Stuck (Venturiantale)

Alone Again

Rowan's POV

When I was pulled through the mirror I immediately realized where I was, it was the place from my nightmare. I was locked in a cage hanging from the ceiling just like in my dream. I looked around at the bleak and depressing landscape and felt a knot of nervousness in my stomach.

I was alone again.

I hadn't realized just how much the Acachalla's appearing in my living room had impacted my life until now. My new found friends were the only people I felt happy around and I finally knew what it felt like not to be lonely. But now I was alone again. Captured by who knows who and all on my lonesome.

Who knows what the others are doing. Had they discovered I was taken? Did they even notice I was gone? Were they worried about me?

I never fancied myself as the damsel in distress type, I had always taken care of myself and been my own knight in shining armor. But I couldn't see a way out of this situation and I wasn't ashamed to admit that I could use a Prince Charming right about now.

It seemed as though I could be waiting there for awhile so I set to work working on escape plans. They ranged from practical plans such as trying to pick the lock on my cage and jump to the solid rock cliff to my right, to ridiculous plans like summoning Castiel and having him grip me tight and raise me from perdition. At this point anything was possible.

My stomach rumbeled. What I wouldn't give for some funnel cake from the carnival. I decided to braid my hair to distract me from my hunger but as I ran my hands through my hair I found a bobby pin! Maybe I could use that to pick the lock!

Excited from this discovery I hurriedly tried to remember what my Uncle Tony had taught me about lock picking. He was the only family member who paid attention to me and the only friend I had for years. He always came over on holidays so that I wasn't alone and had taught me how to defend myself. He spent as much time with me as he could but he was the CEO of a big company and was busy a lot.

I was out of practice at lock picking so it took me a few tries to escape. I can't describe the joy I felt at the sound of the padlock unlocking as anything other than the joy of learning how to ride a bike. Now for the next step in my plan.

Thankfully the cliff edge wasn't overly far from my cage and I thought that if I swung it far enough I could jump. I grabbed the bars of the cage and started to swing my body weight from side to side. At the peak of my fifth swing I jumped.

As I sailed through the air towards the cliff side I started to fear that I wouldn't make it. I could picture my body slamming into the side of the cliff and falling onto the spikes below. My hands grabbed the edge of the cliff and I'm pretty sure that one or two of my ribs broke when I hit the cliff side but I still hung on. Adreneline surging, I pulled myself up onto the nice solid ground. I hugged the ground as I caught my breath, never having been so happy to be on land.

After a minute I stood up and examined my surroundings. The path I was on led further into the cavern and was lit by torches. I grabbed one off of the wall and set off down the path.

Further into Wonderland I go.

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Jordan's POV

"I'll shoot the mirror and break Rowan out!" Papa Acachalla exclaimed as he pulled his shotgun out of his coat.

"NO!" Ghost shouted as Toast pulled the shotgun out of his hands, "If we break the mirror we might not be able to get Rowan out of that dimension!"

"What dimension is she stuck in?" Issac asked.

"I'm not sure, from the looks of it it could be the Twelfth Dimension or maybe the Seventh."

"Should we take the mirror with us sir?" Toast grabbed the edge of the mirror.

Ghost nodded, "Maybe we'll be able to figure out a way to follow Rowan into the mirror or find another way into whatever Dimension she's trapped in."

I was still kneeling on the floor as Toast pulled the mirror off of the wall.

"I'll carry it." I took the mirror from Johnny's hand.

"It's heavy." Toast warned.

"I got it." I assured him, I didn't want anyone else carrying Rowan.

We hurried out of the carnival. Isaac was driving our car and I was driving Rowan's. We'd strapped the mirror into the passenger's seat.

In the short amount of time I had known Rowan I had grown extremely close to her and it scared me slightly. I usually didn't make friends this quickly. Suddenly a car turned and slammed into the passenger's side. The car flipped and as we settled to a stop I could feel blood running down my face.

I looked over to my right to find that the mirror had broken. Our only hope of finding Rowan was gone.

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I am a terrible human being.

I am so so sorry for taking so long to update and for it being so short. School starting has ruined me. I'm going to try to start uploading every Saturday/Sunday.

Also how is my characterization going? Are there any changes I should make to anyone's personality?

Hope you enjoy!