"They've found me." I mutter to myself as I jump out of bed and silently make my way to a lever, opening a hatch,revealing a ladder for me to climb down. As I make my way down the ladder I close the hatch moments before they reach my bedroom. I had grabbed my notebook as well as a pen and my sword, so I have all I need for revenge with me. I can hear them above me throwing what little items I have around the room searching for any clues as to where I might have gone. "He was just here!" I hear one of the guards shout in frustration. After making my way down the ladder, I begin to run down the corridor hidden below the surface. Nobody but me ever comes down here. 'They shouldn't find the hatch any time soon' I think to myself. I reach the end of the corridor and begin ascending the ladder only to be met with the end of a sword from a guard I have not yet seen before. "Damn." I mutter. Having been captured I am being taken to the dungeon. I smile in the back of the cart as I enjoy the ride. This is all part of the plan. The plan I have memorized in my mind. The one in my notebook is only a mere distraction. A fake, if you will. As we near the dungeon I hear the prince's voice tell the driver to stop.
"You will never touch the thing most precious to me now." Ha. That's what you think. I smirk and as I do so my face suddenly begins to sting from the hard slap the prince has given me in a fit of anger. They throw me in a cell within the dungeon. I am exactly four floors down; I counted them on the way to my cell. My sword is hung on a wall adjacent to my cell. It is just out of reach. As night falls, the dungeon grows darker by the second and I smile as I begin to think of my plan. "Show time." I mutter.
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