the unexpected

chapter #1 The new beginning

"Marriage!" Lilly screamed, slamming her sword on her fathers desk.
"I cannot possibly marry any one let alone one of his kind" she hissed. 
"You are going to marry him no matter how much you whine"
Lilly’s father was the king of Arccmoore. He had recently signed a treaty with the king of Netherrim, his daughter Lilly Arccmoore will marry prince Eric Netherrim in 2 weeks' time. He has recently told Lilly about the accommodations he has made, and Lilly was furious. As the king was thinking back on his daughter’s childhood he heard a slam, he looked up and saw that Lilly has stormed off. He looked out his large window and saw the beautiful garden, he was remembering the time when Lilly was Practicing with her sword and fell down crying, her mother, the queen kissed her scraped knee and with a soft voice told her, "no matter what get back up and stand your ground, a kingdom doesn’t care how beautiful the queen is, they only care about her strength."
Lilly plopped on her bed and screamed, Meredith, her maiden from birth ran into the room and saw her. 
"Lilly, you will cut your blanket with your chainmail on"
Lilly quickly jumped off the bed and straightened herself. 
"Sorry Meredith, I am just angry at my father. He ha-"
"he has signed a treaty with Netherrim and you will marry the prince." Meredith said sharply
Meredith walked into the wash room and was getting a bath ready, Lilly stripped her clothing and sat in the bath. Lilly was staring at her reflection in the water while Meredith was cleaning her. After she got into her night dress and meredith was brushing her hair. 
Meredith looked at Lilly and softly said, "you look just like your mother, she would be so proud of you"
Lilly looked at Meredith through the mirror "I miss her."
Lilly was fighting back tears and wrapped her hand around the Necklace on her neck. The necklace was a small silver heart with elegant engravings and there's a sapphire in the middle. Her mother gave her the necklace while she was on her death bed. 
"come on, you should head to bed, we leave for Netherrim at noon."
Lilly kept thinking to herself about what the prince would be like 'I bet he’s short and has warts on his face' she thought. She snickered to herself and fell asleep.