The Hourglass

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

“So our life is connected to this place?!"

Ya pretty much." I reply simply 

We walk in silence for awhile. I'm going to let my sister take things in. It's certain a lot, she just found out just a few hours ago that she is a princess, of a magic kingdom, and that she might die because of that. And not to mention the war going on that she has to be apart of! She need to learn to fight and learn about more sympathy for others. It’s hard considering what type of family she grew up in. 

"Um...we have company guys..."

I looked behind and see about ten Hikapie surrounding us. does these attacks ever end! Come on let's attack and get it over with. I got to attack but there is more the I thought. Shit. I keep trying to kill them but it does little to no good. We finally give in so tired unable to fight anymore. We are captured by the Hikapie. 

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I slowly awaken on the cold hard dungeon floor with little hay under me, with my body aching, I could tell my wound had reopened I’ll just have to deal with it. I was chained to the wall. I tried to use my magic to get out but it wouldn’t work. My guess is because of the chain or this room. I was in nothing but thin linen cloth, and I had no weapon. I see a human guard walking by. I didn’t know the Hikapie used humans as guards. But lets see what can I do? Lets see. Lets search the surroundings for things that can help me. I look around the cell I see a few wood pieces laying around the room a few stones…. I get up off the hay I was laying on and keep searching the cell for useful things. I thoroughly look around the cell and I found a needle in the hay stack. Well isn’t that just ironic. And then I also found a small elastic  band. In the end I found two stones, four wooden planks, the needle, a small elastic band, and of course the hay. Mmmm, I do one more search and I find in my boot (that they apparently hadn’t thought to check, idiots) a knife. Perfect. I had an idea. Most peoples instinct would be to immediately go out an stab the guards. But I get the feeling that if I do that too suddenly then I could be in trouble, and if the guard wasn’t holding a key then who know what could happen. They our number me at least 100 to 1, and with these chains on I can’t use my magic. 

So think Katherine think! Make a plan. Ok first, I should be able to build a small scale catapult with the items I found. Since its night time now and it pretty dark I make myself a small fire with the a couple pieces of wood I found and the hay. Now, time to get to work. I worked all nigh on the project, and the small needle is hooked up to the catapult. Its not much but it should be enough to get the guards attention. When the guard go’s by then I will launch the needle hopefully gaining his attention and he will come to me  and when he comes close I’ll stab him with the knife, grab the keys and get out. Then I’ll have to find Corrine and Gavin…. But first comes first.

I wait patiently for the guard to come by and launch the needle and it finds a new home right in the guards side. “Ouch! What the hell was that!!!!” the guard screamed out in pain., “You! You! Did this!!!” The guard said as he started heading towards me. “ Oh your going to pay for that!!!”