On My Mind {Suspian}

4 years

The damp wood walls contained years of wearing. A putrid smell of fish lingered and the room was lit by a single candle. The ceiling was low, with water damage and splinters everywhere.

Bang. The heavy trap door slammed behind her. Susan was trapped. She shouted for help but got no reply. However, she was determined to explore. She wondered through every drawer and shelf until she stumbled across a familiar torch. Susan flicked the switch and she began to search for her way out. Not too far away from where she found the torch, was a dark, corroding ladder leading to a hatch. Ambitiously, Susan climbed, with the torch in her pocket, and caressed her hand across until she found what felt like a brass handle.
The orange glow peeped through the cracks as she cautiously opened it. Faintly, she could hear laughter and a choir of male voices horrifically singing a tune. She poked her brown locks out into the open and slowly ascended from the square opening. To her disbelief, she could see nothing but wood, occasionally feet and sky. Where was she?

Without warning the hatched opens above her; she comes face to face with a bald-headed man wearing a sunset orange waistcoat.
"and who might you be madam?" he says abruptly before pulling her up by her coat.
"Get off me" she cries before smacking his hand and causing him to drop her onto the wood. Scarcely she jumped up and wiped her dress down. "Where am I?" she said sternly. "Who's your captain?"
He sarcastically signals her to follow him. With a roll of her eyes, she follows.

"She absolutely, insane." A husky voice announced.
"That Queen might have been worse. Although, you know to handle queens, not stars." He chuckled. "What was her name? Luc-" He stops and looks at Susan.
"I think you mean-" He laughs. "What's up, you look like you've seen a ghost." Susan's heart skipped a beat as she sees familiar long brown hair. Slowly, the figure turns around and their eyes meet. He also looked like he had seen a ghost except this one was from his past.
"Susan?"
"Hello again, Caspian."