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Eliza liked her birthday no more than she liked to see peasants kneeling before Princess Mindy. Tears stained the dusty faces of the peasants as they presented their valuable possessions and gold to the Queen and Princess.
“Please Mindy!” Eliza’s voice was shaking with frustration “Taking the people’s money like this is no way to treat your equals!”
Mindy stared at Eliza with confusion.
“Eliza that is no way to speak to your Princess,” the Adviser retorted with a terrible slack grin. He was a slim man with long purple robes, his ice-cold bony fingers curled around Eliza’s shoulder sending a shiver down her spine.
“Equals...’ he scoffed. “They are nothing but pests, rats, vermin… girl you have no manners at all”
“Away with you, go to your room” the Adviser whispered into her ear.
Eliza stormed off her face burning, red hot with anger. The hallways glistened like an early sunrise, filling the citizens with joy and hope. Eliza always used to look down at the city, the streets filled with sadness and poverty, but she was determined to know the truth about the city, Eliza merely glanced at the famished people. Forcing herself to move on,
Eliza came across a small chain hanging limp from the windowsill, it was pale gold and it smelt of the dungeons, but she strangely desired to keep it forever. "Eliza come closer", it seemed to whisper to her through the silence. Eliza stumbled towards it, grabbed it, then she was gone.
“Please Mindy!” Eliza’s voice was shaking with frustration “Taking the people’s money like this is no way to treat your equals!”
Mindy stared at Eliza with confusion.
“Eliza that is no way to speak to your Princess,” the Adviser retorted with a terrible slack grin. He was a slim man with long purple robes, his ice-cold bony fingers curled around Eliza’s shoulder sending a shiver down her spine.
“Equals...’ he scoffed. “They are nothing but pests, rats, vermin… girl you have no manners at all”
“Away with you, go to your room” the Adviser whispered into her ear.
Eliza stormed off her face burning, red hot with anger. The hallways glistened like an early sunrise, filling the citizens with joy and hope. Eliza always used to look down at the city, the streets filled with sadness and poverty, but she was determined to know the truth about the city, Eliza merely glanced at the famished people. Forcing herself to move on,
Eliza came across a small chain hanging limp from the windowsill, it was pale gold and it smelt of the dungeons, but she strangely desired to keep it forever. "Eliza come closer", it seemed to whisper to her through the silence. Eliza stumbled towards it, grabbed it, then she was gone.