Starfire jumped as the door opened. In stepped a slight girl with blonde hair and bluish eyes. The girl placed the tray of food she was carrying and glanced at Starfire with a small grin.
"Hello, you're Highness. How was the bed?"
It took a second and a half before the question registered.
How was the bed?
She didn't remember how the bed felt, only that she was disoriented when she woke up.
She didn't answer the question.
Instead, she asked, "Where am I and how did I get here?"
The girl shrugged as she answered, "Here would be in the castle. Where the castle is I'm not at liberty to say exactly. You arrived here pretty sick though."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you were poisoned by those nasty bugs. And the master had to do some stuff to get rid of it."
"Who is the master of this castle?"
The blonde girl chuckled. "If the master wants you to know, the master will tell you. All in good time."
She left before Starfire could question her more on her cryptic words.
Starfire really did not get what was going on. Well, regardless of her location, she resolved to find this "master" and demand him to take her to Robin's castle.
After all, the master took her, so this man must be able to get her back to where she belonged.
She looked at the food the blonde girl brought in. It wasn't royal standards per say, but she was starving and it didn't looked poisoned. Following her people's traditions, she scoffed it all down in a few seconds and downed the whole thing with a large jug of ale.
She got up, left the room, and walked down the hallway.
The halls were surprisingly warm. Dark paintings and tapestries covered the walls. Some of the images depicted men and women. Others had grotesque images of monsters and demons. The princess shivered looking at these particular ones and sped up her walking.
She saw a servant up ahead and approached it. When she saw what it was, she backed away.
It was a metal creature full of moving parts, gears, and limbs. Currently, it was cleaning a suit of armor with its numerous arms. It turned its head and Starfire saw a gray faceless mask on it. With a click, it turned its head back to task of cleaning the armor.
Starfire stared at the strange creature, fascinated and repulsed at the same time. It finished its tasked and moved toward Starfire. She jumped and hurried aside as the creature ignored her and went to clean the next suit of armor.
"I see you have found the servants."