Fiena was in a delighted mood. She didn’t know why but she felt very happy that morning. Maybe it was because she and Emil had dined at ‘Atlantis’ with his parents. Nowadays, Emil and she were getting rather intimately close.
Mia and Zalia were just passing by like normal, walking so close like other twin siblings do. Yet, somehow they were acting strangely different and as if ignoring the other one beside her.
“Good morning guys!” Fiena greeted them, while smiling widely.
“Ohayou.” Mia said, stoically.
“Morning Fiena.” Zalia said.
Fiena didn’t know that much about them it’s just that they’re very close fraternal twins and they rarely fight. They’re always so together; either talking or joking around but they rarely do skin ship. And now they’re all gloomy and not talking. What’s happening? Fiena thought.
Time to ask the right person.
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“Syaira! Syaira!” Fiena called out the gumiho’s name.
“Yess???? “ Syaira purred catlike, appearing from behind Fiena.
“Wah! You scared me!” Fiena said.
“Really? Yay!! Let me scare you again!” Syaira laughed, growling, now like a wild fox.
“No, please don’t. I wanted to ask about something important.” Fiena said.
“What is it?” Syaira asked, fixing her hair.
“It’s about Mia. And Zalia. No, The Apozitive sisters.” Fiena said.
“What about them??” Syaira asked, twirling her curly hair.
“What’s wrong with them? Did they had a fight??” Fiena asked with a concern face.
“Oh…. If it’s about this, we ask someone who’s a very excellent expert on it.” Syaira said.
“Who?”
“Who else but Miss Alice Madeline Tempest.” Syaira smiled.
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“Huh? You wanted to know why they’re looking so stoic and frail nowadays?” Alice asked once again.
Fiena nodded.
“It’s because. They’re getting engaged.” Alice said, closing her book.
“Wh-what!? Engaged!? At an age so young??? Who gets engaged at seventeen???” Fiena said in disbelief.
“Other Realm creatures. Nobles of Other Realm creatures.” Alice stated the fact.
“What? To who???”
“My cousin and Gwen’s cousin, Rhesus Negative and Zane Wolfram. I can show their faces to you if you like.” Alice said.
“Sure. I just want to know the truth.” Fiena nodded.
Alice made a thick book appear, it was in thick red cover and Alice opened it. It appears that the book was a photo album. A picture floated, on thin air coming from the book like the map Fiena previously viewed when Alice opened the book to a certain page.
It was a family picture of three people. A tall man, who had similar characteristics like Alice. He was pale, had a handsome bold face , deep color of arsenic eyes and a mouth that bared long sharp fangs.
He wore a rather fancy clothing and a flowing black leather cloak with a little skeleton as the button of it.
A woman stood next to him, looking the same, the beard for an exception. She was beautiful, skin pale like the moon, eyes that had the color of burnt umber and deep black wavy hair, flowing by her shoulder and ended by her waist. She had black rings which appear to be like make-up at her eyes, making her look gothic.
She wore a black Victorian-styled Lolita gown. It was elegant and fancy with a black shawl covering her. It also appears she wore grand old-fashioned jewelry.
The third person was as tall yet shorter by the first man, but he appears younger and more dashing. He had blonde hair, styled like Mr. Kaoru. And it was also noted that he had gleaming eyes like Mia. He was also pale, wore the same attire like the first man and had black rings of eye liner under his eyes like gothic make up..
Is this the man Mia’s going to marry?” Fiena asked, pointing at the first person.
“No, you idiot. He’s to freaking old for Mia’s age and he has a wife. That’s Alston Negative, her future ‘Father-in-law’. The woman is Bella Negative, her future mother-in-law. This is the young man she’s going to marry.” Alice said, pointing to the young man with the emo hairstyle.
“Woah…. That’s Rhesus?? He looks fine but why doesn’t Mia agree to marry him?”
“It’s because, they were the closest childhood friends and to Mia, he’s like a younger brother and she has Bill now, remember??”
“Oh yeah….” Fiena sighed.
“What about Zane???”
“Here it is. The Wolfram family picture.” Alice said, after flicking through a stumble of pictures and another family photo showed up.
It was a large pack of wolves instead of humans. They were like five, Fiena counted. The Largest was a grey wolf which had a scar at the back of its left ear. The one next to it was a female wolf, which had white snowy fur and a black spot at the of its right eye.
The third one was also a bit large; a Maned Wolf with orange and white fur, much like a fox. The fourth was also female, with soft looking brown fur. The fifth was the most appealing and strangest.
It was male, had black fur and some bits of electric ultramarine coloured fur on the left side of the head, looking like a spot. “That’s Zane.” Alice pointed to the fifth.
“But, this is them being wolves…..I wanted to see…” Fiena began but Alice raised a finger to shush her.
“I know. Just wait….. I’ll use transformation illusion magic.” Alice said, and then snapped her fingers.
In an instant, five wolves turned to five human beings, well, in the picture.
The large one looked elderly yet still handsome. He wore glasses and had grey hair tied into a ponytail. He dressed simple, white shirt and jeans while the woman next to him was beautiful and looked quite mature and elderly.
She wore a white sweater and simple jeans, fitting for a simple house mom.
The third person looked like a young man, probably 25, had orange hair with some streaks on his long shoulder-length hair. He wore a white shirt, black pants and boots. The young girl next to him looked like a college student and she had brown hair with neatly combed bangs and the reached her waist. She also wore a simple green blouse, white mini skirt and sandals.
Zane was the last and he looked handsome and striking. His hair was long, shiny black and he had a left side emo styled-bang which was colored electric ultramarine.
He wore a black shirt and black jeans and boots. Looking like a simple goth.
“Is that Zane??” Fiena asked, amazed.
“Yeah. Zalia is actually fine by marrying him. It’s just that Mia sometime opposes them being together.???”
“Why?”
“Because Mia doubts him has this untrustworthy aura flowing by him.”
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At work, Mia was still gloomy and Zalia maintained a fake smile to the customers.
“Hey babe, be my girlfriend??” said a customer to Mia. It was the type of guys who go ‘I’m-so-cool-all-girls-will-be-mine.’ “I’m sorry master but that’s against the café’s rules and regulations” Mia explained, strictly.
“Oh, come on, babe~ I know you want a piece of my hotness….” That customer said, now grabbing Mia’s hand.
“I FUCKING said No, You motherfucking asshole!” Mia screamed out in furious anger, grabbing his other hand and giving him a hard flip while the grunts of thunder and flashes of lightning roaming furiously.
“Mia, don’t! The other customers will see you!” Alice said, thus at the same time using ‘Stop time magic’. The time and every customer stop.
“Now quick! Put in this memory erasing potion in their food, just a tiny sip, not all of them.” Enyz quickly ordered.
They did so and Alice stopped the time magic.
The customer was surprised why he got hurt all of a sudden.
“Mia, that was a close one! NEVER, ever do that again or we’ll get shut-down!” Alice warned her angrily.
“I’m sorry.”
“You better be.” Alice said.
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Later that night, they were studying about wizardry, sorcery and about witches.
“Questions??” Mia said. She was wearing glasses and tied her hair in a bun and she had a black cane with her. Fiena thought she looked like a strict teacher.
“Appearances.” Fiena said.
“Excellent. In the old days, witches and wizards looked out of the ordinary because they were evil. Now, we look like humans to avoid being hunted down and killed. And yes. Witch hunters still exist in this very day”
“I’ve known every basic thing about witches. But I don’t understand the noble’s part.” Fiena asked.
“Alice told you.” Mia sighed and closed her eyes.
“If it’s not bothering, can you care to explain? I meant how the customs here work.” Fiena said.
“Here, nobles get their soul mates picked by their parents or fate, but mostly by parents. You can escape your picked soul mate if you found some one who you truly love.”
“So, why are you gloomy this days exactly???” Fiena asked, concerned.
“My mother rejected my request to marry a simple human. She felt that was the most absurd thing to do, ever since Sid broke up with me. She’s just doing it to protect me. And she fears that it would also happen to Zalia.” Mia said.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love Rhesus but I’m not sure if I’m capable enough to be his wife……”
“So, where is he now???”
“He’s now in Transylvania. He will be back in a month. And Zane, he’s currently in California.”
“Good, because I can’t have that scoundrel vampire wannabe stealing my beautiful maiden from me!” said Emerald, who just appeared out of no where, putting his hands around Mia’s waist.
“Get your fucking hands off me. And answer me three questions.” Mia said as her features darkened.
“And I guess those questions are, ‘why do you love me,’ or ‘did you miss me’ or ‘Will you willing to elope with me so I don’t have to be with this arranged married.”
“What!? Wrong and what is wrong with you?? I have a boyfriend! And my questions are, what the hell are you doing here, how did you break in my house and what did you just call Rhesus?” Mia said, grabbing him by the shirt.
“I’m always welcomed here. Your mother thinks I’m charming. And I’m here to convince your mother that you mustn’t marry Rhesus. I love you and you will only belong to me.”
“How sweet, but I’m not buying it.”
“And you know Rhesus is not really a vampire, either.”
“SHUT UP!” Mia said, throwing him hard and made him go through two walls then she grabbed a black broom stick and flew off by the window.
“Where’s she going??? And what’s exactly going on??” Fiena asked, panic.
“Calm down. She’ll be fine. And actually, Rhesus…. He…”Alice said but her voice trailed by the last part.
“Rhesus is some kind of a genetic freak. He’s a vampire but he couldn’t really have much ability of it. He’s a half vampire and a half spirit even though his parents are both vampires.”
“What happens if a vampire married a witch??” Fiena asked again.
“Its just the same with interracial. That goes the same with other creatures” Zalia said.
“C’mon, let’s go see Mia. I know where she is right now. It may take a long journey but not that long” Zalia said, leading the way.
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And Zalia was right. According to her prediction, she located that Mia was at the deep woods of Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
They walked through the woods, then stopped in front of a castle-like mansion.
“Where exactly are we?????” Fiena asked.
“The Grande Apozitive Manor. It’s hidden here. You’ve heard about the witch related here, right?? Well, our ancestor resided here and he had to hide his magic well from the townsfolk for they all hate witches.” Zalia explained.
Zalia whispered some magical chant, which seemed like a special password at the gate and they all walked in.
The area was large and spacious and there is a fountain located in front of the mansion, as the significance of their richness. It was made from ancient black marble, carved beautifully with swirls connecting and a black cat holding a giant vase as the top of it. Water majestically flowed through the vase; making Fiena very amazed.
“It’s been a long time I haven’t been here. I miss Dear grandfather.” Zalia said.
She knocked at the wooden door of the castle entrance. “It’s me, Zalia Apozitive. Tell Master Ismail his granddaughter is here.” Zalia said. “And I’ve brought guests along.”
The door was opened by a young woman dressed in a maid outfit.
“Welcome back, Miss Zalia. Its always a pleasure seeing you again.” The maid smiled warmly. She was beautiful, a brunette and had clear white eyes.
“Glad to be back, Maria.” Zalia smiled back. “Maria is our family’s youngest maid. And unfortunately she’s blind. But that does not hide the fact that she’s talented and very capable of taking care of us and my grandfather.” Zalia said.
They walked towards a room, where Zalia’s aunt was there to greet them. “Guys, this is my Aunt Flora. She takes care of the house and also my grandfather.”
They then walked to the second floor of the giant castle-like mansion. (Which had 8 floors and 12 rooms on each floor.) Fiena was feeling rather comfortable with the environment for she had been to similar luxurious like places.
“Guys……...” said a voice. It was Mia. “I’ve decided….”
“To marry Rhesus and accept my fate to be his wife!” Mia said in a determinated voice.
