Arianna Price, was a small girl with honey brown hair, she had a mother, a father, and a three year old sister: Emily. She lived on a farm on the outskirts of a large town in England. Her parents were business people, and her sister and herself were baby-sat by a thirteen year old named, Mina Anio.
All Arianna knew about her baby-sitter was that she loved volleyball, boys, and she was a Libra. Mina also moved to England when she was like two from Japan.
Not that long ago, Ari began noticing Mina disappearing then coming back almost breathless. Also that a new cat she acquired, Artemis, kept making funny noises like he was trying to talk, and Mina stops herself from answering...
Mina had a volleyball game and had to baby sit the Price sisters. The three girls walked to Mina's Junior High-school and into the large gymnasium. Mina put the toddler, Emily, down and smiled at the two.
"Alright, it's game time." she winked and slung her changing bag to her shoulder.
"Good luck, Mina." Arianna smiled hugging Mina around the waist.
"Thanks, Ari." she patted the girl's head. "Emily you stay with Arianna, if you need me ask my coach, okay?" Mina told the youngest.
"'Kay." Emily said, her freckled face shone happily.
"Great." Mina skipped to the change room to get ready for her volleyball game.
Ari and her sister sat on a lower bleacher ready to watch their baby-sitter play.
At the end, Mina came to take them home.
That night Arianna read a Sailor V comic book to her sister before she was tucked into bed. After rereading the entire comic to herself, Ari went outside to say good night to the ponies and cats they had in the barn.
After petting one of the calico barn cats, she left to go back inside. Reaching the end of the fence she stopped to look at her shadow which was growing. She turned around to a high pitched whistling light and before she could scream, she disappeared with the light.
Her parents came looking for her later in the night and found nothing. The next morning they called the police, and when Mina came to get them she was turned around without much of an explanation.
A hand gripped Arianna's chin roughly. She looked into young but fierce hazel eyes. "Chain her up."
Tired and sore she yanked her face away from his grip. Two other figures attached metal cuffs to her wrists, and raised her up to the height of her captor. Her feet dangled helplessly and being too tired her head went limp to her chest.
Waking up again, feeling more alert, Arianna looked around.
"How are you feeling?" the first man asked.
Arianna didn't say anything at first, but soon asked weakly: "What do you want with me?"
"You will find out when you do, or maybe sooner. Who knows." he said in a mellow tone.
They left her hanging for the rest of the day, without food nor water. The next day they started to drain her energy.
Ari screamed in terror, when they stopped she cried out: "Why are you doing this to me?"
"Well you have the power we need. Slowly and painfully we will take it. I know it's fairly unnecessary, but we like to see our captives in pain." said one of the men she didn't know.
Ari sniffled, but stayed quiet.
They left her on the wall with little food and continued to drain her for a long time. The days dragged on and Arianna wished for death to take her quick. The next day a strong wind came and attacked the three evil captors. Arianna fell from the chains and soon felt herself being picked up and carried away.
The eight year old opened her sore eyes to a dimly lit room. Getting up slowly she looked around the room, seeing no one she relaxed, knowing that she was safe for a bit longer. Dosing off again, her rescuer walked in and smiled seeing the little girl was fine.
Arianna woke up fully and took a good look at her surroundings. It was still dimly lit, but yet the room looked cozy with a bit of dreariness to it. Dark maroon curtains by the windows, and dark green wall paper by the looks of it, and the bed was dark coloured like the night sky with little white star shaped dots all over the comforter. She sat there happily in the warm room feeling very safe, not wanting to leave. She soon began wandering the room out of curiousity sake, looking at things more closely. When she reached a huge bronze full length mirror she gasped. Staring back at her was a wretched child; pale in the scarcely lit room, with dull limp brown hair, slightly sunken-in eyes, and pale grey eyes. Arianna touched her face and her thin figure, as did the reflection, she touched the mirror and the image's hand reached for hers but did not touch.
Her savior walked in to see the small child staring at her full-length mirror in fright. She walked over and placed a comforting hand on the child's shoulder.
"Everything is alright now, little one." she said in a soft voice.
The child flinched but turned to face the woman. The woman bent her tall figure to the child's level and smiled a small smile.
The child wrapped her arms around the lady and whispered, "Can I go home now?"