Royalty

Prison

What..what!!!
My eyes bulge open as soon as I realised what happened a moment ago.

I cough strongly, my throat soar and in pain. I tried to pull my hand but it was bolted lock.
Cring
Cring

I tried pulling my hand away from the chain that was locked in the wall, in a place filthier than the last place I was placed in. The walls were all cracked, but the gate was pure iron and bolted shut. Rat running away, a drop of water from the celling drop on the rat and it panicked and quickened his pace. I pull my hand but the chain won't bulge.

"Ugh." I tried harder making my wrists hurt.

"Its useless." I turn my head to the left and Kate sat there with a blank expression, looking stressed and tired.

"why are you not doing anything." I groan, trying again, pulling and tugging on the chain, Kate push of the wall angrily.

"Because its no use!!" She shouted. "Have tried all night while you slept all night! To be truthful, this is your bloody fault." She hiss angrily then fall restlessly. My face drop at the accusation.

"I never asked you to go out." I cried, not knowing what else to try. She push off the wall again.

"But if you hadn't keep the secret from me and told me, I would have known it was danger and would have stayed away!" She barked then lean back to the wall, tears falling from her eyes, "now were going to be sold, to awful men, god knows what they would do to us." Her voice soar and cracked in tears.

"I should have listen to mama, now what will I do."

"We shall do nothing or things are going to get worse for us." Kate advised and close her eyes. "I shall take my rest, while I can."

My chest Bob as I sob. I couldnt believe she gave up, she actually gave up, she was the bravest that I've known and she gave up, now what about me, how will I survive, was this my fate, to get my generation with a fate worse than my ancestors.

As thought runs through my mind, the bolted gate bulge open.

"Time to make money folks." A man with a thick accent appeared at the gate, I stared at him and realised it was captain Robert, he always came to the prison to get information if someone escape then would buy the escape prisoner and sell them in a more valuable price than he paid.

"No." I whisper breathlessly and turn to Kate, she was still sleeping, unaware it was already time.

"Grab them." Master Robert ordered his guard. No, I can't be sold, this wasn't the freedom I wanted.

"No!" I scream and Kate bolt up.

"W..what wha_. Oh no." Kate stammer, the guards grab my arm.

"Leave me!!" I scream, but they just release my hand from the chain and lock it with another chain that wasn't connected to the wall. I turn to Kate and she just let then drag her while tears run down her face.

"Am sorry." I whispered. I didn't know why I was sorry, I was just sorry. I finally decided to let them grab me, it was over for me.

"Let's get going." Captain Robert scream from the carriage waiting outside for us, the carriage was as filthy as they were, it was more like a carriage for chickens.

The guards drag us through the mud outside the forest, a forest with old trees and black birds, with over grown grass making our dress dirtier than they already were.

They literally threw us inside the carriage, my waist landing on the wood of the carriage and Kate hitting me with her back. The guard close the carriage, hearing rough iron sound, they were locking it. I sat up to be face with other maidens. They're eyes teary but one just sat there playing with her Nails.

Kate sob louder, her body shaking at the thought that we were really gonna be sold. I went over to comfort her but she push me away.

"Stay away from me!" She hiss angrily. I look down at my lap, and push away from her. She sobbed and sobbed until a groan was heard.

"Could you, yeah were going to be sold but bloody hell your cry won't help the situation." The girl that was picking on her Nails said irritated.

"Its not your business, if i want to cry my eyes out, so leave me." Kate growl and continued sobbing, the girl rolled her eyes and the carriage halted.

We heard a bang on the  carriage cover then the door moving and finally it open after some minute, the light shining into the dark carriage.

"Its time fellows."