To Be a Slave

by PastaLover

Chapter Three - The Prison

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Arriving at such a large building, made completely form rust and ruined covers of land, she growled under her breath. Walking here didn’t take too long, but she had never liked it. Moving wouldn’t be a good idea either. Besides, she was meant to stay in her small apartment like home.

She entered slowly into the building, and looked through all the doors. Ponies were laying down in each small room filled with rotating wheels. She huffed and tapped her hooves on some of the wooden planks.

“Wake up,” she started. “I don’t have all day.”

A grown mare looked up and had dark circles surrounding her eyes. “Miss, when do we get free?” She said. Her voice was somewhat gruff and sounded like a blade had gone through her throat a long time ago. She was starving, you could see everyone of her ribs and her small stomach. What a disgusting sight.

Clover Wish’s pupils grew small quickly. She shook her head. “You won’t be getting free. But soon you’ll have someone in here, with you. After a month, you will be free.” She growled under her breath, her eyes darting to the left.

She went down the line and kept staring at the room with dark thoughts, flattening her ears and trying to look calm. She glared behind her, to see a autumn colored stallion. Huffing out her air, she stopped. “What do you want now?” She scowled.

He paused. “Oh! I was just coming by to say-”

“Coming down to say Hi to suck up to me, most everyone does. Care takers are idiotic. I do not need to be greeted every morning so cheerfully. Go to the storage, take a loaf of bread and give it to the mare at the front of the hall. She’s sickly and needs strength. Give her some water and oats, too.”

The autumn shaded stallion flattened his ears, too, and nodded at Clover Wish’s command, trotting away to the stair case near the back end of the hall.

Clover Wish watched him set off and then grumbled gently. “You only have to meet a few people today, if you can just hurry up you wont have to deal with anyone ponies. You can get home and get some real sleep. That Cherry Bloom, she probably told everyone my name now.” She huffed, trotting swiftly to a room, right next to another. Glaring around, she shoved open her door and walked in, resting on her velvet chair.

“I don’t get why I love velvet.” She muttered, scrapping her hooves against the weird material.

A knocking came on her door slowly. Clover Wish tilted her head and got up from her chair again, making her way around the room and opening the door. Two ponies were standing beside each other, crying.

“Miss?” The stallion of the two sobbed, speaking up slowly. He was a peachy color, with a pure white mane that waved backwards. “You are the administrator of this company, yes?”

Clover Wish snorted. “Lemme guess,” she started slowly, waving her hoof for the two to enter her room. “want your kid back?”

The mare nodded her head quickly, frantically crying.

“Well we don’t have goats here.” Clover Wish smiled, perking her ears.

The stallion hugged the mare and brought her into the room.

Clover Wish rolled her eyes, then shut her door. Glaring at the two ponies, one pegasus one earth pony, and then muttered under her breath. “What would you like to trade me? I mean, we do take cows and pigs, they help with food stock. Bits are nice, too.”

The stallion poked the mare and then looked at Clover Wish. “We have few bits, and no live stock. We can only trade wheat and foodstuffs.”

Clover Wish grunted. “I’ll see what I can do.” She stood up on her chair and then smiled. “Why don’t you just go grab your child, bring him here,”

“We have a daughter.”

“What did I say?” She tilted her head, then shook, sitting back down. “Anyways, bring them back here and I’ll see when they expire for work. Most children only work for ten days, others might as well be here until death!” She exclaimed, waving her hooves in the air. That statement caused the mare to cry louder and harder, flattening her light amber ears. She was fairly pretty, and matched the stallion but with a darker shading palette.

The stallion patted the mare on the back and nodded. “What room is she in? I’ll get her, Honey Dew can stay in here.”

Clover Wish held out a hoof and gave him a small key. 201. The stallion sighed and then looked out the door. “My name is Peach Fuzz.” He nodded, walking out slowly.

Clover Wish smiled darkly. “Honey Dew and Peach Fuzz, what’s your daughter’s name? Pear Tree?” She poked at her table, and then glared at the sobbing mare.

Honey Dew sobbed softly, poking at her face to wipe the tears away. “Her name is Graham Crumb. She has my coat and Peach Fuzz’s hair.”

Clover Wish let out an ah in annoyance, and then looked at her door. “I should go show your boyfriend-”

“Husband. I don’t believe in sex if you aren’t married.”

“Fine, Husband,” Clover Wish rolled her eyes, “where room 201 is.” Clover Wish got off from her comfortable chair and nodded. “Need more tissues? They’re right on that desk. You’ll have to stand up for them, though.” She put on her hat and started to trot out from the room, slamming the door behind her.

Walking in the hall was the wandering stallion, so peachy and light colored. Clover Wish was almost disgusted to walk towards him, he looked so dumb founded and could only laugh from such a distance. Moaning as she walked forward, he turned his head to face her.

“Miss, I can’t seem to find the room.”

“Of course you can’t. Follow me.”

“‘Of course I can’t’? What’s that mean?” He flattened his ears and followed the awkward colored pony and snorted anxiously. “I can find my way around.”

“Not exactly,” Clover Wish started, “I’ve been here for such a long time and this is only your second time here. You didn’t even see where I dropped off Graham Cracker.”

“Graham Crumb.”

“What’d I say?” Clover Wish stopped and poked her nose softly. Looking up at a door slowly, she flicked her ear and nodded. “Graham Crumb is in here. I’ll get her.” Clover Wish opened the door slowly and looked into the broken room. There was only one bed, but in it was two ponies. Clover Wish snorted and walked in slowly.

“Graham Crumb?”

A small, light brown, filly looked up from the wheel and flattened her ears. “Oh miss!” She cried loudly, backing away from the wheel. “I’m sorry, I’ve been working my hardest!”

“You are? On what?” Clover Wish let out a smug grin on her face, the filly started to nervously smile, and back up until she hit the wall behind her.

“Turning the wheel. But, I do wish that you could give us two beds instead, I find it awkward to be near another pony, especially while asleep!”

“No worries, Teddy Graham.” Clover Wish trotted in the room, further approaching the gate to enter the room. There was a large panel for anyone who enters to stand on, trapped by iron gates and only a small door like gate to go through. It would lead down to the beds, which led down to the wheel. Clover Wish made her way to the beds and looked at the wheel.

“Please, what do you mean to worries?”

“Your parents are here to get you back.” Clover Wish flicked her tail softly, and waved her hoof for Graham Crumb to meet her up near the beds.

Graham Crumb smiled widely. “Really, Miss? I can get back home?” She dashed towards the blue pony, mixed with shades of green. Wrapping her hooves around her, Graham Crumb smiled softly. “Truth?”

“Yes, truth. Why are you so anxious to get back home? Didn’t you like it here?”

“To be honest, Miss. I hate it down here. Turning the wheel hurt my hooves, and then sleeping on that bed with a complete stranger,” she trembled softly, looked around for the strange unicorn stallion, who wasn’t seen. “I think, he’s creepy. Ma’am, can we go now?”

“Where is he? What is his name?” Clover Wish couldn’t stop questioning the small filly, and then poked her nose for the filly to get up the stairs to the gate. Which she did.

“I don’t know where he is, but his name was Coal Dust.” She pressed on the door, which was then pushed open by Peach Fuzz.

“Graham Crumb!”

“Papa!”

The two ponies united, and hugged softly with giggles and smiles, even the filly’s tears. How heart warming. Clover Wish fake gaged.

She trotted up the stairs, glaring down near the wheel, no pony was in sight.


Author's Note

This took too long. Lol. I didn't read it over like the last one, but I found out that I really like Graham Crumb owo Clover Wish is being weird, too.

Clover Wish, be more suspicious D:<