VillaT1213

In the village of Purgberry there is a boy, who lives on the other side of the mountain, many people from the village don’t speak much of the Castle on the “other side” or so that’s what they called it. One girl from the village named Ilumn had always been so curious, her parents worried so much because every time she went out to explore she always ended up in some kind of trouble. Last Winter Ilumn was out one evening milking her favorite goat, Snowbell, she named her that because she had been received as white as snow. Ilumn loved talking to Snowbell because she felt her goat could hear and understand what she was saying. Ilumn was sitting on her little bench just below Snowbell, she began to milk away. She spent at least one hour every night milking, usually because her mother and father had to work on something else. They didn’t have much money but they had enough to sustain themselves. Ever since Ilumn’s sister, Rebecca, was taken three years ago they haven’t been the same. Ilumn’s father usually had to go down into town for extra labour work but he never talked anyway, and her mother usually never was around the house usually she was always over at her aunts' house doing something. Ilumn was finishing up gathering all the milk from all the other goats. Her barn wasn’t very big but it could hold up to two large animals. As she was walking back to her house, which was only two minutes away from the barn, she looked up at the sky and admired. She lived just below the mountain, she wondered what it would be like to cross over to the “other side” she had always been interested. She thought and thought of all the possibilities of how she could go without anyone ever finding out that she left. She stopped thinking and instead kept walking. “ Mom, have you ever wanted to know what the other side…” Ilumn air quoted while she said other side “.. has to offer?”. Her mother stared at her bemused, she had never wanted to know what the other side had to offer for all she knew it could be a place for demons. “what-t-t-t I was just saying-g-g, you don’t have to get all mad or go crazy about it!” Ilumn started for her room which was at the end of the hall muttering gosh. Ilumn thought that maybe it would be better if she just left and never be talked about ever again.

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As she lay in her cot she imagined of all the wonderful and mysterious things there could be on “the other side”. One day she would go there and explore she thought to herself, and with that Ilumn fell asleep. When she awoke she heard people outside causing a commotion. She dressed herself and hurried out of her room, she passed her parents room and the kitchen but nobody was there. //Maybe they’re all outside// she thought. She opened the door only to find her mother clutching at the sides of her father sobbing. “What’s going on?” she asked her father, he looked at her blankly and responded, “Your cousin Tuck is missing, he was last seen close to “the other” side…” he narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly “.. Ilumn you are to never go near there, that is an order.” “Yes father” Ilumn responded. She couldn’t believe it, just two days ago she had seen cousin Tuck at the bakery! What happened to him? Where could he be? Ilumns parents ushered her inside, the rest of the day her mother lay in bed. Tuck was like her son. Ilumn was never really that close, that is because Tuck was a jerk, he acted like an angel around her parents and everyone in town, when really he was mongrol. Ilumn was actually kind of glad someone or something took him, she wouldn't have to put up with his fake frenzies anymore. Ilumn came up with the idea that if that something took Tuck then it could be connected to her sister and of her disappearance.She started to cry softly which later went on to sobbing. She could hear her parents in the other room talking with Tuck's parents about the tragedy that had just happened hours ago. Ilumn got up to shut the door, she wasn't crying for Tuck but for her sister Rebecca. //I have to leave if I ever want to reach the mountains by morning// Ilumn thought to herself while she grabbed a bag from the corner behind her bed, stuffing anything she saw out. She grabbed a couple of long-sleeved dresses, a pair of shoes, clothes and a very old picture of her parents taken a couple of years back. Ilumn stopped side tracked by the picture of her parents she ran a finger over their faces, she was almost about to cry again so she put it in her bag quickly. She scanned her room again to see if she had missed something she wanted to take but there was nothing. Going to her small kitchen she gets two loaves of bread. Ilumn started for the door half running and walking, looking back to see if anyone had seen her.=====

The air was too chilly to be September, Ilumn was finally far from home. As she walked she could see the forest under the moons' gaze, she could hear the owls talking and the river nearby that she always use to play in when she was eleven, now for a girl who was sixteen and a half she didn't play there anymore. Ilumn had reached the forest, she had never been afraid of it instead she had always wanted to explore it. It had been two hours since Ilumn had entered the forest, the mountain was just a couple of miles ahead. //I am going to be in so much trouble if I ever go back// she thought to herself. The sun rised over the horizon, she was tired and sleepy, the mountain was about a mile ahead. Stepping over a log that was sticking out over the path, Ilumn heard a giggle come from her right side. Ilumn looked both ways frightened she began running to the starting point of the mountain. Ilumn began having second thoughts about ever coming out here but she sucked it up because she was doing it for her sister. She brushed her long golden red hair from her face, she looked up at the mountain not expecting the caverns that were being held on it. //I can do this, Rebecca's over there some whe////re// saying to herself. It took her a day and a half to get over the mountain, including her sleep she took. Ilumn reached the bottom of the mountain, she looked around gasping and giggling to herself running down the green grassy hill. Ilumn started walking again looking ahead she could see a castle surrounded by lovely orchid trees with birds chirping and flying around them. Ilumn couldn't believe it she had never seen anything so beautiful in her entire life. She wanted to cry, she had reached her fate or so she had thought. The castle that stood across the wide lake was a grey and silver color, she tried to look for a way around the lake so she could get a better look at the castle. At last she had spotted a tiny bridge that stood at the edge of the lake at the far right. She took the long way around the lake to get to the bridge as she walked, the lake had a sort of mystical feel to it, Ilumn stared into it looking for anything spectacular and as she had predicted, a small "fairy fish" jumped from the water and fell back in scaring her half to death but it was harmless. She shook her head wondering if she was just crazy or was just imagining things from so much tiredness, but still she had just seen a freaking fairy thing. Ilumn reached the other side of the small bridge just to be surprised with what looked like a narrow path covered with pebble stones almost to shiny to even look at because of its beauty. Following it she came into a garden full of every kind of flower you could ever think of. //Oh my goodness i've reached heaven..I can't believe it// Ilumn kept telling herself every step of the way. A couple yards in she heard faint giggling and laughing nearby. Ilumn stopped, as she listened she neared closer to where it was coming from as she got closer and closer, she could now see the castle from the bottom up. Ilumn hid behind a big bush tree, peeping through the bushes she could see a girl wearing a dress in the color blue, she was running around with her golden blonde hair shinning under the sunlight, as she turned around, a boy with bronzed red hair was telling her jokes that Ilumn might had guessed the girl in the blue thought was funny. As they both got closer to where Ilumn was hiding, Ilumn could now tell who they were, it was Rebecca and Tuck.

//"//Oh my god, no no-//..."// Ilumn had muttered to herself way to quick, she couldn't believe what she was seeing or saw or whatever! //They look so happy// she thought to herself //but why//. She was about to get up when all of sudden she fainted on the nice soft grass.It was hours after when Ilumn had finally woken up, she was confused, scared and most of all shocked. Ilumn lied on top of a soft segment couch, she sat up quietly and slowly rubbing her head as she looked around she had noticed that she was wearing something different then what had been wearing before she had got there. "Where am I..." she said her voice shaking, she was confused. She had gotten up to look around only to realize that she was in the castle, she went across the room to the door that was closed and opened it. Ilumn was shaking really bad, as she walked through the long high hallway, there at the end of it there hung a big nice mirror, she had looked at herself, her hair had been nicely combed out all the way down to her waist, she looked thinner, her face and body had been washed she didn't look filthy anymore her ivory skin was glowing. Her crystal blue eyes are what stood out the most, she never understood how her and her sister inherited blue and green eyes, when her father had light brown eyes and her mother hazel. She had not put much thought to it. Ilumn continued walking when finally she reached these big golden double doors that might have lead into a ballroom or something. Ilumn extended her arms out so she could push it open, she hesitated before opening the door but gave in after the first few seconds. Ilumn entered to what seemed to be a large half foyer half ballroom sort of room. Straight ahead she could see two throne chairs delicately designed with intricate art, she approached the chairs quite carefully, she didn't want to cause anything bad. Right when Ilumn was about to get a closer look of the design and its paintings she heard a soft voice chuckling behind her while saying "Well it looks like those chairs are more interesting than anything." Ilumn spun around so fast almost gasping for air. She turned to see a woman who probably looked no more than 30 and a man who looked about the same age. The woman had golden blonde hair that went down to her shoulders which made her dark green eyes pop. The man was taller than the woman with very dark red curly hair and blue eyes which made Ilumn more intimidated.

" I-I-I was just looking around-d," Ilumn said unsurely, truthfully she wasn't even sure what she was doing. "I came to look for my sister, Rebecca she was taken three years ago and-and she is probably about 14 years and a half now.. Oh-oh and also my cousin Tuck," Ilumn made herself look even more like a psychopath so she shut her mouth instead.

The woman and man both looked at each other than back at her. //They look familiar, but from where// Ilumn recalled to herself.

The man took a step towards Ilumn, but she did the opposite and stepped back farther away, she needed air to clear her brain. "Do not be afraid we can't believe you are back, Adelaide," the man said smiling. She was confused" are back" what? And who was ADELAIDE?

"Wait what, first off my name is Ilumn and secondly what do you mean by 'are back'?" Ilumn squeaked backing away almost instantly. She asked them in a very small scared voice " Who are-re you people?" They both looked like they were already dreading the moment of truth.

The woman looked at her intently until she finally explained to her, "You see, Ilumn, when you, your sister and brother were little-" Ilumn almost burst at the word //brother// interuppted her, asking,"Wait you just said brother which-which brother?!" "Well Alex of course but for you probably Tuck." the lady said calmly. Ilumn was about to burst so she fell to her knees covering her face. That explained why Tuck looked a lot like her with his blue eyes with exception of his hair which was darker red with curls. The lady continued," when you three were little I let all of you play outside in the garden, oh how you loved the garden it was one of your special things or so that is what you called it, but one day I let you all out I told you all not go very far because if you were to go out that far you could never come back, and as I had predicted I went out that day to see if you all had obeyed but when I had went out you were all gone I looked everywhere for you. I even told the guards to send out men into the forest to see if they could find you all but they never did, Rodrick and I cried endlessly night after night we would leave the lights on everyday to see if any of you or all of you would come but that was never the case.." she started to cry but she continued," as the years went by there were no signs or word of you all, so we stopped looking and instead started praying for you to come back, at last we heard from a guard that over the mountain there was a small village but it was surrounded by a gravitational force, which meant there lived witches and wizards, bad witches and wizards. I later found out that that you and your siblings were living there, you and your sister with two unknown wizards and your brother Alex with their family ties. They had put a spell on you and your sister to forget Alex and the same spell on Alex." Ilumn stared at her with no emotion," I planned to get you guys back one by one first your sister then your brother and hopefully you would be so curious that you would just come back by yourself. Now look at you, you are almost what seventeen years old, I can't believe it," the lady was just too shocked to even talk anymore, instead she hugged the man beside her. Ilumn got up from the ground trembling and confused as to what she had just said. Unexpectedly she reached out to hug them both, she felt a sense of relief and reconnection for both her parents, as Ilumn started to break away from both of them, Laura, her mother holds on to Ilumn's shoulder by one hand and says," Do you know what the worst part is?" muffling as she stares at Ilumn desperately and almost to quickly she answers her question terrified," we can't get away from here, we are locked under their spell," as Laura said this Ilumn went down onto her knees and started to cry for the one-hundreth time.