Yippee! I'm starting to type faster! I want to have this finished before I start school on Thursday. Luck with that, huh? Read on, and I still don't own anything…
When I awoke, I was lying on cold, hard earth. My ankles were bound together by a length of coarse rope and I was clothed in nothing but a tattered and filthy pair of trousers. I was enclosed in a small showcase, approximately six feet in length and width. Three walls were made of splintering, knotted wood, while the fourth was comprised of metal bars.
I lifted my throbbing head to see a large man standing over me. "Well, well, well, awake at last, you mangy dog?"
I put my arms over my face, waiting for the attack. It came. The whip came down on my back time after time, leaving me a sobbing wreck, huddled pathetically on the floor of my cage.
Soon, the man walked away, and I looked up to make sure that I was alone. I was not.
The angel was watching me. I smiled at her, hoping that she had come to patch up the deep wounds on my back.
Of course, that would have been an act of kindness. No one was ever kind to me; she was no exception. "You monster," she snarled. "Why are you even alive? Never in my life could I have imagined something as ugly and disgusting as you could exist."
And with that, she gave me several fierce kicks. I didn't understand. I had trusted the angel! Why was she hurting me? What had I done to her?
Too weak and beaten to open my eyes, I listened as more footsteps approached. I could hear my mother screaming at me. "You beast! How could I have given birth to such a loathsome animal? Why did I not drown you at once? I hate you!"
She said more, but I could not hear the exact words. I tried to crawl away from them, begging for mercy. "Stop! Please stop! God, don't hurt me!"
"Erik! Erik, wake up! Stop! I won't hurt you. Erik, it's Christine!"
I woke up drenched in a cold sweat, screaming like a madman. Hearing the voice of the angel- what had she called herself?- Christine?- I threw my arms around her neck and wept into her shoulder.
Hi… Yeah, I know it's exceedingly short. I'll have more ready soon. Oh, and PLEASE keep reviewing! Thanks.