Trustful: Day 9

Word Count: 54,019

Summary of Events:

Rosemarie received a note from Wolfgang via the eagle and sent a reply to Wolfgang. Wolfgang read her reply and felt rather disheartened that she was stuck dusting, but thought about what could be done to get her out. When Rosemarie went to dust the following morning she found all of the rooms cleaner than she could've ever got them and so joyously went to meet Wolfgang. Wolfgang was pleased to see her and they talked for quite a long time. Rosemarie felt a certain amount of uncertainty, and she found that Hulda was waiting for her . . .

Excerpt of the Day:

"Hulda dropped her to the ground and Rosemarie found she lacked the strength to hardly lift a finger. She felt cold stone underneath herself.

"I had hoped I wouldn't have to do this," Hulda said. "But I should consider myself grateful that I was intelligent enough to come up with this backup plan that will keep you forever where you belong."

The ground shook, moved, and even felt like it was spinning underneath Rosemarie as she felt like she was somehow lifting up into the air. She startled and lifted up slightly to see that she was, indeed, raising up into the air.

She was on a stone platform, and stone wall rose up around her, leaving her only one window opening. In the middle of the room was a little raised ring with a deeper hole that appeared to be a place for a fire to go.

Above her there was no roof, but the walls were too smooth and also angled slightly inward so as to prevent her from climbing up to the edge.

Looking out the window, Rosemarie found that she was considerably high up off the ground, and that the sides were just as smooth as the inside walls, not to mention they were perfectly straight.

If she tried to jump out the window she would be severely injured, if not ending up dead. There was no escape.

She screamed when she saw two giant spruce trees floating in the air and watched as Hulda brought them into the courtyard and magically strip the branches off before turning the trees into rafters for the roof, as well as a wooden ceiling and other things Rosemarie couldn't tell.

All she could see was that a hole was left in the middle of the roof so that the smoke of the fire would be able to escape and leave her able to breathe fresh and clean air.

Some of the leftover wood ended up in the pit in the middle of the room before being lit.

Magically her bed appeared in the room too, as well as a small table and chair. Other than that, however, she was left with nothing. She looked down at the ground again, where she saw that there was now a great pile of spruce branches in the one corner.

Hulda approached the foot of the tower and looked up at her.

"I hope that you enjoy your isolated existence," Hulda sad. "You cannot, and will not escape from me, no matter what you think you can do. I will not be deprived out you, my means, for my end has not yet come."

Rosemarie stroked tears from her eyes. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't think of anything to say. She felt angry, heartbroken, frightened, and confused. How was she going to be able to escape now? And how was she going to get a message to Herr Edler? His magic eagle probably wouldn't show up anytime soon."