Chapter 7: He comes to see me

(POV: Kit)

I had been escorted to my room from the dining hall with the rest of the girls. When I got there it was the same room I went into before, exactly the same, but it was in a different place. It was originally on the first floor, only one flight of stairs. The room number was 474 the same it had been earlier when I glanced at it. The whole room had moved to a completely different floor. I read that the rooms in the place could swap but I didn't believe it was true.

I opened the door to my room, I actually took a long look instead of just placing down my bag like before. The room had light blue walls, the floor was wooden with a thick and soft dark blue carpet next to the bed, a large window was opposite the door with large, heavy curtains hung on them. The bed was a large four post bed, dark curtains were draped on all sides. The bed looked like it could swallow you and make you feel like you were on a cloud. There was a large wardrobe on the left side of the room next to the fireplace, which had a small table and a seat in front of it. There was a dresser the other side of the fireplace.

The room was completely different to what I was used to, it was a dream.

There was a knock on the door. 'Come in' I answered

'Hello miss, I'm June your maid for your stay.'

'Hello June, my name is Kit. Nice to meet you.' I smiled back at her. 'May I have a bowl of water to wash with?' I asked hoping she could, I needed to get rid of the little makeup there was on my face. She nodded and left the room and came back five minutes later with the bowl. I washed my face and felt better, I wasn't as dolled up anymore, I felt more like myself.

'Miss shall I take your hair down?' June asked.

'Yes please.' I nodded back. She took down my hair in silence. I couldn't change into my night gown because I had to wait for the King to visit me, so I sat on my bed and grabbed a book out of my bag and began to read.

I was reading for over two hours and was beginning to become tired and the King still had not visited me. There were only around one hundred girls with orange cards, it possibly couldn't take this long to introduce yourself, especially that everyone was on the same floor.

I heard footsteps approaching my door, then a knock on the door.

'Come in.' I stood up and walked a little way to the door.

'The king.' a man announced. The door opened and the king walked in.