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Crocas, 25 years ago
It was filthy. The whole place was filled with garbage. But several children were playing at the place. Orphans and street kids, they didn't have anywhere to play except that.
A black-haired boy ran and carefully trying to make his footsteps as soundless as possible. He grinned at the kids who were wondering about his were playing hide and seek, even though he's already 13 years old, he could still have fun playing it.
He was hiding behind one of the garbage can and snickered when he saw his friends searching for him. But suddenly, he could see his friends began to run away. He stood up from his hiding but he froze when he noticed the chilling aura coming from behind him.
The boy stiffly turned around just to find a girl his age glaring at right eye was covered by her bangs and her left blue eye bored deeply into him.
"Young Master…" her voice was dangerously low and he could feel himself shivering because of it.
The boy gulped and started to sweat. "E-Eliza, I can explain this. I-uh… you see… NO! Put that thing down, Eliza! It's dangero-"
SMACK!
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::Chap 25. Curse of the Stone, Part I::
~Royal Maid~
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Murmurs could be heard all around the whole castle. The guards and servants were talking about the return of their young Prince, and his monstrous maid.
"Eliza's back with our Prince!"
"Everyone, stand on your positions! We don't want to be killed by Eliza!"
"Keep the place clean! We don't want her to complain!"
"Welcome them nicely or she'll burn the whole place!"
All the murmurs attracted a black-haired girl who walked in the hall with two maids following hair was short and it barely reached her neck. The girl looked at several maids who were gossiping about the Prince's personal maid and smiled before she snickered.
"Milady, it's not proper for you to laugh that way…" one of the maids stated.
"Hai, hai…" the girl pouted. But she grinned again afterwards. "Nee, Anna. Is it true that Eliza's back with Al?" she asked her the maid from before.
The maid showed a single nod, "Yes, Milady. I believe the whole castle has been talking about it. That Eliza has found Prince Altair…" the maid, Anna, informed the girl.
"This would be the twentieth time he ran away from the castle…" the other maid said.
Giggle.
"Is there anything about that that pleases you, Milady?" the maid asked.
"Oh~" the girl nodded. "Anna! Karin! Let us greet my beloved brother~" the girl said with a very sweet voice yet the two maids could feel the venom in it, they sweatdropped at the girl's action.
"Ouch… just how hard did you hit me?" a black-haired boy moaned while rubbing his swollen head.
"I hit you just with the necessary power, that's in case you feel like I've used too much, Young Master…" Eliza said while looking outside the window of the carriage, observing the life of the citizens.
"Che! You never acted like a servant at all…" the boy murmured as he threw his face away.
Eliza smirked slightly while still looking outside the window. Then she turned to look directly at the boy, "You can hate me all you want, Young Master. But I just have a single wish, is that for you to believe in me. Betraying you is the last thing I'll do in my life…" she said with her cool grin.
"You always said that…" the boy pouted.
"It is true. I'll never betray my master. Never…" Eliza said.
The young boy's face flushed at her statement, but he tried to hide his face from her sight. Eliza could just smile at the sight of her young master.
When the carriage arrived in front of the castle, the guards hurriedly opened the main gate at let it in. It took a while before they arrived to the castle's main building. When they've arrived, the guards and servants bowed at their presence.
Eliza walked out of the carriage, and stood beside it to wait for the Prince to walk out. After the boy got out of the carriage, he walked forward to the castle and she followed him, walking slightly beside him.
They were immediately greeted by a black-haired girl.
"Welcome home, Al, Eliza…" she smiled sweetly.
"Drop the act, you damn sister…" the boy spat.
"Why are you acting so cold towards your sister? What wrong thing have I done to you?" the girl shed some fake tears.
"Just get the hell outta my life! Che!" the boy walked away.
The girl giggled devilishly, she's really satisfied with her brother's reaction. Teasing her brother is her favorite activity.
When she noticed that the red-haired maid hadn't followed her brother, the girl talked to her. "Nee, Eliza. It's been a year since you become my brother's personal maid. How's him? Do you think you can handle him?" the girl asked.
"So far so good, Milady. There's nothing for you to worry about. Young Master acts just the way kids his age should act, there's nothing wrong with a few rebellious acts…" Eliza reported professionally.
"Oh, is that so?" the girl tilted her head.
"Now if you would excuse me, I have some scolding to give to Young Master…" Eliza pardoned while bowing.
"Oh! That's right! Just scold him all you want, okay?" the girl winked at her.
Eliza bowed again. "As you wish, Princess Ultear…" she said before she went away.
Eliza sat on one of the benches at the royal garden. She stretched out her back before she massaged her shoulder. "Even if I said that…" she sighed, "Handling Young Master is so troublesome, my shoulder become so stiff…"
She raised her head up and looked at the blue sky. "I come here with the expectation by Mother to be a royal family's personal maid. I have to do anything necessary to be the best…" she convinced herself.
Eliza swung her feet childishly and started to remember the Reclaissé household. She was chosen as the royal family's maid ever since she was born and she was treated differently from the other kids ever since she was young.
"Listen well, Eliza. You should never show any emotion towards other people except for your Master… Being loyal and useful is all a royal family's personal maid should do…" a woman said to the small redhead.
Eliza nodded in return.
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The redhead walked through the hall, trying to ignore the murmurs around her. The eyes of jealousy haunted her all the way in the hall. The other kids are jealous of her, being the one chosen as the royal family's personal maid.
Eliza saw a white-haired girl her age, who was glaring at her. She opened her mouth to call her name, "Ele-"
Someone patted her shoulder and she turned around to see the woman shaking her head. Eliza lowered her head sadly.
"Don't approach to her. It's futile…" the woman said.
"But… Elena is 'white'. Can't I at least talk to her?" Eliza asked nervously.
"Everyone here never saw you as one of them, Eliza. You're special…" the woman stated.
Eliza looked down at her feet and bit her lip, "Yes… I understand, Mother…"
The woman patted her head.
Eliza didn't realize that she was spacing out, until someone suddenly patted her shoulder. She flinched slightly and turned around. She smiled at the sight of the person, "Ah. Young Monster…" she muttered.
A vein popped on the forehead of the mentioned person. "What do you mean Young Monster, you disrespectful servant!" he said, annoyed.
"I apologize. I bit my tongue…" Eliza muttered in monotone.
"You were doing it on purpose!" Al shouted while pointing at her.
She smirked, "I. Bit. My. Tongue." she repeated.
"Yeah, yeah, right. You bite your tongue. Whatever…" Altair brushed it off, knowing that he'll never win in a conversation with this took a seat on the bench beside her and sighed in defeat, causing her to hold her giggle.
Altair glared at her from the corner of his eyes, "I hate you…" he murmured.
"Really?" she smiled.
Altair gritted his teeth in frustration. This girl is really annoying, he thought.
"You can hate me all you want, Young Master. But I just have a single wish, is that for you to believe in me. Betraying you is the last thing I'll do in my life. I'll never betray my Master…" the girl smirked.
Altair threw his face away, trying to hide his blush. "I told you not to repeat that…" he murmured.
"Oh, really? I don't recall having you saying that, Young Master…" Eliza laughed before she looked straightly at the sky. "If you hate me that much, I wonder how you can live from now on…"
"What are you talking about?" Altair asked curiously.
"I am talking about my shift as your personal maid. I think my King said that I'm going to be your maid until we both turn 20…" she said playfully, enjoying his shocked expression.
"What the hell!"
"You still have 7 more years to go, Young Master…" she smirked in amusement.
"You got to be kidding me…"
~To be continued~
A/N: I have to clear something up here. The 'Ultear' who appeared above is currently 'Ul' in the Fairy Tail's original series. You know, Gray and Lyon's mentor if you forgot. Just telling you… ;)
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Next: ~Chap 26. Curse of the Stone, Part II~