The sun began to set turning the blue sky, crimson. Amber was completly relived that her work was done. She was hungrey for she had not eaten anything during the entire day. Or drank anything for that matter. She had fallen down in lack of energy twice since her first warning from Roxin, earning 5 more slashs from the whip and more pain.

" Alright Amber, since your new I'll have to inform you that supper is in 10 minutes sharp! When you get changed into the proper clothes you came here with, you will make your way to the feast hall. When you get there, you will go the courner table that is set for the servants. You will wait there until the chefs deside to serve you. Understand?" Roxin called after Amber as everybody left the warehouse.

Amber nodded and turned on her heels and darted into the castle as fast aas her weak legs could carry her.

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Ray had just finished the lunch dishies and was now setting the tables with the boy that had been late with him. Ray didn't even know the boys name, so he asked.

" Tyson, my name is Tyson. You?" The boy resonded and went back to his work.

Before he could answer the head cheif, Oliver, called him. " Kon, get in here."

Ray put down his stack of plates and walked into the kitchen, leaving Tyson to stack the rest of Ray's plates.

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Alex feel to the ground, exausted from the beating. Tala held her back from hitting Kai and let Kai beat her into a complete weak ball of flesh. Kai smirked and Tala chuckled. Alex kneeled on all fours and breathed heavilly. She was spitting out blood like crazy and the back floor was now covered in spit and blood. Alex had grown weak by her major loss of blood and she was grabbed roughly by the throat by Tala and haulded to her feet. He and Kai looked pleased with there damage and they both smirked.

A servant wearing faded green came in with a mop and pail and handed it to Kai and glanced at Alex, who was still in Tala's choke hold. He wasen't holding her off the ground but it still looked like she was in a lot of pain. Kai glared at him.

" What are you looking at boy? Leave!" He said sternly but the boy didn't move.

" Lord Kai, why are you doing this to that poor girl?" He spoke up questioning his actions.

Alex listen softly to the boys voice and winced when he said that she was a 'poor girl'. Alex mentally made a digusting face and she grabbed Tala's arm to prevent him from lifting her off the ground. Tala's eyes gleamed with anger and he tightened his grip on her throat. She was having trouble breathing, the same feeling she had last night washed over her. She could barely breath and she felt light-headed. Tala grinned and tightened his grip before throwing her to the ground, splashing in her own puddle of blood. She held her throat on her hands and she tryed her hardest to breath.

Kai looked furiously at the servant who had handed him the mop and pail. " What are you doing still standing here? Leave! Don't make me repeat myself."

The servant look terrifid and he turned quickly on his heels and darted out of the room. Kai gave his shadow a glance of annoyance and looked back at Tala, who had let go of Alex and who was currently pulling her back to her feet. Kai shoved the mop into her hands and threw the pail at her. It made contact with her left eye and she moaned in pain. Kai smirked as Tala chuckled with evil on his tone. First time she had made a single sound since they began her beating.

Tala let go of Alex so she could stand on her own. " You will clean up this bloody mess then you will get changed out of you servants clothes and put on whatever you were wearing before you got here. You will make your way down to the feast hall. there is a table in the courner of the room ment just for servants. You will wait paitently for the chefs will not serve you if you whine. Understand?"

Through her weakness, she never for a second let pain take her over. She was too strong for that to happen. She shoot her head up and rammeb the mop handle in Tala's stomach then knocked him over the head.

" 100% " She smirked then went to work.

Tala would have hit her but Kai stopped him.

" She's just trying to get under your skin, if we harm her anymore then she will become weak and useless. Let this one go Tala, let it go." Kai spoke placing a hand on his shoulder.

Tala growled as he watched Alex do her work and he left the room in anger with Kai hot on his heels.

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A few minutes, Alex leaned the mop against the wall and plopped the pail filled with her blood beside it. her arm was still bleeding, but worse now, making her job even harder. She left the room and walked back to her chamber, remembering it's were abouts. She opened the door only to be greeted by a sobbing Amber. She had her back to the door when Alex opened it.

Alex looked up at Amber and saw that she had whip marks on her back. Amber didn't even notice that Alex had come into the room and went behind the curtain the change. Alex sighed heavilly as Amber came out from behind the curtain a few minutes later and was startled by Alex.

" O my god Alex, what happened?" Amber dropped the servants clothes she had in her hand and rushed over to her and examined her arm that was drenched in blood.

Alex opened her mouth but interuppted when Ray walked into the room and rushed to his bed side.

" Well, how's our little dish boy?" Alex snickered.

" In a rush." He replied as he turned around to see Amber holding Alex' bloody arm

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The three came into the feast hall and found the table they were ment to seat at. As they went there, they passed the gaurd table. Alex shot a couple death glares at Kai and Tala as she passed. She smirked at Kai when she noticed that Tala was growling at her. Amber noticed this and questioned Alex.

" No big deal, really. I just said a few things that got him mad." She protested as Ray guilded them to a spot where they could sit.

He left the table saying he was to serve dinner to the gaurds tonight and isappeared in the kitchen doors. Amber sighed and stared down at her empty plate. She couldn't get her mind off of food and water. She wimpered as the pain from her back came back. Alex placed a hand on her shoulder and told her to be strong. Amber stared at her in disbelive.

" Friends, welcome to tonight's feast. I would like to take this moment to make a short moment of silence to thank the gods for this terrific meal." The king spoke up, rising from his seat then bowing his head.

Everybody followed suit and bowed there heads in the silence. Alex, however, didn't move a muscle. She simply glared at the king and cursed under her breath and broke the silence. Luckly at that very moment the king spoke up, leaving Alex in relief.

" Now eat and injoy your supper!" He yelled, gleefully.

The chefs and servants came out of the doors and began to place trays on the tables, leaving the servants at their table to drool over the delious smell. Once everybody was finishing off the scrapes on their plates, the servants finally got their food. It wasen't as properly cared for and cooked like the rest of them got, but since it was food, the servants chowed away. Alex watched every single servant grab things from the trays and plop them on their plates.

" I'm not hungrey!" Alex protested loudly, causing her to get glares from some of the gaurds and the famous 'death' glares from Tala and Kai. Amber stared at her again and swallowed her mouth full of bread.

" Alex you should eat something, with the blood loss you got, you need all the help from nutrition you can get." She said before getting back to her meal.

" She's right you know. My bandana will stop the bleeding for the time needed but you have to gelp it anyway you can." Ray spoke through his mouth full of half cooked chicken.

He pointed to her arm where his red bandana was tide as a blood clot cloth. She smirked as she noticed from the courner of her eyes that Kai and Tala were walking out of the hall to there court room, along with the rest of the group. But unlike the rest of the gaurds, Lord Kai and Tala came up to her.

" Since your not going to eat anything, we best make good use of you. Get going to the court room. Now." Tala smirked and Kai pointed to the door.

Alex' eyes grew with anger and she stood up and knocked her head against Kai's chin on her way up. She smirked and turned around. She was inches from his face, very uncomfortable for her, but she didn't move.

" Oh, I'm so sorry about that. Right away Lord Kai." She gritted her teeth. " I'll get right on it."

She turned on her heels and left the hall followed by the two gaurds. She was more comfortable in her cheap tunic and her pants. She walked right into the court room without making a second glance back. She had just entered the court room when somebody threw a cup filled with rum at her. She ducked and it missed her by inches and clashed into the wall, flying into a million peices. She glanced up to see that the gaurds were in a rumble.

/{/ Fighting for some stupid reason I guess. Probably drunk. \}\ Alex thought to herself as Kai and Tala walked up behind her and pushed her further into the room.

Kai smirked and glanced at Alex. " Well you said that I under estemated your full strengh last night, so now is your time to prove it. Stop the rumble. Use force. It's that only way to stop them, turst me words don't work."

Tala snickered and galred at Alex. Alex glared back at Kai.

" Too easy of a task. Watch and learn." She said stepping forward toward the rumble.