Drolora Academy

Chapter 2

I groan as I slowly open my eyes. 'Why does everything hurt' I wonder as I try to stretch out my sore muscles. As I try to move my arm it only goes up a few inches before it is stopped. My eyes fly open, and I try to adjust to the darkness that is currently the only thing I can see. I groan as I realize just where I am again.

'How did they get me here this time' I ask Elara angrily. 'Needle, but I don't know what was in it this time. I was out for a while too'. she responds sounding just as angry as I am. 'We need to leave before this becomes our permanent accommodation' I tell her. I am ignored as usual when we have this conversation.

I look around now that I can see better thanks to Elara. This is not gonna end well I have a bad feeling about it this time. Last time I only got out because my stepsister, Daphne, slipped in front of father. I was here for far too long last time and with the witch's magic, I don't have a single mark to prove anything ever happened to me, like usual. Can't have a princess have a single mark on her skin or he can't sell me like he wants to for some ridiculous alliance.

'Not like anyone will deal with me after I set the last one on fire for trying to kiss me as soon as we met' I laugh into my mind. I mean he lived, but he won't be back here anytime soon. 'Yes, but we also spent the last six months here because of it' Elara snarked back at me. 'We could have got out of this awful place and lived our lives elsewhere, but he just had to try his luck' she continued. As she's talking, I see that father put in some new décor. There is a new lock on the wall with more restrictive chains for the witch to use. It looks like I will be a wall decoration soon, all for her experiments. The witch's entire purpose is to bring out whatever I am supposed to shift into.

She never talks to me no matter what I ask her though so I can't be entirely sure, but it is the best guess at this point. All the blood she's taken and the pain that comes with her spells seem to hint at that. So far all I can do is heal like a shifter and because of her I can't die, that's all that has come from her time here. Father does not like not having his answers so my time here has gotten longer and longer.

'She's here' Elara gives me a warning right before the door to my cell swings open. A guard I have never seen before enters before her. He's tall like a lot of the predator shifters are and from what I can see he's got shaggy blonde hair that is long enough for the bun that sits on the top of his head. I can't make out his face in the dark, but he is smirking at me as he walks up to me.

"You and me are gonna get to know each other today," he says and his smirk is still there. 'Well, I am one hundred percent not doing that' I tell Elara. She doesn't answer once again, so I guess I'm on my own for a while. I look behind the guy and see the witch standing in front of the open cell door watching.

She walks forward and finally speaks "We are going to try something new and see how you react this time". 'What the freak does that mean' I ask myself. The guard takes that as his cue to begin what he was brought here for. I watch as he brings out a knife, a needle, and a key. The witch walks over and takes the key and the needle from him and walks to me.

I start to thrash around and while my legs aren't bound, they feel heavy. I try to kick her, but my feet don't move any higher than a foot off the ground. "Calm child, this will ensure that you don't have any memory of what we do this time," she says like it's no big deal. "I am not letting you do this to me" I scream at her. I managed to get my foot to raise enough to kick her in the stomach and she fell and lost the needle. I don't even see the guard move before my head is slung to the side and my cheek feels like it's on fire. "It makes no difference to me if you remember or not what is about to happen, but you will not hit her again" the guard yells into my face. "Now hold still," he says as he brings the knife up to my neck and makes a small cut by my collarbone. I feel the sting of the knife as he cuts into my skin and feel the blood drip down. He leans in sniffs the air and looks at the witch. She nods and he leans in more and licks at the cut. He makes a small moan at the taste and then brings the knife up again, grabs my shirt, and cuts it up the middle.

Fear consumes me. My entire body is locked up and it feels like I can't breathe. "No" I scream and begin thrashing with renewed energy. I won't let this happen, no one is doing this to me! The guard's hands come up and begin to cut into my pants. I can hear the ripping of the fabric as he finishes cutting them. I am now only in my underwear and the witch is just standing there. The guard turns his head and looks back at her, and she nods again.

He begins to lick my neck again and moves his hands down my body slowly. I am now trying to throw my body any way it will go to get his hands off me. I can feel the tears as they fall down my face and my breathing is only ragged gasps between pleas. All of which is ignored as the guard begins to slowly lower my underwear.

All of a sudden, I stop. My entire body begins to feel hot, too hot. This feeling begins in my chest and slowly goes to my arms and legs. Just as the guard begins to touch me again, I feel the warmth leave me in a rush. The guard and the witch are thrown into the wall and slam onto the floor unconscious.

As I calm down, I hear footsteps. 'Oh, my gods, not again' I begin to panic. I'm pulling at my binds, and they aren't moving. I start going numb as I see who walks through the cell door. My favorite guard Felix flies into my cell and stops dead in his tracks. He takes in the chaos of the cell and the unconscious witch and guard then looks towards me. "Your Highness! What in the world were they going to do this time? I thought the last session was the worst, but I think they've lost their minds" he yells as he tries to find a way to undo the binds. "The guard has the key," I tell him still oddly numb to everything. He grabs the key and releases me. I immediately fall to the floor my legs not holding me up anymore.

Felix takes his shirt off and hands it to me. I put it on quickly and thank him, feeling better now that I'm somewhat covered. "We have to get you out of here," he says while looking out the door. "Let's go" he reaches down and grabs my arm and I flinch, hard. He quickly removes his hand and waits for me to get up.

I follow him out of the castle and then we head towards the east wall. I hid my escape bag here ages ago and told him where to find it if I needed to make a fast run out of here. Once I put on the clothes from my bag I hug him and tell him I won't return until I'm strong enough to take the crown. He waits until I crawl through the hole in the wall before leaving to take his post.

I lose track of how many days I walk only stopping to sleep when I can't stay awake any longer. After a week, I think I can't move anymore and fall to the ground. As the world goes black, I hear a voice yell "There's someone here, I need a healer. Hold on I'm gonna get you some help". I smile slightly and think to myself 'At least I met someone who wanted to help me before I died'. Then I once again find myself falling into the darkness.