Dear Diary,

Hmmmmmm…… since this is the first time I've done something like this I guess I should give you my background and who I am. I am Iseult. I have been kidnapped by a witch who's working for a dragon. Yeah I can't believe it either. This morning I was getting up (well more like dragging myself out of bed) when this random girl with multi colored hair comes up and shoves her finger in my face. Next thing I know I'm laying in this wonderfully large bed in a tower that has no door but a window that faces the kingdom. I searched the room and I found some paper and pencil and some food and water… but nothing that could help me escape. I figured I might as well write down my story so if I die my story will live on.

Okay… my background begins in the willow village. Everyone who lives there is beautiful and tall and slim. They have long flowing hair that is of a fairer color. Their skin is pale and can only get a slight (very, very slight) tan. I am the exact opposite. First of all, I am chubby (no doubt about that) and short (only 5' 3" without shoes). Also I have very short brunette hair and eyes the color of coffee. My skin is easily tanned so I almost always have a slight tan. Yep… I'm the outsider. Ever since I could remember (which isn't too far back because I don't have the best long term memories) my mom had been cast out of the village because of me. The village thought I was a demon or a fairy folk come to destroy the villagers. Stupid Villagers. My mom didn't help matters when she told them that she had found me on her doorstep on one cold winter's eve. She wasn't completely cast out because she was the village's healer, but everyone had always suspected that she was a witch (as if). Mom was as far as a witch as you could get. Mom had taught me the ways of healing so when she died (which won't happen anytime soon) I could follow in her place. So much for that, now that I am trapped in a tower with no way out and probably going to be eaten by a dragon… that doesn't sound fun. When I was so rudely kidnapped by that witch I was on my way to gather some herbs to stock up our (me and mom's) medical supplies. And that is the end of the background and who I am… The stupid witch hasn't shown her face and I see no dragon yet… is there even a dragon or was that just a lie…

What was that?! I got to go!

Iseult Willowood