Locatlie: The Beginning. (Book 1)

Chapter 3

After a while I could concentrate more on my surroundings, instead of on that girl that tried to escape. I saw loads of white buildings that were all exactly the same. I stared at them in awe as then the houses stopped and after a while, we went through a gate. I then looked ahead and my eyes widened as I saw a huge white building, which was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. There were all kinds of flowers in front and it just looked perfect.

"Is this the castle?" I asked Lea as the car stopped right in front.

"No" She said with some amusement "This is the Town Hall. This is where all meetings are held with the mayors" She explained as the door opened. "Parties are thrown here as well, and tonight it will host the first night of the Process" She said excited and I couldn't help but smile.

"You seem excited?" I asked and she nodded right away as she stood next to me.

"These upcoming eight weeks are the most important weeks of our lifetime, of my lifetime at least." She said. "I mean, when the next Process happens, I'll be an aunt, I won't have such an important role, I'll have one of the last choices of women" She said "And these are my brothers. So I'm really excited" She said and I giggled a bit at that "Aren't you?" She asked as we climbed up the stairs here and I looked at her for a second.

"I'm mainly nervous to be honest" I said and she nodded looking at me as we arrived at the door.

"We are going to go our separate ways now" She said "You will be taken by Yolene here." She said pointing to a woman and the woman stared back at me, bowing for both of us. "When you see me inside, you can't show that you know me. The kings must not know whom is whose candidate" she said. "You will get instructions and good luck. I'll see you after" She said and she squeezed my hand for a second and I smiled and nodded as Yolene then started to walk and I walked after her, looking at the interieur of the town hall. I had never seen anything as beautiful as this. We stopped in front of a door and Yolene looked at me.

"You will wait here with the rest of the prospects" Yolene said and I nodded slowly at that. "My colleague will come shortly to tell the prospects what is going to happen tonight." She said and I nodded slowly at that. "You are not permitted to have any contact with the other prospects" She said. "Good luck my lady" She said and the doors then opened and I blinked for a second as I looked around and my heart started to beat like crazy.

I saw tens of girls sitting on chairs staring ahead, but now looking up at me, checking me out sort of. They all looked totally different and I didn't see anyone whom I thought was elder than 25, and I was probably the youngest here. I then walked towards a chair and I went and sat down and I fidgeted with my fingers as I looked around at all the girls.

All these girls had been taken from their home, all these girls had gone through the procedure up till now, all these girls were my 'competition'. We would all try to win the hearts of the three kings, so we could have eternal glory. I then locked eyes with a girl, with dark blonde wavy hair that was loosely hanging over her shoulders. She was wearing a light green dress that matched her eyes and she looked around my age, and she seemed just as nervous as I was. She gave me a small smile and I gave her a small smile back as I then looked away and I stared at the walls. They had this amazingly beautiful print that was so interesting to look at.

After a while the door opened again and I looked up and I saw another girl walking in and she looked around nervously. She had black straight hair that went down to her bum and she was wearing a golden dress. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life. She looked around nervously and bit her lip as she then went and sat down across from me and next to that blond girl and she looked at me for a second and smiled a bit before looking down at her hands. She was just naturally perfect. How could I ever compare to someone whom was as beautiful as her.