Quickly I tore off the massive, white gown that three maids just helped me put on five minutes ago. I told them I had a headache and needed a moment alone. Thankfully they were foolish enough to believe me and gave me this needed moment to myself which I would use to be rid of this place forever.

Once I was free of the dress that almost swallowed me whole, I put on something more suited for what awaits. What that was, I’m not sure yet, but anything is better than this prison.

I pulled a long, sturdy rope from underneath my bed that I had been hiding and tied it to the bed post closest to the window. I grabbed my pack that I had prepared last night, and quietly made my way over to the window. It was a long fall if this should fail, but my alternative to this is worse.

My time is running up, so I grab hold of the rope in hope it does not fail me. I start making my way down when I hear my bed inching across the floor. If I don’t pick up the pace I will have to face my doom that awaits me at the end of the aisle, and I’ve come too far to let that happen.

My hands shuffle past each other on the rope until I reach the point where I can safely jump. I hit the ground, and before I take off running I look at this stone prison one last time. Why would any girl wish this upon themselves, I wondered. Who knows, but I was finally free. I glanced at the ring I forgot was still on my finger. I slid it off and tied to a piece of the rope. “Jail break.”

As I run through the forest I am grateful for the times I use to come here with my father. I remember these woods pretty well, but even then it is easy to get lost in Dark Vale Forest. The name comes from an old story. From what I’ve heard, whenever people used to go into the woods without returning it was said they had been taken by the people who resided in Dark Vale. Dark Vale is a supposed valley that appears out of no where that leads to who knows what. The catch is the entrance never stayed in the same place long, and most of the time it was hidden. This is all just a story though, however that didn’t stop me from looking for it when I was younger.