Chapter 3
The next day, Draco went over with the boys a few things about their servants. They were surprised that they actually got servants. They each had one servant. Huey felt bad about asking his servants to do anything while Dewey and Louie took advantage of their power.
"Oh servant." Louie started as his servant rushed over. "Can you be a dear and do my homework?" Huey was confused.
"Louie, we're not gonna be in school for a whole week." Huey stated as Louie shrugged it off. Huey was annoyed.
"Well at least I know Dewey isn't abusing his power." Huey said as he looked over at Dewey. Dewey was getting a massage from his servant as he looked up at Huey.
"I'm sorry what were you saying?" Dewey asked calmly. "I'm busy getting treated like the royalty I am." While Dewey and Louie's servants were male adults, Huey's servant was a female about his age.
"Is there anything I can do for you sir?" The servant asked as Huey felt uncomfortable.
"You can start by not calling me sir." Huey said as he started walking to his room. He didn't think she would follow him, but she did. "Why are you following me?" He asked as Dewey answered for her.
"She's a servant dude, it's her job." Dewey answered as the servant confirmed it.
"Yes, that is correct." The servant said as Huey was confused.
"Why do you talk like that?" Huey asked as they started walking together.
"Do you not like the way I talk sir?" The servant asked. "I can change it if you want?"
"No, you don't have to do that, it's fine." Huey said as he started getting more and more intrigued. "So what's your name anyway?" He asked causing her to frown.
"I do not have one." She said as Huey was surprised.
"What?!" Huey said as she explained.
"Servants are taking in right after birth." She started as Huey listened. "The king goes to a hospital every time one of the servants die. He hand picks a special few to become servants. I happened to be one of those special few." They arrived at Huey's room. Huey opened the door and let her inside.
"Are you okay with continuing?" Huey asked.
"Do you wish for me to continue?" The servant asked as Huey was annoyed.
"I'm not asking you for anything after this." Huey said getting annoyed at the servant. "Just decide for yourself next time." The servant agreed as she continued the story.
"At the age of three, the king started our training." The servant continued. "He would train us how to balance properly, follow all orders, and even kill." Huey was shocked.
"Kill?!" Huey said surprised that his father would do something like that.
"Yes." The servant continued as Huey felt sorry for her. He looked at her hand and noticed that there was a scar.
"What happened to your hand?" Huey asked as the servant explained.
"The king would put us through very rigorous tests." The servant said. "The first test takes place when the servant turns six. They are made to walk on a tight rope over fire. Failure to complete this task meant death. The next test takes place at the age of eight. The king would give the servants various tasks to complete, most of them involved harming oneself." She said as she looked at her hand. "The final test takes place at the age of sixteen. The servants are made to fight to the death. The king give a certain number of servants he needed and that is the number of servants that come out alive. Then the servants would fight to the death against someone who has committed a crime in the kingdom. I am the youngest to ever complete the final test." Huey was shocked.
"I'm sorry that happened Rose." Huey said causing the servant to get confused.
"Rose?" The servant asked as Huey blushed red with embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, I just noticed a rose on your ear and I got distracted." Huey said justifying himself. "But hey, that sounds like a good name right?! Do you like it?" Huey asked.
"Do you like it?" The servant asked causing Huey to get really annoyed.
"That's not what I asked." Huey said upsettingly. He then thought of an idea. Create a way that she would have to either say yes or no. "Okay, I want you to say either yes or no, understand?!" The servant nodded as Huey smiled. "Now, do you like the name Rose?"
"Yes." The servant answered as Huey began to smirk.
"Congratulations Rose, you just thought for yourself for the first time." Huey said as Rose smiled.
"Is that something you wanted." Rose said as Huey slapped his forehead.
"I guess you still need some practice." Huey said as he heard a knock on the door. It was his father's servant.
"Dinner is ready master Hubert." The servant said as Huey and Rose made their way down stairs. Once they were in the dining room, Huey sat down at the table next to his brothers. He sat next to Louie and punched him hard in the arm when nobody was looking.
"Ow, what'd you do that for?!" Louie asked as Huey took out the pass that Louie gave. "Fine, I'll let you get away with that one." Huey noticed that the servants were feeding Dewey and Louie. Rose tried to feed Huey, but Huey put his hand in the way.
"I can feed myself." Huey said causing his father to stop chewing his food. "How bout you sit down and eat?" Draco then felt enraged.
"How dare you treat it like a person?!" Draco said angrily as the boys became scared. "It is meant to make life easy for you and you don't want to use it!" Huey started getting angry.
"Don't call her an "It", she has a name." Huey said angrily as his father became more enraged.
"You named it?!" Draco said angrily as he started walking towards Huey.
"Yeah I did!" Huey yelled. "And I heard about all the things the you put these poor people through! It's disgraceful, how could you do this to them?! You took them away from their families!"
"I took them to serve a higher purpose!" Draco said angrily.
"Higher purpose?!" Huey said angrily. "How could you say that when you won't even give them a name?!" Draco was getting tired of Huey's back talk.
"I grow tired of this disrespect boy!" Draco said as Huey continued.
"You're a horrible person!" Huey yelled as his brothers watched in shock. "I don't know why I even wanted to bother getting to know you! You're a horrible king and a horrible father! I DON'T KNOW WHY MOM EVER LOVED YOU!" With that said, Huey felt his face connect with the back side of his father's hand. Huey fell to the ground as Draco sent his servant to hold him down. Dewey and Louie were frozen in fear.
"Listen here boy." Draco said angrily. "For the week that I have you here at my kingdom, I expect to be treated with respect. Now I don't ever wanna hear you back talking to me ever again. Now stay quiet while I think of a suitable punishment for your insolence. Are we clear?"
"Crystal." Huey said as he tried to hold back his tears. Draco tried to think what to do with Huey. He thought about for a few minutes until he turned to a shocked Dewey.
"Dewford, how do you think I should punish your brother?" Draco asked as Dewey got upset.
"I don't think he should be punished at all!" Dewey said angrily. "How could you hit my brother like that?!" Draco then started thinking.
"Hit, that's it!" Draco said happily as he faced his servant. "Take Hubert to his bedroom and give him a spanking." The boys were shocked as the servant started pulling Huey upstairs. Rose started to follow them. Dewey got even more angry.
"Now you're just gonna hurt him again?!" Dewey said angrily as Draco told his servant to wait.
"Careful what you say next boy, it could have a unwanted result." Draco warned Dewey.
"I don't care!" Dewey said as he threw his food on the ground. "Huey's right, you're a horrible person! It's a wonder why our mother ever loved a scumbag like you!" Draco was now furious.
"Give Dewford the same punishment as Hubert!" Draco said angrily as his servant pulled both of them upstairs. Draco then looked at Louie. "At least you know how to show some respect. Maybe you could be next in line for the throne Louie?" Louie was surprised that his father remembered not to call him Llewelyn.
"You remembered?" Louie asked as his father nodded. Louie wasn't the least bit worried about his brother's. They've been spanked by their uncle Donald since they were five. He knew they were going to be okay. But he did want to know more about his father. He didn't care about anything Huey said about him. For some reason, he wanted to hear his father's side of the story.
"Was all that stuff Huey was saying true?" Louie asked as his father explained.
"He didn't really understand what was really going on." Draco explained. "The servants weren't made to be your friend, they were made to protect you. To give them a name would mean sadness when they die. Trust me, I've been down that road before. During a war, my servant Jeremy took his own life to save mine. To make it so no one ever gets hurt the way I did, I made sure that no servant had a name. But I also made sure to train them to defend themselves. Now I could tell you about all of this tomorrow, but it's starting to get late." Draco then wiped himself off with a napkin and started heading upstairs. Louie let his servant wipe his face so he could go to his bedroom.
Huey was softly crying on his bed. He was rubbing his tail as he looked towards Rose.
"Did you really have to come up here too?" Huey asked feeling embarrassed.
"Did you not want me to come up here?" Rose asked as Huey started getting annoyed again.
"What's the point of arguing with you?" Huey said as he started laying down. Rose was interested in Huey's emotions.
"What emotions are you feeling right now?" Rose asked as Huey was confused.
"What?!" Huey asked as Rose repeated herself. "I heard you the first time, I'm just confused why you need to know." Rose started to explain.
"I am interested in knowing how I can help you feel better." Rose said as Huey was still confused. "I feel as if I am the reason that you received punishment." Huey put his hands up.
"Woah, this isn't your fault at all." Huey said as Rose was confused. "I'm the one who gave you a name and I got punished for it. You know that old saying, no good deed goes unpunished." Rose was even more confused.
"That saying sounds very negative." Rose stated as Huey started to stand up.
"It is." Huey said as he noticed Rose looking on the ground. "Well, I'm feeling pain because of the punishment, I'm feeling angry because my father couldn't punish me himself and I feel embarrassed because you watch the whole thing." Rose was confused.
"What is "embarrassed"?" Rose asked as Huey's eyes widened from annoyance.
"I'll tell you about it in the morning." Huey said as he started going to sleep. "Good night." Huey waited for the sound of the door to open then close, but it never did. He looked over only to find Rose sleeping in a sleeping bag. "What are you doing, isn't that uncomfortable?!" Huey asked as Rose looked up.
"I am perfectly fine." Rose said as she continued to sleep.
"How bout you sleep in the bed." Huey suggested as he started getting out of bed. "I'll take the sleeping bag. Besides, you've had it way worse than me. You deserve a night of comfort." Rose starting thinking.
"I don't want to let you sleep on the floor." Rose said as Huey walked over to her. "Perhaps we can both sleep on the bed." Huey's eyes widened.
"Are you crazy?!" Huey said embarrassingly. "A guy and a girl don't sleep in the same bed together unless they are married."
"Do you want to get married?" Rose asked as Huey eyes widened again.
"That's not how it works!" Huey said embarrassingly as Rose was confused. Huey felt like the conversation was getting them nowhere. "Look, we can both sleep on the bed for one night, but we have to be apart at all times. We can't touch each other, and if we do, I'm sleeping on the floor."
"Does that mean we're married?" Rose asked as Huey slapped his forehead.
"I'll explain English with you in the morning." Huey said as he and Rose got in bed.
"Sir, you never told me what I should call you." Rose said as she and Huey looked at the ceiling.
"Just call me Huey." Huey said as Rose looked at him.
"Very well, good night Huey." Rose said as she drifted off to sleep.
"Good night Rose." Huey said as he drifted off to sleep as well.
Dewey woke up in the middle of the night after hearing someone walking around in his room. He got his phone and turned on his flash light to look around the room. He noticed that his servant was knocked out, and Webby and Lena were standing over him.
End of Chapter 3