The Kingdom of Darkness

"Lily. Wake up. You're home."

I opened my eyes but no one was there. There were cold chains around my hands and wrists preventing me from summoning the golden bow. It was dark. There was no light. I could still see but not far.

"Lily? Lily is that you? Where are you?"

"James! Are you alright?" I slowly got up from the cold prison cell floor. "James what happened?"

"You fought them but there were too many and you passed out. I couldn't fight back, they were too strong. I'm sorry Lily I wish I could've stopped them, but now we're here and who knows what could happen." I could see James. His hands were tied behind his back and he was sitting on his knees. His left arm was bleeding.

"James, come over here you're hurt. I might be able to help." I walked over to the bars where our two prison cells connected.

"Lily, I can't see it's too dark" James said.

"Here." I focused. I still felt weak but I needed to help James. I backed up pulling my hands closer together infront of me. A small light appeared. "James over here!"

He got up and walked over. The light faded and I reached for his arm. The chains held me back. I closed my eyes and focused once again. A small light appeared, then disappeared. I tried again, but the same thing happened.

"It's ok Lily, it doesn't hurt that much." James said. He sat down putting his back to the prison bars. "How do we get out of here Lily?"

"I don't know."

For a while, only silence filled the darkness. We didn't know what to do. After hours of sitting and waiting, we heard the sound of a door open. Someone was walking towards us. I couldn't see them clearly. They walked closer, ignoring James.

"So you're Lily, the one who was supposed to save everyone, yet you failed." He laughed. "I find it funny how the entire Kingdom of Light put their faith in you, a little girl. You know, I thought you would at least fight back."

I looked down, "What do you want?"

He smiled. "I want you to join us. If the golden bow joins us, we will be unstoppable. We could conquer the Sky Kingdom and the Ocean Kingdom. No one would ever look down upon you. Join us Lily, it's the easiest way out of here."