A Crown To Die For

Yellow Brick Hallway

Little light reached the door before me, it was a plain brown wooden door the only significance it held was in its knob. Silver or nickel, craved into a paw of some sort. I'm sure it would be beautiful in detail , but with the lack of light I didn't stop to observe it for curiosity of what the next room held.

I opened the door dimly lite hallway, and noticed two figures standing not too far from the entrance. They saw me shortly after I opened the door. We both walked toward the other. "And who do we have here." An double xx voice softly graced my ear as we met up.

" I am Serangu." I stated " Who are you?" I could see now that the smaller of the two figures was fidgeting as if impatient to be on the move. So I started walking down the dank hallway.

" Well this is Officer Lyeru, and I am G. Ranez. I volunteered to show you to your rooms so we must be quick, I appreciate your bravado." She barely paused in her sentence as the young woman led me around the corner. " I am a senior import one of the first to come here after the treaty. I cannot share much with you for I do not know much we are kept sheltered"

At this the Officer Lyeru cleared his throat loudly. "We keep to ourselves. Food will be brought to you then we have asked that you wait in your chambers until farther notice. Goodnight and Well met Serangu." Ranez stopped in front of a lavender painted door with Lyeru and I awaiting behind her. She waved me over to open the door, then retraced our steps back up the hallway.

The room before me was breathtaking. Not only was the door lavender with a gold ball knob with the room as well was decorated a base of lavender with small gold and white accents. To call the room beautiful was hardly a fitting word. The room was maybe 500 sq ft. with a queen sized bed floating neatly in the middle of the room with a sheer lavender canopy hanging loosely above it.

I rushed to the wardrobe on the left side of the room hoping to find all of my clothing from home inside only to be disappointed. It was empty. The vanity on the opposite side of the room was also empty. A table was located by the door, and a day bed cleverly placed under the window a companied but a neat row of cubbies running vertically beside the curtained windows.

The entire room was beautiful even being so foreign. Like a very unique painting, void of life. The thought made me wonder how long it had been since this room was last inhabited. How would be expected to live in such a beautiful room.

A knock at the door stopped my daydreaming. I thought to ask who it was but decided to just open the door. I'm a prisoner. War collateral. This is not my room. I cannot allow myself the courtesy of getting comfortable.

"Can you move any slower. Its dinner time!" Malmare stood before me. To my surprise Malmare's dainty oval face did not match her snide attitude or sarcastic tone of voice. What's more is she over pronounced each of her words in a failed attempted to cover our accent. "Are you coming?" She glared at me with stormy green eyes.

Malmare had walked to the door at the end of the hallway barely noticeable. I rushed to follow her at her heels. " You are paired with me until all the girls are inspected and sorted. This is the 19 and 20 hallway. Ten rooms to be filled up or left vacant just for us. You can switch rooms if you'd like. They put me in the dreary black and rose gold room, but as soon as they walk back towards the caretaker."

The short young woman opened the double brass doors so a well lite hallways, but not from a fire torch or even electricity. The floor was glowing a brilliant yellow, so bright the entire hallway leading down to a few green doors here and there but finally more double doors at the end of the hallway. Instead of being brass though these doors were the same magical yellow as the yellow brick hallway now beneath our feet.

"Now we have to get you ready we have maybe 20 minutes before they get started!" Malmare pushed me toward the first green door. "Open it, and don't fight the woman or they will whoop you and I will only watch, I refused to be spanked at the age I've come to."

This room being some type of indoor bath house. A sponge type wood bordering the whole room. The spongey yellow green wood would have almost felt welcoming except the six woman in the room two of which were free to grumpily glare at me. There were ten places to shower and bath only two were free. I assume for Malmare and myself. " So they are to clean us?" I eyed Malmare.

"Of course and its amazing at night we turn this place into a relaxing steam bath. Take it in newbie." She leisurely swayed to one of the women and then disappeared behind a white curtain. The other woman tapped her foot at me. I walked over to her and she pulled me inside. The curtain on this side being green as the floor and walls.

"Take off your clothes lets do this the easy way I only wish to see you clean." The woman exasperated to me. As if she had been fighting girls to be clean all day. I saw no problem with a good bath even one where some one else would wash me so I complained and this process was actually quick and quite enjoyable.

I was given a white robe upon my exit of my bathroom and Malmare was actually waiting for me with a giddy look in her eye. "Well do tell your good news.." I muse at her.

"Have you ever had a salon hair do?" She cracked a huge smile after asking me this then pulled me out the room in the yellow brick hall way once again.