Meet the Little Regals
Chapter One
Once upon a time there was a beautiful Queen named Lana who ruled over the land of Regals. She was a kind and benevolent Queen who cared for all her subjects. She dedicated her time to ruling her kingdom fairly and with honor. As with most royals her life had been full of obstacles and challenges. With time the Queen grew lonely and decided to adopt seven daughters who would make up for troubles. They were the only ones who knew just who truly kind hearted and loving she was. The Queen's life now revolved around her girls, teaching them magic, how to be proper princesses and fair leaders.
She had been blessed with two set of twins. The first set was Jessica and Rehab who were 14 who were the perfect picture of a princess. They were calm and collected, always proper and never got a smudge on their dresses. They were the belles of the ball.
They were followed by the set of 12 year old twins Crystal and Angel who were both very feisty and energetic. They made it their mission to compete against everyone in particular with each other in any way they could. They excelled sports and trying to outsmart everyone.
The eldest of the Queen's little regal daughters were Luisa at 19 and Tracy at 17 who were like the little regals second mothers. They hovered over the other regals along their mothers side to care for their younger siblings. Luisa was usually trailed by the youngest regal princes, Nix who was 9. Nix got a kick out of teasing all her older sisters to make sure she didn't get left behind.
On this typical morning the Queen was not surprised to find Jessica already in the dinning chambers prim and properly awaiting to have breakfast. "Good morning dear." The Queen found it odd that she not be accompanied by her twin. "Where is Rahab?'
"Good morning Mama Regal. She was in the game room because Nix and Angel were fighting over something." Jessica unfolded her napkin on her lap.
The Queen rolled her eyes as she sat at the head of the table, "Those two are always arguing about something."
Luisa came hurried in carrying a tone of papers. "I've got the list of supplies for you to sign and the agreements about the new schools. I made some notes on them because there were a few things that I didn't think you would agree with. I also have the property contracts for you to review." She shuffled through her papers.
"And good morning to you too dear." The Queen almost scolded raising eye brow but smiling.
"I'm sorry Mami Regal, I didn't mean to be rude. Good morning to you both. I just didn't want to forget to tell you." She leaned in and kissed her mother on the forehead.
"That's quite all right dear. But remember the rule. No business at the table." She reminded her eldest just as she was about to start looking through her papers again. Luisa frowned and put her papers away.
The door swung open and Crystal came running in. She tagged the table and yelled, "I win!"
Rahab came trailing after her. "I'm second!" She exclaimed.
"It's not fair. I trip on one of Nix's toys!" Angel complained.
"No running my little regals." The Queen reminded her younger daughters lovingly.
The girls lined up and took turns bidding their mother good morning by giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Where is Nixie anyway?" The Queen wondered.
Suddenly Nix jumped out from under the table next to Angel scaring her and startling the rest of the table. Nix's laugh was received by a little push from Angel.
"Don't start you two." Luisa rolled her eyes.
"They left a mess in the game room again and they spelled some potions all over my calendar." Tracy said walking in with some papers of her own.
Nix immediately pointed at Angel. "She said we didn't have to pick up."
"I never said that! I said I shouldn't have to pick up her stuff." Angel corrected.
Nix sat next to Luisa. "Yeah but you didn't even pick up your stuff."
They both started arguing at the same time when the Queen had enough. "I think since you were both in there, you should both clean up the room and I will expect it to be nice and neat before lunch and no magic." Both her daughters sank in their seat at the thought of cleaning a whole room of their mischief manually.
Luisa leaned in and elbowed Nix, "Don't worry I'll help you."
"I think this is a task better left for the culprits, don't you agree." The Queen asked her eldest who responded by giving her youngest sister an apologetic shrug.
"Do you think we can get to those contracts after breakfast?" Luisa insisted.
The Queen frowned. "Why such an insistence with work today?"
Luisa answered shyly. "I just want to get an early start so I can finish early today."
The Queen studied her for a moment. "And why is that?"
Crystal and Angel answered for their big sister. "She has a date." They giggled.
"It's not a date." Luisa defended.
"Really? And who might this be with?" The Queen smiled.
"He's a musician from the dance lessons. He's really nice." Tracy assured.
"I think he's up to something. We don't trust him." Rahab added.
"Yeah, Rahab and I saw him wooing some of the girls in the gardens yesterday after class." Jessica added with a warning tone.
"It's not a date. We're just going to go over the music for the ball. And he's not up to anything." Luisa guaranteed her mother then gave the youngest twins a wary look.
"Well, I think it's fine but I might want to have a talk with him later if it does turn out to be a date. I wouldn't want any of my daughters dating a boy I didn't know." The Queen padding Luisa's hand, "We will get to those contract first thing." Luisa put on a bring smile then elbowed Nix sitting next to her for making kissing noises.
"Tell me Tracy, how are the plans for the ball coming along?" The Queen turned her attention to the other side of the breakfast table.
"Fine." Tracy answered dryly.
The Queen now grew concern for other daughter. "Just fine? Throwing balls is your favorite thing in the world. Is something wrong?"
Tracy simple nodded and looked down at her plate. Frustrated Crystal explained. "The boy she likes keeps teasing her. Yesterday he said her dress was too puffy and she looked like a marshmallow." The rest of the siblings giggled as they were in the middle of their meal.
"I don't like him." Tracy roared. "And I don't care what he thinks."
"Who is this boy?" The Queen directed her question to Crystal who was being more forth coming with information.
"He's the son of a Capitan but he hates balls and dancing." Crystal explained.
"He called you a marshmallow? Maybe I should have a little talk with him." Luisa suggested in an over protective tone.
"Yeah, only I can call you a marshmallow." Crystal added.
The Queen put her hand on Luisa's to calm her down and then turned to Tracy. "Tracy dear, do you want me to talk to the Capitan?"
"No, please don't Mama Regal. It's no big deal, really." She gave Crystal a stern look.
"Very well dear, no one will interfere with this boy," the Queen gave a warning to her other daughters, "but I would hate to hear that this has escalated into something serious without you telling me."
"It's nothing Mama, I promise." Tracy assured.
"Seems like we all have a very busy day so if you're ready Luisa, we can start on those contracts." The Queen suggested and bid her daughters a wonderful day before existing with Luisa and Tracy following behind her.
As soon as they doors closed, Rahab turned to the rest of her sisters. "Okay evil regal army, we have two new missions." All her younger sister came to her complete attention. "We have to see what that musician's intentions are with Luisa and we have to get back at that kid for making fun of Tracy."
"But we have to clean the game room." Nix reminded Angel.
"What more important, cleaning the room or protecting our sisters?" Angel rationalized.
"Let's split up." Jessica suggested. "Rahab and I will find out if that boy lives in the castle grounds and Crystal, Angel and Nix can find out where Luisa is going to meet for her date."
The sister agreed and prepared for the first part of their missions by high fiving each other and throwing a little puff of magic in the air.