Hours and hours passed, as Raven sat there in shock. She sat there in a fetal position,

staring into her knees. She was in so much fear, she couldn't move.

click…click

She looked around quickly,

"Lock… Shock… Barrel… cut it out, I've had enough crap from Oogie today!"

click… click

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." a kind voice reassured in the darkness.

"Who are you?"

"My name's Alyss, I'm your new roommate."

"She yourself!"

"OK, but you're not going to like it."

Out of the shadows, a spider woman appeared. The lower half of her body looked like

the thorax of a black widow, the upper half was a girl. She had pale skin like Raven's,

but she had short snow-white hair and ruby red eyes. She looked shy and meek,

but Raven still retreated back into a corner, horror-stricken.

"Please, I know you're afraid of me, but I promise you, I won't hurt you."

"Get away from me, you freak!"

"Alright if you insist, but take this," she threw a moth-eaten linen blanket.

"It gets cold down here." she crawled into the other corner and began to sleep.

Raven tried to get comfortable, but couldn't, so she just sat there, staring at Alyss,

terrified, but intrigued. She was about to fall asleep, when Oogie came busting through

the dungeon doors, holding a girl by her neck holding her about 2 inches above the

ground. The girl had her fingers clasped around his burlap hand, trying to pry it off,

but it was no use, he was too strong. He walked towards the cage with anger in his

hollow eyes. He opened the door to the prison and threw her in. She skidded across the

floor, she was covered in blood.

"Let's hope you learned a lesson, Gwen" and he shut the door, but the girl ran to it and

tried to claw at him,

"You bastard, I'll kill you!"

"I'd love to see you try." he smirked and walked out the door.

"Ahhw, my eye." she screamed in pain the grabbed her eye, turned around and slide

down and sat on the floor. Blood was pouring from her left eye. Alyss jumped to her

legs. "Gwen, are you OK?"

"Do I look OK to you, my eye just got crushed in a game of dice! He cut me on

the ear, the leg, several times, my chest and my arm and-"

"Gwen, calm down!"

"Alright, who made him mad?" she looked over at Raven, who was staring at her in the

corner. Gwen had pretty fair skin for someone who lived in Halloween Town. She had

long, golden hair that reached down passed her back. She had lavender eye that

constantly glistened. (Except the one that was crushed, it was losing blood dramatically)

She was wearing a plum colored corset with silver ribbons. She was also wearing tight,

black shorts.

"You." She sneered.

"Gwen, I know you're angry and you've been more abused than usual, but-"

"Shut up!" and she pushed her out of the way and stoked towards Raven. She grabbed her

by the shirt collar and lifted her to her feet. Although Raven wasn't scared, she was

intimidated. Something about her just seemed powerful and aggressive. (Maybe it was

the fact that her left eye was crushed and she wasn't screaming in agony)

"Who the hell do you think you are? Don't you realize that if you make him made, we all

have to pay! What the hell did you do?"

"Kicked him in the stomach because he touched my leg."

"Well here's a little news flash for you, girl, it gets worse and you just have to deal with

it. I've been here for five years and everyday it gets worse, so get used to it, you little

bitch!" she threw her back on the ground and walked to the wall. She tapped her nails

on a couple of bricks, which opened to reveal a secret passage way. She trudged in the

brickway and the bricks closed behind her. There was a moment of silence for a while.

"Wow, 30 seconds… she must be pissed at you."