The Reigns - Stydia Au

Chapter 3 - The Deal

~Lydia's pov~

"Allow everyone in the entire Kingdom and little towns to attend this ball. I also want another thing, I want to choose the musicians." I smiled at my genius idea. My parents looked at me slightly taken back, at what I had just said. "Lydia, why would you want this?" My father questioned my decision.

"Father, I would like to be able to choose between every bachelor on the land, not just some arrogant man, who thinks he is eligible or desirable, which you and mother have picked out for me, based on what you heard about them. Do not get me wrong, but I would like to have a say on, whom I marry. I would also like to have a say on, the music which is played at the ball; I mean, it is my ball." The king looked at me.

"Fine, you win. But Lydia, you will have to write, what you want down on a piece of paper, and I will give it to the planners."

"Why should I write something down, when I can simple tell them?" I excused myself and walked up to Gertrude.

"Gertrude? May I ask you a quick question?"

"Of course, Lydia, what is it?" she put her duster down and turned to me.
"I would like to ask you, who are the event planners for this year's ball?" she smiled at me. "Why, that would happen to be me and a couple of others." she simply told me.

"Gertrude, don't you do enough? You need to rest every once in a while. Don't you get tired?" I was concerned about her. She laughed at me "May I ask, what do you find amusing?" she laughed again. "I apologise, Lydia, it's just that, I have really watched you grow up and now your a woman, it is awfully spectacular." I smiled and blushed at her compliment. "Why, thank you." I replied looking at the floor.

"So, what was it that you would like, with the ball?" she reminded me the reason I came here. "I would like everyone in the whole kingdom, meaning the whole land, and the little towns, to be invited to the ball. I would also like to pick out the musicians." I remembered how Stiles used to play the piano, he used to play the song white clouds by Ludovico Einaudi, or in Italian, nuvole bianche. I would sway and dance to it, it quickly became my favourite song.

"Very well, we will start right away. However, Lydia, you will have to invite the musicians, you want, individually to the guests." Gertrude informed me.

"Very well, and thank you very much, Gertrude, for everything. I will get started right this moment, however I should get going somewhere, I will see you later." I excused myself and left castle, along with Caramel; we rode up to the Argent Manor. I need to see my best friend.

I used the door knocker and waited. The door opened revealing Allison. I hugged her. "Hello, I needed to talk to you." she looked at me concerned. "Lydia? What is the matter?" I smiled at her.

"Nothing, I have some amazing news for you! Come on, let's ride our horses around and I will tell you all about it!" I smiled with excitement. Allison laughed at me and told me to wait for her so she can get her horse, Shadow.

I waited for her and shortly after Allison joined me and came with Shadow. "Come now, let me know what you are dying to tell me." she smiled I smiled back at her.

"Very well, I met Stiles again, and all I have to say is that he looks like a angel." I smiled like an idiot and Allison was squealing and hitting my arm with excitement. "You have to tell me everything!!" she squealed at me.

I laughed at her child like behaviour "Alright, but please stop hitting my arm" I laughed. "Okay, but please start telling me everything that happened!"
"Okay, I decided to ride Midnight to a random town nearby the kingdom. It was called Beacon Hills, a very pretty town may I add, I will cut to the chase. So I saw a guy who was wondering around, he look slightly bothered by something, so I came and asked him what the matter was, and then I thought he looked familiar, I asked him what his name was; he told me his name was Stiles Stilinski. Can I just say that he looks ever so handsome, even more than the day I last saw him. I told him how I recognised him and he then recognised me too! He didn't recognise me at first, but he told me how I looked more exquisite than I did, the last day he saw me!" I gushed. Allison squealed and then I squealed along with her.

"You too need to get married like right now!!!" she giggled with excitement. "No no no, I don't really like him."

"Oh, quiet you! You both liked each other, since the day you both met!" I shook my head in denial. "Do not shake your head at me, young lady! You know this is the truth." I laughed at her.

"Alright, in other crazy events which occurred this week, my parents told me that they are planning a ball, so I can marry a guy of my choice who attends, however they choose who goes. The week before, they brought a guy, who could be my own father! To come and visit and proposed to me; and all I have to say is that I have never met someone so arrogant and egotistical. All of them seem to be the same. I just want someone who can love me for me and not my family heirloom." I exclaimed.

"Then, why don't you go out and find a guy, which will love you for you and nothing else. Oh wait, you already found this guy, it's a Stiles Stilinski! Now why don't you go get him woman?!" Allison pushed me and gave me a nudge.

"Come on, leave me alone" I said defending myself. I laughed and then make caramel go faster, so I would be farther than Allison and start a race. "Oh no, I wouldn't do that if I were you, me and Shadow can go faster than you and Caramel could ever go." "Then, catch me if you can!"

We started to race around the woods. Allison and I lost track of time and before we knew it, the sun began to fall. "That was fun, we should do this again sometime." "I most certainly agree." I smiled at my best friend. "We should do this again sometime, after you finally run out of arrogant men to meet." "Ugh! I would love that to happen, it's like they never run out, there's millions of them." Allison laughed at me.

"Oh, speaking of men, I forgot to tell you something very important." Allison's head turn to the side. "Could it be, how you and Stiles are going to get married?" I laughed at her and blushed "No, we are not getting married" "Yet" she nudged me.

"Okay, as I was saying, I told my parents that I would like every bachelor in the kingdom to be invited to the ball, and how I wanted to pick out the musicians." Allison's head turned to the side "Is this so you can invite Stiles?"

"Oh my goodness, you need to stop teasing me so much."

"Why is it because you are getting tired of denying your love for Stiles?"

"You know, I am quickly starting to regret telling you about meeting him, again." she smiled innocently. "You are truly evil, you know that right" I told her, the same innocent smile remains on her face. "And that is the exact reason you love me."

"I must get going now I will see you tomorrow, goodbye." "Goodbye, Lydia, until tomorrow." she smiled at me and left. Oh good Lord, why didn't I tease her back about Scott?

I returned home with a smile on my face. I could stop thinking about the ball and Stiles.