Another day in a life…

1000 years later…

Alice was going around Glast Heim Castle as usual, sweeping floors, arranging books and a lot of other chores. She still had the castle main entrance to clean up, but it was pointless anyway. The number of humans swarming into the castle has increased drastically for the last few years. Not even the Owl Baron could stop them, and Alice herself was killed by some of them a few times, not that it mattered much. The Dark Lord placed a spell that allowed anyone with the right spell to resurrect her into a random place in the castle. Alice has gotten used to dying. She has lost all love for humans along with it.

The Owl Baron was Alice's new master ever since 700 years ago, as a gift for a new alliance between him and the Dark Lord. She has been sweeping the castle the Baron lived in ever since.

She sighed as another priest walked into the castle uninvited. Couldn't they just leave her alone? The priest just walked past her with a quick glance, and went to the direction of the prison cells.

She continued sweeping the floors and pretended nothing has happened as she went on with her agenda. She found the remnants of a Rideworm and asked one of her Sage Worm helpers to clean it up and put it back in the library. Alice watched as it picked up the book with fangs and hastily ran back to the library. Whoever killed the Rideworm didn't know they were killing Alice's friends here in the castle, don't they know it hurts to see a friend die? Alice held back tears and proceeded to the entrance.

The humans were always messing around this place, killing all of Alice's friends. But they'd all come back to life. No one was allowed to die in here. They would be resurrected and they will continue to be enslaved by the Owl Baron no matter what.

Alice was just about done with the front when a hunter walked in. Alice paced away from her, but the moment the hunter's eyes were laid on Alice, she let fly a hail of arrows. More then a dozen pierced through her, and she could feel a burning pain in the places she was shot. It hurt, but she wasn't beaten. She retaliated by charging at the hunter, hitting her square in the face with her broom. The hunter staggered for a second, and Alice hit her legs this time. The hunter fell to the floor, apparently unconscious.

"Serves you right," Alice turned away as she mocked the black-eyed hunter. Alice pulled out the arrows, flinching at the pain. She recited the healing spell and her wounds disappeared, only holes in her outfit marked where she was hit. The hunters' body disappeared as she was respawned to a nearby city. New magic has been able to do what the Dark Lord was able to do a century ago…

"Mew…mew…" came a soft from behind Alice. She turned around to see what made the sound, but saw nothing. She didn't remember anybody in Glast Heim ever making such a cry like what she just heard. Maybe the Owl Baron has a new servant? Alice decided to greet him.

The mewing got louder as Alice approached one of the pillars. She became more and more curious as to what made the sounds. When she rounded the nearest pillar, Alice gasped as she saw what lay on the floor.

It was a kitten, lying on the floor with gashes all around its body; the wounds were so deep you could see something peculiar that looks like it was beating. It bled a small puddle of red. The poor thing was gasping for air as its own blood soaked its nose. Its body twitched from the pain, but it was unable to move. It was hanging on to its own thread of life as tightly as possible.

Alice was shocked as of who would do something like this, it was inhumane, it was cruel….

It was like what the Dark Lord has done to her.

She took action immediately. Alice recited the healing spell again, this time directed at the kitten. The wounds closed around the kitten and it stopped shuddering. Alice used her apron to wipe off all the blood off the kittens' body, gently rubbing it against its fur. The kitten was startled at first, but softened up and actually looked like it enjoyed it.

Alice stroked the kitten's fur, envying its softness and warmth. The kitten dozed off in Alice's arms, making small baby snores. Alice went back to her quarters and put it on a cushion. The kitten curled up into a fluffy ball and slept more peacefully. Alice let out a soft giggle as she changed her clothes. The Owl Baron has give her a full closet of Alice's uniform, and was magically altered so that they could regenerate themselves over time. It saved Alice the trouble of sewing them, and she was grateful as she had a lot more to do already.

Everybody has a name, so what was this kittens' one? Alice sat on a chair with her head on the table. She scrutinized the kitten for a while, looking at how its' little tail would twitch around slightly every time it snored. It was just too cute that Alice forgot about her chores for once.

"Okay, since you can't tell me your name, I think I'll call you 'Little Tails'. Since you're small and your tail keeps moving even if you're sleeping!" Little Tail just kept on snoring, but it was alright with Alice. He's been through a lot just now, and he deserves a break.

"Now we're friends, aren't we Tails?" Little Tails continued to ignore her.