Isabella Dominique's POV

It was a very peaceful morning as the sun rose, the breeze felt cold as I opened the door, ready to go to work. I yawned as I walk to the convenience store, ten minutes away from the apartment I live in and for some reason, I feel that a tragedy is about to erupt sooner or later.

After arriving, I changed into my working clothes and switched with the guy working on the night shift. The day went normally, things being placed on the wrong slot, Karens complaining and teenagers who pretend to look around to buy something, but is only here for the cool air of the air conditioner.

Time flew like the wind and my shift was over by the time I knew it. After changing clothes and switching shifts, snow that wasn't mentioned by the weather forecaster began pouring from the sky as I walked out of the convenience store.

"Haa... I knew something bad was gonna happen." I quoted as I wore my hood and walked home.

I heard a squeal coming from the alley for a split second. A shiver went down my spine as I peeked to see what was happening. A little girl that looked like she was at the age of 5 was being harassed by a drunkard. I called 911 for help as I peeked and told immediately told them the situation.

"Psychopath! What do you think you're doing?!" I yelled after kicking the drunkard away from the little girl.

I told the little girl to flee as I bought time, the little girl trembled in fear as the drunkard got back up on his feet.

"Leave!" I quoted to the little girl as I glanced for a second at her.

The little girl fled from the scene and when I turned my eyes back to the drunkard he was already before me, I froze for a second in shock delaying my reaction time. He swung the empty bottle of beer at me. It shattered into fragments of glass upon hitting me. I tried to keep my composure despite the bleeding I was experiencing first-hand. I immediately pushed him away when I heard sirens from the alley's entrance closing in.

I ran weakly as I held the part of my head which was bleeding, leaving the drunkard on the floor.

My consciousness started to deplete and fade as I ran.

"Freeze!!" the police shouted from the entrance of the alley while pointing their guns.

When the police appeared I collapsed on the ground from losing too much blood, my vision started to decrease and my surroundings started to blur.

As my temperature and consciousness started going down the drain I heard the little girl's soft voice.

"Lady! Lady! Wake up!" The little girl shouted as the ambulance came to rescue me.

I embraced her face with my palm as I felt her droplets of tears touching my skin as I finally lost my last bit of consciousness.

"Isabella... Isabella! Oh, my sweet baby... Wake up" words that have been spoken by a familiar voice.

A warm palm embraced me as I opened my eyes slowly. As the blurry image of the persons before me sharpened. A person I never thought I would be able to meet again appeared before my very eyes.

"Am... I dreaming...?" I weakly voiced as I sat in this field of trumpet creepers.

"Mom... Dad..." I quoted as I jumped to their arms hugging them while shedding tears of joy.

"We don't have much time left" my father quoted as he wiped the tears from my eyes.

"What... do you mean...?" I replied anxiously.

"Don't worry we'll always be by your side" she replied as she smiles weakly as she caressed my hair.

"Just call our name and we'll be there." they hugged me as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

"Wait! No! I still want to..." I said as my existence started to fade.

"...Stay." I quoted as I shed my last bit of tears while hugging them.

I disappeared after saying those last words. When I once again regained my consciousness I was in a dark place I could hear people shouting different numbers as if they were bidding for something.

As my vision sharpened I saw a dark room filled with dim lights with people wearing masks and capes with hoods. The bright light was shoved at me who was in the middle of the stage. The people started bidding with grins painted all over their faces like I was some precious item on the lottery. I felt immense rage from the scene, yet my body wouldn't budge an inch. That was when I realized that I was paralyzed. As I was struggling mentally thinking of how to escape from this abnormal situation. A group of people busted the door and immediately arrested every people who gathered in the auction. I felt relieved as I thought I was about to be saved when a bright pink hair man that looked like he was in his early 40s walked up to me.

"There's no way to escape now." the old man said in front of my face as he squatted. At that time I felt disgusted and the way the effect of paralyzation was drastically decreasing at the same time

I shouldn't have expected anything. His familiar intimidating gaze locked onto mine as the paralyzation wore off. I kicked his chin without hesitation and ran towards the door. I somehow managed to escape from the front door since the other people were busy arresting the whole association of bidders.

"Catch her!!" He loudly yelled as the guards chased me from a distance. I found myself engulfed in the forest where the auction was being held. I entered the deep forest without hesitation just to escape from them. At some point in time, I lost them but I also lost myself in the process.

I sat beside a tree, hungry for food, when I raised my head to look at the sky, I saw apples hanging on the tree branches. Luckily all the trees in the forest didn't cover up the moonlight. I climbed the tree like how I did when I was a child and plucked apples from the tree.

As I was going down the tree with all the apples I brought there were a few things I discovered while escaping from those people.

Firstly I realized that my whole appearance changed and not only that I also realized that I look like a 6-year-old. There were quite a few more things to note, I realized that this world I'm in is quite novel-like. I was disappointed with my new appearance since I thought I looked like an old child but whatever.

That's because when I looked at my hair I saw a silver-white hair, unlike the jet black hair colour I had. I ended up sighing a couple of times as I munch on the freshly picked apples I plucked from the tree. I also wore a weird dress that is similar looking to an apron, but 360°.

Everything I saw and felt was weird to the point I felt exhausted to the point I forgot that I was being chased and that I needed a shelter to reside in. As I was about to sleep I heard a quick whisper that I didn't understand but I was sure that it was the voice of my mother.

"Mom...?" I instantly opened my eyes to take a look, but all I saw was the violin, my mother used to play when I was a child.

I felt bewildered as to how it got here, but I didn't question how and just thought of it as a gift from my mother.

I rose from my position and stood up. I grabbed the bow and violin and posed myself in the right position.

I played my mother's favourite piece when I was a child. As the moonlight embraced me a soft and elegant tune with tints of loneliness could be heard throughout the forest. The sad melodies that one could create are unpredictable. As I start to tear up without realizing I remembered the days I asked my mother about this music piece, but she would just constantly break into tears. She desperately tried to hide the tears she shed as I sat on the floor.

As I was playing the violin piece that doesn't even exist in this world by the moonlight, I didn't discover that a mysterious figure with crimson red eyes was watching me from afar behind the trees...

As I was fiddling my violin using the bow I heard a noise coming somewhere around me behind the trees.

I stopped fiddling the violin as if I have already finished playing the whole piece so that I don't provoke my surrounding about knowing their presence. I anxiously returned the violin and bow back to its case as I try to get a grasp of their absolute location.

"Isn't the genre supposed to be romance?! And not horror?!" I said to myself in my mind as I finished returning it in its case.

I stood by the moonlight as the cold breeze of the night made the leaves of the trees sway a little. I held a pebble behind me that I picked up while I was returning the violin in its case.

I instantly threw the pebble the moment I heard a rustle from behind the tree on the right side. I ran in the opposite part as swiftly as possible. I slowly got engulfed deeper into the forest where the moonlight couldn't reach. I ran like there was no tomorrow, I heard quick footsteps closing in as I was running. My stamina slowly depleted as my breathing got rougher, my sweat exploded all over my body that felt so fragile. In the middle of the darkness where my heart pounded crazily as if I was fighting an illness where I could die at any moment, I crashed into a tree and fell unconscious.

When I woke up I couldn't remember a single thing about myself and everything.

"Amnesia...?" The word I heard from the two people beside me my surrounding became clear.

"Where am... I?" I quoted as questions started to fill up my mind.

A surrounding that felt anonymous there I met a man with hair dark as can be along with his eyes that was as blue as the depths of the sea.

"Astrid! Do you remember me?" He said in a worried tone as he approached closer to me.

"Astrid...? Is... that my name?" I mumbled as I sat on the bed anxiously.

"I'm August Nelphame, your Father." He told me as he held my hand and caressed it.

"Father...?" I mumbled

The guy in white clothing in white clothing coughed a bit interfering with our conversation, telling him that I needed to rest since I just woke up. He caressed my hair as he told me to rest more, they both left my room afterwards.

I stared at the window as I lie down on my bed. I slept an entire day without knowing and by the time I woke up, it was dawn already. A petite braided lady in a maid outfit entered my room and assisted me in everything from waking up, bathing and dressing up. I entered the dining area and saw two other people besides my Father.

I saw someone who looked like he had hair that was as white as mine and eyes that looked as golden as the sun, he looked about the same age as me. The one beside him looked a year older than us, A striking resemblance between him and Father could be seen in one glance. His hair resembled that of Fathers and his eyes resembled the same blueness like the depths of the sea Father has.

Maids started to fill the table with different variants of food for breakfast as I sat on the chair. Father introduced them to me and me to them. Based on what Father said we are brothers and sisters and the name of the kid about the same age as me is Felix while the one beside him is named Lucius.

An awkward silence formed while we were together that made me feel uneasy. I looked at my plate and saw utensils that I didn't know how to use. I grabbed one of the utensils and almost destroyed my whole plate of food. I tried my best to use the other utensils but I only ended up using the spoon and on top of that my side of the table was a mess. I was sent back to my room afterwards.

After that day Father sent people to tutor me. A month passed just like that I couldn't even spend time with Felix and Lucius since I was always tired after all the lessons.

One day, Father told me that I will have a week of break from my studies. I felt shocked and happy at the same time. I woke up early and went to the garden without anyone's permission and when I arrived at the duchy's garden, I saw shattered roses all over the garden and a scissor on the ground so I picked it up. I heard a huge commotion coming from outside coming closer to the garden. All of the maids, the butler, Father, Felix and Lucius arrived at the garden and looked at me with disbelief. I was about to approached Father happily, but he approached me first, contrary to what I expected he approached me with a glare...