Underground castle

The raid

Amina!" , "Amina!" " Wake up!" Yelled a little girl on top of me , my sister Charlie . Why was she on top of me?  Why was I so sweaty? Getting myself together I realized I had a nightmare and was screaming. My nightmare was about my mother, who died leaving me and my little twin brother and sister by ourselves.
My mother had died from an assassin because someone had paid money for them to kill her. They had come in the middle of the night and took us away as they brutally killed our mom. We are now their maids and clean all of their mess. I do most of the work because Charlie and Max are too young and always mess things up, they are 9 years old. It has been 5 years working as a maid for the assassin guild since they killed our mother  . I am now 13 turning 14 in one month.
Turning my attention back to Charlie. Her hair golden just like my mothers and Maxs , mine was brown most likely from my father
   " Are you ok sis?" Charlie asked " you were screaming" looking straight into her red eyes just like mine shining  in the dark, I said
  "Just a nightmare, don't worry about it, why don't you go back to bed with your brother?" She and Max don't remember our mom that well.
" Ok .. but you go to bed too, ok sis " she said to me warily getting into bed with her brother. I can't believe they are already 9 years old ,time passed  so quickly. I didn't think I would be able to fall asleep again so I carefully knocked on some floorboards making sure to be as quiet as possible, I knocked on one and it was hollow. I slowly picked it up and put it to the side. Inside was a photo of my mother and all the money I had been saving up from selling flowers when they had sent me out to do errands, always threatening me that they would hurt my siblings if I ran away. I counted the coins, I had enough now, we could run away. We just needed a chance to get away,and I had a feeling that was coming soon.
           That morning I woke up early and got dressed. I would be sent for errands today. I needed to be quick and get back as soon as possible or I might miss a chance to run away. I was just about to leave the attic when I heard a sudden yell and sounds of fighting. It sounded like someone had broken down the door. I froze for a moment. What was happening?
Coming to my senses I realized this was a great opportunity to escape running over to Charlie and Max shook them awake.
"Charlie,Max wake up, we're leaving!'I whispered-yelled so we wouldn't get caught
'What's happening..?" Charlie asked her voice low as she rubbed her eye.
  ' Why are we leaving ?' Max asked, sitting up slowly.
'The assassins are being abushed, we need to leave!" I whispered briskly as I lifted up the floor panel grabbing the money and my mothers picture , putting it in my bag. "Grab some of your favorite things, remember what I told you!''I said as I scrambled around grabbing anything we might need . Realizing  what was happening Charlie and Max got out of bed quickly grabbing some of their most valuable possessions. After grabbing a small bag full of things we would need, I grabbed their small hands and headed towards the door when we heard a big crash and heard footsteps coming near the door. I reached down pulling my knife that I had stolen out of my boot and pointing at the door  as I pulled Charlie and Max behind me. I had watched the assassins fight for 5 years even if I never practiced or was allowed to join. I learned from watching . I could hold someone off and let Charlie and Max get away. I braced myself for the worst keeping Charlie and Max safely behind me.The door burst open as a tall man in fancy knight armor came through holding his sword out in front of him. I held my knife up.
"Don't come near!" I shouted, my hands were shaking. I didn't know if i could protect Charlie and Max after all this man was twice the size as me. The man looked at us confused, as he lowered his sword.
"What are you kids doing here?This is an assassin's hideout." he said,his gaze softening.
"First of who are you?"I said my grip was still tight on the knife.
"I am Sir Carter ,what are your names? Don't worry ,I won't harm you." he said in a calm voice kneeling down in front of us.
" My name is Charlie, this is Max and this is my older sister Amina." Charlie said softly from behind my back.
"Well hello! Nice to meet you Charlie.''The man ...no sorry Sir Carter said. Sir Carter didn't seem to have bad intentions and I didn't think he was an assassin .But I still wouldn't let my guard down.
"George come over here , I found some kids!" Sir Carter yelled, keeping us in his sights like we would disappear if he looked away.
"Are you a knight?" I asked my thoughts, swirling through my mind: was he here to save us?My brain wouldn't work. Are they the "good guys?" Why couldn't my brain figure it out?
" Yes I am a knight, a royal knight at that, I work for the empire." He said clearly trying to get me to trust him enough to lower my knife that I still held tightly in my hand. I felt Charlie and Maxs hands in mine and I came to a conclusion that I would trust them but if they would even touch Charlie and Max I would not let it pass. I lowered my knife but kept it tight in my hand, my other holding the twins' hands. I heard another seat of footsteps coming near , was this George ?
" Who are the kids,  and why does that one have a knife? The man sir Carter had called George said as he walked in.He looked at us studying us seeing the amount of dirt and dust as well as small wounds shot a look of sadness and anger onto his face at the same time.  "Never mind, tell me later, let's wash them up and bring them to a safe place."
"You guys hear that dont you think that would feel good?" he glanced at me "only if you want to though."
I looked at Charlie and Max. They really did look dirty. I was probably worse myself , we looked horrible. I guess it is  better to go with the knights then stay here . Also a bath and some food seemed pretty good . They tried asking for the knife but I didn't let them have it, instead I tucked it back into my boot.