The year 1849
Her eyes flickered open because of the sudden light that hit her, she opened her eyes and felt the hot sun reflecting on her face, she frowned in uneasiness blinking her eyes because of the sun, she squinted her eyes to get it stable and walked to her window with the hot sun illuminating it's yellow light on it, she pulled her separated drapes together and her room became a little dark because of the closed drapes.
She opened her blue eyes in easiness and went to lay back down on the warm bed, she dozed off again and just a few minutes later she heard her drapes getting separated and the sunlight hit her eyes again and she squeezed her eyes in uneasiness and opened it and saw her step sister and her mother glaring at her with a frown on their face.
"Just look at her sleeping when everyone has done their chores mother, " Isobelle told her mother with a grimace on her face.
"I am still feeling sleepy mother could you give me at least some minutes to sleep, I'll wake up after I don't feel sleepy and do all my chores, " her voice calm and soothing, pleading her step mother for more sleep after that word her step mother came forward and gave her a slap across her cheek as she held her cheek with no expression on her face.
"Really you want to sleep for another hours, every one is already awake and you want to be an exception no young lady, now get your two deets on the ground and gold clean all the windows in the house and get every speck of dirt out of every corner of the house, when you are done wash the clothes that has already been gathered and waiting for you outside, now get that done immediately, " after ordering Avery she left.
"Please wash my clothes thoroughly Avery because I will punish you if I see any stains in my clothes, thank you, " Isobelle said with a smirk and tailed behind her mother. "Mother I want to go with you, I need more clothes all my clothes are like rags, " Isobelle then raised her green faded gown to show her mother.
"You really need clothes, go change your to, do you think you would go with me with that dirt, " Mrs Barbara windley said to her and she frowned when her mother called her clothes dirt and ascended up the stairs with creaks that was made by the wooden stairs as she fled to her room to change her dress.
After cleaning herself up, wearing a brown long gown she got out of her room and desended down the stairs, she did what they asked her to do and washed the clothes she was ordered to wash. Washing the many clothes with her's not included made her angry but since she was used to it she didn't complain.
After her mother died from a terrible sicknesses when she was just at the tender age of two, her father remarried and and they gave birth to Isobelle. She was only twelve when her father died and that made her life turned upside down, her step mother hated her because she was always jealous about how her father treated her with love and care more than her own child. With her husband dead a part of her was sad because he was her husband and the other part was thrill to finally have the advantage to destroy the girls life.
Isobelle was three years younger than her hated her sister because she has the looks and body, she still tried to make her step sisters life a living hell. With her seductive eyes which has deception in them, destroying marriages and taking away every man that was in love with Avery but she didn't go as far to sleeping with them, she tries to get her childhood friend, Leonard out of her life but her plans were nothing compared to the love he had for Avery who was unaware of his feelings for her.
"Ava," Leonard called out making her raise her head to see the the familiar voice that called her, he walked up to her and said. "Are you still doing all of this for them, you are still a part of the family why are they treating you like this? " He asked with a mix of sadness and anger in his voice.
"Don't worry the clothes are not that much I'll be done in no time," she answered with a smile.
He spotted the red lines on her palm and went forward to grab her hand, "your paln is red Avery, I know you are in pain let me treat it for you," she withdrew her hand and brings it close to her chest.
"I said I am fine Leonard thanks for caring it's only a little number of clothes remaining, " she started washing again and her palm got cut by the sharp metal attached to the cloth. "Ouch," she winced dropping the clothes quickly and staring at the red bright blood that came out from it
"I knew you will hurt yourself, you always hurt yourself, " he then dragged her hand and they went inside the house. They entered her room and they sat on the bed, he saw a little white cloth and took a bottle of syrup, deepening the white cloth in the syrup.
"I am sorry that I yelled at you few minutes ago," she apologized calmly caressing her injured palm with her red blood oozing out slowly from it.
"It's alright you were in pain, I blame your mother for giving you a hard time," he said and he used the moist white cloth and cleaned the blood on her plans and in a few seconds her injury stopped bringing out blood.
"Thank you Leonard you always know when I'm in pain even when I am unaware, you are the only who understands me, being your friend is one of the best things that I have done," her voice calm and soothing to his ears and hearing her voice brought smile to his lips.
"It's alright I'll help you with the clothes," Leonard offered and she rejected saying. "I will take care of the clothes," and he stared at her eyes that veiled pain in them but she was still acting invulnerable when she is in this state. "Why are you being stubborn Avery?" He commented and continued. "I will help you with the clothes," he insisted but she rejected and once she rejected twice he knew she would still keep persisting so he gave up.
After she finished washing the clothes, before she could see Leonard out her sister and her mother came down from the carriage that was parked at the front of the house.
"They are back," Avery informed him and they saw the woman frown at them as she came down from the carriage with Isobelle behind her holding a leather bag that contains clothes in them.
"What are you doing here Leonard?" Mrs Barbara windley asked him walking towards them with Isobelle tailing behind she continues and stared at Avery ignoring his presence because she has tried everything to break them apart but their bond were too strong. "We will be leaving this evening to attend the coronation of the crown prince in the royal palace, so I want you...." She was cut short by Avery who said.
"Can I go," beaming in excitement that today would be the first time she attended a royal ball.
"I am not done talking young lady and you can't go because you are to take care of the house while I leave." She informed making Avery pupil dilated and her face drops in sadness.
"But why I am still a windley."
"Maybe when your father was here but you aren't a part of us, you can go with Leonard if you want but you are not stepping on the same carriage with us, " she walked past them with a frown and Isobelle stared at Leonard who raised his brows at her and she frowns at him and followed her mother.
"Are you going to the coronation?" She questioned her eyes filled with longings to go there.
"I am don't worry I'll take you with me this evening just get ready and expect me, " she nodded her head and bid him goodbye.
"Crown prince of Auburn? I wonder what he looks like, " she beamed thrilled to go to a royal ball for the first time. "But I heard winderlane town where the palace is located is filled with vampires, what if they are vampires in the kingdom? what if I encounter one?" Series of doubt filled her head but it left her in an instant when her step mother called.
"Avery?" The voice was heard from the drawing room.
"I'll be there in a minute, " she answered and went in.