My second 39 Clues fanfic, and my first time attempting a multichap. Hope you like it!
Chapter One – Amelia
"Daniel! Daniel, wake up! Time to do our morning chores…"
"Mmmmph, go away!"
"Do you want to get a beating again?"
"I care not! Now go away!"
Amelia sighed. "If that's the way you want it, Daniel."
She pulled the blanket off of Daniel. The cold air of winter hit him and he shot up out of bed -- the little cot—provided by their masters.
Daniel, still groggy, glared at his older sister. She just smirked.
"We'd better hurry. We must get our chores done before Lord and Lady Spoiled – er, Lord Ian and Lady Natalie awaken."
"Fine."
Dan headed off to the direction of the stables to do his chores, while Amelia went to the broom closet to get the supplies for her morning cleaning. The Kabras hated dust and dirt, thus Amelia and the other servants had to clean the house twice a day. It was a huge house – a manor, actually – so cleaning the whole place was hard work. No one in the family showed sympathy. Although, that Lord Ian has been giving her pitying looks now and then. They lasted only for a few moments, but long enough for Amelia to catch him. He has never done anything to help though.
Amelia wiped some sweat from her forehead. She was done with her part in the morning cleaning. Some of the other servants in the manor were busy doing other chores assigned to them. This ball is coming up at the Starling Manor and most of the other female servants were given the tedious task of preparing a gown for Lady Natalie. These servants were usually helping in the cleaning, so this time Amelia has almost twice as much work to do.
A bell rang somewhere. Amelia knew that Lord Ian must be awake by now. She walked to his chamber along with another servant, Helen. She must prepare the lord's clothing for the day and Helen must prepare the water for his bath.
"Good morning, my lord," Helen and Amelia said in unison.
"It will only be a good morning if you, Helen, make my bath water hotter. I was shivering the whole day yesterday. The water you used yesterday was too cold. And Amelia, love, I'll be wearing something red and gold today."
Amelia would have blushed at the little nickname, yet he has been calling her that for the longest time that she barely noticed. Lord Ian never got tired of calling her that, though. Nor did he ever tire of looking at her. Amelia never noticed his amber eyes admiring her jade green ones or her auburn hair. To her, the young lord was just another spoiled brat whose future was to marry some princess.
She walked to his huge closet and selected a new red and gold tunic.
This was another normal day at the Kabra Manor.