We reached the door, I waited to see if it would open by itself..

Lame, I know. But you can't blame me..

It didn't swing open by itself.. Ash knocked, and someone must have opened it.

We went on in, but he stayed, probably to talk with whoever opened the door.

I followed Dylan and Mistalya through the gigantic hallway, There were passages going off left and right and a large curtain covering a section of the wall. Probably for a good reason too..

We kept going until we reached the bottom of a large marble, spiralling staircase.

We stopped, Dylan and Mistalya started talking while I kept examining the castle.

I assumed we were waiting for Ash.

I looked down the corridor to the left, nothing but another long corridor with several other doors leading off.

The corridor to the right, went on for about 50 metres then stops at a door, made out of iron. Not the normal wooden doors all the rest were made of. Why iron? Isn't there some urban legend about it being poisonous for Fae?

I started walking down the right side, but Ash appeared in front of me.

"You don't want to go down there princess..."

I scowled and turned back to the others.

"Emba. Promise me you will NOT go down there"

Dylan and Mistalya had stopped talking, and Dylan had come to back Ash up.

I rolled my eyes and started up the stairs.

"I assume my cell is this way?"

"It's not a cell princess.."

"Am I allowed to leave my room then Ash?"

"...No"

"Exactly. Which way to my cell?"

"Turn right at the top then keep going, third door on the left."

I followed his directions.

I stood in front of a door painted white, the only painted door I'd seen so far.

This must be it.

I opened the door to find another small, spiralling staircase to a small tattered door, I opened it to find a tiny bedroom at the top of the tower. I was right. It was a prison cell.

It had a tiny four poster bed in the corner, a small wooden chair with a red blanket draped over it, a small chest of drawers against one wall and 3 sheep pelts randomly placed around the room.

One miniscule barred window was directly opposite the door.

That was all. The door had a deadbolt on the outside, probably to keep me in.

I went and sat on the bed, I had to duck to avoid the top of the bed. I lay down, still in my clothes. I felt my eyes drooping..

I slipped into a deep sleep.