The Return of the Princesses

Chapter 9

I shot up quickly as a wave of coolness hit me.

" What the he-" I stopped my natural instinct to curse in these types of situations, though it would be completely reasonable to since I just got a bucket of water dumped on my head.

All the girls and I managed to fall asleep on one bed together, and all of us got awoken in the same, glorious way. 

" This is disgusting!"

" I'm cold!"

" That scared me, my heart is pounding!" 

All the girls had quick and witty reactions to the situation, which surprised and confused most of the maids.

Right. We were supposed to act like princesses from the 1700's.

" What can we do for you ladies after such a rude awakening?" I stood up, trying to act Royal.

"I'm sorry my lady, but the carriages have arrived which will take each princess to their own kingdom, and none of you are dressed to leave this very room.." One of the older maids spoke. 

"You mean we are leaving each other?" Ariana came to my side.

" Well uhm yes, you cannot all live together."

" And why not?"

" Because each have their own Kingdom's, families, and responsibilities. We know you ladies get along quite well but you cannot afford to live your lives as one giant sleepover."

After what seemed like hours of fighting, the maids managed to feed, wash and clothe all of us in under 1 hour. I found myself out front of Scarlett's castle, being pushed towards my carriage. It was tall, long, and black with 4 black stallions pulling it.

" By girls!" Scarlett called from behind us, with Florian's hand wrapped around her waist he was waving goodbye.

" Goodbye Snow, good bye girls!" I waved down the line at the other girls being pushed to their carriages. We all tried to remain calm, and act like we knew what we were doing. But deep down, we had no idea what kind of mess we were getting into. 

I stepped into my carriage, with the door slamming behind me, and I was thankful to finally be alone.

" Hello Princess Belle!" 

I almost groaned out loud when I heard another voice.

I tall, slender female body slid out of the corner of the dark carriage. 

I fell down into the seat as the carriage jerked alive and we started heading out of the Kingdom.

" Hello." I replied.

She looked at me and smirked, " I shouldn't say Belle, I should be saying Beverley. "

" Wha- I don't know what you're talking about." I tensed, the fairies didn't want anyone else knowing about our secret.

" Cut the lies child, we both know the truth."

" How do you know?"

" Meet me out in your garden tonight at midnight and we will talk then." She nodded, and her body slowly evaporated into thin air and she disappeared.

" You've got to be kidding me." I said to myself, lighting banging my head off the wall of the carriage, it was too early in the morning for more drama to be added to this never ending terror story that was turning out to be my life.