Of Her Corrupted Throne

Chapt. 10 - Preparations and Snow

It was December 23rd, and preparations were to be made for Evander's birthday. Extra preparations were also to be made for the meeting and Christmas dinner.

         The workers put up a tree in the dining room while the villagers put up their own tree in their plaza. Everyone was cheerful about the holidays to come.

Queeny was scrambling around her room, looking for warm clothes to wear. Her ladies in waiting went through her wardrobe to find something that worked for both warmth and fashion. "Ah..so much black in here! Just because this is the black kingdom doesn't mean we have to wear the color ALL the time." Her lady in waiting complained.

           "Oh my heavens, Marie! Let's just pick one and go. She will look wonderful in anything." Cordelia picked out a random coat and new dress for Queeny to wear. "Let's do these and get her ready."

          The dress was of course black, the main skirt portion of the dress came up and underneath was a white, slightly poofed skirt. It had a lace bow knot and high collar which was also white. The sleeves were long and cuffed at the ends. Her coat was a bit more on the purple blue side of colors but still dark in saturation. It covered just about all of her dress except for the white frill on its trim. It was a double chested coat and had a fluffy collar, her sleeve cuffs were also fluffy. To piece it all together, Queeny's ladies in waiting wrapped around her neck a scarf that was gray with a white gradient.

          Marie and Cordelia were proud of their fashion choices. "Doesn't she just look the cutest!" "Well she's already the Lolita type, Marie" Queeny stepped off of the little bench and looked at herself in the mirror. "Wow..thank you so much! I love the look!" Queeny looked back at her ladies with a wide smile. "Come on now! Let's hurry to your carriage! Don't want to get there too late." Marie rushed her out the room. "We should go before the snow gets too wild out there!" Cordelia added.

          During their ride to the gray kingdom, Marie and Cordelia asked questions about Prince Evander. "Is he good looking?" "Please tell me he isn't a jerk to you, dear." "Do the other ladies fall for him?" "What do you two do over there?" Queeny felt a bit nervous to answer so many questions at once. So she tried to answer them in one go as best she could. "His looks are pretty good, but I like his energy a lot more. No, he isn't a jerk at all! He's really kind when you spend a lot of time around him. He has a best friend who is one of the soldiers in his army and she's best friends with him. Aside from me watching him hang out with the army soldiers, we talk about funny things that have happened to us." Queeny took a deep breath in and let it out, catching her breath.

          Her ladies looked at her with a look that couldn't even be described. "Good heavens darling! We've known you for a while now-" Cordelia started. "And we know you've been taught to follow directions. But Mother Crystal doesn't exactly OWN you, darling." Marie finished.

Queeny looked at them nervously. "Honey, what are you going to do when-" the carriage door opened which interrupted Cordelia. "We have arrived, ma'am." Her butler helped her out of the carriage. And she looked back with a 'sorry!' Kind of look at her ladies.

          "Goodness, Cordelia! We've raised her since the mister and mistress passed. You would have thought that she would learn something from us." Marie cried out. "You know Mother Crystal raised her most of the time. She had us look after her as nothing more than playmates." Cordelia replied to her as they were heading back.

Queeny looked around her and up at the sky as the beautiful snowy particles came down. Her cheeks became a rose red color from the cold. She stepped on the snow with her half inch heels and purposely made footprints. Evander stood at the gate as he watched her having fun within the snow. How cute..

It took a little while before Queeny had noticed Evander was watching her. She had only realized it when she started rolling around in the snow and getting her clothes dirty. Of course, she was young and she wanted to have a bit of fun now and then.

"Having fun there? You'll get your clothes wet and dirty you know." Evander walked towards her and helped her up off the ground. Queeny stood up, flustered from the cold and embarrassment. "Ah! Uhm..r-right." She stumbled to even talk.

Evander thought of something for a moment and acted on it. "Righty then. Let's head inside before it gets too cold." He took off his beret and put it on her. Then held her close as he walked her inside, causing Queeny to, if even possible, blush more.

"How interesting..at least she's following my directions. Which leaves them to stay together for a while. Let's hope she doesn't act out on her own behalf." He walked away from the window.