3mths later
Alyssa was just falling asleep when the doors opened and some guards came in dragging a prisoner between them. Automatically she move away from the guards and attempted to hide herself. As they came closer Alyssa could see the young man they dragged and she gave a small sob of fear. One of the guards hears this and with a big smile they chained the man up next to Alyssa. Alyssa watched as the guards kicked the man and wondered what he had done to anger them so much.
When the young man woke up Alyssa was sitting as far from him as possible, her arms were around her knees, her head was hunched over and she looked very pitiful. He had to admit he was curious how could anyone who looked so out-of-place in a dungeon be in one "So what's a pretty girl like you doing here?" when she doesn't answer he tries a different tactic "I was thrown in here for assisting Robin Hood,but he feeds me better than the Sheriff" this has a different effect on the girl she is so angry he wished he hadn't spoken.
Alyssa couldn't believe it she had to sit next to one of very men whose fault it was that she was here and he was joking about it. Didn't he know he had destroyed her life? Alyssa decided she would tell him just what she tought about that "If it weren't for your fathers then I wouldn't live in this dungeon, I wouldn't have been forced to watch my Aunt and Uncle die. I've been here for ten years and I had to be taught to walk again. This is your castle, you're an outlaw so get me out!"
The prisoner listens to this with shock, she had lived here nearly all her life? but who told her outlaws killed her Aunt and Uncle? Someone had fed her lies and he had a pretty good guess of who it was. If it was the sheriff feeding her the lies and she was in his castle who killed her Aunt and Uncle? "Did the outlaws carry shields?"
"Yes, but what has that got to do with it?"
"Outlaws don't own castles, they live in the woods away from everyone. None of the outlaws I know had fathers that were outlaws. And only soldiers carry shields."
Alyssa is confused now, what the man said made sense but it went against everything she ever believed in. She turned away from him to think thing through.
When the Sheriff walked in it was all the prisoner could do not to gasp. He believed the Sheriff had come for him and was surprised when he walked up to the girl instead. Watching closely he saw she didn't flinch away from the sheriff the way she flinched from him and he felt a deep pain in his heart that he tried to dismiss.
The Sheriff walked next to Alyssa and admired how fast she had learned to walk. She was nearly ready to be the bait to lure Maid Marian. The Sheriff looked at Alyssa, she hadn't asked about what had happened outside the dungeon and he wondered what was up. "Alyssa is something bothering you?" she looks up at him "Are you an outlaw?" What kind of question is that the sheriff asks himself and he laughs "Of course not, why would you think that?"
"but if you're not an outlaw and I'm a prisoner in the castle of outlaws, then why are you walking around in fancy clothes with guards bowing to you like you own the place?" The sheriff stopped walking how was he to get out of this? He had trapped himself in his own lie. All he could see was red"You've been talking to that outlaw, those people can't be trusted" then he hit her.
Tears prickled Alyssa's eyes and her face stung, moving so fast the guards couldn't catch her she turned and ran back to the dungeon. Behind her she could hear the Sheriff cursing and the other prisoner was looking at her funny. It wasn't to long before the Sheriff came and stood in front of where Alyssa was standing.
The prisoner watched in horror as the Sheriff walked up to the girl and hit her "If it weren't for who you are then you would be killed now" he yelled at her and hit her again"I do all this nice stuff for you and you go and talk to outlaws." the sheriff hit her again and again and the prisoner watched to worried about the girl to wonder over what the Sheriff was saying. Roughly the Sheriff chained the girl up and she did nothing he kicked her, her head hit the wall with a big crack. The Sheriff spits on her "Your going to regret what you said. When the Sheriff left the prisoner crawled over to the girl there was a lot of blood but she was still breathing.
Alyssa's head hurt where it had hit the wall and her face stung when she woke up. Somehow she was really close to the outlaw and she move away as fast as she could with chains on this.
Seeing that she was awake the outlaw grinned in relief "Well you took your time waking up. Nice showdown with the Sheriff but why didn't you run out of the dungeons instead of back to them?"
Alyssa spoke slowly she didn't want to trust anyone again but she felt compelled to answer "The dungeon is my home, I've seen what happens to those that escape and even if I manage to leave then where would I go?" Alyssa was sure the outlaw grinned at that and she felt slightly offended. The outlaw spoke "Well you could always go to the forest and live like Royalty." Alyssa laughed and winced the outlaw was very likeable but she knew nothing of him.
The outlaw noticed her wince and felt sorry for her. He didn't expect her to reply but she did "If I'm going to be royal then I need to know your name, I'm Alyssa," Alyssa was a pretty name the outlaw thought to himself and laughed "Alyssa's a pretty name, Queen Alyssa and King Will has a nice ring to it." The outlaw liked saying their names together and he kept saying them over in his head until he fell asleep.
When Alyssa woke up the maid was bringing in food and her heart sank when she saw there was only one tray. So the Sheriff was still anger with her and she tried to ignore the pain as I watched Will eat pretending not to care. "Alyssa where's your food?" and Alyssa looks up startled "I ate it." she says trying for a joke but when Will replies he is serious "Alyssa this not a joke if you weren't given any food you can have some of mine." Alyssa is about to say yes when her head suddenly hurts and she remembers the Sheriff and she doesn't want Will to get hurt so she refuses "Will don't worry about it you barely know me and it could get you into trouble" but he still gives her some bread and she still takes it.
The Sheriff marches into the room with a bunch of guards and they drag Will away to be tortured. Alyssa he notices is sitting far from Will and is shaking, whether from cold or fear he doesn't care. He walks up to her leans in and stroke her face enjoying the fear in her eyes as he whispers "Talking to that outlaw was a bad idea" Then he's gone and I am left alone.
