Sora woke up early as usual and yawned, his muscles seeming to argue with his movements. He stood up, stretching the best he could before walking out of his room, seeing Roxas and Axel up ahead of him. His energy immediately came to him as he raced to catch up to the two. "Hey." He breathed, catching his breath. The two smiled at him as they continued to walk.
"Sora, you do know that Ansem's guests are here right? If you want to leave you better act well. Otherwise you'll be stuck here!" Axel said as they made their way to the kitchens to eat. Sora let out a groan.
"I know. I hope I can leave! If I don't get picked I'm running away from this place!" Sora said.
"I second that!" said Roxas, Axel giving an agreeing nod. Sora gave a weak smile before the three dug into their horrible gruel of a breakfast. Once, done, a guard walked in, catching the attention of all the servants in the room.
"Time to set the table for breakfast for the king and his guests! Hurry up your slow asses and get going!" he yelled at them. Immediately, bustle broke out and everyone got to work, grabbing plates and carrying them out to the table, setting it in front of the people awaiting it. Sora took a small glance at the guests. A girl with red hair sat to the right of Ansem and across from her sat a very scary looking woman. Sora quickly exited the room, not wanting to stay longer than he had to.
The red haired girl spoke to Ansem, "Who was that brown headed boy? I might consider him." Ansem looked at her.
"Oh, you mean Sora? I'm not sure if he'd be a good choice. He misbehaves all the time. I'm not sure I would want to lay that burden upon you." He answered the girl. She smiled.
"Don't worry; if he misbehaves around me I know exactly how to punish him." She replied back. Ansem looked at her, unsure if he wanted to know what she meant.
"May I ask why you need servants?" he asked her after a long moment of silence. More silence followed his question. Finally, she spoke.
"You are not obliged to know that information. Let's just say that many of our servants have died recently because of…an experiment, shall we say the least." He stared at her, even more curiosity building up in his eyes. She noticed this and giggled. "That is all I shall let you know Lord Ansem." She said.
"Now Kairi, don't fuel his curiosity anymore than you have. No more shall be spoken of this topic for now." Said the woman who sat across from Kairi.
"Did you see that woman?? She's scary! I'm not sure I would want to go with her!" Sora proclaimed as he walked alongside Axel and Roxas as they made their way to their rooms for a short break. Roxas shivered as he remembered what she looked like.
"I know what you mean Sora, I wouldn't either. But I really want to get away from Ansem. This is a really tough decision!" he stated. Sora nodded in agreement. Sora split from the pair as he entered his room and closed the door behind him. It really was a hard decision to make. He hated Ansem and desperately wanted to get away from him. Yet the woman really scared him. Her expression had remained so serious. He didn't like it at all.
Suddenly, his door flew open and someone rushed in, slamming the door behind him. The strange man slid down the door, panting heavily, sweat sliding down his face. Sora stared at this man who sat there in front of him. He had silver hair and was well built, his eyes giving off the aquamarine color, capturing Sora's attention right away. The man looked over at him, his eyes cold. Sora opened his mouth, about to scream, when his mouth was covered by a hand.
"Don't you dare say a thing!" the man commanded of him. Sora struggled to remove the stranger's hand from his mouth but failed miserably. Heavy footsteps were heard outside his door before they became faint. Finally, Sora was allowed to speak again.
"Why shouldn't I tell them where you are? You charge into my room and then expect me to keep quiet?" Sora demanded of this man. He looked over at him, his aquamarine eyes giving off an idea. The man crawled on his hands and knees closer to Sora.
"I'll make it worth your while." He said in a voice that Sora wasn't sure he liked very much. He noticed how close he had gotten and scooted back against the wall. The man just came closer to him with a smirk riding his face. Sora just gaped at the man in fear and surprise. A knock came to his door and the two looked at it.
"Sora! Let's go! We have to get to work again!" Roxas yelled through.
"C-Coming!" he answered back, hurriedly crawling away from the man and headed towards the door, exiting it without looking back.