She dusted her ballgown and adjusted her mask. Taking a deep breath the entered the ballroom full of people, as soon as she did a masked man approached her "Will you join me for this dance?". She hesitated, looking around for a familiar figure but before she could respond the man took her hand and lead her to the dance floor.
"Are you like this with every woman you ask to dance?" she said her voice thick with annoyance. "Only the pretty ones" he responded a proud smirk on his face. "Oh lucky me then" she said with a tightly as she looked around for a certain person. The room was full of high class people in fancy dresses and suits either conversing or dancing. Her eyes searched the room desperately for her but she looked up when the man tightened his grip on her waist. "Who are you looking for? Your Prince?" he said sarcastically. She glared at him through her mask but before she could answer she was transferred to another dance partner, a woman this time.
The woman had placed a light hand on her waist and looked at her a knowing look in her eyes. "What brings you here Emilia?". She looked into her eyes "Svana, what a wonderful surprise" she responded sarcastically. " Trying to kill me again I suppose?"
"No not this time, I'm simply here to keep an eye on you."
"Even better" Emilia responded with an eye roll. She looked around searching for a raven haired girl.
"She's not here"
The girl looked back at her dance partner "Why thank you for stating the obvious Svana I don't know what I would do without you" she said glaring at her.
"Oh please don't act as if I had succeeded at killing you" she said with a chuckle.
"I wonder how you have failed so many times, after all you are supposed to be the best assassin here" she answered throwing a glance at the entrance door.
Her dance partner scoffed as the song ended. The girl immediately directed herself to one of the tables filled with food. She took some pastries as she looked around spotting the one she had been looking for.
She made her way over to her "Cordelia I've looking for you! What took you so long?" she asked searching the girls gaze.
"Emilia I didn't think you would show up" she said disbelief hidden in her voice.
"I had told you that if you were here I so would I" she answered a question hidden in her response. "Well do you wish to dance with me?" she asked playfully. Cordelia looked around uncertain "I would but" her sentence was cut short by a man coming up at her side, placing his hand on her waist. It was the man from earlier.
"Cordelia?" Emilia asked incredulous.
"I'm sorry" she said "I don't love you Emilia, I love him.". She hesitated "I was pretending for my father so we could get information from you" the girl finished emotionless.
Emilia looked at her disbelief in her eyes. "What?" She asked, heartbroken.
"It was all a ruse. I was working for the other side trying to get information so it would be easier to kill you" Cordelia said as she turned around and left.
Emilia stared at her, tears running down her face. She was frozen in place.
"What happened this time princess" Svana asked mockingly. When she got no answer she stood in front of the girl and looked at her. "What happened" she repeated, this time in a more worried tone.
Emilia looked at her angrily "This was all your fault" she muttered.
"What?"
She pushed the girl away from her "This was all your fault. You ruined my life!" she yelled. Her enemy looked at her confused. "It's all your fault! You turned Cordelia against me!" She said cries threatening to come out of her mouth.
"What are you talking about Emilia" Svana asked incredulously.
"She was good! She was on the good side before you came along!" she yelled.
She looked at her enemy in the eyes, tears escaping from hers. "She loved me before you came and ruined it" she said as she picked up her dress and ran out of the silent ballroom.
"Emilia!" Her enemy yelled. "Emilia stop!".
The girl kept her eyes trained forward as she tried to not let any sobs escape.
"Emila please just wait" the other girl implored.
The princess slowed down and dropped at the edge of the forest, crying. "What do you want Svana" she muttered.
"Did Cordelia hurt you?" she asked, kneeling next to the crying girl.
The girl let out a sob "She loved me" was all she said.
Her enemy took her in her arms. Emilia looked at her surprised. "What are you doing" she asked. Svana said nothing as she looked into her eyes. She slide her hand on her face and removed the other girls maks then hers. She looked at the girls face under the moonlight then, hesitantly she looked at the princesses lips and kissed her.
The princess froze. But she soon realised, as she kissed back her enemy, that all those months of fighting had made her yearn for something more.
