Three

Rachel looked at the boy, wondering if he was saying the right thing, he might endanger their lives more, Alexia was a human, and she knew humans were weaklings, they might be entering into the trap of the devils. Rachel was a witch, a weak witch, but she could manage the pressures from these dungeon. 

"You are a human Alexia, you can't survive here, that I know, but you dying quite early is not what I approve of, we both are ten years old, while he, he looks thirteen or so, he has enjoyed at least three Years of life, while we have not enjoyed that. So I advice you should not leave, let's watch and see what fate offers us"

Rachel said, she sounded quite serious with what she said, Alexia was the only friend she have here, and she needed to protect her.

"But it will be a secret, no one would know we had escaped, and there is nothing to enjoy here"

Alexia said, feeling sad, she knew she was gonna miss her friend, but maybe if she escapes, she will definitely come and save her friend.

"Am a witch do you know that, am not a human like you, but am not escaping, because my instinct told me you would be caught, and one of you would be killed"

Rachel said, her words made Alexia's eyes to widen, she was not expecting Rachel to be a witch, she was always the quiet type, not involving herself in things which can hurt her, but sometimes, when she looks at Rachel before they were kidnapped, she felt something in her, which tells her that Rachel was not normal, now she had figured it out, who she was, and what she had said, she looked confused, if she was to go ahead with the plan.

"Everyone Keeps a secret, so.don't look at me like that, is also a family secret"

Alexia said, smiling at her, forgetting the boy in their midst.

"Now you guys are done introducing yourselves, do you wanna see your family, and also help rescue the children here"

He said, sitting up, her eyes widened at the thoughts of seeing her family, her father was dead, but she does not know about her mother's status, If she was a life or dead, and she was curious to know.

"Why do you wanna help me"

She asked, needing to be sure, he was not one of the bad people.

"Because you are one of us, a human, we help each other"

He said, looking around.

"Do you know how the other creatures look like, because, you keep pin pointing over the fact that we are human, what if am not huh"

She said, making the boy to raise his hands up, acknowledging her statement.

"Am sorry, I just need someone to escape with, we will save other children you know, so maybe lets risk it to save lives"

The boy said, hoping the little girl like him obeys him.

"And do we have to do it now, like escaping now, right now"

Alexia said, emphasizing her point of escaping at that minute.

"Yes of course, we will have to it, since they have not counted the number of children in these room, it will be easier for us to escape, they won't suspect any missing children, and they won't think we can escape, we are so little after all"

He said, sounding serious, then giving her a wink. He had a point, Alexia thought, they would not think little kids like them could escape.

"But, we can't try to escape now, won't we be caught by the big men, who are guiding the iron bars"

She asked, feeling scared of what might happen to her if she was caught by those same people who killed her father. She shivered, remembering what happened.

"No, I have a plan, I open the door, go out first, there is a Passage that leads to the back field, there is a big drum, where we can hide, we can escape, its easy, just follow my lead"

He said, looking so sure they were going to escape the prison where they were locked.

Rachel sat still. Listening to the strange boy's plan, she hoped they were not caught, especially, Alexia.

"But you don't have the keys"

Alexia said, but the boy inserted his hands inside his pocket, as he brought out a Key, it was the iron door key, where they were been locked. How did he do that, getting such key. 

"How did you do that, getting such key"

Alexia asked, her curiosity taking over her.

"Let's just say, I know how to play some tiny little games, we all for tricks right?"

The boy said, looking at Rachel, who gave him a shy nod.

"Are you going with us Rachel"

Alexia asked, even though knowing her answers, she still wanted to ask her.

"No, when you successfully escape, tell my parents where I am"

She nodded her head, following the boy, who she was going to escape with and if eventually they did escape, she will be grateful to him. Stepping out from the room, she saw a guard, quickly they hid in a big drum, which covered their tiny bodies, the guards now passing them, due to their tiny bodies, they were not caught. Quickly they dashed to the back door, opening it with a gentle creak, they ran out from the door, towards the field, making their way out of the empty space. They saw two huge gates which led to their freedom, they ran so fast, to their freedom. The boy was ahead of her, running so fast, then they heard a voice.

"Hey you two stop there at once"

At first she didn't stopped running, then she saw an arrow hitting beside her leg, A terrible scream erupted from her lips, the arrow was close to piercing her, and she stopped running immediately. Afraid to loose her life.

"I repeat stop running"

The voice said, but the voice was directed to the other child who kept running, and she saw the arrow hit the boy who wanted them to leave the cage, the little boy who wanted to save her, she watched as the arrow pierced his back and the head of the arrow passing through his stomach and right there, she saw the little boy who was three years older than her fell on his knees, before he fell on the ground, his eyes widely opened, staring at her, as if she was going to promise him that he would escape the prison, a terrifying scream erupted from her lips, as they dragged her back the building.