Annoying
The closer the date of their trip, the more annoying Lily seems to be. She's already in the castle as early as 3 AM to wake her up. Then she will leave already late at night. It seems like asking for her assistance is not a good idea. Although they can't back out anymore since the full moon is near. Ralph seems to be spending more time inside his room. While she needs to deal with Lily’s annoying habits. Once it's all over, she will spend more time with her family. She still needs her help with everything.
“Are you ready for our trip tomorrow?” Ralph asked her one night when they were finally alone.
“Actually, I'm pretty excited. We're going to find the Invisible City!” Arabelle replied in an ecstatic tone.
“Yeah, same here. But I'm a bit concerned about Lily. She's really talkative and can be annoying.” He frankly shared his thoughts.
“I'm worried about her too. Although we need her help so we have to just deal with her.” she chuckled.
“I think we can still deal with her for now. She will be with you especially when I can't be near.” he reminded her.
“She's nice but sometimes she can be annoying.” she said and started laughing.
Ralph can't stop himself from laughing too. Having Lily around is a nuisance. It looks like she always wants to curse someone. They have to be careful around her since they don't know what's the worst she can do. She might be able to inflict harm to anyone. After all, Lily seems to be in between light and dark. It will be easy for her to turn into darkness. She seems like she doesn't mind trying to cast forbidden spells. Ara learned a lot from her in just a short time. She will be useful to the island.
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Lily can't seem to stay still cause it seems like her love potion is not working properly. It's supposed to be for Ralph. She already wiped that all over the place he might frequently visit. Maybe he doesn't go inside Ara's bedroom but the kitchen or the living room should be correct. She saw him hang out in those places a lot. Little did she know that Ara already cleansed them. She saw what she's been doing and just avoided any complications. Maybe she should just try again when they go out of town tomorrow.
She added more love potions into a vial to bring along with her. Ralph will be there so she will have her chance to give him the potion. This time, she will make sure that it will be effective. She made the love potion stronger since he's a vampire. Regular potions may not affect him so she created it just for him. Lily also took a few potions with her in case they needed them. It's been so long since she went on a trip. This is the first time she will go with a vampire on an island. She will make the most out of it.
It looks like she's ready and got everything she needs for their trip. It will be an island so it means that there will be a beach there. She brought a few swimsuits just in case they could go for a swim. Of course, she also has some survival food in case they went missing. Although she should not worry about that anymore. Ralph will feast on her blood and Arabelle's before they die of starvation. She can't help but giggle on her own funny thoughts. It's going to be fun. She's going to take Ara's essence there.
They are going to a mysterious place which is perfect to do her crime. She needs to make Ralph fall for her by using a love potion. That way, he can't stop her from doing what she needs to do. If she succeeds with taking Ara's essence, she will already replace her. When a witch loses her essence, she might end up losing her memories as well. She will never be able to get out of that state and even looks as if she's crazy. Losing an essence is similar to losing a soul. But other witches may end up dead.
“I don't care what will be her ending. I'll take her essence to gain more powers.” Lily thought and took her bags to go back to the vampire's castle.
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“Are you sure you want Lily to stay here for the night?” Ralph asks while watching Ara pack.
“It's better that she's here already so we will not have too many delays.” Ara replied and added more dresses.
“Why are you packing so many dresses? Remember, we're not there for vacation.” Ralph said and laughed.
“It's easier to bring short dresses than shirts and pants. Don't you need to pack? Let me pack on peace.” Ara informs him and tries to get rid of him.
“I don't need to pack anything. I'm all set!” He said.
“You have to at least change clothes while we're there. Plus, you need it as props.” she insisted.
“Oh yeah, I need to appear like a normal human. Fine, I'll go pack now.” he realized and went up to his room.
Arabelle just continues packing and tries to do it fast. The moment Lily shows up, she might make fun of her stuff. She only has a few clothes and most of them are out of style. Even when she got some money to shop, she didn’t have time to do it yet. Maybe she can bring Amie to the mall after her quest. She needs to break the curse and the spell for that requires a lot of things. Why can't she just buy it from a store or online? A lot of witches do that these days. Lily said some ingredients need to be alive.
“I'm ready!” Lily announced as she arrived with two large luggage.
“I'm in my room, Lily.” Ara replied, trying not to roll her eyes but failed.