Bella

The doors opened. I stood up and walked to the window, giving up any fight there still is inside of me. Someone gave me a stale roll, passing it through the bars. I mumbled an barely audible "Thanks," and then sat down again. The person didn't say anything; just went back, closing the doors behind him, leaving me in darkness once again.

I know why they have me here. I know what they want. But I don't know what they want to do with it. I should have figured it out by now; I've been here for 4 years. But I haven't. They're all so cryptic, and don't talk to me at all. I still remember what happened when they first threw me in here.

"Where is it?" some man with a very scary-sounding voice asked me.

"Where is what?" I replied, to scared to say anything threatening.

"La magia del litorale della luna," he said in Italian, but I understood. "Where is it?"

I know exactly what he's talking about. La magia del litorale della luna. La magia de Luna de la costa. In plain english, The Moon Coast Magic. It's some of most powerful magic in the world, and I am one of the only direct decendants of the last one of the Island who had the power to control it. But I act like I don't know what he's talking about.

"The what?"

"The Magic of the Moon Island! Where is it?"

"I don't know what your talking about." He groaned in exasperation.

"You have one last chance to tell me where it is or I will personally tear you apart limb from limb and feed you to the rats!" This was a rather serious threat, but I took an oath that I would never reveal the location of the Power to anyone but the next direct decendant, so I said, "I don't know," and burst into tears.

Whoever it was left after that, but always came back to see if I had changed my mind and decided I would tell him. But I never did. He came back every month on the same date, but never got anything out of me.

I was 13 when they took me away. It's been 4 years. I'm was really starting to get tired of this.

I fell asleep. When I wake up, he's there, ready to ask me the same questions he does every month.

"Ah, Bella. You've decided to join us," he said.

I sighed. "Hello, Caius." I said, like this is an old joke told too much.

"Well, shall we get on with it?"

"Might as well. But you and I both know what my answer will be."

"Actually, I'm changing that."

I looked up in surprise. "Changing what?" I asked, hesitant.

"Changing the way you answer." Caius snaped his fingers, and right on cue, one of them came in. He gives Caius a wristband."Here." Caius sliped it through the bars. It lands on the ground a few feet in front of me. "Well?" Caius asks. I picked it up, but didn't put it on.

"Why?" I asked, completely bewildered.

"Just put it on," Caius said, obviously very tired of this. I did as he tells me, slipping it on to my right wrist. "Let's start now, shall we?" I nodded.

"Where is it?" the same question that has been asked to me every month for 4 years. I amy standard answer.

"I don't know."

Suddenly, it felt like I stuck my finger into a wall outlet. My entire body is electrocuted. I shrieked out in agony. It seemed to go on forever...until it finally stops. I breathed heavily, and could barely move.

"Shall we try that again?" Caius asked, and obviously knows what just happened. I couldn't see him but I could tell he was smiling.

"What?" I gasped.

"I know your lying, and therefore, I shocked you. Really, Bella, it's not rocket science."

"How?"

"The wristband."

I reached to take it off, but before I even got my hand within inches of it, I got shocked again, more powerul than the last and goes on longer. I could feel my consciousness slipping, but struggleed to hold on.

"Why?"

"I'm pretty sure I'm the one who's supposed to be asking the questions."

"Why?"

I heard Caius sigh. "Because I know you're lying. Now, let's try again. Where is it?"

"I don't know."

Once again, more powerful and longer. Reality is harder to hold on to, but I made it.

"You know what?" Caius asked me, but he didn't wait for an answer. "I'm just going to leave."

I heard the doors open, right before the shocking comes on again. This time probably the most powerful it can be. I don't know how long it goes on, but I blacked out after a few more minutes.