Little Red

Chapter 2

May opened her eyes slowly; she was sluggish and muddled, unsure of where exactly she was. Then all the memories of what had happened the day before flooded back to her. Realizing she had fallen asleep in the castle, May quickly looked around, and to her relief there was no one there. Slowly she made her way back over to the room from the previous night and peeking in through the crack left by the unclosed door May was surprised to find that there was no wolf inside. That couldn't be possible, if the wolf was free, surely it would have found her sleeping in the corner.

Gathering up her courage, May slowly shoved the door open, enough to let herself in. She winced when the door made a slight creaking noise and froze, waiting to see if the noise had disturbed anyone. She continued on after several seconds of no response. May slipped into the room, her blue eyes scanning the area. There wasn't much in the room, a chair, a window, a bookcase full stone busts…May quickly looked back at the bookcase. Moving over to it, May took a closer look at the statues, they were all so life like, the expressions of pain and fear were quite visible. Moving along the rows of statue busts May came upon a familiar face to her shock. There was one of her little brother, Max. He looked so scared from his expression, and May didn't know how to respond. She had found her little brother, but surely he couldn't still be alive in that form. May looked around for a basket of some sort, but finding none she took off her red cape. Placing the bust of her little brother carefully into the hood of her cape, May wrapped the rest of the cape around it and tied a knot to carry the cape about as a bag.

Just as soon as she finished May heard a noise from the corner of the room. She hadn't really paid much attention to the corner because from a quick glance of the room she saw that there was only a pile of clothing there. May looked over and saw the most handsome face her blue eyes had ever laid on. The boy looked to be about two or three years older than May herself, the pile of clothes May had noticed before were the ones he had been wearing. Groggily, the boy sat up right, rubbing the back of his head.

Maybe he's that witch's next victim. May thought to herself, recalling the words the person from the room had said the previous night. May moved closer to the boy, her heart beating quite quickly and when he opened his eyes to reveal green orbs as stunning as his green locks, May's heart beat quickened even more. Butterflies began to churn in her stomach and May became speechless. The boy on the other hand didn't seem to be feeling what May was feeling, rather he seemed quite annoyed with the girl's presence.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" he snapped at her. This made May take a step back.

"I'm May, it's nice to meet you." May said in a soft voice.

"I don't really care who you are, do you know where you are? Get out of here now, before he comes back." the green haired boy hissed at her. May was getting agitated by the boy, how dare he speak to her in that manner when she was just trying to help him out.

"Listen, I'm just trying to help you out. If you stay here you'll get eaten by the wolf." May huffed at the boy.

"Help me?" the boy scoffed, "You can't do anything to help me. Save yourself, you have no idea what you're getting yourself into."

May glared at the boy, she had never met such a impertinent boy in her life. As she glared at him, May realized there were chains attached to his arms and legs. He's chained down, just like the wolf was last night. May thought to herself.

"Why are you chained up? Where's the wolf?" May asked, unsure she wanted to hear the answer to it. The boy in front of her stared back at her, a piercing stare filled with anger.

"Look, just get out of here, okay?" he said, impatient. Just then the two teens heard clicking noises.

"Quick, hide! He's back." the boy whispered frantically. May didn't waste time arguing or asking anymore questions, she had figured he was talking about the stranger from last night. May glanced around the room, but there was nowhere to hide, panicking she looked at the green haired boy for an answer. Quickly he nodded to the book shelf, there was a space behind the bookshelf. It was tiny and she was compressed, her body uncomfortably squeezed against the stone walls, but she was out of sight none the less. May hid just in time as the door swung open, and again the menacing voice from before resounded throughout the room.

"Ah! I see you've awaken my little prince" the voice teased. The green haired boy growled at the person. "Tch tch tch," the person clicked his tongue, "now that's not how a prince ought to behave."

"Well now my little prince, you seem quit worn." the voice came again, noting the young boy's appearance. Uttering strange words May was unfamiliar with the voice crackled again and a bright light surrounded the green haired boy. May wasn't sure what had happened to him, had what was done to her little brother been done to the boy as well? May gasped she had left her hood containing her little brother's statuette bust out. Moving as slowly as possible, May managed to peek her head out from the corner, luckily the bookshelf was placed in the corner and she wasn't visible to the person in the room. She saw the green haired boy and marveled at how refreshed he looked now. May quickly darted her head back, being careful not to hit the bookcase when she noticed the figure approach the green haired boy.

"Now, that's much better, don't you think, little prince?" the voice teased once again. "Ouch, you little brat!" and with that a slapping noise was heard. May didn't know what was going on, she couldn't see and if she stuck her head out again she would surely be seen.

The green haired boy spat to the side, there was some blood in his spit, he marveled at this. His bite had caused his captor to bleed. As his eyes came up from the floor to meet the person's eyes in front of him, the green haired boy noticed something. Quickly he met eyes with his captor to prevent the man in front of him from seeing what the boy had just seen. There on the shelf was a red bundle of cloth. It stood out from the rest of the room and it was unclear why the captor had not noticed it, although the green haired boy was glad he had not.

"Well little prince, until the next full moon." The man said to the green haired boy before leaving the room, slamming the door behind him. May didn't move, even if the person had left there was always the chance of them returning. After sometime the green haired boy spoke up.

"You can come out now." he said, sure that the man from before was gone. Slowly May crept out of her hiding place, she noticed the boy had a small red spot on his face, the place where he was slapped previously. "Over there," the boy said pointing at a desk by the window with his eyes, "inside the third drawer are a set of keys, the copper one opens up my chains."

May looked at the boy and then over to where he told her held the key to his freedom, literally. May moved over to the drawer and pulled out the copper key, quickly unlocking his shackles. The boy rubbed his fists after he was freed. May went over to her red cape and picked it up.

The boy glared at her, "You almost gave yourself away with that. Are you really that much of an idiot?" the boy said.

"Hey, I was rushed and I panicked okay? Besides I just helped you out here." May retorted back, holding the cloth closer to her.

"Whatever, just get out of here. You did your part." The boy said in an arrogant manner.

"You never told me your name." May said in a quiet voice. The boy looked at her quizzically.

"Well, I did free you, I think I should at least know your name." May explained when the boy didn't say anything.

"It's Drew."