Between Crown and Heart - Book 1

54 - Ball Preparations

"Your defensive skills are excellent, My Lady! I believe we should start training your offensive skills next Friday." My guardian said to me after our training unit.

"Really? I believe I am still bad!" I managed to say between my heavy breaths.

"As you think, My Lady. If you want to train more, I will obey." She bowed down.

That behavior got on my nerves. I couldn't make a joke without hearing 'As you wish, My Lady.' or 'What do you believe is best, My Lady.'

"No. If you believe it's enough, well then it's enough. We will start next Friday with offensive strategies, right?" She bowed down.

"We will meet next Friday then, My Lady. Please learn five offensive spells from your secret books." She was about to go.

"Yes. But wait, please." She stopped and looked at me patiently, well I guess she was doing this.

"Well, there will be a ball the day after tomorrow." I said.

"And... I am a little anxious. I've never attend a ball before. And I can't dance. And I don't have a dress for the ball either." I said to her.

"Don't worry, My Lady. Everything will turn out for the best.

As the Lady you have to attend several balls in the future. Just imagine this as a training."

"What?! But I can't dance!" I said horrified.

"Oh yes, you can. I believe you danced outstandingly in that dance lesson of your teacher. She even complimented you."

"How do you know that?" I asked stunned.

"I am always with you, My Lady." She just said.

"But that was just coincidence!" I came back to the topic.

"Nothing is coincidence, My Lady." She made a pause.

"Didn't you feel that sensation in your whole body while dancing?"

"No." I lied.

"That is an indication that dancing is in your nature because you are the Lady!"

I looked worried in the trees of the forbidden forrest.

"I still don't have a dress." I tried at the end with my best argument.

"You have an own tailor, My Lady." She chuckled.

"I don't?!" I said stunned.

"Yes, you have. Every Lady has an own tailor for their dresses. And your dress will be in your dorm room by the morning of the ball.

Have you any special orders or wishes, My Lady?"

"No." I said quickly without any idea.

"It should only be a light color." I added.

"Very well, My Lady." She bowed down.

"I have to leave, My Lady. I need to tell your tailor about your dress." I nodded.

"Won't he need my size?"

"No, My Lady. We already have your size."

I wondered how but I thought I should ask her next time.

"Okay. Well, bye then." I waved at her.

"Farewell, My Lady. And remember when you are dancing, think about nothing. You only need to get lost in the music." I nodded and she left.

"And just think you are a swan." I muttered and remembered Professor McGonagall.

I walked back to the school and entered my dorm room to find Royalty laying on the floor lazily.