'Where am I?' taking in my surroundings, I was in awe of this place. This place was beyond my imagination. Beautiful trees with blossomed flowers. It looked magical. But it's so cold here. I tried to look around when something caught my eye. I looked outside the window & everything was covered with snow, including trees outside. I inched closer to the window & tried to look for a lock.

Opening the lock, I opened the window. The cold wind hit my face & I shuddered. No Sun, but everything shone brightly as if they've been lit magically. Hugging myself, I closed the window because I couldn't bear the cold. The wind was unbearingly cold.

Taking few steps behind, I turned & looked at the trees that were evergreen. 'This place is a room but looks like a secret garden'

'You're here' Someone said exuberantly

I whipped my head towards the direction from where the voice came.

'I've been looking for you everywhere' The person came closer & held my hand in his but I couldn't look at his face. His hands were extremely cold but I kind of liked the way he held my hands.

I tried again to look at this person, but I couldn't work out his face. It's like I can see him but can't describe his features. The only thing I could describe were his beautiful icy blue eyes. His eyes held sincerity & love.

I was startled by the way he looked at me. He said nothing just stared at me with love.

'Who are you?' I blurted out of nowhere. He looked at me questioningly.

'Why are you being like this, Eloise?' He took a deep breath

'Why am I here? What is this place?' I bomabrded him with questions & looked anywhere but him.

'El, you really don't remember anything?' He asked with urgency in his voice.

'Why would I? When a phase like this never happened in my life!' I snapped, anger taking over me. I was getting angry & I don't know why. It wasn't his fault that I was here & deep down I knew that.

'You have to remember El! Or else we'll have to spend the rest of our lives living in our own personal hell. He will take over this place & will make our lives miserable. You've to remember who you are & why you're here. You're the only one who can stop this & save this place from destruction' He informed me

'Excuse me? You're being ridiculous" I laughed bitterly at the information he just gave me. 'Is this some kind of joke? If it is then stop, it's not funny. Now if you'll excuse me I'll have to go back from where I came. My brother needs me' I took my hand out of his. Don't know why my hands still were in his, I inched away from where he stood. Without looking back, I looked around in urgency to find a way out.

Finally a door caught my eye but as soon as I opened it, I saw nothing but a place full of darkness.

I heard some voices unbeknownst that I was even there. 'She's the one' I heard a voice say 'She is the only one who can save this world from collapsing' The same voice said
'But what if she isn't?' Someone else asked, which sounded like a voice of a girl.
'Then he'll take over this kingdom, & will ruin everything & everyone that'll come in his way' The same voice I heard before said but I heard it more clearly this time & it belonged to a woman maybe and elderly woman. He voice sounded so much like my Mom's.

As I went inside, the door closed behind me on it's own. I whipped my head to look but foot got stuck in my gown which disturbed my balance & I fell on my bum, but in a place full of darkness. I tried to get up, & started to scream but no one heard me. I've always been Nyctophobic & it became severe since my parents died.

Screaming at the top of my lungs, I cried & stood up. I thrashed at the door but no one opened.

Snapping my eyes open, I gasped for air as I felt short of Oxygen. I was drenched in sweat. I tried to look for my phone & the button to turn on the lamp. I'm Nyctophobic & last night I forgot to let the bulb on. I took a guess that it's still dark outside. It was a dream yet it felt so real. I wanted to laugh at myself that I was thinking of a dream to be real.

Waves of relief washed over me when I felt a button under my fingers. I found the button & the turned the lamp on. Taking a deep breath & looked at the time, it was still 3 Am.

Suddenly I felt a burning sensation in my throat. I looked for the jug of water that Aunt Chelsea keeps for me every night on my side table, but it was empty.

I put on my slippers & took the jug with me to get it filled with some water. When I went downstairs, the lights of the kitchen were on. ' Maybe Aunt left them on' I thought. The burning sensation in my throat grew more. Pushing my thoughts aside, I inched closer to the refrigerator to get a water bottle. I took the bottle out, drank some water & filled the jug.

As I was about to leave when I heard a sound which sounded like that of a wrapper. I instantly knew what the sound was & who was making it. I placed the jug on the counter & ran towards the refrigerator. I had some chocolates in the freezer & Alex wanted to steal them. I caught him yesterday & he even promised not to touch them again.

'Fuck' I whispered . He stole all of them & I'm sure he must've eaten all of them by now. I whipped my head in the direction from where the voice came. Alex was hiding under the dining table with his mouth covered with my chocolates. There he was devouring my chocolates, mercilessly.

His attention was solely focused on my chocolates, eating one after another. I bolted towards him to snatch my chocolates back if he hasn't finished them all. But I stepped on a wrapper which made a sound due to which Alex snapped his head towards my direction. His eyes widened definitely because he's been caught.

"RUN BEFORE I KILL YOU!!! YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I spat my words in anger, emphasizing on every single word that came out of my mouth. He made a run towards the lounge & I followed. While running like crazy, he broke the Vase that was on the side table near the large sofa in front of the large TV.

I didn't notice the shattered pieces of glass on the floor & the clumsiest person that I am, I stepped on it.

"Ahhh" I screamed in pain while a piece of glass pierced into the skin of my feet. I dropped to the floor & Alex rushed towards me with a worried look on his face. In a few minutes we were back to brother & sister from enemies.

"ARE YOU OKAY?" Alex whisper screamed.

"I-I'm fine" I stuttered. I felt a lump forming in my throat. Its hurts. Alex took my feet in his hand & examined it carefully.

"You really think you're fine? Look at your feet, it's bleeding & the piercing looks deep" He said with a little bit of anger in his tone.

Suddenly the lights were turned on. Note: We've been running like crazies in the dark, with some light coming from the kitchen.

"What are you two doing here in the middle of the night?" Damn it. It was aunty Chelseas. She must've heard the breaking sound of the Vase. "Oh My God!! What happened to your feet?" She inched closer with bewilderment on her face.

"I stepped on the shattered pieces of Vase while running after Alex to get my chocolates back" I pouted & tried to give a reasonable explanation. She shook her head & a smile made it's way on her serious face.

"Come On. Let's get it cleaned up before it gets infected" She & Alex helped me stand up & made me sit on the large sofa whereas Aunt called our maid Sofia's name to bring the med-kit. First she took the piece of glass that had pierced my skin, then cleaned it with anti-bacterial liquid & in the end she bandaged it.

"Perfect" She said while looking at my bandaged feet. "Try not to walk too much. I think you should take a day off tomorrow to get some rest" She ordered. "Alex, let's take her to her room" She motioned Alex to hold me. They took me to my room & placed me in my bed. As soon as they left, I examined my feet.

It hurts. Trying to get my mind off of the pain that I was receiving from my feet, I sat & inched towards my side table. I had brought my mother's journal from that library yesterday which my aunt thinks of nothing but an abandoned room. I don't know how but I somehow opened it again by some sort of words that came out of my mouth.

As I was about to take the journal out from the the hidden drawer in my side table, I heard loud noises coming from downstairs. I hurried to go downstairs to see what it was. Placing my feet on the floor carelessly, the pain increased. Ignoring the pain, I made my way downstairs & something caught my eye. The library or Jonathan's room whatever, it's door was opened.

When the pain became unbearable, I sat on the floor & held my feet. Again I said something "Curare patiens, nunc autem poena inops dolor, maneant modo poena, et non reverta!" I couldn't understand but it reduced the pain. I was shocked, again.

Standing up, I made my way towards the library & to my utmost shock many books were lying on the floor like someone had been here & whoever that person was, they were trying to look for something.

If no one can see this room, not even Alex. Then how the hell can someone be in here looking for something?

This is insane. I was lost in my thoughts when I heard a knock on my door. "Come in" I permitted & it was Alex.

Alex had asked me to watch Netflix since I was taking a day off Tomorrow & here we were lying on the large sofa in lounge watching The 100. Soon, without realizing I was fast asleep.

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A/N

I'm sorry guys for taking so long. I've been watching a series & couldn't concentrate on writing. I'll upload the next chapter tonight so stay tuned.
About the title : it means "He ate my chocolates" 😂
Hehehehe
-Kainat