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The night fell upon Castle Dimitrescu and the lanterns dimmed out and the maids finished their work. The halls pristine and quiet as quiet can be. In one of these halls, Bela walked in a nightgown with her chin up high and a smile on her lips. She passed by each door until she stopped at one. Hers.
She breathed a sigh of relief. After years of waiting she finally got her own room, something she yearned for and its perfect in every way; quiet, spacious, comfortable, and away from her sisters. Everything she ever wanted and everything she’s ever dreamed about real and imagined in front of her. It was enough to make her cry.
Bela reached for the door handle and opened it. On the bed, waiting for her, was a beautiful young maid, Evie. Bela smirked.
“Finally have some time to ourselves” she licked her lips
Evie held out her arms and Bela shuts the door behind her and jumps onto the bed with her, cuddling and kissing. Suddenly , a knock came from the door and Daniela’s voice comes from the other side.
“Hello?” She knocks again.
Evie looks back up at Bela with a concerned look
“Should we answer that?”
“I wouldn’t bother. Usually she-”
BANG BANG BANG
“Hello?”
Evie looks back up at her and Bela smiles as if to ease her. She waves her hand
“Just let her tire herself out, she’ll stop eventually”
A hammer burst through the door, making Evie jump and Bela stare in shock and disbelief. It burst through once more and Daniela peeked through the hole that she’d made.
“Hello?”
Bela threw the blanket over Evie and ran over to the door.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”
“Can I come inside?”
“No!”
“why not?”
“You just hammered a hole through my door with a hammer! A hammer, Daniela!”
“Oh…um, I’m sorry for breaking a hole in your door with a hammer”
“Apology not accepted”
“Can you open the door now?”
“No!”
“Please?”
“No!”
“Let me in!”
“No, now leave!”
“It’s just me outside”
“Wow, I don’t care”
“I dropped the hammer, alright! I don’t have anything else on me, my hands are completely empty!”
“I-…why would you even say that? I didn’t even ask you-“
Daniela shoved the barrel of an M1911 pistol through the hole.
“Jesus Christ!” Bela ducks down “How’d you even get that?”
“The Duke”
“Oh…”
“So can I come in?”
“No!”
“I’ll cock the gun!”
“Do not cock the gun!”
“I’ll fucking cock it!”
“Don’t cock The gun!”
Daniela cocks the gun.
“There see I cocked the gun, now lemme in!”
“Why are you so dead set on getting in here anyway? How is this so important to you?”
“If you let me in I’ll tell you”
Bela sighs
“it’s like dealing with a toddler!”
“I’m gonna start firing shots if I’m not let inside soon!”
“First, how do you think Mom is going to react when she finds out you’ve done this, and second, why would you assume that threatening me with a gun is supposed to get me to open the door for you?”
“Is there even bullets in that thing?”
“Yes, of course there’s…”
“…”
The barrel slipped out and after a few seconds of silence…
“I’m gonna get bullets if you don’t open the door”
Bela facepalmed and scoffs. When she stands up and looks through the door, a flash of shadow moves through the hall.
“Was that Cassandra?”
“I told you it’s just me out here”
“No, I saw Cassandra”
“It’s just me out here, stop lying”
“Why would I lie?”
Behind her red hair, a locket of brunette peeks out for just a second.
“I can see her hair behind you”
“No, you don’t!”
“Yes, I do!”
“No, you don’t!”
“Yes, I do!”
“My face is covering the entire hole, you’re lying, you know you don’t!”
Bela sighs. Something shoves Daniela away and Cassandra stands there with a giant sledgehammer.
“Really?”
“Open. The. Door”
“You know, I’d expect something like this from her but not you. I thought you were better than this”
“I know you have Evie in there with you, I have some beef to squash with her”
“And you think that allows you to break down my door with a sledgehammer?”
“…”
“…”
“Yes”
Bela sighs “What does mom see in you two?”
Cassandra goes up and presses her face against the hole in the door.
“Evie” she sings
“I just wanna beat your a-, I mean, I just wanna talk about that comment you made about Daniela! Remember, the one you told Harriet?”
“You’re wasting your time, she’s not even here”
“Oh, yes she is!” Cassandra sticks her arm through the hole and points
“She’s right over there! So just open this goddamn door!”
Cassandras arms flails around clawing at the door handle, then at Bela before returning to the handle.
“Motherfuck! Open it! Open it!”
Bela grabs the wild arm by the wrist and yanks it and a slam came from the other side.
“Ow!”
Bela lets go of the arm and it flies back out. Cassandra appears again, holding her nose.
“You guys are bitches!”
“Leave me alone!”
Daniela pops up
“Don’t you mean leave us alone?”
Bela scowls
“For the last time, she isn’t here! I don’t know why you would think she would be here. She’s not! Go check the village if you’re so adamant on finding her!”
Cassandra glares at her.
“It’s January, go to hell. Actually, you know what!? Daniela,”
“Yes, Sister?”
She shoves the sledgehammer into her arms
“It’s hammertime! break this door down!” She commanded
Daniela turns and her eyes are lit with excitement as she grips the hammer. But is stopped when Bela yells at her
“Do not break down the door!”
She pouts
“But I wanna…”
“I don’t care if you want to. You are not, under any circumstances, allowed to break down my door!”
“Ignore her”
“No don’t you dare ignore me”
“Ignore her”
“Don’t ignore me!”
“Do it anyways”
“Daniela!”
“Daniela”
She stands there, conflicted between two thoughts. Daniela scratches her chin and thinks as hard as she possibly can. And then, she gets it!
“I’ve got something better!”
She turns and runs off
“BERIGHTBACK!”
“Where’re you going? Hey, that’s my sledgehammer! GIVE IT BACK YOU GREEDY COW!”
Daniela doesn’t respond and runs down the hall. Cassandra growls and clenches her fists. Bela watches her.
“You know she bought a gun from a man and didn’t even buy bullets from him”
“Of course…” Cassandra pinches the bridge of her nose.
“…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“What exactly was your endgame if mom woke up and saw you breaking my door down?”
“I dunno”
“How haven’t you already woken her up”
“I dunno!”
Daniela reappeared and skips towards them.
“Bela!” Daniela announces
“I’ve got your leftovers here and if you don’t let us inside you won’t be the only one eating fish tonight!”
“Where’s my sledgehammer?”
“What?”
“My sledgehammer! The one you ran off with!”
“How should I know? It’s not my sledgehammer” Daniela shrugged
“You!….you lost my sledgehammer”
“I guess”
“You lost my sledgehammer!” Cassandra pulled her hair
“Pretty much”
“You lost Enrique!”
“The fuck is Enrique…”
“MY GODDAMN SLEDGEHAMMER!” Cassandra ran off. her footsteps slowed to a faint stomping as she desperately ran through the halls
“Umm…right”
“Anyway”
Daniela turned to Bela holding up her leftovers with a smirk.
“Wouldn’t want your precious baby sister to eat all your food again, won’t you”
Bela frowns at her, “well I wouldn’t say you’re precious to me at the moment”
Daniela’s face dropped and she frowned back.
“Of course I am. I’m precious to you guts all the time, you love me”
“I don’t like you”
“Yes you do”
“No I don’t”
“Yes, yes you do! You said so there’s no takesie backsies with saying I love you. Just admit it you love me”
Bela sighed and suddenly her face lit up with an idea.
“Okay, you got me I love you all the time”
“Come closer so I can tell you how much I love you” She motioned with her finger
Daniela smiled and gleefully pressed her face to the door. Close enough for Bela to spit in her face.
“Ahhhh!” Daniela threw her head back
“Yeah! That’s what you get!” Bela yelled
“You spat in my eye!”
“Yeah, I spat in your eye! You broke a hole through my door!”
“Fuck you!”
“Fuck me?!” She said back
Daniela popped back up again rubbing her eye
“Yeah! Fuck you! Now I’m definitely eating the rest of this!”
“I don’t care!”
Daniela looked back at her, confused.
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yeah”
“Really?”
“Yeah”
“Actually?”
“Yes”
“Are you?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yeah”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Actually?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Are you?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Actually?”
“Yeah”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Are you?”
“Yeah”
“Really?”
“Yes”
Enrique bursts through the door and sent Bela down to the floor. She looked back up at the sledgehammer that poked through her door and she growled.
“STOP BREAKING HOLES IN MY DOOR”
“I’ll stop breaking holes in the door when you bring me Evie’s head on a silver platter!” Cassandra kicks the door
“Yeah! And then w-“
“Shut up, Daniela!” They shouted in unison
The door behind them slams open. Cassandra is quick to cover the hole with her hand and hide Enrique and Daniel stands completely still and throws away the plate of leftovers.
“You two!” Mother screams
“Do you have any idea what time it is?!”
“12 am?” Daniela replies
“Exactly, so shut your mouths! AND LET ME REST!”
She slams the door shut, making everyone jump. Nobody moves, nobody speaks. Bela looked back to her bed and saw Evie peeking out from under the blankets. She looked back at her sisters and Daniela lowers her head and sobs.
“Oh, come on…” Cassandra drops Enrique and hugs her “It’s okay”
Daniela returns the hug and buries her face in her shoulder. Cassandra rubs her back as she makes this muffled, squealing, high pitched whine. Cassandra glares at Bela through the door, as though she was Mother, giving out a death glare.
“There’s gonna be consequences for this”
“Try me” Bela walks away.
Cassandra sneers at her and turns her attention back to Daniela
“Come on, sister” she nudges her, “Let’s go”
“I’m sorry about Enrique” Daniela sniffed
“I forgive you” She brushed her hair
“Can I sleep in your bed again?”
Cassandra frowns
“How many times do I have to say this? You don’t have to ask, Daniela. Of course you can sleep with me. Just cuddle up and I’ll read you something, alright?”
Daniela sniffs her nose
“Alright…”
…
The night fell upon Castle Dimitrescu and the lanterns dimmed out and the maids finished their work. The halls pristine and quiet as quiet can be. In one of these halls, Bela walked in a nightgown with her chin up high and a smile on her lips. She passed by each door until she stopped at one boarded up with wood. Hers.
Bela tires to open the door and…
“What the…”
She jiggles the handle and the door remains shut. Bela’s eyes widen and she shakes her head.
“Oh no…”
She jiggles it again.
“No! Damn!”
She peeks through the hole and sees Daniela cuddling up with Cassandra who wears reads from a book whilst wrapping an arm around her. Cassandra spots her peering at them and flips her off with a smile.