Birthday party (2)

In the royal palace of Atria, everyone was running around everywhere, they were all busy making preparations for the party. The party had to be perfect or else queen Iclyn would have them beheaded. From the courtyard to the ballroom nothing was lacking in terms of decorations, the whole palace was glowing with beautiful colors and lights.

"Grandmother, why must I take over the kingdom now?" she asked her grandmother when they arrived back in her room.

"Because I am tired and I need rest. You also need to start how to run your legacy," she replied and sat down on the bed elegantly.

"But grandmother, I haven't seen much of the world so how can I just become a queen?" she asked. " You also promised me that you would allow me to explore the world when I come of age," she added and sat down next to her.

"You will do that when you become queen, no one will stop you from exploring the Enchanted forest as the queen of Atria."

"Really grandmother!" she squealed and Iclyn covered her ears. As a vampire, one of the things that you should watch out for is teenage girls screaming their hearts out. With super hearing, the sound gets magnified and it is pure torture.

"Yes, as long as you don't upset a bunch of idiots who think they have a right to tell that the decision you make isn't good for the kingdom," she said and her granddaughter started laughing. "You need to watch out for them, they might be idiots but idiots who can cause a lot of damage especially to a new ruler such as yourself."

" If anyone of them dares to trouble me then I will reap their souls out or turn them human," she said and exposed her fangs that emitted light-dark smokes around them. Her eyes turned pure white and her nails grew a few inches and changed from the red polish to a purple one.

"All it takes is a scratch from my nail and they will be human and a bite from my fangs and their soul will be shattered," she said in an evil voice that sent a chill down her grandmother's spine. Her granddaughter reminded her so much of her husband and son. Just like them, she is cute and cuddly as long it suits her and she becomes a monster if the situation is called for.

"Hold your horses my darling, you know that it is of at most importance that no one ever finds out that you are a black blood vampire. It will cause chaos not just in Atria but all the kingdoms if that happens," she said in a serious tone. " Change back before someone sees you and you must promise me that you will never reveal this side of yourself to anyone."

" Okay, I promise. You worry too much but I can't blame you, the fault is with your age," she said and her grandmother glared at her. "Okay, you are not old, you are a gorgeous beauty."

" Stop flattering me and get up. We need to get you ready for your party, not to mention you will have to pick a groom at the party tonight," she said and Princess Elena choked on the water that she was drinking.

"Groom?" she asked trying to see if she heard the old woman wrong. How can she find a groom at such a young age?

"Yes, you need to find a suitable groom. As you know in two days we will host your coronation and we need to crown a queen together with her king. Many suitable suitors will attend the party tonight to see you and woo you, your job is to find someone you can tolerate for a long time," she said sweetly that one would assume she was telling her how to pick a Dress and not a husband.

"Grandmother, you do realize that I just turned 500 years old today and I have zero experience on love. How can you tell me to pick a groom, I will never be able to marry a man I barely know or love," she said angrily.

"You are a princess my darling, love was not written for you," she said and clapped her hands together three times. The royal servants came in with clothes, makeup, and shoes that the birthday girl was to wear to her party. Elena wanted to refute her grandmother but it was not right to do it in front of the servants but she knew that the conversation was not over.

She went to the bathroom after they prepared her bath and entered the water. She let them bathe her while she thought about what her grandmother said to her. There was just no way she princess Elena of Atria was going to marry a man that she didn't love. She thought of the idea of how awkward it was going to be if she did marry someone like that. She shook her head and got that thought out of her mind. She was going to find a way to be crown without having to find a husband, why does she need a husband anyway she is capable of running the kingdom alone just like her grandmother did.

She got out of the bath and sat down in front of the mirror, she admired her beauty in the mirror and smiled. She had long black hair, dark bright eyes, a round face, and full lips. The servants attended to her while she admired how beautiful she looked. They tied her hair at the back of her head with no single strand out of place and dressed her in a beautiful red off-shoulder ball gown. They added a touch of powder on her face and colored her lips red. She wore red shoes along with her look and a red light scarf.

She looked extremely beautiful and the servants felt so jealous of her and wished they could trade places with her. Her grandmother came in and was awed at her appearance, she embraced her in a tight hug and gave her blessings. Behind her grandmother were five ladies that she had grown up with and called friends. Her lady royals were standing there in line waiting for instructions from the Queen. They might be friends but in the presence of queen Icyln, they are nothing more than her ladies.

"You look beautiful my dear, happy birthday,"

" Thank you grandmother, I love you very much," she said and teared up.

"Don't cry my dear, today is a happy day and not even tears of joy are welcome here today. I want to see you all smile and happy, make your parents proud," she said and hugged her again.

"I will,"

She turned around to address the lady royals. " Today is a very important day for the princess as it marks the day she will start her journey as a woman and a ruler. I don't want anything to go wrong so I will assign each of you your duties for the night," she said and sat down on the chair to face them. She clapped her hands twice and the servants exited the room.

" Lady Cordelia, you are very fluent in speaking so you will sit next to the head magistrate and keep him busy at the party."

"Yes, your majesty," Cordelia replied.

"Lady Lola you are the closest to the princess so your job is to stick with her all through the night. Ensure she lacks nothing at her party."

" Yes, your Highness," replied Lola.

"Lady Nancy you are well equipped on matters of fashion. You are to keep Duchess Aubrey occupied."

"Yes, your Highness," replied Nancy.

" Lady Paloma you are good at tolerating annoying people since you grew up with that mother of yours. You are to keep that evil queen from Enchansia company."

"Yes, your majesty," she replied.

"Lady Naomi, since you love animals you are to keep the representative of Izmia company. With them, you never know if they will even come."

"Yes Sir, I mean ma'am, I mean your majesty," she replied.

"Don't you know how to talk to people, one might think that after spending so many years in the palace you are confident while speaking to people," she said and walked out to go take care of other issues of the kingdom.

"Happy Birthday Princess," they all said in uniform once the queen was out of sight.

"Thank you but this just won't do I want a gift from all of you," she said and they all laughed. They sat down on her bed and talked as they waited for the party to start.

"Do you know that today you will have to pick a groom and then be married in two days," Cordelia asked Elena and reminded her that she was yet to talk to her grandmother about that.

"Yes, my granny told me but there is no way I am going to do that," she said.

" All the sons from noble families are going to come and try their luck with you," said Nancy.

"They can try all they want but I am not going to pick any of them. Nobles are greedy and boring fools, my grandmother's words not mine. And I don't want to marry someone I do not love," she said with all confidence.

"But I don't think you have a choice, you will have to do it," said Naomi.

"I don't care but I will not marry some fool because of tradition. That is not possible," she said.

"What if you meet someone you like at the party then?" asked Lola.

"Then I will get married but only if meet someone I like otherwise it will not happen," she said and changed the topic.

For the rest of the evening, they talked about anything and everything. They talked about how much fun they were going to have and how they want to meet some cute nobles to marry someday.