Royal Blood

Birdie

The rest of the day went by smoothly, Clark cooked us breakfast and I filled in Charlie on my life since she had last seen me. She was almost as outraged as Axton for some parts and ended up falling out of her chair laughing when I told her I fell off the roof much to my astonishment.

Can you come home yet? Whined Axton in my head. And your mother wants you fitted for a new wardrobe apparently.

I laughed out loud and shook my head at his separation anxiety and told him I would be back in 15 minutes. ¨Axton and the queen need me back. Thank you for the food and your kids are adorable. I'll see you guys around i'm guessing.¨ I smiled at them and gave Charlie a hug before walking back to the castle.

¨I'm so excited!!!¨ Marianna squealed the second I walked in the door. Her and the other older girls from my pack were freaking out because they get to be my royal ladies in waiting, Alicia too.

¨Dove, i'm glad you are home. I understand that you enjoy your own...style, but you are my daughter and you need to look the part. We can work on your etiquette at a later date. Your coronation will be in one week, that will give us the time to-¨I cut my mother off.

¨Whoa whoa whoa, coronation? I never agreed to walking around with a stick up my ass while covered in silk and gems.¨ I crossed my arms over my chest. I actually wouldn't mind being a princess and maybe I could change the way I dress but I am not going hold my pinkie out to drink.

¨That is not very lady like and I will not have my own daughter speak to me in such a-¨

¨Hard to believe I was the one born into royalty huh?¨ My father walked over and firmly grasped his mates elbow to stop her from talking. ¨I understand that this is a lot at once. Your coronation is still in a week, that is the day we will reveal our daughter is alive, most people just think you are a wayward daighter of an alpha we are granting asylum to. I also agree with your mother on this one, I am guessing you don't have the proper attire to attend the frequent events such as a coronation. We can hold off on the etiquette for a bit as long as you keep your mouth in check.¨ He winked at me and informed me that I was being fitted in the closet that was specifically set aside for me.

This 'closet' was an entire room, bigger than my bedroom at my first house. 3 of the walls were covered in shelves, drawers and bars or varying heights to hang things on. The last wall held a large floor to ceiling mirror, a vanity table with a ridiculous amount of make-up products on it, a jewelry box that was more like a small wardrobe that came to my hip and a mannequin that was exactly my size. Creepy. In the center of the room, there was a circular pedestal with a step leading up to it that surrounded the whole platform.

There was a woman standing next to the pedestal practically vibrating with excitement. She held a tape measure taut in her hands while the rest rested around her neck. She was short and curvy with the largest boobs I have ever seen on a person that small. She wore a tight dark blue pencil skirt that came to her knees with a white and navy striped dress shirt tucked in, she wore a silver locket with a bird on it and her bleach blonde hair was tied back in a tight bun but little tiny curls of wispy hair had escaped in her bouncing. Her glasses had slipped down her nose and her pupils looked huge in her baby blue eyes.

¨Hi! I'm Birdie! Well that's not my actual name, my real name is Emmy Hudson but I am very small and apparently I sound like a bird when I sing and I used to have a nasal problem that caused my nose to whistle whenever I laughed but I got that fixed it turned out to be a deviated septum I have a scar on my nose now because of it and if I go out at exactly 3:26 I get a nose bleed-¨ I cut off her incredibly fast rambling by firmly clutching her upper arms and looking her dead in the eyes.

¨Okay, calm down. You were going to run out of air at some point there Birdie. I am Dove, this is Courtney, Marianna, Alicia, Raina and Melody. I am guessing you are the tailor?¨ I laughed and she nodded profusely, how her glasses were still on is a mystery to me. ¨Okay, so why don't we get started fitting me for clothes. I'm pregnant so I am guessing I will be seeing you often as I get fatter. Do my ladies in waiting, as they are called, get new dresses for my coronation by any chance?¨

¨Of course Princess! They each get two new dresses, one for formal events such as the coronation and a slightly less extravagant dress for other occasions even though they will be standing behind you against the wall like servants which I personally think is stupid!¨ Birdie slapped her hands over her mouth and her huge eyes widened.

¨Don't keep your opinions to yourself little bird, these ladies will not be pushed to the back of the line. Maybe a few steps behind me but not against the wall.¨ I winked at the ladies behind me and we all started laughing when Alicia blew me a kiss with her middle finger.

¨That works for me Luna. In any case, all of you will need to strip down to your undies so I can measure you properly. If any of you ladies' measuments change be sure to find me and I will alter the dresses. You first Luna¨ Birdie smiled and pushed her glasses up her nose before starting to wrap the measuring around my hips.

¨Wait, do you make the dresses yourself?¨ Raina asked, looking impressed.

¨You betcha' I get sent a sketch of what they should look like and who its for so I can choose the correct measurements. I find the necessary gems, beads, fabric, thread etc. I find that it calms me down but before really big events I always get a flood of orders and it can get hectic.¨ She shrugged and wrote down some numbers in a notebook underneath my name before moving on to measure the length of my arms.

¨That's freaking ridiculous! We can help you, we have to repair and resize our morphsuits all the time so we all know how to sew.¨ I was glad to see that Courtney felt the same urge to refrain from swearing around our tiny, innocent little tailor.

¨Oh no that's not necessary ladies! I can handle it. Lift up your arms please.¨ She asked me.

¨Nonsense Birdie. We are all going to be great friends.¨ I smiled down at her and her cheeks flushed and she gave me a dazzling smile before turning back to her work. ¨Your're all done Princess. What kind of colors would you like me to make your wardrobe?¨

¨Stay away from light green, orange,brown, yellow or gray.No red either, unless it is the exact same shade as my hair. Gold, silver, darker greens, blue, purple, white are all fine. Please and thank you Birdie.¨ I kissed her on the forehead purely out of some instinct and we all fell to the floor laughing, including Birdie though she was fully clothed.

¨Alright,¨ she giggled and offered me a hand down from the pedestal. ¨Who's next?¨