Blood

6

I don't know why I obeyed Harry and held my hand in his. It just happened and I was almost surprised that I even trusted him. He showed me around the castle. They had a large library, they had almost only bedrooms on the others floors. We went down to the cellar and the first thing he did was to show me a door.

"And there we get blood."

I become numb. Did I hear that right?

"Blood?"

He smiled.

"Yes we are kind of sick, and to survive, we sometimes need blood."

We went on but I turned my head around and stared at the door,

"Why don't you go to the hospital?"

He laughed a little bit.

"Because they can't help us."

I snorted.

"Doctors are actually quite omniscient existing illnesses. Is that why you are so pale?"

He smiled at me.

"Yes!" He pointed to another old wooden door. "And there is a staircase down even further down in the soil. In the past it was used as a prison."

I wasn't interested. I wanted to know more about their disease.

"Is it contagious?"

He stopped and he looked at me.

"No?"

I had so many questions.

"Is that why you want me here, to assist you when you are sick?"

He shook his head.

"No, Sally. The reason you're here is because I want to have you...."

I was a little quiet.

"You?"

He nodded.

"Yes, I want you to be here and I have big plans for you."

We went up the stairs again and this time I was filled with eagerness to learn more.

"But what is it exactly I should do here? You have no disco or the things that I thought you had?"

He was amused and he looked quickly at me. He held my hand tightly.

"Sally, you will get to know everything. But first you need to sleep and be well rested."

I released his hand quickly and I was standing still.

"You said, I would meet my friends?"

He turned around to me face me and he nodded a little bit.

"Soon!" he whispered. "Now, I'll show you where to sleep."

I frowned.

"No thanks, you can take me home now."

He shook his head.

"I'm sorry but it's impossible."

I looked up at him.

"Huh?"

He raised his eyebrows.

"We have already prepared everything and your apartment is now empty."

I was cold all over and I realized what had happened.

"But let me at least call my uncle and explain? He's probably worried and he wants to know that I'm alive."