The sky was shining with great brilliance today and she knew today was special. The entire town was chattering about the royal families visit to their town, she too had her own curiosity. Her mother used to often say her curiosity would get her in trouble and she did not doubt her mother. She walked into her quite house and set her basket of flowers down on her table and walked to her mirror. Once her parents had died she had slowly ran out of money barely sustaining herself by selling flowers from her garden. The girl in the mirror had long wavy brown hair, pale skin, and charismatic green eyes. The girl wore a simple white dress with pink shoes, she remembered it cost her a whole weeks pay just to be able to afford the simple ensemble. The girl in the mirror smiled and was truly excited about seeing the royal family. She leaned forward fixing what little make up she had on because she wanted to look perfect for when the family arrived in one hour's time. She walked out too her garden and picked the best looking flower and headed to town square where everyone was gathering.
There was loud music playing and people talking everywhere and she suddenly realized she was nervous. What reason did she have to be nervous, perhaps it was him. The queen and king had a son her age. She looked down at her white and yellow flower, she had been planning on handing it to the queen when she rode by but now she thought about him. She had heard he was a loner and quite but she had also heard of his gentle nature. Her thoughts were interrupted by the cheers of the crowd around her as the chariots approached.
There was so much going on but she finally could see the family. The queen wearing a beautiful blue gown that made her blonde hair glisten and her blue eyes shine was waving smiling at everyone. The king, holding his wives' hand, was waving also wearing the most regal of reds. In the back looking out over the crowd was the prince. He was waving softly, but she got the impression the only reason he was waving was because he had to. As they came closer she saw a group of girl was bouquets of flowers and other precious gifts for him and she once again looked at her single flower. She would not give up now though, she had already discovered her courage. They were finally in front of her and as she reached out to hand him her flower the group of girls next to her bumped her out of the way. The town had experienced a lot of rain lately due to the time of year and she, for the first time, wished it hadn't rained. The push had been enough to knock her off her feet and land her in a left over puddle from the rain. She looked down at her ruined dress and looked too her flower, the once beautiful flower was now decimated and destroyed stem with one petal left attached. A single tear fell from her face. "Stop!" She looked up wondering who had shouted. She heard the crowd go silent and saw a hand in front of her. Her eyes locked with ones of blue-green. She took the hand offered to her, feeling the calluses on the surface. She didn't have time to see the face before it turned to the girls beside her, "Are you so eager to see someone whom you don't even know to knock someone down? I despise people like you who are selfish and think of no one but themselves." The girls backed away and the boy finally turned to her. She couldn't believe it, Prince Cloud stood before her. "Are you alright?" She could barely think, he had the wildest hair she had ever seen in the lightest shade of blonde. He had strong facial features but oh she could never forget those eyes. She finally realized he had asked her a question, "Oh, of course your grace. Thank you." She smiled at him and looked down at her dress, "I'm sorry these girls have ruined your dress." She looked up slightly shocked that he even cared about her dress, "Honestly I believe I'm more upset about the flower I was going to give you." She looked down at the feeble flower she held and was surprised when the prince took it, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." She looked up and gave him a genuine smile, "Thank you your grace." He looked at her and said, "Come to the palace later and my seamstress will get you a new dress Miss…" "Oh it's Aeris." "Then Miss Aeris I will see you later." The prince got on a horse to catch up with his parents who had already reached the palace.