Sold to Slavery chapter 2:
Meeting Madam Li
By Blue Jellee
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"Yes, Miss Kinomoto and Miss Daidouji should be in this room here". A voice said from beyond the door. I recognised that voice, but before I could say or do anything, the door opened.
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A rather large woman wearing a frilly pink dress was holding the door open. That was Mrs Largo, the head of the orphanage. She was a pretty nasty piece of work, I can tell you. Standing behind her were two very rich looking people.
Mrs Largo smirked at us. "Yes, this is them. Don't know why you'd want them though, horrible children.." She wandered off in her own thoughts for a few seconds, and then continued. "I'll meet you downstairs with the girls in a few minutes. You're free to talk with them now".
Mrs Largo left the room. The two rich looking people walked forward, looking, well, rich. The closest one was definitely the eldest one. She was easily in her late thirties to early forties, and wearing a long yellow and black coat done up with large black buttons. The one behind her looked around my age; 14.
"Hello, girls" the older one spoke to us. "My name is Yelan Li, or as you must call me, Madam Li". Tomoyo and I both nodded politely, and Madam Li continued.
"From now on, I shall be your new mistress. My word is expected to be law, understand?" Tomoyo and I nodded again, though rather reproachably. This Madam Li looked like some nasty work; just like Mrs Largo.
"I hope it is understood that as law, my word, and even the word of my children and niece here" she nodded at the girl behind her, "is expected to be obeyed without question. You will be paid, of course, 5 dollars a day each, for your work. Capisce?"
Tomoyo and I nodded for the third time. Madam Li continued.
"Good. Now, may I introduce my beloved niece Meiling Li, or Miss Li to you". Meiling smiled at them, though in a rather bossy, mean way.
Madam Li gave us both a sharp look. "Well? Introduce yourselves!"
Tomoyo and I looked at each other quickly, and then I spoke. "Yes, Madam. My name is Sakura Kinomoto, and this here is my friend, Tomoyo Daidouji". Tomoyo and I smiled.
Madam Li looked us up and down. "Stand" she ordered us "and grab your belongings. We shall be making our way downstairs now".
She left the room. Meiling gave us an evil glance, and followed. "Well" I looked at Tomoyo. "Lovely, sweet-natured people, don't you think?".
Tomoyo giggled quietly. "Sakura-Chan! How you can make jokes after that, I do not know".
We walked slowly to the door, and gave the room one last final glance. "Farewell," I bid the room. Tomoyo giggled and repeated my words. We left the room together, and walked downstairs.
Mrs Largo, Madam Li and Meiling were all downstairs, looking at a piece of paper. Mrs Largo muttered something to Madam Li, looked at Tomoyo and me, and then muttered something else. Madam Li nodded, and signed the piece of paper.
"Okay girls, we're off now" Madam Li turned and looked at us. "Follow me". She left the room.
Without looking at Mrs Largo, both Tomoyo and I followed Madam Li. We weren't sure where we were going, or what was going to happen to us, so I can tell you now, we were both pretty scared. We didn't want to disobey Madam Li; she looked quite scary, but we were scared to obey. I don't know for how long I was in my own thoughts, but as soon as I knew it, I was in the limo, being driven to the Li Mansion; yeah, you heard right.. a mansion. I wasn't sure whether to think of this as a good thing; a big house would surely be pretty, but a big house would also mean more rooms to clean and longer work hours. I was pretty bummed at the thought of having to clean a massive mansion from top to bottom every single day. I felt sorry for Tomoyo; I knew she hated work more than I did.
We arrived at the mansion an hour later. I remember the first thought that came into my mind at the sight of the mansion; 'spooky'. I'll tell you why, too. The mansion looked more like medieval castle, with towers and turrets. It looked like one of those haunted castles you read about in fairytales; not something you would be expected to encounter on a day-to-day basis. It was huge, yet I needn't have worried about being one of the only ones cleaning it, the Li family had already employed 85 slaves, maids, and gardeners; you name it, they worked there.
Tomoyo and I were ushered out of the limo by the mean looking driver. He shooed at us, like we were two little pestilential rodents, to get moving. We obeyed, not wanting to be around him any longer. We followed Madam Li and Meiling up the long, winding path that led to the front door; I could tell by looking at Tomoyo's face that she was just as nervous and scared as I was. We arrived at the front door some 3 minutes later; you read that right, 3 minutes. That path was like the length of a soccer field. Madam Li rang the door bell, and immediately the door was opened. Standing there was a young boy; he looked around 14; same age, I was sure, as Meiling, Tomoyo, and I. Madam Li turned around to Tomoyo and I, and smiled a not-so-kind smile.
"This," she looked at the boy and back at us again, "is my son, Master Syaoran Li."
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More to come in the next few chapters, and the whole story gets a lot darker. R/R please.