The Land of Etherio

Sacrificial Lamb

I felt lucid.

It was like I was dreaming yet I wasn't. I was in a space that denied every sense of reason and logic but there was this fear so immense it could only be from reality.

The cage was dark. Not like that of the night. It was like the light of the outside world was kept from here. Or dare didn't try. The bars were grown roots of trees as strong as metal. The floor was cold stone. My dress wasn't dirty but my hair was probably more wild looking.

Beyond the cage was just pitch black. As if I was still in the darkness that she took me into. I heard something. A scuffling of feet and a rustling of cloth. She was back.

I searched for something. Anything. A weapon,a lock,a blanket, almost anything that would make me stop feeling so I could stop feeling so helpless.

I got to my feet and went to the roots. I struggled to move them. I looked up and was suddenly face to face with her. The woman who stole me.

I moved away instinctively. "Who are you? Wha,what do you want from me?" I asked,ineffectively trying to hide how scared I was. She smiled at me sweetly,as if this were all an innocent misunderstanding. "Do not fear or fret,my child. You will soon come to understand all." she told me in a soothing voice.

I snapped back,almost lulled by her voice. "Why are you holding me here? I didn't do anything." I pleaded. "Exactly, my child" she walked through the roots as they bended out of her way "You have done nothing. So innocent. So pure. So perfect."

"So I'm innocent? Do you want to sacrifice me?" I realised " You're a witch? Aren't you?"

"Such a vulgar term coming from a young child such as yourself" she said sweetly.

"Let me out.Please, I'll do whatever you want" I desperately pleaded.

"You know what,there is actually something you can do fro me and in return I will liberate you" she told me.

"Yes, yes. I'll do whatever you want what is it?" I beckoned.

She brought her face close to mine and gave me that warm yet sinister smile.

"I want you to die".