The next morning I got up It took me a while before I found the greenhouses there were seven of them each the size of an apartment as I pass them I noticed a label of which slaves had to work in one I followed the line of greenhouses and when I reached the end I found one labelled with my name I entered it I was slightly shocked because there seemed to no plant life all there was were seed bags and gardening tools, the I saw a notice board on the wall I read:

The 5 greenhouse slave rules

1.the slave is only allowed to use the tools provided.

2.the slave cannot destroy or vandalise any plant life.

3.the slave is only allowed one other slave who has finished their duties to enter the greenhouse.

4.the slave is meant to plant the seeds and grow them.

5.the slave is NOT allowed to leave until completely finished her day's work.

I now knew what to do and I grabbed a bag of seeds and began my work.

Later that day after finishing I left to the slave room Lucy was already they're waiting for me.

"Hi Maria, how was work?" she asked me happily

"Oh it was alright what about you? What have you been doing all day?"

"Oh I cooked breakfast and lunch for the owners then came back here and talked about who was going to go in the trapdoor this week, it is me, you and eight others girls I can't remember their names"

"Oh thanks I didn't really wanted to be terrorised in my first week anyway" all of a sudden a load of slaves were screaming Lucy grabbed my arm and pulled me to the back of the room she grabbed a small dusty handle yanked it open, pushed me in and jumped in after me. There were 8 other girls all looking frightened, I heard screams and yells outside, I had caught glimpse of the men they seemed tall and strong, both with black slimy hair and but one with green eyes and one with dark grey eyes. The screams got louder, I feared of what the men might be doing to them, we waited ten minutes which seemed like an eternity, the screams had stopped one of the girls pushed open the lid of the trapdoor she smiled with relief and said their gone slowly we walked out I spotted girls looking out of doors they seemed to have ran to their chambers, I also spotted some small groups of girls trembling in the corners. They seemed so helpless and afraid, I made a move to comfort them but Lucy grabbed my arm and shook her head. I understood that I couldn't go near them at the moment.

"How can Thomas Greendale let them do this to us slaves?"

"Well… the truth is …I don't think he knows, I mean once I heard Joe shout to us that if we told him we would…we…"

"Don't worry, I get the point" I walked sadly to my chamber, I was too shocked to concentrate on anything other than the helpless look on the girls faces. Tears were trying to escape my eyes but I blinked them away, slowly I got into my bed and fell asleep.

KNOCK… someone knocked on my greenhouse door.

"Who is it?"

"Katie… can I come in?" brushing the soil off my hands and opened the door.

"Hi, just finished my lilies there… whoa …wow" she gawped around

"Your good…no… Infact your brilliant you've' only been here eight days"

I blushed; it was true though the greenhouse already had bushes of flowers, fruits and vegetables.

"Thanks."

"So, are you done yet I wanted some one to go down with to the chamber hall?"

"In a minute just got to put the tools away." I collected my things and put them in the bucket I always kept them in.

"Lets go, then" Katie said, we walked down to the chamber hall for some reason a great huddle of people moaned as we opened the door.

"Move ,I can't see" someone yelled, we were pushed away

"What's going on?" Katie asked, I shrugged and moved forward to see. A big letter had been pinned on the door.

"What does it say?" yelled someone at the back, I read it out loud:

A note to all slaves

From now on in every chamber there will be two slaves as half of the chamber hall is to be destroyed and made into a new bedroom for, Ricky Greendale.

A list of people sharing rooms will be posted later.

A roar broke out the slaves started shouting comments. I stared around the women's started swearing.

"People quiet or he will hear you" I yelled, people suddenly went quiet.

"I know this is unfair but keep shouting insults and swearwords then someone might just lose their life…"

"But now we got Ricky next door." someone yelled

"Yeah" people chorused

"I know it will be difficult but we got to…" people screamed and ran from me; suddenly someone grabbed my hands and pulled them behind me. I turned my head and stared into a pair of grey eyes.

"You've bin talkin' 'bout me missy haven't you?" I struggled to get out his grip but he held tighter. "Well just for that I'm gonna take you to my …room" I was pulled out of the chamber, I looked at the ground I knew what was coming I did not watch where he took me but suddenly I was pushed into a room, "I want to enjoy the use of my old bed while I still can. He shoved me onto the bed and laid on top of me, his breath stank of alcohol. He begins to lift my skirt suddenly I didn't realise what I was doing but I shoved him off of me.

"DON'T TOUCH ME," I yelled I went for the door but it was locked. He cackled at me.

" Bit brave for a slave aren't we" he took a step closer to me "I'd expect only someone who has once been a offspring slave to do that." Suddenly I slapped him; "… perhaps I should put you in your place…apologies." I ignored him, he slapped me, blood rushed to my cheek, I restrained myself from lifting my hand to my face. "Apologies or get more," I still did not answer. My hair was abruptly being pulled as he dragged me by my hair to the wall then pushed my face against it, my nose being squashed against the wall. "APOLOGIES"

"NO." I screamed, he pushed me onto the floor. he kicked my head, I felt like a boulder had hit me ,suddenly a knock on the door thank goodness I thought.

"Ricky we need to talk" it was the voice of mr Greendale, Ricky looked at me then at the door

"ok father meet me downstairs just sorting out some…work" his voice sounded unnaturally posh, he shoved me against the floor and left, I slowly crawled out of the room and down to the chamber hall.

I felt dizzy, I staggered into the hall, women shrieked at the sight of me, my vision went blurry. I couldn't take it anymore, my sight slowly darkening I fell to the ground and fainted.

-------------------------------------------Author's Personal Message------------------------------------------

AngelicInk: Told you it would get more exciting, hope you enjoyed it. Anyway, review and i'll send you the next chapter.