I sat there looking at the hundred of cages within the room.
My brain came up with plan after plan, only to be shot down every time.
'No, it's too far.'
'No, it's too steep'
'You barely managed to climb a cage. Do you really think that you could survive a fall from this height?'
I went through about fourteen different plans before I accepted that I was burnt out.
Suddenly, the cage jerked under me.
I turned around and saw that the cage was being held by a single string.
I scrambled over to the cord and held on with both arms wrapped around it. I realized.
'I can't do anything...'
I was too tired, too bloody, and too small.
So I sat there leaning against the wire and slowly drifted off into a dozing stupor.
The memories of what I just did, bounced around in my head. Mixing and mashing until they made less sense than when I came up with them.
My only company was the sound of singing in the distance.
'Wait.'
I jerked awake in alarm. I tried listening closer but there was no mistaking it.
The mournful crying from earlier had turned into singing.
It was a beautiful song that would fit among a choir. It was still mournful but it was singing.
'Actually.'
I looked around the room and noticed that they were all empty. I knew that they were empty before but not the implications.
'If they were empty then why was there singing. And more importantly...'
"Why were they checking the cages?"
The door burst open as several giants entered the room. The one leading them was wearing a suit, while the rest wore white coats.
His eyes scanned the room upon entering until they locked with mine. His eyes were filled with fiery determination.
He raised his arm towards me and yelled out in righteous fury.
Instantly the giants behind him rushed towards me. All of them were yelling in various languages.
"HEY!"
I finally heard something I could understand, but it wasn't from them. I looked up and saw a fuzzy blob speaking to me from a hole in the ceiling.
'My glasses!'
The blob that sounded male shouted again.
"CUT THE ROPE!"
I took a closer look at the cord suspending the cage and saw that it had two ends tied to it.
Instantly understanding, I grabbed one of the ends and cast one of the few spells I knew that only needed for you to speak it.
[FIRE]
A small flame appeared on the knot and the cord quickly snapped.
The cage fell to the floor just in time.
As I was rising to the ceiling I heard cursing as one of the giants got hit in the head by the cage.
I looked up but I couldn't see with the wind whipping my face.
I think I heard someone cast something and I found the cord ripped out of my hands.
The next thing I knew, I was suspended mid-air and gently floated into the hole.
'Safe.'
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The man screamed as he watched those pests spirit away another fairy.
The man took off his tie and threw it to the floor and began stomping furiously.
"Why! Does! This! All! Ways! Ha! Pen!"
He then let out another scream of rage as he saw a small hand poke out of the hole to give him the finger.