p style="text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongChapter 2/strong/span/p
p style="text-align: center;"strong(Skipping ahead 4 days)/strong/p
p style="text-align: center;"strongIracebeth sat on a tree stump in the middle of the woods, alone. Stayne had gotten his wish late the night before. He hated being trapped with Iracebeth, so, not having his dagger anymore to put him easily out of his misery, he starved himself to death. Iracebeth had enough sense in her to eat the non-poisonous berries she encountered while walking. When Stayne died, Iracebeth found the sharpest rock around and broke the handcuffs. She didn't want to bury him; she wanted to let him rot on the ground. All the love she once had for him had gone when he had tried to kill her. But she buried him anyway. She didn't want to come across his body while she was walking. Finally getting off of the stump, Iracebeth decided to take a small walk out of the woods. She had only walked for a few minutes when, suddenly, she heard a voice. "Hey!" it called out. Iracebeth looked around and saw a small house, and a girl looking out the window. "Who the hell is that, and what could she possibly want?" Iracebeth thought to herself. She started walking towards the house, against her better judgement. "Were you talking to me?" she snapped. "Yeah." the girl said. "I saw you walking alone. I was just gonna ask if you needed anything." "I'll have you know, I'm actually quite good at being alone. Thanks." Iracebeth said, turning away. "So am I." the girl said. Iracebeth turned to face her again. She didn't think anyone could be as lonely as she was. "Really?" Iracebeth asked. "How so?" "Well, I don't really have a lot of friends, and even my own mom doesn't spend time with me." replied the girl, sadly. Iracebeth thought about their loneliness and said, "Well, I guess we could both use some company." The girl's face lit up as she helped Iracebeth through the window. They both felt as if they might finally have a friend./strong/p
p style="text-align: center;"strong(Skipping ahead 4 days)/strong/p
p style="text-align: center;"strongIracebeth sat on a tree stump in the middle of the woods, alone. Stayne had gotten his wish late the night before. He hated being trapped with Iracebeth, so, not having his dagger anymore to put him easily out of his misery, he starved himself to death. Iracebeth had enough sense in her to eat the non-poisonous berries she encountered while walking. When Stayne died, Iracebeth found the sharpest rock around and broke the handcuffs. She didn't want to bury him; she wanted to let him rot on the ground. All the love she once had for him had gone when he had tried to kill her. But she buried him anyway. She didn't want to come across his body while she was walking. Finally getting off of the stump, Iracebeth decided to take a small walk out of the woods. She had only walked for a few minutes when, suddenly, she heard a voice. "Hey!" it called out. Iracebeth looked around and saw a small house, and a girl looking out the window. "Who the hell is that, and what could she possibly want?" Iracebeth thought to herself. She started walking towards the house, against her better judgement. "Were you talking to me?" she snapped. "Yeah." the girl said. "I saw you walking alone. I was just gonna ask if you needed anything." "I'll have you know, I'm actually quite good at being alone. Thanks." Iracebeth said, turning away. "So am I." the girl said. Iracebeth turned to face her again. She didn't think anyone could be as lonely as she was. "Really?" Iracebeth asked. "How so?" "Well, I don't really have a lot of friends, and even my own mom doesn't spend time with me." replied the girl, sadly. Iracebeth thought about their loneliness and said, "Well, I guess we could both use some company." The girl's face lit up as she helped Iracebeth through the window. They both felt as if they might finally have a friend./strong/p