In the shadows

Chapter 1

It was the day the girls the girls were arriving at the palace so I woke up and had breakfast in my room and went to see my mom queen amberly "hi mom" I said "hey melody" she said warmly and I sat on her bed as her maids helped her get ready for the day. "Come on max" I said pulling him Along to my room "which dress?" I asked "that's what you brought me for?" He asks "yes the maids weren't helpful" I said and glared playfully at the maids to which they smiled "the lilac one" he said "thank you" I said he left the room for me to get dressed. The next morning Maxon and I walked in as he was telling me about the girl who told him off last night "was she pretty at least?" I asked with a smirk "well she was having a go at me so i didn't really get a chance to see how she looks but she did have red hair" he said  "a girl has shouted at you who isn't me! you have to introduce us" i said and we went into one of the parlors and I sat down and he talked to the girls "I'm going to call you one at a time and get to know you" he said and talked to them while I read an ancient book called harry potter from the secret royal family library. "hey you're melody right?" one of the girls asked me and I nodded "hi I'm marlee" she introduced herself "this is america" she introducede a RED HEAD GIRL!!! " you shouted at my brother last night right?" i asked and she got nervous "no no no not like that, I admire you for that. I've been waiting for ages for that to happen thank you" I said and we talked about their life back at her home and I told them about life in the castle and we got to know each other and finally Maxon finished talking with america who looked like she was about to murder him. after he finished talking with the girls he sent a few of them home and we went to breakfast. "was the red head the girl who you met last night?" I asked "yeah, how did you know?" he asked "she was the only one who looked like she hated it there" I said with a smile "laugh all you want" he said "no I like her" I said "don't you dare say anything and I gave him an evil smile. we sat down for breakfast after kissing mothers cheek and he patted fathers back, me next to mother and him next to father "please sit down" he said "I eliminated eight girls" he said low enough so the selected wouldn't hear "very good" father said "some of them were not exactly... right for... ruling the country" he said slight disgust on his face, "oh" I said in realization "well it makes  sense if you think about it, some came for you, some for the crown and some for you" I said and mother and father nodded " we should have thought about that before we started this" father muttered. "America are you enjoying the food?" my brother asked the next morther with a smirk and she nodded "my sister would cry if she'd try it"  she said and they made a bet and someone boxed some up. it turned out that her sister didn't cry and they went on a date the next day