A/N- Sorry this chapter took forever. Just never got to it… Well here is Chapter 4 of my story.
Captured Again
I could say that when Farid came back with the book that I kept my cool and remained quiet as a mouse… but then I would be lying. The truth is that, the second the tall Arabic boy left me, I was scared out of my mind and almost screamed when Farid came to my hiding place. Farid was jumpy too because when I screamed, he screamed… I am guessing we caught the attention of all of Ombra by now, we waited for a few seconds, and no one came. The women must be used to bloodcurdling screams in the distance at night…Well that is a comforting thought.
I looked to the sky, it was sunset and it would be dark soon. Farid gave me (now that I think about it) quite broad directions on how to escape, and left as soon as possible. He was going to the robber's camp for some unknown reason after he hid Inkdeath under his cot which looked more like a heap of cotton than a cot.
Once he left I started to follow Farid's directions. Being me, not knowing west from east, got lost very quickly and before I knew what time it was, night fell. As I was walking aimlessly through the filthy streets, I had my first encounter with a solider from Ombra. The man was young, muscular, armed, and drunk. His first look was confusion when he saw me. I tried to see what he might have seen in me; a girl walking alone, at night in her PJ's that was decorated with numerous ice-cream cones. Why I hadn't thought of my appearance before hand? I was preoccupied with other matters than my looks.
"What is your business here?" the solider slurred. I remained quiet out of shock. "Your coming with me to the castle, it is unlawful to be on the streets at night" the young man said. What in the world did he just say! Unlawful to be on the streets at night? What kind of place is this I thought. My own mind answered me. Because this is Ombra.
The solider dragged me through numerous streets, never making eye contact with me. We soon came up on a band of more soldiers. He then bound my hands and tied me to a post nearby. LIKE I WAS SOME KIND OF HORSE! This infuriated me and I struggled to get free with all my strength but, alas, I could not. All I achieved is to tighten the knots around my wrist So I decided to listen to what the solider was saying to the others about me.
"You're telling me that a girl, with magical markings on her clothing, was walking through the streets of Ombra at night?" said one man, "That's it! I am cutting you off" "She is real George! I have her bound over there" said the man who had captured. "If I come to see your imaginary person, will you quit bugging me?" George said to his mate. "Just come" said my captor. And soon I saw the two men. George was shocked that I actually existed and was speechless. "Told ya" was all my captor said. George regained his voice "Take her to the dungeon, and get rid of the witch at once"
That, my readers, is how I got stuck in the dungeons of Ombra castle. I have been in here for about a week already. Any ideas on how to escape? ... I thought not. I will have to get through this on my own.