Chapter 1 - A princess awakens
De warm rays of the morning sun, who shone through the small cracks of the wooden wall, made sure of pulling the young girl out of her dream world. For a moment she had no idea where she was, she tried to sit up straight but a hand on her shoulder held her back. ''Stay there, young lady,'' a dark lady who was standing right next to her bed whispered these words to her. Her name was Mora and she was, just like Zuky, a slave. Suddenly she remembered everything, she felt a sharp pain run through her back and tears started flowing out of her eyes.
''The boss hit you hard this time around, Zuky,'' Mora said, and continued; ''once again you've done what you weren't supposed to do, I'm telling you, in this place you're not the princess Zuky who can do whatever she feels like, in this place we're merely slaves of the white man and nothing more.''
Zuky didn't reply. She dove her face in her pillow and started crying loudly. The pain was unbearable, but the pain slowly started becoming a part of her daily existence.
With merely fourteen years and she already knew what pain was, she had yet to mature and she already knew what it felt like to lose a precious someone. She only thought about for how much longer she would be able to bear with this. She looked up to the scratches on the wooden wall, she counted thirty-five of them. It has been thirty-five days since she was brought and locked away in this foreign land. Mora stroked her head repeatedly hoping she could console her like this, but it didn't help.
A long shadow appeared behind the small window of the door. The door suddenly flew open harhsly. It was the white man who was standing there at the entrance. Mora looked up, the fear became evident in her old eyes.
''Is that slave awake yet?!'' The white man asked with an agressive tone.
''Yes, sir,'' Mora answered him, ''but she's hurting a lot.''
''Do you seriously think that matters to me?! Look at what that kid has done to me!'' The man said and he showed off his left hand who Zuky had bitten while she was trying to escape the whipping. ''I want her to wake up right now,'' he said while he made his way over to her bed with heavy steps, he looked at her with an ugly grimace on his face before spitting on the back of her head. He turned around and walked back to the door.
''Yes sir, I will make sure to have her at the plantations within half an hour,'' Mora said with her head bowed in order to calm him down. She tried very hard to bite her own tears back.
''That's good, I want to see you and that filthy slave within half an hour at the plantations along with the others, or else...'' after he said this he looked in the direction of the whip in his hand and back to Mora again. Mora felt how her heart beated in her throat. It hurt.
The white man stepped outside and shut the door behind him with an agressive movement of his hand. This time around the door did break down.
To be continued
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Thank you for taking the time to read this!
De warm rays of the morning sun, who shone through the small cracks of the wooden wall, made sure of pulling the young girl out of her dream world. For a moment she had no idea where she was, she tried to sit up straight but a hand on her shoulder held her back. ''Stay there, young lady,'' a dark lady who was standing right next to her bed whispered these words to her. Her name was Mora and she was, just like Zuky, a slave. Suddenly she remembered everything, she felt a sharp pain run through her back and tears started flowing out of her eyes.
''The boss hit you hard this time around, Zuky,'' Mora said, and continued; ''once again you've done what you weren't supposed to do, I'm telling you, in this place you're not the princess Zuky who can do whatever she feels like, in this place we're merely slaves of the white man and nothing more.''
Zuky didn't reply. She dove her face in her pillow and started crying loudly. The pain was unbearable, but the pain slowly started becoming a part of her daily existence.
With merely fourteen years and she already knew what pain was, she had yet to mature and she already knew what it felt like to lose a precious someone. She only thought about for how much longer she would be able to bear with this. She looked up to the scratches on the wooden wall, she counted thirty-five of them. It has been thirty-five days since she was brought and locked away in this foreign land. Mora stroked her head repeatedly hoping she could console her like this, but it didn't help.
A long shadow appeared behind the small window of the door. The door suddenly flew open harhsly. It was the white man who was standing there at the entrance. Mora looked up, the fear became evident in her old eyes.
''Is that slave awake yet?!'' The white man asked with an agressive tone.
''Yes, sir,'' Mora answered him, ''but she's hurting a lot.''
''Do you seriously think that matters to me?! Look at what that kid has done to me!'' The man said and he showed off his left hand who Zuky had bitten while she was trying to escape the whipping. ''I want her to wake up right now,'' he said while he made his way over to her bed with heavy steps, he looked at her with an ugly grimace on his face before spitting on the back of her head. He turned around and walked back to the door.
''Yes sir, I will make sure to have her at the plantations within half an hour,'' Mora said with her head bowed in order to calm him down. She tried very hard to bite her own tears back.
''That's good, I want to see you and that filthy slave within half an hour at the plantations along with the others, or else...'' after he said this he looked in the direction of the whip in his hand and back to Mora again. Mora felt how her heart beated in her throat. It hurt.
The white man stepped outside and shut the door behind him with an agressive movement of his hand. This time around the door did break down.
To be continued
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I have this whole story written out already, but it's all in Dutch, so all I have to do is translate it into English. Please bear with me, I will try to post a chapter once a day.
Thank you for taking the time to read this!
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plus for you darling :flowers
