100 Prompts Challenge [Mirror]
Mirror
Sometimes she simply watched the mirror as her maids got her ready for a new day.
They changed the simple Amberly that would always remain a Four and turned her into Queen Amberly, giving her grace and power she had never even dreamed of having. They twisted and styled her hair into perfection where previously there had only been a simple ponytail or an untidy plait. They painted her a new, more beautiful face over one that used to be plain and boring, underrated and untouched by make-up they had not needed. Her dresses were beautiful, extravagant and singularly more expensive than her entire wardrobe once was.
Everything was so different. Everything had changed so much and so fast. Even years later she sometimes found it difficult to believe that she had actually become queen.
She often wondered if somewhere along the line she had lost her true self. Surely she wasn't always this decisive? She could clearly remember days where making any decision was entirely too difficult and she required some help. When had it changed? When had everything changed?
There were other times that she didn't bother looking into the mirror as she was dressed. She knew that her life was one she wanted and she would never swap it for any alternative. She was both Amberly and the Queen of Illéa.
She had changed but it had been a change for the better.