Emily Leber
What have I done to deserve this.
The nurse secured the cold cuffs onto her wrists, restricting any movement.
She began viciously shaking her body. The friction from the cuffs rubbed her wrists raw.
Finally, Titania began relaxing, THUD THUD faint treacherous sounds of screams filled the tunnels. The room went black, only a red button faintly glowing. Out from the shadows an old man, the same old man she had seen in the city.
12 hours earlier
Making a wrong turn already, the white wash enchanted buildings transformed into grey tattered sidings. The sound of coughs and screaming filled through the city, Titania’s dreams had somewhat dwindled. She has forgot about the poverty and crime of her old life. A loud bang sounded her, quickly she pulled her arrow from her satchel and stood at ready position. Another arrow was shot, crimson red trickled down her neck. The once sleek silver hair by her ear soon was dull and rust colored. “who shot that, if you are not a coward then claim your arrow!” A man of age hobbled down from the top of a building.
A small rodent like creature scampered past the two, before she could answer the old man grabbed the rat and shoved it down his throat. Disgust and fear all over her face, she then ran down the closest ally. Soon the city’s ruckus was no longer heard, the faint smell of fresh bread gone. Soon a group of people with dark hoods surrounded Titania, her legs began to move, barely making it a block a sharp pain shocked her whole body causing every part of her to stop walking. There her body laid limp and useless.
Present
Unlocking the cuffs quickly the old man grabs Titania and escapes the scene
“Get off me! Why are you helping me?”
“Be quiet” he demanded
“Why did they take me?”
Before Titania could open her mouth, she realized that they were running towards a stone wall. She tried yelling as loud as possible, but her body had forgotten how to yell. Then everything went black.
Where am I? Was that all a dream?
“How are you feeling”
“GET AWAY FROM ME!! WHAT DID YOU DO?”
“I saved your life, if I would not have risked my life for you the darkness would have made you a slave.”
“The darkness what are you talking about?”
“I cannot tell you anymore.”
A loud ringing filled her ears, with no memory of the night before Titania opened her eyes there in front of her was the same old man.
“Here I brought you eggs”
She acted as if she did not hear him and began looking around the house curiously. The wood around the house was warped. The house was mostly empty with just a table, chairs, and a small kitchenette Titania turned back to look at the man and shook her head in refusal.
“Why did you bring me here?”
“I see potential in you, you could be the next best archer of Elantris, but you must work hard and trust that all of the things I ask you to do are beneficial.”
“You do not even know me” she then marched out of the cottage
“That’s an interesting scar on your neck, did your ex-husband give you that?”
Titania glanced over her shoulder, the two’s eyes met.