3 Convincing Arianna!

" Hell no! " Arianna screamed out . How do you want me to fit in ?" I mean... I know no...not..hing about this love thing ", she stammered in anger.

"Arianna you need to calm down and as well reduce your voice, we have to be careful not to draw the attention of the palace wardens" her mother cautioned.

Arianna took a pulse, as she had been pacing around the room all the while, and gave her mother a very hard stare, filled with disgust. " Oh mother, she called out in irritiation, should that be your worry now ? She asked without expecting an answer. I am faced with the challenge of having to live a life that is not mine, and your biggest worry is that you do not want to draw the attention of the palace wardens? So who cares? she asked raising her voice even more "

" Arianna" her father gently called, " please come back and sit ", he said tapping the sofa.

The voice of her father only aggravated her anger, she paced even more stamping her feet's aggressively on the floor. " Look there has to be a way, she said turning to her parents. Perhaps we should call Liam, he might know her where about , she said searching into the face of her parents".

" We can't afford to raise any form of suspicion right now Arianna, not with king Lawrence, it'd be too risky" her father objected.

" Dad! Mom! " She called out pathetically as she went on her knees before them, " this demand you're making is selfish, my dance competition is next week, my dream is finally going to become a reality and you're going to deprive me of it ? Certainly I can't play this role you want , she stood up crying. "

She stopped and became silent again, silence eluded the room . She stood up after a while, picked up her cell phone again," Brianna where the hell are you ? What could have gone wrong ?" Her mother stood up and walked towards the wall, she leaned against the wall, and began to sob inaudibly. Her father kept shaking his head in self pity.

After a while her mother walked away from the wall. She walked towards Arianna and hugged her tightly, which gave room for more tears from both mother and child.

" Arianna my child " her mother called softly. "I love you and I have always wanted the best for my girls, I have secretly admired the fact that you are very good at your dance steps. As much as I want you to become a perfect and a famous dancer, I want you to know that we're at the verge of loosing this kingdom", she said drawing out Arianna's hands and caressing them softly while looking into her daughters eyes firmly.

" If this kingdom is captured there would be no victory after all" her mother said persuasively.

Her father kept watching helplessly all the while. Arianna kept sobbing quietly. " Look it's only going to be for a while ", she said more convincingly, seeing that her words had began to penetrate the heart of Arianna... As soon as we find Brianna, we would find a way to switch you guys, and this whole thing would end I assure you", she said searching into Arianna's eyes.

" What if the prince finds out he was tricked ? Arianna asked looking into her mother's face. Brianna and Liam has been courting for a while, I have this awkward feeling that I am going to blow all these arrangements in less than 2 seconds, because I don't even know how to love anyone and I and Brianna has our differences, he is definitely going to find out. what is going to be my fate when he finds out? What is going to be the fate of our kingdom when king Lawrence finds out? This whole venture is more risky than you can fathom. There is no sure odd in this stake at all ".

" Everyone silent !" Her father raged in anger, as he stood up and walked towards Arianna and her mother " Arianna it has been all about you all the while, it has been about how you feel and what you want. Do you care to think about how I would feel, do you care to think of how dehumanizing it will be to drop my crown on the alter of defeat? Do you think of what will happen to the wonderful people of this great kingdom, we would all become refugees in a strange land. Our ideals and values would be gone, people would look at you and say once upon a time she was a princess ". You know what is going to happen? He asked her without expecting a reply , " we would only exist in folk tales ".

Arianna cried bitterly. She honestly understood the gravity of the issue at hand, and was ready of a sudden to be of help. She looked into her parents eyes fiercely and said " we have a wedding to prepare for tomorrow, we should get to sleep now"