I like this new show it's amazing and just UGH I love it okay? I looooove drama.
So all day I was trying to decide how to make this story look, do I want it really old fashioned, or sounding a bit modern...and I had different story lines but I came up with this one while writing with a friend-
SO YEAH.
And with every new story I usually include a brief summary that I don't have enough room for in the above^ thing so here goes:
Ginnifer was chased into a guy named Bash. She didn't wander into him. She was chased. And by being chased, it opens up a whole new world for her.
But she doesn't like everything. Everything is too perfect for her, her luck is usually bad. So why is she getting the chance to live a perfect life in a perfect place with no one yelling at her?
Anyway- ENJOOOYY
I was running down the dirt street, trying to get away from the man that had been trying to kill me with his bow. I take a sharp turn onto a unbeaten path and find myself in a clearing.
I see a man with dark brown hair covering his forehead, and a man that looks to be in the English uniform. They're fighting with swords. Suddenly, the man with the dark brown hair sees an opening in the match and stabs the Englishman through the heart.
I almost gasp, but try to stay quiet. It doesn't work. After the Englishman falls to the ground, the winning man instantly looks at me.
"Who are you?" he asks, out of breath. He sheathes his sword and walks to me as his armor clanks. His stunning blue eyes please me. He takes my hand and kisses it lightly.
Who is this man?
"I-I'm Ginnifer," I say, stuttering as I look at him.
"You are a very beautiful woman, Ginnifer," he says, "but wearing the wrong outfit that I would pick out for you, indeed." He grins, looking at my dirtied dress from the earlier run. "I am Bash."
"Short for?" I inquire.
"Sebastian. But- call me Bash. Most people call me that in the court."
"The court?"
"Yes, right through the woods over there. "
"Can I see?"
Bash purses his lips and looks at the woods. "It is very dangerous, Lady Ginnifer."
"The court?"
"No, the woods."
"Then you can be the guide," I say, smirking. Bash raises an eyebrow.
"Please," I beg, "I was chased here by some weird man down the street after crossing the border. I need a place to spend a few days while I figure out what to do next."
Bash laughs. "The Court is the court of France! Home to the king and queen...and undoubtedly...the to-be King."
"Who are you then?" I ask.
"The King's bastard."
I frown. He looked sad to be in that position. I take a step closer to him. "Please, take me?"
About an hour later we walk out of the dreaded woods to a lakeside. And then I see the Court, magnificent in all its glory. People walk around outside, usually a woman is walking with a man.
"This is beautiful," I say.
"The court is very beautiful to most," Bash says.
"No- I meant the lake. The water is so clear, I could just go swimming in it right now-" I say, standing on the small dam that separates the water from the land.
"Lady Ginnifer that would be unwise-" Bash tries to stop me by grabbing my arm, but I take a swan dive down 3 feet to the water's top and splash into it. The experience is magnificent. I haven't been swimming in years.
Bash looks around wildly, probably making sure no one saw what I just did. I smile and splash him in the face. He recoils and looks like a cat that doesn't want to take a bath. I tread water and put my head back, so as to get my hair wet. My dress is already soaked everywhere.
"I don't understand why no one is swimming," I wonder, but Bash doesn't hear me.
"Bash!" I shout. His attention turns back to me.
"You have to get out before someone sees you," he informs me.
"Come on, there's a wall three feet high, no one is going to see me. But if you say so," I respond, a plot forming in my head. I reach a hand up, and Bash leans down to grab it.
Then, in one fluid motion, I propel my feet upwards and push off the wall, dragging him into the water with me. He shouts in surprise, but I ignore it. When he lands in the water with a satisfying clunk, I laugh. And he laughs too.
Bash splashes me in the face and I splash back.
"Stoooppp," I complain, diving under the water. I swim down to his foot and grab it, giving it a tug. I see his face appear under the water and he looks at me.
Then I hear a shout. I emerge from under the water and stare up at a guard.
"Sebastian," the guard says strictly, "Your father wants to have a word with you."
I watch as Bash's smile fades from his face.
"Yes, of course. Tell him I will be with him as soon as I clean up," he replies. The guard nods and disappears.
"Strict?" I ask.
Bash nods. "C'mon, we have to get out of here. My father will be upset if someone new enters the castle, especially looking like you are. I shall go inside and fetch you another dress." He wades to the shore and walks out of the water. I lean against the wall and sigh. Greattt. But at least I have a new place to stay until I get my act together.
Fifteen minutes later, I hear Bash's voice whispering.
"Bash, come on," I say, lifting myself over the wall, thinking he's trying to tell me to get out of the water to get into the dress. Instead I see him talking to a girl on a rock, speaking to her softly. In his hands are a dress and a towel. The girl smiles and blushes. I feel a pull in my stomach, but ignore it. I'm getting cold.
Finally, Bash bids her goodbye and I slowly sink back into the now-cold water. I stare at the rest of the lake and hear a tap on my head.
I look up.
"Got your stuff," Bash says. "Come to the tree line."
I swim to the shore by the tree line and walk out of the water, my dress dripping. Bash hands me the towel and I dry my hair off first. When everything is dry but my clothes, I tell Bash to turn around. He blushes, but turns. I grab the new dress and shimmy into it. He turns around.
"Wow you look beautiful."
I smile and do a short spin.
"I have to go visit my father now. If you want, you can go talk to Kenna. She's by the front of the Court. She'll help you." Bash disappears almost a second later.
Instead of finding a girl name Kenna, I bump into someone and fall head first onto the gravely sidewalk. My vision goes out for a second, and when I open them, I see a hand staring at me.
"So sorry," the guy says. It's a guy. A cute guy, with blonde curls and ocean blue eyes, just like Bash. "Francis," he says, and takes my hand to shake it.
I nod, "Ginnifer," I say.
"What a peculiar name," he smiles. "Where are you from, Ginnifer?"
"Just around. I just got here. Bash brought me, do you know him?"
Francis swallows, "Yes, we are acquainted."
I smile. "Okay, well I don't know where to go, can you show me around? He said he would help me find a bedroom and everything."
"Do you have money to pay for any of this?"
The fact totally slipped my mind. How am I supposed to stay here without any money to pay for my stay? Unless someone gives me a job...
"No..." I say quietly.
"Good, you aren't one of those nobles that tries to buy their way to my brother's heart. Or any royals' heart for that matter."
The sentence confuses me. "No I do not fancy Bash he just help-"
"Oh?" Francis interrupts.
"Yes," I nod.
"Well let me find a room for you. I'm sure my father can find a job for you somewhere. Maybe working in the kitchen would be suitable. Or as a maid," Francis says.
"That'd be great-" I say, thankful for all that's happened this day. Francis takes me to the maids' quarters, where all the maids sleep. He says that if his father figures out he had hustled someone into the kingdom for free, and not someone who was noble like all the rest, well there would be consequences. Especially for me.
At one point during the walk, I asked him why he was letting me stay at the castle. I didn't get an answer. Instead, he interrupted, telling me that how I talked was not how most women talked in the court.
I make it to my room after Francis gives me a key and notice something. I have a roommate, someone named Levina. She is a bit short, with bright platinum blonde hair and a few beauty marks here and there sprinkled around her face.
"I'm Levina," she says, "you must be the new maid."
Francis left before Levina saw who brought me down, so he didn't explain that I wasn't a maid..yet.
"I guess so," I say quietly. The beds are small bunk beds. There are two pairs of them. Pillows and sheets are on the other ones, and just as I'm about to ask who sleeps there, two girls burst into the room.
One with rosy red cheeks stops talking to her friend and looks at me. Her brown hair floats to her waist. The other one has short brown hair, just below her ears is where it ends.
They both stare at me quietly.
"This is the new maid," Levina says, causing all three of them to smile
"I'm Jacqueline," the one with short hair says.
"I'm Daniela," the one with long hair says. They shake my hand and show me that I have the bottom bunk near the window. I don't have any clothes with me except the dress I'm wearing, but they say a uniform is handed to maids so I don't need to worry about it.
Night falls, I'm still in my usual dress. The other maids are out serving dinner. I decide to go eat.
I wander the corridors, lost, and unknowing of where I'm supposed to be heading. But I find the kitchen. And I find where every one of the royals sit during dinner, and where every one of the nobles sit, and where every one of the regular people sit. Instead of placing myself by wealth, I decide to grab my meal, which is a roll of bread, and go sit outside. I find the rock by the lake that Bash was sitting on earlier, and munch on my bread. Before long, there's a guy tapping on my shoulder.
"Hey Bash," I smile at the site of him. He smiles right on back.
He sits down beside me, no food in his hands.
"Aren't you hungry?" I ask.
He shakes his head, "I ate while I was inside."
I remember seeing him sitting somewhere near the King.
"Well, my grace-"
He interrupts me, "No need to call me 'your grace', Lady Ginnifer, we are friends I presume and so there shan't be a reason for you to just call me Bash. Plus, I am not really royal. I'm a bastard."
"I suppose so," I say, fumbling with the bread left in my hands.
"You're cold, aren't you?" Bash asks, and takes off his thin jacket made of cow's skin. He wraps it around me, and I feel warmer a second later.
"Thanks."
I look at the moon on the sea and lie my head against his shoulder. We've only been friends for a day, but I feel drawn to him. Like I need him. He senses it, and puts his arm around me. I glance up into his eyes. He looks down at me. And for a moment, I feel like it's just me and him in the world together.
I wake up the next morning and stretch my arms out wide, excited to start another day here in the Court of France. The maids find a dress for me to wear, it's actually Daniela's but she says she doesn't want it anymore.
It's purple with black lace and reminds me of a dying garden, I have no idea why.
"You look perfect," Daniela says.
"Any man to be able to hug you is a very lucky man," Jacqueline states and fixes my hair. She takes some of the charcoal on a skewer and applies liner on my lash lines to make my eyes stand out more.
"I saw you talking to Bash last night," Daniela says, twiddling her fingers. "I just want to warn you- don't feel special that he's giving you his jacket or that you're allowed to rest your head on his shoulder. He does it with all the girls-" her voice gets quieter. "even me."
I rub her shoulder as a sudden realization hits me. Why would Bash like me? I'm not rich, pretty, or even polite like the rest of the girls. I wasn't taught manners or anything.
"Thanks Daniela," I say, "But I won't let him get to me if he's treated you like a piece of trash on the side of the road." A smile is brought to Daniela's lips. Jacqueline hugs me.
"I'm so glad you came!" she exclaims. I smile. I'm glad I came too.
I leave the room, feeling a bit down because of Bash, but my moods are lifted when I see Francis running around with a little boy. I jog to go talk to him.
"Lady Ginnifer," Francis says.
"Hello, Francis," I say. "Who is this?"
"This is Charles- my brother."
"Hello Charles," I say to the young boy. He has the same eyes as his older brother, but brown hair. He looks a bit like Bash. I shake my head. I shouldn't think of Sebastian.
"Did you enjoy your stay last night?" Francis inquires. I nod.
"Yes, I talked to Bash for a bit while I was eating dinner." I scold myself for saying his name aloud.
"I see," Francis smiles. "We are playing catch me, would you like to play? You seem a little laid back then the rest of the ladies."
"It sounds like a plan," I say. "Who's it?"
Charles slowly reaches towards me and pokes my hip. "You are!" he yells and runs away. I instantly look at Francis, about to chase him, but he's too fast as I lunge at him. I start running about, trying to figure out with male I can get. The girls and men around the courtyard watch in utter disgust, probably at the fact that a 'lady' is playing this game, but I ignore their looks. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Bash walk out of the court. His eyes instantly land on me, but I look away quickly. I see my chance to get Francis, and I lunge once again. I take him by surprise, and he tries to catch me as I lose my footing, but fails and I fall on top of him.
I breathe heavily while lying upon him. He laughs wholeheartedly and I notice Charles walk over to us.
"You're it Francis! Haha!" and the game starts again. Eventually, Francis tags Charles and grabs my wrist. I notice that Bash is gone, but it doesn't ruin my fun. He probably went off to woo some other maiden. Francis pulls me to the front line of the woods and hides me behind one of them. He presses his chest against mine and looks out from around the tree.
"I've never had this much fun in years," he says to me quietly, "thank you." Charles hears us and runs towards us. I push Francis into the little boy and laugh as Francis curses, saying I'll pay for it.
And then I see him. Staring at me from afar. The man who chased me towards the clearing where I first saw Bash. Even though I never saw his face- I know it's him. He lifts a bow and aims for me.
I let out a yelp as I feel something pierce my upper leg.
Idk, does she seem a bit mary-sue-ish? Good, she's supposed to be that way for future things.
A lot of things happened in this chapter, what like 2 days or so went by? Yeah, a lot of time passes in the first few chapters.
Thanks for reading, make sure to review so I know whether anyone wants me to continue this story~
Oh and ps.
Yeah, I decided to go with a more modern way of writing things- not extremely creative writing, but it's first person and there's some sarcasm...maybe?