28 Delirium IV

Somewhere in a badly lightened up place, Yin was lying on a soft bed. It was one of the most comfortable beds she ever lain on. Shespread out her hands over the satin sheets and felt the contours not of the colourful flowers, before rolling around giggling.

Even though she had no memory of how she got there, she wasn't concerned. Similar accidents had happened to her in there past and thus she thought it must have been another prank of Brother Dark.

Now she only waited for him to pop up and scream congratulations in her face. It was after all her birthday. She therefore had a fewexpectations.

The excitement eventually faded when nothing interesting happened. The Ice God got tired of waiting and moved towards the edge of the bed.

"Brother Dark! Come out now. It's getting boring." She called out as she set her feet on the red carpet.

When she swept her gaze over the room, she noticed that everything was clad in red. The curtains, the bed, the carpet, the candles and so on were all in red. It was almost a scene taken from a wedding.

"Brother Dark! Why is everything red?"

As a though passed her mind, she widened her eyes and then exclaimed in horror.

"I am not getting married, am I?!"

She quickly looked down and saw that she was also clad in a long red gown with long sleeves. It wasn't until then that she realized that her outfit had changed, since she always wore gowns of similar designs and fabrics.

"When did I change my clothes? And they are even red!"

When her hands went for her, she felt no accessories, which made her somewhat relieved. At least she wasn't fully dressed as a new bride.

Yin walked to the closed wooden door, since she wanted to escape. She was still so young and had no intention of binding herself to someone else.

The door turned out to be locked, which only made her worry increase. She tried to open it by force, but it didn't give in. Therefore she resorted to magic.

Since she had yet to master anything but the most basic Ice spells, she morphed a small Ice Stone and smashed it against the door. However the door was quite rigid and wasn't even scratched by the collusion.

"Brother Dark! It's really not funny anymore. I mean it. Stop fooling around and help me get out of the room!" Yin complained as she kept throwing her magic without any results.

Suddenly, the door flew open and an older man in black stepped over the threshold.

"Baby, I am not your Brother Dark." He gave a small, deep laugh.

"Who are you?" Yin asked as she retreated. The stranger gave her bad vibes.

"Someone who will take good care of you, baby girl."