Artania

Butterflies danced in jacks stomach as he neared the mansion, not really knowing what to expect. Jack only new that this is where he was meeting his bride to be and that he would be living with seven other people. He only new his brides name, he had never even met this woman before. Jack pulled up to the mansion, parked his car, grabbed his crud and unlocked the huge mansion door with the key he was given. Upon entering the mansion Jack noticed the giant chandelier hanging in the main room, and of course the other rather expensive looking furniture.

Jack closed the large door behind him and left his things in the entrance and, with his kitten close behind him, started to explore the mansion. After exploring for about ten minutes jack found the smallest bedroom in the mansion and claimed it for himself. jack didn't bring a lot with him , just clothes and a few other things he needed from the room he had a home, so the smaller room worked perfectly for him. Once he had a few of his things set up he explored a little more, discovering a music room , a library, the rather large dining area, and the stable outside behind the mansion. He decide he had done enough exploring and returned to the main room, awaiting the arrival of the others.

Rose arrived to the mansion in a car, driven by her father. "This is far enough, father. I can walk in and show myself around." Her father nodded and Rose walked out of the car and carried all of her luggage to the door. She had a lot of things with her, including her tiger that was walking obediently behind her without a leash. She couldn't really reach the door knob and then noticed the door was left slightly open, so she just kicked it open. She walked in and set all her things down by the door, when she seen a blonde boy sitting down. She put her hand up, as if to say 'hello' as she scratched her tigers head with the other hand. Suddenly, her snake slithered out of her dress, through her sleeve, only to peek out as she walked towards the seat and sat down comfortably.

Jack watched silently as the brunette entered the mansion doors and put her hands up then sat down.
" Hello, I'm jack Green. Whats your name?" He said sitting up straight in the chair he was in, the tiny white kitten kitten jumping off of his lap and wandering over to the woman's tiger, and sitting down in front of it, examining it while purring contently. Jack just shook his head at the kitten.
" Oh and thats Bella. " He said motioning to his animal companion. Bella just turned her head and let out a tiny meow at him, and then the woman, then went back to lazily examining the much larger cat in front of her.

"Hello, I'm Jack Green. What's your name?"

Rose looked over at him and quietly said. "Rose Levesque." She looked at the kitten and the edge of her lip curled upwards. She reached her hand down and scratched the kitten's head gently. Rose's pet tiger, Khalla, got a bit jealous and rested her head on Rose's lap, asking for attention as well. Rose giggled a bit and began to scratch Khalla's head as well. She then looked back over at Jack. "This is Khalla. My snake is named Envy." She smiled slightly again. "I guess you can say I'm an animal lover."

jack smiled warmly and said. " I guess you could say that about me too. i would have brought another pet, but i don't think theres room here for an elephant or a giraffe." Jack had quite the collection of animals, and he loved each and everyone of them. He had Kangaroos and koala bears, horses and hippos, and just about any other zoo animal you can think of. Jack watched as Bella rubbed up against rose's leg then returned to his lap and settled down. He pulled out a small bell tied to a ribbon and dangled it in front of the kittens face and watched with a slight smile on his lips as bella swatted at it.

I stared at the mansion as my mother pulled up. Without a word I got out of the car and took my duffle bag from the trunk. I hugged my mother good bye and gave my step father one last hateful look. Then without a word I turned and walked the path the door. At the door I took a few deep breaths, I was both nervous and excited. All I knew about this man whom I was suppose to marry was his name. It was a fancy sounding name so I hope he isn't a snooty noble or something. I steeled myself and opened the door. "Samantha Valentine is here!" I said as I entered the mansion. Inside the main room already was two people. A man and a woman. "Is Valorian Castor here yet?" I asked them.

Jack looked up as the new woman walked in and announced that she had arrived.
" Im afraid not miss. But i'm Jack, its nice to meet you. " He said with a polite smile. Jack soon noticed that he was already out numbered, with made him a bit nervous, he was hoping another guy would arrive soon. And then maybe his bride to be would show up, though he wasn't too excited about getting married to a stranger he thought it would be nice to meet her sometime soon so that he could get the darn butterflies in his stomach to settle down.

Bella lept off Jacks lap and walked happily over to the woman names Samantha, purring and circling her, rubbing up against her leg and meowing as if to say hello.

Rose smirked a bit at his 'elephant and giraffe' comment and watched as he began playing with his kitten. Rose turned her head towards the door. "Someone is coming." She quietly said to herself. Then she watched as this, 'Samantha Valentine' made herself known the second she got in and gave her an annoyed look.

"Is Valorian Castor here yet?"

Rose informally crossed her legs and held out her arm as her snake slithered out from under her sleeve and on top of her arm, heading towards her neck. She glared over at the annoying girl with short hair and shook her head then began petting Khalla again.

I smiled at Jack. "Well then, hello Jack!" I knelt down to pet the little kitty rubbing against my leg. "And hello to you too." I said to the kitty. "And also to miss annoyed." I'm not afraid to piss people off and I'm certainly not afraid of her pets. I stood and stretched my arms over my head. "Man, eight hours in a car sure makes you sore." I said to nobody in particular. I decided to look around a little bit, find myself a room before all the good ones were gone. After looking I picked literally my dream room. The walls were painted pale blue, there was a big window on one wall that had a window bed, there was a bookshelf and a desk on another wall, a nice little bed and a closet. I set my duffle bag down in the room, opened it a took a light blue ribbon out. It matched the skirt I had decided to wear today, it was a special occasion after all. I left the room, closed the door, and tied the ribbon to the door handle, marking it as mine. Then I went back to the main room and sat down in a seat, remembering to sit lady like after a brief moment.

"And also to miss annoyed."

That definitely struck a nerve. As soon as the loud human said that, she walked in a different direction from her to go look for a room as well, while Khalla obediently followed. She opened a door that revealed a room with light pink colored walls that smelt like old ladies-- No. Rose slammed the door and walked towards another room and opened it. It was gorgeous. The walls were dark purple, it looked so beautiful, it seemed like it was almost silk. She walked around, barefoot as usual, with her long dress dragging across the clean beige rug. The double bed with actual silk material running down the sides and used as covers sent shivers up her spine. "This is... Perfect." She closed the silk curtains and clapped her hands together. Now how will I make sure nobody takes this one while I am away... She thought to herself then she snapped her fingers. I got it.

Rose gently closed the door behind her, leaving Khalla in the room. If anyone tries going in there, they will be greeted by a tiger. Rose smirked to herself and walked back towards the main room. She knew that Khalla was a loyal tiger, and that she wouldn't ruin the perfect, silky atmosphere that filled Rose's new room. She went to sit down on the couch and sat down crossing her legs, so that her feet weren't touching the ground. She looked over to Samantha who was sitting like a lady snorted to herself.

I sat quietly for a few minutes, absently swinging my legs. I had given up on the whole lady thing. "So, I'm guessing you're both here because of arranged marriages too. Why do think they're stuffing us all in a mansion? I mean, obviously its to get along with our fiances but, why more than one couple?"

Garrett looked out the window of the car as he tried to distract himself by attempting to focus on objects as the car sped by. Alas, it was no use. He sighed and looked down at his fist. He irritably opened it and uncrumpled a torn piece of paper. He closed his eyes and shakily whispered the words,"Rose Levesque." The name sounded pretty. The car slowly decelerated to a stop, and Garrett opened his eyes abruptly, dismissing his last thoughts. The driver's loud voice abrupted his thoughts."We are here, Garrett! Enjoy your time and be good to your wife."Garrett simply nodded and stuffed the note into his pockets. Garrett gently opened the car door, closing it behind him. He looked up at the mansion that lay before him and took a small breath. Here we go.

He walked to the back of the car and grabbed his necessities. Garrett took a few steps away from the car and watched as the car sped away. He took a few breaths and took a last look at the world around him. Last moments of being, me. He clucked his tongue and turned on his heel, striding towards the door. Garrett slowly opened the large door to the mansion, and looked down at the ground, strands of his dark blue hair coming down on his eyes. He took a few steps forward and closed the door behind him. Alas, he finally looked up from the ground and scanned the small crowd. Two women and one man. Lucky fellow. Garrett noted the luggage beside the door and he too set it down there. He put his hands in his pockets and acted as casual as possible."Has Rose Levesque arrived yet...?",Garrett had said as he walked up towards the crowd. He had particularly focused on the other man. Nothing personal, he just naturally got along better with other men.

Rose thought about Samantha's words for a couple seconds. I hate to admit it but she is right.. Why did they cram us all in one mansion? Rose honestly couldn't believe she was about to admit that this girl was right until the door opened and she looked over. He isn't human. The first thought that immediately popped into her head. She looked away for a moment, uninterested, until he spoke up.

"Has Rose Levesque arrived yet...?"

Rose's eyes widened a little bit and looked back over at him and she suddenly felt very nervous. This is who I'm going to marry? Rose remembered back to what her father told her... Be polite he says. What do I do?! Rose uncrossed her legs and stood up, brushing off her long dark dress. She walked over to the new man and held her arm out, at an attempt to shake his hand until Envy, her snake, slithered out of her sleeve and onto Garrett's hand. Her eyes widened a bit in surprise when she finally said something. "She doesn't usually warm up to people so easily.. Especially men." Rose said delicately and quietly.

Jack nodded and answered. " Well i think they put us all together to make friends so that its not that typical "arranged marriage" where you sit in silent awkwardness with your new life partner. I could definitely be wrong though." Jack crossed his legs and gave a slight shrug.

suddenly a new person walked through the doors of the mansion. A man this time. Jack was relieved that he wasn't just sitting with two women anymore as he found it incredibly nerve wracking seeing as women were one of his weaknesses.The man asked if Rose had arrived yet and Jack found himself glancing over at her for a second. The man didn't seem too interested in meeting anyone else at the moment so jack kept his mouth shut and just observed the situation silently.

I nodded as I listened to Jack. "It does make sense though. Or maybe, our parents hired assassins to kill us all and they're going to blow up the mansion with us inside... Or is it just me with a parent that hates you?" I sighed, I really wanted to try and not scare anybody away the first day. But I guess that's just how my mind works. I felt like I was going to throw up I was so nervous. I really hope my fiance shows up soon. Puking on the floor was not a good way to make new friends. I took a notebook and a pencil out of my trust bag and opened to where I had left off on my story. I wanted to be a writer someday so I wrote little stories all the time. I was still listening to the coversation, I was just trying to keep my mind off of why I was here for a short time.

Jack chuckled for a second. "if my father didn't hate me i wouldn't be forced into marriage." He said. Jack wasn't sure if his father actually hated him, but he knew that his dad didn't exactly like him either. He watched as she pulled out a notebook and began writing in it. Not really sure what to do anymore, Jack pieced up the book he had left on the coffee table beside him and started silently reading. 'How Not to be a suckish husband' Was the title. Jack knew little about marriages work but this book just turned out to be a joke. 'Step one: Don't urinate with the door open.' Jack shook his head slightly and put the book back down with a hint of a sigh. He realized reading that book would be boring. Jack couldnt waste time doing boring things anyways, he'd just fall asleep. Jack instead focused his attention on bella, watching her explore the room and sniff the new mans shoes before hurrying off to chase who knows what.

The mansion was large, and incredibly beautiful, just as she would have thought it to be. The Arrangers, as she was calling them, had arranged a special place just for her within the building. The attic. High above the other guests, with many different cave like openings in the ceilings, hidden by paintings, lights or tapestries. Her room consisted of a pile of large pillows and blankets in one corner, a sky light that she could open and fly out of, a large marble fireplace, and a pile of books. On the west wall is a door that leads to a bedroom similar to the ones below her, decorated in sapphire blue and white. If she were to shrink down to size she could sleep in the four poster canopy bed in there, but she prefers sleeping under the skylight, so she can watch the stars.

Down below, she could hear the familiar sound of conversation. She slowly lifted her massive head from the floor, cocking her head to the right for a better listen to what was being said. One of the grooms were meeting their brides! Excited, she shrunk herself to the size of a full grown cat and padded over to one of the many holes in the floor of her room/ceiling of the building. Peeking down through one particular hole, she could catch glimpses of bodies if she tilted her head just so to avoid the chandelier. She purred quietly, watching with increasing delight at the exchange. How romantic! To meet the soon-to-be love of your life! Kyta was so happy for the beautiful brunette that she forgot to feel jealous.

Kyta, being the last dragon, often forgot that she would spend the rest of her days alone. The thought was incredibly sobering, so it was not surprising when she agreed to come take part in this age-old ritual. I wonder what they think about this, she thought to herself, tilting her head to the left to catch a glimpse of the male walking across the room to join the growing group of mortals. Intrigued, Kyta gently laid down onto her forepaws to watch the goings on of the mortals beneath her. She did not worry about any of the finding out about her up here, as there were no steps to reach her room. It was built specifically for her, to escape from the impending drama of the situation, should it become too much from her. For now, she decided to wait to make her self known and to simply watch. Perhaps she would fly down to say hello during dinner.

Shifting her head to get a look at the door, Kyta almost laughed. Why are they putting their bags at the door and not their rooms? Kyta shifted her head again, turning her attention back to the group. Surely they didn't expect to be waited on hand-and-foot.... did they? Mortals were strange, strange creatures. Capable of so much, and yet constantly discovering ways to be even more lazy. Still, mortals were fascinating creatures. So clever, and so stupid, all at the same time. For how tiny their brains are, they have an incredible web of emotional twists and boundaries. Kyta was excited to see the reactions of each of the Brides. The grooms were important, sure, but the Brides were really the main focus here. She supposed the grooms were here to try and prove themselves, although in reality it might be the other way around.

The thought gave Kyta pause. If they had no choice in the matter, then why would it matter if they got along or not? Why force them away from their friends and family for so long to spend with a person they were going to be forced to spend the rest of their life with? The thoughts gave Kyta a headache. Shaking the overwhelming desire to cry for the mortals away, she again returned her attention to the party below her.

Garrett widened his eyes when he had seen a single woman rise from her seat and walk towards him. He had sensed the woman hadn't been human either.She's Rose?,he thought to himself. He had actually wanted his fiancé to arrive later, that way he would be able to socialize with the others.

His suspicions had been confirmed when she had held out her arm in greeting. Nervousness fumed within his system, as he tried to control it. Just as he had been about to shake her hand, the snake, Envy, had slithered onto his hand. Oh, joy. He pursed his lips sealed and bit his tongue with his canines. Anger bubbled up within him. Garrett disliked pets. Always will. And it just wasn't any pet. It was a snake. One of the most dangerous reptiles in the world. At least to him they were. Garrett fought back the urge to slap the snake off his hand and walk off, far,far away from the scene and forget it ever happened. Forget. The thought of manipulating Rose's memory to do things at his leisure had briefly passed by his mind. Garrett mentally shook his head. He would have time to deal with that later. He looked down at the snake and back at Rose, smiling nervously."She doesn't warm up to people so easily...Especially men." He opened his mouth to speak in response, though the only thing he could utter was the simple uhh's and umm's. He had apparently failed this test to please the woman and glanced once at the other two for any sign of a distraction, though he doubted any would provide one. Dammit. Of all times to have a snake slither up your hand. Why now?Of course, they had all been here for one main reason. Get to know your life-long partner and learn to like 'em. And he could tell that they had been awaiting the arrival of their fiancés these past few moments.

Rose looked up at his face and realized he was nervous... Yet annoyed. Rose sighed and used her other hand to guide Envy away from Garrett and back onto herself. "The snake won't eat you." She said in a teasing tone and her face went serious again. "I'm assuming your name is Garrett Mourn.. Right?" Rose didn't hold out her hand this time, in case Envy decided to pop out again. She just slightly smiled 'politely'. She leaned in slightly and quietly said, "Nice to know there is another vampire in this mansion." so that the others wouldn't hear. For whatever reason, Rose didn't want to announce that she was a vampire. Even though it can be quite obvious in some ways.

Garrett's expression relaxed once the snake had left his contact. "I'm assuming your name is Garrett Mourn.. Right?",Rose asked. He nodded simply in response and muttered,"Garrett Mourn, at your service." The sudden remembrance of something important alerted Garrett, and he dug in the pockets of his jackets searching for it. His mother had said it is bound to please a woman, when she had claimed A diamond is a girl's best friend. Garrett hadn't noticed when Rose leaned in until she had said,"Nice to know there is another vampire in this mansion." Just the mention of his race and increased Garrett's alert level greatly. He looked at her curiously and tilted his head.How did she know? I thought I had been able to successfully hide my scent...Meh. Not a big deal anyway. They'll all find out eventually.

He narrowed his eyes for a brief moment and slowly presented a small red box. The cover was soft to the touch and had the initials GM on it. He opened the cover of it and inside lay a necklace. At the center of the necklace lay a simple rosebud, molded from silver. Inside the rosebud, lay a small diamond. Light from the sun had struck the diamond and it seemed to gleam perfectly. He held it out to her kindly. "A nice-to-meet-you gift.",Garrett kindly said. The hint of a smile lay within Garrett's expression.

Rose watched as he went through his pockets and she stood there, curiously. She watched him dig through his pockets, and the way he looked at her when she mentioned he was a vampire, was shocking to her. Why did he react like that? Didn't he expect me to be able to smell him? She was snapped out of her thoughts when he pulled out a small red box. On the cover, it had 'GM' on it. When he opened the box, Rose just stood there, staring at the necklace with wide eyes for a moment. After a few seconds, her eyes went back to it's normal squinting self when she looked at Garrett and beamed, for the first time in a while.

"A nice-to-meet-you gift."

Rose actually had a slight blush on her cheeks but broke eye contact and looked back at the necklace. "Thank you, Garrett." Then she looked back at him again. "This means a lot to me." Rose exhaled and thought to herself, Why am I being so polite? I mean, sure father told me to act polite and ladylike... But this is just too much. Then again, that was really sweet of him. Rose stood there in silence for a few moments, just smiling until she realized... She didn't have anything for him. Rose had a mini panic attack and a worried expression covered her face. Oh crap! I didn't get anything for this guy... Rose cleared her throat. "I'll give you your gift later on... Okay? Rose tried to cover up the fact that she didn't get anything.

Val came in through a window, hating typical entrances and not really wanting to meet anyone. However, Val had picked the only window in the while damned house that lead to a room with people. Val pulled his abnormally long, white blonde hair into a neat ponytail and looked around the room. He didn't like what he saw so far. Everyone looked...well boring. Then again, when you're used to life in the lap of luxury with whatever you want at your fingers, anything less is horribly boring.

"Valorian Castor," he said with a flourish of his hand and a bow. "you may call me Lord Valorian," he looked around, feeling as though these people weren't really worth his time. "I'm retiring for the morning. Wake me when it's dark. A servant will be bringing my things shortly," and with that, Val turned on his heal and was gone with a blink.

Val found the largest, darkest room (he presumed it was an attic, but it had a bed and worked perfectly) and released ten to fifteen bats from his cloak. The servant arrived and after he'd had the man set up his room as it was at home, he made a meal of him. Then, he went to bed.

I shot straight to me feet when the odd, but incredibly handsome, man said his name. I listened as he spoke some more then left before I could tell him who I was. I started pacing, a nervous habit of mine, and several curse words escaped before I could catch myself. Then I began ranting. "Great, just great, I got stuck with a snooty noble. I HATE snooty nobles. I even made him cupcakes, CUPCAKES, me the worst cook on the face of the planet, and I didn't even set anything on fire. I might as well just jump from a high window now! ...Where did I put my cupcakes? Oh right, they're still in my bag. Anybody want cupcakes? I'm going to go get cupcakes." Then I walked out of the room before I burst into flames. I found my room again, with the familiar blue ribbon on the handle and went inside. I calmed myself before doing anything else. Either that or I was going to cry and or scream. After that I found the cupcakes in my bag and walked back to the others. I opened the box, put them on a table, then sat down again without a word.

Rose turned her head over and looked at the man who just hopped in. Another vampire? Rose looked interested until,

"Valorian Castor,"
...
"You may call me Lord Valorian."

Rose glared at him. I'm suddenly not so interested all of a sudden. She sighed and recognized his name and turned to Samantha, who was freaking out because he was an ass. She doesn't have to freak out about, she's just coming off as loud, annoying AND spazzy... When Samantha set the cupcakes down on the table, Rose sighed. She's upset. Rose turned back to Garrett and motioned him over towards the table. Rose sat down beside Samantha and cleared her throat. She opened her mouth, as if to say something, but quickly shut it again. I don't know how to comfort people.. It's been so long. Rose awkwardly brushed her dress from on her lap. She raised a finger and opened her mouth again, trying to speak once more, but lowered her finger and shut her mouth. Her face turned a bit red and she placed both hands on her lap. Why do I even bother? She's annoying anyways. Rose placed one hand on the table and started tapping the table when suddenly, "You don't have to get all upset over him. Vampires act like that. It's only natural.

I sighed, "I know, the place I grew up at had a lot Vampires. Which is why that attitude ticks me off to much. Honestly I'd rather be stuck with a pervert than a snooty ass like him." I took one of the cupcakes from the box and licked some of the frosting off the top. "And I am so not calling him lord." I added. I ate the cupcake, being careful not to get crumbs on the only skirt I own.