'Once a upon a time and place unknown
Lived a girl forgot and left all alone
No one knew what she could do or of this fairytale'

Probably since before the day I was born
Call it fate but I was drowned with scorn
No one tried to be on my side so I'd turn the other cheek

"Go die!"
"You're so worthless!"
"Go away you scum!"

They shouted and taunted as I sat at the corner of my cell, brown eyes clouded and unfocused. I couldn't hear a thing, I couldn't feel a thing, I couldn't do anything. I just sat. Waited. Waited for the guards to pick me up by my scarlet hair and force me to work. They finally left when the stomping of the guards reverberated down the corridor. Now, I was alone. All alone.

I can't help my feeling sad
Though I guess it ain't too bad
Calling from the setting sun
Took my hand and flew away

Why was I still alive? Were my friends back in the village okay? Were they taken here too? That's impossible. I don't recognize anyone here and I sure as hell don't want to see anyone that I know in this place. The walls were cracked and barely cleaned, cells lined the corridors with prisoners like me.

Tell me why Tell me why
No one ever tells me why
Why they hate me and despise me when I haven't done a thing
In the rain all I feel is this never ending chill
But a trillion trillion trillion years had left me freezing cold

Suddenly, one of the guards took my arm and threw me against the wall, my skull somehow managed to survive the 3rd blow of the day. The guard laughed and kicked me multiple times before getting bored and walked away. Why? Just why?! Why was I taken here?! I was a good girl back at home and did nothing to deserve this punishment. Yet, here I was, trapped in a cold cell with people who hate me.

Can I die? Can I die?
I'm just waiting 'til I die
Never dreamed a single dream so kind in my entire life
No one knew, even cared for this fleeting fairy tale
Then it slipped into seething sun and soon it sailed away

At this point in time, all of my hope had long drowned in the silence of the rain. I never had a dream, just nightmares. Nightmares of the fire that happened, nightmares of my mother getting slaughtered in front of me, nightmares of people who are dear to me dead. No one cared anyway.

All this time it bore right down to the core
All the pain had torn and left me sore
Right behind you had all this time been watching from my side

But then, there was a boy. He often watched me through his own brown eyes at the other side of the cell. We never spoke to each other since the guards were always there. The only times the guards weren't here was when the others bullied me.

Cannot look or hear or speak to me
But you did "Your name, will you tell me it please?"
I can't give and I wish I did
But I just don't have the tongue

One day, he walked up to me when the guard was gone and the bullies were asleep. "Hey! What's your name?" He asked almost cheerfully. He was around my age, I assumed, and had striking blue hair, similar to that of my red one. I opened my mouth to answer when I realised I didn't know my name. After all these cruel and painful years, I had eventually forgotten my name. The name my mom once yelled at me now drowned into the depths of my memories.

Crave a home I've never had
Though I guess it ain't too bad
"Let's just leave and go back home"
Take my hand and fly away

After that day, he would often talk to me when no one was looking. We would talk about our hometowns and how nice it was, before they came along. My days were…happier. When it was almost night time, he came along and said, "Let's just leave here. Let's go home!" The others stared at him, baffled and I did too. It was as if he grew some wings and a tail. "Are you nuts?!" I whispered, loud enough for him to hear. "I might be. But I'm sure we'll figure it out!" I trusted him enough to believe his words. For the next few days, we began to make plans.

Tell me why Tell me why
No one ever tells me why
Why you think you're just a kid when you can do so many things
On my own never known of this light leading me home
But a trillion trillion trillion years had taught me I'm alone

Every time I looked at him hack at the rocks, I always wondered how he was so positive. We were mere kids and he believed we could do anything and everything. After all this time, did he ever felt alone? No one ever spoke to him in the cells. In my case, many years of being trapped in this damned place taught me I can't rely on anyone but myself. After he came along…I might start to rely again.

"Can I try? Can I try?"
"Never know until I try"
But they'll kill you if they see you trying now to save my life
In the rain all we feel is this never ending chill
But we'll slip into the seething sun and soon we'll sail away

"You know they'd kill you if you try to escape right? Let alone help me escape." I commented when we were discussing our plans. "Never know until we try, right?" The rain hit against the cold stone of the tower, the sun almost directly above us.

Day is done now and soon the dawn will break
Play 'til we drop so that we'll never have to wake
What if this place was made of only me and you?
If just the world and everyone would all go away
If just the world and everyone would all go away

What if we had better lives? What if we were never captured? Would we still have met? Sometimes, I would think of those questions over and over again but never finding the answer. I would want the world to leave us alone. To just all go far away.

Tell me why Tell me why
A small voice will tell me why
No it's not the voice of you or I but
ALL MAN KIND
Can't resist, we'll be missed That's a lie but I insist
That we'll slip into the seething sun and soon we'll sail away

Finally, the day of escape has arrived. When we were working, we watched the guards move about. He watched closely for an opening and chance to escape. After what seemed like forever, we found and opening and quietly slipped behind the rocks, away from their view.

Tell me why Tell me why
Though you answer to me "why?"
What's your name and where're we going? But hell that's the fun of life!
In the rain I don't care just as long as you are there
Cuz a trillion trillion trillion years had left me thinking clear

The rain hadn't stopped since yesterday but I didn't care. I was going to be free from this hellhole once and for all. I was going to be free and return to my damned 'home'. I was going to be free with my only friend. After all these years, I realised that it made me be clear of my decisions. I was able to differ right from wrong. But then I realised I didn't know his name. "Hey!" I shouted after him as we ran for the boats, "What's your name?" He was about to reply when we heard angry guards chasing after us. He slowed down, grabbed my hand, and sped off once more. We finally reached the only boat on the shore and took off. We were finally free…

Tell me why Tell me dear
There's ringing in my ear

Then we slipped into the seething sun and finally sailed away