IF TIME COULD STAND STILL

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FRONA

Stretched and chained on the wall was a skeleton like creature, this creature was ones human but now I couldn't call it that, even with all the mutilation on the body of this person I could still descent it was ones a man, Lias had fainted ones again but I only threw my face away in other not to continue seeing him.

As I looked the other way my eyes dropped on a man that had been laid on a stone bed, he was also chained and completely naked, his body was covered with deep wounds and blood, I guess one could say that the blood served as his clothes, written on his chest was the word traitor, I couldn't tell whether he was still alive, his left eye had been uprooted from his eye socket, his finger nails had been pulled out, his broken arms and legs dangled about, deep burns could be seen all over his body, if he was dead then he definitely didn't have an easy death, so this was the fate of spartan traitors, I had never seen such a brutal, bloody scene before and to think that I had ones adamantly told my father that I wanted to join the military.

We had finally reached our resting place if one can call it that, it was a cage and we were rudely shoved in, we were being treated like animals, my family didn't treat slaves like this so all this felt foreign to me.

They cage smelt no different from the cave outside, it stenched of blood too, I wondered how I could ever rest In a place like this, all my life I had only known comfort, now everything was changing so fast.

I should be happy that I am alive at least but I couldn't even do that, I was alive at the expense of Aoede, I closed my eyes trying to forget her last moments, she must have been so scared, I saw it in her eyes.

I finally could talk to Lias now that we have been left alone in the cage although they were other people in the cage with us I chose a secluded corner for us to seat, we were no longer chained together so it made it easier to move about.

"How are you doing?" I asked the still pale Lias, she just glanced at me sadly and then tears rolled down her eyes ones more "what do we do now Fro-" she seemed to realize that she shouldn't call me that "Aoede, call me that from now on and I will call you May, it's important that you never forget that you are you slave now if not we will be killed instantly" I whispered in her ears, my words made her eyes tremble with fear, she got more pale but I didn't have a choice, I had to remind her that the reason we are still breathing is because of the fact that we were seen as slaves, the moment they know we are nobles we won't even been given the time to breath before our heads leaves our bodies.

Lias was brilliant enough to know all this without me having to explain to her in details so she just nodded.

"it's my fault she is dead Aoede, I tripped and she came back to save me, I was so scared and I ran when she told me to, she said she was right behind me but she lied" Lias sniffs and then rest her head on my shoulders, I could feel her trembling violently, I didn't need to ask who she meant by "her" I knew it was Dias, tears rolled down my eyes, Lias was crying so much that she couldn't continue talking while I on the other hand just cried silently, so I didn't lose just one sister and friend that day, I lost two.

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Days went by and it felt like we had been forgotten in that cage, we had not eaten anything since the day we had been captured not even water and the spartan soldiers didn't come around or send someone over to attend to us, a part of felt it was a good thing, if we didn't get to see them then they was no fear of dying anytime soon, we won't be torture to death or ordered to do unreasonable things but another part of me felt them not coming around was not a good thing because if we don't eat we will starve to death, At the end of my analysis no option was good, I had already began to see stars and Lias was not different.

I wondered how the other slaves that were here before us managed, after enquiring they had been here for a week and food was brought on the fourth day so that meant we still had a day to go before seeing anything that resembled food.

While I was curled up like a ball I pressed my stomach so as to lessen the pain my stomach was going through but that didn't help at all, I haven't been in such a situation where I was starved of food, I loved food and not eating made my head hurt and not just my tummy.

I heard our cage door open and I stood up abruptly, I didn't care if they were coming to torture or kill us I just hoped they brought some food along, at least before sending me to my early grave they will offer us some food.

I watched at the bulky soldier looked around intimidatingly "Where are the three prisoners brought in here three days ago" he said "Come out" he ordered and then stepped out of the cage, Lias, the other girl that was with us and myself went outside immediately.

"Move you ass slave" he said as he used the head of his sword to push us in the direction he wanted us to go, we were taken off guard so I stumbled but didn't fall, my other two companions had the same experience.

We were led to a huge tent, there was a long table with twelve seats at both the left and right hand side of the table, on the table was so many mouth watering dishes, most of wish I couldn't recognize, I am sure they were spartan traditional delicacies.

I didn't know when I stopped in place and started drooling, I had always had a hidden dream, I wanted to travel the world and have a taste of all their amazing dishes but I knew that was a dream that would never be realized.

Every region was at war, there was no way I could just waltz in and waltz out of a foreign region without any repercussions.

The soldiers at the table were so loud and the food seemed to be the least of their priority since they kept ordering slaves to fill up their glasses, I glanced at all of them with a bit of disgust, I didn't dare to allow my dislike for them show, I still love my little life.

As I looked at the head of the table and saw those cold eyes staring at me, I was terrified of the way he looked at me, his eyes were like a piercing sword, I was scared that he saw my earlier displeasure over his men behavior.

I thought if the soldiers preferred booze to eating then why didn't they give the food to the prisoners at the cage, I don't know how prisoners of war in my own land Athens are treated but it has to be better than this I guess.

I was about to remove my gaze from that cold blooded demon before he sucked away my soul when my shoulder was pricked by the soldier with his sword tip "Move idiot" he said harshly, it was then that I realized i had stopped moving for a while now, it wasn't that long though more like a second, all those things I said seemed to have taken a long time but that wasn't the case really.

As we approached the noisy soldiers one said " they are finally here" another drunk idiot said "time to see this beauties whine their waist" he laughed stupidly.

All these soldiers looked stupid to me except him, I couldn't understand how they could be the elites of the Spartan army.

I didn't need anyone to tell me they were the most important in the army because for them to dine with the General proved it.

I secretly took a closer look at them, if I were to escape then this information will be very important for Athens.

General Nicolaos always looked divine, whenever our eyes meet I always feel he could see through me, it wasn't a pleasant feeling, no one will like to feel naked and transparent in front of their enemy "Come and serve me wine" he said while staring at me, my heart shook, my mind was in chaos, Why will he want me to serve him?, Did he figure out who I am? Or did he really see my look of disgust earlier?, no matter what his reason was for picking on me I had this indescribable feeling that it wasn't a good thing and if I was to live through this night my days won't be peaceful.

To be continued...

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