Dim sunlight poured in through the cracks of the roof as Alex woke up. Alex
yawned and streghed and she looked aaround her chamber. There were a few
things that Alex haden't noticed the night before. There were a few pots
stacked opon each other in the courner and there was a broom leaning
against the changing room curtain. It looked more like a barn then a room.
There was a bundle of hay stacked in a few piled in the courner by Amber.
Alex smiled.
/{/ Still asleep I see. \}\ She though gleefully.
Her gaze followed around the room until they landed on Ray, who was staring right back at her with a smile on his face.
" Good mourning. Have a good sleep?" He asked.
Alex nodded and asked. " You said that you were one of the first people up, I thought you would be gone by now. Aren't you going to get in trouble if your late?"
Ray keeped the smile on his face. " No, I wanted to see if you guys would get up alright. And yes, I probably will get in trouble. It's become a natural thing now, they just give me extra work. Gets really annoying too."
Alex chuckled then she frowned. /{/ No boy had ever made her laugh before. Not even her family, not even her guy-friends. \}\ She thought then smiled again.
Amber stirred and then finally opened her eyes wide in wake. She sat up and turned to Ray and Alex, rubbing her lower back.
" I think I sleeped on a stone or something." She protested sleeply.
Ray laughed. " You don't get a very good sleep here so don't expect one."
Amber looked annoyed. " I thought you had to get up and leave early?"
Ray sighed and gave her the same excuse as he had givin Alex. No sooner after he finished did the door swing open and in step a man who was wearing a bandana to keep his hair from flying in his face.
Ray whispered very quietly to Alex and Amber. " Head cheif, my 'boss'."
The man spoke up angrly. " Kon, kitchens, now!"
Ray scrambled to his feet and disappeeared out the door. Before he left he said good luck to his roomates on there first day. The cheif rolled his eyes and closed the door behind Ray. Alex chuckled.
" Cheery group aren't they?" She said sarcasticlly.
Amber chuckled. " I hope our groups are nicer. I highly doubt it but a girl can hope, right?"
Alex frowned. She looked down at her uniform and frowned deeper. (If that's even possible) She sighed and looked at Amber with annoyance in her eyes. Very deep annoyance.
" I would have perfered anything but this job. Working for the gaurds? That's bad enough by it's self. But being the only one? That's just pure tourture. And what's worse is that I'll have to serve that fucking head gaurd. Lord Kai. What a fucking fiend." She protested angrly, half at Amber, half at herself.
Suddenly the door swong open wide and in stepped Prince Max. Amber scrambled to her feet and bowed her head. Alex sat where she was and rolled her eyes.
/{/ If he thinks I'm showing anybody here with respect then he's got another thing coming. \}\ She thought as she rolled her eyes.
Prince Max cleared his throat and spoke up clearly. " I'm here to escort you to your working places and tell you the things you have to do. Come along then." Motioning for them to come forward.
Amber nodded and glanced at Alex who was standing and looking disapointed. Max walked in front of them and asked, without even turning around to face them.
" Did Kon tell you anything about what your job as a servant is?" He asked kindly.
Amber nodded, even though he couldn't see her. Alex shock her head and spoke up.
" He told us why our uniforms are different colors, he also told us who we'll be serving and he told Amber a little bit of what she is going to do."
Max stopped and turned around. The girls stopped dead in there tracks to avoid colliding with the prince.
" So you know your posts, and who you will serve. By the look on your face I can tell your not happy with yours." He said frowning at Alex.
Alex grunted and spoke up. " I'm going to personally beat the person who came up with the idea."
Max looked nervously. " Well your looking at him. But hang on let me explain first." He said as he saw Alex raise her fist.
She backed off and listened without saying a word.
Max sighed a bit in relief and continued. " Well my father was going to execute you as soon as the sun rose but before he came to your chambers, he talked to me first and told me his intentions."
He lowered his voice and made it loud enough for Alex to hear. " You had a good reason to steal of course but you solved your problem the wrong way. I didn't want to tell my father that so I told him that would not be wise. He questioned me and asked if I could think of something better. If I suggested a light punishment, my father would think I've gotten soft hearted. So I remembered that you didn't exactly like the gaurds so I suggested them. Father came up with the you working for them. That part was him, not me."
Alex glared at Max and Amber broke the erie silence that had grown between them.
" Alex, his intentions were good. He saved your life. Yes he gave you a rotten post but heard what he said."
Alex lowered her glare and glanced at Amber then back at Max, who was looking nervous.
Alex sighed and nodded. " Your right, i guess, but I still would have perfered to be exacuted. I'm not scared of death. It happens, you live with it. But thanks anyways."
Max sighed in complete relief and motioned for them to follow him again. They finally stopped at the back gate and they walked into the landscape. Max pointed to a old warehouse.
" That's were you'll report to every mourning when you get up. You will have to get up by yourself when the sun rises. If not then you get extra jobs. Sorry Amber but that's the rules." He said seeing Amber's look of disbelive.
He motioned her inside and introducted her to Roxin, the head landscaper. He would be her boss for the jobs. Amber looked nervously at her and then back at Alex and waved as her and Prince Max left. Alex waved back and walked away with Max and back into the castle.
" This is the knights court room. You will come her every mourning BEFORE sunrise. Any later and you will be punished, normally by wipping." Max said and winsed at the word 'whipping'.
Alex looked around the room that Max had lead her to. the room was filled with men in tunics and they were all sitting around eating what looked like breakfest and they were drinking what smelled like beer. Alex gave Max a look of digust before he left to find her boss. Her eyes widened as her boss came into view.
Alex stomach dropped in diapointment and she that to herself. /{/ Why me? This is so unfair. \}\
/{/ Still asleep I see. \}\ She though gleefully.
Her gaze followed around the room until they landed on Ray, who was staring right back at her with a smile on his face.
" Good mourning. Have a good sleep?" He asked.
Alex nodded and asked. " You said that you were one of the first people up, I thought you would be gone by now. Aren't you going to get in trouble if your late?"
Ray keeped the smile on his face. " No, I wanted to see if you guys would get up alright. And yes, I probably will get in trouble. It's become a natural thing now, they just give me extra work. Gets really annoying too."
Alex chuckled then she frowned. /{/ No boy had ever made her laugh before. Not even her family, not even her guy-friends. \}\ She thought then smiled again.
Amber stirred and then finally opened her eyes wide in wake. She sat up and turned to Ray and Alex, rubbing her lower back.
" I think I sleeped on a stone or something." She protested sleeply.
Ray laughed. " You don't get a very good sleep here so don't expect one."
Amber looked annoyed. " I thought you had to get up and leave early?"
Ray sighed and gave her the same excuse as he had givin Alex. No sooner after he finished did the door swing open and in step a man who was wearing a bandana to keep his hair from flying in his face.
Ray whispered very quietly to Alex and Amber. " Head cheif, my 'boss'."
The man spoke up angrly. " Kon, kitchens, now!"
Ray scrambled to his feet and disappeeared out the door. Before he left he said good luck to his roomates on there first day. The cheif rolled his eyes and closed the door behind Ray. Alex chuckled.
" Cheery group aren't they?" She said sarcasticlly.
Amber chuckled. " I hope our groups are nicer. I highly doubt it but a girl can hope, right?"
Alex frowned. She looked down at her uniform and frowned deeper. (If that's even possible) She sighed and looked at Amber with annoyance in her eyes. Very deep annoyance.
" I would have perfered anything but this job. Working for the gaurds? That's bad enough by it's self. But being the only one? That's just pure tourture. And what's worse is that I'll have to serve that fucking head gaurd. Lord Kai. What a fucking fiend." She protested angrly, half at Amber, half at herself.
Suddenly the door swong open wide and in stepped Prince Max. Amber scrambled to her feet and bowed her head. Alex sat where she was and rolled her eyes.
/{/ If he thinks I'm showing anybody here with respect then he's got another thing coming. \}\ She thought as she rolled her eyes.
Prince Max cleared his throat and spoke up clearly. " I'm here to escort you to your working places and tell you the things you have to do. Come along then." Motioning for them to come forward.
Amber nodded and glanced at Alex who was standing and looking disapointed. Max walked in front of them and asked, without even turning around to face them.
" Did Kon tell you anything about what your job as a servant is?" He asked kindly.
Amber nodded, even though he couldn't see her. Alex shock her head and spoke up.
" He told us why our uniforms are different colors, he also told us who we'll be serving and he told Amber a little bit of what she is going to do."
Max stopped and turned around. The girls stopped dead in there tracks to avoid colliding with the prince.
" So you know your posts, and who you will serve. By the look on your face I can tell your not happy with yours." He said frowning at Alex.
Alex grunted and spoke up. " I'm going to personally beat the person who came up with the idea."
Max looked nervously. " Well your looking at him. But hang on let me explain first." He said as he saw Alex raise her fist.
She backed off and listened without saying a word.
Max sighed a bit in relief and continued. " Well my father was going to execute you as soon as the sun rose but before he came to your chambers, he talked to me first and told me his intentions."
He lowered his voice and made it loud enough for Alex to hear. " You had a good reason to steal of course but you solved your problem the wrong way. I didn't want to tell my father that so I told him that would not be wise. He questioned me and asked if I could think of something better. If I suggested a light punishment, my father would think I've gotten soft hearted. So I remembered that you didn't exactly like the gaurds so I suggested them. Father came up with the you working for them. That part was him, not me."
Alex glared at Max and Amber broke the erie silence that had grown between them.
" Alex, his intentions were good. He saved your life. Yes he gave you a rotten post but heard what he said."
Alex lowered her glare and glanced at Amber then back at Max, who was looking nervous.
Alex sighed and nodded. " Your right, i guess, but I still would have perfered to be exacuted. I'm not scared of death. It happens, you live with it. But thanks anyways."
Max sighed in complete relief and motioned for them to follow him again. They finally stopped at the back gate and they walked into the landscape. Max pointed to a old warehouse.
" That's were you'll report to every mourning when you get up. You will have to get up by yourself when the sun rises. If not then you get extra jobs. Sorry Amber but that's the rules." He said seeing Amber's look of disbelive.
He motioned her inside and introducted her to Roxin, the head landscaper. He would be her boss for the jobs. Amber looked nervously at her and then back at Alex and waved as her and Prince Max left. Alex waved back and walked away with Max and back into the castle.
" This is the knights court room. You will come her every mourning BEFORE sunrise. Any later and you will be punished, normally by wipping." Max said and winsed at the word 'whipping'.
Alex looked around the room that Max had lead her to. the room was filled with men in tunics and they were all sitting around eating what looked like breakfest and they were drinking what smelled like beer. Alex gave Max a look of digust before he left to find her boss. Her eyes widened as her boss came into view.
Alex stomach dropped in diapointment and she that to herself. /{/ Why me? This is so unfair. \}\
