The Dragon's Slave

An Unfriendly Visitor

The whole dragon kingdom was buzzing with excitement for the princess’s arrival. All of the servants were rushing to get everything ready. Of course I had to get dried and changed back in to my normal clothes first. I certainly couldn’t prepare for the arrival of a royal guest when I was still half naked and dripping wet from head to toe.

After I was dressed, me and a group of other slaves went to prepare the luxury guest suite for the arriving princess. “So, who is Princess Vicious?” I asked Richard, who had kindly offered to help me change the bed sheets. “I hope she’s not as bad as her name sounds.”

“Oh, trust me, she’s worse,” Richard warned me. He kept accidentally bumping into me while I was working, but I was starting to think that maybe it was on purpose. “She’s a nasty little minx with a horrible temper. You know, she’s actually engaged to one of the Dragon King’s eldest son, but she’s always flirting with the other male dragons, just to torment him. The Dragon Princes are always fighting over her, but she doesn’t care. She just likes the attention.”

“That sounds horrible,” I said, shocked that a woman could be so cruel. I felt sorry for the Dragon King’s oldest son that his fiance would treat him that way. I also wondered which of the male dragons was the Dragon King’s oldest son. I don’t think I had ever met him before.

“Well, if you think that’s bad, you should see how she treats the servants,” Richard warned me. “She’s a spoiled, selfish brat, and if things aren’t done perfectly the first time, she punishes the slaves horribly. If they’re done wrong the second time, she’ll probably set them on fire.”

“Oh dear,” I mumbled worriedly. “I hope the King doesn’t ask me to be one of her servants while she’s here.”

“Oh, don’t worry,” Richard said comfortingly, “I’ll protect you,” he promised as his arm accidentally brushed against mine.

“Thank you, Richard,” I told him sweetly. “You’re such a good friend.” But then a horn blew and all of the slaves and the dragons had to gather at the front of the cave to greet the princess and help her with her things.

When she arrived, the princess was still in dragon form, and she was a stunning purple dragon. Her scales looked like amethyst gemstones that covered her whole body. She was a very large dragon, though not as large as the Dragon King. And she had enormous green eyes that shone like sparkling emeralds.

As soon as she landed though, she began to transform into her human form. The princess was a beautiful, tall woman with pale skin and a beauty spot on her left cheek, just above her upper lip. She had dark purple hair, done up in a neat sort of twisty bun with a braid wrapped around it. Princess Vicious was stunningly beautiful, but her eyes seemed cold and cruel. I felt sorry for the prince who would have to marry her.

“Your majesty,” she greeted the Dragon King with a curtsy and a fake smile on her face. “So wonderful to see you again.”

“And you, my dear,” the Dragon King said, taking her hand in his and placing a gentle kiss on the top of her knuckles. “It has been far too long.”

“Oh, Dracus!” the princess suddenly squealed, jumping towards the dark haired man and wrapping her arms around him in a clingy, possessive hug. “It’s been too long. I’ve missed you so much. Why haven’t you replied to any of my letter, you naughty boy!” she scolded him.

“I’ve been busy,” Dracus said dismissively, looking rather awkward as Princess Vicious practically threw herself at him. I found it very strange that a princess of one of the dragon kingdoms would be so friendly with a human. I had always assumed that Dracus was just one of the Dragon King’s servants. I thought that perhaps he might be a lot more important than I initially suspected.

As she greeted all of the dragons, I was surprised to see that Princess Vicious was extremely bubbly and friendly towards all of them, especially the males. I was starting to wonder if Richard was mistaken. The princess seemed so nice! I couldn’t believe all of the horrible things that he said about her.

All of that changed though, when I was instructed to escort her to her room. As soon as we were alone together, her entire personality changed. “What the f**k do you call this?” she asked, grabbing hold of the bed curtains and ripping them down. “They’re green! I hate green! Who the hell decorated this room? It’s disgusting! Whoever decorated this room should be killed for doing such a horrible job. You, slave, fix this mess right away! I want everything that’s green in this room to be gone by the time I get back!” Then she stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

Changing the room was a nightmare! The bed sheets were green and the blankets were green, even the carpet was green! I had to move all of the furniture and put a new carpet down all by myself. I changed everything in the room that was green into purple, since that was the color of the princess’s hair, I assumed she would like it. I had just finished getting rid of all the green things in the room when Princess Vicious suddenly returned.

At first she smiled when she looked at all of the purple things in the room, and I thought that maybe I had done a good job. But suddenly she looked at a violet plant that I had put on the mantelpiece. “What the f**k is this?” she asked angrily as she stared at it.

“It’s a violet plant, your highness,” I replied timidly. “I thought you might like the purple flowers.”

“And what color are the leaves?” she asked, grabbing the plant and holding it up in front of my face.

It was then that I realized my mistake. “They… They’re…”

“They’re green!” Princess Vicious screamed, smashing the plant on the floor before slapping me hard across the face. “You stupid, worthless, useless b***h!” she screamed at me angrily, kicking me hard in the stomach.

“I’m so sorry!” I cried out in pain. “I didn’t think about the leaves. I only thought that you would like the purple flowers. Please, forgive me!”

“Forgive you?” she asked with outrage. “Why you arrogant brat! I should kill you! How dare a worthless human slave like you beg forgiveness from me? I am the Dragon Princess of the Mountain Kingdom! The most beautiful dragon in the world! And you’re nothing but a disgusting, ugly, useless maggot! I should kill you and eat you for your insolence, but you’re so fat and disgusting that I’d probably be sick if I ate you. Instead I’ll just beat you for the rest of the day, you dirty little worm!”

After that, the Dragon Princess abused me for hours. She hit me and slapped me and kicked me in the stomach and the face. She threw the soil from the broken plant at me so that I was dirty and my eyes stung, and she cut me with the broken pieces of the plant pot. She even took a belt and whipped me with it until I had scars all over my back. By the end of the day I was bleeding, with several broken bones and bruises all over me. She only stopped beating me because she got too tired to hit me any more.

“I’m bored of this now,” the princess said, laying down on the bed as if nothing happened. Now clean up this mess and get out of here. I’m sick of looking at your ugly face!”

Even though I hurt so badly I could barely move, I had to clear up the mess that the princess had made before I could leave. After that I went to see the doctor and he told me that several of my ribs were broken from where the princess had kicked me so hard. I was lucky to be alive.

Even though I was so badly beaten, I was still forced to serve the princess for the rest of the day. She made an enormous mess trying on different clothes, and of course I had to clean up after her. She asked for a bowl of strawberries and cream for a snack, and after I brought it to her, she smashed the bowl over my head and screamed that there were too many strawberries and not enough cream. I had to bring her ten different bowls of strawberries before she was finally happy with them.

When it came time for dinner, I absolutely dreaded serving the princess, but I was shocked to see that her personality completely changed when she was sitting at the dinner table with the other dragons. She was sitting in between Dracus and the Dragon King, and she was flirting outrageously with Dracus, practically shoving her breasts in his face and acting like the sweetest and kindest person in the world. I really hoped that Dracus could see through her fake personality. Honestly, I was completely shocked that she would be so flirtatious with a human, when she’d told me that humans were all disgusting and worthless.

“Oh, is that for me? Thank you so much, slave. How very kind of you.” she said in her fake sweet voice as I put the plate down in front of her. I just bowed my head respectfully and tried my best to cover the black eye that she had given me this morning.

“So, my dear, how are you enjoying your stay?” The Dragon King asked the princess.

“Oh, it’s wonderful, your majesty,” she replied with her fake smile. “Thank you so much for providing such a beautiful room for me, I absolutely love it. Though I’m afraid I must say that lazing around my room all day is incredibly boring for a well traveled princess like me. There’s absolutely nothing to do here!” she complained with a big pout that made her look like a duck.

“Why, princess, I assure you that there is plenty to do in my kingdom,” the Dragon King boasted. “We are, after all, the richest kingdom in the world. We have the biggest, most relaxing hot springs, with plenty of slaves ready to pamper you. We have a huge theater where the finest actors perform plays every night. We have many galleries and museums and the largest library in the whole world!”

The largest library? My heart absolutely leapt at the thought. It had been so long since I’d had anything to read. What I wouldn’t give to have one single book in my hand!

“Oh, forgive me your highness, but I have never had much interest in educational things,” Princess Vicious told the king. “I crave social events! Picnics and parties and balls! Oh, let’s have a ball! Please say you will let us! You have so many handsome sons who I know would be honored to share a dance with the most beautiful dragon princess the world has ever seen.”

I cringed at the princess’s self obsessed bragging, but the Dragon King smiled broadly at the thought. “What an inspired idea, my lady,” he told the princess. “Indeed, it has been far too long since we have had a royal ball. I would be more than happy to throw one in your honor.”

“Oh, thank you!” Princess Vicious squealed, clapping her hands together. “You are too kind your highness. I simply cannot wait to dance the night away with my wonderful fiance! She declared, though for some reason she was looking at Dracus when she said this. I thought to myself that the Dragon King’s eldest son must be very jealous of Dracus will how obviously the princess was flirting with him. “I’m only sorry that your lovely wife is no longer here to dance with you, King Thunder,” she said with fake pity.

“Yes, it is a tragedy,” the Dragon King said sadly. “No dragon will ever be able to replace her.” I felt very sorry for the king then. I suppose I should have noticed that the Dragon King didn’t have a queen. I didn’t realize that she had died. How heartbreaking it must have been for the Dragon King and his children to lose her.

Suddenly, the Dragon King took hold of my arm. “Still, I have many beautiful pets to keep me company,” he said as he looked up at me. “I do so hope we will see you at the ball, my dear. It would be a crime for a lovely creature like you to be cooped away in the kitchens where no one can see your beauty.”

“Oh, your highness,” I muttered nervously. “I thank you so much for your kindness, but I have so many chores to do. There’s no way that I could finish them in time for the ball.”

“You will be there,” the Dragon King told me firmly. “I command it.” Then he released my arm and let me go.

Oh no! I had to attend the ball? This was a nightmare! I couldn’t imagine anything worse! I know that every girl my age always dreams of going to a royal ball in a beautiful gown and dancing the night away with a handsome king. But there was only one problem. I didn’t know how to dance!