Destiny

Chapter 3

*JinHee's POV*

KyungMi laughed and nodded. "The colors are different but yeah It's kind of similar" she said. "Why would THIS remind you of YOUR old room, HeeYoung asked, I thought we lived in a small house and we all shared a room?" She smiled innocently. I looked at KyungMi and her eyes widened. 'Damn~ we done fucked up now~' I thought to myself. "Uhm~", I said, we mean its what she would have wanted her room to look like." I lied so that KyungMi didn't have to. I'd do anything to protect HeeYoung from the truth about us. The truth wasn't worth the heartbreak.

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*MiYoung's POV*

I stared at my sisters intently. I had to see how they would fix this one. I always wanted to tell HeeYoung about where we were from. She should know that unlike what she had been told she wasn't born to be a slave. The truth couldn't be further from that. Still, I respected my sisters decision to keep her in the dark but you know what they say. What's done in the dark comes to the light and if these skeletons are coming out of the closet so be it. It was about time.

I thought back to when we were all in the closet together on that night. KyungMi was 8, JinHee was 6, I was 4, and HeeYoung had just turned 2. We were all crying quietly as we heard people yelling. The noise had gotten louder as the voices came closer. It was so loud that night. We heard our mother screaming and then there was nothing. We didn't come out of that closet for hours. Not until Mistress Lucy came.

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*KyungMi's POV*

I hated this. I hated having to lie to my sister and forcing my sisters to lie with me. It was terrible to be stripped of our self worth and reduced to the nothingness we now lived in. Still we were better off than a lot of other slaves, we should be grateful for this. At least thats what I'll keep telling myself until I believe it. We were cleaning and unpacking our lady's things. As I opened one of her trunks and pulled out a big blue dress I thought back to my last birthday with my mother. It was the day before she died. I had worn a blue dress with sequins all over it and a beautiful Tiara. I remembered running through the halls of our home and into the throne room. To everyone else she was Her Royal Majesty Queen Han MiSo but to me she was just mommy. I sat on her lap as she was having a really conversation with her advisor Mr.Wu. "So theres no way to appease the people?" I heard my mother ask. "No~,Mr.Wu said, they found out about your mother and now they want your head madam." My mother looked at me with pain in her eyes. "And what about my girls?,She asked while holding me tightly, will they be safe?" "Your majesty~ the only thing we can do is bind their powers and send them into hiding." Mr.Wu said. My mother looked deep in thought and kissed me when she notice me staring at her. "I'll do it~, she said, now enough of this. It's KyungMi's birthday and we're going to celebrate~" She smiled at me. Oh how I missed my mothers smile.

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*HeeYoung's POV*

I was on my hands and knees outside Our Lady's room scrubbing her floor. She had come up from the throne room and complained that it had to be cleaned again and waxed. Mistress Lucy had nearly thrown the bucket and brush at me. I suppose she was still angry about the incident earlier. The sun was starting to go down and we were still cleaning because every few hours our Lady would come and make us do everything over again. I sighed and continued scrubbing outside the door. The door was closed an the hallway was empty. I felt more alone than ever. I could tell that something was going on with my sisters, that there was something they weren't telling me and it hurt. I found tears starting to fall down my face as I scrubbed. I wiped my hands on my soiled robe and tried to wipe my eyes without getting soap in them. I covered my eyes with my sleeve and someone handed me a handkerchief. "Thank You~" I said without looking. I wiped my eyes clean and handed it back, looking up at the person for the first time. My eyes widened and I stood and bowed low. "Your majesty~" I said with my head low. I dropped to the ground and continued my work. He kneeled next to me and smiled. "Tell me your name~" he said. "It's HeeYoung~ Kang HeeYoung" I said without looking at him. I scrubbed the floor intently feeling foolish when I felt a hand come over mine. I looked up to see the prince was still there. "Well, Lady HeeYoung, he said, My name is SeHun and as your prince I command you to tell me why you're crying."