"As a princess, such things as my own feelings and love are nothing of importance, I will just do what will be the best for my kingdom." Diana Cavendish has said to herself, she was convinced that loving someone would be terrible, she didn't want it to ever happen.
When she was a small child she received a curse, her aunt Daryl tried to scam a powerful wizard and in his anger he decided to cast a spell in the new born child so the family would suffer, and because for that day Diana's destiny changed forever. The curse was a weird one, it didn't threat her health nor her fortune or appearance, it was far more complex than that, it affected her future. "If she ever met the person she was going to love, then she will forget all memories of said person once they depart." Her aunt told the old man words to Diana when she was eight, and then asked her to write the name of every man she ever met so if someday she found him at least she would know who was it. She didn't like to do it, she could tell that men were of no interest to her, so it was meaningless to write all their names. Still, she continued with the task just to please her persistent family, and so she had a notebook almost completely filled with names and a "No" written at their sides.
"Diana, are you feeling okay?" Asked Barbara.
"Yeah, you look... Distressed... Are you sure you want to do this?" Continued Hannah, completing what the other was saying.
"There is no need to worry girls, I was just distracted, that's all." She answered knowing she was lying. Only her family knew about Diana's curse, not even her friends were told about it, and because of that she couldn't tell them she didn't really cared about the person she was going to marry.
For her to become queen she needed to marry someone, it was a law and she couldn't change it as long as she wasn't the queen. For several years, since Diana's mother death, her aunt was in charge of the kingdom, but she knew there was a need for a queen and so decided she was going to marry someone that could be a proper king and work for the best of the people on it. After much thought she decided that a prince from a neighbor kingdom would be the best and then asked Prince Andrew to marry her, he has accepted and they met for the first time, their talk was merely about politics and economy. He didn't seem as he was interested on her, but it was mutual, so she thought it was acceptable. And so the first party was about to start, in her own castle they invited nobles from both places and while she was getting herself ready for a really long night her friends noticed she wasn't enjoying any of this.
"If you say so... But tell us if you need anything, okay?" They said still worried, Diana didn't answer because she didn't wanted to lie again, but they didn't ask anymore and leave her alone just as she wanted.
"Diana, we should dance." Andrew told her, knowing that doing so would give them a good image she agreed, but even when they were really close to each others, she felt like there was a huge distance, like they both were dancing alone. She didn't mind it though, she didn't need to be close to him, she just needed him to be a good king, that's all.
It was late in the night, in reality she just want it to end, it has been very long, she was tired of talking with that many people and having to hear their congratulations to her. At this point she was just sitting in her future throne, looking as the guests, when someone stole her attention forcing her to look in her direction.
"Hello ladies and gentlemen! We are from the Du Nord Circus, ready to make you have a blast!" A young girl was in the center or a small group of weird looking people, she remember then that Hannah told her about them. The girl had a particular accent, she looked foreign, her voice was cheerful, her face was cover with a big smile and she was wearing a strange white witch costume.
"This is my first time as the center, I'm Akko! I'm Chariot's assistant! Now for my first trick..." She took her hat and put her hand on it, after some seconds she pulled something and a little explosion happened in front of her, at first Diana was worried about her, but then a little fairy came out and Akko said. "Come on! I didn't meant a literal blast!" Everyone started laughing, even Diana crack a little smile at that ridiculous punchline. The show continued, they showed both normal and magic tricks, the princess was a little impressed at the magic ones, and she noticed she couldn't take her eyes from the explosive girl.
"That was all for the night, but if you want to see more you can always try to search the Du Nord Circus! We will be in this kingdom for a while! Chariot wasn't feeling good tonight so she couldn't come, but I'm sure you'll enjoy her show if you come see her! See you later everyone!" Diana had a good time looking at them, she even laugh just a little with some of the things they did, and because of that she told to herself that she will remember her words.
And so the party had come to an end, Diana was glad it was finally over, but... She couldn't shake the feeling that something important was lost, that she couldn't remember about something, or someone, she could tell she was happy some moments ago, but now she couldn't tell why... "Did... Did I met the person...?" She asked herself, her face was pale, she started to check her notebook, but she could remember all of the names on it. She could remember all the men on the list, she started to look at the guest lists, trying to find something that it wasn't on hers, but she didn't find anything. "Why am I doing this...? What have I lost to feel this weird...? Why do I want to remember that person name this hard...?" She had no answer to any question she had made to herself, unable to think anymore she decided it was really late and she could think about it tomorrow, and with a feeling of emptiness in her chest Diana went to her bed.
This was first LWA and English fanfic, please tell me if I have to correct something since this language is not my main one, and also please tell me if you have enjoy it and want me to continue, I will do it anyways but it would make me really really happy~