“Get down on your knees and tell me you love me,” the mouse irritatingly declared..

I begged for mercy as the ruler stood over with one of his hands clenched onto a long cow whip with barbed wiring and the other hand holding me down. I was unable to get up from the maroon marbled floor located in the center of the old medieval castle. He forced me to work all day and serve him to his pleasure. Ever since I was just a youngin, he had no remorse on treating me as well as others horribly. Days would go by and I wouldn’t have a single second to myself. I wished to myself that one day I would be free and see my family whom I was never able to communicate with.
“Get up and work you peasant!” The mouse yelled in fury.
I attempted to raise myself , however my body was to weak even lift an inch of the ground. I failed to fulfill his needs. I flexed my muscles to try to minimize the pain of what I knew was coming next. Sadly, I was correct. He rose his arm that clenched my worst nightmare, and he struck the whip down on my back. He repeated several times with no penance. The mouse kept striking and striking until I couldn’t remember anything anymore. Up I rose the next morning not being able to remember how I got to this position. The mouse’s evils acts of terror left me aching for the next few days. I could still feel bits and pieces of the barbed wire lodged in my skin. I felt as if my time had come to an end. Going through emotions leading me to think this is all one big dream. Soon I realized it wasn’t because two large foxes dragged me away and still I felt the pain and agony. 
I was given no break to replenish my energy and overcome the pain. As I got to the feet
of the one I was forced to call my mighty ruler, even before he spoke I sighed in agony. Before the set of the sun, I had to do work that many wouldn’t be able to complete in several days work. I worked harder and harder each hour to complete the task the ruler ordered me to finish. Hours passed and I looked over my shoulder to see the sun slowly going down. I peered over the other shoulder to observe all the work I still have left. I knew if I went back to the ruler and told him that I haven’t finished, my life would be over. Now it was a matter of life or death. I had to think to myself. Did I want to go back there and risk my life. For sure, the ruler would slice my head off, or whip me until I die, or even some other gruesome torturing techniques. However on the other hand, if I didn’t go back I may have a chance to save myself and be able to have a better life. My mind wondered about all the possible outcomes of each of these ideas. Finally, I had to make a decision. I decided to make my escape. Without thinking twice I slithered through the fields, and hid in the tall grasslands. I halted as I heard two guards circle around me.
“You better get back in here or else you will regret it!” The first guard shouted.
A long moment of silence went by before I heard them scrambling around looking for
me, their slave. They kept looking and eventually they went back into the castle with no luck. I waited until it hit dusk. Then I thought it was time to make my move. Quickly, I slithered through, rocky terrains, wet grasslands, and many other land features. On the way, I happen to meet a very nice family of snakes. They took me in and treated me as one of their own. Now I live a very happy life with no restrictions. Thinking back on those bad times, made me realize. I was and still am so much stronger and braver than than that scrawny little mouse. Turns out he was holding me back from all the good things I could be doing to help myself. After I was free, I learned to not be held back from others. I am my own person and nobody can treat me like trash. In my heart, I am ten times more successful than that scrawny little mouse, and I always will be.