Brynn's Wish (EDITING)

Seven

It was dark outside, but the inside of the castle lit up like the sun from the extensive amount of lighting.

My old house didn't even have lighting; my parents were too poor to afford any electricity and candles would burn down our straw house.

I slowly found my way to the kitchen, and this time I didn't get lost!

I was greeted by the herd of servants carrying hot food that smelled really good. Lia was one of them, and she lead me to the ginormous dining room. There, in that room, was a chandelier, a table almost as long as the whole room, and there were a lot of people there. The Queen sat at the head of the table, obviously.

A lot of old and rich people were laughing and enjoying themselves at the table. Next to Mom, I assumed, the servants would be sitting, and I was seated next to Ty, who was sitting next to a really old lady. She introduced herself as one of the gardeners.

He smiled as I sat down next to him.

"Nice tux." I said as I marveled over his gorgeous tuxedo.

He smiled.

"Your dress is so...shiny..." He said as I smiled. The lighting made the diamonds sparkle.

I looked at the heavily decorated table. Flowers were positioned on either end of it in extraordinary handmade ceramic vases.

Plates were in front of every person, and these plates were heavy and expensive looking. They had little gold detailed flowers and dots on the brim.

The utensils were gold and really heavy as well. Heavy probably means expensive. They had squiggles and swirls engraved on the handles.

The glasses for the beverages were large and heavy as well. They had a lot of detail put into them. I picked up each object as if it were treasure, and it really looked like it was priceless.

Ty laughed as he saw me mesmerized at the table. His eyes met mine.

Wow...

I didn't really get a deep stare into his eyes, and now that I did, I saw the sparkle and deep blue that they had. He blinked and smiled again, revealing a perfectly aligned line of white, gleaming teeth. His hair was parted off to the side, with the ends folded up a little. He was...beautiful. I was going crazy over him.

Our gaze was broken when the servants entered and placed hot trays of food on the table. My jaw dropped when I saw the roasted pig placed in the center.

Everyone cheered.

I clapped as the servants bowed and began to cut the meat. They went around the table, serving each person with each dish of food, starting at the end of the table with the Queen.

Lia came over to me and plopped a slice of smoked pig on my plate. Then she put some corn, peas, carrots and potatoes on it as well. Ty raised his eyebrows as if to say "woah."

He got his meal a few moments after I did.

I didn't know when to begin eating. So I just sat and waited. Ty poked me, and I couldn't help but notice that he had already stuffed his face with corn.

"Eat." he said, chewing. I nodded and dove into the ham.

This food was so good...

"Now, before we begin," the Queen said.

Ty and I exchanged looks and we giggled.

"We would like to welcome a new guest to the castle! She is my newest adopted daughter and her name is Brynn!" The Queen said, motioning for me to stand up.

I scooted out of the chair and I stood as the people at the table oohed and aahed and clapped and smiled. I smiled too, only because Ty made a hilarious face.

Then I sat down and shoveled more food into my mouth.

"Slow down, Brynn!" he said, touching my back lightly. I jumped from the sudden move he made, and doing that, I almost choked.

Why would I get so anxious when he touched me? Jitters sparked inside me again, and I had to gulp down water from the heavy glass. People around me stared for a moment. It was obvious that I wasn't used to all this.

I met the whole crew that worked at the castle. Each gardner was a female, and there were 10 of them: Abigail (who was short and fat and had gray locks of hair), Mary-Jane (who looked about 30), Fran (the old lady next to Ty), Josie (another short and fat lady), Rhonda (she was 19 and pregnant, so she would have to quit her job soon), Wanda (she was from Spain and she looked about 70), Yolanda (Wanda's twin, yet she had an Adam's Apple for some really peculiar reason), Opal (who was Rhonda's mother), and Sadrine (who immigrated from Russia and who looked 20- literally. She was gorgeous with her blonde hair and blue eyes. Why was she a gardner!? She belongs in movies!)

The servants said hello to me again, and I even met the infamous butler: Robert. He would tend to any need I would have, aside working with Lia.

Each person was so nice, and once I was done eating, I ran to my room to get dressed into my pajamas.

I practically flew into the closet to grab the white nightgown. Once I put it on, I felt much better. The dresses weren't all to comfy.

Then I heard a knock on my door. I turned on a lamp and shut the closet door as I let the person in my room.

It was Ty.

His eyes widened as he saw me in the nightgown.

What? Did I look bad?

I turned to look in the mirror.

I was revealing a bit too much skin than usual. But that's what's required of a princess nowadays.

I turned back to Ty with an embarrassing smile.

"Uh...h-hey..." he said.

"Hi..." I said.

"I just came to say goodnight..." Ty said, practically drooling over the way I looked. He didn't show any embarrassment when I caught him staring.

I just blushed and said the same to him.

Did Ty have feelings for me? My head began to spin and I sat down on the bed.

"Bye." He said as he shut the door.

I felt dazed as he left my room.

Suddenly I snapped back to reality.

I thought about my family. My poor family...what were they doing now? Were they crying their eyes out as I was living the royal life and daydreaming over some boy?

I felt guilty.

So, I stepped out on my balcony and I gazed out to the town below us.

The castle was on a slight incline on a hill, so the town fell below the whole castle. It looked so small.

I looked at the dark town. The city was asleep. I couldn't make out which house was mine, since I was so high up and the buildings were incredibly tiny.

I only imagined what my mom and dad's friends would say about this. Or what my friends were to say of them found out I was sent to live with the Queen.

I missed my family...but I had to get used to this new lifestyle. After all, the Queen thought that my family did not want me since I ended up on the stage of the execution ceremony.

I sighed, turned around and entered my room again. I slid into bed and fell asleep quickly.

But I woke up in the middle of the night panting. I had a nightmare about the ceremony. I still saw it vividly- Warren's dead body falling to the ground, the little red haired girl flying off the stage from the impact of the spike ball.

Then I forgot about something that I had not really wanted to think about.

My new mom killed children with no mercy.

I pushed the thought out of my head and I tried to go back to sleep.