Author's note: Updates lol
Lily groaned loudly as she tilted her head back. The sound of footsteps above her sent a chill down her spine.
Lily blinked twice and looked around. Her place was still the same. There was a sound of water running above her for a while that suddenly stopped. Lily knew she would appear at some point and she cringed at what torture she would suffer from.
At first, she screamed her heart out. She yelled, she cried out to the empty air hoping someone would hear her and as she drowned in her own tears. A few hours later, horrible came down to her and said that her position was currently underground. The walls nearly soundproof.
Lily looked at the smirk on her face and frowned. She never knew what the horrific girl was thinking. There was no way to get inside her head. She kept herself well guarded and always appeared to be on top of things. Haribelle's mind was a steel trap and guarded as such. She had little blind spots if any.
Lily sighed a little bit, her body had grown cold due to winter. The temperature outside dropped rapidly and it did so inside. Her body shivered on reflex in order to produce heat and keep herself warm. She heard an eerie, squeaky door whine and footsteps unravel. A shudder went down Lily's spine as her fears came back to her. There her tormentor was her presence. Harribelle flicked a switch and felt her vision become blinded.
White spots flashed in her vision as her eyes tried to adjust and there she saw the demon herself. She was as elegant as ever. Her snow white hair fell to her shoulders. Her eyes reminded lily of a frozen lake in the vast cold ocean up north. Cold and rough without a hint of mercy.
"Feeling well dear?" Harribelle asked as a smile budded onto her lips. Lily knew that there was no warmth behind that callous smile. Lily fought the urge to swear and curse at her tormentor. She bit her lip in spite. She knew that it wouldn't do her any good to lash out. If she did then the punishment would only increase.
Other than the beatings with a belt, Harribelle wasn't all that cruel. Most days, lily would be left alone to wallow in her own self pity, forced to listen to the sounds of the outside world. Birds chirping, kids playing, the occasional honk of a horn from a car passing by sputtering smog into the air. Lily frowned and looked up with a pained expression. She nodded. Harribelle fought back to contain her laughter.
"No need to lie dear. I hate liars." She said with a sharktooth grin. Lily felt her body become even tenser than before. She nodded, lip quivering from lack of water and food.
Haribelle knelt down and was face to face with lily. Lily saw the darkness in her eyes. It sent chills down her spine.
"Oh right sugar, I almost forgot." Haribelle pulled out a water bottle and lily almost lunged for it. She was sooooo thirsty. Her lips had become so dry that she depending on her saliva to keep her mouth moist.
"Say ahh…" Harribelle commanded and lily did so. She opened her mouth wide with her tongue out waiting. Haribelle tilted the water bottle sideways and water poured out from it like a broken damn. Lily moved her mouth to the most optimal spot to get the most water.
She gulped and gulped down mouthfuls of refreshing water and felt her soul itself become rejuvinated. Her body became living again, renewed to a healthier state. The last few remains fell and soon the bottle was empty. Lily thought there was more in the bottle, but harribelle wasn't that kind. She'd NEVER offer her a full body.
"All gone I'm afraid!" She said wuth a smile, "Are you feeling better?" She knelt down and tugged lily's cheeks. Lily felt herself frowning as her cheeks were played with. She felt like a child.
"Yes…" Lily whispered with her head lowered. She didn't want to look her in the eye when responding. Her fear of haribelle grew day by day.
GOOD. Lily heard those vicious words and soon felt a hot, sticking sensation on her arm. She screamed and felt another spark of pain near her ribs. Harribelle was whipping her with a belt.
"Ow...ow...you're hurting me!" lily cried out as her face grew wet with tears.
"Dear, if I wanted to hurt you I would. I only have a belt on me. If you'd like I could get the whip!" Lily cringed and moved as close to the wall as possible.
"N-No….not the whip.." Lily said through choked sobs. Wet salty tears fell down her face and towards her lips. Harribelle touched one of the tears and wiped them away. She held lily's cheek in her hand.
"There..there sweetie. Everything will be just fine!" Harribelle moved her arm back again and lashed out once again.
Eventually, Haribelle grew bored of torturing lily, whose body began to welt up and grew red in certain spots. Harribelle went back up stairs and left lily to cry in silence.
Lily sat there for nearly an hour. She tried to remember the better times before her imprisonment. The good times in school. She missed them and promised herself that if she ever managed to escape then she'd make the most out of living.
GROOOOWL~
Lily's face reddened as her stomach growled from hunger. Haribelle hadn't bothered to feed her since she woke up. She'd hope harribelle would feed her something soon. She didn't have the energy to continue without food. Lily waited in silence for haribelle to return. She didn't know what that demon would do next, but hoped it wouldn't be bad.
Lily grew tired, eyes drooping and head faltering. She fell asleep and drifted off into slumber. Unfortunately for her, she got 30 minutes of sleep before feeling the swift kick towards her face waking her. A trail of blood leaked from her nose.
"Ahhhh...Owww!" Lily squealed out loud. Harribelle smiled.
"Don't go to sleep now sugar. The fun is just beginning." Haribelle said as she pulled lily up by her hair.
OUCH...THIS HUUURTS. Lily thought as she pushed through the pain.
"Are you hungry dear?" Haribelle whispered while licking her lips. Lily couldn't deny it. Her stomach was killing her.
"Very…." Lily muttered quietly. Haribelle giggled and patted lily's back.
"Very well darling, here!" Haribelle pulled out a dead mouseboy who dangled lifelessly in her fingers.
EAT UP!