"So who was that at the door?" Belle asked her husband Adam.
"It was a messenger from another kingdom. Since our kingdom has not made contact with their, or any other kingdoms in about ten years they have invited us and some of the other rulers to come stay with them for a few weeks so that we can have some diplomatic discussions."
Belles eyes sparkled at hearing this, she had always wanted to travel and see some of the far away places she had read about in her books. "So where are we going?" she asked.
"To Denmark." he answered smiling "Prince Eric wants us to arrive as soon as possible so we will be leaving tomorrow morning."
Belle smiled remembering what she had read about Denmark , it was a small country and the castle was in a town next to the sea. She had never seen the ocean before, she had only read about it. As she walked back to her room to pack belle wondered what it would be like.
She decided to pack some light weight dresses so that she would be able to move around easily, then she went to the library and pulled out all the books she could find about Denmark. As she was going through the books she had pulled out her eyes set on a particularly old-looking one, it was blue with a worn picture of a mermaid on the front. She was up the rest of the night reading about the legends of mermaids surrounding the area.
Belle and Adam left after breakfast that morning and because of her late night, Belle soon fell asleep in the carriage.