CHAPTER 1
"WAKE UP, YOU LOWLY SERVANT! ARE YOU PLANNING SLEEP LIKE A PRINCESS THIS WHOLE DAY?!"
Eerie was awaken by their head maid who was nagging at her with an anger expression as she violently kicked her off the bed, making her hissed in pain but she didn't speak back to avoid any misfortunes, though for all years she have been already experiencing misfortunes and been treated worse than a garbage.
She stood up as she slightly rubbed her waist who was hit on the floor, then she bow her head without complaining or whining to the head maid.
"Go to the hall right now, we need to talk along with the other maids."The head maid said as she rolled her eyes, stumping her feet as she walks away.
Ever since Tiana woke up, she already found herself in a filthy room way back 4 years ago. She's been mistreated by the other maid because of her looks. Half of her face as well as her body was burned. She was like a laughingstock to them but she managed to endure their attitudes towards her.
It's been a years but she can't remember her past, even her name, her family's name, all of them... she couldn't recall. The Headmaid was the one who have her a name... “Eerie”. Ever since, she was already called Eerie and sometimes the maids used her name in a teasing way.
She sigh as she fold the blanket and gently put it on the bed as she went to the hall before the head maid would curse her and beat her to the pulp.
As she was walking to the hall, all eyes are on her. Even though she's not looking at them, she could saw their smirks as well as their unpleasant looks.
The Headmaid angrily look at her and slapped her face, "You ugly monster! What took you so long and who are you to make us wait, you wrench!"
Eerie didn't respond, but she only bow her head, hiding her face with full of scars from burns using her long wavy scarlet hair.
"Yeah! How dare you make us wait!"The other maid said, agreeing to the Headmaid.
But Eerie didn't respond to them making them even more mad but they already know and they haven't even heard her voice because she didn't talk for this past for 4 years that she's been working at this manor.
Headmaid just sigh as she rolled her eyes then she look at them. She open her lips as she start talking. "Listen up, from what Duke Casol instructed, we need to send one maid to the Royal Palace. Who volunteered to be sent?"
Duke Castol is the boss of the manor that they are serving with. The Royal Palace is the place where the Crown Prince, Princes and Princess, Empress and Empress, meaning to say, one mistake... you'll be executed.
The maid's giggle as they pointed Eerie making her flinched as she shook her head trying to decline what they were thinking.
The Headmaid smirk, "Okay. Eerie will be the one who is the maid representative of Duke Castol."
Eerie was about to open her mouth but she couldn't dare to speak, instead she just left with no choice.
"She'll be beheaded for sure."
"She'll be killed for sure, with her clumsiness, dumbness and also her ugly face that looks like a monster, she'll be mistreated for sure."
"I heard that the Princes are bullies, for sure she'll be bullied."
"The Princes and the Crown Prince were ruthless and merciless, one mistake from her, she'll be sliced to two."
The maids giggles as they were looking at her with full of happiness, it's like they were really looking forward for her to get killed immediately before she could step to the Royal Palace.
Eerie couldn't defend herself, so she just bow her head, hiding her head as tears flows to her emotionless gold eyes. Silently crying as she bow again and went to her shabby room to pack her things.
She was already crying, packing her clothes. She admitted that she's scared, she's been violently abused by the maid in the manor and she did her best to tolerate it all without giving up on her life. But now... she doesn't know anymore.
'Why do I look like a monster? Why do I have this scars on my face making me look ugly? Why do I have to be born into this world? What's my purpose on being born?'
That's what she was always asking to herself. She couldn't serve well, she couldn't cook as well, she couldn't even do a simple job, meaning to say she's useless.
She's already 19 years old—the only thing that she could remember is she's fifteen when she woke up, find herself in a shabby room, ended up serving the Duke Castol who was the one who save her life. For four years, she's already enduring the pain, hardships, teasing, and even mistreated from the fellow maids but she's still alive.
Her golden eyes stopped from shimmering, she couldn't talk out of scariness, she's been experiencing anxiety as well as nightmares every night time.
Her hands were cold, shaking and nervously closed the bag as she went out of her shabby room. As she was walking at the same time looking down, hiding her face, as one maid went to her way.
Marta— the one who has been treating her well, hugged her tightly as Eerie brushed her face on her shoulder as tears flows to her eyes.
Marta lightly tapped her shoulder, telling her to stop crying. She lifted her face so she could see Marta's face for one last time.
"I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you this past four hellish years, I hope this time they will treat you good which is so impossible to happen since they are known for being a heartless monster but... I hope you will survive as well. I wish you luck, may you happiness be found."Marta said as she smile sweetly as her as her tears keeps on streaming down to her face.
Eerie nodded her head as she smile at her. She open her mouth, "T-Thank y-you f-for e-everything." making Marta taken a back.
Eerie never speak to anyone, even Marta that's why she was taken a back when Eerie spoke.
Marta chuckled as she brush Eerie's soft hair using her fingers and pat her head gently.
"I didn't know you have such a soft voice. Anyways, I wish you happiness. No matter where you are, you will always be my friend. Always remember that."Marta said with a smile.
Eerie nodded her eyes as a smile plastered on her lips but her eyes were still emotionless as ever.
Marta was about to say something but the Headmaid violently grabbed Eerie's thin arms dragging her outside of the house.
"What the hell is wrong with you! Are you trying to disgrace Duke Castol for making the Royal servant wait for you?! You're not a princess to make them wait for you!"The Headmaid said angrily.
They are already outside of the manor, she could see the carriage that is from the Royal Palace. She hide her wrist who's now swollen because of the Headmaid.
She saw Duke Castol with a grin on his face as he went to where he was and hug her tightly.
"If you dare to embarrass the Castol, I'm going to kill you."Is what he whispered to her ears making her flinched.
The Duke Castol smiled sweetly at her, hiding his true nature as he tapped her shoulder and look at the butler who was sent to the Royal to bring a maid—no... buy a maid to be exact.
In other words, she was sold to the Royal Palace.
The Butler emotionlessly went to her direction, "So you're Eerie? What a weird name. Let's go."He said as he starts walking to the carriage.
While Eerie timidly follow his lead without whining, afraid that she might be killed with those sword that was on the butler's waist.
She might be living like a hell nevertheless she wanted to survive. She doesn't know why but even though her head was telling her to give up, her heart were saying the otherwise. It's like she's been grabbing on the rope, not letting go. But whatever the reason is, she wanted to survive and see it for herself what is the thing that she desire the most that even her heart was always saying the otherwise whenever she do bad things to herself.
One goal is on her head, "To survive at all cost!"
She sigh as she hide her face, sitting on the soft couch of the carriage while the butler was sitting on the other side making them facing at each other.
"Are you okay? You've been sighing countlessly."The butler asked without any emotions being read on his words.
Eerie raised her head to look at him as she shook her head. She examine his face but she couldn't find any emotions on his face, just like her's. She don't know if the butler were disgust at her face or if he will also insult her just like what the maids did to her.
"Anyways, be careful and always mind your place while you are in the palace. We've bought you for 30 gold coins."
Eerie nodded her head without saying anything. She already expect that something like this would happen but she didn't know that she was bought for 30 gold coins, that's already a lot of silver money. Most maids and servants were brought for 10 gold coins and the head maids will be sold for exactly 30 gold coins.
Fifteen minutes had passed and they are already outside of the Palace's gate, currently the guards were opening the gate. The carriage starts moving inside of the Palace until it finally stopped when they finally arrived ay their destination.
Eerie stood up as she grab her bag and went out of the carriage. She look at the Palace who were almost filled with golds and diamonds. It was big and and beautiful but she couldn't feel any happiness since this is the day where her life will be miserable, much miserable than the life that she experience at the Castol.
The Butler guide her to the palace, as she was also tailing at him, hiding her face, afraid that she'll be mistreated again.
As she was walking, she could hear those servants who were also busy whispering behind her back.
"Is she the new servant? She looks clumsy."
"Look at those burned scars on her right hand, it looks so ugly.
"Shhh... lower down you voice, she might hear us."
"But it's true. I heard from rumors that she looks like an ugly monster since her face were covered with burned scars. So scary."
"Shhh... I told you to lower your voice or else we'll be severly punished!"
The Butler tsk-ed, "Don't mind them."He said as he keeps on walking, leading her to her destination.
They finally arrived at her new room, it's small and uncleaned but it's fine compare to her room back then.
The Butler look at her, "Put you things and come with me, you'll be assigned at taking care of the Royal Princes."He said coldly.
Eerie flinched when he mentioned the word "Prince" she always expected that she would serve the other nobles but she doesn't expect that she would serve the Princes.
Eerie couldn't help but to look at her, opened her eyes to talk, "W-why t-the p-princes?"
The Butler sigh as he answered, "Because we're too tired at those noble families and commoners keeps on blabbering about their relatives, maids, daughter, nephew's keeps on getting hurt, losing arms, legs or even eyes... worse scenario is been killed. We choose you since you don't have any relatives that would grieve when you die. Enough with the talk and start walking."
She couldn't help but to gulp and shivered in fear.
END OF CHAPTER 1
