Chapter 7

So far you have read the events of Michelle's capture from the point of view of those inside the house. Now you will learn what happened to Michelle from her point of view up to the point of where we left off in the recent chapter.

Michelle was being carried upside down. She was feeling dizzy from all the blood rushing to her head. She was no longer crying, or screaming. She had tried that for a few minutes before but now found no apparent reason to, for she was being carried over the forest, where there would be no inhabitants that were willing to save her.
She just stayed still. She had tried to cross her arms to keep them from flailing around but that was a lot harder to do upside down. She found that as they were going over a mountain range that the air smelt different. She gasped though, when they got over their last mountain. Not far away in the distance she could see the blue waters of the sea. She had never seen the sea before. It's enormous waves crashed against the rocky cliffs over which she now was. A harsh wind kept slapping at her face. When she was over the sea, looking into it's dark depths, she hoped to god that she wasn't going to be dropped.
It felt like about two hours when Michelle was finally being flown over land again. The land looked different, more barren. Not as many forests or foliage. The land mostly consisted of plains.
Michelle was finally being held upright, because when they got over the water, the vampire noticed how red Michelle's face was and how she was beginning to drift in and out of consciousness. The vampire had been told to keep the girl healthy. She was to be used as trading, and if she died or was ill she would be of no use.
It was cloudy here. The sun rarely peaked out of the clouds and when it did the vampire lifted into a shadow of a nearby cloud. Only about five minutes in of being over land, Michelle could see a town below her. She saw this as her chance and she began wailing for help. The right foot that had been holding up her right shoulder let go, and quickly covered her mouth. But it was too late. The residences below had heard her cry for help. They looked up and saw a vampire with a little girl being carried beneath it. The people started yelling and pointing. Some were quick to respond too. They grabbed bows and arrows and hurried to the rooftops. There, they aimed at the vampire's back, careful not to hit the little girl beneath. And they fired.
Numerous arrows flew from the building and struck the vampire's back, arms, legs, and neck. Several arrows missed, one flying inches from Michelle's face. She watched it fly past her and disappear into the distance.
The vampire shrieked in pain. She let go of Michelle, who was falling down towards the cobblestone road below her. She landed with a thud on a wagon just pulling up with a load of hay. Straw flew out from under her. She laid there for a moment, waiting for the pain to come if she had broken anything. But all she felt was a sore back. She pulled herself up on her elbows, spitting out stray strands of hay. She looked above her and saw the vampire was no longer there. When she lowered her gaze it fell on the face of a woman. She had brown hair, and was dressed in a this sapphire silk dress. She looked like a woman of great wealth. Her eyes were white, with black rings around them. She was smiling evilly.
"Hello, Michelle. Sorry for dropping you. I promise it won't happen again." she spoke in a French accent, a strong one too. But there was something else in her voice, like she found this amusing. She did a high pitched cackling laugh, but was stopped abruptly when another arrow struck her in the back. She didn't show pain on her face, like Michelle expected she would. She grabbed hold of Michelle's neck and lifted her off the wagon. Michelle was being suspended in the air, two feet above the ground. She couldn't breath. The woman's grip, who she figured out was actually the vampire in her human form, was strong, and her hands were cold. Michelle placed her hands on the woman's wrist, trying to free herself, but it was of no use.
The woman smiled again. She was turning around, Michelle still in her grip. She faced the direction where the arrow came, where a young boy stood, looking horrified. He just stood there, his bow still raised, but he was in too much of shock to move or shoot another arrow.
The vampire, with her free hand, reached behind her and yanked out the arrow jutting out from her back. She inspected it, for a moment ignoring the boy down the road. The vampire looked Michelle in the eye and winked. She held the arrow in her hand, pulled back her arm and threw it. It looked as if she used no energy or barely any attention to this motion, but the arrow flew far, and fast, toward the boy at the end of the road. The arrow entered his chest and his expression didn't change. He simply fell backwards, stiff as a rock, onto the cobblestone road.
The vampire then jumped into the air, Michelle, who was now turning blue, still in her grasp. She jumped higher than any mortal could accomplish, and in mid jump she transformed, back into the winged monster. She flapped her wings once and they were instantly catapulted into the air, high above the town, far out of reach of any arrows this time.