Chapter 1: January

"Now, as Princesses, we are supposed to teach you the basics in self defense…but we decided it would be a waste of time for just the basics, when Bella dearest can barely keep herself safe on a flight of stairs. So Rose and I have decided that we will go all out, we will teach you everything we know, and we will train you how to fight with and without weapons, I couldn't risk the two of you getting hurt, but we need to keep this secret." Esme was always very kind, and very motherly, but like a big sister at the same time, it was always fun watching her and Rose train together, and now after a year of watching, we finally get to learn and Alice and been ever more hyped up then usual about it!

Now don't get me wrong, cause I love Esme to death, she's beautiful, kind and has always protected my sister, Alice and I, but do they always hafta make fun of me? Just because I'm not the most balanced person in life doesn't mean they can make fun of me all the time, and to make it worse, every stab they take at me causes me to blush a dep shade of red which sends them into bigger fits of laughter, which makes me blush harder!

Esme has become a second mother to my sister Alice and I and her daughter Rose, a year older then I, has become family in the short year I have known them because the King and Queen aka father and mother, don't have much time for us. Alice being 16, me 17 and Rose 18, means that we were able to get very close being almost the same age and all. They teach us everything from self defense, to simple cooking tips (although the chef doesn't let us in the kitchen, us being Princesses and all) *insert death glare here!!*

Watching Alice trying to hit Rose was the absolute funniest thing of my life, this is a great start to a new year, but it won't last long, I'll be 18 this year, and that means its time to find a husband and future King… can you feel the excitement yet? No? Good, cause I can't either.

"Ok, Alice good job. So take note and remember that we will have to build up your strength and agility for physical fighting, and then we'll move onto the swords knives once you've both gotten this down." Oh great, my turn. Dammit! "Bella, common it's your turn now, let's see what you got" God, please don't let me hurt Rose! Please, please, please!

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"Are we having a movie night guys? Charlie just got a bunch of new movies and we all no the King doesn't have time to watch them" here comes the evil pixie plans again, this should be good. "We can all have a little camp out! I've always wanted to go camping haven't you Bella? The only problem with real camping is there isn't electricity…or indoor plumbing…and there're bugs! Ew! But really, I no where the camping stuff is, and we can set it up in one of the show rooms, and then watch movies and just have a girls night, do each other's hair and nails it would be so much fun we should please, please, please!" and there ladies and gentleman, is my one and only, hyperactive pixie of a sister, Alice Swan!

"Alice, you no we can't do that, you no as well as I do, that our guards alone would stop us, and then they'll go tell our "supervisors" and then we'll be in even more trouble. You no that were not allowed to sleep anywhere other then our rooms unless you want some of those guards joining in our little sleepover?" I replied sarcastically. To be honest, I would really like to do that too, but it's just not possible unless they actually do come camping with us – oh my god! Brilliant! "AH! that's what we could do, Alice you no I would like to come camping too, so why don't we invite Jason and Derek to come to this little sleep over too? We'll pack them a tent too! They both fancy you, so just go up and ask them!" I was almost screaming by this point, this would be the most fun Alice and I would have gotten to have in a long time. Rose and Alice have been spending to much time with me lately, I'm not really self-conscious or as shy anymore, lately actually, I've been having these spur of the moment thoughts, last week we went cliff diving in the forest behind the palace…until the guards came and we got yelled at by the supervisors.

"Bella! I don't know what's gotten into you lately but I absolutely love it! Jason and Derek are posted tonight right? This will be perfect!"

We all ran over to the door, Alice knocked once, opened the door to be greeted by a very tired looking Jason and Derek-perfect, this couldn't possibly get any better could it? Alice was jumping up and down muttering things to them, Jason and Derek suddenly looked like they might burst open in happiness when Alice said "sleep over with us" and "movie night and popcorn" and then, "supervisors won't let us do it unless we can promise to keep safe, so who better then my two favorite boys?" that right there did it, they both agreed, simultaneously, and went off to talk to the supervisors then to grab the equipment. Alice gave us a cheeky little grin-evil little pixie-and yelled "FIRST EVER SLUMBER PARTY!" See? This is what happens when you deprive a teenage girl of her sleepover parties, especially when it's a 16 year old Princess! Don't mess with the pixie, eventually she will get her way