World of the Beasts
She wondered all the sudden of the others who had been sent out. Shelly, the dog maid, had said that slavery was found only in the human cities. Maybe they where lucky enough not to find one. Maybe....
With a sigh, she rose and went to her clothes. Her forest green, sleevless, button up shirt had two round burn marks on the back, which she was sure she had matching ones on her back. Her black pants where scuffed and had a few stains. Her armguards sat newly polished and shined, no new dints from her travels had come to them. Next to them sat the picture that had caught her eye earlier.
The rabbit girl turned out to be Amber Rose herself. The other figure came as an inigma to her. She knew she had seen the man before. He was tall, much like her father and had quiet the same face as him. He wore a sleavless shirt and what most would see as karate pants. Both were black with blue flames leaping out from the bottom. On his chest sat a small kristal in the shape of a lotus flower. Then it hit her. It was her brother! It was Race! The picture must have been taken years after he had left.
"He must still be near!" She thought full of hope, but logic soon took over. Her brother would never bend to anothers rule. She sighed. Until she found him, and saw him with her own eyes, she couldn't be sure of where he was at all.
She changed quickly. Then Kristal gave a peek from side to side down the hall. She had been trained for all sorts of events, and now she went into stealth mode. She was down the hall quickly crouched low. Her mission was to not be seen for half an hour and report in the main room at the end. The thought struck her that this must seem like the silliest thing to do, but it was good training and the only reproch for being seen was that she would look like a fool. "Better to look a fool then be dead," she thought.
Kristal LotusWolf passed window after window, door after door and the same scene seemed to keep coming up. The Creatures where doing there work contently as younger ones played or whatched. Some sang while they worked while others would tell stories or talk to them selves. If Kristal was noticed, no one gave sign of her silent passing, until she found Shelly.
She was in the kitchen with a cook. They had been talking when the cook fell silent and whispered something to her. Her figure gave her away and the sigh. "Neko, I know you are there so come out," she saide calmly though with an annoyed tone. With ears hung low and tail limp, she came out feeling defeated. "How did you...." she begain but fell sort. Shelly had turned towards Kristal, her eyes a red color. It struck her as odd when she remebered that they had been a light brown the last time she had seen her.
"Why are your eyes red?" " They turn so when ever there is danger coming to me or those close to me. Nothing personal, but I don't trust you yet and you are the only one in this house I do not." Shelly answered in her quiet voice. Kristal's ears sunk a little lowered. She wanted to be trusted, and they had been nice to her, but she hadn't been truthful.An urge to tell her the truth all the sudden rose from her heart but before it could take hold Shelly spoke again.
"It is about the time for you to meet the Mistress. You should be on your way." Shelly pointed out the way.
Kristal sighed and gave a small bow with her shoulders, and then made her way to the main room.
