The Lost Princess

VI

Amelia
I walk down the stairs, waving to all the commoners and royals. I see a girl with brown hair in a peach dress talking to Rose. The girl turns around and I gasp. She has sea blue eyes and freckles all over her nose. Her nose is elf-like and she has Mother's ears. Her lips are plump and pink, and she has dimples.

I walk over to the girl, before Emerald stops me, "Where do you think you're going?"

I contained my posture, "Leave me be, Emerald."

"No. You are going to hear why I am here," she growled.

I glared at her, "No, I am not." I shove her aside as I tap the girl. She turns around, her expression, shocked.

"Who are you and why do you have my face!" I growl.

The girl stammers, "Uh, your highness! I um, you see, uh.."

"DON'T YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME AMELIA!" Emerald screams as she runs through the crowd.

She reaches me and says, "You are going to find out why I am here, Amelia!" She looks at the girl, "And you too, Amelia!"

She stops and looks back and forth from me to the girl. "There are two Amelias?! What the.. That's not possible," Emerald stutters. She heavily breaths before passing out.

The girl gasps, "Should we help her?"

I wave her off, "She'll be fine. But you never answered my question. Who are you and why do we share a face?" The whole ballroom stops and stares at our encounter.

"My name is Bailey. I was found on April 16th on the door of the dressmaker. I have no idea why I have your face," Bailey says.

I freeze, "April 16th. The day Princess Ashlyn disappeared? How old were you?"

Bailey shrugged, "I was wearing a tailor-made purple dress with a number one on the back, so they decided that I was one."

"Ashlyn? Do you remember?" I whispered.

She looks at me, "Cookies. A man wearing black offered me cookies. When I accepted, her grabbed me and rode away on a castle horse. The horse crashed and I rolled through the mud to the door."

I held back my tears, "Ashlyn. It's really you."

"I guess so," Ashlyn says. I wipe a tear and we hug each other. Rose and Lily smile while everyone else smiled, too. Then, a very angry lady in a purple dress grabbed Ashlyn's hair.

Ashlyn
Deliah came from nowhere and yanked my hair and growled, "Let's go."

Amelia comes and separates Deliah from me, "What on Earth do you think your doing?"

"Well princess, this little scamp is a tramp," she says as she smacks my head, letting go of my hair, "And she snuck out the ball." I smelt whiskey on her, she probably had to much to drink.

She rose her hand to smack me again, but a hand pushed it back, "I think that's enough." I look up, to see Peter wearing a tailored green suit. The guards dragged Deliah away, as she screamed drunkenly.

"Prince Peter," Amelia curtsies.

I freeze, "Prince?"

Amelia nods, "Yes. Peter is the Prince of Amster, future King, I might add."

I look at his sea foam eyes, "You never told me you were a prince.."

He sighs, "I know, I should have. But there was this fear instilled at the back of my mind that you would spill out the secret for the rest of your kingdom. I'm sorry, princess, could you ever forgive me?"

I nodded, "Of course. You are one of my only friends. I can't afford to lose you."

He smiles, "Well, I can't afford to lose you either." I blush at his statement. Just then, King Edward, Queen Victoria, and Prince Aaron come to us.

"What is all the commotion?" Queen Victoria asked.

Peter stepped away, revealing me. Queen Victoria gasped, "Could it be?" She studied my cheekbones, my face, my eyes, and my freckles.

She choked back a sob and clung onto King Edward's arm, "It really is her. Our darling Ashlyn."

King Edward and Queen Victoria didn't hesitate to hug me. When they released, Prince Aaron stood there. He opened his arms, "Can I get one?" I nod and run into his arms as we share a hug.

We release before I take Rose and Lily's hands, "These are the sisters I grew up with. That lady who grabbed my hair was their mother, so they have nowhere to go."

King Edward smiles, "Well, we have an extra room they can stay in. We could marry them off to a lord or a prince. If, thats fine with them."

They nod, "Yes."

Queen Victoria claps, "We can have your celebratory ball later. But now, Aaron must announce who he chose. Come along, dears." I hug Rose and Lily before making my way up the balcony. I sit on the chair next to Amelia. Aaron cleared his throat and stood up.

Aaron
"I met some lovely girls today. They all have great personalities with great aspirations that I hope you achieve," my voice booms, "But, one girl shone above the rest. She speaks and looks like an angel from above. Any man would be proud to call her his wife. The young lady I had chosen is.."