Rigggghhhhttt. I told you I wouldn't be done by the daedline. This chapter is filler, set-up for things to come. So enjoy its filleriness.
Disclaimer: Be glad I don't own the Sisters Grimm (Cause' it wouldn't be as awesomely awesome as it is!) XD
Daphne shivered.
Not from being cold, but from the misery trapped inside the room.
It had been just over an hour after the microphone fiasco, and everyone had broken off into seperate groups: families huddled together, speaking in whispers.
This place was dark and gloomy and did not match her personality at all. She picked up the cardigan sweater she had found on the floor, wiping her forehead with one of the already saturated sleeves. More beads of sweat formed almost instantly, and she found herself in worse shape than ever.
They had been fed just over 15 minutes ago, a meal of lukewarm oatmeal that had been brought by more men in camoflauge, also sporting rifles. Everyone had been made to form a single-file line. They only got one bowl, and a tiny cup of water. Dapne was starving, used to much bigger portions.
From her position on the floor, she could see the double doors her family had been forced through just hours ago, and there was a clear path from those doors to the place where the one source of light -the spotlight- flickered from lack of electricity. It wouldn't be long before it went out completely. She sat next to her father's feet, curled in a loose ball, hugging her knees, trying to ignore the pangs of hunger that came every minute or so.
The extra army men had stuck around, carrying the pots to the way back of the room, telling everyone to stay up near the doors.
Her thoughts turned to Ferryport Landing, and tears pricked her eyes. She hearing a loud pounding on the door, rushing downstairs only to be roughly pulled out of her own house and onto a bus packed with screaming people. She had assumed Sabrina was right behind her.
She knew Sabrina would be okay (Puck would take care of her for sure), but she worried about the other Everafters. Would Sabrina realize she had to leave the barrier for the Everafters to get to safety?
There was no safe place like this in Ferryport Landing.
"They'll be fine. Maybe it's better there." she muttered to herself, willing it to be true. She sat in silence for a while, until she thought she heard something other than whispers, the soft click of a door closing. Seconds later, a sharp patch of cold air hit her, and goosebumps appeared up and down her arms. Her head snapped to the double doors, only to find them closed.
'Hearing things,' she decided, and tucked her head between her knees. Things would get better.
Wouldn't they?
I hope you enjoyed the fillery goodness. You have no idea what I had to go through to get this chapter up. *shudders* Let's just say it involved a lot of bribing and a plate of banana muffins.
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