It all happened so fast.
"Let me out, please! I'm scared… Daddy!"
One moment, I was transfixed by my daughter's pleading voice calling for help and lifting the latch and the next, I was engulfed in chaos and blackness. I couldn't even register what was happening, other than knowing that I had made a mistake.
A terrible, unforgivable, fatal mistake. I had led the Fearlings into discovering my own weakness; I had freed them from their prison where they should belong for eternity; I had led them to my own complete and utter destruction. I could no longer hear her voice; it was replaced by sounds I couldn't identify, sounds of pure evil.
From far away, I could hear a voice shouting, "General Pitchiner's in trouble! Come quick!" I guessed that the racket made by the Fearling bursting out of the prison alerted them that something was wrong. Help was coming. But the Fearlings' victory was even closer.
I screamed in agony, feeling everything inside me get drained – my thoughts, memories, and energy. As I fell to the ground, the silver locket I had held so tightly a few seconds ago escaped from my clutch and dropped, the front side facing me. As I laid on my side while the Fearlings entered my soul one by one, I spent the last few seconds I had left as a mortal staring at the photo inside, at my daughter's smiling, glowing face. My one and only precious daughter.
I will never be able to see her again.
A/N:
Some drabbles that had actually happened before and during the movie written entirely from Pitch's point of view? Why not?
This. Is. Freaking. Short. But most prologues are like that, aren't they?
Next chapter is coming up in a few hours. Can you stand the suspense for that long? X) Thanks for reading!
P.S.: I just need a confirmation. Is Pitch's daughter named Katherine?
