Found and Saved

The interview

We look up at the building. Lights are coming out from underneath the door and through the windows. We hear a man talking inside and he he sounded like a talk show host. The men open the doors and lights flash onto our face. They push us in and I look to only realize that we are backstage. The talk show host looks at us through the curtains and then goes back to talking to the audience.

"So now you have met all the boys of the mating games, news just arrived...the girls have come. In just a moment we will interview the girls to get to know them better." He says to the audience.

The audience claps and the cheers die down as the men push us further into the building. They push us into another room with some more make up artists. Seriously...what's with all the pushing? Anyways the make up artists fix our make up, clean the dirt off us and fix our hair. When we are done they tell us to get into groups of two. Melody goes with Jade, Brianna goes with Isabella and Hannah stays with me. They push us backstage (again with the pushing) and the host sees us. He makes some weird surprised face and yet again turns back to the audience.

"Ladies and gentlemen...the lovely ladies have arrived and might I say...they look fabulous. Please would the first pair of girls came up onto the stage please? He asks.

They lead Melody and Jade out first. They both look back at me and I nod, everything will be ok I mouthed. They look back in front of them and pass the curtains. Once they reveal themselves, the audience roars with applause, hoots and hollers with a few whistles here and there. The girls both sit down in front of the host in the chairs that were set up. The show host asked their names, where they came from and a whole bunch more. Melody, being the girl that I've come to know, answered all the questions with a really bitchy attitude. All the other girls laughed at her responses. Jade was the smart ass of the interview.

"So Jade...how do you feel about being a part of the mating games?" The host asks her.
"Well...like any other fucking teenager in the world who gets kidnapped, dragged to an interview and forced to be a part of this shitty game. So I'm doing great, just great." She says with sarcasm seeping through.

Us girls backstage were laughing so much we were crying. The hosts' face was so pissed off, he was trying not to show it but it wasn't working. So when the girls got off the stage and came backstage we all gave them a high-five. Next was Brianna and Isabella. Brianna would not stop laughing and giggling every time the host asked her a question. He was getting really mad. Isabella kept turning as red as a tomato and couldn't answer a question without stuttering or blushing. The host did and called up the next two girls. They answered the questions, then other girls went and this was going on for about 10 minutes until he called up the last two girl...Hannah and I. We get out from the curtains and the lights hit our eyes. Hannah looks up at me and grabs my hand, I smile and we go sit down on the chairs. Hannah sat on my lap instead of sitting on the other chair, the whole crowd awed. Hannah blushed and hid her face in my shoulder. The crowd awed again. I laughed at her shyness, she's only about 9-10 years old. The host laughed too and then started to ask the questions.

"So what's your name?" He asked me.
"Loralie. Loralie Bane." I respond.
"And her?" He asks pointing at Hannah.
"This is Hannah. Do you want to say hi Hannah?" I ask her. She shakes her head no and I laugh.
"Is she your sister?" He asks raising an eyebrow.
"No she isn't. I guess I consider her as my little sister but no she isn't blood related to me." I say looking at her.

She lifts up her head and looks at me in the eyes, smiles and gives me a hug. The crowd awed again at her cute gesture. I hugged her back, then she turned around to look at the host, who went on his knees to talk to her.

"Do you consider Loralie as your sister Hannah?" He asks her.
"Yes I do. She protected me and helps me fall asleep at night by singing. She promised me she would never leave me and she has kept her promise, so to me...she's my sister." She said smiling.

The host and crowd awed.

"Ok Loralie, Hannah...do you guys know what the whole point of the mating games is?" He asked.
"No we don't." I answer truthfully.
"Ok so the basic this is that the games are for unmated to find their mate. We invite a whole bunch of girls, or as Jade put it..."kidnapping" into an arena with the same amount of boy wolves to see if it is their mate. If it's not then you come back the next week and try again." He answers.

I raise my eyes brows and look at Hannah, her eyes are growing wide too. The host says goodbye to the audience and we all exit the stage. The guards guide us to our one room like we requested and the whole time...we stayed in silence. Once we got to the room we all walked in and the door closed. We hear a *click* meaning they locked it and hear footsteps leading away. We reform our previous sleeping positions and try to all fall asleep, afraid of what will happen the next day. I look at all the girls' faces but they can't seem to fall asleep so I decide to sing the song my aunt would sing to me if I couldn't fall asleep at night.
**play song now from beginning**

🎶"Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes. But it is the only thing that I know.
When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes. It is the only thing that makes us feel alive.🎶

I start signing the song and all the girls smile and watch me sing. Some close their eyes and go to sleep.

🎶"We keep this love in a photograph, we made these memories for ourselves. When our eyes are never closing, hearts are never broken, times forever frozen still."🎶

Hannah turns around and lays on my lap.

"You have a beautiful signing voice." She says to me l.

I smile and continue signing until the song is over. Once I finish, I close my eyes and darkness takes over.