Once upon a time Pt. 4

Pixie awoke in a haze at first, her mind trying to wipe away the fog of sleep from her consciousness. And suddenly there was pain.

"ohhhhh" she groaned as her head pounded from the injury suffered earlier. She looked around, but all was dark. Still groggy, her memory of what had happened began to slowly creep back. Berry picking, sneaking into the forest, the armor, then....

"what happened," she thought. And reaching up to rub her head, sudden and unexpected restriction. "Wha....?" and the realization. Her wrists were bound behind her back! And its not dark out, she was blindfolded! Her mind shot the response almost instantly to her body, Panic. She thrashed and struggled against her bonds. Her body writhing and squirming in a way very similar to how it moved when she found herself draped over her mother's lap. However, like when she was in that situation, her struggles were for naught. She wondered where she was, how much time had passed? And the warm, choking, wet tears began to dampen the blindfold.

"help!" she squeaked through tears. Her mouth still dry from sleeping. A cough, "HELP!!!" she was able to shout this time. The sound echoed as though she was trapped in a steel room. But the ground was damp and soft earth.

And suddenly, from not too far away, she heard the sound of heavy approaching footsteps.