As Sophie climbed the stairs following in Katarina's wake her feet were rasped by the coarse carpeting. This part of the house did not compare to the opulence she had seen before. The carpeting ended and the final flight was on bare boards leading to a small landing. Her head was still whirling, and questions tumbled through her mind like water down a cascade. Katarina stopped and turned to Sophie.
"We have lots to do and little time to do it, so I expect your full cooperation. But first let me introduce you to the others."
She twisted a brass handle and pushed open a door. There was a quick squeal of surprise from within and Sophie was just in time to see a blond head disappear under the bed covers. Katarina strode into the room and Sophie followed sheepishly behind her.
"Fleur. Rosie. Whatever you're doing you can stop right now. You have a visitor."
One after the other two blond heads appeared from under the bed clothes. One had short hair and the other had hair that was long and untidy, presumably from time spent hiding under the blanket. Sophie was relieved to find that she recognised one of the girls, the one with shorter hair, as someone from her village. As their eyes met, she showed a puzzled expression that slowly turned to one of pleasure as a smile spread across her face.
"Oh fuck, is it Sophie? From Manor Farm? Remember me? Fleur from the bakery?"
When Sophie nodded and smiled the girl leapt from the bed and ran over and hugged her. She seemed oblivious to the fact that she was naked, and Sophie quickly forgot as she returned the hug. It was so good to see a familiar figure. Over her shoulder she watched as the second girl sat up and started to take an interest. She, too, seemed to be naked, or at least topless as she sat there shamelessly displaying a nice pert pair of breasts.
"Oh good, so you two know each other," commented Katarina, "That makes life easier. The one still in bed at nearly lunchtime is Rosie," she added, addressing Sophie.
Fleur slowly unwrapped herself from Sophie's embrace and went back to the bed where she sat quietly after giving Rosie a warm and intimate kiss. Then all eyes turned to Katarina.
"Sophie has been lucky enough to be chosen to join our little company and I need both of you to help train her. We only have a week before she is to be presented at one of Milady's gatherings."
The two girls on the bed giggled between themselves as if they were party to a secret only they knew. This left Sophie even more puzzled than before. What did all this mean? To be the entertainment, to be presented? Who would be at the 'gathering'? The more she thought about it the more nervous she became. She needed to ask so many questions, but she did not know where to begin.
"I will take Sophie to the bathroom. I need to get rid of this bush," announced Katarina, reaching sideways, and flicking up the front of the uniform's short skirt. The two girls giggled again and looked at each other with knowing smiles. "You two can get back to whatever it was you were doing but I will need you this afternoon."
With a whoop of joy Fleur dived back under the covers and Rosie's eyes widened at whatever it was she was doing in the dark. Katarina turned and led Sophie out of the room, not bothering to close the door, and into a bathroom.
"Right, let's get you out of this," she said, forcibly turning Sophie around and starting to undo the buttons down her back, "I have a lot of pruning to do."
Once out of the uniform, Sophie was ordered to sit on the lid of the toilet and spread her legs wide. Katarina busied herself filling the basin with warm water and lathering up a shaving brush. She then knelt at Sophie's feet and started to trim away the worst of her hair with a pair of scissors. Sophie sat quietly too scared to move. Once most of it had gone, she was covered in shaving foam and Katarina returned wielding a cutthroat razor.
"Don't panic, young Sophie, I know what I'm doing. Just so long as you keep still, you'll be fine."
Gripping the sides of the toilet seat in her small fists Sophie gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. She felt herself being pulled this way and that as the sharp steel blade scraped at her skin. Every so often more lather would be applied as the last of her hair was banished forever. Katarina's hands stroked her skin, feeling for any missed stubbled and, despite herself, Sophie felt her arousal increase. She felt her lips being eased apart and a finger trailed along her crack, exploring in the same way that Lady Clara had done earlier. She knew how wet and aroused she was by the way the finger slipped easily along.
"I was right, you have a very pretty cunt," said Katarina standing up slowly and releasing her hold reluctantly. "Now armpits. Arms up high, young Sophie."
Resigned to her fate Sophie raised her arms. Katarina quickly applied shaving foam and in a matter of minutes Sophie was hairless there as well.
"One more place to do today. Better get used to this, we all get done regularly. You'll get used to it and learn to enjoy it. Stand up and turn around. Now, bend over, hands on the seat."
Sophie obeyed and felt her buttocks taken and pulled apart. There was a long pause.
"Very pretty, and not much for me to do down there."
Sophie felt the warm lather being brushed along between her cheeks and shivered as it slid across her arsehole. A few deft touches with the razor and a trickle of water was poured in the cleft and Sophie was surprised at the thrill she felt as it ran over her. She tensed as she felt a finger stroking her anus.
"Has this ever been fucked?"