"Sorry!"

Miette was running out of breath now. She really needed a break. She maneuvered into the first entrance she saw. Brutus saw her entering the castle. It wouldn't be nice if Philippe saw him chasing a puny cat considering he had been on the chase for so long so he just turned and fled.

Corinne rushed into the servants' entrance behind Miette. She found herself face to face with a stern looking fat lady with brown hair and eyes. Gosh! Cruelty was written all over her face! She was just about to mumble an 'excuse me' and go on but…..

"hey you! You would do perfectly! Come here!" it was then that Corinne realized that the lad had just pushed someone out of the castle. A maid. Perfect. She was totally not going to clean the castle instead of protecting it. She walked slowly and warily towards the lady. Suddenly Alphonse burst in from nowhere.

"Hi Madame de Bossé. This is Corinne. Corinne this is Madame de Bossé. I arranged for you to have a job with her. Good luck. I really need to be running if I want to be alive this evening." He said way to quickly for Corinne to register and rushed out straight back to the castle. Treville would kill him!

Corinne looked at Madame de Bossé again. So she was going to be her superior for the time being. (stress time-being. No way was she going to be inferior to anyone, specially to a fat lady in an apron with totally no minds.) Madame de Bossé was speaking again.

"Why did you come to Paris in the first place?"

"to become a musketeer?"

"a musketeer. Ha! What are girls coming to these days? Girls do not become musketeers." Madame de Bossé scoffed.

"none has yet. But its my dream." Corinne answered a bit agitated.

"Listen missy, you are working for me now. Dreams are for sleeping get that? Now come with me I'll show you your working mates."

Corinne was about to retort back when she realized that Alphonse had done this to keep her near the castle and kept her mouth shut. She heard a small 'thud' and looked around to see an elderly lady with a kind face and mouth who had just dropped her brush. Somehow Corinne felt as if the woman radiated strength. Dismissing the thought she began to go forward and pick the brush up for the lady she saw Madame de Bossé kicking out further from her. What a witch! Cruel creature! She barely managed to keep her temper.

"Useless. If you had not known the whole castle I would have kicked you out long ago." Madame de Bossé grunted.

Corinne shuffled over to the brush picked it up and gave it to the old woman. "Here you are Madame." The old woman's eyes were filled with a kind of gratitude and curiosity that burned through Corinne. She quickly diverted her gaze and caught up with Madame de Bossé. When Madame de Bossé held open the gates of a large room Corinne gasped. Standing there were three girls, the three girls. One was splattered with mud all over her, another was dripping wet and the third had roses sticking out of her dress and hair. Yup. The three girls she had knocked over while chasing Miette.

Madame de Bossé left the four girls looking at each other. Corinne looking from one girl to another and The latter three glaring at Corinne.

"You better have something to say about this girl." Growled the one in the blue dress.

"Yeah you better. When I said I'll get you, I was not lying." Quipped the one in purple.

The green one just glared with her green eyes matching her dress.

"Ummmmm….. Sorry?" Corinne answered slowly

The three of them groaned in frustration

"YOU WELL SPOILT COUNTRY BRED GIRL!" the purple one shouted

"MUSIC RUINER" the blue one growled

"ROSE BREAKER" the green one shrieked.

"Ummm….would 'Really sorry' into three do?" Corinne asked and immediately got her answer by the three pairs of glaring eyes. She sighed. Alphonse would be sorry. Sorry. Really sorry.