[Mizeria]

Asui looked about the barren room. A bath sounded nice. She might as well enjoy the pleasantries while she can. So she did just that. Took a nice long hot bath. Dried herself off, and then went to sleep.

Her dream betrayed her mind. She saw death all around her. A dying land, and a dying people. The sun never shown in the sky, and darkness forever reigned supreme. Asui walked in this land of death and darkness trying to find someone... anyone alive. But there was naught. Her dream seemed to go on for days and she searched. Hoping that there was some place still left untainted by whatever plagued this land. Until she found it. A small flower growing in defiance of the darkness. Its leaves a dark green then she had ever seen and its petals a dark purple. She reached out for it. Touching it gently to be sure it was 'real' when she felt a sharp pain in her left side.

Icy and Hot at the same time. She felt steel pierce her skin and the blood from her wound spill to the ground. She looked but saw nothing. There was no one. There was no blade. She was still alone... but her body was bleeding just the same. Pain stuck her right arm. The same thing happened again. A wound but no reason for there to be one. Then something sliced her face.

She screamed and woke from her dream. Sweating and panting and searching for an enemy that was not real... But her wounds were. She was bleeding. it was more then just her arm, her side, and her face. Cuts of all shapes and sizes spanned her body and she could barely move without pain somewhere. A sicking whisper filled her little room.

'So its true little princess. You survived. You'll be my pet. And you're people will fall.' an evil crackle filled the room and then was gone. Leaving Asui to her suffering.

She had been told a story once. When her family visited a town in their travels. Of the Queen and her gifts. Whispers of rumors saying she could find anyone as long as she had a name and they were asleep. Some said she needed something that was once theirs.. but it made little difference. The queen knew she was alive. Whatever hide Asui from her for so long was no longer there to protect her.

Asui made herself move. She walked back to the bath and sat in it. Knowing the water would stop the bleeding for now... She had to think of how to heal. She would scar if she did it wrong... and she wasn't sure how much power she had anyway...

The knock at the door interrupted her thoughts. She had to make a choice. So she silently asked her parents for guidance and started to heal. Her body started to glow a faint green. Slowly the worst of her wounds healed. Her face, arm, and side were fine. Everything else was still wounded but nothing she couldn't live with. She needed food... and that was the only thing that she thought would be behind the door.

She jumped out of the bath dripping wet and walked to the door pulling it open a little. A short elf stood there holding a plate in one hand and a cup in the other.
"I was told to bring you food slave." His voice was ruff... but something about him was odd. She didn't move to open the door farther or even to grab the plate. She closed the door and waited.
She hoped she was wrong... but didn't think so...

Without a second to think something heavy hit the door behind her. Once. Twice. Then silence. She wasn't sure what had happened but things were getting crazier by the second... So much for one last day of peace.