Code of Shadows

Royals and a not-so-much Commoner (Part 37)

My senses finally sharpened as the spinning stopped. I cringed as a pounding headache came down on me. I tried to move to figure out where I was, but I couldn't. I tried to move my feet, I couldn't. I tried to move my hands, I couldn't. I was tied. I probed my memory for anything that could help me. I didn't remember much. Only small phrases that meant nothing.

I had to get out of here. I half crawled half wormed my way around until finally I found a wall. I pounded on it. My only response was a dull thud that echoed through the room. I slowly started to move around the room. I decided against my earlier decision not to use magic without a card again, and reached for my white wall. I was about to speak the words to create a light when I felt a barrier surge in front of my magic. I pounded on it, but nothing happened. Great, just great. I couldn't access my magic to get me out of this situation. I sighed, then moved to try the next thing. I dove into my mind, and found Belle's very faint swirl of mist. I grabbed onto it somehow, and pulled. Slowly, Belle's mist became thicker in front of me.

I gasped as the mist formed into Belle. I hadn't expected that I would be able to pull Belle back. She sighed in relief, then embraced me.

"Promise to never do that again," she said.

I frowned. "Its not like I could have stopped it," I responded.

She turned a motherly glare towards me. "You know what I mean." 

"Well, I didn't particularly ask for a fight!"

"Yes, but you could have used your brain to get out of it! Before I became a fantasy I had several encounters like the one you did had, and I got myself safely out of them. You could have thought of a way around it, instead of diving head first into it," she scolded.

I grimaced knowing that she was right.

"Can you help me get out of this closet?" I asked.

She stared at me for a long moment. "You know, I think you should get yourself out of this one. It would be a good experience for you." She pushed me back into the physical word and I tried to let my eyes adjust to the darkness.

I tried to kick the wall next to me in frustration, but only succeeded in stubbing my toe. I sprawled out to cover the floor and felt my hand touch something as I stretched. I pulled it closer to me, and felt it with my hands.

I yelped as a serrated edge made a shallow cut in my skin. I dropped the item and nursed my injury. It toppled to the floor then whirled to life. It lit up the small room and flashed with glowing neon lights. I squinted at the bright lights.  It turned its dog like head at me, and I gasped as its eyes turned red. It started to waddle towards me as it snapped its sharp toothed mouth open and closed with a unsteady rhythm. I tried to scramble backwards, but I hit a wall and bounced. I  fell towards the robotic dog. It snapped its jaws even more viciously and I scrambled back again. I tried to pull myself into the wall.

It kept snapping and waddling as it came closer. I kicked out to try to push it away. Instead it snapped at my leg. It successfully bit into my leg, and I let out a whimper, then kicked at it with my other leg. I hit it the first time and it only pulled at the skin its teeth were in. I kicked at it again and held back a scream of pain as it tore through my skin. I kicked at it again, and slowly, little my little, the robot dog started to loose its grip on my leg. When it finally let go, It left long, semi deep slashed down my leg. I limped away from it when it let go, and I watched as it blinked green once, then powered down. Its eyes flashed off, and the lights stopped flashing. I stared at the creature for several moments expecting it to power up again and attack.

It didn't, and I cautiously pulled my injured foot to my chest. I groaned and silently thanked the universe that the dog had snapped the bindings on my feet when it had attacked. I flexed my other foot relieved to have full motion back in my feet, and slowly stood up. Shaking on my one injured leg.