REBIRTH; JOURNEY TO THE MOON

ANOTHER TRAP

ABIGAIL’S POV

I had bid Marie farewell and walked to the castle looking tired but happy that at least one of my bullies got punished, I was starting to fall in love with the law of the castle, it seems my bullying days are over, I smiled to myself before noticing people whispering and pointing to me in groups. What could I have done? Why are they giving me awkward looks? I wondered but I brushed it off and head straight to my room, I really need to get some sleep, I will have to report to Lady Cecelia’s chambers tomorrow and I can’t afford to be late. I was about turning the room’s door knob when someone called my name from the far part of the corridor, who could that be I wondered and decided to check who it was that knew me, I have never talked to any of them except my roommate, so who could have known me by my name?

"Did you call for me?" I asked moving closer to the end of the corridor

"Will you run here now! " The voice commanded and I was taken aback, I mean we are all the same level of slaves in this castle, why should I run just because an unknown figure is yelling for me to run? I walked normally to meet the figure to check out who they are and it turned out to be the Head maid for the brown castle.

"How may I help you?" I asked boldly, I was not ready to be intimidated, I can just get them reported if they try anything funny, I thought as I stand with all confidence

"How dare you get Sharon reported?" She questioned with her arms in Akimbo

"Did Sharon have watchman in all castles? How big of a witch can she be to have branches all around the castle?"

"She tried to kill me, it’s only fair that she got flogged too, and she wasn’t even the one that got flogged" I scoffed getting real bold

"Do you know because of you, one of her girls is in pain?, she can’t even sleep peacefully because her backside keeps throbbing" she yelled

“Gosh she’s so loud”

"I still can’t breathe well too" I countered throwing my small neck forward

"I’ll make sure to block the nostrils for real today, grab her" the head maid commanded and immediately I was gripped by two girls bigger than me and dragged into a room by the left, I struggled with my small body but these sub-witches are too strong, they were holding unto me like an octopus that obtained its prey, I was forcefully made to knee before the head maid.

"Kids like you needs to be trained and put in place before you grow up manner-less" the witch spat out approaching me before landing a slap on my small cheeks

Oh oh is this how we are going to play it? I might die here tonight so why not go all out? I don’t know how to hold back so I’d rather die of that than keep silent and swallow those words to heaven I thought and gritted my teeth

"Are you going to kill me here now? Just go ahead and complete the mission for your high chief witch, it’s not like you won’t get punished too, I wonder whose butt will throb next" I glared at them one by one

"This b***h still doesn’t know what she’s into, we won’t kill you don’t worry, you will beg for it and it won’t come" the head maid replied assuring me

A brick was placed on each of my palm and I was told to raise them up while kneeling, I was left in this position for almost two hours and these sub-witches and their mini chief were busy gossiping about the concubines and everything that had happened in the palace

So jobless

It’s been four hours and now I have been soaked in sweat, my arm was starting to lose their strength, I was terribly thirsty and weak, my kneels were already giving way, I could not handle the pain anymore, I had tried hard to be strong and not cry all these while but I don’t think I can handle it anymore, before I knew it, I had burst into tears, there was only little that my small body could take afterall.

“I’m sorry” I heard myself blurt out with hot tears flowing out of their glands

"Our little wench is finally begging" one of the sub-witches cackled and others followed by giggling

what a bunch of demons

"Should we release her?" The head maid teased

"We should, we can’t break her at once" one of the minions said and gave out an evil laugh   

"That’s true others" chorused nodding their agama heads

I was released after being warned and told I would be sent for when needed and I must not reject their call except I want to enroll my name on the death list, I was also threatened about the consequence that will ensue if I ever dared to report them, I have really entered the fiery pit.

I wobbled to my room and managed to open the door after several attempts to raise my hand, it was numb due to me lifting them in the air for hours, I dragged myself into the bedroom and opened the water on my head to cool me off, I was standing under the running water for more than ten minutes with my tears flowing alongside the water,

"What did I do to deserve this unjust situation?  I didn’t send my darn parents to go borrow money, why should I be the one paying back?" I wanted to scream out but it was night and I might wake up everyone in the castle and broke down into tears instead, my six year old body couldn’t take all the emotions it was feeling.

I managed to leave the bathroom after fifteen minutes and dried my soaked uniform in order to wear them in the morning, I laid carefully beside my roommate in order not to wake her up and quietly drag the blanket over my body, I was wondering and tossed all night till I could finally drift away stretching my worn arms to the fullest.

I felt a hand shook me violently just when I was enjoying my sleep and wondered who the interrupter maybe, I opened my eyes halfway and gazed at the person telling me to stand up, it was my roommate after all

"Is it morning already?" I asked turning to the other side         

"Wake up sleepy head unless you don’t want to wash up before reporting to duty" she nagged

 "I will do that now" I said pulling up my hands to rub sleep off my eyes but I winced in pain, what the….. oh I remembered everything that had happened yesterday night in a flash and gave a very loud hiss

"What happened?" Leah asked taken aback by my sudden hiss

"Nothing" I smiled and managed to get out of bed and moved to the bathroom

"I wonder how I’m going to have anything done with these sore hands" I murmured and put on the water to have my bath

A new day, a new trouble I don’t know about yet, now I get bullied in two castles, Abigail, you can fight through, It’s just two years I said firmly reassuring myself.