2 Captured

I try to grab onto any branch I can reach, but they all break. As I'm falling I hit many leaves and branches. Fear courses through me. As I realize I'm about to hit the ground, I close my eyes, bracing for impact.

Suddenly a bright light flashes and I hit the ground, and black out.

When I wake up, it is morning time. I try to stand up so I can walk back to my house, but when I take my first step I immediately fall back on the ground. A searing pain shoots through my leg. It seems to be broken so I try to find a stick to help me walk. As I crawl on the ground looking for a stick, I hear footsteps.

Fearful from last nights encounter I decide to hide behind a tree.

I was curious to see who it was so I took a peek. To my surprise, it was a boy. He looked to be not much older then me. He was wearing old cloths, and he had shaggy brown hair. He didn't look harmful, and he didn't carry any weapons.

"Hello?" I called out.

He quickly turned my direction. He almost looked startle or afraid. He stood there for a minute, just starring at me. Then he quickly turned, and took off running.

"Wait!" I yelled, but he didn't stop.

That was odd. He probably lives somewhere in this forest.

After finding a stick to help me walk, I look around and realize that I don't recognize any of the trees. I realize that I'm lost, and I can't go anywhere too far with a broken leg. I should probably wait until someone finds me.

So I waited, and waited, and waited.

Then at dusk, in the distance I heard multiple foot steps. It sounded like they were people.

"Hello!?" I yelled.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" I yelled again.

"If anyone's there, can you please help me? I think I broke my leg, and I'm lost."

Then out of the corner of my eye I saw them. There was a group of men, that had clothes similar to the ones the boy was wearing. There was something not quite right. It looked like they were staring at me while pulling a large cage. Then I realized, the cage was for me. I stood up (with the help of my stick) and tried to run. I wasn't going very fast, due to my leg.

"Get the witch!!!" They yelled.

Witch? They think I'm a WITCH?!?! Witches don't exist!!!

"Get her!!!" They yelled again.

Now they were catching up to me.

I wobbled and tripped.

One of the men grabbed my wrist .

"I've got her!" He yelled.

Then the other men viscously grabbed me and through me into the cage.

" I am not a witch!!!" I yelled, but they wouldn't listen.

They soon took me to there small village. They put my cage in the most crowed area, showing off what they caught.

"Listen, citizens!" one of them shouted,

"We have caught a witch in the forest!"

The crowd gasped.

" John saw her appear out of nowhere last night. He then though he was seeing things, so he left. When he came back to get some herbs, the girl was still there. He then came back to tell us of what transpired, and now here we are with the witch." The man said.

Then some one from the crowd started to yell " BURN THE WITCH!!!"

Others started joining in.

"Now, now citizens. Calm down. We will burn her at midnight." The man said.

The crowd started to cheer.

"I'm not a witch!" I yelled but no one would listen. There was no escaping the cage, I didn't know where the keys were.

A few hours pasted and the crowd was gone. Every so often someone would come up to the cage and spit on me. A few people even through rotten food at me too.

Soon the crowd came back. The men that caught cane soon after.

"We will now begin burning her at the stake!" He yelled, with a flash of excitement in his eyes.

Then they opened my cage, I tried to fight my way out of their grasps, but they were too strong. They tied me to a chard stake that had the stench of burnt wood and death. They started to light the pile of wood below me. The fire slowly crept closer to my legs. It started to hurt. I started to burn.