Monster Monologue

I walked through the dead forest. Fire burnt on limbs of trees, never even flickered. My bare feet were making crunching sounds that messed with the crackling of the fires, burning along the trail. This was the most depressing place I’ve ever been. I’ve been counting every day since we made the deal over the pomegranate seeds. Only twenty-three more days until I’m free to roam the Over-World once again.
He brought me down here to bring happiness to the people who resides here. The ones taken from their lives in the Over-World, but not like me. They died of murder, suicide, or natural causes. Really, this monster, who has kept me captive for the past five months, chose to take them from their friends, family, and children. He is the reason the people here are miserable; he could change it if he truly wanted to. The people here aren’t the ones who need happiness, it’s him.

It was one of the ones ripped from their life; he was back at it again. I squatted down, holding out my pale hand covered in bruises, burns, and cuts to them.
"It's ok I'm not going to hurt you" I said gently, as the blood from their hand smeared down my arm as they struggled.
They finally got a loose grip on my hand with their blood covered, rotting one. I looked at them with sympathy, as I stood up bringing them with me to a standing position, before leaving the speechless spirit alone.
I continued on my walk back to the heavily guarded castle. It was a prison to me, but the only place I had to return. I grazed my hand along the cold ironwork gate as I walked in. That was when I saw him in his luxurious outfit, standing at the top of the