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A blonde-haired girl bursts into the room, she bows as she approaches us. "Your excellence" she breaths out of breath. "Take the hue-man and clean it" "Her" I correct. "Make sure she is clean and eats something" he emphasizes 'she'.

"Keeva, should have some use for her" he waves his hand and Alara is by my side. "Come with me" she murmurs. We walk through a long corridor and down three flights of winding stairs. "This will be our room" she tells me.

She then goes about filling the tub with water and lemons and vanilla and a bunch of other stuff. "Undress" she orders. "I can clean myself" I say. "He asked me to do it, now come" she tries again.

I actually felt faint, so I gave in. Alara removed my clothing and stared at me "you are very dirty" she shakes her head. She splashes water on me and scrubs me thoroughly. I yelp when she gets close to my bits. "Why are you making that noise?" she asks confused.

"Where I come from being bathed isn't something that is done unless you are a baby or sick or with your lover" I inform her. "That is ridiculous" she laughs.

"What's with brown eye and grey eye" I ask. "You mean Prince Cain?" she frowns. "Cain like the guy in the bible?" I gasp. "What is a bible?" I realized I was in a completely different world.

When she was done, she had me soak in the concoction she made, I came out smelling incredible.

Alara lathered me in moisturizer and put me in a black long-sleeved dress.

"You should always address and refer to the prince as his excellence or prince Cain" she tells me as we walk back up the winding stairs.

The most delicious smell attacks my nostrils as we enter the kitchen. Alara grabs a plate and fills it with ham, berries, potatoes and vegetables before handing it to me. When she comes to sit next to me, she sets down a cup of water which I chug like I was stranded on a desert for days.

"My you are peculiar" she laughs. "So, you are hue-man, do they all look like you?" she asks. I stared at her not sure if she was being racist. "Some have my brown complexion, different shades of it and different curls patterns" I tell her "And some look like you".

Alara gaps "You have elves there?" I let out a laugh, "No I just mean blonde hair and faire skin" .

"Did you think I was being intolerant earlier?

" she suddenly asks. "Um a little" I say shyly.

"I would never I like all kinds well if they are nice to me, I am nice to them" she says with a smile.

"What is brown and gre.. I mean Prince Cain?

" I correct myself. "A vampire of course" she giggles.

"Those exist?" I say in shock. I didn't know why I was shocked I was kidnaped by darkness, manhandled by a rhino guy, insulted by a reptile man and talking to a real live elf. "Do you not have those where you are from" I hear the confusion in her voice.

"Um, you all are myths where I am from" I mumble.

"Oh" she says giving a far away look. "But people seem to like you, we have a holiday where people dress up as you" I tell her.

A weird express passes on her face, I really hopped I didn't offend her.

"Hue-mans are strange" she laughs. After we eat Keeva enters the kitchen immediately glaring at me.

"There are dishes in the sink" she snaps "Why aren't they washed?". "Keeva, she just got assigned, no one told her what her tasks will be" Alara defends me. "Are you telling me how to run my kitchen water elf?" she yells.

Alara sighs and turns to me "Sorry what is your name again?

". "Nova" I say. She leans in "Nova, just do what she says and it will be fine, I will come get you after my tasks are done" she stands and leaves me at Keeva's mercy.

I begin to wash the dishes that don't seem to end.

Alara came for me but I wasn't done and Keeva said I couldn't leave until I was.

Alara sighed and sat on the table waiting for me. I think we both fell asleep because we were woken up to banging pans. "I'm wake!" I yell at the noise. Rubbing my eyes, I notice Alara stretching as Keeva moves around the kitchen. "What time is it?" I yawn. "Dawn now mix this" Keeva orders.

I obey and when I start dozing Keeva splashes water on me, "we have mouths to feed move it".

Why was she so mean? The next four days went on like this Alara would come wait for me and we fell asleep in the kitchen.

On the fifth day Alara snapped her fingers, and the place became spotless, I stared at her in shock.

"Come let's go sleep in a real bed this time".

I was so happy to lay down and finally rest, my body felt incredible when I woke up. I was also able to bathe and change clothes. Looking in the mirror I smiled at myself the white off-shoulder top connected to the light blue skirt looked nice on me.

I fluffed my black curls to give them some volume. "Blue is your color" Alara said smiling. "Here" she places a matching blue corset on me and ties the strings in the back. "That's better" she smiles at us in the mirror. I had ignored the corset, but it really added to the outfit.

Alara links arms with mine as we walk up the stairs and toward the kitchen, I think she was starting to like me.