A Princess Pride is her Title : The Most Beloved Princess

Best Birthday

"Cheers!"

Zeo taps in the table and he coughs twice.
"To Princess Emerald's birthday!"

"To Princess Emerald!"

Everyone raised their mugs of beer.

Jess angrily slams at the table.

"Dumbass! Help in cooking the barbecue!" Jess angrily shouted.

"Okay. Cheers again!" Zeo shouted.

"You!"

"We will help." Coby said raising his sleeves.

"I will help too." Ansley said.

"Oh. Thanks." Jess said and let them hold the knife.

"So we just have to cut the meat huh." Chop.chop.chop.
Ansley finished cutting a 50 kilogram pork meat.

"What the--"
Jess is bewildered.

Coby sneers.

"Amateurs." He cut another 50 kilogram of meat into groundmeat.

"Fuck! Do you two know what barbecue looks like?! Leave us! Useless bastards!"
Jess kicks the two captains out.

"Eh?"
Ansley looks at his trembling hands.
"Did I fail somehow?"

"Why did he kicks me out too? I did a good job,right?" Coby pouts.

Zeo puts two beer migs on theor hand.

"Let's go peasants."
He said and herd the sheeps.

All the maids are looking at them bewildered.

"I want to kick them out..." Martha said trembling.

"You can't. They are here to celebrate princess Birthday."
Yolly sternly said.

"Actually....I would prefer if you kick them out." Princess Emerald sighs but she will smile again afterwards.

Clop.clop.clop.

Two horses came near them.
The maids and servants bows to them.

"I thought you will never celebrate your birthday." Randy, the only one who greets Emerald every year said sneering. He went down the black horse he is riding and throw her something.

"Ekkk! No more tokens, okay!" Emerald said.

Randy angrily glare at her.

"Does it look like a token?"

"Oh." Emerald looks at the clear glass box with a pretty gem clip in shape of a silvery butterfly.

"Wow. Randy, you.....Did you just emptied your money sack to buy this to me? Aren't you in the age of finding a wife? How can I steal your retirement mone---"

Randy grabs Emerald whole face with one hand.

"Shut up!"

"...swessh shuu."

Randy removes his hand.

Emerald massage her face.

"It is just a surprise..I mean..You never given me a gift before." Emerald smiles widely. "Thank you. I will treasure it."

Randy didn't smile but his eyes is squinting a bit and his facial expression soften.
"Well, you said you don't want others to know so I didn't give you anything."

"True. Thank you." She smiles and put the pin on her hair.
"Am I pretty?"

Randy smiles a little.
"Just alright."

Emerald frowns and looks away.

She looks at the old man who is holding a huge box that is wrap in white wrapper and red large ribbon.
The old man looks strangely.......awkward.

"Commander...Froilan?"

"Princess... I rush to come here when Captain Ansley told me about your birthday. Good thing I already plan to gave something....I mean I have bought a gift for you."

"Huh?" Randy frowns. "Why would you buy hee something if you don't know it is her birthday? Creepy."

"Shut up, Monster." Froilan angrily said.

"Hoooh.." Randy steps forward.

Emerald looks left and right. Then she took the box.

"Thanks gramps."

"Gramps?" Randy and Froilan blink and look at her confused.

"Gramps is shortcut for grandpa? I...I just said that in an impulse. If you don't like it....."

"Gramps. Ahahaha. Yes. I am your gramps."

"Creepy." Randy frowns.

"Now. Now. How about you go and drink some beer? And eat barbecue? Those guys....just bring anything they want to eat and drink." Emerald shakes her head.
She hides her reddened face behind the huge box.
"I will just put those gifts inside."

"Okay." Froilan nods.

"Hurry back." Randy said and as if magic, he took a bottle of wine in his sleeves and signals at Froilan where to go so they can drink in a more quiet area.

"Oh Princess, do you need help carrying your gifts?" Yolly asks.

"Uh...Can you help me?"
Emerald face is flushed red.

"Princess? Did you drink alcohol?"

Emerald frowns.
"No...but..."

"Hmmm?"

"Im a bit intoxicated." She said smiling and dumping half of the gifts to Yolly.
"I'll go ahead."
She said and run to her room.

"No running! Sheesh...Princess can act like a child too sometimes...." Yolly stops talking and just look at the small child. "I'm glad."

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The party lasted before bedtime.

The knights are all dead drunk.

The servants told the maids to go back and sleep and they with Jess who is good at holding his alcohol and Zeo, who looks drunk but not really, volunteer to clean up the mess.

Randy and Froilan are the first to leave since tomorrow is the King's birthday party and they have a big role to do tomorrow.

Emerald stops Froilan and shyly whisper.
"T-thank you for the dress. I will wear it tomorrow."

"Hmm..."

Randy flinched.
"Dress? You don't have a dress for to--"

Froilan glares at Randy.

Randy stops talking and he rubs his neck.
"I will go now. Happy 9th birthday again."

"Thanks Randy. Thanks Gramps."

"Hmm.."

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Emerald is rolling at her bed as she remembers what happened.
She glances at the gifts she collected, even the kabuto(the soldier recapture it with Zeo's help)and Ansley's medals.
She grins.

"I also have gifts." Shw said giggling to herself.

She hugs the pillow and look at the ceiling.

"It's so much fun."
She can't stop grinning. She stood up her bed and run to the huge window she watches the lights coming in the north palace.
She enjoys the music coming in that place.
"For the first time....I don't need to listen to your party, Sapphire. Happy birthday and good night."

She closes the the window and jump to her bed.

Grab the blanket and cover herself.

"I hope....next year will be this fun too."

She said as she close her eyes

A/N:

I just ate lunch.........Ummm.. Yummmmmm

Eat your lunch.