The girl in front of me did not move a muscle but was shaking violently, even more so when I take a step closer. To be fair I look like a hideous spawn of Cthulhu and she is trapped in the dead end inside a labyrinth . However I need knowledge of the current world in order to carry out my mission so she is vital. I try to speak, but it seems my body is not in a decent condition due to the fact well…my missing vocal chords-and the obvious …no lower jaw.
“BRRRRRRGGGGG”
I look at the girl suspiciously. ‘What was that sound…Is she hungry?’
She lays on the floor forming a fetus position. Now she was in tears.
‘One problem after another with this girl, all she does is cry when a problem arises’ I casually go through my labyrinth until I found a tree out the exit of the labyryth. Using my scepter I manipulated the space inside of the tree in order for it to allow more water, nutrients enter the tree, while widening the leaves to grab more sunlight. As a result about 10-15 apples suddenly grew out and drop to the ground. I grab a couple of these and casually walked down 5 floors worth of mazes. Now that I took a look around, I see many corpses in fetus positions…’must’ve died from hungry huh’.
Once I finally reach back to the girl in the fetus position, I quietly snuck up next to her and slash the rope tying her hands and mouth. I tried speaking again, but again to no avail. I finally dropped a couple apples right in front of her.
She looked at the apples and back at me.
‘So…she still scared huh- the fact that these ungrateful peasants are still are scared of everything *sigh* I remembered I had to do everything myself. This one time I faced against demons to protect a village and in the end they only need a couple of stabs to die-Simply put I had to do everything for these ignorant people who refuse to learn to fend for themselves and instead duck in fear.’ I took a few steps back to a distance that would be considered safe. Then I sat down reading the hieroglyphics off the walls keeping myself busy. I look back at the girl a split second later to see the apples…disappear. ‘Don’t tell me you ate the stem too, that is quite… uncanny’
She stood up and as I was about to doing the same. Before I got the chance to even get up, *WOOOOOSH* she sprinted as fast a Siberian tiger away from me.
‘Does she even know the way out?’ I guess I’ll wait for her to explore around. I’m quite curious to see how she will attempt to go through 5 floors worth of mazes. As she goes to a certain direction, I on the other hand…go the correct path to the entrance. Once outside I grabbed a few more apples in case she exhausted her energy and went back to the 5th floor. At first I thought I would have trouble finder her, but…
“Huff-huff-huff” she collapsed onto the ground.
I handed her a few apples.
She looks at the apples and immediately eats it. A second later *BOMP* she collapsed on the ground and falls into a slumber.
Looking at the walls I notices streaks across the mid section ‘I see…’ so she was following the right walls that would eventually lead her way out of her. Its…certainly a way, but not efficient. I look at the torches set on some walls. Obviously these fires need air to survive so they will usually point your way to the outside. I hope she will figure it out by the time she finally escapes. In the meantime I need to wait for my body to regenerate itself…or at least my voice.
Staring back at the sleeping girl, I see she was shivering violently. I went back inside the tomb where most the treasures lay hidden and I grabbed a few silks from the East and layered it over her. Looking at her, it made me want to go to sleep. ‘I guess it couldn’t hurt’ Thus I fell asleep back into my sarcophagus.
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I hear sounds, I quickly flash awake to hear footsteps. ‘Oh its her again’ I slid open my bed to see her frantically running for a way out. ‘Oi it seems this rat has lost its way’ I opened the lid and the next moment it fell onto the ground *BOOM* the sounds echo throughout the maze.
“EEK” The girl got startled and quickly looks for a torch off the walls.
“I see you are still scared of me” I talked to myself…wait I can finally talk?
“DON’T CO-COME N-NEAR ME” she stands against the wall holding a torch in front of her like a weapon.
“Dear peasant, is that how you treat a superior who have fed you and given you warmth” While I was saying this I was clenching my teeth in hopes of trying to stay calm and not scare her. But I was honestly mad at her for not respecting the things that make her life more pleasurable. If she were given apples by a stranger-a notion of gratitude would suffice-but this insolent little peasant!!!. I felt rage weld up again.
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“EEK” She crouches at the sound of my voice.
Every minute I stay with her I felt my conscious trying to crawl back into the world of the dead to escape the logic in this world. I am done, I have waited long enough and I shall continue with my mission. I grab her chin and I say loud and clear enough to make sure it is engraved into her thick skull of hers “YOU ARE MY SLAVE WHO SHALL FOLLOW MY LEAD AND EVERY ORDER I ASK OF YOU, UNDERSTAND? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE REST OF THE PEOPLE?” I point at the corpses that lay all around the maze.
She looks up with her eyes that tremble. While at the same time tears began to fall down her cheeks.
“NOW FOLLOW!” I may have gone too far, but I shall feel no remorse for a peasant who is ungrateful for the things she takes for granted.
She follows my command without hesitation while looking at the other corpses. Eventually we hit the entrance of the labyrinth, and in order for her to not escape I put on a leash around her neck that I found conveniently lying around. “So tell me ungrateful peasant, where is your village?”
She points south of my tomb. ‘Doesn’t this direction lead to the ocean?’I got angry the next instant. I pull on her leash and with a calm voice “For your information, if we do not end up in a village. I will slice every finger of your hand. Do you understand, young lady” I gave a sarcastic smile.
Seeing this she immediately points to the opposite direction.
“My gratitude, ungrateful peasant” I smile with the same sarcastic smile. Suddenly I see dark clouds heading into our direction. ‘Bad timing dear Gods, bad timing’ I quickly find a tree and I expanded it with my scepter to make a huge umbrella and the leaves stretched all the way into the ground. I then placed down my scepter into the ground and a feint light is emitted although quite subtle.
“BRRRRRGGGG” A stomach grumbles that is sourced from the girl.
“Are you hungry?”
She quickly nods up and down.
“That’s a shame” I have fed her all this time and have given her warmth without a sign of gratitude and instead I was threaten with a torch. If she want’s food then she shall either ask me or she can wait til three more months for the forest blooms.
We waited in silence under the pouring rain til “BRRRRRRGGG” a ferocious hunger of a beast is sounded under the tree. Immediately the girl finally opens her mouth. I was quite shocked, but I knew that hunger was the best weapon, especially in war. I was awaiting her request to see if she has learned anything. Within the next minute or so I saw her mouth gape wide open AAAANNND I heard … “GIVE ME FOOD.”
…What is with that attitude? To ask for something from someone without a sense of manners? What happened to social etiquettes in this nation? Is it now nonexistent? Filled with wrath I pulled on the leash and dragged her in front of my face, “Was that an ORDER, or was that a REQUEST?!?”
“EEEK” Her eyes were filled with shock, she took a few steps and looks down with a dejected face “M-May I have some food, sir?”
What is this word ‘sir’ well never mind that. If I found out she maligned me I will send her 6 feet under. I grabbed my scepter and pointed at the tree. Using the same method as before I expanded the insides to allow more water and nutrients to enter. In about a couple minutes a huge batch of apples appears. I took one apple and took it to her.
She in reaction attempts to swipe the apple from my hands.
With my quick reaction I brought the apple higher into the air and looked down at her.
Reading my face, she replies “Th-Thank you”
Happy with the results I handed her the apple and instinctively I patted her head as if she was one of my old Siberian tigers. In response she looks at my hand and then to my face. I apologized in return for patting her head. It was silent and…a bit awkward but eventually as time passed she fell asleep on one side of the trunk and I on the other until the storm washes through.
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Author: So basically i have decided that each chapter will be about 500 words longer than the last to see if i am capable of writing a lot and which one i am comfortable at.
If you want Longer, scream it down in the comments.
P.S.- While writing this story i felt it was progressing too fast and the character development was also absurdly too fast. So comment down your opinions on the progression.