Marked: Part 2; The Wronged

Chapter 34

Amilia woke up to her shades opening. She rubbed her eyes and groaned before getting dressed. She brushed her hair, put on her shoes and found her way to the dining room. She sat next to Leo for sure. And looked like she was having a good time. She took a look at the schedule.

8:00-8:45 Breakfast

9:00-12:00 studies

12:25-1:30 Lunch

2:00-2:20 Craft class

2:40-3:00 Speech

3:00-4:00 language

4:30-5:15 free time

5:25-6:00 medical studies

6:15-6:45 animal studies

7:00-8:00 homework

8:20-8:45 nutrition studies

9:00-10:25 speech

10:28-11:20 Masquerade preparation

11:30-7:00am sleep

Her schedule was packed again, but today her free time was early and also short. She couldn't believe that preparations for the ball would take so long. Not that she would be there. If everything went according to plan, then she would be back home for dinner. There would be no more huge platters with fancy food. Just Oglm and his normal sized proportion and great food. She had already comindered a soldier's uniform. Last night she told the guard that his uniform was not in working order and that she wanted it commandeered to her room. She said he could always wear another one. He had told her previously that he had five uniforms. After breakfast she scurried off to her studies. Then she came back to the dining room for lunch. After that she went to her craft class and coming up was a speech. After her speech she had her language class, which specialized in many different languages. Finally it came time for her free time. She hurried back to her room and stuffed the uniform into a satchel. Then she went off to the dungeon where the guard easily let her in. It was quite a walk to get to his cell and luckily, she was just so talented to swipe the key from the guard. She unlocked the cell door and walked in.

"Here." She said, giving him the outfit. "Put it on." he gave her a weird look. He motioned his hand. Amilia rolled her eyes and turned around. He took off his torn prison outfit and put on the spotless guard outfit.

"And how do you presume to keep up this little charade?" He said to her. Amilia turned around to him.

"Simple." she started. "We're going to reposition your clothes with a few balloons." She blew up some balloons with a bunch of orange ones as the skin. It actually looked like he was scrunched up in the corner. There was no light in the cells so they didn't have to worry too much. "Come on out." Amilia said motioning him. She went out first just in case Qjrp decided to turn on her. As soon as he was out she shut the door. "So here's what's going to happen." she paused. "You're going to go out before me. I'll wait ten minutes for you to get around the corner there. The time gap will ensure that we aren't together and that you're just a guard." He shook his head and then they both went up to the main door. "Ok, so, here is your excuse. If they ask you why you were down here. You were checking on the inmates when the princess asked you to do a task." He rolled his eyes and then exited. The guards never asked him why he exited but ten minutes later she came out of the dungeon and away from the guards. She had only a few minutes until her next class. Luckily she easily found Qjrp and headed straight for where she could find Cam. She made sure to find the wizards workshop yesterday as well. She knocked on the door and Cam answered it. Cam did not look thrilled.

"E veii as l kenrzs. Zgs openfsqq vlnzq ks." She said over her shoulder. Then she looked to Amilia. "Alright, what do you want?"

"I want my life back. I want to have a mark. I don't want any more of this life. It's terrible and I hate it! I tried it like you said, now give me back my life."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, yes, I'm sure. Please, Please give my life back."

"Alright." She stopped a moment and looked to the guard. "This is Oglm isn't it?"

"Yes, yes it is."

"Alrighty, you two come on in here." She turned around and went into the workshop. She looked to her master with a mad look. "Zgeq veii jniw zlds l kenrzs." She said walking past her master. "He can't understand English." She went to her workbench and got to work. She made an elixir and then mixed powders together. She mixed up the two concoctions to make one brilliant potion. She slapped it onto Amilia's forehead without wasting a drop. She said a spell and the slime absorbed into her skin. "Now, you have to go throughout the rest of your day. When you wake up tomorrow you'll be in Oglm's house. Just like you want. In the mean time you'll stay here with me." she said pointing to Qjrp. "I'll keep you out of trouble and away from his majesty.

"Aw, thank you! Thank you!"

"No cheating." she said sternly. "You can't just go back to your room and take a nap. You actually have to be sincerely tired for it to work. If you mess it up it won't work. You could have a possibility of being stuck here forever. So no shortcuts if you want to get home!"

"Ok, no shortcuts. Got it."

"And you." she said turning around. "Don't touch anything. This is wizard stuff. Like potions and wands and magic hats. So no touchy." Qjrp jumped then shook his head in agreement.

"Alright well i've got to go. I have medical studies next. So..." She turned around and started to walk to the door.

"Wait!" Qjrp said. "What's your name? Your real name?"

"Oh, uh, Amilia. Amilia Cripple." She watched him smile then she turned around and went out the door. She quickly scurried off to her medical study class. The rest of the night went slow as always. School for her always went slow. During ball preparations she tried out her dress and mask. Plus she practiced the dances that she was doing with Leo and her father. Her feet hurt so bad after that. She wore heels that were pretty high. Well, at least higher than she was used to. At last she retreated to her room for sleep. She fell asleep in her robe without a blanket to cover her up. By the time her alarm went off she was back in bed in Oglm's house. But then she remembered, it was Monday.