Spoiler
No vampires here.
Why was I in the portrait room? It was the coldest, most eerie room in the whole mansion. And it was so dark here right now. I was terrified. I had no idea how I got to it in the first place, just that I was here. I shivered in my nightgown, a reflection of both the fear and sudden coldness that engulfed me. Noticing an eerie glow, I looked up at the source. It was at the very end of the long corridor like room I was in. My curiosity got the best of me, even though my whole being was revolting against my every movement towards the intruding glow. What was that? What was it doing there, in this world perfectly devout of the unusual?
As I approached the figure, it appeared to be that of a young girl. A girl that was familiar from the many portraits in this room, in fact. Was that not Adelaide Cot? The woman who first moved on Cot Island all these years ago? But she did not look like the proud woman from the portrait, instead she looked…fragile. As she turned to face me, I was taken aback by the frightening resemblance between the two of us. We both had the same thick brown hair and piercing blue eyes, coupled by skin which was much too pale to be considered beautiful, with plump lips devout of almost any color, save for a light shade of pink. She looked tired, though, like she’d waited for a long time. But as soon as she fixed her eyes on me, she smiled. Then, she proceeded to smile at me.
‘This belongs to you.’ She said, as she undid the necklace around her tiny neck. It was a beautiful jewel- an Alexandrite stone bound in a silver chain. One of the rarest gem stones in the world, with the extraordinary ability to change its colors. Green, the color that it was now, represented good luck, which prompted me to reach out and take it. The moment that I took it, it changed to red! I dropped it immediately. Adelaide looked at me and smiled:
‘Do not be afraid, Cordelia. This belongs to you.’
But red! Red means misfortune, trouble! I thought as my heart beat in my chest wildly. Then, a man appeared. He looked pained, as he took his seat next to Adelaide. They were both so young and beautiful with their snow white skin and thick brown locks of hair that fell long behind both their backs.
The man’s eyes were transfixed on the stone. It was as though he could not notice anything else, but it.
‘She… is the seed.’ He whispered and looked at me. His eyes were the most peculiar shade of emerald green. He glared at me with such hate, that he seemed to pierce me with his eyes. And then I started screaming, because all of a sudden, I felt the most agonizing, burning pain shoot through my body.
It was then that I woke up, covered in cold sweat.
