Gritting my teeth in frustration, I chased after the black cat into the thick dark woods, cringing slightly as we were swallowed up by the deep black night.

This is absurdly insane!

A teenager going after a cat at midnight in the middle of nowhere! What could be more insane than that?

Yet, my legs betrayed me and kept pushing me further into the intimidating woods.

The more crazy and embarrassing part was that, I was still in my pyjamas!

It may sound normal but mine is a kind of lingerie—well, not that type you're thinking—it's like—this is crazy!

I felt my face turn deep red at once.

"Okay, it's now I realize that I'm completely going nuts!" I shouted at myself in ragged breaths, "I'm going back home!"

I turned back and jolted in fright to see the guy in my front. "W-where did you come from?!".

"You're not returning, you've already made a decision". He sneered and waved his hand twice in the air. "Once you're in, there's no going back".

I frowned in despair when all the paths leading back to the neighbourhood vanished slowly. The woods now looked more intimidating, just like a house without windows or doors!

"What? Don't look at me like that...I'm just trying to help you". He teased with a shrug and walked away speedily.

"And you - dammit whatever you are! Slow down a bit, would ya!".

"Nah". He replied and paused a bit, pointing to something in the distance. "Okay...this should be it!".

The sight of a clearing from the distance caught my attention, especially as the atmosphere was suddenly filled with flora and glamour.

I've never seen this around the neighbourhood before....

It almost feels....

Magical?

The most striking thing about the clearing was that, in the midst of the flora, was some kind of fortress. And when I mean fortress, I'm talking about that type of fortresses in movies. But the weird part was that, it looked so translucent that, one more look, it'd look like it's fading away.

The fortress looked no ordinary indeed, as it glowed different kinds of neons at the rooftop under the moonlight. It was even shimmering with the little pool of water that laid besides it, with some glamorous flowers and overflowing vines at it's corners.

I watched as Minuet sauntered towards the translucent building and stretched out his hand, placing it on something penetrable.

How can he lean his hand on the air?

It seemed like there was some kind of force shield around this fortress.

Oh.

That explains why it looked translucent!

My eyes widened at an ancient horoscopy symbol that lingered around the assumed force field.

Before I knew it, the translucent aura loosened it's hold around the house and spread open like a cobweb.

What the-

I watched as the arrogant guy walked into the misty mystical environment. He didn't even turn back.

Seriously?

He just leaves me like this?

What if....

What if this is all a TRAP!

What if they're trolls....or maniacs...in there!

Or worse...

More cats!

Okay, I'm officially crazy...

With a deep breath, I closed my eyes and walked through the force field. Minutes had past but I kept walking and walking, still with my eyes closed, from the fear of what I may see.

A sharp growl from afar caused my eyes to open in defense. I frowned when Minuet burst into laughter. "The hell! I thought you were an animal!".

He raised an eyebrow. When I realized what I said, I turned to the side in embarrassment.

"Wow". I mumbled under my breath at the breathtaking sight of this other side of the forest. "This looks-".

"Hey!". Minuet had left me there once again and had vanished to the door of the mansion.

With a sigh of defeat, I walked briskly to him, still awe-stricken by the unreal beautiful view.

He didn't even wait for me and walked inside. With a sigh, I placed my hand on the door knob and twisted it to open the door widely.

Here goes nothing...

Honestly, I expected an old hag or a wizard to yell at me for trespassing, but what I saw really surprised me.

"What is this place?". I blinked and scanned the interior aspect of the mansion. "It's so...strange?".

At the far end of the walls was a fireplace with few well polished cauldrons surrounding it's corners.

There were wooden benches, counters, shabby looking shelves, and hidden portraits hanging upside in a corner. Cobwebs spread out it's filaments across the far ends of the walls. When was this place last attended to? A year? It looks very old and antique---yet powerful. Walking deeper into this extraordinary mansion, I admired the ancientness of some harmless objects that hung freely on the walls of the hallway. I began to get awestricken again but not when the smell of something yucky suddenly hit my nose.

"It's herbal tea, get used to it". The guy spoke from inside a different room.

How did he...

Nevermind.

I could see a lounge chair poking out of the living room and some cupboards slightly open, revealing some strange mysterious sightings and objects. I recognized two of the foreign objects to be a crystal ball and that of a human skull.

As far as I'm concerned, this is a definition of a witch's COVEN!

I was very positive when I saw a skeletal hand sticking out of a slightly ajar cupboard and also a bodiless shadow moving swiftly by the end of the walls. I locked eyes with some scary looking gargoyles that crouched at the crooks of the building's pillars. The fear of seeing blood...a human's blood in here rose within me. I'm never good in standing the sights of horrific visions. I could almost imagine the demonic screams that rang within the walls of this fortress. There was nothing like light switches here, only candles and burning torches. I can't believe something like this still exists. As I kept on walking, my leg collided with something hard. I froze. I didn't want to look down. Who knows what could be there? Perhaps...a human's...body...one of the things I fear most. Okay, I can't do this. I tried to run but I ended up being consumed by the darkness of the strange house.

I gulped, not in FEAR! But probably at the thought of what other mysterious creatures might be lurking around the corners of these walls. You may never know what creeping creeper may be creeping around the creeping corners of your cabinet.

Yeah.

Still means fear, right?

I still don't know how and why, but when I tried to dust my hands from the dusty stains all over me, the fireplace lit up brightly, making the room even more clearer.

I could now see that the guy was perched on a sofa, not too far away from the fireplace.

He looked very tired and pissed off from where I stood. I stole a quick glance at the rickety old stairs that was outside the room.

Seriously when would this end?

His half lidded eyebrows were as mesmerising as ever which almost left me drooling, but not in this current situation.

I couldn't help but stare at him as he yawned behind his knuckles. It looked cute, I mean...his knuckles looked hot as they were barely covered by his sleeves that is.

"Yelling at me all the way here wasn't a way to get my attention, besides- ". He said, tilting his head at me with a smug on his lips. "-I've done my part now...you can go back home".

"What?! You little....!".

I felt like slapping that smug off his face!

You can't tell me that after running all the way here...he says this!

He needs a heavy smack!

The boy just grinned, his lips curving up to reveal the vampiric fangs that has being well hidden at the corner of his mouth.

I felt my breath hitch a little at the sight. If he had fangs...and can turn into a cat! Also can disappear?!

Is he...is he a...

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Is he what Isabelle?👀

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