Little Town of Torriden (rewriting off Wattpad)

14 ~ The Ball, Part 2

Estelle walked along a small pond that was neatly decorated outside, admiring all of the small details that the fish possessed. Small splashes of water coated nearby rocks as fish occasionally splashed around. Sometimes, a fish would swim up to the surface and take gulps of surface water, and Estelle laughed to herself seeing their little mouths open and close, making a droplet sound.

After the female felt she had gotten her fill of fresh air, she decided to head back inside, maybe get a drink. Turning the corner, Estelle had a split second flash vision. She couldn't make out exactly what she was seeing, but it seemed like there was a dimly lit bloody animal, laying on its side near a bush. Thankfully, a sudden impact with another body got Estelle out of this terrible vision. Awaken by the feel of a body bumping into her, Estelle lost her balance, and her instincts kicked in.

Getting a fistful of cloth, Estelle had grabbed onto a woman's dress, but instead of balancing herself out, she had dragged the other woman down with her. Estelle felt the harsh sting of the cold stone hit her back, and the woman's whom Estelle had bumped into, body on top of hers. Heat filled estelles entire body when she opened her eyes, revealing that a gorgeous woman was on top of her, with only a few mere inches separating their faces.

The woman had dark black hair, which was partially slicked back, and a long forest green dress. Her eyes matched her hair, and the woman's overall complexion made Estelle blush immensely.

The two women seemed to be frozen in time as their eyes locked with one another's. It was a mildly cold evening, but the both of them felt hot, and could feel the warm breath of one another lightly pass over their faces. It was only when someone else had asked if they were ok that the two snapped back to the reality of the situation.

Estelle was the first to speak, and she reassured the concerned person before turning back to the dark haired woman.

"I'm so so sorry I didn't think when I lost balance, I just grabbed onto the nearest object and that happened to be your dress, but I didn't mean to pull you down with me and-"

"It's ok, at least it's a memorable first impression." As the woman spoke, she smiled and let out a small laugh. Halfway into getting up, the black eyed woman offered her hand.

Estelle took her hand, and the two brushed off their dresses before the dark haired woman offered her hand again, and began speaking.

"I'm Aranya."

Estelle smiled and introduced herself.

"You're Estelle? As in one of the princesses of Torriden?" Aranya had an excited look on her face as she energetically asked questions.

"Ya?" Estelle laughed, and was surprised by the enthusiasm Aranya showed.

The two continued talking for a period of time, before an announcement came on.

"I would like to invite everyone to the ballroom, for the dance of the evening."

People from all around the castle started filtering into the ballroom, and eventually, it was full of ball gowns and suits.

As the orchestra faded into silence, only small noises from clothes rubbing against each other or quiet steps could be heard. However, it was only a few moments before everyone gasped in awe, seeing the extravagant woman, who had made a grand entrance earlier on with her enrapturing dress and long brown hair, on the opposite staircase as the tall, mysterious, white haired man.

Slowly making their way down the staircases, everyone's eyes glued onto them, Alyson seemed to have a confident, powerful, and intimidating look, whilst Keiren had a smirk plastered onto his face that he seemed to not be capable of controlling.