yes yes, I know, Another story wtf? do I ever make anyone wait more then a week between updates? nope (do i ever wait a full week between 'em even? o.o) blame my brain. stories spew from it like maple syrup from tiny Matthew in childs play. ew. anyway, the title means "stolen princess" in german. this is not non-con or under age type story. but it is rated T because kidnapping yo. and bad words 0.0! It goes through time skips and I promise eventually we get out of the teeny tiny Maddie speak. really it builds nicely I think!
Maddie was cold, she was wet, she was hungry and she was scared. Her hands and ankles were strapped together with plastic, a cloth tied over her mouth to keep her quiet, all though it was not needed, Madeline was too scared to make a sound. If Alfie were here, he'd be screaming and kicking.
It was so dark, and she felt like she was moving. She had no clue where she was, but she knew he wasn't alone. Voices were coming from near by, though they were muffled. They sounded like grown ups, but none of them sounded like Papa or Daddy…
Where was Papa? The last thing Madeline remembered before waking up in the dark place was looking for Papa. They had been out at the mall, Madeline had stopped for just a second, her six year old face lighting up at a sparkly unicorn toy in the window, when she turned to show Alfie… They were gone. She looked all around and then… Something white was in front of her face. She had taken in a breath to scream, but suddenly everything felt funny, then Madeline was very sleepy.
When she had woken up her head really hurt, her throat was sore, and her mouth tasted bad. But none of that compared to the panic she felt. Now she laid there, shaking, and whimpering from behind the fabric. She didn't like the dark...
When the lid to whatever she was in opened Madeline sobbed, the light of the garage they were in hurt so bad. She squeezed her eyes shut, tears pooling in the corners. She wanted daddy to hold her and tell her a story until she felt better, papa to stroke her hair and sing softly until she fell asleep. Instead she got large rough hands lifting her. She stayed perfectly still. not moving muscle. she was too scared…
They went inside a house, but Madeline could still see lights from behind her eyelids, so she kept them shut.
" Got her, just like you ask" came a voice close to her hurting her ears.
"Where is the other one?" this voice was slightly farther away, but loud enough to cause Madeline to sob in pain.
"Couldn't get him , was too hard to get both in one scoop. " tears ran down her cheeks
The farther voice sighed. "Fine, the other one wasn't that important anyway. Put her in the room" he was quiet for a moment before snapping "And you best not have damaged her"
The voices were kind of different. Like how papa and daddy's voices sounded different, but these voices were really really different.
Madeline dared to open her eyes a sliver, as they walked the lights got dimmer, good, she wanted to see things! She shuddered when she did, staring down at her was the very large man who carried her. He looked scary! She closed her violet eyes again and curled in on herself.
It was only moments later that she felt herself being placed on something soft and fluffy, then something cold was at her ankles. Opening her eyes again in alarm, she saw the scary man had a knife! Before she could react, he cut the plastic tie as her ankles, then moved to the one at her wrists, finally taking the cloth from around her mouth.
She shook and whimpered as the large, light haired man checked her limbs for damage. "You stay in here da? the door is locked, and you won't get far anyway. Get sleep printsessa"
Madeline didn't know what else to do. He just stood and stared at her, so she nodded. Apparently that's what he was looking for because after that he turned and left, closing the door. A final dry click told her she was stuck.
Her head hurt so badly. The room was too dark to see much, but she could feel she was on a bed. Madeline crawled up until she found pillows, sinking down she closed her heavy eyes and cried "Papa… Daddy… Alfie.." she curled in tighter on herself. Her tiny voice started singing the song papas soft voice would sing every night.
"Doucement, doucement,
Doucement s'en va le jour
Doucement, doucement
À pas de velours."
Tears were running down her face and the words were barely making it out.
"La rainette dit
Sa chanson de nuit
Et le lièvre fuit
Sans un bruit."
Sobbing, and her voice shook slightly less
"Doucement, doucement,
Doucement s'en va le jour
Doucement, doucement
À pas de velours."
Sharp intakes of breath interrupted, but she started to feel so tired..
"Dans le creux des nids
Les oiseaux blottis
Se sont endormis
Bonne nuit."
She muttered out the last line of the song, drifting off into slumber.
Madeline was woken early the next morning, a lady stood by her bed with a smile. Well… not quite a lady, she still looked too young, she looked like a teenager. Her hair was short, a reddish colour, like caramels, it had a pretty blue bow tied in the side . Her eyes were big and green just like daddies and she had on a pretty pink dress that had white lace around the edges..
If Madeline wasn't terrified and upset she would have been excited by the pretty, big girl in the room.
"Good morning" the girl offered with a smile "I'm here to help you get dressed Prinzessin"
"I want mon Papa and my Daddy" was all Madeline could manage as she cowered under the blankets.
The girl gave her a sad smile. it was at this point that Madeline looked around the room. Everything was white with light pink and lilac frills, the bed she was in was huge, fluffy and grand looking. She was lost in a sea of pink silk sheets, her quilt was fluffy and white, a squeeze told her it was goose down like her one at home, there were flowers and hearts embroidered all over it. She swallowed hard, the sheets would be all dirty now… Madeline was still in her clothing from yesterday, and she had had an accident while she slept in the dark place. Tears welled in her eyes and she started crying.
The bed dipped next to her and she flinched as a hand touched her shoulder. "Come now little one… Let us get you bathed and dressed okay?" the girl was nice…She wasn't like the scary looking man last night. Madeline didn't have many options at the moment so she decided to trust her. A tiny nod of her head and the sniffling little girl took the teenagers hand, "What's your name?" Madeline asked, her voice barely a whisper
The girl smiled kindly "My name is Erika."
"I'm Madeline, but my brother called me Maddie.." Madeline volunteered as she hopped down from the bed. Erika gave her a sad look, but then sighed and smiled softly "Well, I think" she tapped Madeline's nose softly "I'm going to keep calling you Prinzessin okay?" Madeline was confused, but she said nothing as the girl lead her to a bathroom off of the pretty room she slept in.
Erika turned turned on the water and knelt on the floor turning to Madeline. "Now, I think we should get you out of those yes? Turn around." Madeline hesitated but turned. Practiced fingers undid the little buttons of the purple dress Madeline had on. Daddy had brought it for her from his last trip to England. She was so excited to wear it, and now it was ruined. Tears sprang to her eyes again, she wanted her Daddy…
Erika shuffled the dress down and helped the girl out of the rest of her soiled clothing, then she made quick work of taking the ties out of her messy pigtails before lifting her into the warm water.
Erika worked in silence, scrubbing away the grime of the previous day. All the while Madeline sobbed, her tiny voice started singing again to calm herself. This time it was one Papa would sing to help cheer her up if she got hurt. It always made her laugh to think of the three silly rabbits in the song
"Au clair de la lune
Trois petits lapins
Qui mangeaient des prunes
Comm' trois p'tits coquins
La pipe à la bouche
Le verre à la main
En disant "Mesdames,
Versez-nous du vin.
Tout plein,
Jusqu'à demain
Matin."
She finished and there was no laughter… Madeline sniffled. Papa always called daddy Mon Lapin. Ericka smiled at her "That was very pretty Prinzessin. You have a lovely voice. Maybe I can teach you some songs in my language, would you like that?"
Madeline blinked back teared and nodded numbly.
After the bath Erika had brushed out her hair, she struggled to get the one wayward curl to sit back but soon gave up and grabbed a white head band to push Madeline's hair out of her face. After she was dressed in a pretty white dress, it was covered in pink frills and lace, the sleeves gathered just below her elbows and it fell past her knees. Her legs were covered in white tights and on her feet she wore little black shoes with the tiniest of heels, just like ladies wore.
"There you are Prinzessin, you look perfect." they stood in front of a mirror and Madeline looked over herself. She looked like on of her little dolls. looking up at Erika with a confused glance she was about to ask why she was all dressed up when her tummy rumbled loudly
"Oh dear, you have a dragon in there!" gasped erika then she giggled. "Would you like some breakfast?"
Madeline nodded. Erika took her hand and led her towards the door. Madeline froze. was the scary man out there? Were there other scary men? Where was daddy? Where was papa? She wanted Alfie! "No! Please! I'm scared!" She pulled out of Erika's hand and ran to bed, sitting on the floor next to it she brought her knees to her chest, hiding her face in them
" Come along, you'll be fine, I promise, no one will hurt you okay? " Madeline peeks up, the girl hadn't hurt her so far, she had been kind. Madeline swallowed hard, her whole tiny body shaking. "Will you come with me? Get some breakfast in you?" The big green eyes… Just like Daddy. She was really hungry… Madeline nodded meekly and put her tiny hand into Erikas.
Breakfast consisted of an egg, cold ham, some bread and fruit, she ate delicately and slowly. Erika sat across from her quietly watching. The large man from the night before had been in the hall, but Erika had quickly shuffled her past and into the kitchen. Madeline was sat at a small table, by the door stood a blonde man who looked a lot like Erika, only a grown up. He was holing a big scary black gun, and said nothing. He just watched the hall.
Erika noticed Madeline's nervous eyes and followed her gaze she smiled. " Don't worry, that's only big brother. he is there to protect us. "
Madeline's eyes went wider. Protect them from what? She examined him closer. Papa had a gun too, he had said it was for protection as well… What was everyone so afraid of?
She finished her breakfast and Erika took her by the hand once more. "You're going to meet someone very important today, okay?" Madeline nodded again, but clung a little closer to the girl. Some how Erika had become something familiar to her. Right now she would cling to any single thing she could that made her feel a little less alone.
"Will he tell me where Daddy and Papa are?"
Erika's brother huffed from behind them where he was walking. Erika shot him a look then smiled sadly back at Madeline "Yes, the master will explain everything Prinzessin" Madeline nodded, feeling a little better… Maybe she could see Alfie soon.
They came to two large doors and knocked.
the songs are both french childrens songs i found on a wedsite called mamalisa . com they have translations and sound clips so you can hear what they sound like ^.^