Sadness Behind The Mask

Chapter 09 - The Royal Ball

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I got myself ready. No one had ever seen me in any other color in any ball or gathering. I wore a beautiful black dress, as Black's always my favourite. Black is always so pure. There's no illusion in black. Black is just Black, no hidden agenda. It's poetic and so calm and smooth.
I was now old enough, so Isabella stopped keeping an eye on my clothing and all. So I designed my dress by myself. Black dress, black mask, looked perfect with my crown. I was looking amazingly beautiful, a beautiful serpent, that if I were in Survania, all the young serpents would come hissing behind me and ask for my hand in wedding.
"Hey, Mendes! How am I looking?"
"Beautiful! What if someone gets to know that you're a shape-shifting serpent in this get up?"
"You've got to be kidding me?! It's just a party get up."
"Oh I forgot to tell you something, the party is..."
"Oh Mallory! We're getting late!" Queen Isabella interrupted and pulled my hand.
"Bye! See ya!" I whispered to Mendes.
We got into the royal carriage. And it wasn't too far. Just 50 kilometers from Frosia Castle.
Hey... This Kingdom seems familiar... Anyway.
We went in the castle.
"Dear, excuse us for a while."
King Bruno and Isabella left for something. I was standing alone and watching the Royal Dance.
"Will you mind dancing will me, Madame?"
A young handsome boy came and offered his hand for a dance. He was a Prince, he had crown on his head. I gave my hand in his hand. Then his one hand in my hand and other one on my waist. We had a continuous eye contact. While dancing, we continued a conversation.
"So you're...?"
"Princess Mallory of Frosia."
"Oh, nice to meet you, I'm Prince Lorenzo."
"Nice to meet you too, Sir."
"Your eyes look beautiful through this mask, and you're crown is adorable. I've never seen a Princess wearing such crown ever in my life."
"Oh, Thank you." I blushed.
"May I know about your interests?"
"Skating and Cooking. Yours?"
"Travelling and Horse riding."
After the dance, we walked while talking, and went to the Garden, through the inside door to garden. We kept talking. It was like, I was falling in love with him. I liked him at the first sight otherwise I had never ever danced with any Prince in any Ball. And I had never met Lorenzo before in any Ball. And may be he also liked me.
"Sir, King and Queen are calling you."
A man came in a hurry and said this to him.
"Alright." He replied. And the man left.
"Meet me on the Wendy Bridge tomorrow, 5 pm. I wanna know more about you." He whispered softly.
"Fine."
We both returned to the hall.
"Oh do you like him?" King Bruno asked.
I just blushed and they laughed.
"Come, we want you to meet King Daniel, who's party is this."
"King Daniel!"
"Yes, do you know him?"
"No... No..."
They introduced me to him. My dark eyes turned darker in anger and frustration.
"Daniel! This is my daughter, Mallory!"
I didn't bow down in front of him. And Isabella noticed this.
"Nice to meet you. Excuse me for a while."
I went to the bathroom then, just to calm myself down. My fangs were vomiting venom continuously. After some time, I came back.
"Everything's fine dear?" Isabella asked.
"Yeah. I was just feeling sick."
Everyone sat for dinner. I took a cup and created an illusion of milk in it quietly, because that was my enemy's place, I couldn't eat anything there until I avenge Survania.
After the dinner, Lorenzo and I jusy once got an eye contact. We left for Frosia. Oh, so this was Aulungston which seemed familiar to me.