Prison Of Perfection

Part 2

I changed my stupid attire to a more 'appropriate' appearance and made my way back the dining room. Mother and Father were not there though, only my brothers. They were chatting about something i didn't really know. They sat together opposite to me, where i sat alone. I sat down quietly, them not noticing i was back 'Augustus?' I said nervously, as i rarely ever talk to my brother. 'Yes sister?' 'Did you think my attire was um...inappropriate?' 'No not really, but you know how father is' he said with a gentle smile. 'Yeah' i said in a frustrated tone. 'Where's mother and father?' i asked 'arguing about you!' said Sebastian in his childish way. Silvester elbowed him so he'd shut up. 'Don't worry Cordelia, you'll be fine' said Sylvester gently. I smiled at him then looked down at the floor, Sylvester was always the sweetest out of the three. Suddenly an amazing idea hit me! 'Augustus I have an amazing idea!' 'go on?' 'What if at midnight, we go to the far end of the castle grounds where no one will see and play polo! Please I've always wanted to do it and learn how to. I can get Larry to guard that part of the grounds so he wont stop us. Please! It'll be so fun and it can be my Christmas present from you!' The boys started whispering. Finally Augustus sighed 'Fine, but only for a couple hours and if we get caught, the blames all on you' 'Eeeee, thank you!' I said excitably.

Mother and father finally came in both looking furious with each other. the rest of dinner was pretty awkward, the conversation was mainly directed at the boys (like always) but I didn't care, I was too excited to care. After dinner I was dismissed and made a b line for larrys post. Me and Larry were good friends since his first day when I was 7. When I was 7 I had more freedom than I did now, we used to play about in the corridors and he'd take the blame if I broke something. I found him and explained to him what we were going to. He was cool with it but his shift could only last 2 hours max.

The time came where i snuck down to the castle grounds. I got stopped a few times by guards asking where I was going and my reply would be 'My lavatory isn't working correctly, I need to use the ground floor one'. As I reached the stables I saw Sebastian and Sylvester. 'Where's Augustus?' 'He chickened out' said Seb bluntly. 'Hey but dont worry about it, we'll still have fun' said Silvester touching my arm gently. 'Shall we get started?' Sylvester handed me his old polo uniform which fitted perfectly, it felt really weird though as it had no pink, just blue. They helped me up onto Augustus' horse and showed me how how to ride him. Soon enough we were playing polo and, not bragging or anything but, I was pretty good. After a while we stopped polo and just started messing about like 6 years old, things we never got to do together. Later we started playing hide and seek (because these were childhood games we never got to play together) when someone pointed a gun to the back of my head. 'DONT MOVE, DON'T YOU DARE MOVE OR I'LL SHOOT'!