Chapter 1: Elaiza
Elaiza was a servant. A welfare case. A slave.
But it wasn't always this way. When Elaiza was young, only six years old, she and her mother were left on the street. They were left without options. Without a home. However, her mother soon found Elaiza a home. She was to be taken care of by Akura family.
Elaiza never blamed her poor mother for her current life. How could she have known what a terrible family the Akura's were? There was no possible way for her to realize that Lancer Akura was almost as poor as they were, except he lived in his hotel that no one who valued their life would stay in. There was no way for her mother to know that Elaiza would be robbed of the few good clothes she had the day she got there. And there was certainly no way her mother could have known that Dierdre was the only half decent thing about this place?
But Elaiza continued life here. She continued to be happy with her sometimes moldy bread, and her stale water. She had learned to be happy.
Picking up an electro-vac, Elaiza began cleaning the dirty dusty floors. Usually, Elaiza cleaned while thinking about the stories her mother used to tell her.
"Somewhere, Elaiza, there is place we will go, a place we can escape all of this." Her mother used to say.
"Like a castle?" Elaiza would ask eagerly.
Elaiza continued to clean what she knew would become dirty within hours.
"Yes. A castle where no one will find me. My Castle in the Clouds." She said aloud to herself.
Sorry to the reviewers. I hope I haven't let you down with the length of this chapter and sorry for such a long wait. I have been doing a lot. Exams. Science Fair. Scholarships. All things that aren't even half as important as my writing lol. So, I'm sorry.
If you're not upset... YAY! In case you're wondering, Dierdre will be explained soon. Next chapter, or the one after, and hopefull the chapters won't take so LONG to write. And they should be longer. So sorry again.
SmolderingEmBerS