My head was spinning, the substance was very strong. I woke up in a room. The room was filled with relics covered with the Kingdoms Colors, Gold and Black. I sit up as quickly as possible, scanning the easiest way to exit. The windows were gilded with golden window frames, the bed made for someone with importance, the silk shining. The diamondglass chandelier over my head. Everything was beautiful but something I was not used to.
I hear footsteps walking near the door. I grab a cup and break it, using it as a weapon. My hand starts bleeding my colors, silver. The door opens and it was Prince Clay.
No wait, ugh, Dream. Call him Dream.
Dream looked up at me, eyes widening and running towards me. His eyes showed a tint of worry, which means that he didn't want to see me hurt.
"Sap, you are bleeding!" he says, as he starts walking over to me.
I back off, and step backwards. His face turned more to a concern than a worry. Of course, I don't know what he is thinking right now.
"Guards! Get me the healers! and now! prince orders!" Dream yells at the guards outside my room. He keeps attempting to help me, but I keep denying. A silver, letting a palladium blooded prince help him. Pssht. Must be a dream.
A woman with short brown hair arrives. Her eyes the color of the sea, waiting for a storm to come.
"Please heal them, they start their shift soon, and we can't have any bloody servants staining the floors".
Dream's tone changed completely. A few minutes ago, he was concerned, worried, wanting to help; but the healer arrived, he became more demanding. What kind of act does he play...
The healer heals my hand left good as new. The healing felt a bit tingly, but I was healed up, could have been better if the chandelier would fall on me.
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I arrive at the main hall, where the new servants get their uniforms and trained. I positioned myself in the line, given my uniform.
"You must wonder why you were chosen to be one of the servants here. We had a shortage of silver blooded "willing"people. We had no choice to take you away"
I scoff in my head. No choice he said. They threatened my mom if i didn't come and I gave up in defeat yet they still, apparently kidnapped me.
"The families have little trinkets that wear around your wrists. They are color coded, which means you serve a certain family, gold and black for the Lorilan Family, orange and silver for the Irion Family, etc etc. They will send you electric shocks that will keep you high alert whenever they call. Please be on time and for the sake of not causing a war, please do not make your highnesses wait"
I look over at my wrist. My colors were obsidian purple and black. I'm serving House Skilion, the family of immortality.
Like the name, they can never die, but for me in the other hand, seems like a stretch. I am flesh and bones and somehow one mistake will get my throat cut.
Don't make any mistakes, Sap. It will defeat the purpose of leaving mom alone just to die.
I get escorted back to my guilted gold room. Ugh, go much gold, beautiful but too much will get exhausting to look at. As I reach for the door, and the minute of opening, I can see they brought me my headband. I can never leave home without my headband or I will not be complete.
My bracelet shocks me, which means they need me. I barely know my ways around Blackfire, having to run around to find the one who needed me.
I turn lefts and rights, circles, until reaching who needed me. It wasn't the family needing me. It was out tutor. Testing us who will be the last to make it. I luckily made it 12th out of 35. What a wonderful way to test my patience.
The tutor starts to speak, as the last servants come running to our group.
"As you all heard, Queenstrial is in about 2 days. Leaving us less than 24 hours to prepare. You will all carry food to keep the guests from attacking each other."
Queenstrial. The fight to be the next Queen. It meant that the girls show off their powers, and the King chooses the "rightfully" new queen for his son.
The tutor lets us go for the day, telling us to be high alert. I start walking back to my room, exhausted of the day I just experienced. without noticing, i was lost. This castle is a labyrinth.
"Ugh, this place is a maze!" I mumble.
"you won't be once you get the know it" a voice trails behind me.
Dream.
"Oh! Your highness!" I bow down by force.
"Did you like the position you got?" he asks.
"It's not what I expected, My Prince. This position seems to be a bit more harder than what I had over at home," I explain, reaching my room. "Much more dangerous for a silver like me to spill silver blood all over the table."
"It doesn't have to be that way. You got the position." He smirks and turns away to walk away. "I hope you liked your birthday present".
My eyes widen and I run to the inside of my room. Dream? send me a birthday present? but, why?
I couldn't function and think straight. I got the present again. His writing. I should have knew about the way the prince writes. What distinguishes his lettering to his real one, it's actually quiet impressive, it was the way he would write his farewell's. He usually puts anon. He does not like attention.
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Queenstrial arrives, and all the princesses have showed their powers. I'm walking around with a tray of freshly covered strawberries with chocolate and the finest wine. The siren soared, it was the time for the future queens to fight for their place.
Eveyone had to move away, since the arena was inside the ball. What a weird place to put your arena, i tell myself.
Blood stains the arena. As so does the hydroliyts, water benders, and radiators, causing acid to spread.
Familiar. The smell of being homr with my mom and george. Not worry about dying a soldier. My thoughts start to swirl faster and faster with the familiar stench of my old village. Everything here in black fire smelt new, untouched, something I don't really get used to, since it gets polished everyday differently.
My attention comes back to reality, and before I knew it, i'm pinned by one of the future queens. A girl pinning a male servant. Oh how the roles have changed.
Elise Rosyos, metal bender.