As I open my eyes my vision is blurry and when i try to set myself up I only fall in defeat of gravity so I lay on the ground for a little bit til I can see almost clearly
I raise myself up getting up in a sitting position afraid if I'll stand I'll just fall over like I'm fighting with the laws, even though I can't see quite clearly yet that doesn't stop me from looking around seeing movement and hearing whispers and chains riddle about
When my vision come into full effect I see all kinds of women and girls from different age groups some in their Thirty's some in their twenty's and some even younger then that but I wonder why they're here I would ask but I feel like I can't speak like my voice is raspy from being sick
I go to stand up but one of the girls tell me not to and someone even puts their hand on my shoulder to try to keep me down if I refuse to stay down
Leaning back against the wall I wait for my vision to completely recover its about a couple minutes later before it actually does and I feel like I have my strength back again
Looking around again I see fear in the women's and young girls eyes
How long have they been here?
I look up as a girl that looks in her thirty's come up to me handing me a drink of some kind "drink. It'll help"
I take it from her and she sits down a little bit in front of me not too close but not too far either, I take the cup and hold it to my mouth and take a little sip of the liquid inside
When I finish drinking i look at the women "thank you" I say in a low voice afraid to speak up or be loud
"Its really nothing we have to look after each other now" she looks at the other girls then focuses her attention back on me "wonder why they threw you down so early"
"Maybe because the last one escaped" I hear someone say from the other side of the room
"That has to be it yeah" I hear a younger voice from somewhere else
The girl in front of me nods agreeing with what the first girl said
"What is this place?" I finally manage to get out after being silent for so long
"A prison for any human who steps foot in fairytale land" the women looks away from me "some of us has been here for years"
I look at the younger girls "I thought Zannie was the last one to arrive?"
She nods looking at me "they were before her, fairytale land time is very different from our worlds time, time goes much more slower here"
"That's explain why Zannie claimed to be only gone for a few days"
The women looks at me more curious now she goes to say something but quickly catches herself then whispers erupt the room
I look around before setting my eyes back on the women "what is it?"
She shakes her head "it was nothing just a simple question that's all"
"Well go on ask it then" I say a little bit frustrated
She sighs and looks at me "we were wondering how you knew that name"
"Oh" I laugh "well after Zannie escaped-"
"Zannie escaped?! When?! How?!" The women crawls near me holding my hand with such excitement "we thought she was trapped in a trace"
"A trace? Wait so you're telling me Zannie's escape wasn't real?" I pull my hand away from her "how do you explain her story in the real world then?"
"Fairytale people made it happen, shape shifters to be more exact they played her part for a while then came back" she shakes her head backing away from me "if fairytale people really knew what was happening"
Before I could ask the women what was really going on the door slams open and girls start screaming and fairytale people are yelling and grabbing girls leading then out of the room including the women in front of me I see the pain in her eyes when she's looking at me with tears running down her face
I want to help her but what could I do except get knocked down or hit I was pretty much useless, when the fairytale people leave the room forcefully dragging girls out o stand up looking around at the scared women shivering and crying probably thanking that they didn't get taken
I look at the door again walking toward it looking through the window that was attached
Nothing
No one guarding
Probably because they would never think a girl would actually try to escape because what happened to Zannie
I turn around looking around at the women and girls again
What happened to Zannie?
"Sit" I hear a small voice say
I look over seeing a terrified little girl with long black hair that's braided into two piggy tails wearing a white dress that looks like PJs
"If they come back and you're on your feet they'll take you" she cries
I sit down beside her and pull her into a hug rubbing her arm and telling her it'll all be okay nothing's bad going to happen
"Lies"
I look over seeing a girl crossing her arms looking so very angry not at anyone in particular but at herself like she's ashamed she fell for this worlds trick
"They're monster probably killing them as we speak" she tells me without looking my way
The little girl I'm comforting shoves her face in chest I look back over at the angry girl "you're scaring her"
She looks at me giving me an evil eye "good! Because this is her life now and she should be scared"
I stand up and so does she, she gets right in my face about to say something but I beat her to it
"Because you hate yourself for falling for this place doesn't mean you have to frighten everyone with your negative feedback"
She steps back from me giving off a small smile "we're all fools here"
