Mystery of the Forgotten

Violet stood in her room, a room so small that if she stretched both arms, she could touch each wall. though small Violet felt comfort by the blanket of walls that hugged her nightly visits. Violet looked around her near empty room, her bedroll tucked up against the wall with a thin stained and hole filled sheet she used as a blanket to keep her warm. Violet had no need for a dresser or draws as she only owned one clothing set. Her servant clothes were stained, patchy, and ripped. However, it was all she had ever known. Sighing, Violet tied her long white wavey hair back into a knot to keep the loose strands from getting in her face before she opened her bedroom door and left up the stairs into the kitchen quarters Violets bedroom was an old store room they use to use for wine casks however years ago they found the room grew too small for their supplies and built a new store room, not long after the new room was built, Violet was found by the pack warriors on their travels home from a distant village. it was said that Violet was found cuddled up to a forest tree covered in bruises, mud, and dried blood. nobody knew where I had come from, so the pack Alpha took me in and gave me a home. perhaps it would have been kinder to leave me there. since Violet was a servant, her only real duties were to cook food for the pack. Violet never needed to leave the servant quarters past the kitchen and was strictly reminded that she remained unscented by other pack members. Violet only ever came up to the kitchen to fullfill her duties then would retire to her bedroom until the next day, the servant bathroom was connected via a door to the kitchen though that itself only contained a toilet. once a week or more if the alpha ordered so, Violet would come up early to wash herself with cold sink water, whiping away any dirt from her skin so she appeared to be well kept for a servant not that it did much for her smell. The other kitchen servants loathed Violet, Violet was found as a pup and thrown in the kitchens without any guidance on how to cook or clean the dishes so when the Luna got food poisoning a week after Violet was set to work the whole servant quarters got a mighty hiding for this and ever since then Violets every move was micromanage and the insults that came with that never ended. Violet always got up early though there was no windows in the kitchen nor Violets room, she had been advised many times that she was up and about hours before the other servants would enter to start the day. Violet preferred this as it was the only time she would be at peace whilst working aside from at the end of the day when the other servants would leave the days clean up to Violet to do. The Alpha and Luna would typically wake at 5 am. for their training duties, and at around 6.30am, they would come home for breakfast. it was the same every day aside from Saturdays as the Luna would visit the Pack Nursery for breakfast whilst Alpha would accompany his most trusted pack members with business in the human town. The servants loved to gossip about the packs day to day activities and although they never spoke directly to Violet unless scolding her, the kitchen was small enough that any kind of chit chat could be heard no matter were positioned in the room. Violet could see today's schedule was pinned to the cork board and began preping breakfast. Breakfast was the same array of foods as usual however Violet did glance at lunch times preps and noticed there was large amount of food due to be made for it, perhaps the pack is expecting guests to arrive though the pack is located far away from most other packs, the closest one being 4 days travel via car. As Violet finished up the prep work for breakfast, the other servants started to enter the kitchens. The servants Violet noted were surprisingly well dressed compared to normal, whilst still wearing servant atire, all atire was brand new, not just clean but there was no wrinkles in their clothes. Looking down on herself Violet noted she looked like she fished her clothes out of the garbage bin, wrinkled, stained and smelling like death though violet herself was accustomed to the filth she has always know, the others avoided her to the point that one end of the kitchen was entirely her own by default. "Back to work, can't you see we have a busy day mutt?" Head Chef yelled to Violet across the kitchen, making her jump and quickly go back to preping vegetables. As Violet peeled her rather large stack of potatoes she noted that not a single other servant was chatting, normally gossip ran wild in the kitchen especially during morning cook time however not today, today there was a heavy blanket of stress in the air that told Violet if she didn't quicken her pace she would be spotting bruised skin again by bedtime. Hours past, breakfast had gone out and the kitchen was filling with the smells of soup, roast pork and chicken accompanied with fresh bread and a mixture of both baked and steamed veggies when a rumbling sound came from outside the kitchen door, sounds of feet slaming against pavement had all of us in the kitchen pause for a moment as the Kitchen door burst open and a strange tall man standing with a well dressed maid stepped inside the door frame. Head cheft rush over to greet them.'Hello sir,' she strongly said, bowing her head before rising and speaking again. "I am head Chef, kitchen lead for pack Blood War and I am completely at your service" The maid giggled as the tall man looked down at her with his piercing vibrant green eyes when surprisingly, his eyes flicked over and glanced at me. Panick set in as i realised whilst the other servants resumed their duties, I had stood there and gawked. My face grew hot as I rushed to continue my duties, stumbling around like a toddler who had yet to master the art of walking. The tall man approached me and I could hear him clear his throat as I again stopped preping the veggies in front of me and looked up at this terrifying man, I could feel my heart pounding through my entire body as I'd wondered what my punishment would be for gawking at this stranger and his maid who I'd noted stood right behind him with a confused expression. I bowed my head low, mimicking what head Chef had done earlier when the man spoke again, making me rise with a startle. "What is your name, little girl?" the man said sternly as if my answer might determine how harsh my punishment was for my rude display of disrespect. Head Chef ran to my side quickly, answering for me "Sir this is Vioelt, I am so sorry she is disturbing you. I'd told her to wash up yesterday, but she clearly didn't listen. " My brow frowed as I glanced at head Chef who certainly did not advise me to wash, I was so sure of this as I'd been keeping track of how many days went past since I'd last been spoke too "ma'am, I was not asking you. I'd clearly come over here and ask this pup a question, and I'd expected the answer to come from her" the tall man said making me jump at how stern his tone had become. A wave of panick set about the room as the man continued 'little pup, why are you dressed in a bedsheet" I'd looked down at myself, at the dress I'd worn for as long as I could remember before look at this man. I had not used my voice in many years, since nobody in the servant quarters ever spoke to me about their gossip of those who lived above and when head Chef did give me orders it was much preferred if I just nodded rather then answer back. Speaking is something I no longer felt natural, My hand went up to my throat as I opened my mouth in attempt to answer this tall man before he whipped me for ignoring him when all that would come out was "I, I, d... Don... don't...". The man raise his brow and glanced at the maid we was now looking at me with eyes glossed over and an expression I was not familiar with. The man's anger was felt in moment as he looked to head Chef once again "why is this pup treated so poorly in such a noble house" Tall man yelled making me cower. "Sir, she is, well" Head Chef looked to me with panick and a hint of disgust in her eyes before looking at Tall man again and straighting her posture "the girl is filth, Alpha had ordered us to not engage with her so we do not" Alpha, I'd heard many stories about the strong man named Alpha before. He was said to be taller then Tall man, and wide like the walls of the kitchen. Alpha was the one that the servants gossiped the most about, Alpha is supposed to be what the servants call 'dreamy' not that I'd ever understood what that ment except that the other girls in the kitchen all adored him and he was supposed to be a man of power who felt that the kitchen was beneath him as I'd never had the opportunity to lay eyes upon him myself. "your telling me, that your Alpha had ordered that this pup remain in this state? where does she sleep? a garbage bin?" Tall man words had me fall to the ground in fear, whenever head Chefs voice rose to that level of anger I knew if be beaten for my actions. The maid who's eyes glossed over ran to my side holding my arms in her hands as my body started to shake. She whispered in my ear "where is your room sweet pup" without thinking my eyes looked to the door that led to the stairs that let to my room. my heart beating so hard in my ears I was sure the glossy eyed maid could hear them. Her brow frowned at me when she gave my arms a squeeze before letting me go and approaching tall man, she whispered something in his ear and he looked at the door that led to the stairs that led to my room. surprising myself he walked over to the door and opened it, glossy eyed maid followed him as they disappeared behind the door only to appear just moment later with expressions on their face I'd never seen before. Tall man left the kitchen with Glossy eyed maid and not a single word was spoken as they exited. I was still on the floor shaking and looking toward head Chef who herself looked panicked. we stared at each other in pure fear as we both wondered what this visit ment for our future and what we would have to enture when Alpha found out the mess I'd created.