LAUGHTER [English]

Chapter four

"You're in a better place right now." Says a man. I look around me. "It's this what you call a better place?" I ask. I only see white walls, a bed, toilet and that's it. No decoration. "It's better than the room you were before." He says "O, almost forgot, the king is coming to see you." he walks out of the room. O god, the king. I look disgusting, I smell disgusting and I feel disgusting. I really need to take a shower, but I don't think they have that here. I look around me to search for something that I can use for a mirror. I grab glass that was laying on the floor and I'm trying to see myself in it.

"Rose?" I hear a woman's voice. I look at the door and I see a older woman walking in. "I'm going to make you ready for the visit of the king, because honey, you can't look like that when the king is coming." She says. I laugh "Thank you.". She starts to wash my hair "If I hurt you, say it please.". "I will." I say.

The king, the king, he is come to see me. Me? I'm just a poor girl. We barely have money for normal things as potatoes. I remember that me, my brother and my father were always going to the market. We were waiting all day until the end of the market. The poor people always started to form a line in front of the vegetable market stall. They gave us food that they didn't sell, mostly it were rotten vegetable so they didn't taste very good. It was food, so we were happy.

"Are you dreaming darling?" She says. "I'm just thinking?" I say. "It's gonna be alright honey, you're just need to get through this, it will be hard but I promise that you will survive it. You're here for a good reason." She says with a smile on her face. "But why do I need to be locked up?" I ask. "Would you fight in a war if they ask you?" She asks. "Well, I want to do everything for my country, but I don't wanna die. So I don't know." I say. She nods "That's why darling.". I stare at the ground. I'm confused and angry at the same time. Confused because I don't know what this freaking war is about and why I have to fight in it. Angry because I'm locked up and I'm doing things that I don't even want to do. I feel miserable. I feel like I'm being used. I wanna know what this is all about. Is this really a war? Or is this another kingdom who wants to kill us all? Or do they just wanna keep us save?

Rose, remember what your father always told you. Always keep yourself above the water, because if you give up you will be drowning.

"We're done!" She says cheery. The gives me a mirror and I look at myself. "Wow, I've never looked this rich and beautiful." I say while I look at myself. My red hair is shiny. It's a little bit curly and it's falling beautifully over my shoulders. I have a cherry lipgloss on and I have a little bit mascara on. "Are you ready?" She asks. "I'll never be ready to meet the king." I say nervous.