A tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?"
"Let's see," said a second voice that seemed to be coming from the second of two orbs of light floating in a darkened bedroom. "Archie Smith. Twelve years old. Dropped off at the door of The Old Boston Village Orphanage when he was a week old. Has lived there since then. Interests include baseball, fishing and sailing. Moderate academic value. Just the one that we're looking for. This is your first day, so I'm going to explain how this works. I'm just going to say it once, so listen up." The orbs of light shape-shifted into tiny men that were standing on the windowsill.
"So, you know how the king has to be the strongest, smartest, and cleverest in our kingdom to claim and keep the throne? And how the Queen is always the most beautiful and most graceful? Well, they aren't like that naturally. They get to be that way because of people like us. We go around to different orphanages and basically suck out the talents chosen by King Arbitron and Queen Ancyra from the children. For example, this kid here," he said, checking his notes, "Archie, has an abundant amount of cleverness. It is very important to remember that we only take from orphans."
"Why?"
"Because they don't have any parents to notice their personality differences"
"Oh! Makes sense. What do you do if the children wake up?"
The first of the two men glanced at the bed and noticed that there was a pair of sparkling blue eyes and a tuft of chocolate brown peeking out from under the covers.
"Let me demonstrate," said the first man, and all of Archie's senses seemed to disappear.
Sorry for the short chapter! Wanted to end on a cliffy : )
Will post next chapter soon!