Just Another Beauty {~Sequel to Sleeping Beauty~}

Chapter 17: Time

Julia's Point of view:

I've kept track on the numbers of days that I've been held captive. It's been a year so far and I felt like the days progress even more. It was like fate was hitting me hard in the back pondering on what I could have done.

So, far Seth has kept me company through the whole ride here. We've gotten to actually meet each other and I got to learn about his past. It was quite devastating to hear about his life. How Lucinda even became to be who she is. I could tell he cared for her back then, but now he seemed to loathe the person who she became.

My hair grew. It reaches to my mid-thigh. I've never had long hair before but I'm getting use to the idea now. Seth says it suites me nice even though I always have to comb my hair with my fingers which aggravates me. I always get stuck in the bottom tips of my hair that are always tangled. My sent has become worse over the months. I haven't bathed for a year now and I'm desperate for a bath.

Seth seems to enjoy my torture as I throw rocks a round like it was nothing and how I scream every night if anyone can hear me. He tells me that I shouldn't do that because he doesn't want my voice to die down. He says he likes the sound of my voice, but I can see in his eyes that he doesn't want to loose me since am the only one who can actually see him.

Lucinda usually never visits. It's like a gloomy nightmare that I can't bare to handle anymore. It's been a year and I haven't seen my parents and my two annoying brothers. How much I hated there company back then and now I wanted them here to comfort me. I feel alone and unwanted, but I'm guessing that's how Seth felt over the past ten years, so there's no point complaining to him.

Even though he can read my mind in this empty hollow place. He still try's to keep my thoughts in the hidden. I eye him speciously as he runs his pale fingers through his silver hair, "What's wrong?" I asked. I felt like I've been asking him those same precise words to him for the last couple of months.

He shrugged his shoulders. He's been doing that a lot lately. Thinking. He crossed his arms together. Deep in thought, "Lucinda hasn't even came to check on you once?" he says, more of a statement then a question.

"She probably forgot about me." I say, feeling a little tingle grow down my spine.

"That's unlikely for her to do that. I know Lucinda better than that." He says, rubbing his forehead every time he was confused,

"You mean you knew Lucinda. She's changed Seth." It killed me to tell him for the hundredth time that Lucinda has changed and there's nothing that can be done. He sighed, "I don't believe in that. She's up to something and I have a strange feeling that its up to no good."

There was a loud boom that erupted from below our feet. I quickly look at Seth with sudden alert on both are eyes. I ran to him with open arms burning my face inside his chest. A sweet melody was heard down below and a window started to appear out of nowhere. I gazed into Seth's light blue eyes with a hint of grays. He shook his head in disbelief as the voice called out my name.

"Julia! I can't believe I found you!" the voice sounded exactly like my mother. I let myself loose from Seth's grasp. Taking a gulp reaching the mysterious window that appeared out of nowhere.

Seth ran quickly, "Julia, its Lucinda. Don't do anything crazy. She's putting you in a trance." he said, worriedly he grabbed my hand and gently making me touch his chest were his heart beat ran fast, but soon progressed to its normal pace. My head felt a little dizzy as I locked gazes with Seth.

"Julia, please I mean you no harm. I just came up here so I can feed you." my mind was flipping upside down as I tried to compare the voices in my head. I concentrated with this mysterious voice and my sweet daring mother. Somehow, this mysterious voice had a faint and cruel tone toward it. As my mother was always noticeable to hear. When she meant.... it she meant it. Her tone understood and showed no judgement, but my mind was playing tricks on me again.