"You?" I said surprised and started backing up to the wall.
"Yes, I'm surprised you didn't figure it out sooner." Morgana said smirking at me. She was right I was so stupid for not seeing it sooner. Teaching me magic and even her voice sounded familiar now that I think about it.
"Well do you still want to go out to the garden?" She said smilingly, there was a calculating look in her eyes that told me not to trust her. It would be a good chance to see where I am and try and find a way to escape.
"Fine I'll go" I said not moving waiting for her to go first. She sighed and walked over to me.
"I'm going to blindfold you, so you don't know the way out of your room." She said and pulled out a scrap piece of cloth. She walked closer to me and motioned for to turn around so she could cover my eyes. I sighed but let her know that if I was to escape, I would have to figure out where I was. Once the blindfold was secured over my face and I couldn't see anything she grabbed my arm and started guiding me. We made lots of twists and turns and after the 10th turn, I gave up trying to keep them straight in my head. I was sure she was walking in circles for some of the time. Finally, I heard a door open and felt a fresh breeze hit my face. I took a deep breath and smelled the forest and flowers. I was overjoyed to be outside once more. I felt the blindfold slip off and the sunlight hit my eyes.
Blinking my eyes so I could get adjusted to the bright light. I smiled widely and looked around at the tall trees and garden that surrounded me. It held herbs of all kind and different flowers. I looked passed the garden and saw hedges in the distance blocking the rest of the view. I could always clime a tree to try and see past them.
"I'll leave you to roam the garden, the hedges which I'm sure you noticed are a maze. It's enchanted so you can't escape and will always be led back to this spot." I sighed but expected as much knowing she wouldn't let me go easy. I heard her walk away but didn't turn to see her leave I wanted to just keep looking at the world around me for the time being. Once I heard the door closed, I turned around and gasped. It was a huge castle behind me. As big as Camelot castle if not bigger. I sighed this would be harder to escape from than I originally thought. I looked around the garden once more noticing that all the flowers are in bloom, and everything is green. Magic is probably being used so I don't know what season it is or how to tell time outside the hedges. I really wish I had my magic so I could escape from here but sadly she did something so I couldn't even feel my magic.
Sighing I kicked a rock in frustration. I stated walking towards the hedges wanting to at least look through the maze. Walking into the maze I was meet with a dark feeling of dread. I could almost taste the magic in the air making me feel this way. Breathing deeply, I started walking forward pushing past the terrible feeling of dread and foreboding. I could feel sweat drip down my neck as my body was feeling the effects of the magic. Trying to take deep breaths and not hyperventilate the air felt heavy with sorrow and guilt.
The ground around me was damp, it seemed with the sorrows of the world. Even the blooming flowers seemed like they were hiding a deadly secret. I had to turn around, I simply had to. Still trying to take even breaths I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around myself trying to stop the sudden shivering that was going through my body.
"Breath, breath, breath, breath" I started saying to myself while my breaths became uneven. "Nothing can hurt me here. Nothing can hurt me here. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing"
At one point I ended up on my knees, the damp tears of the guilty seeped into my clothes that I was wearing. A sudden wind whipped through the hedges taking away any warmth that might have been there. I couldn't get my breathing under control, and I felt like a grove of full-grown oaks was on my back. I fell onto my chest not being able to handle the weight that was pressing down on me. Tears started streaming down my face and I shut my eyes tightly so I couldn't see anything. I need to breath, breath breath breath... I kept repeating that word over and over in my head as if I kept saying the word then everything would be ok. I could feel myself to start to go lightheaded.
Warmth hit my limbs in a sudden rush. As a bright light suddenly fills a dark room and chases away all shadows the warmth hit my limbs and chased away all the cold. I gasped in surprise as my energy was restored. I opened my eyes, and my surroundings hadn't changed but the warmth was still with me. The shadows where there but they didn't have the threating aura that was there before. I sat up quickly and looked around. Nothing had changed except me, the world had frozen in is frightening state, but something had pushed me to were I was suddenly unafraid of the things that lurked in the dark.
I stood up quickly and started heading back at a face pace. I may be ok right now, but I wasn't sure of how long it was going to stay. I wasn't entirely sure how I would find my way back due to my wandering when I first started. The hedges are all a couple times bigger than I was so I couldn't see any clues to where I was other than the sky up above me. Any sounds that I was hearing was from me and the wind. Overall, I was lost in this place that could crush my spirit in an instant.
The surge of energy hadn't left me but I knew it was only a matter of time before it would. I started to walk a little fast to try and escape this place. The feeling of fear was starting to creep up on me again. I forced myself to move faster as if the fear itself was a tangible thing biting at my ankles making me move even faster. I ended up running after a few seconds frantically trying to find a way out of the maze that was holding this terror. My breathing once again became uneven as I was running and panting trying to escape this dark world which I had entered. Everything was closing in to fast for me to comprehend. Everything was crashing down around me. I felt as if I had just broken a window on a pitch-black night. Not knowing where the broken glass is and being unable to see the danger all around me.
As sudden as a ray of light breaks through a stormy night I saw an opening in the hedges that lead to the place I had entered. Running faster and feeling like I was going to throw up due to the sudden increase of pressure I was putting on my body. Stumbling the last few steps, I fell right before I made it to the entrance. But the feeling of terror was starting to let up once more and I managed to drag myself to my feet and stumble out of the maze.