Jewellie waited until she could no longer hear their footsteps. Snatching the opportunity, she raced down the stairs, bursting into the morning sunshine as she tore out of the tower entrance at the foot of the tower. Looking around frantically, she spotted the group of guards, quite some distance away, bringing the Lupe into the main castle, probably to the dungeons or worse. Jewellie was about to fire herself to that direction, but two maids caught her on either arm before she could launch herself. She recognised them as Mary-Ann the Aisha, and Riana the Acara. They were both personal maids to the princess.
'Hullo there, my little maid! Ye seem like ye're in a hurry!' Mary-Ann always had a strong accent. Her grip was also like iron. Jewellie knew it was no use trying to break free. It was best to wait for her grip to loosen, then make a run for it. She knew her agility was far more superior than the two of them put together, and furthermore the Acara and Aisha both were not exactly very young.
'Uhh...yes, I am. Thank you for your concern. Actually, I, uh, am on the way, to, uh, alert the King! Yes, that's right, alert the King! Ehehe-'
'Alert the Royal Highness? Filthy, lowly classed maids like you could wait for hours outside the King's throneroom, only to be ignored!' Riana cut in, without thinking how sharp her words were. Jewellie ignored the insult, and tried to continue her sentence.
'Well, you see, uh, the Royal Princess Ruby, she, uh, got atta-' Jewellie never had time to complete her sentence, as the two maids suddenly dropped her and was off to the tower, panicking, at the same time screaming for other nearby maids' assistance. Jewellie fell to her knees. She turned and saw several maids disappearing into the tower's entrance. Getting up, she was almost pushed back onto the floor as a flurry of other maids rushed past by her, pouring into the tower, shouting various things, like:
'The Princess! The Princess! Oh, Lord save her!'
'It probably had something to do with that Lupe a while ago! I knew it!'
'Oh, good Lord! May nothing happen to the Princess, with the ball nearing and all!'
Jewellie stared at the maids as they all ran up, disappearing from view. She wondered if they would try to get the guards to come next.
The guards! Oh!
Jewellie quickly whirled around. The guards were nowhere to be seen. Drats it! She had lost them! Instinct told her they were probably at the dungeons, that was the only place they would take creatures like those. She ran into the castle, and turned towards the royal kitchen, instead of going down to the dungeons. Only a few maids were present, as it was hours before dinner. Jewellie found a boiling pot of broth, with lumps of mashed potato floating around in it. Leftovers from yesterday's dinner, but that would do nicely. She grabbed a bowl, and filled it with the steaming broth. She looked around and found a small piece of stale bread. She tried a bit of it. Well, the taste wasn't too bad.
Jewellie carefully placed the bowl and the bread on a tray that she found scattered on the counter with other things. She made her way down to the dungeons, cautiously making sure the broth in the tray didn't spill. If any guards dared to stop her...
- Sweet set made by GlimmerFae- "I wanted to change the world, but I changed nothing. That is my story." - Auron, FF X.
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