Chained

Chained 1

~6th Century, Middle Ages Standing Western Roman Empire, Germany

~Date: December 3rd

Closing the shades so to not let the cold breeze blow into the stone like royal castle, I turned around taking the moment to sniff the winterś air. Stroking my long black hair that fell to my waist and gazing around with dark emotionless amber eyes. It would be awhile until princess Reti would be awake. It was habit for her to sleep in until something actually important happened. Such was a life of a royal who didn't have to do much besides wave and have the simple manners needed for greeting. Sighing tiredly I walked down the stairs, my foot naturally stepping onto my toes and front part of my foot instead of the entire foot.

¨Hey Avie, Avie, should the plates be placed here or there," screamed a voice from the kitchen as I passed it. Peeking my head in I saw the newest of our slaves, Ki a 29 year old male with short brown hair and hazel eyes to match it. He had come here only a month ago by a purchase Reti's father the king had done while overseas in america. Rushing over before Ki dropped one of the master's prized plates on the floor I ripped the wash cloth from his hands and raked it across the whiteness of the dirty plate until it shined like silver under the stars.

¨What I showed you is the proper way Ki, don't be scared of rubbing the water and scrub over the dishes, what you should be afraid of is if you dare to drop it or worse not actually get anything done and become as useless as that broken broom I broke last week over it not getting anything done in time,¨ I said my amber eyes glazing over at him. I nearly chuckled when I saw that he was shivering inside, but after he got the point I was kidding he giggled a little as well.

¨and you wonder why you have no friends, everything you speak it sounds like a death threat,¨ He laughed taking another dirty dish and cleaning it beside me in the sink upon the marble kitchen counter. My eyes traveled down into his eyes when he said that. Ki in the only short amount time he had been here had managed to make many friends, and for once actually the only person I had any sort of feelings towards. Don't get the wrong idea, it's not the feelings you're thinking, I felt pity for him. He was tall and muscular, strongly built. Yet that strength failed to nothing when somebody looked into his kind eyes. It was easy explainable, he wouldn't be able to hurt a fly less now a fellow human. It was no wonder why he had been sold so many times. Today slave owners were looking for slaves that could fight in their now new hobby. In which they would pair a slave up with another slave to fight to the death or a slave with a criminal with they had the glory of bringing the death sentence on them or being killed themselves. Either way it was a death match. One I highly doubt Ki would win even if the odds were in his favor.

¨Make sure you finish those on time, We have the rest of the family coming over,¨ I said stepping back so that Ki had more access to the sink to put even more of the dishes into it. He just grinned and smiled back at me. His smile still failed to put even the slightest pit of emotion on my face. I left him all to knowing that he was staring at me until I left the kitchen into the halls.

I took my time heading towards the dining hall, a few other slaves were setting it up. They were bound to know that I would be coming to check on them. I had the worse fate of being Reti's favorite slave. In which I did everything for her. Even though I could care less of half the stuff I had to do for her. Such as I did now, checking on all the slaves making sure they did the work they did. The only thing I enjoy of that was the fact I got the ability to roam freely around the castle for the mean time until Miss Princess woke up.

It took 30 minutes for me to get to the dining room, which in all facts showed how much I was taking my time. Since the kitchen was attached to the dining hall by a single door. Jissy a fellow female slave with long brown hair only matching her shoulder length was finishing up the wall decorations by fixing the painting above the end chair on the other side. While Jen, Hail and Yen were watching had already finished with putting the silverware and cloth on the table properly. I stood in the doorway not even making a sound. It took them a moment notice before they even realize me standing there almost like a hidden dark shadow glaring at there every move.