A Royal Surprise

Chapter 5

Marinette's POV
"Princess Marinette! Are you up? May I come in?" Someone asks outside my door.
"Yes, you can come in." I answer and a young lady about twenty years old comes in.
"Hello Princess! I'm Cleo the maid that was assigned to you. There's some clothes hanging your closet. Breakfast will be ready at nine. It's eight thirty right now. " Cleo sweetly says.
"Thank you, Cleo. Is Alya awake?" I ask.
"No, I woke you up first." She states.
"Thank you. I will wake Alya up."
"Yes, Princess." Cleo says leaving my room.
"How should I wake Alya up?" I ask Tikki.
"You could just shake her awake like a normal person." Tikki answers.
"What's the fun in that? Stay here. I have an idea."

Tikki and I run down stairs to the kitchen. Note I'm still in my night gown.
"Princess? Can we help you with something? Breakfast isn't until nine." the Chef says.
"I know. I came down here to get this. I'll bring it back when I'm done." I grab a pan and a spoon and leave a very confused man. I ran back up stairs and quietly open Alya's door. She's still fast asleep. I walk up to her and hold the pan and spoon above her head.
"5, 4, 3, 2, and 1." I say than hit the spoon against the pan making a loud 'boom' sound. Alya jumps awake.
"Who? What? Where?" Alya yells waking up as Ashton burst into the room. He's not we're a shirt and dang he is hot. Calm down, Marinette. Keep it professional. At least he's wearing pants.
"Is everything okay in here? I heard a loud noise and yelling." He says alert.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted to wake up Alya." I state instantly.
"Marinette your so annoying! Why can't you just wake me up like a normal person!" Alya yells putting her pillow on her head.
"I'm going to go get ready, Princess." Ashton says leaving.
"Alya get up!" I yell.
"Okay! Okay, I'm up. Go get ready." Alya says getting up and going towards her bag. I walk back down stairs and put the pan and spoon away.

I run up stairs and into my room to get ready. Cleo said there was some clothes in my closet. I walk into my closet and look for an outfit. This one is perfect and I can wear it for the tour our class is taking of China. Not all of China but some of the sites in the capital. I wear a black and white poka dotted dress with flates.

I put my dress on, put my hair in a side braid and do everything else I do in the morning. When I finish, I go and get Alya from her room.
"Hey, Alya you ready?" I ask sitting on her bed.
"I'm finished. I love all the outfits they gave me. I had a hard time choosing." She says coming out of the bathroom.
She has her hair up in a high ponytail and she's wearing a cute dress with high tops.

"Wow! Marinette you look great!" Alya cheers.
"Thanks! You look pretty too! Alya are you really going to wear sneakers and a dress?" I state.
"Yes, now come on." She answers. We walk out of her room and close the door. Ashton is standing in front of his bedroom door waiting for us. "Hey, Sir Ashton." I say as he looks at me.
"You ready to go, Princess? Breakfast has just started. I might be out of line by saying this but you two look cute, Princess Marinette and Lady Alya!" Ashton states.
"Thank you, Sir Ashton!" We both exclaim.
"Welcome. Now let's go down for breakfast." He says as we start walking down stairs.

"Are you ready to see your parents and your brother and what am supposed to call them?" Alya asks.
"Yes, I'm ready to see them. I know you and my brother will get along well. I guess just call my parents sir and ma'am. You can call my brother by his name which is Mathew." I answer.
"Okay." Alya says as we enter the dining room.
"Finally your here. I thought you decided not to come." Mathew says getting up and walking over to me.
"It's nice to see you brother." I respond giving him a hug. We break the hug and he looks at Alya.
"I'm sorry I didn't get your name. I'm Prince Mathew, Marinette's brother." He says.
"I'm Alya, Marinette's best friend." Alya answers.
"Nice to meet you. Let's go sit down." He says as we walk over to the table.
I sit beside Alya and Mathew sits in front of her. My parents are not down yet. I turn and see Ashton still standing by the door.
"Sir Ashton, are you not going to eat with us? I question.
"It's not my place, Princess." He responds.
"It is now. Your my bodyguard and I say you can eat with us. Now come sit beside my brother and that's a order." I declare.
"Only because you ordered me too." Ashton says walking over to us and hesitantly sits down.
"It's okay, Sir Ashton. You can sit beside me." Mathew says seeing his hesitation.
"Mathew, where are Mother and Father?" I ask looking at him.
"I don't know. They should be down in a second." He responds.
"Okay. Sir Ashton, is it okay if I just call you Ashton and you just call me Marinette?" I ask.
"Of course, Princess I mean Marinette." He responds smiling.
"How long have you been working here?"
"I believe one year."
"How old are you, Sir Ashton?" Alya asks using he's title.
"I'm 19 years old and you can call me Ashton, Alya."
"Thanks."
I heard the door open, I turn, and see my parents.

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