A Ghost On Earth - Wilbur Soot x oc

Chapter 24 - The Village

Chapter 24 - The Village

*Claire's POV*

Breakfast with the royals was great, they were all lovely. Tommy ended up speeding off as soon as he had finished his breakfast. We all laughed at him, he was obviously going to meet up with Lea in their little spot.

Now me and Wilbur were walking around the castle chatting. "Hey Claire, can I ask you a question?"

"You just did. Sorry, I had too, yes you can," I snickered at my own joke.

"Haha, anyway, I mean this as a genuine question and I don't want to be rude," Wilbur said.

"Ask away, I really don't mind," I said, it was true I really didn't mind.

"Well, you live in the castle right? And with your step mother and all.... Have you ever actually been outside the castle?" Wilbur asked.

That made me stop in my tracks. I've never left the castle..... How have I never left the castle? Wow....

"You... you haven't, have you?" Wilbur asked, stopping with me.

"Huh....I haven't...." I said, looking down.

"Well, how would you like to have a day trip out to the village with me?" Wilbur asked and my head shot up.

"Really?!" I said, my eyes sparkling.

"Yeah! Let's get ready shall we?" and with that me and Wilbur went to get ready.

I went to my room and one of the maids had dropped off a nice outfit for me.

This dress:

With this cloak. (Morgana ILY! If you watch Merlin, ILY)

At first I wondered why I needed the cloak but then I remembered we didn't want people recognizing Wilbur. I mean... him being the future king and all.

When I walked out of my room Wilbur was standing there with his hand up like he's about to knock. He was wearing a simple white blouse with black pants, but he had  a dark reddish brown cloak around his shoulders.

"Shall we go m'lady?" Wilbur asked, holding out his hand bowing slightly.

"Why yes," I replied, with a bright smile taking his hand. And with that the two went to the royal stable to get ready. Once they got there Claire informed Wilbur that she had never ridden a horse before, so Wilbur offered to let her ride with him.

"Careful Claire," Wilbur said, sitting on top of his horse helping Claire up. Once she managed to get up safely, the two rode out of the castle gates and to the village.

"Wow! It's so beautiful out here!" Claire said, in awe of the outside world. Wilbur just smiled, happy to see Claire so excited. He felt horrible for letting her grow up so awfully, but he knew Claire wouldn't want him to blame himself, so he tried not to. Key word: Tried.

"Hey Claire, there's a place I think we should go," Wilbur said.

"Oh? Lead the way!" Claire said, wrong her arms around Wilbur's stomach so she wouldn't fall off. Wilbur smiled with rosy cheeks before clicking the rains slightly to move his horse forward.

Soon, the two of them made it to a lovely looking shop, full of flowers and plants. A beautiful young lady walked out, with curly brown hair, beautiful green eyes and amazing eyeliner. Claire thought.

"This is our stop, m'lady," Wilbur said, getting off his horse and helping Claire down.

"Wow, this shop is breathtaking," Claire said, looking at all the flowers.

"Wilbur! Good to see you again! How are you? And who's this?" the lady from before asked, walking up to us.

"Hannah, this is Claire, Claire this is Hannah," Wilbur introduced the two women.

"It's lovely to meet you!" Hannah said, shaking Claire's hand.

"You too! I love your shop! It's beautiful!" Claire complimented and Hannah blushed.

"Ooooh stop! You're too nice!" Hannah smiled, "Is there anything I can do for you, Your majesty?" Hannah said, teasing Wilbur and bit and Claire giggled quietly.

"Ha ha, Hannah." Wilbur said, unimpressed, "I was just showing Claire around actually, thought I'd bring her here! She... lets just say, loves flowers."

Hannah was a little confused by that but rubbed it off. "Well, if you want flowers you've come to the right place!" Hannah said, chefully.

Hannah and Claire walked around, discussing different types of flowers while Wilbur stood back glad to see Claire so happy. He would join in but he knows nothing about flowers.

Wilbur then looked over and saw a bunch of dandelions. Huh... Dandelions... Wilbur thought before picking them up. He walked over to the two women deep in conversation and politely butted in.

"Sorry for interrupting, but how much are these Hannah?" Wilbur asked, holding up the bunch of dandelions.

"Oh Wilbur, you don't need to pay for them! We're friends!" Hannah said, pushing the flowers into his chest slightly.

"No no, I can't, please let me pa-"

"Nonsense! Just take them Wilbur!" Hannah laughed, cutting him off.

"Thank you Hannah," Wilbur smiled.

The three talked a little longer until Wilbur and Claire said goodbye. Riding off Claire had a question, "What are the flowers from Wil?"

Heyo!