Sunday)
It's been a week since I woke up, I still haven't been let out of this room but Kay has been here. He comes almost every day and gives me my school work which just gives me something to do. Sitting here all day gets to be boring.
Ben was talking to me the other day about what we are going to do when I get better. He thinks I should take fighting classes with the teacher here. I'm up for it, but guess who not, kay is august it, he thinks I should just go home and learn from him and stay low but I think it will be good to learn from someone who is a top fighter so that way next time something like this happens I can fight back. Not that I want this to happen again I just can't take any chances.
I can finally stand up but I still am in a lot of pain all the time. I hate this so much if I could just go back in time. And stop all this from happening, things would be better. I think I want to stay and find out more about my life that I can't seem to remember. I think it would help a lot. I know the chances I'm taking by staying here but why not try it's safer in here than out there right now.
"Hey, how are you feeling today?" Kay is standing at the door with more papers in his hands.
"Are those for me?"
"Um yeah this is all for this week..so feeling any better?"
"What do you think? I still feel like shit"
He walks in and sits on the chair in front of me.
"Look I think it's time to get out of here, you've been in here for what seems like forever"
"Kay we have talked about this I'm not going anywhere until I'm better"
I don't get why he wants me out so bad I'm safe here more than I am out there in the world. And we still haven't talked about what sky said about him knowing me before, I don't want to be the one to bring it up not right now anyway.
"Rose...I'm sorry you know that right?"
"Sorry? for what?"
He starts to sit down and then looks down to the ground.
"Kay? Are you sure you're ok?"
"No, I'm not...I lied to you without thinking I should have told you who she is and who I am or was"
I move to his side. I know just by looking at him that he truly feels sorry and feels bad about this all.
"It's ok, I'm sure you have some reason for not telling me everything… I do have questions but I'm not ready to hear the answers so when the time comes I hope you will tell me everything I need to know.."
He looks at me finally and then I give him a small hug.
"Ok, so rose do you want to get out of this room?"
"No, I want to stay here all my life"
"Really??"
"No! I'm kidding, don't understand sarcasm do you?"
"Shut Up let's go"
We both make our way to the door, I haven't been out in a while so I don't know what it looks like out there but it's not what I thought it would be. There are painted walls and windows all around, there's a big courtyard with trees and a swing that's hugging off a big branch.
The building looks like it's older, but I don't find it creepy at all. We walk down the hall and until we get to a big door and men are standing there as guards, they give each other a look then open the door. When we step out, all the people stop talking or whatever they were doing to stop and look at us then all of a sudden they all start to whisper to each other. We keep walking through the crowd. I hate that everyone has their eyes on us but there is nothing I can do about it.
As we go on I keep looking around. This place looks like a castle there is so much everywhere. It's like its own civilization. There are a lot of people.
"How are you holding up back there?"
I didn't even realize that I was far behind kay.
"I'm all good, there is so much here…"
"I know right, I couldn't believe it when I got here. Come on I want to show you something"
He takes my hand and we walk up to a gate, the guards open the door and let us through. We have to go upstairs and kay picks me up a bit so that way it doesn't hurt too much. When we get to the top it's like a control room two guys are sitting at the desk looking out the big windows around the room.
"Why are we in here?"
"I'll show you just give me a minute"
Then kay goes over to one of the guys.
"Jake, how are you doing?"
"I'm all good. What brings you back up here?"
Then kay looks over at me so Jake's eyes follow, he stands up right away and comes over to me.
"Well, I never thought I would live to see this day.."
"What do you mean?" I don't understand,
"Well, it's been so long since I last saw you MK.."
Jake looks like he's an older guy made in his 50s or 60s, but if he knows me then he could tell me some things about my past.
"Sir I mean no disrespect but do I know you?"
"Oh I forgot..sorry I wasn't thinking about that, I take no offense I'm jake I have been watching over this place for over 30 years."
"Oh, so that's how you know who I am…"
"Yes I knew you when you were a little girl...you would come up here all the time to see the magic as you use to put it"
He laughs a little then tells me to come over to the window, so I and kay go over and sit down. Jake hits one of many buttons.
"When you were a little girl you would come up here all the time and order that you saw this."
Then I can see that we are right in front of the city but there is a forcefield around us. It looks beautiful.
"How come I didn't see this place from outside?"
Then kay tells me
"Well, the field you see keeps this place unseen from outside so we are hidden from the world in here no one outside knows about this palace. Cool right?"
"That sure is something but how though?"
Jake moves to the other side of the room and tells us to come over.
"Ok, you see that place down there?"
"Yes"
"Well that's where we get the power for the field"
"Wow" it looks like nothing I've ever seen before.
After a while, we left and just started walking around. I think this place is amazing and I'm so happy I have found it but that doesn't mean I can stay here for that long and I know that I will find out more about myself sooner than later. So it's time to start asking questions.
As we are walking more and more people come up to me and say hi or I missed you and all that. So there is about one thing I know so far and it's that it must have been popular around here there are so many people and they all look happy. I don't think I have ever seen so many happy people and no one is covered in filth. They all look clean and good. They are all just happy.
" This place is something that's for sure." My words come out quiet but Kay still hears me.
"Yeah I think it is almost too good to be true...they are all happy and living well off I don't see one fight or one sad person…"
I understand what he's saying as I look around. These people are just there living in a wonderland, as I said before they are all happy, there must be more to this place than I know.
When we got back to the room Ben was there and he wasn't very happy about us going out for so long but he got over it after a while.
Kay had to leave soon after, something about some friend needing his help, so Ben is still here with me. But as he tells me how wonderful this place is I can help but feel like it's not all true. I sit on the side of the bed listening to all the things he has to say, but he doesn't tell me everything I want to know. This place is weird that's for sure.
(two weeks later)
When I wake up it's just like every other day since I got better. The doctor and general made me a day-to-day list of things to do. And Kay has not been here in a while so there's no fun, Ben is always gone too. I start my day with a check-up and then go eat, after that it's training all day until dinner.
Though I just started, I'm not that bad. I have caught on fast so far. But it can be hard to do some of the things this man wants. But I keep telling myself that this is for the better and that now I'll know how to save myself.
"You know your good for a starter" the old man can't help but make fun of me.
"Haha your so funny...I'm just trying to get good and soon"
He shakes his head about to say the same things he's been telling me from day one. But he stops right before he's about to speak.
"What? Where's the ``you have to be patient?" he sits down
"You know when I heard that they found you I couldn't believe it…you have truly grown-up"
"Were you close to my father?"
He puts his hands in his pockets and I can't help but feel sad...this man looks hurt and broken..what happened to him.
"You know I remember you and the other kids running around all the time making trouble all day...but that's the good old days.." I cut him off
"Can I ask you something?'
"Sure what is it?" he looks at me with a serious face.
Can I find out something from this man? Can he tell me something that I haven't been told a million times? All the different thoughts I have are almost overwhelming.
"What was he like?"
A small smile comes apologetically,
"He was a good man, always did what had to be done"
"I know that...I want to know what he was like, how he was to everyone and if he was weird or scary...I just want to get to know him.."
He looks away and for what seems like forever we both stay quiet until he speaks up.
" he always had to go on checkups on the towns and make sure the people were all happy...he had a photo of you with him all the time and.."
He stops and I can see the tears in his eyes.
"He was my best friend...I'm sorry you don't get to know him as I did"
Before I can say anything a woman walks into the room and we both stand to our feet and shake off the sad feelings.
"We need her in the 3r room" her voice is cold and seems heartless.
But I look at Adom and start walking to her, at this point I don't ever question them out loud when they tell me to go somewhere. But I mark every turn and every door so I know just in case. When we get to the room there is a long table with people everywhere around it except there is one set open closest to the door. The woman that walked me here leaves the room. All eyes go on me and I feel so small, the judgment is coming from all over. Their eyes looking up and down at me.
"Hello rose, it's been a long time, I'm Mark the caption, you read my letter." he gets up and walks over to me with a handout, I shake his hand then we sit down at the table.
"Rose I'm happy you're here….but it's time we go to the capital I'm sorry to say that we can not stay here much longer, a week at most"
"What do you mean leave? I thought that I would get to stay here."
Then one of the other men at the table chuckles to himself.
"Reos this is not the only place we have there are many more lands, we are one of the smallest, you are a princess and soon to be queen, you need to be at the capital."
"What! Queen? No one has told me this...i thought that…"
I can't believe what they are saying, I have been living this terrible life and thought that I would always be on the run and now they are telling me that I'm going to be a queen.
"Look we all know you haven't had the best life, but you need to think about this, you are our queen and we have tried to rule without you for as long as we could but the console will not wait anymore."
One of the men turned to me.
"If you don't come to buy will then it's going to happen by force and we don't want to do that at all"
I don't want to leave. I found a place I like, but I do have to think about how much this could help me or destroy me.
"You said I have a week right?"
He shakes his head, "at most yes" I get up from my chair and turn to leave the room.
But as I do so the same cold-sounding woman stops me. "Let me out, if I only have a week left at this place could I at least go home for a little while?"
"Let her go" the woman lets me walk past her and I walk too fast until it seems like I'm running. I still remember every turn we made so I run until I'm outside. I walk through the small town with people all still happy and smiling at me. I try to smile back but nothing comes. I can not smile right now, I don't know if I should be happy or sad but right now I just need a break. Being a queen I never thought about it. I think what's hurting me most is that I'm about to be something even though I know I'm not being someone who others should look up to. I don't see how I could be that person. I just don't know how I'm going to do this.