emeralds and diamonds ♔ bridgerton

Part 1

"victoria, you have to start getting ready or you'll be late." my lady's maid stood next to my bed, awaking me.

"do i really have to go? we've been traveling so much, my back seriously can not take another carriage ride." i looked up at her.

let me introduce myself properly, i am lady victoria howard. one of the ladies to queen maragret of france, or as my family knows her queen mary. my family, the howards, lived in england until my ancestors fell out of favor with the crown multiple times. the most noteable being anne boleyn and katherine howard. you know, the two wives of henry the eighth who had their heads cut off. after england, they left for france. after anne spending a small amount of time in france, the howard's were offered a low job in court. and ever since then we've ranked higher and higher ever since. my mother was close with queen mary when the pair were growing up, playmates as some might say. so when i was growing up, i grew up alongside queen mary's kids. at 14 i was offered to be a lady-in-waiting to her majesty and i took the job.

now i was in london, for the marriage season. the queen and my parents thought it was the best idea for me to do the season here in england. france didn't necessarily have a marriage season, there was a common time to get married and proposed during. but it was never in writing. my parents decided to stay back at court, assuming i would be fine without them. which, never happens. i had only come over here with my best friend, well lady's maid, an assistant, a group of servants to help around the house, and a few chefs. just as much as everyone else in the 'ton'.

"yes your parents could not stress enough that you are meeting the ton before your introduction to the queen." my little dog, luna which meant moon in italian, whined at the thought.

i scratched luna'a head as i pulled her into my lap, "see even luna doesn't wanna go. how could you ever say no to this face?"

"although it may be hard, but i'm going to have to." i got up as she said.

anne picked up my dress and helped me into it. the corset was tight as it's ever been, probably even tighter. "what do you have a grudge against me?" i teased as she yanked the corset strings.

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"are we even sure that eloise will have a chance at this diamond thing?" benedict questioned the room.

"yes, everyone has a chance. well everyone expect those poor featherington girls." the bridgerton mother said as she looked out the window of the drawing room.

the bridgerton's were a legendary family in the busy city of london. with all of their picture perfect children. all of them sharing the same chestnut brown hair which seemed to be a perfect mix of their mother and late fathers.

daphne came running down to the group of bridgertons, all of them expect her and eloise. "eloise is refusing to leave her room."

"that's appearing to be a pattern." benedict muttered knowing that in the comfort of his home he could say whatever he wanted to.

within the next 10 minutes the flock of bridgertons were standing around eloise's door, patiently waiting for her to open the door.

and the door swung open, "don't say anything." eloise stormed through the door, passing by all the other bridgertons.