Chapter 1:

Lucy's POV

I sit here, locked in a tower. This may seem like a fairy tale story, but it's more like a horror flick.

I look through the bars of the window to the fields of bushes and flowers below, being cared for by caretakers. Meanwhile, I sit in here, the only light coming from this small window. I haven't eaten in days... maybe even a week. I'm incredibly thirsty and haven't had a drink of water for as long as I haven't eaten.

I'm beginning to become sick. My red hair started falling out in clumps yesterday. I feel hot and cold at the same time. I'm in pain all the time. I think I have, what the guards call it, prison fever. I'll die, without proper medical care, in a week.

I've been jailed for a month. He reason: I tried to run away. I'm a servent who tried to escape by jumping into the lake. It was a poor choice, because I was caught as soon as I escaped. Now I sit here, freezing in my ragged dress in the harsh January temperatures that drop to -15 some nights, just waiting for death to come.

Ever since our wicked king came into rule, about 10 years ago, I've been a slave. I'll be turning 21 next month. But I won't live to see it.

I always be lived in fairy tales, like my mother told me when I was young, before all this happened, that knights would rescue princesses in tall towers and take them away to live in castles.

But I don't think that will ever happen.

Suddenly, one night I hear he sound of firecrackers. Then I hear the heavy keys to my door open. It's a soilder.

"The rebellion is coming." he says to me. I can see the dagger in his hand. "And just in case you try to escape..."

Within seconds, I feel pain in my arm as blood seeps into my sleeve and pins me to the bed. Another soilder approches the doorway and throws another prisoner in. He slams against the wall.

"Don't even think of escaping you two." the guard says, shutting the door. I turn my head to look at the prisoner next to me. He's a man with red hair and a beard, as well as a black t shirt, jeans, and sneakers. A chain with a gold Z is around his neck. He gets up and looks at me. Then he moves over to help me.

"Don't go any closer!" I yell weakly. "I'm dying! I'm sick!"

"I'm dying too. So it wouldn't hurt to hurry it up." the man tells me. "Anyway, this rebellion will break you out. That's why they're coming. For me." Then he removes the dagger from my arm.

"You're part of the rebellion?" I ask.

"Yeah." He responds. "I see you have prison fever. Not to mention dehydration, malnourishment, and that stab wound in your left arm."

"If I get better... can I join?" I ask.

"You? You look worse than a decomposing donkey."

"I can fight. And I'm smart."

"We'll see when you're better."

"So... what's your name?"

"Max."

"Max... are you scared?"

A pause.

"Yeah... I'm scared."

Jin's POV

"Hurry up! This liberation needs to happen fast!" Sky whispers to us.

I clench my sword in my hand. My "rebellion mates"- Sky, Aphmau, Red, Barney, Ross, and Shubble- and I are out to liberate Max.

"Now, we get in, get out. Red, you and Shubble wait with the horses. Everyone else, take my lead." Sky tells the team. "Barney, set off the que."

Then, Barney sets off a firework.

Let the liberation begin.

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Til next time, this is Summer saying Sayanora!