Kingdoms of Arrevia : The Beginning (Book1)

LEAVING HOME

Norah cleared the table as the last costumer left. She took the plates to the sink and sighed ! It had been a long day and her body was aching with exhaustion
She looked at the tall pile of plates infront of her. There was no way she was gonna wash them now. It was already 8 and she was suppose to leave for home at 6.

She walked towards the window of her empty eatery and pulled the shutters down. Then she locked the door from inside. Once she had confirmed nobody could see her, she silently made her way towards the sink.

Norah stood in front of the pile of plates and closed her eyes to concentrate.

"ALOHA CLEANSE!", she said softly and tapped her hands together.

Immediately magic like purple dust shimmered from her hands and started cleaning the pile of plates infront of her.
"Good!", she mumbled to herself. This was one of the few times when she was grateful for her gift .
She rarely used magic as she had to conceal it from the rest of the world.After all she was a MARGE!

A MARGE was what people called someone belonging to the kingdom of MARKEL.
A kingdom where only poor non magical people lived . Marges were only suppose to learn odd jobs and serve the magical people of other kingdoms.
They were not suppose to have magic of their own!
The only person who had magic in the kingdom of MARKEL was the queen and her guards. It would create a turmoil if someone found out that a weak MARGE like her was born with the gift of magic.

Norah sighed as she took off her apron. She quickly placed the clean dishes in their place and stepped outside in the cold night. She shivered as a chilly wind blew past her. Her torn coat did not help her fight the colds of the night. She could have easily mended her clothes, but a Marge wearing new clothes would draw suspicion.

She made her way towards her humble home. It was already dark, and the streets were completely deserted.
The palace guards were parading on horses, distributing packets of disgusting food to the poor MARKEL family. Those Marge who were too weak to do labour work, were fed leftovers from the queen's palace. It was pathetic.

Suddenly a guard rode up to her , "HEY MARGE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE AT NIGHT?"

Norah turned around and looked at him surprise . "Nothing, just going home!", she muttered and then started walking away quickly. She wanted to reach home unnoticed

The guard shouted , "WAIT!"

Norah stopped dead in her tracks nervously . She closed her eyes and prayed that the guard would let her go.

The guard got down from the horse, "Don't you know you are not suppose to be out after 6!".

Norah looked at the angry guard. "I.. Uh..!", she stuttered.

"You dare defy your queen. You pathetic weaklings.", he yelled.

Meanwhile, another guard came up from behind him, "Hey David! Whats up?"

David turned towards him, "This MARGE was roaming in the streets alone Graham!"

Graham lifted his eyebrows and turned towards Norah, "AT THIS HOUR? Maybe she doesn't care about her life.!"

He then took a step forward and eyed Norah up and down. Norah immediately stepped back, she shivered when she saw the way he looked at her.

Graham whistled softly and said, "She is too good looking for a Marge!"

David snickered,"Ya she is!", he then turned towards Norah and commanded. "Come with us!"

Norah got shocked , "what ? Why..?", she stammered.

"Don't start asking questions now. First you were roaming around late, then you dare ask questions?", David yelled at her and then grabbed her arm and pulled her closer.