The Royal Promise...The Promised Neverland Noremma : Rayanna

Maid.

The leaves fell through the gates of the castle, where they piled up. It had been a week or two since Prince Norman had arrived. Everyone seemed to welcome him as if he was always there, except for Prince Ray and his mother. His Mother didn't despise Norman, in fact she didn't hate him at all, she just thought Ray should have been King; well at first she did.

And of course Prince Ray still hadn't accepted anything at all, he was quite reluctant to sit at the dining table and eat with Prince Norman and King Yuugo, including other royalty. He wouldn't invite Norman to play board games or any interaction at all which was what King Yuugo suggested. Instead Prince Ray would sit and play checkers by himself in his own Personal Prince Outdoors Quaters. Luckily Prince Norman hadn't stole his quaters away from him too. They built a new one for Prince Norman and it was way bigger than Ray's one, which made Ray envy Norman the more.

As Ray moved the black counter and moved it across, the wind blew the white checker counters on the ground and Ray grumbled. As he sat up to pick it up, a girl did it instead. She was smaller then him and shorter. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. But she definitely wasn't a maid or Princess. So what was she doing here. "Here you go, Prince." She passed it to him and bowed. Ray took the counter and stares at  it for a while. "So, who are you?" He asked quietly. "You were at the gates on my birthday too." He grumbled. "O-oh, I'm Anna. And I, um..." Anna scratched her head awkwardly. "So your a citzen of this kingdom right?" He asked, still not looking up. Anna nodded and judging from her shadow, Ray could see it as well. "Can I ask, do you like Prince Norman?" He asked. Anna seemed surprised. "Well...yes." Anna said the truth. Ray sighed. "But I like everyone!" Anna grinned. "Oh." He murmured. "Well I'm guessing you already know who I am, I hope you have a nice day Anna." He quietly said, and walked off, while adding,"I won't tell anyone you were here but you better run off, before you get caught."

The Prince isn't tempered at all.
He can be nice.
He is nice.

Anna smiled and waved.
But then she blushed.

I snuck into the Prince's Quaters and the PRINCE ASKED ME FOR HIS OPINION! HE EVEN KNOWS MY NAME!!

Slapping her forehead she turned around.

I just wanted to get a closer look at him and help him out.

Slowly approaching the exit.
"ANNA!" Someone shouted.
Anna thought it was the King, and maybe the Prince had told on her after all!
But he wouldn't do that.
Would he?

"Oh Nat, it's only you." Anna sighed as she was reliefed. "WHERE WERE YOU?! Why were you just sneaking around the castle! You could have been caught! Or in trouble!" Nat shook her. "It's fine Nat. I'm here. And I didn't get caught, at least, kinda." Anna assured him. "KINDA!" Nat panicked. "Imma tell Papa and Mama, today. " Nat teased. "Please don't!" Anna shook her head. "Girl you already now, I be snitching." Nat flipped up his collar. "Please!!" Anna pleaded. "I was just joking! But seriously your going to have to do all of my chores for a week." Nat punched her shoulder. "Ouch. Okay, it's a deal." Anna agreed and they started walking forward. "How did you even find me, I thought you were doing the laundry at home while Papa sorted out the debt issues?" Anna asked. "I know you Anna! You'd either be sleeping and dreaming about the Prince or watching the castle from afar. Besides, stop sneaking out when Papa and I are occupied, that doesn't mean I won't catch you." Nat said. "Okay. But I really wanted to see how he was doing. I just wanted to you know, check up on him." Anna explained. "While your checking do you ever ask yourself where his hairline is at?" Nat asked. "Nat!" Anna started to hold in a laugh. "What I'm just saying." Nat shrugged. "What if the guards heard you though." Anna put her hand to her mouth. "Meh," Nat shrugged again. "I'm too beautiful to be put in prison." Nat grinned. "Your a great crack head Nat." Anna smiled. "Also, Mama was the one who spotted you were gone. She found a job offer that could pay us some bling bling and you were perfect for it." Nat informed her. "Really what?" Anna asked. "A maid in the castle, you'll get to see Prince Ray even more now."  Nat announced. "Are you serious?" Anna asked. "Yes," Nat nodded, and then Anna sprinted home to see if he was right.

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Back in the Castle.

Norman lay in his king sized bed. Things were kinda over sized, for his weak tiny body. The pillows were to fluffy, the blanket was too thick and the chandleir was humongous. About ten times bigger than his head.

Norman sighed.
He wasn't complaining.
The place was beatiful with jewels and all sorts of stuff but, it didn't feel like home.

At dinner, Prince Norman was left alone because King Yuugo normally are later on and Prince Ray never wanted to at with him. And of course Queen Isabella had been avoiding him as he thought.

And the food they gave him was overwhelming. There was tons of stuff on the one place and even though Norman had told them so many times (politely) they still gave him stuffed chicken which he didn't like at all. He also didn't like any of the deserts.

Too sweet.
Too plain.
Too rich.
Too dairy-like.
Too everything.
The only thing he enjoyed was Vanilla Ice Cream.

He didn't even think he wanted to be a Prince. Being a Prince meant your stuck inside a castle and you get spoilt. Other than that there's not much to it, but still he enjoys his life.

I wonder if I'll see that girl again.
I mean, Princess again.
She was very pretty.
And friendly.

As he looked up at the canopy on his bed, he noticed something, there was a book on the top of it. He sat up and grabbed it. Flipping through the pages he saw at the start it said:

Hi Norman,

I,  King Yuugo was gifted this by your mother a while ago. But it was meant for you. It was called: A million things I want my Son to know.
She wrote it because she knew what was coming for her.
I didn't get the title at first when she gave it to me. I laughed and said who's the son? But after she died I looked after it and when I would eventually find you, I would give it to you.
So, here you have it.
The book.
I hope you'll find more things about your Mother here.
I wish you got to meet her. She would have loved to meet you.
I also hope your enjoying your time here.
Please feel comfortable to read to your heart's content.

King Yuugo.

Norman looked to the other side of the page and saw a picture of a blonde haired lady with blue eyes. She had a pale face and a beatiful smile. "Somehow she kinda reminds me of Princess Emma..." Norman touched the photo. Just as he was about to flip to the next page, his door opened.

"Hello,  Norman. May I call you that?"

It was Butler Vincent.

"Of course!" Norman nodded. "Around this time, I would ask you to come have dinner, but today the King thought you might go to the local Market and meet other Royalty the same age as you. " Butler Vincent said. "There will be people from all sorts of Kingdoms, it will be fun! Everyone is waiting to see the new Prince of Grace Field!"  Butler Vincent seemed excited even though it wasn't him who would be there visiting the other royalty.

"Oh, that would be delightful." Norman smiled getting off his bed. "I have a question though," Norman asked. "What is it?" Butler Vincent asked. "Will Princess Emma be there?" He asked. "Yup, even your brother." Butler Vincent answered. "Oh. Then let's get going!" Norman exclaimed. "Excuse me, I mean, could we depart to the arranged Market Meeting?" Norman asked politely. "Sure, you and Ray's chariot is waiting. " Butler Vincent informed as they left.

Oh no. Ray is going to be in the same chariot as me.
I wonder how this is going to go...

WILL BE STRANGLE ME TO DEATH?

Come to think of it, we haven't really talked because of his attitude. I hope he isn't still mad at me.
I just want to be his friend.

Norman started walking down the long quiet halls, as the classical music played in the background it all came to a stop once he and Ray's eyes met at the exit of the castle.

They stood metres apart from each other, looking each other in the eyes.

This Royal Market Meeting, isn't going to go well.