Painted Roses

The Trial

At exactly 12:55 Penelope arrived in my room. I was so focused on my studies that I didn't even hear her come in. I just felt the chill of her cold hard eyes traveling down my spine. I turned around and before I could even say anything the room went dark. Penelope and I arrived in a very large room. There were 12 couches to be exact and 34 vases with flowers.

"Come on! Hurry!" Penelope screamed back at me. For a woman so petite, she surely traveled fast!

"I'm coming!" I guess I'd just have to look at all the princesses later. If I ever got that chance. All at once my nerves set in. What was this trial going to be like? After at least 3851 turns we arrived at two brass doors that extended from the ground all the way up to the 50 foot ceiling. Two gentlemen opened them for us. We walked in. Penelope motioned for me to take a seat while she went to talk to the big man up front. He was very short and I could barely see anything except his round bald head.

"All rise" a mighty voice spoke from a corner of the room. I stood. The man stepped up onto his little pedestal.

He spoke with a surprisingly powerful voice. "For those who don't know I am John L. Walkly. Today we are here to determine if Miss Anna Louis will become our new FIFTR representative. Please watch this video of her trainer."

A video started with Penelope describing my mission. Then it cut to the moment that I stepped out of the bathroom. From this angle you couldn't see the suspicion come across Louisa's face. I couldn't have been more grateful. The lights went off and we waited for a couple of moments until they cut to where Louisa woke me back up. Overall I thought my performance was good but when I looked over at Penelope she didn't show a hint of emotion. Great. Was I doomed?

"Now lets see what Princess Cassandra had to say."

" I feel like Anna did a great job. She only had to sleep though. It's not that hard. She did handle the attack well though. 4.5 stars out of 5." Her voice was sweet and genuine.

"Please make your decision now." Mr. Walkly said. We waited and waited and waited. Finally a woman stood up.

"We have come to a decision. Anna Louis will," she stopped, looked at me and smiled then continued, "be the new FIFTR representative if and only if she can make it through a full training."

Penelope turned to me a said, "Congrats! It's hard to impress Meredith. Now you need to do one more training. But don't worry this one won't be too hard."

I was amazed! I did it. I got a job! Wait! I don't know how much I will get paid.