"5!"
He screams out.
I can't see him, but I know he's there. I know that the second the doors open he'll be waiting there, his filthy hands eager to grab at me and drag me away from freedom.
But I also know that I will try anyway.
"4!"
No matter how hopless or futile the attempt, I will try. I will run until the naked soles of my feet bleed and beg for me to stop, to let them rest, but I won't.
And when they are completely shredded, and I can't help but drop to the ground from exhaustion, I will dig my elbows into the frozen earth and crawl, continuing on.
"3!"
And when he catches me, not if, but when, because he will catch me. He will always catch me.
When he catches me I will yell until there is no air left in my lungs and my chest has become as hollow as an empty well. I will cry out until the all too familiar taste of metal fills my mouth and no one will be able to say, "She didn't scream loud enough."
"2!"
When he picks me up I will thrash my arms around and pull at his golden locks until they come out in handfuls. I will bite down on whatever skin fits between my teeth until I taste blood, even if it's my own, and no one will be able to say, "She didn't fight hard enough."
"1!"
He yells, and the word rings out like a gunshot inside the small shed.
A moment later the doors open wide revealing a black sky speckled with falling white flakes and even though I know how easy it would be to collapse under my own weight, to rest my back against the rotting wood and wait for him like a town in the 1700s would await the plague, I know I will not allow myself to give up.
So with nothing but the thin white gown on my back and hope of a life that I could have if I run fast enough, I propell myself into the freezing darkness with nothing but the faint moonlight to guide my way.
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a/n
Well that was actually really fun to write. I normally wouldn't begin with a prologue, I usually like to jump right into the story, but since this story idea came to me in the middle of the night, I didn't want to lose it.
So hopefully this story goes somewhere and I don't let it flop because there are so many unaswered questions, like
who is "he"?
what's her name?
what the hell is going on?
keep reading if you want to find ouuttt, sorry if it sucks.
remember to vote and comment! much loveee
~Emy
