She was starving? Didn't she just eat? It couldn't be helped, she had to find something to eat. Standing back up and dusting off her clothes, she made her way back into the corridor. A cross crossed her mind before she walked forward. Where was the kitchen again? It seemed the former Abigail didn't even know this much as well, she wondered if the girl was a fool. But pondered for a bit before remembering she had her own personal maid by her side.
She turned to Martha who had been following her closely. The young woman named Martha was currently deep in thought, what happened to her young lady? Why did she act strangely, she hadn't thrown a serious tantrum all day and she appears to be more mature. Even the way she walked was different. Her thoughts were cut short when she noticed that Abigail had stopped walking at some point and was staring expectantly at her. She swore she felt something crawl up her spine.
"Y-Young lady, do you need anything?? ", Martha asked nervously.
"I'd like to know where the kitchen is please", Abigail's words almost caused the maid to stumble forward from shock. Was she planning to poison the entire household? She shuddered at the thought.
"O-ok I'll take you there. Please follow me ", she didn't think to ask for a reason and just led her to the kitchen, all she knew is that she had to be careful of her next meal. It was already afternoon and the next meal was about to be prepared. As the cooks were about to start, this young lady suddenly appeared shocking everyone in the kitchen. What was this tyrant young lady doing in the kitchen???
This was the one of the places the young lady had never been too, it was a haven to many workers. They normally stayed her to avoid her unusual tantrums and crazy outbursts but now those days of peace was but a distant memory, some even thought to shed tears.
Abigail on the other hand, wasn't concerned for their feelings or what they were thinking and focused on the size of the kitchen, it was beautiful!! For a former professional chef like herself, this place was a haven for her, she was extremely happy at the moment.
" Martha get me an apron ", Abigail said as her eyes continued to inspect the kitchen.
"Huh? I quite don't understand you lady Abigail, what do you mean?", Martha asked
" What else do you think I mean?, I intend to cook of course ", Abigail declared. She knew it was overly out of character for the former Abigail and she might be severely questioned later but she didn't care. She didn't like the meal she was served earlier and she didn't want anything to hinder her new life. It's not like anyone would stop her.
" ... " , Martha
" ... ", the cooks
" ... " , servants.
She wasn't serious right? But they soon saw she was serious when she began instructing the servants on what to do. What the heck was this scene? The young lady could cook? Impossible, when did she learn to do such? They where soon shocked when the young actually knew what she was doing.
A while, Helen, her step mother was in her room, she was hungry and was waiting to be called out for lunch. What could be keeping the servants for so long?? She couldn't take it any longer left her room, making her way to the kitchen. That was when he noticed a maid walk out of the kitchen.
" You there! Come here right this instant", Helen's annoyance was apparent and the maid walked over with her head down.
" Aren't the cooks done yet??, Why the wait? Do you want to get fired?", Helen asked coldly.
" I- I'm sorry Lady Helen, it's just that there's an issue in the kitchen ", the maid said.
" What issue? Don't waste my time, speak!! ", Helen said, impatience evident in her voice.
" It's the first young lady "
" Abigail?? ", Helen was confused, what was Abigail doing in the kitchen? That good for nothing had never even been to the kitchen. Could she be causing trouble??
Helen was enraged, how dare that good for nothing cause trouble and delay her meal? She must teach her a lesson today. Helen quickly walked into the kitchen and just as she was about to berate Abigail, she was left speechless. The cooks gathered round a young girl at she put the finishing touches on the meal. She had prepared a total of six dishes. The cooks were surprised and had never seen such dishes before and when they asked her where she learned such, she just replied that it was her own recipe. This technically wasn't a lie since these dishes hadn't been invented yet so you could say she did invent them?
As she finished with the meal, she took of her apron ready to go freshen up then head to the dining room but stopped when she spotted her supposed step mother who seemed to stare at her like she was some kind of alien species.
Helen mentally pinched herself to see if this was real? This wasn't a dream right? But her confusion soon turned to rage as she stared down the little girl like she'd rip her to piece at any moment.
" Good afternoon second mother ", Abigail said politely as she bowed slightly in front of her like it was the most normal thing to do. Her eyes trailed over Helen, she had platinum blonde hair and crystal red eyes similar to that of rose. She was obviously a beautiful woman and Rose clearly took after her in that aspect. Another similarity they both shared was their cunning and crude nature.
" How dare you tamper with the meal you wretched girl? ", her step mother asked angrily. She was already starving but this little wretch seemed to have prolonged her hunger even further.
" Tampered? Second mother I did no such thing, I only prepared a meal. I-"
" Have you ever cooked? So why would you try to poison us?? Have I ever treated you so badly that I deserve death? " the woman pointed a finger at her. And also answering her question, treating her badly would be an understatement and if she deserved death was another topic all together.
" Poison? We're clearly going to eat from the same serving tray, I'll see you in the dining room ", Abigail then bowed before turning to leave. Helen stood rooted in the same spot before gaining her composure. Despite the fact Abigail walked out on her, she didn't throw her usual tantrum once even after Helen had accused her of poisoning.
" I have to inform the Duke when he comes back ", she thought as she walked over to the dining room in a haste.
When Abigail had reached the dining room, Rose was already present with Wen standing beside her. She sat on the opposite next to rose with Martha similarly standing beside her. Rose looked up at Abigail hoping for any kind of provocation but when the latter ignored her she gnashed her teeth.
" Elder sister you're here ", she said hoping to garner her attention.
" I am ", Abigail nodded her head in reply.
Helen sat opposite her daughter and was surprised Abigail had sat on the table and next to her daughter for that matter. A maid then served the food to each person on the table. Helen stared intently at Abigail as she was served the food. No matter if the food was Poisoned or not, Abigail had to take the first bite. Abigail noticed the stare and found it very uncomfortable. What was up with this old lady, was she on her period?? If Helen could her her thoughts she'd probably spew blood.
Abigail then went forward to take a bite of the food....Wow, she didn't think it'd taste this good especially because of she was not able to use her advanced methods of preparing the food. As Helen saw the delighted look on Abigail's face she decided to steel her nerves take a bite as well. Delicious, she thought as she munched happily on the meal, she didn't expect this good for nothing to actually be good at cooking!! She decided that when she becomes the official mistress of the house, she'd make this good for nothing cook for her.
Abigail oblivious to what she was thinking had other things on her mind, the rest of her family weren't at the table. Her parents absence was already a normal occurrence but she was thinking of her brother. He must be at lessons since he didn't like to eat at the table with the rest. It seemed he didn't get along with their second mother and the former Abigail. He must be hungry about now. Once she finished eating she gave Martha some orders before bowing to her second mother and leaving the dining hall.
" Mother, is something wrong with Abigail, she seems to be different after her accident ", Rose said as she continued with her meal.
" I don't know either but I don't think it will last forever so don't think too much about it ", Helen waved her hands over the matter, she didn't really care for Abigail and the sooner she was gone the better it was for her daughter.
Meanwhile, Abigail appeared at the palace's training grounds where her brother was busy with his training.