Finding Astraia

Cassandra woke to a loud, threatening banging noise that made her heart jump out of her chest, "Who is it?" she exclaimed. She then realized she was not in her home anymore. The wall surrounding her were rough and there was no light source. She realized that she was trapped inside of something- and it wasn't what she remembered it was... Her heart began to thump. She grabbed a large stone that had come loose from the wall surrounding her and began hacking at the rough surface. Suddenly, a bright beam of light shot through the wall where she had been hitting it. She had broken through! Cassandra widened the hole and crawled through. All around her, there was large brown walls rising up above her head, "Where am I?" She asked herself. The bright sky was above her. Suddenly, greif struck her. She had fallen! Her parents and family were still probably up above, looking down at her right now. Tears streamed down her face as she wept. Her home-land was above her...