Hello! I know I haven't posted for ages and ages this time and I'm really sorry! But there were a couple of things that came up including evil school tests and more writers block on this story...actually, on all my stories. I just kinda lost interest in them for a while so thank you to all the ppl who are still here reading this and once again sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry!
Anyways, I have several reviewers to thank:
fireworksinmybackpocket: I agree with you, if they hadn't been noble girls, there would have been a massive brawl, but unfortunately, 'ladies' aren't supposed to be violent so I had to settle with slapping.
Abby: I'm sorry you didn't get to see the princes reaction, seeing as he didn't even see what had happened because the idiots had gotten themselves lost. He and William were to busy trying to get into the library, but Adeline will tell him about it later and you may get to see it then. Adeline will try to get revenge of course, but not right now. it'll be a big thing later but right now, she can't really do anythin except have her little tantrum. And Samia and Kah-Yi might end up being close to Callista but that sould cause complications you know...
Jess: Y do u need evidence to slap back? You do it anyway! lol.
RANDOMHIPOOOOOOOOOO: heyhey. Maude is like the kitchen lady who takes care of Callista. ANd the guys u ask? It's easy to make them that way and making them stupid is fun!
llickennnnn: bimboness? lol. That's true though, they're quite stupid. And stay away from the chocolate! Permanent markers rock! See, I finally updated!
Panemonium: Samia will tell what she knows when she can but at the moment she can't really do anything. Adeline will be going soon, the problem is though, the prince is going to have to stay at her palace for a while. Poor Eric and about his reaction, see Abby's answer up there.
GinnyRoseWeasly: Thanks for your review!
Breeze2: Thanks for the compliments! You have no idea how happy they make me!
Moonlight1314: Hey fluffy! I still have to read yours! I'm sure it's great, but what's with the title?
Maggie: such a long review! anyway, i think i've already answered all ur questions at school and if u haven't, then i will cos it would take too long here. Anyways, thanks 4 ur review!
Samia: hi, u know i didn't post any in the holidays? I didn't even write. Sorry but at least I updated now!Don't kill me! runs away with hands over head
crazy girl: thanks for your review!
A strange silence came over the group as everyone stood in surprise. Adeline's deep brown eyes widened in shock as her hand made its way to her burning cheek. Her expression soon changed from utter disbelief to fury.
'How dare you' she said menacingly, her fist clenching.
Callista stared back at her determinedly, untroubled by Adeline's actions. If that spoilt little brat hit her again, then she would definitely hit back. Callista was not usually a violent person but Adeline stood for everything she hated. She thought she was better than everyone else just because she wore fancy clothes and a crown.
Adeline took another step forward, so close, that they were almost nose to nose. They stood there glaring at each other in silence for several seconds until Adeline's hand shot up suddenly.
'No!' someone said loudly.
Everyone turned to Mary in amazement. Mary was standing up for a servant? Callista blinked in confusion. What was going on here?
'What!' Adeline almost screamed at the girl who was almost cowering.
'I, er, um…you shouldn't er…' Mary stuttered, faltering under Adeline's vicious gaze. She exchanged a hurried look with Maude and saw with relief that Maude had understood. Samia also caught this look and instantly knew that her suspicions were correct.
Callista was the Duke of Rasine's daughter and should rightly have been a duchess who was only a step under the Royal family in accordance to her station, if Adeline hit her, she would really be hitting another noble, which could be punishable by law.
Kah-Yi watched Samia's face dawn in comprehension and knew that Samia had figured out something very important. She tried to catch the other girl's eye but had no luck as Samia was too busy watching Maude who was speaking to Adeline, trying to calm her down.
'Mary was right to stop you' Maude said to the Princess, trying to pull her away from Callista but unfortunately, Adeline was struggling against her and Maude did not have the strongest of grips.
Adeline was looking at the girl incredulously. Had they gone completely mad? Why were they protecting this little nobody?
Mary took her other arm and gently tried to lead her away. 'You shouldn't retaliate Adeline,' she said tugging on the girl's arm a little harder.
Adeline whirled around, an ugly scowl on her face.
'And why shouldn't I?' She asked the two blonde girls, her voice dangerously soft.
Mary was very much a coward and immediately looked to Maude for an answer. Maude herself was quite unnerved at Adeline's unpredictable behaviour but forced herself to smile.
'Adeline dear, you know only low common born people with no education or manners use their fists' Maude said clearly although she wouldn't meet Callista's angry glare.
'Yes' Mary agreed, nodding but also refusing to meet anyone's eyes.
Adeline turned back around and looked down her nose at Callista, once a again taking in the worn servant's garb and smirking.
'Of course,' she said loftily with a high pitched, and very fake, laugh. 'How silly of me to lower myself to the level of… a filthy little worthless lowlife like you'
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'…filthy little worthless lowlife like you'
Callista snapped out of her daydream in which she was strangling Adeline when she heard those words. She would have wiped that smile off Adeline's face and probably strangled her too ifAnna had not tugged gently on her arm.
'Don't do it' Anna whispered to her softly, 'she's not worth it'
Adeline sneered at her, a look on her face that said 'I dare you to'
Callista was faced with an inner struggle as she contemplated whether hitting Adeline was worth being thrown in a dungeon for, when two of the ladies from the society moved towards her.
They didn't seem the sort Callista would have expected from the society. For one thing, their dresses were styled differently from Maude and Mary's and they didn't have that haughty, 'I'm better than you because I've got money' look about them. Also, unlike the rest of the society, they had dark eyes and a sense of individuality.
One of the girls moved towards her and whispered 'Anna's right, she's not worth it and since she hit you first, it must mean that she's even lower then you, not that you're low in the first place but-' she said as she glanced over at the furious Princess.
Samia was cut off by another shriek from Adeline.
'What are you saying!'
Samia looked at her, blinking innocently. 'Me?' she asked.
Adeline let out another frustrated yell. 'Yes you!' she screamed, her patience completely disappearing. Not that there was much of that in the first place. Samia opened her mouth to say something to Adeline but Kah-Yi beat her to it.
'All she said, Princess' Kah-Yi said calmly, 'was that you must be lower than this poor servant here as it was you who delivered the first hit. And since you said she was a filthy little worthless lowlife, then you must be worse than that, right Samia?' Kah-Yi turned to her friend who was nodding in agreement.
'Why you little-' Adeline began, starting forward for Kah-Yi but was once again pulled back by Maude and Mary.
'No,' Maude said to her, 'can't you see? She's just trying to make you make a fool of yourself'
Adeline's eyes almost jumped out of their sockets. 'WHAT?' she yelled, not bothering to keep her voice down. 'I'm making a fool of myself? You're the ones making fools of yourselves protecting this little tramp! Well, that's it! I've had enough. No one chooses a stupid servant over me! I'm leaving and, ' she looked maliciously over the group 'don't expect to be invited to any court functions anytime soon!' Adeline spotted William and Eric exiting a room down the hallway and immediately, she latched onto Eric's arm and dragged him down the stairs and out of the manor.
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Once again, all the occupants of the hallway were left in a stunned silence but this time, it was broken by Mary.
'No more court functions?' she said, even though the words didn't really sink in. 'She wasn't serious was she?' Mary asked, looking to Maude for an answer. Maude was too busy trying to find someone to blame for this spectacle that had pushed her out of Royal favour.
'This is all your fault!' she said fiercely to Samia and Kah-Yi.
The two girls just rolled their eyes.
'Sure,' Kah-Yi said. 'Just like it's our fault the sky is blue'
Samia nodded in agreement and added, 'Adeline was wrong to hit Callista'
Both Callista and Kah-Yi were surprised that Samia knew Callista's name and looked at her in amazement. Was there something going on that they didn't know?
Anna suspected that Samia knew Callista's true identity and made a note to speak to her later.
Maude and Mary looked at the other girls in mild interest. Then they realised that they were supposed to be angry at them and Maude, being the quicker one, was the first to recover.
'You just insulted a member of our society, that's against the rules!' she said, finally having an excuse to kick the two rebellious girls out of the society.
'Actually,' Kah-Yi said calmly, 'technically, Adeline wasn't voted into the society yet'
Samia almost laughed at the face Maude had made but thought better of it. She couldn't help a smile though. There was a small silence, only interrupted by the three other members of the society who everyone had forgotten were still there. Their whispers were unusually soft for the gossipers that they were but as the tension in the hallway was quite intimidating, they only whispered among themselves, trying to figure out what was going on.
Finally, Maude spoke up. 'Well, it's against the rules to be rude to royalty'. Samia rolled her eyes. Was that the best that she could come up with? The arguing started again. Mary took advantage of the noisy disruption to grab Callista and take her down the kitchens. Callista was in more trouble than she knew and she would probably have to leave the manor very very soon.
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'You can't associate with commoners' Maude spat out the word as if it was a dirty curse, 'if you want to stay in this society'
'Well, who says we want to be in this stupid society anyway?' Kah-Yi said.
Maude had given up trying to find rules to expel them with and had run out of insults. She'd done everything, from the girls' families to their clothes and so resorted to trying to goad them about the servant situation.
Maude looked oddly triumphant. 'Well then,' she said, 'if that's how you feel, I announce that you and Lady Samia have been formally excused from the L.O.S.E.R.S'
Mary, who had finally worked out what was going on blinked and said, 'that means they've been kicked out doesn't it?'
Maude nodded, looking at the two girls for their reaction. Samia only rolled her eyes and gave an un-ladylike shrug. Kah-Yi, on the other hand, looked stricken for a moment. A surge of panic ran through her, but she recovered before anyone had time to notice it.
Kah-Yi forced herself to smile and said in an oddly calm voice, 'fine then. I don't want to be a LOSER anyway.'The looks on the other girls' faces, including the three that hadn't even been involved in the conversation, was priceless and consoled her for a moment. Then her thoughts turned back to her present, or soon-to-be, dilemma and she resumed worrying. Samia had noticed the worried look in Kah-Yi's eyes, even though the girl was smiling. The five other girls did not notice that anything was amiss and left the hallway, Maude was particularly happy, she had finally gotten rid of those annoying girls who always seemed to be against her ideas and suggestions.
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Meanwhile, Callista was filling in Maya on the events of that morning. Anna was sitting at the kitchen table, contemplating what could be done. When Callista had finished explaining, they all sat down and tried to think of a solution to Callista's problems for they were all fairly certain, that when Adrianna came home, she would find out what happened and there would be no way she would allow Callista to stay in the manor. After all, the Rasine family's reputation would be spoiled, not that it was clean in the first place, but this would just add salt to the wound. By the time lunch had begun to be served to the five society girls in the dining room, the three ladies in the kitchen had come up with a plan.
Maude had a sister who lived in Durriya. It was obvious that Callista could not stay in Chaney any longer, Adeline could have her killed if anyone found out about their argument. The princess would probably not search very hard for Callista and she would certainly not be intelligent enough to think that Callista was in her own kingdom. Incidentally, Maya's sister was a dressmaker and it would be explained to anyone who asked that Callista was her new apprentice.
Callista felt strange packing away her things into a small carpet bag. She truly owned very little and even though she had suffered under here, this place always seemed like home. It was probably because she had never known anything else, that when she went to meetAnna in the entrance hall, several tears escaped her eyes and she felt as if she was leaving a part of herself behind. Callista had just finished saying her goodbyes to the rest of the servants who thought she was being transferred to a different household, when they all heard a carriage come up the drive. The servants dispersed quickly and the five L.O.S.E.R.S were still oblivious to the hectic activity that was going on. Callista andAnna snuck out through the servant's door before Adrianna could walk through the front doors.
Before they left the grounds, Callista had to visit a certain site and when she reached the large tree that was covered in flourishing leaves and had nests of birds and other creatures, she knelt down as she had done so many times before. The sun glinted off the gold plaque and it shone in the early afternoon sun. I'm sorry mothershe thought. I have to leave you, but I promise that I'll be back soon, when Adrianna can't harm me anymore, I'll come back.
They walked into the city where it would be possible to rent a carriage who would take Callista to her new home. With her, she carried a letter from, explaining to the sister that she was sent by Maya and about her situation, not giving any details though, since letters could always fall into wrong hands. When they finally found a suitable carriage,Anna and Callista hugged until the carriage driver started to click his tongue impatiently. Callista waved untilAnna disappeared from sight and sat against the seat, wiping the line of tears from her face. She soon fell asleep, the better part of the journey passing before she woke.
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The scenery had changed from lush forests to the rocky coastline while she had slept and Callista marvelled at the gentle waves that lapped against the sandy shore. By the time they arrived in the capital of Durriya, it was dusk and the town was eerily quiet.
The driver helped her out of the carriage and she looked at the quaint looking shop she was standing outside of. Two large glass windows were on either side of a dark red door. In the windows, expensive looking gowns were displayed on wax models. On the sign above the store, a needle weaving through a piece of cloth was portrayed and Callista knew this was the right place. Slinging her carpet bag over her shoulder, she walked up the three steps to the door and knocked.
Note: I'm sorry if there are parts where it should be Anna and not Mary speaking or doing something, I'm sorry if it causes confusion. I actually forgot who was who and had a total metal spaz trying to work out what I'd done. Thanks for reading! Now, pretty please, review!