Elenanor
Elenanor said a voice
Who's there? I asked. I looked around me but all I could see were trees.
I was in a forest and the moon was full and very bright.
But I was not scared one bit, infact I felt at ease.
"Eleanor, I am always within you." Said a voice .
It sounded like the person was beside me but I could not see anyone.
I looked up at the moon and saw a figure but I could not make out it's form.
I was awaken by the ringing of the bell by the head servant Naomi.
I groaned and yawned tiredly remembering my dream. It felt so real.
I shivered and drew my blanket around me.
I sighed and finally got up to get ready for the day.
My room looked gloomy but there was enough light for me to move around.
I turned around and woke my roommate Charity.
Charity was a heavy sleeper, she could sleep through a tornado.
"Wake up, charity. We need to have our bath before all the hot water would be used"
She hugged her pillow even more and I groaned in anger. I have threatened to leave her so many times but I never had the heart to actually do it. I think at this point she knew I was only bluffing.
I stood up from the bed and began hitting her with the pillow.
" Wake up you right now! " I screamed hitting her continuously
"Okay, geez " she whined.
When I saw that she was finally awake I left for the bathroom.
After I had my bath and worn a new outfit, I sat on my bed to said a short prayer.
I was not always a servant.
I had no other person to turn to, so i decided to serve in other to protect myself and have a place to sleep and eat.
After I was done praying, I waited for Charity to dress up so that we can go to the kitchen for our breakfast.
The Elston family were the first to employ me as a servant. They were well known and had a close relationship with the royal family.
As we walked through the passage, towards the dinning hall for servants i could not help but squeeze my nose in distaste.
"Hyenas." I thought
I hated hyenas, they were the worst, psychotic killers.
They always picked on preys like me and charity.
As you may have guessed, the people of Cipriano kingdom were special.
We were blessed with shape shifting abilities.
I was a cat while charity was a rabbit.
But we were not ordinary, we were bigger than the normal animals.
Whenever i transformed i was about 3 ft 6 inches.
We were preys and among the lowest in the food chain.
Naturally preys are scared of the predators. And the predators were always looking for whom to prey on.
Thanks to King Reemes, one of the strongest dragons in histroy, predators and preys are able to live peacefully.
There was still the occasional bullying, slavery and even death but the law protected a lot of prey.
When we entered the hall, we were served our portion of food.
We sat at an empty table to eat.
As we ate and chatted we were interrupted by a cheery voice.
"Good morning" the person said and sat oppositethe two of us.
"Good morning Ann" charity and i greeted her in unison.
"Have you guys heard?" She asked
"What?" i asked inquisitive
"A servant was found dead in Sophia's bedroom."
"What!" exclaimed Charity. "How did it happen?" I asked.
"No one knows. Master Edward hired people to take away the body" Ann replied.
"No wonder i smelt hyenas" i said.
We discussed for a bit and left to start our daily chores.
The Elston family lived in a mansion. The servant quarters was located behind the mansion.
To get to the mansion i had to walk for five minutes.
When i got to the mansion, i took the back door following the stairs to the third floor.
Servants were not allowed to use the front door. The mansion had a staircase which led from the ground floor to the last floor.
I had been assigned the duty of cleaning the whole floor everyday
The third floor consisted of two guest room, a library room, a small kitchen and two other rooms which belonged to the first son Dominic and second son Tony.
I never had an issue with my job until Dominic came back from school.
Manuel had been gone for seven years. He attended a special school for the elite and rich. The name of the school was Gwartsburg. I heard the school was special. Mostly for royals, nobles, elites and rich families.
I sighed as i approched his room. I knocked twice and waited for his approval to go inside.
The door opened and Dominic gave a crooked smile.
"Hello pet"