Chapter 1
I watch the steam pour out across the higher leveled ground. The announcer just announced my father and mother’s long name, introducing them to our guests. They walk arm in arm down the marble steps with bright smiles before the large doors close again and I’m shielded from looking on.
“Next we have, Princess Evelyn Elisabeth Knight. The daughter of Queen Linda and King Malorous.”
The large doors reopen and I’m blinded by the bright light in the ceiling. I plaster on my usual forced smile as I keep my back straight and head up walking down the red carpeted stairs.
At the last step my vibrant green dress gets caught by my small hidden flats, I was supposed to where heels but I decided against it and hid it with my long dress. In a second my ankle slips and I land with a thud on the ground. Laughter fills the room as I find myself fighting the urge to cry and laugh too, instead I am bright red with embarrassment and walking directly to my family.
My brother was already there with tear stained cheeks from waking up from a dream about his ex girlfriend. Though she cheated and was unfaithful she still had his heart in her hands as if it were hers. Colin hasn’t even seen her in years yet she still takes up his mind.
Both my parents didn’t want anyone seeing him like this so in a matter of seconds before the announcer called us out their names they snuck him down stairs and left him to eat all the oysters alone, hoping that eating his favorite food would make him smile but he just ate in anger.
When I reach my parents they are both shaking their heads in obvious fake anger whereas my brother finally smiles and is trying to contain his laughter behind them. He was a mess.
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The subtle moonlight brightens the pages where I sat by the window on my violet bed reading one of my favorite books over again. The sounds of nature putting me at ease after today’s long events. Mother decided a ball for the last day of summer would be amazing. The only good thing that came out of today was having a day to spend without any of my daily activities or any tutoring that come on the daily for me. I sighed when I realized my brain has once again trailed off. I reread the paragraph I was at and kept going.
I sat there for probably three hours. Only now did I realize it’s midnight. Three hours after Mother told me to sleep. But in my defense it’s summer, well used to be.
I sigh heavily and close my curtains after suddenly feeling a heavy gaze on me. Shrugging, I get under the covers and attempt to sleep away the feeling. Tomorrow is the day I’ve been longing for.
After years of convincing, Mother finally allowed me to go to school. I’ve heard about how it goes in movies and endless of my books in my collection and the plenty of research that I’ve made and now I get to experience it. So long have I waited for this. Oh god I might just be sick because of all this excitement.
I couldn’t sleep. Sleep is the furthest thing off my mind right now. Years and years of waiting and hoping and wishing and now I’ve got it. I get to go to school and try to be a real girl.
I fell asleep that night really late with a permanent smile plastered upon my lips reaching to my eyes and forming crinkles on the edges as darkness swept over me.
But one thing I knew was that I will be following most of those points so I’d have something in common.
I was frightened and excited for tomorrow. I couldn’t wait to make plenty of interesting friends, though I was quite nervous like anyone would be in my situation.
