Dear Diary,
I woke up to Guang kicking me in the gut. "Wake up!" I jerked and scrambled to my feet and ducked my head. "What now? It is not even the dawn." He spit in my face and poked a branding iron against my side. I screeched in pain and bit down hard on my tongue to stop the scream short. The harsh tang of blood flooded my mouth from the ragged hole in my mouth. I spat a mouthful of blood and he grinned nastily. I glared at him tearfully as I wiped off some blood from the edges of my mouth. He jerked me up by my chains and slammed me outside to the ground. I grunted in pain and struggled to my feet to not give him another reason to hurt me. Ai and Chow looked on with grieved faces at how I was being treated. I put on a strong face for them. They tried to get Guang to stop, but it doesn't work like that does, it little friend?
We walked to the usual spot and I was pushed to my knees. I tensed waiting and I felt Guang slip my torn tunic off of my body. "This will teach you about being alive." He growled. "Crack!" I flinched as each new mark was laid against my back. When I fell to my face, he grabbed the branding iron and burned my neck and head. I reared back up with sweat and blood pouring down my muzzle. I kept all of my screams locked in, knowing that if I let one out he would enjoy himself even more. When he saw that I was up he wiped my blood off the whip and grabbed his knife. My eyes widened in horror and then in pain as he slowly started to cut chunks of my flesh off of my body. I couldn't keep my howls and screams of pain locked in this time.
It seemed like forever before the cutting suddenly stopped. I slumped to the ground in pain and wept as I struggled to wipe blood out of my eyes. I could hear a battle going on around me, but I was in a daze. When someone lifted me up I barely let out a moan and they shifted me closer. "Hang in there, Mei Xiang." I cracked open my eyes to see Naoko's face swimming hazily inches from mine. "Na-ok-o" I choked out before losing consciousness.