She kept running without looking back, her parents voices kept echoing in her head telling her to run and not look back. The forest was getting thick and foggy, she couldn't see clearly but she didn't stop running still. Her tiny legs were beginning to wear out and she was loosing her breath. She stumbled on something and fell twisting her left ankle in the process, she tried getting up but yelped in pain.Looking up in the dark of the night, a shadow appeared before her, he wore a hooded cloak that covered his face.

"You can't run forever little thing" he said in a husky voice before he lifted the weapon he held to strike her---and she woke up. Her back ached from the cold floor of the prison, her hands were bound in shackles. It was the same dream. It haunted her for the past thirteen years after the incident. She had never seen the face of the man in the hooded cloak. She looked around but couldn't see a thing in the dark, she didn't know how long she had been locked up. There were no windows in her cell for light or air to penetrate, it was all dark and she hated it.

She hated being bound and locked up in a dark place it gave her bad memories. She'd preferred death over this, why had they lock her up instead of killing her? She had asked herself this question a thousand and one times but she couldn't think of a possible answer. Only once or twice the guards would walk in to drop her meal which usually consisted of hard bread and black tea. They didn't bother coming back for the plates.

Whenever she recalled how she had ended up there in the first place, her blood boiled in rage . . . She wanted revenge and she could only get it if she could escape from this prison. She could still feel the pain of the wound that ran across her lower abdomen to her left breast. She clenched her fist more tightly that her knuckles turned white as she recalled the smirk on his face when he gave her the wound. He had left her to die at the mercy of her enemies.

She was lost in thoughts and didn't notice when the prison door burst open. Two guards walked in and dragged her off the floor only then did she take notice of their presence. She was led out of the prison, the blinding light from the sun that came from a window in the hallway made her squint her eyes a little before fully opening them to take a look at her surrounding.

She glanced at the two guards beside her, they were dressed in black hoods, both had a weapon strapped to their waist. She could easily overpower them but it didn't assure her she was going to escape. They dragged her roughly across the hallway. Where were they taking her to? Had they finally decide what to do with her? She didn't bother to speak or ask them where they were taking her to.

They strode down corridors, up flights of stairs, and around and around until she hadn't the slightest chance of finding an escape route if she intended to. They entered a particularly long hallway, silent save for the heavy footsteps of the guards which was caused by their shoes and the clanking of her chains. At last they stopped before a set of red and gold glass doors so thick one couldn't see through it. It reminded her more of herself.

The doors opened to reveal a throne room . A glass chandelier shaped like a grapevine occupied most of the ceiling, spitting seeds of diamond fire onto the windows along the far side of the room. The guards shoved her inside finally releasing her from their grip. Cruella stumbled, her calloused feet slipping on the smooth floor as she straightened herself. She looked back and could see the room was heavily guarded. They all wore mask so she couldn't see their faces but from their movements she could tell this guards were ruthless, lightning Swift guards trained to kill.

She wasn't intimidated by them but when she faced the room on an ornate redwood throne sat a hooded figure but unlike the guards his clothes were that of sea green, she couldn't see who it was but she could feel the eyes of the figure boring holes into her soul. She stopped as everyone bowed. Who could her captor be?

Stay tuned!!

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