The Wedding Reception

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Three long tables were set out and places were set on only the left side of the table to make for a quick clean up for the staff to take away the dishes. Only the high table was filled at the end of the 14th century, this included King Steran, King Hubert, Princess Aurora, Prince Philip and the three good fairies and Philip's two maids, Eloise and Amelie trusted new friends of King Hubert. Servants did not make entirely separate dishes one at a time they'd make bowls and bowls of dishes and served them on a silver platter of a serving tray setting the trays at the center of the table as the Royals had not sat down the other three tables of people were still standing at the places at the table, pottage dishes warm and steaming on the wooden oaken tables, along with colorful bowls of many different fruits. At the center of all three tables sat boar roasts with an apple in its mouth. Boars have and always been considered nasty vermin and a pestilence problem in the European countries. That was offered as the fancy meat course, but there were other meats available too. The pottage dish today was Shepherd's Pie a form of warm soup with a crusty cheesy mashed potato topping, and beef and mixed vegetables all wrapped up together.
Aurora, however, was slightly upset about one dish. She refused to have any wild birds be meat at her wedding reception as she was friends with the birds of the wild. Something she had in common with the most notorious villains of our current world or so we thought. Aurora struggled to eat her share it was too much food which begs the question is how do people today do such crazy food eating contests? I still don't understand that especially if Medieval Royals couldn't eat their entire feast. By the time the first couple's Dance came around, Aurora was relieved she had danced with her Father, and King Hubert and then Prince Philip as it eased her aching stomach from such rich foods. The Shepherd's Pie and baguettes helped ease its pain as the gravy was filled with healthy nutrition as well as the broth. Aurora gave her wine portion to her Father she did not particularly like wine it also bothered her stomach. She ate a tiny slice of the cheesecake she helped Fauna bake and she and Philip cut together before their first truly couples dance and as they waltzed a song Aurora hadn't heard as she had been put to sleep was cheered by her entire realm.

"🎶Joyfully now to our Princess we come,
Bearing gifts and plentiful best wishes too.
We bid and pledge our loyalty anew to our Future King Philip and Queen Aurora!

Hail, Princess Aurora, and hail Prince Philip!
All hail to Princess Aurora!
All her subjects adore her
Hail to the Princess Aurora!
Hail to Prince Philip
Health to our next monarchs!
Wealth to our new Royal Couple!
Long live Princess Aurora and Prince Philip!
Hail to the King and Queen of the Future.
Hail, Hail Aurora and Philip!
Health to the two lovebirds.
Wealth to the two love birds.
Long live the Princess Aurora
And long live the Prince Philip
Hail to the King and Hail to the Queen of our Future.
Hail to the newly wedded couple.
Princess Aurora and Prince Philip forevermore."

But the minstrels and jesters and courtiers were unawares that Stefan's decision to find another bride would reek havoc on the expectations of the citizens of the Neapolix kingdom and upset its allies Empress Tiffany of Rubesco especially. This was an unexpected roman type of people not as unfriendly as the people we read about in storybooks of history in class today. That was not Tiffany's concern. She had 27 states to rule on her own. She had two kids, Prince Sylvian and Princess Tamara, and they also had a rescued younger brother named Adrian. Tiffany lost her husband the Emperor when he got on Maleficent's nerves trying to take her for his own. Maleficent revealed the treachery to the Empress and her adorable kids to the pink Dahlian Dragon named Rubesco a guardian of the Empire. He was outraged. Tiffany was outraged and she did not dare tell her children their father was a concubine seeker a common thing in the past of many European monarchs that riled many ladies up. If you actually looked closely at Maleficent's main robes the tunic was black but the very opening edges of such a tunic went from lavender to bright pink at the very bottom marking her trust and friendship with both Leah the First of Neapolix and Empress Tiffany of Rubesco as both of them had those colors Leah wore a constant stream of purple gowns. Tiffany's national color was pink in her kingdom. She sent the dragon on her own husband late at night when no one was awake and tossed the jar of ashes brought back by Maleficent into the nearby river never ever to be found again.

Philip and Aurora finally departed into the carriage. And they headed off into the world of Paris. Philip had entered his coming on 21st year of his life when he married Aurora when she was just coming onto 17 years old herself.

"The place is so different from our textbooks back home Philip." stammered Aurora looking at the cleaned up city of the village. The city no longer shivered with fear the children of the farm on the edge of the city who had been saved by Phoebus were well into their late teens early twenties.

"We have an honest Captain of the Guard Phoebus and his wife Lady Esmerelda and their 11 year old son Zephyr and six year old daughter, Rella.The new  Lady of ours is a Romani gypsy. Travelers are welcome to our home come on in, visitors."

Aurora pulled down her gray cloak hood revealing her head of dawn blonde hair. The farmers shrieked in surprise they had never seen anybody as equally beautiful as their new Lady Esmerelda she was a lady of Nightly beauty, Aurora was truly the Princess of the Daytime beauty herself. Dawn and Evening were going to meet face to face themselves soon.

"My name is Aurora, and this is my husband Prince Philip."

"I'm Kelley." said the platinum blonde haired girl. "And this is my older brother Cory. We have a spare room upstairs you may stay in for awhile. You're very gorgeous Aurora stay close to her, Philip her beauty will attract you unfriendly eyes here in France even in Paris."

Kelley served them white tea at Philip's request watching out for Aurora from the get go.

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Aurora's wedding gown below veil and no veil and without Philip

Aurora's wedding gown below veil and no veil and without Philip

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