The ball

Suddenly the dress began to glow, the skirt started growing more full and fluffy the sleeves shortened then made ruffles around the cuffs and around the neck line.

While this was going on Lacey stared at the mirror in shock, The dress stopped glowing and she now stood in a blue dress with a full skirt and ruffle sleeves.

She smiled, it was perfect. She walked over to the vanity and pulled out the curlers, when she was done, she faced the mirror. "Finally done." She said. She walked out of her room and into the sitting room, no one was in there yet, she sat down on the couch and waited.

Lacey stared as the ball room doors opened, soft music floated out the lights were twinkling and sparkling, she stepped into the beautiful room and sighed, she didn't mind dancing, she mainly came for the music.

"Lacey." Called a voice, she looked, Angela came up breathless. "There you are! it took you long enough." She said, grabbing Lacey's arm. Lacey giggled as she was pulled by Angela. They weaved through the crowd.

"Good evening Ladies!" Someone said, but Angela kept on going, they walked until their mother called for them not far away. She was in a gold dress. "Girls there you are!" She said, their father was not far off talking to King Darren.

"Angela, you look so cute!" Gushed Queen Raylee, she was standing beside their mother, she took Angela into a big hug, Angela blushed and tried to get away from the hug. "I'm going to miss you girls!" Queen Raylee said, Lacey smiled, the Queen was wearing a red dress that complimented her figure.

She let go of Angela and turned to Lacey's mother. "You girls must come back and visit soon!" She said, "Can I have this dance?" Said a voice behind her, she turned around to see Jackson bowing, she giggled taking his hand, he swept her into the dance, she didn't mind dancing with Jackson.

They had become friends over the week and she had joined him on many horse rides. They danced two more dances before going to get something to drink at the refreshment tables.

Lacey was laughing and talking with Jackson when his older brother came up. "Brother, there you are, father wants you to go meet the Duchess Grant's daughter." He said, Jackson sighed, and looked at Lacey.

"I don't want to leave you here by yourself." He said. "I will be fine." Lacey said with a giggle. "I will keep her company." His brother said. Jackson walked away leaving her with Grayson.

Lacey took a bite of her pastry, Grayson picked one up off the tray taking a bite of it then setting it back down. "Would you like to dance?" He said, "No thank you." She said wishing Jackson was still there, Grayson scared her.

"I forgot that I promised my brother a dance." She planned her escape and walked away before he could say anything else, she searched for her brother.

She found him talking to a young girl about her age, the girl hurried away as she approached. Alex looked over at her as she came up. "You look nice, sis." He said. She laughed.

"Let's dance!" She said Alex had a grin on his face as they danced around the floor. When the dance was over, they went to find their parents.

When they couldn't find them Lacey sighed, "I'm tired, I'm going to go to bed." She said and headed to her room. When she got to her room she headed straight for the bath. Her legs hurt, she hadn't danced so much in a while, not even on her birthday.

She soaked until she felt better, then got up dried and slipped her nightgown on and left the small room. Her blue dress was laying on the bed, Lacey smiled, it was back to its original shape.

She folded it the best she could and placed it back into the trunk then slipped into bed with a sigh.

Lacey sat on the floor legs crossed thinking hard on her next move, Angela sat across from her with a grin on her face, a board sat between them.

Lacey slowly moved her King, Angela laughed as she moved her Queen into a checkmate. "Oh come on!" Lacey said. Angela set the pons back in place for a new game. Angela was on a winning streak, this was the fifth day they could be found on the floor of Lacey's cabins playing games and talking.

They were on their way back to their home. Lacey started the game moving her first pon, one more game later they both just gave up. Getting up, Angela left to go to her cabin. Lacey sighed, getting up and putting the board away.

She couldn't wait to get home. She made her way up on deck, walking over to the railing she looked out over the water. The sun was behind the clouds, the clouds looked black with rain, she could even smell it. She looked around, there were not many people on the deck.

She looked back out at the water and got lost in thought. Twenty minutes passed when she was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts by a gust of ice cold wind. It was darker than it should be.

Looking at the sky she saw thick dark clouds covering it, lightning lit up the sky. The deck heaved to the side as a big wave crashed into the side of the ship. Rain poured down, instantly she was drenched and she could hardly see.

The sky was so dark and the rain so heavy that she stumbled as the ship rolled to the side. Her dress turned yellow as she grabbed her skirts and started for the door of her father's work room to get out of the pouring rain.

The wind was so strong it pushed her back. She turned around to the railing to get a hand hold to keep up right. She stared in horror as a massive wave taller than a 2 story building smashed into the ship and sent her over the edge and under.

It was so dark, she closed her eyes, fighting to get a breath. Wave after wave crashed over her pushing her down deeper and deeper. Her lungs screamed for air, she could feel herself losing consciousness, as the water filled her lungs.