N's POV
"Hello, King N" Rosaline and Eve greeted as I walked into my bedroom.
"Ummm….hi. What are you doing in my room?" I awkwardly asked. They both blinked in surprise to my question.
"We were instructed to stay with you and serve you, no matter the request. We are your personal maids and do not listen to anyone but you now" Rosaline said.
"Who gave you that order?" I questioned.
"Lord Ghetsis" Eve answered.
"I see. Well then, I instruct you to not stay here. You will sleep in the playroom. Any other time you will wait in the playroom until I need assistance or have a request. Do you understand?"
"Yes, but where will we sleep?" Eve said.
"Actually, I will have a new room built and connected to the playroom. The door will be on the left wall as mine is on the right."
"Yes sir. Until it is built, where will we sleep?" Rosaline said.
"Hmmm…I suppose you may sleep here for the night. I don't want you to have to walk all the way to the other end of the castle and back in the morning." Both girls glanced at each other fearfully. "What is wrong?"
"N-N-Nothing. D-Does that mean you will be n-n-needing s-special services t-t-tonight?" Eve stuttered. I looked at them in confusion.
"Huh?"
"We want to know if you will be wanting us to give you love tonight?" Rosaline clarified, not looking in my direction. I stood there in shock with my mouth open and gaping like a fish.
"I told you that I won't be needing that kind of service from you two. I have a girlfriend."
"Right! We are sorry. It is just confusing. Lord Ghetsis says to do one thing and you say to do another" Rosaline huffed in frustration.
"Sage Ghetsis is of lower authority. So what I say goes" I said darkly. Both girls bowed frantically.
"Understood. Understood. Understood" they repeatedly chanted.
"Whoa, calm down. I didn't mean to sound so mean. Will you please just stop bowing like I'm all high and mighty" I said uncomfortably, waving my hands around. They stopped.
"Oh but you are all high and mighty, King N" Eve said smiling. I blushed. Wait, why did I blush? Oh no.
"No I'm not. Also, I have another request for you. When you are around me, just be yourselves. Don't praise me all the time and all that jazz. Just be yourselves. If I want to wear an ugly outfit and you don't like it but I love it, tell me that it's ugly. Don't compliment me and tell me I have a sense of fashion. Okay?"
"Okay" both maids said. They both gave me a toothy grin. I couldn't stop staring at Eve. Her smile lights up the whole room like Touko's. Stop it, N! You are just a little sleep deprived and miss Touko a lot. Don't think about Eve. So what if she looks like your girlfriend? She doesn't have the same personality.
"Why don't you go inform the architects in the Workers Wing about building your room? I'll stay here for a while and take a nap. I lost some sleep this morning when I was rudely interrupted."
"Okay" Rosaline and Eve said at the same time before rushing out of the room.
"Finally some peace and quiet. I hate this place. You never get alone time and there is always someone with you, but I guess that's what I get for escaping my father's radar after he kicked me out" I sighed out. I walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down. My body ached all over. It needed a nice long rest. I removed my white boots and lay down on the bed. My head hit the fluffy pillow, and I fell asleep immediately.
One hour later…
Knock. Knock. Knock. I groaned and rolled onto my side. Knock. Knock. Knock. "Who is it?" I said, clearly showing my annoyance.
"It's Rosaline and Eve" a female voice called out.
"You may enter" I yelled. The door slowly opened and both servant girls walked into the room. I sat up and stretched. "How long was I asleep?"
"About an hour" Eve said thoughtfully.
"Did you need something?" I asked.
"We just wanted to tell you that the architects are going to immediately work on our room, and it should be done by tomorrow night" Rosaline said cheerily.
"That's great" I stated. My stomach growled immediately after. I sheepishly rubbed the back of my neck. "Could you get me some lunch, Rosaline? It doesn't matter what it is. As long as it is food."
"Yes sir" Rosaline shouted then left the room.
"So" I said awkwardly.
"So" Eve said quietly. She had her arms folded in front of her as she stared at the ground and toed the carpet floor with her black shoes. She studied the floor with a light blush on her cheeks. I could tell she had her tongue pressed against the inside of one her cheeks because one cheek was puffed out a little more than the other. She was making a cute face.
"You look really pretty" I blurted out without thinking. Eve froze and slowly looked up at me. As soon as her eyes met mine, I froze too.
"I-I-I'm so sorry. It's just. You really do remind me of my girlfriend, and I wasn't thinking straight." She gave me a soft smile.
"It's okay" she said. I gave her a weak smile before letting my head fall in my hands. I started to weep. I really missed Touko. Seeing her cry and then hearing her scream was not the last way I wanted to remember her. Eve gasped and scurried to my side.
"What's wrong?" Eve frantically asked. She sounded so much like Touko.
"N-N-Nothing. Please go away for now" I cried.
"No…I want to help" Eve said soothingly. When she said those words, I lost it. Probably because Touko said that too at the Pokémon League. I grabbed Eve by the shoulders and flipped her onto the bed. I was on top of her. My hands were on either side of her head as I stared down at the brunette. Eve was shaking like a leaf, but I didn't notice.
"K-K-King N" Eve said fearfully as she squirmed underneath me, using her hands to try to push me off. I slowly leaned down towards the girl's face. Our lips were centimeters apart. Just as I was about to kiss the maid, my eyes flickered to hers. Her eyes were filled with fear and not the love-filled look I was used to. They were not Touko's eyes. I quickly jumped off Eve and strode to the other side of the room.
"I-I-I'm really sorry again. It's just, I really miss my girlfriend and what you said was something she said too. It was just an impulse; I swear. I-I—"
"Don't worry about it" Eve said, her voice wavering. She must be a little shook up. "I can tell that you wouldn't have done anything. You sound like you love your girlfriend too much to betray her. Besides, I know you wish she were here and that you can't bring her here, or Lord Ghetsis will kill her. I don't blame you for getting confused. The heart and mind makes people do crazy things."
"Y-Yeah" I agreed even though I don't know if I wouldn't have done something or not. My hormones have been crazy for a while now. I sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed as Eve sat on the small couch against the one wall. Rosaline walked into the room with a silver tray.
"I brought your food, King N. You said you didn't care what you got, so I just got you a salad. It was the quickest thing I could think of to make" Rosaline said, studying the salad like it wasn't good enough.
"Thank you. It looks delicious" I complimented. Rosaline blushed at the praise.
"Is there anything else you need, King N?" Eve asked, jumping to her feet to stand beside her friend.
"No that is all. Please feel free to do whatever you want to now. I won't be needing you for the rest of the day."
"Are you sure?" Eve questioned.
"Positive. Now run along. Two young women like you shouldn't be serving people all day. Go have some fun in the staff pool or shopping center. I'll be fine. I can take care of myself. I have been taking care of myself for the past eight years."
"Of course. We'll just have to get use to the idea of you not being a spoiled rich perverted king. You're more like the sweet respectful ones."
"Ummm…thanks. But I really don't deserve that compliment. I fired all the people I hate and beat some of them up and…" I trailed off.
"So nothing. Anyway, thanks for everything. See you tonight" Rosaline said.
"Yeah. See you tonight." Both girls walked out of the room with a little bounce in their step. They must be really happy to get the day off. I wish I could get the day off, but a king is always busy. There is no time for fun. I nodded to myself like I was giving myself approval for what I just thought. I have to work hard and be the best king ever. I have to do my best…for Touko. I will protect her no matter what even if she doesn't know it. I stood up and with my new found determination and I marched out of the room and down the hall. I needed to get some real work done. I walked down two or three hallways before reaching a large gold door. It had the Team Plasma insignia carved right in the middle. I opened the door and walked inside of the room the gold door led to. The room was an office. It was full of papers for the king or sages to fill out. I smiled to myself at the old memories that came with this room. They were all horrible and stress filled just like most of them here were. "Arceus, I hate this place" I mumbled to myself with a wide smile, a smile of self-pity.
"Who are you?" a female voice said. I spun around to see a woman standing in front of a bookshelf. She was looking like she stopped midway from putting a book back in its slot. She looked about twenty five years old. She had short navy blue hair with striking dark gray eyes. Her outfit consisted of a navy blue mini skirt, white blouse, navy blue blazer, knee high socks, and flat dark blue dress shoes. What was she? A school girl?
"I am King N. And who are you?"
"Oh so you're this new king that everyone's talking about. Well, I guess you would actually be an old king returning to his palace but that is if we go into details. By the way, my name is Prescott. Weird first name, right?" Prescott laughed.
"Yeah. Anyway, what are you doing here? What is your level of authority in Team Plasma?"
"I was just getting a book to read. The library doesn't have any good old books. This place has some of the best ones. I come in here all the time so don't freak out. Even if I do sneak in without permission" Prescott said under her breath.
"So you sneak in here, huh?" I said. "That still did not answer my second question. What level of authority are you? Grunt? Maid? Sage? And what level of experience?" There are three different levels of experience for each position. Level One means that the member has been with Team Plasma for years, is a professional at what they do, and is trustworthy. Level Two means that the person is an average everyday person. Not great at what they do but still loyal and does what they can. Lastly, Level Three means that the person is either a rookie or they have just been hired and need more training.
"I'm the daughter of one of the Level One maids. My mother is actually Lord Ghetsis' maid. My father is a Level One grunt. I'm not actually a member of Team Plasma. I just live here with my mother and father. I've been here since I can remember, but my dream is to go out and see the world. Mother and father keep me locked up in the castle. I am not allowed to go outside" Prescott said distantly. She looked at me from the corner of her eyes. "Oh my, I didn't mean to start to tell you my life story. It just sort of came out you know."
"I see, but no matter who you are the daughter of, you cannot be in this office/study. Only Sages or I are allowed in this room. Do you understand?"
"Sure. Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Can I just come in for some books every once and awhile?" Prescott said while studying her nails. She glanced up at me and batted her eyelashes. I could tell she was trying to make herself look sexy and be seductive, but I would never fall for that trick.
"No" I said sternly. Prescott glanced up at me in shock.
"What?!"
"You heard me. Now get out. I have work to attend to."
"Fine. I will not forgive you. I will find your room and hunt you down. You will receive the ultimate punishment, my dear fiancé" Prescott threatened but not in a threatening way, more seductively than anything.
"Fiancé?!" I shouted out in confusion. Prescott winked at me then blew a kiss in my direction. I could feel it burn a hole through my cheek, even if it wasn't real.
"You are pretty sexy. I'm glad your father didn't set me up with someone unattractive. You seem sort of sweet too. If you didn't seem like you wanted to rip my head off, cry, and faint at the same time, we might have already gone out on a date and done something fun. See you later…N." Prescott walked out the door and left.
"Fiancé? What did she mean by that? Did she say my father set this up? I'm going to kill him. Wait, does that mean I'm going to have her as my queen to rule by my side? Nobody said that becoming King meant that I had to get married. I'm in big trouble" I thought to myself out loud.
A/N: Cliffhanger. Sort of. Anyway. Please review. I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I think that the next chapter will be N again. I don't know what to write about for Touko yet. But then again, she isn't going to be doing much until the end of the story. The parts that are happening now have a spotlight on N. And if things are rushing, sorry. I tend to do that.