A Second Too Late

Castle

      They woke up on a bed in an ancient looking castle, and saw a person watching them in the corner of the room. "Who are you-?" Aliyx asked warily. 

      "I'm prince Elix. I'm here to guard you two because for some reason my mother, the Queen of this place, thinks that you could be a threat. She had a dream of seeing two kids sleeping in the forest at 3:07 in the morning, then she woke up 5 minutes before that time,  and found you two five minutes later in the forest, just as her dream predicted." Elix explained calmly. "I think she's getting batty, but that's just my perspective." Aliyx chuckled slightly, trying no t to change anything she remembered happening during previous times. Lillith woke as she chuckled at the bit of humor from Elix. 

      "Perfect timing," Aliyx muttered quietly. 

      "What was that-?" Elix looked extremely confused, and Aliyx assumed he hadn't heard them, like before.

      "Oh, I just said that I was glad Lillith woke up, I'm Aliyx by the way, just realized I hadn't told you my name until now, how rude of me to not introduce myself." They rambled slightly. 

      "Well then, are you two sisters-? or-?" Elix seemed really confused by them in general.

      "Neither sisters nor girlfriends, bold of you to assume gender." Lillith replied defensively.

      "Sorry, sorry, learned behavior from my mother- she also referred to you two as girls..." Elix explained hastily. "She barely accepts me as a guy..." Lillith looks at Elix sympathetically. 

      "You could run away with us, away from here.," Aliyx offered gently, knowing she had to despite the fact she knew what would happen. It was hard to pretend to be friendly since every time he... they couldn't bear to think about it any longer, not wanting him to somehow read the possible hurt on their face. Lillith squeezed their hand sympathetically secretively, remembering what they always saw that landed them in a facility. 

      "We'll need a plan to get out of here then, my mother is a bit crazy and has guards, traps, and other various stuff around the castle, and that's just the inside stuff I'm referring to. I've never seen what's outside, she doesn't let me go out and play because she says it's too dangerous." Elix explained with a pained look, and Lillith and Aliyx both mirrored that look. Theirs wasn't as sympathetic as it was the first time though, they were just letting their emotions towards the future show now...