*Seto's P.O.V*
Even though I should be, I wasn't finding waking up in a cell frightening at all. It just seemed to be normal to me since I have been in plenty of cells the past four years of being a slave. It was the same with all of them, they were all small and had at least a puddle of water in them from rain going through the small barred window that was the only source of light and it was either always really cold or really hot. This time, it was really cold, there was three stone walls and the fourth has thick iron bars and a door that was locked and could only be opened with a key and all the pain filled whimpers and screams that the other prisoners made as well. Me? I just stayed silent....I learned the hard way on how to act in a cell.

But what's worst about all this....I grip the chains that held my ankles together. The chains are back, it felt like I was living in deja vu, I could have my freedom for one minute and the next I was behind bars...rotting in a cell. I pull my knees close to my chest, my eyes staring at the puddle of red that is throughout the floor and leading to my cellmate in the corner looking as if he was barely hanging on.

I almost expect to be dragged out by my hair, given a board with a number on it on an old rope to hang around my neck and pushed in front of a crowd of people who shout how much they are willing to pay for me till they decide I have no more use to them. I set my head on my knees, my cellmate whimpers and moans every once in awhile, they have slashes all across their body which means they were obviously questioned and keep silent till they learned the hard way to talk.

It was turning dark, meaning that I only got a few hours left to live. And yet..I ain't going out without a fight, I know it seems like I should be hopeless. But when your freedom was taken from you for four long years and you finally get only a taste of it back before it is taken again...You want to have that taste again because I want that back. I want to forget Lord Solace, Aiden, the auctions, that scars..everything..But I can't seem to get away from being in a cell anymore. I hear footsteps suddenly in the hallway, I turn my head slightly towards the bars, my cellmate suddenly starts to tremble. I look at them, noticing that they are a man like I thought, but a young girl. She looks at me. I give her a small smile and her eyes widen slightly. I set my chin back on my knees as guards are dragging another unfortunate soul pass by our cell.

"Se..to?" My cellmate asks. My eyes look over at her. How does she...I shouldn't be surprised..I was quite well known back in the day. I wince again, the blight spreading further on my skin. I can feel it under my chin and on the side of my neck meaning it spread pretty far.

"Yeah?" I ask. My stutter seemed to disappear...I'm happy about that. She gives me a little smile, I can only see half their face because a hood is covering the other half.

"You were..at the marketplace...you tripped." She said. The what? I look more closely at her. Wait I do...I do recognize her. She lowers her hood more. "You..You look different."

"You were the girl that helped m-me the other day." I said. She nods. She crawls other to me, wincing as well at her wounds. She sits beside me.

"I was happy...you escaped. But..How did you end up..back in a cell?" She asks me.

"Because the Council are a b-bunch of assholes." I grumbled. She chuckles. She looks really dizzy and is pale, probably from the blood lost. She rests her head on my shoulder, which I don't mind, she looks like she had it rough. And when I eventually escape, I'm coming back for her. Without a doubt, she helped me when I needed it, so I should return the favor. Soon she falls asleep, I rest my head against hers, staring at the window as darkness overtakes it making is almost pitch black around the two of us. I feel her touch my hand.

"Seto...it's dark." She said with this hint of fear in her voice. I gently take her hand into mine.

"It's okay. I'm ri-right here with you. Don't be scared." I said softly. She squeezes my hand, at the time I didn't realize it, but she seems younger than me. Almost like a young teenager. No wonder she was so nice to me before, human teenagers don't understand what is really happening in the world around them, they just assume. I mean I don't look like my age because of my mage ties, I stopped aging like a human when I turn 20. When a mage's magic matures, their ageing process slows down to lower than a human making them look like they are in their twenties when they are actually in their eighties and because of that it expands magic user's life making humans think that we are immortal when in reality, we aren't. While I do say that I am 22, I'll never tell you my real age because I stopped counting. The girl moves closer to me. I move my arm letting her move my arm around her and rest her head on my shoulder as she squeezes my hand.

I don't hate kids or teenagers..No. I just sometimes don't like the apprentices, but I can't hate them. Apprentices like pulling pranks on their masters, even though I haven't had an apprentice in four years....People would always come to me asking when I really only take apprentices I know that would present a challenge to me and to them. Which is why I usually only take one apprentice at a time, because I cannot handle more than one and I like having a life of my own. I rest my head against hers. She was trembling, she must be cold. It isn't exactly warm in here, and with night coming, it will only get worse.

"Its co-cold." She said shaky. Her wounds are exposed and her clothes are torn up, how is she still alive? I remove her off me, she whimpers. I take my jacket off. "C-Come back, you're warm." I smile a little and put my jacket around her before I let her get back into the same position. I rest my arm around her, she is still shivering. I rest my head against hers, letting her arms go around my center. She's like a little kid having a nightmare, I rub her arm with my hand. I wince when the blight spreads further. I grit my teeth together, her arms falling limp into my lap, but I lean my head back and close my eyes, waiting to fall asleep.

*Coraline's P.O.V*
*TimeSkip*

It's strange...I woke up feeling like I was back home because of that feeling of safety and warmth. But when I opened my eyes, I was still suck in a cell. And Seto was asleep. I didn't move because I didn't want to wake him, but I pull my arms up from his lap and go around his center. I close my eyes, smiling a little, why does he make me feel safe and warm instead of cold like the cell we are both in is? Why? I open my eyes again, catching something on his neck. I gently hook my finger on the collar of his shirt, I stay still.....trying not to wake him and I lift up his shirt. My eyes widen when I see something is growing on his skin and it looks like it is painful too. My eyes look down at the chains around his ankles. That looks too familiar. I remember that day in the marketplace, he looked so different than. I never would have took him to actually look kind of cute. What happened? I never knew for a second that I was talking to Seto back than, if I did know, I would have told someone I could trust to get him out of there. But I'm glad he seems to be doing better than he was a week and a half ago.

I feel his arm stiffen up, and he whimpers. I see the rash on his skin glow a faint purplish black color only to spread more. What is that? I move a little, waking him up. My body hurts like hell, imagine being whipped repeatedly just because you didn't want to talk. I touch Seto's infected arm.

"It's n-nothing." He said. I cough a few times, I touch my throat. It feel raw and rough, but I can hear footsteps. Seto looks over at the iron bars.

"Seto. They.." I trail off. He looks at me.

"I never caught y-your name." He said.

"Coraline." I said.

"I'm waiting f-for my e-execution..and I have a feeling that isn't gonna go that way." He said. My eyes widen. Execution? Execution...How? What? I shake my head.

"They can't execute you." I said. He gives me a shy smile.

"Actually they c-can." He said. I hear the door unlocking, I give Seto back his jacket and he slips it on. I grab his wrist.

"This isn't r-right." I said. Seto smiles at me.

"Everything wi-will be fine. And if I d-do get out, I'll co-come back for you." He whispers. They grab Seto.

"Time for your execution." A guard said. I shake my head as tears cloud my vision.

"This isn't fair! You can't k-kill him!" I shouted. A guard kicks me and I yelp in pain.

"Stop, Coraline." Seto said. I look at Seto as they push him out the door and than close it, locking it. I look down at the floor and shake my head. No. This can't happen. Seto hasn't done anything wrong, he doesn't deserve this.

*Seto's P.O.V*

I felt someone grab my hair, yanking it back as they pushed me down to my knees. My hands are tied behind my back, as I can see a few people here, a few that I recognize as well. I flinch, feeling my blight spread further.

"Seto!"

"No! Seto would ne--"

"Shut up!"

I look down at the floor, they are twisting a noose, at least I won't be burned like the humans would do. Hanging is quick and painless, burning isn't. Coraline...at least I got her name. She seems like a nice and is a pretty girl. I'm sort of upset she is behind bars. I'm yanked up to my feet suddenly, pushed up besides the executor, he slips the noose around my neck and I look away from him seeing sympathy in his expression.

"I'm sorry it had to come to this, Seto. I really am, but orders are orders." The executor said.

"Nice to know the Council has everyone brainwashed." I mumbled. He turns away from me, grabbing the lever to take out the floor under my feet. I look down at the floor, not wanting to see anyone. I close my eyes as I hear the gears shift as the floor under my feet gets taken out and darkness takes me instantly.