Chapter 2:

"Okay, shall we go over the plan one more time?" Alicia spoke aloud staring at her terribly drawn pencil marks wrote on a spare parchment. She turned to stare at her only maid and raised an inquisitive eyebrow in her direction.

"Your plan is just a drawing of you running quickly past the Lord and through the door... and you want me to tell you if it's a good idea or not?" The maid and her only friend (Melanie) dryly replied draping herself over the back of a chair in boredom.

"Well all my clever plans have failed..."

"They were all quite terrible really." Mel interrupted

"....so I'm suggesting something easier, I will simply sprint past the guards and out to freedom." She continued as if nothing was mentioned. Melanie rose from her slouched position and stretched before walking over to Ali and prying the parchment out of her reluctant hands she then proceeded to chuck it out the window and onto an unsuspecting passerby.

"You know as well as I do that you don't have it that bad here, you've got food, a roof, servants, you can attend extravagant balls and meet wealthy people. It could be alot worse."

"A beautiful cage is still a cage. I can't leave and I'm watched constantly yes I can meet those that enter the estate but God forbid if any bachelor's want to speak to me, having only the company of bitchy ladies every day is torture mentally and physically." Alicia finished Ranting throwing herself ungracefully on the bed and motioning for Mel to join her.

"The Lord favours you, all the court ladies know this and it's why you are kept away from the men that are only after one thi..n.. AHH" She started teasing but was met with a pillow to the face barely ducking in time the maid ran out of the room quickly, not shortly followed by Ali who was armed with the previous pillow.

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Lord Easton however was discussing matters with his current advisor when what looked to be a white ball shape came falling down, taking place on the soft grass Infront of him. Under closer inspection it was quite clearly someones discarded paper and upon opening, it became clear just whose words of unfathomable stupidity it belonged to. Rising his head to the window that stood two stories up a Hidden grin crept up his face so slight that to those watching it lay undetected.

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"Oh did they leave the door open? Some stray animals seem to be inside." Lady Carmel cackled to her flock. All of them copying her and simultaneously giggling behind a carefully place hand. Alicia put down the pillow she had been holding in a threatening position.

"Yes I didn't want to say anything, but there appears to be a bunch of sheep following you." Ali said in monotone.

"Hmm I see you haven't packed yet...oh sorry you weren't invited were you?" Carmel now wore a smug look as her comment drew attention to the pile of luggage situated behind her.

"She's not even allowed out the Estate, let alone out of this Town." A Sheep bleated beaming with the desire to be rewarded by its leader.

"Can I just say I'm going to miss everyone single one of you." Alicia mockingly Smiled knowing that what annoys Lady Carmel most is Being Nice. "Come on Mel let's go back to my room and look longingly out of the window."

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"What trip are they talking about? The trip back to Hell Hopefully." Mel mumbled.

"Probably some rich banquet where they eat Infront of the less fortunate and laugh." Ali Replied hanging upside down on the bed, her dark hair falling all over her face.

"Well your half right."

Both of them looked up at the intruder leaning against the door.

"Are you here to gloat about how I'm never going to leave here?" Ali spoke to the currently upside down figure of Lord Easton.

"The Opposite actually Your coming with us."

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