woke up to a crashing noise. I listened carefully. I heard someone come down. I was still mad. I knew why they were coming. "If you want information, I told you, I don't have any!" I hollered. "No, it's me, Finnian. Remember?" a voice said. "You probably want information too," I said miserably. "No, I don't. I'm just here to guard you," he said. "Whatever. It doesn't make a difference," I said. I looked at the cell more closely. Other than the little area I was in, the rest of the cell was very dirty. "The least you could do is clean the cell a little," I said harshly. "Well, they must forget or something," he said. "Well, how long will they keep me here? I mean if they want information, aren't they going to keep bugging me?" I asked. "No. Don't you know?" Finnian said, looking surprised. "No. Apparently, I know nothing," I grumbled. "Oh, well your sister was in here as well," he said. What? I thought Dawn left. What were they doing now? Making a plan to kill me? "What is she doing here?" I asked. "Well, they said that they would ask her a bunch of questions about some secret," he said. "When did she get here?" I asked. "Well, a bit before you did. She didn't come alone. Sebastian was with her. He probably made her come," he said. "I thought she was home and...," my voice trailed off. This didn't make sense. I thought she was at home with a bunch of money and that they would never bother her again. He must have lied to her and tricked. He would never leave us alone until he found out the truth. I smiled, knowing that Dawn was suffering. Just knowing this, made me happy. "They dragged her in here. I heard her say that they would never find out the secret, because you two didn't have one," Finnian said. I rolled my eyes. She was a greedy, selfish, liar. We had a family secret, that was definitely true, but it probably had to do with money. I could care less about it. "She started to devise a plan to get out, and get you to go home. She thought you were going to be very angry. She accidentally said this out loud, so I was able to here it," he added. Wait, she was planning to save me, and bring me back? No, the boy said that she left and they made a deal. Then the truth hit me. How could I believe that boy? Isn't he the one the planned this in the first place? He is evil after all. Dawn must have been caught by Sebastian when trying to do whatever it was. Sebastian must have brought her here, but how? It was impossible for a human to travel that fast. It took 10 minutes to get here from that area. However he did it, he had the boy distract me and make up lies so that I would believe him and reveal the secret to him. What messed up their plan was that I didn't know the secret. They must be questioning Dawn now. I had to help her, but there was no way I could. I would only make things worse. I needed to get out first, then I could help Dawn. "Finnian, do you know I am in here?" I asked him. "No, I have no idea," he replied. "Well, I am here because they falsely accuse me of knowing rubbish. I know nothing about what they are talking about, and they say that if I don't confess that I know something, they will kill me. I have told them that I don't know what they are talking about, yet they don't believe me. I am being honest here. Could you please release me? Do you want to see the innocent die? Don't you want to be a righteous person?" I asked seriously. He hesitated, looking uncertain. He ultimately said "Ok, I will let you free," and unlocked my cell.
He quietly let me slip through the main door, since no one was there. "Goodbye! Have a nice day!" he whispered, waving. "You too," I replied, waving back while running. As I ran home, I tried to think of a plan to help Victoria, but nothing was coming to mind. Then the thoughts I had about her at the cell came back to me. I felt awful and guilty for thinking anything close to that about her. She was trying to help me, and I was hoping she would be hurt. What kind of a person am I? Once I reached home, I tried to think of something. Other than barging in, nothing came to me. Alice, think, your sister is in danger. I laid on the couch, thinking of ways to get my sister back. I felt extremely guilty for thinking those thoughts about Dawn. How I not see that coming? Well, we learn from our mistakes, don't we? I guess this will be one of those mistakes. As many thoughts, plans, and ideas swam through my brain, I felt something. Like the sudden desire to sleep. I looked around, making sure no one was drugging me. There was no one. I must be very tired, I thought as I drifted into a deep sleep.