Clorines thoughts are in italics
"You have lost it!" Clorine whispered to herself as she hid in some bushes by the gate to the castle No kidding! Taking a dare is one thing, breaking into the castle is another.
Well do you have any better ideas!?
She faced palmed "great now I'm arguing with myself, I have officially lost it"
sighing she got up and started walking back to town
"even if I did get in there I have to be able look around with out worrying about being caught" Clorine reasoned with herself "and there's no way to do that unless I had a good reason for being in there. Witch I don't"
or do you?
I don't
yet
what? How is it I don't know what I'm thinking?! Or do I?
Groaning she rubbed her temples "I'm going crazy." she mumbled to herself
then a idea hit her. Bringing a smile to her face "perfect."
The next day she approached the castle, taking a deep breath, she walked up to the gate
"Umm, excuse me." She said to the guard
"May I help you?" he asked
She smiled "Yes I'm here to see about a job. May I go in?"
"Well I don't see why not the King was just mentioning how he needed to hire a maid" The Guard replied "follow me."
Clorine walked behind him that went way easier than I thought
Once they arrived inside the castle Clorine stopped and stared "wow."
Chuckling the guard turned to her "never been in a building this big?"
"never." Clorine answered
"Andrews!" A voice rang out
Turning the guard saluted to another guard "Sir?"
"What is this girl doing here?" The Man asked sending a disgusted look in Clorine's direction
"She's here to see about the maids Position sir." Andrews answered
The man scoffed "Good luck with that she's nothing but a ragamuffin"
Clorine bit her tongue her temper rising
Andrews cleared his thought "I'm sure she'll do a good job if hired"
"I doubt it" The other Guard replied "She doesn't even know how to keep herself tidy."
That does it! Clorine thought before stepping up in front of the man "First of all you shouldn't talk about someone you know nothing about second I can probably clean better then you can fence and Thirdly I may not have fancy cloths But that doesn't mean I'm any lesser then you!" she exclaimed
"How dare you talk to me with disrespect! Do you know who I am?" The Guard asked
Clorine huffed "I dare just fine and frankly I don"t care who you are anyone that judges someone before they know someone is nothing better then a boar no matter their rank"
She said before turning and grabbing Andrews arm and pulling him "Come Andrews We have a King to see."
as soon as they were out of eyesight and hearing of the other guard. Andrews started chuckling
"You have quit the temper" he commented
Clorine shrugged "prejudgment drives me crazy"
He nodded "I noticed, but we all do it."
"True but I don't stand in front of the person and insult them" She said crossing her arms "Who was he anyway?"
"The Caption"
"Oh." Clorine said "Your under him?"
Andrews nodded "I am"
She tilted her head "Ya'll looked to be about the same age shouldn't he have treated you with a little more respect?"
"No, we don't get along too well" He answered "besides, I'm just a common guard no special rank"
Clorine raised and eyebrow "how come you just a guard with no rank?"
"I used to be the co Caption but things happened the original caption disappeared and I was demoted"
"Why?"
"I didn't have what it took to be the caption" Andrews replied
before Clorine could say anything.
Andrews stopped walking "Were here the King is right through that door."
Clorine froze "What do I do?"
He chuckled slightly again "You didn't have a plan?"
she smiled "truthfully I didn't think I make it past the front gate"
Shaking his head, amused Andrews laughed "you remind me of someone I used to know."
"Who?" she asked
a frown crossed his face "I don't remember"
Clorine stared at him
"Anyway," he said changing the subject "I'll help you out. First when we go in there curtsy and keep your head down,"
Clorine nodded "ok then what?"
"I'll tell him why you're here and answer any questions he may ask you."
She gave him thumbs up "got it."
Andrews opened the doors and went in with Clorine following behind him.
"Your Majesty" he said bowing "This young Lady would like to have a job as the maid."
Clorine curtseyed and stayed that way she slightly lifted her eyes to see what the king looked like before quickly looking back down at the floor.
"Stand up" King Phillip commanded
she did as she was told but kept her head down.
"Do you have any cleaning experience?" he asked
"Yes your Majesty" she answered
"How old are you?"
"eighteen" she replied
"I'll put you on a trail bases and see how you do" He said "Andrews show her around the palace."
"Yes your highness" Andrews bowed and walked from the room
Clorine quickly followed as soon as the doors were closed she shivered
"You cold?"
"No he just gives me the creeps" She whispered.
Andrews smiled slightly "your not the only one. Now should we start the tour?"
Clorine nodded "isn't there a head maid or someone I should report to?"
He shook his head "There hasn't been a maid in this castle in a very long time"
"Now that you mention it there is a lot of dust." Clorine said, looking around "why hasn't there been any maids?"
Andrews shrugged "No one knows for sure."
After he had showed her half of the castle they stopped at some chairs to take a small brake
"I do not envy you having to clean all this," he commented
Clorine sighed "it looks like I'll be here for the rest of my life. Andrews can I ask you something"
"Only if I get to ask you a question." he replied
"Far enough." she said "how long have you've been a guard?"
"Ten years." he answered, "before I was something else but then I was changed to a guard"
"What were you?"
"it doesn't matter besides I have a question for you." he said
"Yes?"
"What is your name?" He asked her.
Clorine laughed "That never came up did it? I'm Clorine."
"Strange yet pretty name" he commented
She shrugged "Thanks I lot of people say it somehow fits me."
Andrews smiled "it does. Shall we continue the tour?"
Clorine nodded
By the end of the day she had seen almost the whole castle except for one hallway that Andrew had insisted there was no reason to go down. It had greatly sparked her curiosity but she went along with him there be plenty time to explore it later.
It had been almost half a week before Clorine was able to even think about exploring the castle and snooping.
"How can a empty room produce so much dust!" she exclaimed as she finished dusting a fire place.
She wished Andrews didn't have guard duty he was fun to talk to almost like an Uncle she never had. And talking to him seem to make the time cleaning not seem so long
"Lets see I've cleaned fifteen rooms I think its time for a well earned brake" she said as she walked up a flight of stairs "now lets see were was that hall way again?"
after getting lost five times she finally found it. The hallway was dark and long plus it went up.
"This must lead to the Attic" she said to herself "why didn't he just tell me that instead of getting so weird?"
She quickly looked around to make sure no one was there. Seeing the coast clear she started up the hall at the vary end was a huge door.
she tried the handle "locked of curse" she mumbled before taking a hair pen out of her hair and picking the lock the door clicked and she opened it and entered the Attic
It was dark and Dust with some light coming in from a boarded window and there was stuff every were
"Wow" she whispered before movement caught her eye she quickly turned and came face to face with a man.
OK I keep on meaning to tell ya'll what the people look like but I keep forgetting so here we go
Clorine is about 5.4 skinny and has brown hair fixed in a high pony tale and she has sky blue eyes. Age-18 (yes, that is her in the picture for this story)
Philip looks just like he does in the movie just older. Age?
Clorine mother has brown hair streaked with gray and blue eyes. Age-40 something
Thomas is 6 foot tall. with dark brown hair and eyes. Age 19 or 20
Andrews is 6.3 he has mousy brown hair that is graying and soft brown eyes Age- 46
As more characters show up I'll try yo remember to tell you what they look like
To the guest that pointed out the title was supposed to capitalize. Thank You for bringing that to my attention, when I posted the story I was in a hurry, plus some keys on my keyboard are not working. Sorry I will try and fix it. Thanks for the review :)
No Thomas and Clorine are not a couple.:) he's like the annoying big brother that you're glad you don't have ;)
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