<span style="font-family:Happy Monkey"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0080">"Get OFF of me!"<br/>
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For someone who directed most of their anger at themselves, at this moment in time, Seraphina was quite the angry sight to see. All she could remember from before everything went black was that she was leaving work, heading to her car. The parking garage really wasn't a far walk from the club, and though the neighborhood wasn't the greatest, she'd never had a problem before. Sera had sensed the presence behind her before she saw them, but by then, it was too late. She couldn't even gasp before the world around her went black, and she collapsed.<br/>
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Although she wouldn't know it, she'd never hit the ground. Instead, she'd been swooped up by the shadows and transported to another world, another realm, where she wouldn't wake for a long while. Unbeknownst to her, there were seven other girls going through the exact same thing. Those seven girls were brought here, dressed, and transported then to a throne room of sorts where they would awaken with each other. All while this was going on, Sera had finally begun to stir. Trying to ignore the pounding in her head, she realized that she'd only begun to awaken because someone was touching her.<br/>
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Jerking to a sitting position, she whirled to face the person. The girl who had been reaching for the zipper to her hoodie didn't seem half as startled as Sera was, and to the pink haired girl, that was a problem. "Who the fuck are you?" Sera snapped, her voice coming out a tad bit breathless. She recognized the fear there, and hated herself for looking weak.<br/>
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"I'm just here to get you dressed, ma'am." The girl's voice came out calm and even, quite the opposite of Sera's. For the first time, she noticed the tiny slip in the girls hands. Sera's hazel eyes looked around the mostly empty room, zeroing in on the white wedding dress on the wall.<br/>
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"Is that...?"<br/>
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"Yours." The girl confirmed with a nod. "Please, we're running late, and I don't want to ask the guards to come in." She reached for Sera's zipper again, and automatically Sera slapped her hand away. Scrambling backwards, she only stopped when she felt the wall behind her back, though for one fearful moment she'd thought it was a person. Across the way from her now, the girl dropped the slip into her lap and sighed. Releasing it completely, she lifted her hands and clapped twice. For a moment, nothing happened.<br/>
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And then the doors behind her opened, and two men charged in. Only there was something funny about them. It didn't take Sera long to realize their eyes were completely black, and they appeared taller than your average male. Dressed in all black, they wasted no time in approaching Sera, gripping her arms and pulling her to her feet. Twisting and pulling against them, she only succeeding in hurting herself. The men stepped closer to each other, yanking her arms behind her back. Crying out in pain, she didn't notice the girl had stood until she'd crossed to place herself right in front of Sera. Her entire demeanor had changed. Her eyes weren't soft anymore, and when she spoke, her voice dripped liquid disdain.<br/>
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"I tried to be nice. Now it's time for you to cooperate."<br/>
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"I am <i>not</i> doing anything you ask, you-"<br/>
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Sera saw stars at the woman's hand connected with her face, jerking it to the side. "Get her undressed, please." She heard the woman speak, and though she fought against them, the men were unzipping here, undoing there until she stood there in just her underwear, trying her best to shield herself. The woman turned back to Sera, eyeing her undergarments. "I assume you don't need help taking those off."<br/>
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Shaking her head, Sera disrobed the rest of the way, pulling on the slip the woman handed her. But when she went to get the dress off of the wall, Sera got bold and tried to run past her. One of the men caught up with her in seconds, yanking her back by her hair. With another cry of pain, Sera fell backwards, hitting the ground. The man released her hair after the woman tsked in his direction. <br/>
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"We don't want her hurt." Approaching with the dress, a shaking Sera let her assist her in putting it on. Once the dress was completely fastened, she reached out and gripped Sera's wrists, uttering a few words under her breath. The shadow bindings that appeared were completely out of a fantasy story, but she found them to be just as binding as handcuffs or some sort of rope. Another set had appeared around her ankles, though they were a bit farther apart so she could walk. A shadow chain of sorts fell from the bindings on her wrists, and the woman picked it up and handed it to one of the men. "To the ceremony, please."<br/>
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And just like that, she was being led out of the room, through countless turns and hallways until stopping at a set of double doors. "Please, let me go." Sera whispered to him, trying to tug gently on the bindings. He said nothing, just waited a beat before pushing the door open and dragging her inside.</span></span>