Maddie the First

Once Upon A Princess. Part Three

The next morning, the two birds from yesterday flew to Maddie's window and opened it up. On the end of the bed were the bunny and squirrel. 

"Well, should we wake her up?" The red bird, Robin, asked

"Are you kidding? The girl screamed like a banshee yesterday. And I got sensitive ears," the bunny told the Robin

With the two of them talking, Maddie woke up, confused as to who was talking

"I'm not going to scream," Maddie told them

"That's a relief," The bunny said.

Realising that these animals could talk, Maddie did scream, and so did the others. 

"You can hear us?" The Bunny asked

"You can talk?" Maddie asked

"'Can he stop talking?' is a better question," Robin said

"Hey!" The bunny said offended," So, what are we dealing with here? Some kind of a magic spell or something?"

Maddie looked at her amulet, thinking to herself, "With each deed performed, for better or worse, a power is granted, a blessing or curse," Maddie gasped, "I helped a baby bird yesterday and I think the amulet gave me the power to talk to animals!"

"Oh. That is great, kid, 'cause there's a few things that I've been meaning to talk to you princesses about," The bunny said

"Lil' Vent, not now. She needs to get dressed for school," Robin told him

"It's okay, Lil' Vent. Tell me," Maddie said hugging him

Lil' Vent didn't like the hugging and told her to put him down.

"Oh, sorry. You're just so cute and cuddly, I couldn't help it," Maddie said putting him down

"Yeah, well, please, help it," Lil' Vent told her, "Okay. Now, why do you think us woodland creatures have been helping you princesses for all these years?"

"I don't know. Tell me," Maddie said as she got dressed for the day

"'Cause we gotta eat. And you got the food."

Lil' Vent and the birds started to explain that, for eons, animals have helped Princesses with their chores and helping them with the littlest things. And what do they get in return? Nothing. So, if they were going to help Maddie, all they wanted was to have some food on their plates. That's all they wanted. Well, Maddie was more than happy to give them what they wanted. Besides, she could use the help if she ever wanted to become a real Princess.

After a quick picnic, Maddie heard the horses on the carriage, waiting for Maddie to leave for school. Lil' Vent assured Maddie that she would be fine and not to worry about the other kids. All Maddie needed to do was keep her eye on the ball. That ball meaning her Royal ball. With new-found confidence, Maddie was ready to face the day and promised herself that she would learn to be the best Princess ever.

Lil' Vent cheered her on as she went to the carriage. At school, Maddie was struggling. She was finding it hard to curtsy properly. But she got it right after a few goes. Then she had to learn how to pour tea correctly. Starscream watched from a distance, becoming slightly worried for his new sister. At break, Maddie started making new friends while Pippa watched from the sidelines, feeling jealous that Maddie was getting all the attention instead of her.

After another long day at school, the three arrived home where all the servants were rushing to get this ball organized for tomorrow. Bruno was ordering everyone around, really wanting to make Maddie's debut perfect. Sarayah saw Maddie watching everyone and decided to ask how school was. Maddie only sighed and explained that she thought being a Princess would be really easy. But, in reality, it was really hard. Thankfully, Sarayah knew exactly how to make Maddie happy.