Arcania

Kanchana's pov

Kanchana’s POV
   Now it was Chaitra’s turn. First she wore a baby pink coloured mermaid gown that had cape running down behind. It was pretty simple. “It’s very simple” I said and they both agreed to it. Next she wore a golden colour sparkling backless gown. It looked amazing on her but lacked some element. “You can wear this for your ball dance with your fierce darling Ryan” Muktha said which made me laugh so hard that I was in tears. Chaitra just rolled her eyes and went to change. Now she wore a red coloured, nice sparkling JUMPSUIT ???!!! Seriously a jumpsuit? “Our judgement on Ryan’s taste for choosing a dress for Crowning ceremony went to negatives after seeing this” Muktha said. “True” I agreed. “But it’s quite romantic for an evening date” I said and Muktha agreed with me with a smirk. “Revenge huh?” she asked by crossing her arms and we nodded with a grin. She went back to change into her last dress. It was a golden colour sparkly gown. It was almost similar to Muktha’s but it had a blue tinge of sparkle which made it more beautiful. It had a left side slit too. “Perfect” we said and she sighed. “Finally, one perfect dress!” she exclaimed. “So shall I call Alisha to send back these dresses?” Muktha asked. “Yes” we both said in unison but with a sad look. “Don’t worry, you can ask your respective prince charming to return it back to you” she said with a smirk as she went to call Alisha. “Same to you” Chaitra said.
   Few days had passed since the day both Muktha and Chaitra discovered their powers. Our training was reduced only to morning sessions, so all of us choose some or the other activity to do. I chose painting. Ok let’s see what I can draw. I started looking around for something to catch my eye that I could draw. “Ma’am, the paint you asked for” Alisha placed all the colours on the table next to me. “Can you suggest anything to draw?” I asked her. “ Ma’am, draw something from your imagination. Like keep your paint brush on the paper and you’ll automatically draw something from your instincts” she replied. “Oh. That’s a nice idea. Thanks” I said and she left with a smile. I followed her idea and started painting.
   Hours passed and finally I finished my art. Okay. It’s a scenery. It looks like a desert but suddenly there is a transition to a forest inside some magical sphere. I don’t know why, but this looks familiar. “Hey, let’s go” Chaitra and Muktha called for me. So, I just left the painting there and went with them. I told them what happened and they just denied it thinking it must be from one of my dreams. Maybe, I can agree with them on this point.
  “I met Denzel today” Chaitra said. “Oh, what did he say ?” I asked. “They are making him do some farming. He looks so ridiculous, like a detective doing farming. Especially in those clothes he looks so funny. You’ll see him sometime in those clothes don’t worry” she said as she was laughing and that automatically made us laugh. “But there was something weird. He said he felt something suspicious about the Kings and Mask. He didn’t know what exactly it was but there was something suspicious. And he also told that he overheard some conversation of Raveena and Mask and it was ridiculous. Like she was asking sorry and all. But then the guards were there so he couldn’t hear them completely. Anyways have you ever wondered that Mask and Raveena don’t look even 0.1% similar. I realised it when Denzel asked me the same question” she said. “Oh yeh. Now that I think about it I’ve never seen them talk in front of us.  And there was something strange today. I had been for gardening right. So there I saw some weird  flower which fell off from Raveena’s window. I thought of taking a closer look of it but then I didn’t want to, because it felt dangerous to touch it. So I left it there itself” Muktha told. “Oh. Let’s wait and see. Anyways tomorrow is the crowning ceremony and they all will be there. We’ll see what we can talk to them” I said and the both nodded..
   There were so many people in the great hall. The decorations were amazing! It was in the hall which is there on the first floor. They had decorated everything in gold. I guess that’s why the Kings asked us to send back the other dresses, to know which one we were wearing. There was a stage in the centre of the hall and it was decorating so beautifully, with flowers , fruits and even golden colour leaves.
    There were all kinds of people, from vampires to witches, rich to poor, all of them were present. That too all were dressed in silver. Maybe to contrast us. Even the kings were dressed in different shades of silver.  I think it was only Mask and Levi who were wearing other than dress code. Their usual black and white robes respectively. The Kings were standing in the middle of the stage and Alisha told us to go to them. As we walked towards them, all the eyes fell on us. Raveena was standing by the side giving that assuring smile. Maybe she has been in this situation someday and she knows how nervous we all are. “Congrats on the crown my lady” Derek whispered in my ear and I just blushed.
   “Welcome everyone. Welcome to the Crowning Ceremony of the QUEENS OF ARACANIA” Mask announced and the hall was filled with a thunder of claps. I felt nervous as well as proud. I wish my parents could be here. I miss them. Once the claps subsided Mask clapped twice. “Bring in the Lunarieens” He said and they bought them in three different trays. “Our honourable Kings, if you please” he said and the Kings went forward and took them. They placed them carefully on our necks. It was a gemstone pendant with a chain attached . Mine was a diamond stone locked with black locket and a jet black metal chain . It looked so beautiful. Chaitra’s was a ruby stone with platinum locket and chain . Muktha’s was also similar to her’s but it had a sapphire gem.
   Mask again clapped twice “Bring in the crowns” he said and the servants brought them. Suddenly Raveena collapsed. “Take her to the medics. Quick” Nolan ordered the servants and they immediately took her. “Let’s please move on with the ceremony” he said but there was too much chaos that we decided against it. “Let’s just let the Kings put it on our head later” Chaitra said and all five of us agreed with her and left