CinderAmity

The Princess is Giving a Ball

"Why do you keep doing this, Your Highness?" King said as he and Luz walked through the halls of the castle together. "You know how much your mom hates it when you run off like that."

She had just changed into a white button-up shirt with short poofy sleeves, a purple vest with golden flowers printed on it, black velvet Capri pants, and a pair of white ballet flats. And she had no hood on so the curls in her hair and her round ears were now visible. Her reptilian palisman was nestled around her neck and resting on her shoulders as she walked.

"I'm sorry, King. Stringbean needed some fresh air, and I did too." Luz said. "Besides, no one treated me like a princess out there."

"I get it, Luz. I do. But next time, talk to your mom before going outside. Who knows what could've happened out there?"

"I keep telling you nothing happened. I was just hanging out and talking to a nice girl; everything was fine."

"A nice girl? Sure..." The little demon giggled with a sly look on his face.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" She put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow.

"Nothing. I'm just saying you seemed awfully interested in her back at the night market." He stopped walking and put his hands behind his back; she stopped too. "I mean, I could clearly see the way you looked at her. Plus, your cheeks were turning as red as rubies the whole time you two talked. You like her, don't you?"

"What? No! No way!" Her blush was starting to come back. "I mean, she and I just met and I hardly—"

"Princess Luzura!" A third voice interrupted.

King and Luz turned to see a woman with pale skin, odd eyes, and short red curly hair walk up to them. She gave a quick bow.

"Hi, Lilith." Luz casually greeted.

"I'm glad I found you, Your Highness. Your mother is in the next room, she wants to talk to you." Lilith said, directing the girl towards an open doorway.

"Okay. Thank you." She said before walking in.

Lilith turned to King. "Where was she this time?"

"Bonesborough night market." King replied before leaning in closer to her. "You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say the princess found herself a new crush."

"Oooh, really?" Lilith smiled.

"I can still hear you!" Luz called out; the two immediately went quiet.

In the room, Luz saw her mother sitting at a table next to a basilisk green skin, teal hair, and a couple of earrings. They were playing a game of Go Fish.

"Hey, mama. You wanted to see me?" Luz asked.

The Queen turned and smiled at the sight of her daughter. She got up, hugged her, and said, "Ah! Hola, mija. Where have you been? Vee and I were just talking about you."

"Sorry, mom." Luz then spotted a few papers on the table next to Vee. "Is this for the party you said you were planning for Halloween this year?"

"Yes. I've been reviewing a few things with Vee, but I need you to go over a few things, too."

"Well, okay, as long as it doesn't take too long."

Vee set her cards down, picked up the stack of papers, and went over to her sister. "It's really not that bad. Camila and I already went over food, music, games, and the venue; now we just need to make enough invites. We were thinking maybe forty or fifty, at the least."

"Oh." Luz glanced at the guest list, seeing quite a lot of familiar names. "No offense, but isn't this getting kind of... stale?"

"What do you mean, mija? We always do something big for Halloween. It's tradition." Camila said.