Princess of Mirkwood (Discontinued)

Way out of my comfort zone

He had tied me to one of the columns in his chambers with a heavy piece of rope, but my arms were nearly long enough to fit around the thick column. Of course he had taken away my weaponry before he left. He didn't say where he was going but I don't care, all I know is that I need to get out of here before he comes back. I looked around, but there are no windows and only one door, so the door is my only way to escape. But first I need to get rid of this rope. There are no sharp objects where I could cut the rope with anywhere near me. The only object relatively near to me was a small table, but the things on it are by far useless: a cup, some stationary, and a plate with some crumbled bread. A plate! If I could just kick the table down, the plate will break, and I could use a sharp piece of the broken plate to cut the rope! Of course it was a long shot, but I could try. I stretched out my leg (because he had not tied up my legs, only my arms.) in an attempt to kick down the table, but I didn't even come close. I tried again, but this time I leaned my whole body towards the small table, in order to get closer. But I soon realized I wouldn't reach the table when there went a blinding pain through my arm. I automatically threw myself back, but I forgot about the column behind me and my head bumped into the column. Again another agonizing pain but in my head this time. The pain is so intense it's like there are a million fireworks going off all at once behind my eyes. I collapsed, but quickly realized I also didn't have the luxury to collapse because my arms are tied around the column so tight that every movement would cause me a lot of pain. I slumped on the ground leaning against the column breathing heavily. It took me a while before I could think clear again, but when I did I realized the situation was hopeless. I tried to stay calm and eventually I succeeded but it made the adrenaline rush stop, which caused me to feel the pain in my wrists where he tied up the rope, to my horror I felt the blood flowing out of my wrists at a rapid pace and formed a pool of blood on the ground. I will die if that filthy dwarf doesn't come fast, but he'll probably just let me bleed out to death. So this is the end, tied around a pillar, bleeding out in a dwarf's chambers in erebor, I felt pathetic. It didn't take long for me to lose my consciousness, but my last thought was a picture of my family the last time we were actually happy and that comforted me when I closed my eyes.

I could see the faint glow of a light flickering behind my eyelids, I tried to move but I couldn't, am I paralyzed?! No wait, my arms hurt, the fact I could feel pain where I can' t move, tells me I'm not paralyzed. Then what is it? And why do my arms hurt so bad? Then I remembered... But I bled out, so I should be dead! Why am I not dead? I panicked, I frantically try to open my eyes but without success. I let out a sob and suddenly I felt a hand softly touching my arm. "Easy, easy... just take a deep breath." I know this is the dwarf who tied me up, and I should be angry at him , but I'm not. I just know he means me no harm, perhaps it's because of his reassuring words or because of his gentle touch, but I listened to him. I took a deep breath and was finally able to open my eyes properly. First my sight was a bit hazy and all I could see was a bunch of blonde hair, a fair skin and a pair of eyes looking straight at me, when my sight got clearer I could see the young fair-haired dwarf hanging bent over me looking worried but still somehow indifferent.