"It's about time you finally woke up"
Linda looked up at the voice who spoke. Gold tinted eyes burned with a fierce fire as she stared into the shadows that surrounded her.
"You're a wolf right? I assumed you were anyway…" a male voice spoke again. "That's the only reason I could think a girl like you could end up in these prison walls."
"W-wolf?" Linda muttered in a soft nervous voice to soft to be heard. 'W-what do I say…What do I say?' her thoughts raced. The throbbing in her head wasn't helping the thought process either. A change suddenly came over her causing her to finally start thinking straight though it was more like someone else telling her what to say. "What does it matter to you?" she growled defiantly. She spat at the boy's feet in a sudden wave of anger.
Her eyes seemed to glow in the dark causing an eerie glint as they caught the red moon that shone into the prison as she spoke. She could feel fangs growing in her mouth. In the far recesses of her mind a voice shouted for her to get a hold of herself but it was ignored.
A shiver ran through his spine as he looked at her glimmering glare but he took a deep breath to steady himself. "I was just checking so this way it doesn't look like I'm assuming anything" he said stepped out of the shadows revealing a young boy no older than herself. He was clothed in overly formal red garments that looked foolish on him. His dirty blonde hair was a mess atop his head and he had simple brown eyes.
"I'm Chris by the way ." He looked at her closely. She was attractive though she looked horribly dangerous and animalistic. Her hair was brown with a slight wave to it and her figure was petit. Her clothing baffled him though since he had never seen the likes of it before. Blue ripped pants made out of a strange material and a black short sleeved shirt with unique designs unknown to him. Even chained to the wall as she was and her feral appearance she looked striking with an air of bold defiance.
"M-my name is…" she paused uncertainly her voice becoming soft and unsure before she made up her mind. Her eyes fell back to their original hazel coloring and the wildness that had seized her relented almost as quickly as it had come. "Linda"
Chris blinked surprised by the sudden change. She seemed almost timid and frightened. Her eyes were stunning in their original color. "Linda, nice name." He smiled charmingly.
A sudden bang rang through the entire dungeon. Chris's head whipped up his eyes wide. "O no" he looked back at Linda "I got to go. Don't tell her I was here please." He took one more glance down the dark hall and disappeared out of Linda's sight.
Confusion filled her as she wondered who "she" was that Chris had spoken of. A steady clicking filled the hall and cells. An immediate dread filled her heart. Linda watched as the shadows began to scatter towards the right of the cell. A fire danced its way illuminating the hall with its orange glow. Even the tainted red light that filtered through the window above her seemed to flee before the coming person.
A woman came into Linda's view dressed in a silken crimson cloak that fluttered about her ankles as she walked to stand before the bars of Linda's imprisonment. A cruel smirk adorned her pale face, a pile of golden curls fell around her head.
"So you finally woke up. It took you a full day to come around." Well at least Linda now knew how long she had been in these cell walls. The woman's blue eyes were cold as ice staring at the wolf before her. "I'm Queen Red Riding Hood, ruler of the second kingdom"
"What do you want with me." Linda spoke with a hard tone.
"At the moment…nothing, but you will help me later. As for right now I need to keep you here so you don't get in the way." Queen Riding Hood smiled more maliciously.
Linda growled softly "At least tell me where my father is."
"That mangy Wolf, I told my guards to do with him as they please. I wouldn't hold much hope for him." Riding Hood chuckled at the crestfallen look Linda immediately aquirred.
'He cant be dead' her mind screamed in aguish. Her eyes paled with apathy.
"I'll leave alone now." Queen Riding Hood turned and walked down the corridor of the prison. The firelight and clicking of her heels followed the queen as she left the young wolf in the depressing shadows of her cage.
Wolf burst through the castle doors without a single glance at the guards as the hollered for him to stop. 'I have to find Virginia' his thoughts repeated that as he followed her scent through the corridors of the castle. He turned a sharp corner suddenly colliding with person he had been looking for.
"Oh Virginia…" Wolf panted desperately as he moved off of her.
"Wolf, where have you been and where is Linda! You both were supposed to be back here at sunrise at least. I've been worried sick and with what Wendell just told me last night! I'll have you both strung up by your tails!" Virginia yelled as she picked herself off of the ground.
"Virginia please listen to me for a moment. I think something has happened to Linda"
"LINDA! What happened to her, what's going on?" Virginia fell into complete panic.
"Something happened last night but it's a little foggy, but when I woke up I was tied in the middle of a field that was on fire." Wolf panted.
"Is she alright?" Worry was written clearly across her face as horrible images flashed before her.
"Yes. It's a wolf's intuition but I'm almost sure she's still alive at least."
"Wolf what do we do?" she broke down in her husbands arms. Tears fell freely from her eyes.
"We have to find her."