One last Vampire dance

Masquerade Ball

"Tonight's the night Elizabeth, are you ready for the ball?" My mother said while grabbing my dress. I really wasn't excited about this, we have one like every weekend. We celebrate, and celebrate, and celebrate. Don't ask me why we just do. My mother is the queen in the castle, my father the king. I'm 18 years old, I've lived inside my parents castle my whole life. I'm about to get married, I'm engaged to Eric Born. He is from the eastern lands, he is a high rank in his kingdom. I'm meeting him tonight at the ball. My soon to be husband, yay. I don't know why I feel like I don't fit in. All this royalty stuff, all I want to do is see what's outside my castle walls. Mother and father won't allow it. They say creatures live outside these walls. Creatures that's don't see daylight. "Mother I can't wait! Can I see my dress now?" She pulls out this long dark red dress, it has a short train. "Put it on, put it on, hurry we don't have time!" I quickly put it on, my mother then zips it up. I then grab the heals, what are these like 5 inches? I've never worn this long of heals before. I put on my jewelry while my mother does my hair. She puts my long blond hair into a bun. "Oh Elizabeth I forgot to tell you, it's a Masquerade ball. Here put this on." She hands me a dark red mask that matches with my dress. It has a black feather on the side of it. Well at least no one will see my face. "Come we must be going, it's time for you to meet Eric." My mother leads me down the hall and down the stairs to the ballroom. It's beautiful, but there are so many people.

There were chandeliers on the ceiling, tables spread out around the room. The music was playing loudly, I almost lost where my mother was. "Ah, here you are Eric, meet my daughter Elizabeth. I will see you later Elizabeth." My mother walks away leaving me with Eric.

He has short dirty blond hair, he's muscular looking. He's wearing a black and white suit, with a gold color mask. "Hello,my lady Elizabeth." He says grabbing my hand and kissing it. I look at him and blush lightly. "Hello Eric, you look handsome this evening." I say politely. "Would you like to dance Elizabeth?" "Sure, let's go." He takes my hand and takes me into the crowd. It's a slow dance of course, great. We slowly dance, I watch my footing. "Tell me about yourself Elizabeth."
"I like roses, music, I'm a good drawer, I help out around my castle as much as possible. Tell me about yourself."
"Well I like music too, I help my father in trade business, I help my mother with the newborn baby, and I like horses."
There a silence between us, well this is awkward. "How many children do you want to have in the future?" He asks me kindly.
"I would like to have one boy and a girl for now. Maybe, later on, I might want more." I say politely. I've just met him and he's asking about kids already. I begin to look around the room. I see a pale older looking man standing against the wall. He has a wine glass in hand but he doesn't seem to be drinking it. He looks like he's in his twenties. He's also wearing a black and white suit. He has black spiky hair, he's really muscular. I see his dark blue eyes look at me. He notices me looking at him, I look away. "Will you excuse me for a moment I'm going to get a drink."
"Of course, I'll be at my table."
I thank him for this dance and walk over to the bar. The man i saw moments ago is also over at the bar. He walks over to me and says," so your Elizabeth Sawn."
"Yes, and you are?" I say confidently.
"The name Nathaniel Strong, I have heard lots about you. You're getting married to Eric right?"
I sigh and look over at him. "Yes you could say so, I didn't really ask for marriage but I have no choice."
"Would you leave this life behind if you had the chance? Forget about getting married, leave your riches and fortune behind. Would you do it?"
"I would do anything to leave these castle walls," I say in a whisper. Nathaniel grabs my wrist and looks at me. "I am going back on the ballroom floor. When I give you a signal follow me."
"How can I trust you?" I say worriedly.
He smiles at me and walks away.
I go through the dance floor, I try to blend in with the guests. Eric sees me and gets up and tries to follow me. He knows something is up because he looks directly at Nathaniel to me. Nathaniel nods and head and starts walking toward a hallway door. I look into his green eyes, and everything around me feels as though it stops. I walk through the crowd still following Nathaniel, he pulls me into the hallway. "If you come with me now there is no turning back, do you understand?" I nod my head. "Good, now let's go." He grabs my hand and takes me down the hallway. "Elizabeth what are you doing?" My mother is telling me. I try to say something but I can't. My body feels it's like on lock down. "Your body isn't allowing you to say anything or to move. All your focus on is me. Come to me Elizabeth, it will all be over soon." Nathaniel says in an enchanting voice.
"Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth talk to me. It's your mother." My mother is pleading and begging for an answer. All I can tell her is " I love you mother." I say it in my head but I know she can't hear me. A tear falls down on my face. I see Eric running down the hallway. My mother and Eric are there now. What did I get myself into? What did I just say yes to? I want to pull away now but I can't. I can't move, can't speak, I'm useless. We are now walking up a long flight of stairs. I've never been in this part of the castle. I've finally lost Eric and my mother, but I can hear them calling my name. At the top of the flight of the stairs is an Attic, it's dusty. There's a large glass window, and it's now blown open. Nathaniel is pulling me towards the window. "I'll see you at the bottom." He looks at me and gives me an evil smile. He pushes me out the window, I'm falling. It feels like I'm flying, I land in a big pool of water. Everything then goes black.