"Oh Kaye darling that must have been down right horrible
"Oh Kaye darling that must have been down right horrible!" Exclaimed the honey haired servant girl. She and Kaye were eating their dinner and having a private conversation amongst the chattering servants. Marty, Kaye's honey colored hair friend, had listened to Kaye's story of her encounter with the emperor and nearly gagged. "The hand maidens claim he is an absolute delight but I've always thought he was a shady man."
"Although I wonder how much your thoughts would change if you were a hand maiden instead of just a regular servant girl." Kaye said coyly. Marty scoffed and sipped her tea.
"If I ever become a maiden, do me the favor of throwing me out of the Study window."
"And have Morris throw me out as well? I think not." Marty laughed as said person sat down next to her and gave her a chaste kiss on the cheek.
"Morris darling if I asked Kaye to throw me out of the Study window because I became a hand maiden would you throw her out as well?" The brunette looked at Kaye quizzically who in turn shook her head and laughed.
"I don't think I would. Rather if you got picked to be the emperor's slut I would kill him myself and we'd all be free at last. At least if he was dead I'd be free to marry you officially."
"Any wedding you give me would be enough Morris." Kaye smiled at the two lovers and excused herself.
"I would like to go...er…look in a certain room." Kaye explained as the two protested her departure. The lovers immediately smiled and waved her off.
The green eyed girl walked quietly down the dark hallway and entered third wooden door on the right. She had entered this room so many times before that she knew exactly where everything was by heart. Charts upon charts of different places hung on the walls and piled on the stony floor. She sat herself down next to a particularity large stack of maps and began looking them over only to find that she did not want to read them tonight like she had wanted to only nights before. Sighing, she snuffed out the candle and left the room only to wander down the hall aimlessly.
Eventually she looked around and found that she was in a dark hallway which was only lit by a faint flickering light coming from an open door at the end of the hallway. Soft voices could be heard and, curious as always, Kaye tiptoed forward eager to listen. She stopped mere feet away from the doorway and listened.
"…and so I don't think this is a very wise move You're Highness."
"As I said before, you are not in a position to question my motives or whether or not it is wise."
"But Sire…"
"Are you not my best general? Are you not the best general in all the land?"
"I would not deny it Sire but…"
"The nomads will be destroyed. This is my final order."
"But why the nomads? I know they pose a threat to you because…"
"Do not speak of that."
"Forgive me I forgot my place."
"You did indeed. Now listen the nomads are positioned somewhere just outside Mir. How fast can you move an army there?"
"Within two weeks at most. Less if I know exactly where they are."
"Two weeks will have to do. We must completely obliterate them."
"But Sire, if they get word of this ambush they could disappear in a matter of days and not resurface for days on end."
"Do you plan to turn traitor and warn them?"
"No Sire but…"
"You will carry out my plan and the nomads will die. Women, children, elderly, all of them must fall to my sword, the sword of Chie."
"I…I understand My Lord."
"You wait and see, Chie will become a great kingdom again with the slaughter of the nomads."
"Yes My Lord."
Kaye stood frozen in fear at what she had just heard. I…I cannot let this happen! She backed slowly down the hallway careful not to make a noise and ran to her room.
"But I am just one girl. What can I do?" She turned to look out her window at the dismal sight that was her home. "I have to do something…to kill innocent people like that just for the sake of this pathetic kingdom…it's beyond despicable." Her face set with newfound resolve, she crossed to her trunk and pulled out a bag.