The end of the day had come at last, much too slow to be precise. The small lamp that sat on the dark wooden nightable allowed just enough light to cast a shadow over the large room. Her sorroundings so familiar to her, they had become dull and boring, just another slide and fragment of her life. At the sound of a gentle knock, the small shape that sat by the open window stood, her back straight, her chin raised with both elegance and confidence, a facade to the world around her, something to keep back the truth from the people that looked up to her. Two of them her parents which so proudly had raised her, yet they hadn't noticed one bit of how horrible she truly felt inside.
"My lady," A small gray-haired woman said with a small bow, "Time has come for you to rest. Tomorrow will be a great day for you, Princess." She knew it must be no more than nine, and with no sleep, she sighed in responce, "Well, if I must." The lady smiled slightly and closed the door once more closed, leaving her to the swallowing silence that weighted upon her shoulders and would be untouched until morn.
Ofcourse, she hadn't gone to sleep. Instead, she sat in her hair, eyes squinting to see in the dim light that shined, as so not to be obvious that she quietly read to herself instead of actually rested like she was ordered.
It had happened within a matter of seconds, starting with a soft noise coming from her window, just the wind, she had guessed not paying much attention to it like she should have, and had been followed by two dark creatures. Before she could react to the scene happening before her, she was taken hold of by a strong set of arms. A wet cloth had been pushed to cover her mouth and nose, and like any foolish young girl in panic, she breathed in, falling right into the devil's claws. Being closed into darkness, the following events where and will always be unknown to her.
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It was too simple to waste much words explaining. It had been a matter of seconds after she was taken away from the castle, certainly not the way she had hoped for her first scape of royal grounds to be like.
When she woke up once again, any knowledge of the possible past days were null to her. The girl looked around, pushing herself up from the hard wooden seat below her, feeling her body stiff with pain. Gainning conscious, she looked around, finding herself in.... She frowned, knowing right away that this was not her palace. She stood up, ignoring the pain that pulsed through her, "Help!" was the first thing she could think of saying. How silly, like anyone who would have put her here would actually listen. She moved to one of the steel-sealed windows, looking outside. She let out a small squeak of terror as she saw something that looked like a cliff on the side of the box that roughly moved under payment, where was she?