Menewsha Avatar Community - NOT MY STORY; BUT PLEASE READ ANYWAY

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Chapter 1:

The fire was chasing Reyna down the smoke filled halls. People wear running around her and into her, causing her to fall frequently. She was trying to get up so she could get out of the burning building, but a tall man shoved her out of his way. This caused her to fall, again, to the floor this time hitting her head against something hard. The next thing she knew was that she was back inside the bared cage that was now called her home.

Wake up, you filthy beast! It’s almost time for the first crowd to enter the tent! Reyna heard her Master yell this to her as she seen the rest of the performers busy with preparations. Reyna thought about how much she wished to cover her face with something, but the man she had to call “Master” had only given her enough clothes to cover her most private of parts. The cage she was kept in was very small and Reyna, though fully grown, couldn’t stand up in it. When she was brought out to the area sectioned off for “The Monster’s Daughter” she could hear the crowd coming nearer to her as they left the fortune tellers. As Master beckoned for them to come see “The Monster’s Daughter” Reyna knew that when they walked past the crimson curtain, lights would shine bright on her and Master would come and give her a swift beating.

She crawled over to the farthest corner of the cage and turned her back to the crowd. As was predicted Master grabbed her by her hair pulling her head back and making her cry out in pain. He beat her with a bat for being so much trouble before revealing her face to the crowd. They laughed at her and gave gasps of horror as they looked upon the face of a once normal girl that had a misfortune come upon her to cause her right side of her face to be deformed. As soon as the crowd was gone and Master left to get another crowd, Reyna started sobbing and lay in the farthest corner of the cage once more.

A dark figure loomed in the darkness when she was “performing”, but it was only now that the shadow came out of the darkness and over to Reyna cage.

Don’t cry young one. You will be safe. Reyna heard the dark figure saying this as he silently came over and unlocked her cage. She noticed that he wore a white mask on the right side of his face for reasons unknown to her clever mind. He opened the door to the cage swiftly and silently for they could hear the voice of the new crowd growing louder. He took Reyna into his arms and covered her with his cape to conceal her until they got back to his lair.

They had not spoken the entire way to the home of the strange man, even though he walked surprisingly fast and silent. He had put her down when they came upon the opening to his lair from one of the many forgotten tunnels. Reyna stood, stunned by the man that had saved her. When he was carrying her out to safety she could not get a good look at his face, but now with so much light around she could remember him in an instant.

Written by: Phantom's-only-Christine on fanfiction