Journey To the Past [ Romanovs x Reader] 🇺🇸

Gone forever : Act II Finale

Third Person POV

" Do you have to go, auntie?" [ Y/N] asked sadly. " Can't you stay just a little bit for a party...?" She looked at her hopefully, but Sonia shook her head. " I promised, the Dowager Empress I'll go with her. I can't break the promise."
Someone came into the room.
" Are you ready, [Y/N]?" Alexandra asked.
" Yes, Your Majesty." The girl nodded. The tsarina smiled to her and then turned to Sonia. " It's the first ball like this since 1903... Are you sure, you don't want to stay?"
" We've been through this. I already told you, I promised the Dowager Empress..."
" A propos my mother~" Nicholas cut in. " She wrote to me yesterday, that she's changed her mind and she's staying for the ball.
" What?!" [Y/N]'s aunt was almost angry. " And she didn't inform me?! Very nice!"
" Then, I guess you have no choice, auntie... You have to stay. After all, you promised the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna to go to Paris with her, haven't you ~?" The girl smiled sweetly, but her eyes were smirking.
" Then... I guess you're right. Sonia agreed with a sigh.
" Perfect. " Alexandra seemed very pleased for such change of plans and so did her husband.
" Shall we go?" He asked, offering his arm for Alexandra and she nodded with a smile.
Before walking out of the room after them, [Y/N] glanced at her reflection in the mirror one last time. She wore a cream coloured dress with delicate pattern embroidered with golden thread. It had a long sleeves and [f/c] sash. The girl also wore a kokoshnik on her head, small golden bracelet on her right hand and, of course, her mother's necklace. " I like this dress so much better than the one I wore on Nastya's debutante ball." She thought with a smile.

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This ball was very different than the one she attended to, back in 1917, or the unfortunate one in 1914. All the guests were dressed in more traditional Russian clothing. She looked around in awe. " It's so beautiful..."

She turned and saw Nicholas bowing towards her. " The tsar requests the first dance of the evening, mademoiselle..." [Y/N] giggled and played along. " I am the countess [Y/N] Andrieyevna Ipolitova." She curtsied.

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As the music started to play, they began to dance.

At first, people only watched them, but soon everyone started to joined the dance.

[Y/N] grabbed Olga's hands as they spun around a little, then she was surrounded by Anastasia and Maria on one side, Tatiana on the other. They laughed as all five of them stood in line, took each other's hands and danced together.

As they broke apart, each of the girls found herself with new dance partner. [Y/N] danced with her brother, Siergiey.

However, there was someone else, who wanted to dance with her...
Alexei bowed, [Y/N] looked at her brother for permission. He just shrugged and nodded. She curtsied towards the 'new'  partner and they began to dance.

It all was simply marvelous. Beautiful gowns, beautiful dance, beautiful music, beautiful scenery... It was like the most wonderful dream come true...
Dimitri and his sister, Polina watched all this in amazement. But the girl noticed that their friend Gleb disappeared somewhere and she got slightly worried... She wouldn't want for him to get into any trouble... She really liked him, maybe, even had a tiny crush on him...

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