Zoe Andrews

The Eight Tales of Life

Part 1: The Witch The rope was thick and coarse as it dug into her skin. She was bound by the hands to the back of a wooden chair. Her legs were tied up to the legs of the chair. She woke up and felt a jabbing pain in her chest. She knew, even before knowing where she was or what had happened, that she was in serious danger. She jostled around and tried to break free until she realized she was bound to the chair. . She knew she couldn’t possibly have much time left. She squeezed her eyes shut and tried to remember what had happened. She was fighting with someone. A man. He was trying to have her publicly killed for being a creature that was ‘ungodly’. She tried to run away, but they found her. It was some group of men. They were all dressed in dark clothes and covered themselves from her. She tried to fight them off, but before she was able to use her powers, one of them struck her on the head. She was knocked unconscious. The ringleader of the group dragged her body to his old barn in the back of his house where he kept his animals. He moved them temporarily to make room for the girl and for her murder . He and the whole town believed she came from hell and should be tortured and killed off as a sign of power against evil. A cruel message that any hellacious creature would be met with the same fate as her if they dared to enter their realm.