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| 02 Aug 2013 05:11 AM |
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As it grew nearer to night more people left, Graci was left bloody and bruised.
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Josh, Teenaged boy
~~ My friends Dan, and edward were walking with me when Kate ran up and told us about the Sote being open! We all ran to the stand and saw the Sander tied up on the pole, and piles of rocks around her, she was already mostly used up but wow- She was pretty! " Hey, lets have a game, Aim the stones at her eyes- First one to get two hits in a row wins!" They took up the challenge and we started pelting rocks aimed at her eyes. She screamed and screamed as they hit her face, Kate won eventually after about half an hour of this game. The Phoenix Sander looked at us she was petrified and scared. So she should be, she obviously offended the Faun Nation is some way shape or form. " We should come back here later to use her as a target, Her sentence is 10 days starved. " And so it was settled, we would go back later.
The next morning Kate and I went back to use her, but the captain of the guard, Gerald, Was approaching to go and start practicing on her. " Please don't! I want to live! Please don't! " She cried, in fear. Gerald rolled his eyes and punched her until her mouth was bloody, then he moved on to use her as a target - He threw some stones from a long distance away accuratly - All hitting her right in the navel. She was left alone for the rest of the day. We were'nt even supposed to be torturing her now that the pelting sentence part was over.
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Ronald
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I woke up chained to a pole on a large black box - Next to many other captives who were in similar situations. I looked down at myself bloody and ruined I could only remember my whipping and the agony I felt. I hope Graci is alright - Despite the fact it's her fault it happened.
I tried to read the sign infrount of me ' Disobediant Slave - Recently Punished - 1 Copper Coin ' I'm being sold for the same amount as two loafs of bread. A badly dressed man came over and started looking at me. He tried to look at my teeth - I bit his fingers, Nothing would make me fall to these horrible people. " He bit me!" Squeeled the fully grown man backing away, I felt a sense of dread as the Slave Seller came over with a dagger. He started to literally write on my skin with his knife, I screamed it hurt so much I couldnt stand it ` Highly Disobediant Slave Guilty of Much ' was on my arm branded in by blade.
Another man came over armed with daggers, two swords and a spiked club on his back and a whip curled around his wrist in such a way that with in less then a second he could use it. " Hello and welcome!" Said the seller bowing slightly " Ill take that thing. Ill pay with a loaf of bread." The seller looked offended and angry but nodded and fearfully bowed a second time - Only then I realised I had a collar on - The armed man took my leash and pulled me hardly and walked away taking huge steps. I limped after him half running to try and keep up. He boarded a wagon then lashed the horses to make them run, I was'nt on the wagon but he still held my chain and I tried running for fear I would be run over by the wagon if I did not, The horses obviously ran faster and I felt pain surge through me as I was dragged along, trying to get back up. They slowed down from a straight out gallop to a medium trot I dragged my body up and ran limping praying to live. He stopped the wagon at a farm, Against all odds I was alive. But ruined, tired, sweaty, bloody, and bruised. Through sheer determination to stay alive I kept myself standing as he held my chain. He lead me to the barn and then chained me to a pole, but I could still rest and sleep easily, he closed the doors and locked me in. " Goodnight Slave " He practically spat out the word slave " Goodnight Master " I replied exhausted, I then fell asleep.
The Next morning I woke up to a cow nudging my head. Not the best waking but compared to my recent pains I was greatful to have had a nights rest. All of my cuts and bruises had scabbed and were itching, still painful, but I was used to it now, and it seemed to be more of a dull throb. I debated with myself what master would like, Should I offer my help and not seem lazy or would that seem like I'm trying to gain his favour? I remember a time when I thought I could defy the fauns, they were too powerful for that.
A teenaged boy entered the barn with a pail and looked at me I could only assume he was the son of Master. His hair was scruffy and short, with a small goaty " Who are you? " He asked me " A Slave." I replied unsure of what to say and if I should say my name. My Master entered still equipped but with out the spiked club. He held a metal cuff with ' Slave 9 Property of Jean ' he walked over to where I knelt and put it on my wrist then untied my chain from the barn and pulled me into the forge, He made this metal cord thing then while it still was hot wrapped it around my wrist tightly then hammered my wrist as he secured the metal cuff on. " You are now Slave 9 Property of Jean, That is your name if asked you will say that understood?" " Understood, Master " I replied looking at the metal around my wrist, now apart of me. He instructed me to go to his daughter Kate.
I went to see Kate, she gave me a bunch of barrels and asked me to harvest the farm's apples, it was a relativley easy job. She joined me in it and tried to have a conversation " So, What's your name? " She asked " Slave 9, Property of Jean " I replied trying to keep the annoyance and disobediant reluctant side of me locked in, I felt completley humiliated that I did'nt even own myself. Jean did. " Your REAL name! Of course! " She insisted cheerily " Master said not to say." I replied not wanting to get into any trouble " Well I'm his daughter, and I command you to tell me!" She tossed an apple towards me merrily still smiling. " Umm, Ronald" I whispered meekly. " Hello, I'm Kate" She said confidently " How did you end up here?" She asked I told her that her father, My master, had bought me. She kept asking so many questions. " How come you were branded for Disobedience?" She asked. I told her a bit about Graci and how she had talked to me, then told her about me biting a mans finger. She laughed freely when I told her this. " Ohhh! I know the girl you were talking about! My friends Josh, Edward, and Dan were stoning her awhile back! " She said casually I continued to work extra hard and stopped talking so freely and kept to myself. She got bored eventually and started to go away to another area to harvest.
I was alone, No one nearby in the middle of an orchard, I could run away. I didn't Obedience had been forced into me through torturing, I would never defy again. I truly feared all people of the ruthless Faun Nation. The sun was setting, I had collected allot more than reasonable barrels of fruit from the orchards. Master grunted in approval and then locked me in the barn for the rest of the evening and night. " Have milk and eggs ready in the morning slave " He still spat out the words, But I think I had made him glad. I worked hard to get the eggs quickly carefully and efficiently and milk the animals well.
I slept uneasily thinking about how merry cheery happy Kate had stoned Graci. All Fauns were undoubtably the same.
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| 02 Aug 2013 05:36 AM |
| Nice story, I liked the change of character in the next chapter. |
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