"Milady!" I said to myself as I ran down the castle hall. My legs and lungs wanted to give up on me but I was sure that if I didn't hurry to the Queens's chambers I would be punished. Quickly I burst into the Queen's room and gasped for air.
"Please forgive me for being late my Majesty…we were tending to the dragon!" I exclaimed as I gasped for air and plead for forgiveness.
"How many times have I told you Heartfilia? I am more important than a dragon there are others to tend to that beast. Also, you will be punished anyways for having the bloody guts to walk into my beautiful chambers looking filthy like that…I can't blame you though for being a servant can I?" she told me as she walked over to a bucket.
In fear, I watched as she shuffled through the bucket and pulled out a whip.
"Now my dear Heartfilia…turn around…instead of 10 whips I will shorten it to 9." My body trembled with fear and I didn't move for a while before she gripped my arm.
"LISTEN TO ME YOU LITTLE RAT. I HAVE BUSINESS TO DO AND SO DO YOU SO LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH!" the Queen screamed in my ear causing me to flinch with fear. Quickly I pulled myself away from her and tried my best to hold back my tears. In shame, I untied my dress and let it slip off me, then my corset, and then all my undergarments. The cold air hit my naked body and I tried my best to cover myself but the Queen laughed in disgust.
I turned around and fell to the floor and curled up in a ball so my back was to her. I didn't have to look, but I knew…I could feel her smiling with pleasure as she adjusted her grip on the whip.
"ONE!" she screamed. The long leather rope met with my back. I could feel the pain; at first, I couldn't even feel it. However, it started to sting, it burned, and then I felt the blood stream down my back and drop onto the floor.
"TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE! AND JUST FOR WASTING MY TIME. TEN! ELEVEN! TWELVE!" she screamed letting out laughs that were full of pleasure. Blood streamed down my back and I screamed as loud as I could. This pain was brutal…and there would never be a day where I got use to the pain. My eyes widened and saliva poured out of my mouth as she kicked me in my stomach.
"Clean this up" she gently said as she pointed to the blood on her marble white floors. I watched in pain as she threw the whip back into the bucket, not even bothering to clean it.
"Ye….yes my Majesty," I said dragging myself to the stone walls and used them to support me. I felt disgusting, embarrassed, scared, angry, and wrong. I didn't dare to look up at her, for she would think I am trying to dominate her; however I could feel her cold eyes staring down at me as I picked up my clothes.
"Put your disgusting clothes in here…I won't allow you to put them back on until you have cleaned this up…and everything you need for cleaning it is in the hall" she stated as she held out the dirty bucket.
"But my Majesty the guards will see…"
"Does it look I care? It doesn't matter they wouldn't be interested in something like you…especially that disgusting body of yours. Just look at yourself Heartfilia, covered in scars, dirt, blood and dried blood, scabs, and bruises" she stated as she pointed at everything she named. I couldn't blame her though…all she did was speak the truth and I couldn't hold anything against her for that.