Gone Wrong

"They call us dreamers,

but we're the ones that don't sleep"

His Flower's Point Of View

After King Calix left, a girl that looked like a female version of him came through the doors. I tried to hide under the covers, but she had already spotted me.

A huge smile took over her face when she saw me. I wanted to cover my face with my hands and shield the tears that had dried.

She came towards me with a slight bounce to her steps, her eyes never leaving mine and her smile never faltering.

"I'm Lilo. Calix's cousin. What's your name?" She asked. I flinched when she outstretched her hand towards me, but then looked down in shame when I realized it was only for me to shake.

My hand was so small compared to hers. She squealed when I looked up again, startling me and making my heart race. I put a hand over my chest, in hopes that the action would calm my frantic heart.

"You're so adorable and tiny!" She squealed again. It was hurting my ears slightly. I blushed at her words.

"You don't talk much, do you? It's okay. I can talk enough for the both of us. You don't have to tell me your name if you're not ready" Lilo's excitement couldn't be masked. She was all giddy.

"Rosalya" it was only a small whisper.

Lilo's smile grew. "That's a pretty name. Nice to meet you Rosie. How old are you?" I felt a little warmth when I heard the nickname she immediately gave me. I barely knew her and she was already giving me names.

"Well...I turned eighteen four months ago",came my timid response. My fingers played with a loose thread on the sleeve of my dress nervously. I felt a little anxious with the sudden questions. I was guarded when it came to meeting new people.

"Ah, Calix got a young one. In case you were wondering, he is twenty six. His birthday was earlier this year"

I nodded and gave her a small, tight lipped smile. We kept talking about random stuff, well, Lilo did. I just sat there and listened, giggling at her as she told me about funny stories from her childhood with the King, and how they’d play pranks on each other. As much as I enjoyed her company, I still didn't really want to talk that much. It didn't bother  her at all, though.

We were interrupted when she had to go help some members of their pack with a fight that had broken out, leaving me to my thoughts again.

I missed my sister. Maybe I could go to her? It would be quick and no one would notice.

I made up my mind and peeked out the door to see if anyone was there in the long hallways.

Once I made sure there was no one, I sprinted down one of the long corridors. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew I had to get to the dungeons and the dungeons were underground, meaning I had to get to the first floor of the castle in order to get to there.

I could just pat myself in the back for how smart I am.

I went down every staircase I found, making sure no one would see me. Not that there were many people. This castle felt so quiet and abandoned.

The dungeons were dark, obviously. The last time I was here, torches were illuminating the dark passages, but this time, I couldn't see a thing. The walls were humid with how cold it was down here and white steam would come out of my mouth whenever I exhaled.

My feet carried me in front of a familiar door. It was locked, of course. The guards never unlocked the door unless it was to give us food. I was about to try and kick the door and see what would happen when a quiet whisper reached my ears.

My head whipped to the side where the rest of the cellars were. My eyes squinted as I tried to adjust to the darkness.

"R-Rosie? What are you doing here?" Lana was clutching the silver bars from the cellar. I gasped when I saw her disheveled appearance.

I ran towards her and held her hand close to my chest. She smiled at me as tears streamed down her face. "It is you", she whispered.

I smiled and nodded. "Lana, how am I gonna get you out of there? How am I supposed to get the key?" I asked sadly.

She gave me a mischievous smile, at least the best one she could with his dehydrated and work out she was, and pulled out a key from her pocket. I looked at her in shock.

"How did you get that?" I asked and she shrugged. Her hands brought the key to the lock and undid it quickly and smoothly.

With a smirk and wink she said: “I have my ways". Opening the cell's door, we both took off running.

*****

Lana and I had been running for almost an hour now. We were exhausted, but we wanted freedom. I was sure King Calix had been informed about our absence by now.

I felt a little saddened at the thought of never seeing him again, but he wasn't good for me. He would've gotten rid of me sooner or later.

We had to keep quiet and fasten our pace if we wanted to make it to a safe distance. Lana told me that their land was huge and that we were probably still on it.

The idea of finding civilization gave me at least a small hope of being able to get out of here.

Lana abruptly stoped, resulting in me slamming to her back.

A frightened gasp emitted from her, making my insides turn.

"What is it?" I asked her lowly.

"Wolves", came her reply and I froze.

There's when I felt it. The sensation of being watched.

I shivered in fright.

There were about eight of them and they didn't look like the normal wolves. They looked crazed and bloodthirsty.

A loud howl was heard and seven more followed. My sister and I took a step back.

At first, only three of the wolves stalked towards us, assessing  their prey. All of them were big and bulky.

I jumped and whimpered a little when one snapped it's jaws at us.

One of them launched at my sister, making her scream. I tried to go to her, but a second one attacked me. I could see Lana was trying to fight the wolf off of her, but I don’t know if it was working or not.

The wolf that attacked me clasped its jaw on my shoulder, making me scream in shock and pain. It was  unbearable. A hot piercing sensation.

I tried kicking and punching its snout, earning me growls and snarls. My foot collided with the snout once and I managed to have a few seconds of freedom, but the wolf hit back full force.

The same one scratched me with its claws, drawing blood from the side of my face and a piercing scream from my mouth.

I looked around to where my sister was and found her crawling to me as she managed to escape the wolf that had attacked her.

She screamed when one of the wolves grabbed her leg. I frantically yelled her name, but that really didn’t do anything.

Another wolf came and kicked me so I was laying on my back now, then bit my arm. I was a sobbing mess as I felt like my life would slip away any time soon.

I felt how teeth sunk to my leg and twisted it into an odd angle, effectively snapping it, sending a sharp pain through my whole body.

I tried wiggling out from the wolf's grasp once more but nothing worked. No movement, no struggle, and no attempt worked in my favor. It was all useless.

 My eyelids felt heavy and were droopy do to the blood loss and the massive concussion I must’ve gotten with how hard my head was hitting the ground.

Just before all of my senses gave up on me, I managed to catch the low, dangerous growl that somehow made me feel safe.

Then, my body went limp as it consumed me.

The darkness consumed me.