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Emma couldn't see anything. She was hot then cold and kept shaking. Daniele was now with Tia and Steph after being pulled away from a stove by Tia.
"That definitely a panic attack." Daniele said.
"How'd you know that?" asked Stephanie.
"One of the kids in the prison had them sometimes." Daniele see,ed very calm about the situation while Tia and Stephanie were stressing out. Emma opened her eyes, a flash of hope twinkled in Stephanie's eyes. Her eyes closed again but her body temperature started to ease down and the shaking was very subtle.
"It's stopping." Tia whispered. Daniele nodded and smiled. Emma opened her eyes and groaned. The shaking stopped and her temperature was normal again.
"I almost had a heart attack!" Stephanie said as she squeezed her friend. Emma managed a weak smile. Tia helped her up into her feet and they walked out of the toilets. They saw the Lord walking downstairs. Emma was about to sneak after him but Daniele grabbed her shirt.
"Do you really want to be caught?" Daniele asked. Emma shook her head and frowned. When Daniele saw a chef coming up the stairs she darted back into the toilets. Emma and Tia were right behind her but Stephanie was clueless. The chef glared at her.
"Aren't you mean to be working?" he asked.
"Yes." Stephanie muttered as she put her head down. The man softly put his hand in her chin and pulled her was back up.
"Me too." he whispered. Stephanie smiled at him. He had eyes that glistened like the sun on the ocean. The man walked off occasionally looking over his shoulder to see Stephanie. When he was out of view Tia, Daniele and Emma walked out of the toilets.
"What was going on out there?" Emma asked.
"Are you alright?" Daniele said as she looked Stephanie up and down.
"Woah guys! I'm fine! He wasn't working either." Stephanie said as she beamed awkwardly.
"See ya!" Daniele said as she sprinted down the stairs.
"We better get going too." said Emma. Tia and Stephanie looked at her quizzically. When Emma walked off they had no choice but to follow her. The Lord was talking with a guard. Emma scanned the area until the guard left. The Lord stepped into a dark room. Emma snuck in and when the Lord was looking in his mirror doing frightening poses she crawled under the table. Tia and Steph were dragged along and they were squeezed together under the table. Everything was quite except for a quite murmur from the Lord. The room was dark, only lit by a small, dull light bulb dangling from the ceiling. From a distance the girls could hear the sound of heels. Not long after Emma's mother opened the door and walked in. She sat opposite her soon-to-be husband.
"The jewellery has arrived." the Lord said.
"Good." Emma's Mum replied. The door burst open letting some light creep into the room.
"May we speak to you, Lord?" asked one of the guards at the door.
"Of course." the Lord said. The guards stepped in and sat down.
"We have found one of our staff thinking differently than us." the guard on the right said. The Lord raised his eyebrow and looked at his fiancé.
"Who is it?" the Lord snapped.
"One of our chefs. Her name is Daniele. She seems quite young." the guard on the left said just before the guard on the right said it. The Lord nodded.
"Well you know what we do with these scums." the Lord said. The guards nodded and walked out of the room.
"We shall get others to discuss the execution." one of the guards said as he slammed the door shut. Emma started to shake again while her friends hugged her tight.

"Here are the people to discuss the execution with." said another guard as a group of people walked in and sat down. Beside the Lord sat his front hand man and his assistant, Liam Fern.
"Put forward your ideas now!" the Lord ordered. A pretty woman in a guards uniform stood up. She had a smirk on her face and seemed very mischievous. Her voice was loud and deep and she said consonants very crisply.
"I say we put her in the dungeons! For a week or so, them we let her out for a live event!" the woman said. The Lord seemed unimpressed.
"A live event? Are you insane? Next person, and do make it better than HERS." the Lord shouted. Tia and Stephanie shivered in fear. Another person stood up. It was a man this time with scars all over him. He was in a uniform similar to the guard's but with a camo pattern on it. He was bald and had a straight, almost angry face. He shouted every word and was hard to understand at times.
"I say we crush her! Just like that! Or we could of her in the dungeons then DON'T make it a live event and keep it secret. The Lord is right to call you insane, Terra! Making it a live event will ruin his reputation. We don't want more rebels, do we?" the man said. The Lord seemed please with the idea and nodded.
"Oh, just be quiet, Luke! Well at least I can look decent enough to see the Lord!" Terra screamed.
"Sit down and stop talking, Terra! Alright idea, Luke." the Lord said plainly. A girl stood up, making her chair screech while pulling it out. She was very fashionable and business like.
"Well we need a date. And somebody's going to find out about it if we do it on any old day. That's why I propose that we do it on the same day as the wedding!" the woman said. Cheers came from all around the room.
"Well that's settled then. Liam, you are head of the planning of both the wedding and the execution with Natalie being your assistant on the execution and Madeline being your assistant in the wedding." the Lord said. The 4 that were mentioned nodded.
"I won't let you down, Lord." Liam said as he got up and picked up his bag which was on the ground.
"Well you better not, Liam! Anyways, Terra, can you go find out the parents of that vile creature. Oh, that creatures getting change! She's getting the change of her not living anymore!" the Lord snickered as he literally pushed everybody out of the room.

When he got his stuff together the Lord left. Elizabeth followed him but he insisted that he was left alone. She went to go get some food since she was starving.

"Daniele is getting executed! Oh no! Oh no!" Stephanie cried.
"Keep your voice down!" Tia snapped as she heard footsteps outside the door.
"What have we done?" Stephanie sobbed. Emma patted her on the back.
"We have to see her." Emma said. She crawled out of under the table and stood up.
"You're crazy Emma!" Tia whispered. Emma ignored her last remark and snuck out of the room. The other girls followed her. Emma tiptoed down a flight of stairs.

"Bottom floor!" Emma said as she leapt from the third last step to the ground. In front of them stood an iron fence.
"What do you want?" asked a gruff voice.
"To see the prisoner!" Emma replied. She spotted a sign saying 'Come in to see the vile prisoner. Feel free to spit at her!' Stephanie shivered. The guard opened the fence and let them through.
"Psst! Over here!" whispered a familiar voice. The girls went to where the voice came from. Behind bars was Daniele. She smiled when she saw her friends.
"We're so, so sorry, Daniele!" Stephanie said with tears streaming down her face.
"Stop being woose!" Tia said as she slapped her friend. Stephanie cried some more. Emma squeezed her friends hand.
"Thanks." Stephanie whispered.
"It's fine." Daniele whispered.
"It's all our fault!" Stephanie whimpered.
"No, it's not! Don't worry about it. You go make that better world. I've done my part." Daniele said. She felt prickles in her eyes. Before she knew it there were tears dripping down her face. They all held hands and cried together; even Tia.
"Times up!" said the guard. The girls walked out with tears streaming down their faces. While walking back to clean up the tables they got weird looks.

That night they went back to the hole.
"It doesn't feel the same without Daniele." Emma sobbed. The girls decided to all sleep in the hole.
"We all miss, Daniele, we all do." Tia whispered as they closed their eyes and cried themselves to sleep.

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