The Royal Space Brat (for Matisse)

[Jinchu]

It's been mere days since the Glactic Empire ceased to exist and the Community Of Free Systems raised in it's place. The revolution was realtively blood-less and smooth due to years of planning by the Rebelion, wise use of hacked A.I.'s and, most of all, because absolute amjority of the Empire's subjects were fed up with it's cruel laws, unfair taxing and ever-growing appetites of the rouling court. Then tthe rebels raised to overthrow that corrupt and elitist goverment, they met support everythere.


And now the concuil of Rebellion's ex-leaders and newly elected representatives of the biggest solar systems in the Community came together in what was the throne room just a week ago. They had to decide on the fate of galactic princess; though she was never crwoned as an Emperess and actual ruling was doen mostly by her regents and ministers, so she carried littel responsibility for the Empire's system, she became infamous through the Galaxy for her abuse of power and greedy, selfish demands, which sometimes left whole planets neraly bankrupt.


After a short discussion Concuil official agreed, that the new, more peacful and democratic rule should not start with blood and executions.


"You are more of a tool of the old corrupt system, then it's operator. As opposite to the courts that set verdicts in your name, we would not put the weight of responsibility and guilt on the one who had little choice on her own" the old Rebellion officer, One-Eyed Corman, announced in a firm tone. "So you will be spared. However, our mercy should not overweight our sence of justice either..."

[Matisse]

The former princess Astrid stood in the middle of the room that once was the place of her thone, tormenting the skirt of her dress.

Astrid was a beautiful 16 years old girl, quite tall, with long straight hair black as the wings of raven, lips red as blood, skin pale and luminous, a small nose sourrounded by freckles, and eyes blue as a clear sky. And in those eyes fear and anger was shining brightly.

She couldn't believe her hears. Those dirty folks were really addressing her in that way? She may have lost her throne but she was still the princess, royal of blood, worthy one hundred time each of them.

"I don't need your mercy, because you have no rights to judge me!" she exclaimed, in a fit of pride "The Star Gods will punish you all if you dare lay a hand on me!"

To be honest, the former rebels had a lot of reasons for hating her: her behaviour was the one of a spoiled brat, a spoiled brat with infinite power. She used the planets of the empire as she saw fit, depriving the population of money and resources just for her whims, and beign cruel and unforgiving to anyone. A lot of maids of the palace were beaten just for not doing their jobs fast enough, or for not getting what she wanted before she had to ask for it. Every person on the capital planet that had a shop was treated like a slave, and had to give her things for free, it didn't matter if that way they couldn't gain enough money for their families. It was not so common, but she also emitted some death sentences for people that had involuntarily indisposed her.

But again, in her eyes there was nothing wrong with it. She was the imperial princess, she had every right to treat the people that was gifted to her as they were her toys, and didn't matter if she broke them. That was her way of thinking.

[Jinchu]

The members of concuil exchnaged enraged and irritted whsipers; soem of them doubted the previous collective decision.

"If those gods side with people like you, they are not worthy of prayers" One-Eyed Corman chuckled. He was one of those who kept their coolness, despite Astrid's behaviour. "But so far the Star Gods did not hurry to return you the throne and the crown, and we will work under the assumption that we won and your tyrany is gone for good. As for your behaviour - there is a persone who will take care of it now too."


And from the corner of the throne room stepped forward Lydia - one of the princesse's peronsla maids. Astrid was so used to be surrounded by the servants whome were not much different from furniture in her eyes. Lydia was in her late 20's,a but chubby and very serious looking, always up tio business. Normally she would always look down and never meet the princee'ss eyes, but at teh moment she frowned and looked directly at Astrid. The princess might notice for teh first time that eth maid was actually taller then her...

[Matisse]

Astrid gave Corman an irritaed look as he spoke, not wanting to admit, not even at herself, that maybe he was right: the Star Gods did nothing to stop the rebel scum to overthrow the throne.

The former princess moved her gaze on the person that stepped forward, and saw that was one of her maids. She didn't know her name, she didn't even bothered to learn the names of those toys that was gifted to her.

She felt extremely irritated by her precence and espeically by her demeanor. She dared to look at her directly at her, despite beign a lowly commoner. Astrid did notice some details that way, however. She alwasy thought she was taller than all of her servants, the female ones at least, but clearly she was wrong: not that the maid was standing with her eyes up, she clearly saw she was taller than her.

Astrid looked at Corman once again, and extremely frustrated she exclaimed "Taking care of my behaviour? What do you mean? She's just a stupid maid."

[Jinchu]

"And you are, essentialy, just a very spoiled child" Corman responded in a harsh, stern tone. "I was able to convince my brothesr in arms that its' unfair to judge you for the crimes you've commited without fully understandng them. You ahd little to no proper upbringing. And now you WILL have one - one fittiong for your very bad manners and habbits, starting from very basics. Lydia agreed to take care of it and be your full-time babysitter"


The maid came closer to the ex-princess and suddenly grabbed her ear and twisted it. "And since you've been acting like a brat here, your very fisrt lesson will happen right here and now, Astrid. And it will be broadcasted to all your former subjects - or should i say playthings? - so they will eb sure you will have a chance to cahnge for good" the maid's tone sounded surprisingly even more stern then teh rebel's general.

[Matisse]

Astrid was about to reply to Corman's words, when she felt an hand grabbing her ear. She let out a yell in surprise and instinctively grabbed the maid's wrist with her hand, unable to make force with it however.

"Ouch! Let me go!" the former princess exclaimed, stomping her foot to the ground "How dare you call me a brat?! I'll make you whip for this! I'll make the jailer remove the skin from your back!"

She exclaimed those things in an automatic way, but she immediately realized that was an empty threat.

She watched at Lydida's eyes, surprised to see her stern expression, and asked "What do you mean with these words? Are you going to torture me? You monster!"

[Jinchu]

"Do not worry, I am not planning to kick your threats back at you. You'll just recive exectly what a spoiled kid who yells at her seniors should always get" Lydia responded, dragging the dethroned royalty by her ear. The maid sat on one of teh chairs among the comcuil members and forced Astid over her lap. It was clear that lots of work around teh castle made her physical strenght rather impressive.



A bunch of small drones flew around them. The 3D image of the ex-princess over the maid's knee was broadcasted live as a giant hologram on teh main square of the capital and also on all the holovisors and publix screesn around the former Empire.



Lydia lifted the royal skirt and then pulled Astrid's extremely expensive underwear all the way to her knees.

[Matisse]

Astrid yelped again as she found herself dragged across the maid's lap. She didn't understand what was going on. What was that woman about do to?

"What are you talking about?!" she yelled, in frustration, outraged that that maid dared speak to her like that and phisically touch her.

Suddenly, the former princess found herself bare bottomed in the middle of the room, with small drones flying around. She knew that her embarassing predicament was being streamed.

"No, no!" she yelled "How dare you! You can't see my lowest part! They're too pale for you to see! You'll get blind!"

Being the princess, the combination of her heritage in terms of DNA and the fact that she used to avoid the light of the sun of the capital, made her extremely pale, and was sure that her skin was so pale that it could be compared to a shining star. When she was at her seat of power no servants darer to contradict her on the matter.

[Jinchu]

Everyeone in teh room laughed at that statetement, even the oldest of the Rebellion veterans, who up to that moment seemed displeased that the royalty got a relatively light punishment after teh succesful revolt. Lydia and some other former servents, who happeend to eb around, laughed the loudest - they were really fed yup with princesse's ridiculous bullshit.


"Do not worry, your majesty! I will make sure it won't stay pale for long - and won't be pale for a few years to come, I expect! Though it might still glow a bit" the maid chuckled, taking the massive wooden hairbush with silver inlay out of hr apron's pocket. She had used it to brush Astrid's hair, then the princess found her worthy of that "honor", but now Lydia patted the flat side of an oval brush overthe teen's pale butt instead.

[Matisse]

Astrid blushed as everyone in the room laughed at her. She had never felt so embarassed before in all of her life. Not only those rebel scum, but even the servants?

And that Lydia. The former princess couldn't believe she was holding her on her lap.

She felt the hairbrush patting her backside, making her heart begin to pound heavily. What was that woman about to do? And why she felt so vulnerable in that position?

"It won't stay pale for long?" Astrid asked, with a bit of hesitation in her voice, that was suddenly replaced by another fit of anger and pride "What do you mena? The skin can't grow darker, you moron!"