Emily woke very early morning, before the black sky outside had become gray… And she could not fall a sleep again. She tossed and turned in her bed, but the image of the two round red eyes and all the blood haunted her, it would not leave her.
His words that he wanted to kill her, his eyes shining with hunger, his long claws reaching for her ready to tear her body apart like he had with that doe.
And she heard the voice, the voice of a woman, like so many of the other voices she had heard around here. "He's going to kill you!" "He wanted to kill you!" "he tried to kill your father!" "Did you see him? He's a monster!" "He's killing you slowly." "Killing you!" "Killing you!" "Kill!"
Emily cried and she shook as she hid under the bed covers but nothing gave her comfort, eventually what passed for daylight at this place appeared by Emily had no wish to leave her room. She was to scared to even eat breakfast.
And so she stayed in bed, shivering and sniffing like a coward. She spend most of the day there, no one came to check on her or ask if she was okay. She didn't even sense the beast anywhere nearby.
Eventually though the hunger got to better of Emily and finally, after much debating she made her way down to the dining hall, just in time for everything to go dark again.
She did not sense the beast, and in a way that was a huge relief. But on the same note it was also unnerving, because if the beast wasn't there… There was no one.
With shaking hand Emily tried to lift a spoon to eat, but suddenly she couldn't even hit her own mouth and she spilled the soup, then she grabbed her face. She was to scared to eat!
And the reminder kept coming, Emily could swear she could now see blood dripping from the walls and the dying shriek of the doe echoed through the castle, she tried to press her hands against her ears but that only made the beasts words even louder. "Kill her!"
Emily couldn't hold back her own tears and she sniffed as she realized. She had to get away from this island no matter the cost! If she stayed for a moment longer she would go mad!
And so she ran out of the dining hall and outside the castle, there she ran down to the village and to the port with all the ships rocking on the waves. The waves out there were gruesome! They were tall as buildings and dark gray. Emily couldn't care less though, she wasn't scared of the ocean any longer. She was only scared of the things behind her so she selected a boat, the one that looked in best condition and started to prepare it.
She ripped off her skirt so it wouldn't get stuck in the boat and with her bare hands started to tie up the robes and sails the way her father had showed her long ago.
Then she pushed the boat with all her might into the ice-cold waves, already she was soaked to the bone but Emily really didn't care at all as she jumped up into the boat and aimed for the open ocean.
It didn't take long though before the waves took over and started to mercilessly throw the boat around, then it started to take in water and the mast itself broke crashing down into the ship. "ARGHHH!" Emily screamed as she was thrown back and forth, then suddenly a white light appeared before her and Emily looked up to wide-eyed look at what looked like a young woman.
Except this woman seemed to be almost floating and it was like Emily could see right through her body, the woman hair looked snow white, her face nearly the same color and she was grinning with a broad open mouth as her eyes lightened with madness. Then she reached her arms towards Emily and spoke a single word. "DIE!"
Just then the boat itself was lifted with the waves and smashed against the rocks breaking the boat into a hundred pieces and Emily was plunged into the ice cold water.
Just then Emily thought she heard a roar, a big. "NOOOO!" and a big shadow jumped from the cliff high above and down towards her. Emily though was pulled under the water, desperately she was trying to reach upwards but it was no use. The water was crushing her body and lungs, the cold cut her like needles, it was ringing for her ears and her eyes was hurting from the salt water. Only to fast did she run out of both energy and air and only weakly could Emily reach out a hand, just then a bigger hand came down and grabbed her wrist, then pulled her up to the surface where Emily could take in a deep breath of air.
The storm continued to rage and blind Emily, but she felt a strong body under hers dragging her towards the shore, and finally at the shore she was being picked up and carried back up towards the castle.
Weakly Emily looked up, but all she saw was those round red eyes and by the sight her heart seemed to stop from fright and she lost consciousness.
When Emily came to ones again, she was both warm and dry. She was wrapped in a warm blanket and was laying in her own bed. Then when it all came back to her and Emily remembered she sat up, and then she cried.
It had all been for nothing! She was trapped here, she was never going to escape! And she cried like a lost child, bawling and screaming with tears and snot streaming down her face. "WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST HAVE LET ME DROWN?!" she cried loudly.
Then a rumbling voice sounded from the shadows. "Is that how you feel?" the beast asked. "You would rather die then stay here?"
"I'm just trying to get it over with!" Emily bawled. "You were going to kill me when I got here right? You tried to kill me yesterday! I can't bear this tension!" she sobbed. "And you know what? I wish you would just get it over with already! Being at this place is not living at all! Everything is dark, cold and dead! Nothing ever changes. There is no people, no animals, no plants! Everything here is pointless! I WANT TO GO HOME!" she cried. "I'm sick of this place, i'm sick of everything about it! father!" she cried. "FATHER!"
Suddenly an item dropped down in front of Emily.
Wide-eyed Emily looked down and saw a golden ring laying by her feets, she knew this golden ring! It was the exact same one she had used to get here in the first place.
"Take it!" The beast asked. "Get out of here! Go home!"
Slowly Emily bowed down and then picked up the ring, she looked up with tears rolling down her eyes. "Why?" she asked.
"I don't want you anymore!" The beast snarled. "You entertained me for a while, the debt has been paid. NOW GO!" he shouted. "GO OR I'LL KILL YOU RIGHT NOW YOU HEAR ME?!" he shouted. "I'LL TEAR YOU LIMP FROM LIMP AND I'LL EAT YOUR GUTS! GOOOO!" he roared.
And frightened Emily sat up then she put the ring on her finger, in the next moment she was gone.
Then from the shadows came the beast himself, he stumbled towards the bed where Emily had been moments before, then he fell to his knees and he let out a big roar as tears streamed from his red eyes. He yelled, he cried and he sobbed.
"It hurts… Doesn't it?" A female voice asked from the wind.
"So much!" the beast sobbed holding a hand over his chest. "I never even knew anything could hurt like this!"
"I told you, didn't I?" The voice asked. "I told you she would hurt you, I told you the longer she stayed here the more you would suffer. If she had stayed any longer surely you would have died. Oh my poor beast." she whispered as the woman with white hair appeared, her hands that seemed to be made of mist caressed his ugly face. "I hope you learned your lesson now. If you let anyone in, they will hurt you." she said. "Not me however, i'm the only one who will never do that. I was always here, and I always will be."
And the beast bawled. "I'm so sorry!" he cried loudly. "Please forgive me!" and he roared. "MAKE IT GO AWAY!" he begged. "It hurts so much! WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH?!" he roared.
"Oh my sweet." The woman breathed then wrapped her ghostly arms around him. "Time to forget, from now on it'll be like it was always meant to be. Just you and me, together forever." she breathed deeply. "No more hurt, no more memories, no more pesky thoughts. Just you and me." she said.
And the beast nodded as he sniffed. "Don't ever let me feel like that again."
And the woman nodded. "I promise. My love."
