Utopia

Chapter 9

'Sebastian! Come on! We need to get dressed!' I tell him and he is waving his hand telling me to calm down. I roll my eyes and walk through Lilliowy's old castle, it is still intact. Nothing has gone wrong here, surprisingly. We managed to sneak in, every one of us, who were going to fight. Triton send word that he also poisoned the wine supplies, which makes us unable to drink that. Everyone in the land got an invitation to the masquerade. So we decided to go. Of course he is expecting us, that is why he sent those invites. I am just glad he is stupid enough to make it a masked ball. I walk away from the living room and into my old room. Everything is still as it was, only the windows are closed, along with the curtains. I smile and walk towards the wardrobe in the room, looking through the dresses. Not one dress is speaking to me. Unfortunately.

'Did you find something?' Reaquela asks me as she walks in and I shake my head.

'No, nothing is speaking to me.' She smiles slightly.

'Triton sent us this.' She hands me a bundle, she too has one in her hands. 'Diana and Feline also got one. Did you mention us?' She asks and I nod.

'I mentioned you in a few letters we sent to him.' She smiles and sits down on the bed. I sit down beside her and slowly open the package. The color greeting me is making me gasp. It is a silver color with soft green shimmers dancing in the fabric. I lay it carefully over my arm and look at Diana.

'Get the other girls and meet me in the bathing room. Quickly. We will do our hair and other things over here.' She nods and leaves the room with her package. I quickly make my way over there and start to prepare the bathtub. The lions feet holding it up are still shining in the candle light. Boiling water above the fire, I manage to slowly fill the tub. The sound of girls talking makes me look up. Reaquela is walking in front of everyone, with four unopened packages in her hands. The ones behind her are all holding two buckets, steaming coming out of them, boiling water. They throw it in and I pour some oils into it too.

'Well, we can almost enter the water, maybe we should pour one bucket of cold water into it.' I tell them and do just that. After that, we all undress and climb in. We all wash our hair and bodies before brushing our hair through with a little bit of oil. We then climb out of the water and dry ourselves. Our hair is slowly drying with the oils, we wrap them up in a towel to help them dry and Diana helps me into my dress. It fits like a glove. Then the girls open up their packages. The dresses are gorgeous and we quickly put them on, before walking back to my room and doing our hair. My hair is braided into a crown on my head, the crown King Logan gave me resting on my head too. I grab the bracelet Triton gave me and the Necklace from Sebastian and put them on too. I slip into a pair of riding boots, which are not visible under my dress. The girls also put on boots and we stand in front of the looking glass together. Diana looks gorgeous. Her blonde pixie cut is adorned with a few small diamonds, making her hair shimmer. Her dress is a sapphire color, matching with her eyes. The dress has two small straps that fall over her shoulders, then the dress is fitting down to her waist where it flows down, with a lot of fabric, which makes it easier for her to move when fighting. Reaquela looks beautiful too. Her mid-back falling, tight, light brown curls are pinned and braided together with small flowers, falling still down her back. Her dress has a low cut back, covered with lacey flower pattern. The lace also covers the front and her two straps. The neckline is square. Her skirt is also flowy, with lots of fabric so she can move. The dress is a soft pink making her hazel eyes stand out. Only the top is covered in black lace. I look over at Feline. Her fiery red hair is pin-straight and falls down her back reaching her bum. We braided it up into a bun that lays in her neck. Her dress is a soft blue to accentuate her eyes. It has a tight bodice, with a square neckline and long sleeves that reach her wrists. Her skirt is also loose and flowing down her body. Silver and light blue gems are etched into the fabric, making it shimmer with each movement she makes. I look at myself. The crown on my head fits just right, the bracelet is not to small not too, the necklace is perfect. The dress is magnificent. It is a silver dress, with a light green veil hanging from my shoulder blades. Under my bust is a beautiful green belt where a few silver cords hang and beautiful green emeralds are attached to the ends, moving with each moment I make.