Hope

chapter 1-Her

A whimper that's what she heard escaping her lips, the sound that has almost been like a second breath to her since she stumbled upon her consciousness.

Why did it take too much force to ring a bell?

Her finger hurt from pushing a bell shaped button in hope of hearing that satisfying sound that could comfort her heart that somebody heard her call and would answer the door.

Not that she was able to hear anything beside constant wringing inside her head that seemed to be erupting from her every single cell.

Her hand flattened on the wooden door as she warily looked backward but nothing stood out in the far stretched woods except darkness.

It was a miracle that she found this small cottage in the middle of the residences of all kinds of beasts and animals in this lonesome.

A sound reached her ears from inside and she jerked her head to the door way too suddenly that a crack erupted inside her neck and then warmth followed it.

The warmth that always follows before a stinging unbearable pain.

Like all those wounds that coated her very soul which her senses were all too familiar at this point.

As no movement came from other side of the door, fear started to creep inside her head and she felt a wave of dizziness follow it as if her brain had become too weak to tolerate anymore anxiety or fear.

It all should stop now.

It needs to stop.

She will surely get what she needs from here.

But what if nobody let's her in. What if like the rest of the world the owner of this house also closes the door on her face.

No this cant happen! Where should she go? This is her last resort.

She tried to bang on the door once again but unable to bear the pain that was shooting up her arm, she let her body lean over the door, resting her head against it just to breath.

Someone would eventually open up.

I should not lose hope.

Unable to keep her legs straight anymore, her legs gave up on her like the rest of the world and she slid down on a wooden step.

Her weight too much for herself to hold. Her hands too heavy to keep holding the door. Her eyes too tired to stay open. And her heart too sick of all the beating.

Suddenly all too familiar darkness started taking a toll on her senses and she couldn't for the life of her fight it back.

Just one thing, one thing that she needed to hear before she gave in.

Torture, fight, struggle, all in one she experienced for what felt like eternity until she heard the sound of a chain being pulled out of the hook from other side of the door and she let herself fall in the abyss.

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