Alysey

Alysey woke with a start from the nightmare she had been having. It was the always the same nightmare she had been having ever since the tragic fire that had killed her parents and infant brother when she was 7 years.She guessed by the light from tiny window that It was almost dawn. She sat up and signed ,it was time for work . As a lowly servant she had to wake up early to prepare for the day ,that means she had to rake the up ashes from all the upper floor rooms and light fires ,Boil bathing water for the Master and the mistress and to prepare things that were to be cooked for breakfast. She looked around her tiny shabby room ,one couldn't even stand up straight in it .She had despised the place when she first came , but now at 16 she considered herself lucky to have roof over her head .She got up and dressed, ready to start the day.Mrs Meredith the head cook found her as she was just done with her chores.At thirty one Mrs Meredith looked defeated by life .She had dull brown eyes and a permanent sad expression on her face, though she appeared distant she was the closest thing Alysey had for a mother . Mrs Meredith looked at Alysey and shook her heard "the poor thing was a hard worker no doubt she had woken up a dawn. Given, she was a little stubborn and headstrong for her good sometimes but she was a good child" .She remembered when she used to teach the child to read and Wright on her short suday off. The child had been too curious and asked to much questions.She had such a wild imagination and had been a delightful child. Of course the Master had put an end their lessons because he didn't think servants especially alysey needed education. He seemed to hate her more than anything else even though she was his niece .He acted like he didn't even know her.As Mrs Meredith and Alysey finished preparing breakfast they joined the servants standing in two neat rows at the entrance of the dining hall as their master and mistress came to have their breakfast. They liked to be greeted like this everyday .Alysey snickered as her cousins Edward and Anna passed.They surely liked to act like royals.She was glad they had never claimed her as family. They were mean people who hurt others for their own fun and the children were spoiled