Chapter 7
Tonys pov
I woke up feeling hungry since I barely hade anything to eat today. 'Maybe I could ask for something... But the beast said not to feed me so that's option is out' I thought to myself 'I could always just seek to the kitchen and back to my room' I counter-argued.
With that in mind, I get off the bed and headed to the door. I paused remembering that Steve put someone on guard of the door. So I crept quietly and put my ear to the door to see if could hear anything.
After a few moments of quietness, I slowly open the door. I popped my head around the door to see in anyone was in the corridor. Thankfully nobody was there.
I open the door fully then closed it behind me as I began trying to find the kitchen.
Sometime later I find the kitchen but as I approach I hear voices. "I think the boy was being stubborn after all the master did say please" I hear steves voice "come now steve if the master doesn't learn how the control that temper of his he won't get a chance the charm the boy" came the voice of Mrs Parker.
I felt like I shouldn't be hearing this I thought that I should head back to my room. But the rumble of my stomach reminded me why I ventured down here. "But the flower has already begun to wilt and if the-" steve stopped talking when he realised that I was in the room.
"Why hello, Tony," he said I heard him grumble something but it was said to quietly so I couldn't hear what he said. I was going to say something but then I saw a candle walk into the room "Hello my name is Christine what is your name?" Christine asked. Now I have a name to the female voice that I been hearing everywhere. "My name is Tony" reply to her with a small smile.
"Tony dear what are you doing down here at this time of night?" Mrs Parker asked, "well I was wondering if I could get something to eat?" I questioned. "Of course you can what-" before Mrs Parker could finish steve interrupted "No no no we are not going agents the master's commands".
"Well, I'm not going to let the child starve" Mrs parker challenged steve "oh okay a crust of bread, a cup of water then-" Christine interrupted steve. "Come on steve Tonys, not our prisoner he is our guest," she said to steve then turned to me "please follow me tony," Christine said while walking to a door.
I nodded following Christine "Just please be quiet if the master finds out it will be our heads" Steve pleaded. Christine nodded "but what is dinner without a little music," she said with a smirk on her face. I heard I little screech of "music!?!" as I sat down.
I look around at what I assume is the dining room. It was quite simple with a long oak table that had two chairs at each side of it. There was a chandler in the middle of the ceiling.
"It is deepest pride and greatest pleasure" I turn around to see that is was Christine that "we welcome you tonight and now we invite you to relax," she said while doing some had movements. "Let us pull up a chair as we the dining room proudly presents your dinner" as if that was a cue some dishes hopped onto the table!
"Be our guests" Christine said with a little bit of a sing-song voice. "Be our guest put our service to the test tie your napkin around your neck sherry" as this was being said the chair that I was on began to move and out a napkin around my neck. But I stopped it before it could and put the napkin on my knees.
"And we provided the rest" Christine continued "soup du jour, hot hours d'oeuver" when she said that thows two dishes came across the table "why we only live to serve," she said holding out a tray of finger food. "Try the gray stuff it's delicious" Christine promised so I dipped my finger it and tried it and it was quite delicious.
After that, a lot of things happened the whole room became alive. Everything was moving from plats to spoons to cups. The table became full of dishes and dessert it all looked mouth-watering.
When everything was getting loud Steves tries to quieten to the room but it didn't work. Christen then got onto how for 10 years there was nothing to do or anyone to serve beside the masters. Saying how they just lazed around the castle until I came in.
And for the big finally, there were milk pots two massive cakes. One on each side of the table and there was super pots on three medium-sized cakes. There was another medium-sized cake at the front of it all with Christine on it doing some kind of dance. To top it all off on the chandler there were saved forks doing a little dance of their own.
When it was finished I gave a big round of applause. When I sat down there were two things that struck me. One the castle must be enchanted and two the castle staff weren't so bad.
"That was so wonderful", I said while a smile Steve and Christine came across the table. Steve faced a yawn "well you look at the time" he said while pointing to his face which read 10:45 "now it's off to bed" he said with a shooing gesture "I couldn't possibly go to bed now it's my first time in an enchanted castle" I say enthusiastically.
"Enchanted" Steve said with a nervous chuckle while Christine shook her head. "who said anything about the castle being enchanted... it was you wasn't it!" Steve accused Christine which was going to get him into a fight with Christine.
"I figured that part out myself," I say before anything brash happened between them. "I would love to look around if that's okay with you?" I questioned "sure I would enjoy giving you a tour-" before Christen should finishes that sentence Steve interrupted. "I don't think that is the best idea" was directed at me but the other part "we can't have him poking around certain areas and getting into trouble" was directed at Christine.
"Perhaps you'd like to give me the tour," I said but Steve didn't look convinced. So I added "you could keep me from getting into trouble and stop me from looking in certain areas of the castle" this made Steve look more convinced than before. He sighed "fine but only to keep to keep you in line," he said.
After a half an hour of touring I was getting bored so I began to head to some stairs to see where they lead. But I was stopped by Christine and Steve "what's up there?" I asked them. "Nothing too interesting just the west wing" is what Steve said "ah so that is the west wing," I say quite interested.
"Well done," Christine said with sarcasm "I wonder what up there?" I mainly say to my self. "H-hiding the master is hiding nothing" Christine stated by now anyone could tell that both Steve and Christine were getting nervous. "Then I would be allowed in there if he wasn't hiding something" I argued with a curious tone.
They tried to get my attention away from the west wing. They try the gardens and the ballroom but nothing was working. They were getting desperate. "What about the liberty," Christine said this made me stop "you have a liberty?!" I say excitedly both of them nodded "yes we do follow us" Steve said so I did follow.
I gave the west wing one last look and it made me stop I was just so curious. I looked to where Steve and Christine were and it looked like they didn't notice that I was not with them.
So before they could notice I was not with them I quickly ran up the stairs and into the west wing. Besides it not going to hurt anyone if I go in there right?
Oh how wrong was I