Ch 2!
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Next scene: At the dinner table.
The master, Cham, was seated at the end of the table. At the other end was Fqeen with Yamia by his side. Across from Yamia was her 14 year old sister Rezla, and then there was the slave who had been ordered to get the drinks.
"Psst, Bzema, watch out for Rodlo!" Said Rezla in a loud hushed voice.
The slave halted just before she stepped on the royal dog's tail.
"Whoa!" she stopped so suddenly that the glasses of wine and water fell to the floor and crashed into many pieces. The master was not happy.
"Look what you did you terrible girl!" he sat up and slapped the slave hard across her face. She jerked her face from the blow to a side, but she did not go sprawling to the floor as the master wanted. "RAA!" he yelled angrily. He sat down abruptly, "Clean the mess and get new glasses slave. If this happens again I will send you to bed without even a crumb of bread!"
The slave spun around and went straight for a broom in a nearby closet. She came back to the messy floor and silently, but quickly, swept up the mess. After that she went to the kitchen to get the new drinks. By the time she was coming back she saw her only friend Rezla smile sadly at her, trying to make sure her family didn't see her do so. Bzema knew better than to smile back, often Cham kept his eye on her and he would do something drastic if she was to ever smile. Instead, she placed all the drinks in their proper places on the table. She sat by near a corner, as she did everyday, until the family finished eating. Finally, the family was done. Cham was the last to get up to leave. As usual he called the slave.
"Slave!" he needed to say no more. Bzema stood up and went straight to work. She cleaned the table and was done 20 minutes later. At this time, Rezla was out playing with the dog. Bzema, though, went to the maid and asked for her meal. The maid did not speak. She but only gave the slave girl 2 pieces of bread, a bit of honey, and a glass of water. Bzema hungrily ate her meal and drank her water. She was now free for 10 minutes as she was everyday until she was ordered to her room. She ran outside to find Rezla throwing a golden disk across the sandy ground. The dog barked as he ran after the disk.
"Evening." Bzema said quietly.
"Bzema!" she hugged the girl. "Want to throw this time?" she asked as the dog came running back.
The slave only shook her head. She sat down on the sand and watched Rezla throw it again.
"*Sigh.*" Rezla threw her disk once more. She turned around to see Bzema watching. 'If only she did not work. It is a terrible thing my father makes her do. If only I never found her that one day...'
Flashback:
"Father! Help!" Called out the young Rezla of 8 years old. Her father ran to her to find her kneeling beside a girl who was lying on the sand. "I found her like this. She's not hurt. Just weak..."
"Let's take her in." Cham picked up the girl and the two walked over to his palace. "Once she's well I can make her a slave! I don't have one yet and she seems like she could be capable of work."
"Oh Buttercup! Now you have no memory! I've cursed you with amnesia!" Him cackled to himself as he watched the scene as he floated in the sky like the red demon he is. "Now you're separated from your loving family and Antidote X is in your blood! You have but only enough power in you to stay alive!" he says to himself in his eerie voice. "The only thing you know now is your age!" he laughed again more cruelly.
End Flashback:
'But if not she would have most definitely died...' she sighed again to herself as she often did. She took the disk out of Rodlo's mouth and just as she was about to throw it again for the 34th time her father called out...
"Rezla! Time to sleep until the sun rises yet again tomorrow!" he called out lovingly. Rezla patted the dog on the head and walked straight to her room, with Rodlo following, which was near her sister's. She ignored the slave for she knew her father was watching. "You too slave!"
The slave girl closed her eyes for a moment and opened them again to find herself walking over to him. Cham gave a smile to Rezla as she walked past him to her room. He stopped Bzema where she was by the time she reached him.
"I have a new job for you in the morning. Instead of starting on our breakfast you are to show Fqeen the palace. Be sure to wake up earlier than usual. Soon after you may begin your daily activities." he left suddenly leaving the slave behind him.
The first thought to enter the slave's head was: 'Why does he never call me by my name Bzema?' She hung her head and knew that only Rezla, who had named her, would do that. She was the only kind human in the area after all...
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Next scene: At the dinner table.
The master, Cham, was seated at the end of the table. At the other end was Fqeen with Yamia by his side. Across from Yamia was her 14 year old sister Rezla, and then there was the slave who had been ordered to get the drinks.
"Psst, Bzema, watch out for Rodlo!" Said Rezla in a loud hushed voice.
The slave halted just before she stepped on the royal dog's tail.
"Whoa!" she stopped so suddenly that the glasses of wine and water fell to the floor and crashed into many pieces. The master was not happy.
"Look what you did you terrible girl!" he sat up and slapped the slave hard across her face. She jerked her face from the blow to a side, but she did not go sprawling to the floor as the master wanted. "RAA!" he yelled angrily. He sat down abruptly, "Clean the mess and get new glasses slave. If this happens again I will send you to bed without even a crumb of bread!"
The slave spun around and went straight for a broom in a nearby closet. She came back to the messy floor and silently, but quickly, swept up the mess. After that she went to the kitchen to get the new drinks. By the time she was coming back she saw her only friend Rezla smile sadly at her, trying to make sure her family didn't see her do so. Bzema knew better than to smile back, often Cham kept his eye on her and he would do something drastic if she was to ever smile. Instead, she placed all the drinks in their proper places on the table. She sat by near a corner, as she did everyday, until the family finished eating. Finally, the family was done. Cham was the last to get up to leave. As usual he called the slave.
"Slave!" he needed to say no more. Bzema stood up and went straight to work. She cleaned the table and was done 20 minutes later. At this time, Rezla was out playing with the dog. Bzema, though, went to the maid and asked for her meal. The maid did not speak. She but only gave the slave girl 2 pieces of bread, a bit of honey, and a glass of water. Bzema hungrily ate her meal and drank her water. She was now free for 10 minutes as she was everyday until she was ordered to her room. She ran outside to find Rezla throwing a golden disk across the sandy ground. The dog barked as he ran after the disk.
"Evening." Bzema said quietly.
"Bzema!" she hugged the girl. "Want to throw this time?" she asked as the dog came running back.
The slave only shook her head. She sat down on the sand and watched Rezla throw it again.
"*Sigh.*" Rezla threw her disk once more. She turned around to see Bzema watching. 'If only she did not work. It is a terrible thing my father makes her do. If only I never found her that one day...'
Flashback:
"Father! Help!" Called out the young Rezla of 8 years old. Her father ran to her to find her kneeling beside a girl who was lying on the sand. "I found her like this. She's not hurt. Just weak..."
"Let's take her in." Cham picked up the girl and the two walked over to his palace. "Once she's well I can make her a slave! I don't have one yet and she seems like she could be capable of work."
"Oh Buttercup! Now you have no memory! I've cursed you with amnesia!" Him cackled to himself as he watched the scene as he floated in the sky like the red demon he is. "Now you're separated from your loving family and Antidote X is in your blood! You have but only enough power in you to stay alive!" he says to himself in his eerie voice. "The only thing you know now is your age!" he laughed again more cruelly.
End Flashback:
'But if not she would have most definitely died...' she sighed again to herself as she often did. She took the disk out of Rodlo's mouth and just as she was about to throw it again for the 34th time her father called out...
"Rezla! Time to sleep until the sun rises yet again tomorrow!" he called out lovingly. Rezla patted the dog on the head and walked straight to her room, with Rodlo following, which was near her sister's. She ignored the slave for she knew her father was watching. "You too slave!"
The slave girl closed her eyes for a moment and opened them again to find herself walking over to him. Cham gave a smile to Rezla as she walked past him to her room. He stopped Bzema where she was by the time she reached him.
"I have a new job for you in the morning. Instead of starting on our breakfast you are to show Fqeen the palace. Be sure to wake up earlier than usual. Soon after you may begin your daily activities." he left suddenly leaving the slave behind him.
The first thought to enter the slave's head was: 'Why does he never call me by my name Bzema?' She hung her head and knew that only Rezla, who had named her, would do that. She was the only kind human in the area after all...
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