears turned to sobs.

I felt someone closing on me, I wiped my eyes quickly, I can’t let anyone see me cry, they wouldn’t understand, my family would beat my ass if I cry, so I don’t I always avoid the tears or crying.

The someone got closer to me, with how afraid I was I simply sat on the ground, wiping my tears with the dirty sleeves of my sweatshirt, I didn’t dare to look up not with whoever is there this close to me. Avoid eye contact, the eyes hold too much, they can be a challenge, an apology or anger, my favorite or should I say least favorite but often seen one happens to be disappointment.

“What are you doing here” a voice as cold as ice says, he didn’t know that I’ve been through worse I don’t care or mind.

“Sitting” I reply honestly, that was exactly what I’m doing.

“Do you know where you are?” he asks again, of course I do.

“Dracula castle?” I say but it sounded more like a question, what was I doing here anyway, trying to impress people who don’t care about me.

“You know who live here?” he asks, what’s up with the questions.

“Uhhh…Dracula?” I ask again, he’s weird, so what if I didn’t know who lives here or what I’m doing here.

“Yes and aren’t you afraid?” he asks, I just shrug, I wasn’t really, I feel safer here than back at home.

“You should leave” he says I don’t look up at him, just take a look toward the forest.

“Uhmm…it’s a long way home” I say, too worried about taking the whole walk back home.

“You’re afraid of the forest but not of the monster standing here?” he asks, what monster.

“I don’t see a monster” I say with another shrug, the monster are back home, not here.

“What’s your name?” he asks with a chuckle.

“Rilla, Priscilla but call me Rilla” I say telling him my favorite nickname.

“Priscilla, named after Saint Priscilla, are you a saint little Rilla?” he asks making me freeze, why did he just called me little, does he know?

“Look at me Rilla” he says but I don’t reply or obey, I kept my eyes casted down, he lost his chuckle this time, he order again, his voice back to the ice I heard the first time.

“Eyes up here Priscilla” he orders, something in me obeys this time, I look up at him, my eyes not meeting his right away, a simple glance then back down.

That doesn’t cut it for him, he held my chin up in his hand, it wasn’t a firm hold, he doesn’t hurt or leave a mark on my face, he just lift my face so our eyes would meet.

He had dark, black dark eyes, they were scary, but the colors in them moved, they swirled with hazel color, just like honey, before they turned more of golden color. It was like magic, I wish I had a camera for that, they were simply beautiful, I felt like touching his face, my hand raised by it’s own but I made fall down again, I shouldn’t be touching people faces.

“I…I should leave” I say scared of him, maybe he’s right, I’m supposed to be afraid of him.

“It’s too late for that Priscilla” he says in a voice that scared me this time, I was scared, maybe he’s right, he is a monster.

“Let me go” I say scared but he doesn’t he keep his hold on my chin.

“Let me go…let me go…Ahhhhh” I scream, this was too much for me, too much for one day for sure.

“Never my little Rilla, never” he says scaring the hell out of me, I cry, I scream and I hit him everywhere I could trying to get away from him but instead he had me over his shoulder dragging me inside his place where I would never be left out again.

I thought about every story I heard about Dracula, about he kidnaps girls and they never show up again, what if I’m his newest victim, would he drink my blood, turn me into a zombie. I screamed even louder wanting to get away but his hold on me got even tighter not allowing me to get away from him.

The doors of the castle opened on their own, letting him in, the master of the castle, I began to think back to all the myths about Dracula are they correct? Seem like I’m about to find out, I screamed even more, once inside, the doors closing back behind me, this was my last time seeing the sun light, it just felt like my destine have been written and doomed.

“Mister…mister” I say once inside, trying a new tactic with him, he doesn’t listen just take me to a room. He throw me on a bed, is he gonna!!

“Nu…nuu…don’t” I cry out, he just take few steps back lifting his hands up in a show of surrender.

“Mister please don’t” I say still crying, he stay away from me, I just look up at him with pleading eyes, his eyes went back to their black color, to the scary color.

“I won’t hurt you Priscilla, I would never” he says, I believed him, well maybe, I wasn’t sure.

“What’s your name?” I ask, he knew mine, it’s only fair for me to know his.

“You already know mine Priscilla” he says, I kept hiccupping, trying to wipe my tears away.

“Nu, I no know” I tell him, I know but I have to be sure.

“I’m Dracula, and you know it Priscilla” he says making my heart skip few beats, I did knew it, I was more scared than ever now, he’s going to kill me, he’s gonna drink my blood and I won’t be a bother to my parents anymore. I closed my eyes waiting for him to attack to do it and be over with it, but instead of that I just heard a light chuckle, I opened one of my eyes seeing him still standing in place just looking at me with a slight smile at his face. I’m going to die from embracement for sure.