I Would Do It Again in a Heartbeat

I am sitting alone in an empty cell. This place is really depressing. It is dark and the smell is awful. There was always a risk I would end up here but it was a risk I was willing to take. I knew I would die soon but at least then this experience would be over. I only hoped that my message which reach the right person so that they could take over my task of protecting those children.

I thought that I had that covered. I had a letter well hidden on me which explained why I did what I did and I knew all prisoners went to see one of the commander's advisors to confess their crimes before they were hung. I only hoped that whoever I saw would be trustworthy enough to make sure the letter reached the commander or preferably Valek without anyone else having chance to read it.

There was a loud bang and about a dozen guards entered the dungeons. They came up to my cell and one of them ordered

"Move it rat, it is time to go."

I got up and started heading for the entrance.

"Not so quickly," the guard yelled backing away.

I was confused for a few seconds. I had seen loads of prisoners being taken from their cells and the guards always wanted them to move quicker. Then I saw the other guards had backed away as well. I realized that they were frightened of me. It was really quite amusing. Little did they know that if I was going to fight them the worst thing that they could do would be to give me extra space to move.

When we finally got out the dungeons we started moving through corridors. The sunlight was blindingly bright after being in the darkness of the dungeons for so long so I was walking along with my eyes barely open. I didn't really keep track of which direction we were moving in. I doubt it would make much difference anyway. I remembered when I first arrived at the Commander's castle. The building looked like someone had put lots of big blocks of stone haphazardly on top of other blocks. Each floor was a different shape. I thought it was a miracle the building was still standing.

We stopped outside a door with loads of locks. One of the guards knocked. When the door opened I was dragged in and chained to one of the chairs. The guards were then dismissed and I was left alone with the advisor. I looked at the man standing behind the desk. He was fairly tall with longish black curly hair. However the main thing that stood out about him was his bright blue eyes.

I sat silently studying him for a few minutes, not even realizing he was talking to me. I was stunned. I had done some research on Valek before the event had even happened so I knew to look out for bright blue eyes but this surely couldn't be him. If it was then he had just made my job of getting the letter to him much easier.