Frozen in Time.

Chapter one

Where am I? I'm in a dark, musty cave. There is a grey stalactite hanging in front of me. I look around and see my tattered ice blue jeans and my torn white blouse; at least my purse is okay! My pale skin is bruised and beaten. I'm still beaten and bruised... I sigh and get up. I look behind me to see a guy. He's trapped in stone so I can't see what he looks like. I wonder how to free him. I see a cloaked guy.
"She's trying to free him!!" He says pulling out a knife.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! Let's talk about this! I'm not here for a fight!" I say.
"I don't care what you're here for, you must be destroyed!"
"Oh so either way, I'm going to have to fight you?"
"Yes."
"Okay..."
I don't have a weapon but luckily I know how to kick and throw a punch. He smiles and charges something. I stand there. Slowly a grey beam starts to form, I walk in front of the statue guy. The cloaked guy attempts to blast me with the beam but I jump behind the statue and then quickly climb onto the stalactite. There's a platform up here!! I get onto it; I look over it, I smile. The cloaked guy doesn't know where I am!! He must be dumb! I see some sharpened pieces of rock. I grab them. These are like a spear point!! If I only had a rod...no I can use it like this. I put the rocks in my purse. I jump in front of the guy. I kick him in the nuts. I punch the guy and, then taking out one of the rocks, I stab the cloaked guy eight times. I stop and look at the sharp grey rock. I sigh. This was so dangerous. I hear something cracking. I turn and see the stone guy breaking out. He has sharp black hair with several white streaks. His eyes are a frosty blue, he is wearing a pair of shorts and a tee. He collapses. I walk over to him.
"Do you need help up?" I ask bending down to help him.
"No! I got it!" He yells as he gets up. I look away. Well, isn't he a bit cold? Well, if he doesn't want to be friendly...I can be the same... and after the hell I've been through? Why shouldn't I be an asshole?
"Dude. I wasn't trying to be an ass, I was just trying to be nice...you didn't have to be an ass just because I was trying to be nice," I say, giving him a face. He looks at me and groans. I growl and ask, "you got a problem with that?"
"No! Did I say I had a problem with it?" He asks. I look away shaking my head. He moves to be in front of me. He asks, "what's your name?"
"Alexandria Lumikiki Aproxa but, please, call me Prissy."
"Okay..."
I sigh and hide my face.
"What?" He asks grumpily.
"It's nothing!!" I say.
"I'm leaving!" He announces.
"Can I come? I'm so lost!!"
"Sure..."
I sigh. We start walking.
"What's your name?" I ask, trying to hide my internal wish to cry.
"Nicholas."
"No middle or last name?"
"Not one that I'd discuss."
I sigh and say, "look if it wasn't for my creativity, you wouldn't be out of that stone thing...so at least stop treating me like I'm trash."
"Well if you weren't a girl I would've beaten the shit out of you."
I give him a face and ask, "didn't you see the cloaked guy?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Hmph, I killed him."
He rolls his eyes and asks, "oh really? And how?"
I show him the sharp grey rock that has blood on it.
"Hmph...and how did you escape the magic?"
"Magic?"
"A beam, a fire storm, and/or stuff like that."
"Oh well, I stood behind the stone you were trapped in, when I realized how slow he was, I climbed onto the stalactite and found a platform. I found the rocks and put them in my purse. I jumped down kicked his nuts, punched him a good time, and stabbed him eight times," I say, trying to not get angry at his asshole personality.
"So you literally used stealth to beat the shit out of him?"
"Yes?"
"Hmph."
"What?"
"I don't believe it."
I sigh. If I knew how he'd react I'd probably beat the shit out of him but yeah no. He sighs and we keep walking. I start to see more light enter. We must be close to the surface. We see light. I'm at first blinded but soon I realize all I see is snow and water. He takes my arm. I look at his face attempting to read what he's feeling but his face is blank too much is running through his mind. I sigh and we keep walking. I see some hoop gardens.
"Is this a farming town?"
"We mostly trade but we do grow things like dark greens, lettuce, spinach, kale, and parsley. We also grow mint. We trade that for other foods."
"Oh..."
"Yeah..."
"How long were you in that stone prison?" I ask.
"Seven," he says. I nod. He looks away.
"Favorite color?" I ask.
"Red."
"Mine is lavender."
"Cool..." he says sarcastically. I growl. He then asks, "Aproxa Huh?"
"Yeah?"
"I've heard that name before..."
"Yeah it's my dad's last name."
"Hmph...Okay..."
"What?"
"I'm just questioning whether you have magic or if you are just a human with a strangely coincidental name."
"Magic...I don't know."
"Try it...you shouldn't be affected by the demon's curse...and if you have magic it should appear."
"And how do I just wave my hand? Or do I say something?"
"Just try waving your hand it should do a basic spell."
I try it. Nothing happens.
"I guess you don't have magic."
"Okay."
I sigh. We get to a small farm. He knocks on the door seemingly praying about something. The door opens a brown haired-brown eyed guy comes out and smiles, "oh my god! Nicholas! You're alive!!"
He nods. We are dragged inside. I sit down at the farm table.
"Who is this gal?" The guy asks.
"Prissy," I interrupt.
"Okay... well I'm Noah."
"Okay..." he says then whispers to Nicholas, "what's her problem?"
Nicholas shrugs.
"Did you make her mad?" He whispers.
"No!" I say.
"You can hear me?"
"Yes."
"Okay then?"
Nicholas sighs.
"What is going on?" Noah asks.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I ask.
"Well are you two going to try and fix what the demon caused?"
"Yes!! If people are in trouble I will gladly help!" I yell. Nicholas looks at me.
"You would help me?" He asks. I nod. Noah smiles. Nicholas looks away. He gets back serious and asks, "when are we leaving?"
"Well we need food and stuff first and why don't just you and me go? You know we know our way around unlike Prissy."
"I'm right here!!!" I shout angrily.
"Sorry but like seriously. Anyways what size do you wear?"
"Petite small."
"Yeah because she's short!" Nicholas yells. I look away. They leave. Oh they are so likely to be kidnaped it isn't even funny. The fucking bastards didn't even lock the door.