The Creature In The Walls

I have lived in the walls of this giant prison ever since I was able to escape the Ogre that used to beat me every day. I was with the Ogre since before I could remember. As I ran from him, I heard his monstrous threats but I was faster than him. I dared not return for he would hit me again. When I escaped, I found the openings in the walls. But I could not get outside, so I hide there. In the walls, it was dark. But the dark comforted me, especially when I am upset. There are passageways through the walls. Some of them aren’t good for being tall. I remember a couple times when I first started living in the walls that I bumped my head.  But now, I have learned to live downward. My legs and back are always bent.  My hands constantly rest on the floor. Sometimes my hands help me move faster. I remind myse

I only briefly considered letting it out. I would have to figure out how to unlock that door and then how to get into the cages. If this voice was as strong as I felt it to be, why could it not get out on it’s own.I shook my head. Besides, I did not know what the voice was. He could be an even scarier monster than the ones that I was already avoiding.“We are pretty scary.” The voice taunted him and sounded amused. I scowled and glanced back in the direction of that door.All of a sudden something blacker than the rest of the dungeon was on top of me. It was smaller than me and smelled of old abandoned rooms. The softness of its fur tickled my skin.It bit me and I  gasped. I began to try to push it off, swinging my arms and legs around until i no

After returning home from the war front, Prince Vaughn had been enjoying the company of many fine women. Maybe they didn’t have the best reputation but they didn’t treat him like everyone else treats ‘the prince’. He could lose himself for some time in comforts that he would not find in battle. He had several women friends visiting when his dad had dragged him away. He was disturbed when he discovered that not only was he being forced into a marriage that he didn’t even know about until now. But that it had been planned for some time. Some count’s daughter somewhere was thinking she was going to marry up and live a higher life? But when the King had explained the alliances that it formed, it began to make more sense. Her kingdom had an ace up their sleeve that they would be wise to get on their side. Besides, the girl could enjoy her life as the princess and

I squirmed and kicked the whole way down to the dark dungeon. But the monster guard would not let me go. It had a good hold on me and there was nothing I could do but scream.He dropped me in a corner cell with an ugly look on its face. As I hit the hard, cold stone floor, my shoulder suddenly felt as if it had been lit on fire. I screeched out in pain, as the door closed and the monster locked it.I moved around in circles around the cell, jumping on and off the soft cot in the corner. I had seen people sleeping on something like that before. But I always slept within the walls. There were no cots there. I didn’t need one anyway.Another monster guard came in and watched me as I trampled all over the cell. “Who is this?” I heard him ask the other. 

I would never let that thing hurt my cub mate! It tried attacking her twice. It must like her as much as I do.If that big black monster was not gonna scare me away from protecting her then neither would some fancy sword swinging monster. When he started yelling at her, I could sense her distress. I would not allow him to hurt her.Plus I had the voice urging me on. He said he wanted to see the monster’s blood spilt all over the floor. Said he deserved it. I couldn’t believe it was so violent.But then she explained that he was trying to protect her from me. Wasn’t that the silliest thing I had ever heard?!? If I wouldn’t let anything else, I certainly would never hurt my cub mate.But something about him still irritated me. It seemed that I irrit