College of Magic

First day on the Job

Me and Brandon went over to the south part of the palace, luckily this was the nicest spot. This is the Kings garden and where he had his guests. It was filled with flowers and bright green trees, it also had a little pond and you could see iridescent koi fish swimming around in it. We walked over to the masonry outlining the palace acting as a path. It was shaded so all we had to do now was watch.
"Pretty big right?"
I was trying to make small talk, something was bothering Brandon. He had been like this for like half an hour now. He didn't reply, he definitely was zoning out.
"Brandon?"
Nothing.
"Brandon!"
"Oh yeah, yeah what?"
"What's wrong with you today?"
"Nothing, it's really nothing."
"Brandon, please. I know something is wrong. Just tell me, please."
"God, okay. I just feel a little bit queasy about this place. It seems too happy you know, I feel like it's masking something bad."
I never thought about the palace like that. Could all this beauty be hiding something?
"I see where your coming from but I don't really know. King Gabriel seems nice. It does seem a bit suspicious."
"I know we shouldn't but let's roam the castle, try reveal its secrets?"
I hear a beep and then Libby in my earpiece.
"Hey Kaia, it's Libby. Everything is okay here, same for you?"
I pressed the button on the side and record a message.
"Yeah, it's all okay. Thanks for checking in."
I brought my thoughts back to what Brandon just asked me. Go into the palace and try reveal it's secrets? If somebody find out we would be in massive trouble. I gave Brandon an uneasy look.
"Think about the outcome. What would we get out of it, just secrets?"
"If we could reveal crime or something horrible and put it in the news, we would be seen as heroic and not rowdy teens."
"I don't know Brandon, let's just work and think about it more later."
Today was a normal day, Libby checked in with me and everything was okay.
If we did reveal something though, would we be heroes? Or would we be stupid teens making up lies? Think about the headlines and what people would think.
The night was quiet and soundly, the moon was out and it was bright. Bright enough that it lit up the gardens surrounding the palace.
The days went by, work was the same and experience was the same. It was a nine day trip so we had three days left. Me and Brandon had tried to explore the palace but people always seemed around. We were once in the Kings Guards room again. Today we were switching to guard the castle for the rest of the time we were here. The inside guards basically walked around and just patrolled, a lot less complicated than the outside guards. Me and Brandon we're now classed as good friends. Spending the days together really did get us closer. I was missing Aila and Andrea and I hoped they were having a good time at the college. Me and Brandon knew that the inside guards were allowed to be anywhere inside. That was a big advantage and today me and Brandon knew we were going to go into the cellars. I'm the map of the castle there isn't one, there was one though. If this palace had secrets it would be in a type of cellar, it wouldn't be in the naked eye.
"Something must activate the cellar, a painting?"
"A painting Kaia? I think just a secret door."
In the hallway coming it was the kings library. Just outside was a book case. I stopped but Brandon kept on walking on.
"Brandon you idiot, stop!"
He turned around, I stood by the bookcase.
"You think that's the secret door?"
"Of course I do. I know it."
"Haha what do if you pull all the books this is gonna turn into a door?"
He continued laughing as a pulled books. One that I pulled made a mechanical sound. The door split and opened into a dark hallway.
"Oh my god Kaia!"
"Quick, before anyone sees us!"
We got in and closed the doors shut, we walked down this dark hallway eerily. I grabbed Brandon's tricep with one of my arms and got really close to him. This was scary and how long was this hallway? THUMP! Me and Brandon walked into a door and fell.
"That scared the living life out of me."
"Same, aha."
He offered his hand for me to get up, again!
He turned the knob and looked at me, I nod. He opened and we saw a room with sheets of paper and more rooms.
We close the door behind us.
"What do you think happens in here then, this is hidden and therefore it's definitely not normal."
"It's disgusting in here, eugh look at all the dust!"
"I agree."
I walked over and read this big A3 sheet and it read families names.
"Brandon come here, look."
"What do you think the names are for."
" I have no idea."
It had dates and a job list? What was that for. There was a name of there that I recognised , Merry Tilther. She was the young girl who lead us to our rooms.
"Brandon! That girl is the maid that escorted us to our rooms."
"I know it, they kidnap people unwillingly to work for them!"
"That's some dark sh*t, that's horrible."
"Look how long the list is too, there are so many people. But where do the others go..."
We hear a door clang, somebody's coming. Me and Brandon quickly hide under the table with a blanket on. Oh boy was it stuffy under there, barely any air.