The chosen few

1: Let's start from the beginning

"Anastasia, mother wants to see you downstairs!" May, my sister, shouts before rushing back down the marble stairs that lead to my room.

"Alright, Alright I'm coming now!" I yell back before rushing towards my closed door. Sliding down the banister, I reach the end of the stairs in no time and rush forward to the where mother is stood.

"Anastasia! I have told you to stop sliding down the banister it is not at all ladylike or what should be seen from the Princess of Layword. You need to learn young lady this 'fun' won't teach you how to run a kingdom." My mother says harshly before gliding effortlessly over to the guests that were forgotten in the chaos.

"Lord Michaelson, this is my daughter, and future queen, Princess Anastasia." Mother says while I curtsy to the lord and his wife.

"It is a pleasure to meet you my dear." The lord says to me, kissing my hand, before turning to where my mother and father are already engaging passionately in gossip with his wife. "Well they never do stop gossiping." He says before turning around and gesturing to someone behind him. "Princess Anastasia this is my son, Sebastian." Turning my eyes behind Lord Michaelson I see a jaw dropping beauty.

"Princess Anastasia. It's such a pleasure to meet you at last." Sebastian bows before me and grabs my hand, kissing it lightly. Straitening up, Sebastian looks in my eyes before dropping my hand and stepping back lightly.

"A pleasure for me as well I assure you" Saying this I curtsy again before looking up to see Lord Michaelson joining the other parents. "So what is the lord's reason for coming all this way just to see my dear family?" I ask this so sweetly it makes me sick.

He laughs. Frickin' laughs. At the future Queen. Damn, this guy has guts. "Well dear princess, we aren't here for your family. We're here for you." He says this so calmly. Seriously, who is this guy?

"Why me? What do you want?" Asking won't make him answer meI thought I just need a way to get the truth out in another way.

"Oh, Anastasia. You're the future Queen of our country yet you still don't know what you're worth." He whispers this in my ear before looking around to see our parents watching us.

"Oh look they are getting along so nicely already! Whispering little secrets to each other like they've none each other forever." Sebastian's mother says while gaping at the two of us with my mother right next to her.

"Of course they are! Don't they just look splendid together?" Mother says while dramatically gesturing at me and Sebastian. "They would make fine rulers don't you say?" Mother says nudging Father in the ribs to get his attention.

"Owww-Oh, yes of course. Fine rulers indeed." Father looks at mother like she just threatened to hold his favourite dessert hostage if he didn't agree.

"Mother!" I hiss harshly. She gives me an incredulous look before turning her attention to Sebastian who's smirking at me.

"Why, Queen Alexandrea I couldn't agree with you more. Me and Ana do make a fine couple, don't we?" Sebastian looks down at me while our mothers gape up at the tall man.

"Well, he already has a nickname in the space of five minutes! What could happen in fifty, I don't know." Sebastian's mother speaks while looking at my mother.

"Well children, the adults need to have a talk in private... Anastasia why don't you show Sebastian around the castle while we talk?" Father says to me before leading Mother and the Lord and Lady out to Mother's afternoon tea parlor.

"Lead the way Princess" Sebastian says before bowing and gesturing for you to go first.

I show him around the garden first and we looked at the roses hiding their fragile petals from the bitterly cold air of autumn. Our whole walk around the garden was almost until Sebastian notices I was shivering slightly.