"what!! What am I doing here? Am I sleeping?"
Andrew questioned himself while looking around the room.
It was the room of the young Isabelle, bright and colourful with all sweet foods.
His gaze went to the bed and he found Isabelle sleeping peacefully. Andrew walked to her as no one can hear him, he walked comfortably and sat down on the edge of the mattress of the bed. Young Isabelle's back facing him, with light touches like feather, he stroked her blonde hair.
"But Isabelle currently have black hair then why this child have blonde hair?"
"is she awake yet?"
Isabelle's elder brother said to the maid in charge of Isabelle.
"No, my lord"
Said the maid.
Andrew heard the sound of Isabelle's elder talking with the maids outside the room, immediately he took hide, behind the red curtains, but soon realised that they can't see him.
"Ooff, waky wakey, Isabelle, Wake Up!!!!"
Her elder brother entered the room and went straight to her bed.
He shook her few times until she was awake enough to speak.
"I don't want to, brother"
"Today is the day!"
He said while opening the curtains of the room to let some sun light in and then he opened the windows to let fresh air in the room.
"What day is today?"
Isabelle said in low no energy voice and she rubbed her eyes while yawning.
"Our Grandmother is coming!!"
He said in a happy tone and a very bright smile.
Walking towards her he continued,
"No she is not coming, she already arrived. Grandmother is waiting for us in the dining hall"
"Grandmother?"
"Yes, so you must be ready early or you might upset her"
He said while kissing her forehead.
"Yes, brother I will be there"
Isabelle stepped down from the bed.
"I don't like her coming here"
"Isabelle, you shouldn't say things like that, she is our Grandmother. If you say like this, all the things she says about will become true and I now you are not like that, you are my cute younger sister"
He stepped outside her room, but soon came back and spoke,
"All are waiting for you in the dining hall, be quick"
And then again he went on, leaving her in the room.
Getting ready, she went outside her room, walking in the corridors being followed by Andrew.
'This is east corridors, I am really seeing east corridors when it was fine, now this side is nothing but burned sad memories.
"Mother and Father!!"
Isabelle came running inside the dining room and sat on her chair.
"Don't you know you shouldn't run in the castle, where are your manners?"
Her Grandmother scolded her with a harsh tone.
When Andrew saw her Grandmother, he was stunned, she was very beautiful and she looked like she didn't age at all.
'So, Lady Isabelle was telling me the truth, her grandmother was the mysterious green flame in the east corridors'
"Forgive me, Grandmother"
Isabelle's voice low and the fear for her can not noticed in it.
Andrew stood in the corner, observing everything, he saw Isabelle kick her brother under the table.
"Brother"
Isabelle whispered to her brother.
Her elder brother's eyes shifted to her. Isabelle gave him signs with her fingers gesture.
Pointing her both fingers towards the door which led outside the dining room.
"Isabelle!!"
Her Grandmother yelled at her.
Isabelle was all surprised with that loud voice in the silence present in the room.
The sudden voice surprised Andrew too.
Everyone stopped their eating and tried to understand what was happening.
"Mother, don't be like this, we are eating"
Her mother said to the Grandmother and turned her head to Isabelle telling her to go, outside, leave.
Isabelle's mother knew how strict Grandmother was with Isabelle, so she tried to protect her.
"Mother, Her birthday is coming, can you not get angry? It is a special day for her"
The father requested the Grandmother.
Her elder brother took her outside, the dining room, followed by Andrew. But before they can fully leave, the brother and sister heard something which they shouldn't have.
"You shouldn't have given birth to her!!"
The Grandmother said to Isabelle's mother.
"How many times I told you, kill her when she was 6 years old, you didn't"
Isabelle shocked to hear all of this, her eyes widened, she turned to look at her brother.
Her elder brother looked sad, but it seemed like he carried a fake smile in front of her younger sister and spoke with a gentle voice.
"Let's go"
'Did her elder brother knew about this?'
Andrew questioned himself.
Her elder brother's gently voice guided her far from the dining hall.
Her brother took her far from the room and for some fresh air, he brought her in the garden.
"You okay?"
Her brother asked her.
"No, I am not"
Saying that her eyes formed tears and she hugged her brother while crying.
Her brother hugged her back and spoke comforting her.
"It's okay, she didn't mean that, Grandmother was just angry and spoke harsh words, she didn't mean any of this"