Marinette Dupain-Cheng's 16th birthday was rolling around. Little did she know she would get more than presents. A few days before, she would be told of her royalty in China. But the surprises didn't stop there! Her class would be going on a trip to...
After we headed back to our rooms, one of my ladies came by. My door was open.
"Omg! Is that you Marinette?" Lady Alannah says as she walks past my room realizing I was in there, so she backed up. Alannah and I had apparently known each other for awhile, according to my memories. I called her Anna. She was one of the ten ladies.
"Anna! Long time no see! I'm sorry I had to leave here..." I looked down at my feet, guiltily.
"Oh Marinette, no biggie! You're here now and that's what matters!" I giggled and we embraced. All my ladies were around my age.
"Ok Mari, I need to go now! Oh and, you and Alya have dress fitting at 3:00 PM. Call when you need me!" With that, Alannah ran off, down the long hallway of this magnificent palace. I checked the time, it was already 12:00 PM. I decided to call Alya and ask her if she wanted to eat.
"Hey Alys! Do you wanna meet up in the private dining room to eat lunch?" I asked her over the phone. "Yeah! Sure!" She replied.
~~~TIME SKIP
Alya and I were on our way to the huge and roomy walk in closet rooms with Lady Anastasia. I remember calling her Stacie, short for Anastasia. I wasn't that close with her.
"Ok girls, here we are!" Stacie said.
When we got to the walk in closet/dressing room/fitting room place, Lady Caroline and Lady Charlotte ran to me. I recognized them from my childhood as well, except much younger.
"Hey Carol! Hey Char!" We ran to each other and had a group hug. It was nice to see them again.
"We have picked the CUTEST outfits to try on! For you two of course." Lady Charlotte said, nodding to Alya and I. Did I mention Lady Charlotte and Caroline were twins? Probably not. They weren't identical though. I noticed Lady Caroline give a sign to someone in the walk in closet (we were in the dressing room/fitting room). One of my childhood friends, Lady Colette (Coco) walked in holding three dresses with Lady Cordelia (Cora) following close behind holding another three dresses. I assumed the orange ones in Lia's hands were for Alya to try on and the three pink ones in Coco's hands were mine.
"These dresses are the ones you two might be wearing during the ceremony. We have another batch of six dresses, three each, to choose one for the party afterwards." Coco said, grinning at me with excitement. "Alya, you too will be changing after Mari's coronation ceremony because you will be on stage." Cora said looking at Alya, trying to keep herself from telling Alya. Alya looked so confused. "Why?" She asked. "Alya, I was told to choose someone to help me and stay with me. Although you have no royal blood, you are like a sister to me, so I chose you. You will be obtaining the Royal title of Duchess of Shanghai." (ik there is no such thing as a Duchess of Shanghai but I decided to stick with it, I'm sorry xD) Alya looked so happy, I'm glad I was the one to tell her. "Now onto the fitting!" Lady Alannah says as she walks into the room. These are the three dresses Coco was holding for me.
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