Chapter Four: The Mysterious Lady

Suddenly Aleeca wakes again up on a soft comfortable bed with confusion as she wondered 'How did I get here? What just happened, I was just in a tent with that one guy. Where am I?'

Aleeca sat up noticing that it didn't hurt to do so. She looked around her trying to take every thing in at once. As she did so she shivered for she knew for sure she wasn't in the tent any more but in a room with what she guessed had no windows.

Aleeca slowly got to her feet and started to walk cautiously with her hands out in front of her for it was pitch black in this room. Suddenly a door to her left opened and light poured in. Someone walks in but she can't tell who.

"Aleeca?" A voice called out to her.

She noticed that this voice sounded familiar.

"Aleeca where are you? Are you awake yet?"

It was Iven she realized

"Iven is that you" although she already knew the answer.

"Yes, where are you?"

"How should I know? Just follow my voice."

Iven was doing just that, as they were talking.

Suddenly Aleeca felt a hand on her shoulder and she jumped.

"Hey calm down it's just me. Come on your to met with her in a few minutes. We need to get you out of that soiled dress and into a clean one."

"What, who's she?" Suddenly what Iven said hit her, "What dress?"

"Don't play games with me right now. The dress you were wearing which got soiled when you tripped and knocked yourself out senseless."

"How…"

"Not now we've wasted enough time already."

So at this Iven lead Aleeca to the open hall. Iven heard Aleeca gasp with astonishment. The hall it's self was made purely out of turquoise stones with royal blue tapestries hanging on the halls both left and right. They keep walking till they came to a door. As Iven opened this door she almost fainted when Iven told her that she was going to stay her for a while in this luxurious room fit for a queen.

"There's already been a dress set out for you to wear after you have taken your bath. The tub has already been filled for you. Now that I think of it I shall send a maid up her to help you brush you hair of yours for it shall be quicker. It is an absolute mess."

This made Aleeca very mad for again he was mocking her with these riches for who knows what reasons.

"I'm not going or doing anything till you tell me what is going on here!" Aleeca snapped as she stopped right in the door way.

"I don't have time for this Aleeca you will find out soon enough." Iven getting really irritated.

"NO I want to know now and I'm not moving till I get answers!"

"Agh," Iven sighed in frustration "Ok, fine I will tell you. You are going to meet a lady, alright. You happy now." Iven now getting angry with Aleeca.

Aleeca was so angry with his toying with words she marched in the room and slammed the door on his face. There came the sound of a girl giggling in the hall.

Aleeca let out a frustrated sigh as she looked around her she saw that the massive room was decorated with the color of forest green. To her right there was a queen sized canapé bed that had curtains that went all the way around the bed for more privacy. To her left stood an enormous mirror that sat upon a giant dresser. Strait ahead there were two windows. Her eyes traveled to the far back corner which where the tub stood steaming. As looked a little to the left of the tub there were curtains that had been drawn back with a towel draping over them.

Aleeca slipped out of the soiled dress and headed strait for the steaming tub of water. Aleeca just relaxed for a while then saw soap there on the side of the rim of the tub and washed herself.

Suddenly there came a knock on the door which made Aleeca look up startled.

"Who is it?" Aleeca asked politely trying to act like a lady.

"It is I miss I have been sent to assist you with you hair. Miss are you descent?" The maid's voice muffled a bit by the door.

"Um, not yet. Um, let me get a towel on before you come in."

When Aleeca had the towel rapped around her she told the maid to come in. The maid walked in and tilted her head in Aleeca's direction.

"Miss Do you need help putting on the dress?"

"Um, yes please. Ah what is your name?" Aleeca said nervously not used to having nice people around.

"My name? My name is Elena, Miss."

So Elena helped Aleeca put her dress then led her to the chair in front of the mirror and combed her hair to a silk shine.

As Aleeca looked at her reflection she couldn't believe the change. She used to be a filthy girl begging for food and shelter, also the fights for safety and shelter and to also to guard what possessions she had left.

After Elena left Aleeca got up and looked at her refection one more time before going over to sit on the bed. She noticed that her modest elaborate dress was the same color green as the rest of the room.

'Figures' Aleeca thought as she sat on the bed. At this she took out the ring that she had placed in a leather pouch before Iven and she left the cave.

Suddenly the door opens wide and there in the door frame stood Iven, which Aleeca pulled the string to the pouch and put it around her neck like a necklace then looked up to see Iven and noticed that he had changed his clothes also.

"Let's go Aleeca were late to met her."

"Her this, Her that. Who is this Her you talk about. And just to warn you I will not move a muscle till you tell me."

"Aleeca…" Iven started

Then there came a voice from the side of Iven "So you haven't told Aleeca who I am?"

The lady who had spoken came forth in to the room and stopped right when she was past the door frame

"Poor child, you've been walking bind folded in a direction that you didn't know was good or bad."

Aleeca went pale when she saw who the woman was and then she slowly spoke the word almost as if afraid to say it, "Mother."

And everything went black.

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